Anchorage co-founder Diogo Mónica joins Haun Ventures as General Partner

Deals • March 20, 2024, 9:06AM EDT

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UPDATED: March 20, 2024, 9:11AM EDT

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Anchorage Digital co-founder Diogo Mónica has joined Haun Ventures as General Partner.
He will continue to advise Anchorage on hires and strategy.

Anchorage Digital co-founder Diogo Mónica has joined Haun Ventures as General Partner.

"[Diogo Mónica] adds an entirely new flank of experiences and capabilities to what Haun Ventures can offer builders, and his arrival represents an important step for us as we construct an elite venture franchise investing at the frontier of crypto," Katie Haun said in a blog post.

Mónica will continue to be active with regards to Anchorage. He will move to a role as Executive Chairman of its Board, helping with hiring and strategy, according to Axios.

Haun Ventures was founded in March 2022 by Katie Haun after she left Andreessen Horowitz, where she had worked for four years. It has raised $1.5 billion to invest in projects including Aleo, Aptos and OpenSea.

Anchorage is a crypto platform that has a federal bank charter from the OCC. It looks after $50 billion of client assets and its investors include Andreessen Horowitz and Goldman Sachs.

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