Jesse Proudman
Jesse Proudman is Co-Founder, President and CTO at Venice.ai. He previously founded Blue Box Group, Makara, and Strix Leviathan, all of which were acquired, and he is currently leading Venice.ai.
Jesse Proudman
Jesse Proudman is the co-founder and CEO of Makara, a new investment platform democratizing access to the cryptocurrency markets, and the co-founder of Strix Leviathan, a crypto investment manager powered by a sophisticated proprietary trading platform. Prior to Strix Leviathan and Makara, Jesse founded Blue Box, a cloud computing startup that he led to a successful acquisition by IBM. During his time at IBM as an IBM Distinguished Engineer, Jesse focused on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency applications. With more than two decades of experience as a technical entrepreneur, Jesse serves on the board for the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at…
Organizations
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Venice.ai Co-Founder, President and CTO 2025–present · current
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Venice President and Chief Technology Officer · current
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Betterment Vice President 2022–2025 · past
Education
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Entrepreneurs Organization Entrepreneurial Masters Program Certificate - Class of 2014 · 2012–2014
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University of Puget Sound BA, Business Leadership Program · 2003–2007
