Chip Dempsey

Chip Dempsey was until recently an Executive Director with Morgan Stanley's Principal Strategic Investments group where he invested globally on behalf of the firm in FinTech and market structure ventures. As a seasoned executive, sales rainmaker and team builder, Chip worked closely with portfolio company management teams, contributing to their success for Morgan Stanley. Chip’s views are informed by first-hand operating experience. He held a number of senior management, sales and trading roles at firms including: The Clearing Corp., CQG, SunGard Futures Systems, Logical Information Machines, Rabobank and Chemical Bank. His areas of interest and investment theses include semantic artificial intelligence, emerging market exchanges and financial inclusion, crypto-currencies & distributed ledgers, and global opportunities for small-scale capital formation.

Chip holds a BA in Philosophy and Economics from Boston College.