Ben Godfrey

Ben Godfrey is the Founder and General Partner at SportVEST, a tokenized sports Venture Capital Fund on the blockchain. SportVEST focuses in detailed analysis and investment into sports companies at the intersection of blockchain, post-seed to pre-Series A and is committed to creating sports as a new asset class. With over twenty years of experience in global banking, finance and investments, Ben has worked for some of the world’s leading financial institutions including; HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and Credit Agricole managing in excess of $1 billion of institutional money. A serial entrepreneur and angel investor, he has built a startup from concept through to exit and understands the hurdles business owners face. An expert in fund portfolio construction, asset selection and strategy, he believes blockchain will heavily disrupt many sectors within the sports ecosystem in the coming years through technology and tokenization. Extremely knowledgeable in multiple areas of sports, an early adopter of tokenization, blockchain and a crypto investor. Ben also acts as an advisor, speaker and mentor.