Mike Blank

Mike Blank has extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Mike most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer for EXMO since February 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Scout at Steel DAO for Bessemer Venture Partners, where they facilitated introductions for early-stage startups in the web3 space.

Before that, they were the Chief Executive Officer at Web3 Education DAO from July 2022 to November 2022. Mike also has experience as the CEO of Augmented Finance Protocol, where they led the creation and deployment of the protocol and grew the active community and attracted deposits via cold outreach.

Additionally, Mike has worked in roles such as Advisor to the Board at Retable.ai, CEO and Founder of a family office, Venture Associate at Caspian VC, and CEO at Plug and Play Tech Center.

Mike also has experience in PR and business development as the PR Director and Business Development at DALEE Digital Agency. Prior to that, they co-founded and served as CEO for offline and online startups in various industries.

Mike Blank attended the University of Konstanz from 2007 to 2008, where they pursued a degree in Media Studies as a Foreign Student via Herbert Quandt Stiftung. In addition to their formal education, they have obtained various certifications, including the Google Project Management Certificate from Coursera (expected in 2023), Agile Project Management from Coursera (obtained in 2022), Cert Prep: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) from LinkedIn (obtained in 2022), Business Analysis Foundations: Business Process Modeling from LinkedIn (obtained in 2022), NFX Masterclass on network effects from NFX (obtained in 2022), and Valuation Course by A. Damodaran from NYU Stern School of Business (obtained in 2018).