Our Team
Tyler Evans
Tyler is a co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of UTXO Management. He's also a co-founder of parent company BTC Inc., publisher of Bitcoin Magazine and host of the annual Bitcoin conference. Tyler has been investing in the Bitcoin ecosystem since 2013, is a mentor at the Bitcoin Startup Lab and serves on the board or as and advisor for numerous Bitcoin startups.
@tylevDavid Bailey
David is the co-founder and CEO of BTC Inc, and a General Partner at UTXO Management. He sits on the board of advisors for the University of Alabama and is a Board Member at Bitcoin Policy Institute.
@davidfbaileyCoyn Mateer
Coyn is a founding partner at UTXO Management. Coyn has been investing and advocating for Bitcoin since early 2013. Prior to UTXO Management, Coyn was a partner at BTC, Inc. where he led treasury management, investor relations and fundraising activities. Coyn spent the first five years of his career in investment banking as a Vice President at Allegiance Capital Corporation. Coyn is also a founding member of the University of Alabama Board of Advisors, where he received his degrees in accounting and finance.
LinkedInCassie Clifton
Cassie is a founding team member and current venture partner at UTXO Management. She spent several years at crypto investment bank Galaxy structuring miner financing, hosting deals, and managing relationships with all public and private bitcoin miners for the company. She also serves on the board at Bitcoin Policy Institute.
LinkedInHenry Elder
Henry is a Principal at UTXO Management, managing the Bitcoin Decentralized Finance (BTCFi) portfolio. He has been investing in Bitcoin since 2016 and was previously Head of DeFi at Wave Digital Assets, leading separate DeFi ecosystem funds for Polygon, Cardano, Horizen, and Hedera.
LinkedInChris Hopson
Chris received his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama where he studied Economics and Finance, and he recently graduated from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business with his MBA. Prior to business school and joining UTXO, he spent three years taking a Fintech startup through multiple rounds of VC-fundraising and oversaw the team grow from 15 to 70 employees. He started his career at Allegiance Capital where he spent four years performing mergers and acquisitions.
LinkedInNamcios
Namcios is the Head of OTC at UTXO Management, specializing in the niche of collectibles and fungible tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain to serve institutional and high-net-worth investors. He's also instrumental in trading operations, where he applies a mix of short, medium, and long-term strategies to optimize performance at the fund.
@namciosSam Rule
Sam is Director of Analytics of UTXO Management. He has a background in market research and data analytics and has been researching Bitcoin since 2017. Previously, he worked on Bitcoin Magazine PRO, a premium Bitcoin market research service.
@samjruleGuillaume Girard
Guillaume is a Venture Associate at UTXO Management. Prior to UTXO, he worked with the Galaxy Mining Team as a Research Analyst with the responsibility of covering publicly traded miners and new Bitcoin developments. He started his career by working with the Bitwise Research team and by regularly contributing to Messari and Bitcoin Magazine.
@GuerillaV2John Riggins
John Riggins is a founding partner of UTXO’s Bitcoin Ecosystem Fund. John has been investing in the Bitcoin ecosystem since 2013 and serves as an advisor for numerous Bitcoin startups.
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