Seamus Donoghue

Founder & CCO @ Supervised

Switzerland

About

As a three-time founder, I’ve spent the last decade building and scaling startups that reshape markets. I led the commercial build out at Metaco leading to a $250M Ripple exit in 2023, driving global growth with tier-1 clients like HSBC and Citi, and earlier founded Allocated Bullion Solutions, that sought to disrupt gold trading with a platform that earned FIA Innovators 2015 and UOB FinLab 2016 accolades. My 30+ year foundation in finance—building profitable derivative businesses at JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and Barclays, including pioneering Overnight Index Swap markets in the UK and across Asian markets, and boosting Barclays’ interest rate derivatives to #1 by driving the development of electronic trading—fuels my vision. Now, as Co-Founder and CCO of Supervised, I’m leveraging AI to unlock knowledge flow, cutting decision cycles from weeks to days for scale-ups, rapidly growing companies, and Fortune 500s.

Experience

  • Founder & CCO at Supervised
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    As Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, I’ve leveraged my experience scaling Metaco from zero to a $250M exit with Ripple to launch Supervised, an enterprise AI platform addressing the management ceiling that stalls growth. Our AI voice agent, Supe, automates knowledge flow, cutting decision cycles from weeks to days and expanding manager span of control from 10 to 30.

  • VP of Growth at Ripple
    Jan 2024 - Jul 2024 · 7 mos

    Metaco was acquired by Ripple for $250 million in May 2023. https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ripple-buys-crypto-custody-firm-metaco-250-million-2023-05-18/

  • Advisory Council Member at Global Digital Finance
    Mar 2019 - Jul 2024 · 5 yrs 5 mos

    GDF is an industry membership body that promotes the adoption of best practices for cryptoassets and digital finance technologies, through the development of conduct standards, in a shared engagement forum with market participants, policymakers and regulators.

  • Metaco (5 yrs 4 mos)
    • Chief Growth Officer
      Jul 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Joined Metaco in 2018 as the first commercial hire in a 10 person start up. I started as VP of Business Development and progressed to Chief Growth Officer, building the commercial business from zero to a $250M acquisition by Ripple in 2023. Led global sales, strategic alliances, and partnerships, securing tier-1 clients including HSBC, Citi, BNP Paribas, Stan Chart, DBS, and Societe Generale, while expanding operations across Europe, US, and Asia. Forged integrations with core banking providers like Avaloq and Swisscom, and positioned Metaco as the leader in digital asset custody infrastructure. Hosted "Metaco Talks," a thought leadership series interviewing 50+ industry pioneers (entrepreneurs, VCs, regulators), amplifying brand visibility and contributing to accelerated traction. This culminated in Ripple's acquisition, delivering 20x returns for early investors and validating our tech in a $10T tokenized asset market.

    • Metaco Talks - Host
      Jan 2021 - Dec 2023 · 3 yrs

      To help navigate this complex and burgeoning market, we have set up a series of live interviews with the people who are shaping its future: the entrepreneurs building the next generation of unicorns, the VCs backing them, the engineers creating the infrastructure on which these markets depend, the regulators regulating them, the influencers shaping them and more.

    • VP, Strategic Alliances
      Mar 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Managing Director at Confideo
    May 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Crypto & Blockchain Consulting