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Matt Zhang

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Founder and Managing Partner at Hivemind
📍 New York, New York, United States

Matt Zhang is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hivemind, a Web3 investment firm. He previously spent over 15 years at Citi, where he was the Global Head of Structured Products Trading. A graduate of the University of Cambridge and LSE, he holds FRM and CAIA certifications and focuses on institutionalizing digital asset investing.

He is driven by a belief in programmable money and an open internet. His prior experience as a founding partner of the Citi Impact Fund suggests an interest in investments that generate positive social and environmental outcomes. He also has an interest in digital art, having established the Hivemind Digital Culture Fund.

Matt transitioned from leading complex trading divisions at a top global bank to launching a $1. 5 billion crypto-native venture fund.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Founder and Managing Partner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Institutional Crypto
Believes institutionalizing digital assets is the highest growth area for the next decade and is building Hivemind to provide institutional-grade infrastructure for crypto investing.
Bridging TradFi & Web3
Leverages his extensive background at Citi to bring institutional-grade risk management, compliance, and structured finance principles to the digital asset and crypto space.
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Career

Work history

11-2021
Founder and Managing Partner
Hivemind
9-2007 - 11-2021
Managing Director, Global Head of Structured Products Trading
Citi
9-2018 - 10-2021
Head of SPRINT (Spread Products Investment Technologies)
Citi
1-2020 - 9-2021
Founding Managing Director - Citi Impact Fund
Citi
In the press

Media appearances

Crypto Investing, Staking, and VC Strategies: Ex-Citi Exec Matt Zhang. Featured in Business Insider
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Former Citi Top Trading Executive Launches Hivemind Capital. Featured in Yahoo Finance
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Education
Master of Science - MS
University of Cambridge
Bachelor of Science - BS
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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