
experienced founder, engineer, operator and investor & delivered the following results: founding / operating: • built teams, made visions reality around consumer products that have > 3M active users, developers • designed and developed programs such as grants, accelerators and incubators that have scaled from 0 to 2000+ applications from over 100 countries, 80+ NPS, over $100M in follow on funding • built a successful revenue generating, consumer identity protocol with: 10 LTV / CAC and 60% QoQ growth • closed deals that have created > $50M in value to my orgs • first hire/led regional go-to-market and closed numerous in-region partnerships • experienced operator and leader - driven 0-1 and lead > 30 person cross-functional teams • experienced across eng, sales, product, go-to-market, developer relations, strategy at both early-stage and publicly traded companies • not insignificant press mentions • bootstrapped to 30% MoM growth as a founder • writing an open source book on how not to run a company eng: • r&D / engineering: developed solutions to complex chip-level problems at texas instruments. IP & tools developed continue to be in use • built and grew product and engineering functions 0->1 to see complex visions through • lead teams of > 20 engineers academic: • teaching: a course on crypto at Miami University, Paris Dauphine University • published academic: reputed journal publications and citations • journal reviewer: invited reviewer for ACM investing • advised and converted > $25M dealflow for funds (> $100M aum) • over 20 startups mentored at accelerators such as wharton, brinc, plug and play, etc. • actively investing and advising across a number of early stage startups government: • India - awarded by government body for fostering innovation spanning academia, industry and government • UAE - awarded golden visa for outstanding talent • UK - endorsed for exceptional global talent by government • Australia - awarded direct permanent residence in the distinguished specialised talent category • Saudi - worked with MCIT (govt body) to help web3 startups through plug and play while I'm not solving problems, I teach, occasionally write (jasonr.org), invest and enjoy reading books on a random array of topics including psychology, game theory, management and some good ol fiction from time to time. I'm on here sparsely, twitter dm me in case you don't hear back: @JasonRogues
starknet.io
blockchainff.com
psl.eu
celofoundation.org
nsrcel.org
miamioh.edu
clabs.co
London, England, United Kingdom
Co-Founder
Scratch
• www.linkedin.com/company/scratch-xyz
Jan 2024 - Present
Co-Founder
Harbour
• www.linkedin.com/company/letsharbour
Feb 2023 - Present
Contributor
Starknet Foundation
• www.linkedin.com/company/starknet-foundation
Apr 2024 - May 2025
Founder Fellow
On Deck
• www.linkedin.com/company/'odf'
Sep 2021 - May 2025
Lecturer
Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
• www.linkedin.com/company/universite-paris-dauphine-psl
Mar 2023 - Jan 2025
Global Expert
Blockchain Founders Fund
• www.linkedin.com/company/blockchainfoundersfund
May 2021 - Apr 2024
Partner
Celo
• www.linkedin.com/company/celo-foundation
Mar 2020 - Mar 2024
Marketing and PR Lead
Team Throttle
Jun 2010 - Apr 2011
ti.com