New York, New York, United States
Jerry is a high-impact leader in the financial technology, investment and financial services sectors with a career that spans Citigroup, Kepler Fi (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Singapore Sovereign Wealth Fund, GIC) and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF). At SDF, he primarily leads the Early-Stage Venture Fund, investing in Pre-seed to Series B raises. Jerry’s investment theses span AI and blockchain with a deep focus on stablecoin-based use cases such as cross-border payments, digital asset issuance and financial infrastructure as well as smart contract-enabled use cases that includes real-world asset tokenisation and on-chain lending and borrowing. Before joining SDF, Jerry played a foundational role at Kepler Fi, a GIC Private Limited subsidiary. As a founding team member, he helped spearhead investments, joint ventures, fund strategy & formation and product launches focused on radically disrupting the traditional asset management industry. He is experienced across multiple asset classes and has backed and advised teams as early as pre-product to pre-IPO. Past verticals and use cases that he oversaw includ blockchain, machine learning-enabled payments and lending, machine-driven public and private market investing strategies, quantum computing and Big Data. Jerry holds a BSc (cum-Laude) in finance and accounting from New York University, Stern School of Business. He is also in the process of obtaining his MSc in Analytics with a focus on machine learning from The Georgia Institute of Technology.
Investing up to Series E. Leading the early-stage fund.