Vanessa Grellet (born April, 1975) is an American and French investor and businesswoman working in financial services and emerging technologies.

Vanessa Grellet
Vanessa Grellet speaking at a conference
Vanessa Grellet speaking at a conference
Education
Occupations
OrganizationArche Capital
FatherGilbert Grellet

She was recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in cryptocurrency and blockchain within Fintech by Cointelegraph in 2022.[1]

Education

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Vanessa Grellet is graduated from Paris-Panthéon-Assas University and HEC Paris.[2]

Business career

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Vanessa Grellet worked at the New York Stock Exchange and joined PwC before she started as Executive Director at ConsenSys in 2016.[2][3] She moved to CoinFund[4][5] before leading the Web3 fund at Aglaé Ventures, a venture capital firm under Bernard Arnault’s LVMH group.[6]

In 2024, Vanessa Grellet founded Arche Capital, a venture capital firm focused on Web3.[7]

Other activities

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Vanessa Grellet is a co-founder and board member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance[2][8]. She has collaborated with the World Economic Forum's Digital Currency Governance Consortium[9] and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[10] Vanessa Grellet is a renowned panelist[4] and speaks at international conferences on cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and Web3, such as Consensus,[3] and the Paris Blockchain Week Summit.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "The Cointelegraph Top 100". Cointelegraph. 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Cuny, Delphine (May 23, 2019). "Les Bourses traditionnelles vont s'intéresser aux crypto-actifs et vice-versa". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Aslam, Naeem (May 21, 2019). "Consensus 2019: More Suits And Fewer Costumes". Forbes. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Bonelli, Frédéric (May 21, 2019). "État des lieux des NFT au Paris Blockchain Week Summit". Forbes (in French). Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  5. ^ Sorel, François (April 12, 2022). "Coinfund est un fonds d'investissement spécialisé dans le Web3". BFM Business (in French). Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  6. ^ Pratty, Freya (December 14, 2022). "Bernard Arnault: Meet the startups backed by the world's new richest man". Sifted (Financial Times). Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  7. ^ Vartabedian, Marc (August 5, 2024). "Arche Capital to Raise $100 Million Debut Fund Amid Crypto Comeback". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  8. ^ "Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Announces New Leadership and Vision". Yahoo!. March 19, 2024. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  9. ^ World Economic Forum Digital Currency Governance Consortium: Vision for 2021 Deliverables (PDF). January 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  10. ^ "Women & Technology". Solve (MIT). September 17, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2024.