Brandon Gath
Private Equity Investor at Kraken Ventures
Profile
Brandon led the M&A & Investment team at Kraken.
Prior to this, Brandon served as Co-Head of CME Ventures, one of the most innovative corporate venture funds, having invested in technologies across Fintech, AI, Geospatial Data, Deep Learning, Quantum Computing, and Blockchain.
He led early investments in Ripple, Nervana Systems, Orbital Insight, Crosslend, Digital Currency Group, and several others.
In total, he has invested in over 30+ early and late stage technology companies.
He is a graduate of the University of Chicago with a Master’s in Entrepreneurial Finance and Economics and received his Bachelor’s Degree from Indiana University in Finance.
Brandon Gath active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Kraken Ventures
 Kraken Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Kraken Ventures (Kraken Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2021-01-31 |
Former positions of Brandon Gath
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
CrossLend GmbH
 CrossLend GmbH Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services CrossLend GmbH engages in the provision of digital debt marketplace. The firm connects loan originators and investors across boarders and asset classes. It makes the assets available to a wide range of institutional investors, such as banks, investment funds and insurance companies. The company was founded by Oliver Schimek, Marie Louise Seelig, and Daniel Schlotteris in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | Director/Board Member | 2017-01-01 |
Fortscale Security, Inc.
 Fortscale Security, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Fortscale Security, Inc. provides behavior analytics security solutions. The firm's products include UEBA for SOC, and Fortscale Presidio. It offers data integration and enrichment, baselining and anomaly detection, data analytics and risk scoring, rapid response investigation tools, and alert forwarding. The company was founded by Idan Tendler and Yona Hollander in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2017-01-01 |
Ripple Labs Inc.
 Ripple Labs Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Ripple Labs, Inc. engages in the development of virtual currency and open source payments systems. The firm offers blockchain technology for payments. The company was founded by Christopher A. Larsen, Arthur Britto, and Jed Mccaleb on December 21, 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2017-01-01 |
| CME GROUP INC. | Private Equity Investor | 2016-10-31 |
Training of Brandon Gath
| The University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Graduate Degree |
| Indiana University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| CME GROUP INC. | Finance |
| Private companies | 4 |
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Kraken Ventures
Kraken Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Kraken Ventures (Kraken Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
CrossLend GmbH
CrossLend GmbH Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services CrossLend GmbH engages in the provision of digital debt marketplace. The firm connects loan originators and investors across boarders and asset classes. It makes the assets available to a wide range of institutional investors, such as banks, investment funds and insurance companies. The company was founded by Oliver Schimek, Marie Louise Seelig, and Daniel Schlotteris in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | Technology Services |
Fortscale Security, Inc.
Fortscale Security, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Fortscale Security, Inc. provides behavior analytics security solutions. The firm's products include UEBA for SOC, and Fortscale Presidio. It offers data integration and enrichment, baselining and anomaly detection, data analytics and risk scoring, rapid response investigation tools, and alert forwarding. The company was founded by Idan Tendler and Yona Hollander in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Ripple Labs Inc.
Ripple Labs Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Ripple Labs, Inc. engages in the development of virtual currency and open source payments systems. The firm offers blockchain technology for payments. The company was founded by Christopher A. Larsen, Arthur Britto, and Jed Mccaleb on December 21, 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
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