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Rich Sgalardi is the Venture Partner at Castle Island Ventures.
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Matthew Walsh
Prior to founding Castle Island Ventures, Matt was a Vice President at Fidelity Investments where he led a number of the firm’s blockchain / cryptoasset initiatives. While at Fidelity, he led the creation, operationalization, and the investment strategy of a private fund focused exclusively on the cryptoasset sector. Matt holds a BS in Business Administration from Babson College and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Hunter Merghart
Hunter Merghart is the COO at Millennium Digital Assets, Venture Partner at Castle Island Ventures. Previously Head of US at Bitstamp, Head Of Trading at Coinbase, US Equity Trading Director at Barclays, Cash Equity Trader at CreditSuisse.
Nic Carter
Nic Carter is a partner at Castle Island Ventures and co-founder of coinmetrics.io. Previously, he was Fidelity's first analyst in the cryptocurrency space and pioneered its research on public blockchains. Nic holds a Master of Philosophy in Philosophy from the University of St Andrews and a Master of Science in Finance and Investment from the University of Edinburgh.
Ria Bhutoria
Ria Bhutoria is a General Partner at Castle Island Ventures, and served as the Director of Research at Fidelity Digital Assets. She also was a Senior Analyst at Circle Research, a spin-off of the digital payments giant Circle. Prior to that, Bhutoria worked as an Equity Research Analyst at Credit Suisse. Her work has given her prominent status in the Bitcoin industry, as Fidelity was one of the first asset managers to openly embrace Bitcoin.
Sean Judge
Sean Judge is a general partner at Castle Island Ventures. He graduated from Vanderbilt University.