2025-01-30 –, Event Space
Join Grant Gilliam of Ten31 and Rapha Zagury of Elektron Energy at a fireside chat discussing the macro investment landscape in 2025. They'll delve into the recent history and future of bitcoin mining, infrastructure projects, technological innovations, and investment strategy. This session promises insights into how sats flows will revolutionize investing, drawing from Zagury and Gilliam's extensive experience in the bitcoin-native ecosystem.
Grant Gilliam is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Ten31, the leading bitcoin technology investment platform globally. Grant brings 20 years of experience investing professionally in private equity and venture capital. Prior to co-founding Ten31, Grant was a Director at CVC Capital Partners, one of the largest private equity firms globally, where he worked for 13 years and most recently was responsible for leading the US efforts of CVC Strategic Opportunities, CVC's long-term investing vehicle which managed ~$10 billion across a range of industries. Grant graduated from Duke University with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a minor in mathematics with a focus on cryptography. Grant has been involved in the bitcoin ecosystem since 2016 and is based in Nashville, TN.
Rapha Zagury CEO, Elektron Energy Rapha Zagury Raphael Zagury has a wealth of experience in leadership, finance, and entrepreneurship. He was the founder and CFO of OpenCo, where he led multiple capital raise rounds, including a Series D with investors such as SoftBank, IFC, and LTS Investments. He also founded One Partners, a boutique investment banking company. Before his entrepreneurial ventures, Raphael built a career on Wall Street, holding senior positions at Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch as Managing Director, and at Goldman Sachs as Vice President. An avid Bitcoiner and coder, Raphael has contributed to open-source software and, as CIO at Swan Bitcoin, designed Nakamoto Portfolio (nakamotoportfolio.com), a tool that helped many investors understand how Bitcoin fits into asset allocation. He holds an MBA from Yale University and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from IBMEC (Brazilian Capital Markets Institute).