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Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

Rochester Institute of Technology

Fairfield College Prepatory School

Entrepreneur, Venture Investor and Start-Up Amplifier Specializing in Blockchain

Black Manta Capital Partners is a financial services firm specializing in providing solutions for the issuance and management of digital securities. The company operates as a licensed financial service provider, offering a platform for Security Token Offerings (STOs) that enable businesses to tokenize assets and raise capital. Black Manta Capital Partners serves a diverse range of clients, including startups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and established companies, helping them access funding through innovative, blockchain-based technologies. The firm focuses on compliance and regulatory standards, ensuring that digital securities offerings are secure, transparent, and accessible to investors.

Black Manta Capital Partners

Board of Advisors

Fortuna Custody Solutions is a company that provides secure custody services for digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and tokens. The firm focuses on safeguarding digital assets by offering state-of-the-art security measures, such as multi-signature wallets, cold storage, and advanced encryption technologies. Fortuna Custody Solutions caters to institutional investors, asset managers, and high-net-worth individuals, ensuring that their digital assets are protected against theft, hacking, and other security risks. The company emphasizes compliance with regulatory standards and provides a transparent, reliable service to manage and safeguard digital investments.

Fortuna Custody Solutions

Blockchain technology is at the precipice of an institution-led inflection point with ~518 Trillion of capital gaining access to digital assets. COSIMO Y provides investors with diversified digital asset exposure before the ETF surge. By diversifying across a basket of top proof of stake protocols, the fund is positioned to capture the immense value creation from global blockchain adoption and evolution of modern financial infrastructure, applications, and systems.

COSIMO Y

General Partner

COSIMO X is the world’s first evergreen venture capital fund that is digitally securitized using a fully regulated, SEC compliant blockchain protocol. The fund, which makes preferred equity investments in early stage companies, platforms, technologies at the Seed and Series A level, promotes valuation transparency and investment liquidity for its limited partners with a novel economic structure. The fund specializes in deep technology investing, focusing on areas including fin-tech, machine learning, cybersecurity, and identity services.

COSIMO X

Managing Partner

Developing Digital Currency Platform supporting  Web3 and  institutional grade buoyant digital currencies, designed and optimized for the long-term store of value.

Oneiro Inc.

Board Member

Cosimo Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in emerging technologies and innovative businesses. The firm is particularly interested in sectors such as blockchain, digital assets, and the decentralized web. Cosimo Ventures aims to support entrepreneurs and startups that are pioneering advancements in these fields, providing not only financial backing but also strategic guidance and industry expertise. The firm's investment philosophy emphasizes the transformative potential of technology and its ability to create significant societal and economic impact. By partnering with visionary founders, Cosimo Ventures seeks to drive innovation and growth in cutting-edge industries.

COSIMO Ventures

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Distinguished Alumni at RIT and Member of College of Engineering Dean's advisory board.

Dean's Advisory Board Member, Kate Gleason College of Engineering

Nova Leah is a company specializing in cybersecurity and risk management solutions, particularly for the medical device industry. They focus on ensuring that connected medical devices meet regulatory requirements and maintain high standards of cybersecurity. The company's solutions help manufacturers identify, manage, and mitigate cybersecurity risks throughout the lifecycle of their products. Nova Leah is known for its innovative approaches to ensuring the safety and security of medical devices in an increasingly connected healthcare environment.

Nova Leah

A not-for-profit to support parents and families of children living with life-limiting illness by forging an integrated network of direct parent-to-parent support, palliative care, advocacy and education. 
Vision is that parents who receive a devastating diagnosis for their child will have the support necessary to care for their sick children with courage and confidence, and that the narrative of their family’s journey enables uncomplicated grief before and after the child’s death.

Courageous Parents Network

Member Board of Directors

The iTagged app enables users to capture, share and discover the world around them. The product uses augmented reality combined with location-based services, image capturing and social sharing to digitize real world experiences.

iTagged

Skills: Board of Directors · Mentoring · Digital Strategy · Product Management

Marlin Mobile

Member Board of Advisors

CityVoter is a company that provides a platform for local businesses to engage with their communities through voting-based contests and promotions. The platform allows users to vote for their favorite local businesses in various categories, such as restaurants, services, and retail. These contests help businesses gain exposure and attract new customers, while also fostering community engagement by highlighting popular and beloved local spots. CityVoter's services are often used for community polls and awards, creating a sense of local pride and competition.

CityVoter

Executive Chairman

*** Company Acquired by Unity Jan 2013

With over 85 Million users world wide, Vivox is a leader in integrated voice communications for the social web. Vivox has developed and brought to market the top 10 ranked application Bobsled for T-Mobile as well as our own paid calling App Vivox.  Today Vivox powers in-game voice for cool games like Sony DC Universe Online and World of Tanks with millions of users world wide.

Was responsible for all the company's products, marketing and sales.

Vivox

Chief Product Officer

Experiential wine commerce company changing the way people discover and buy wine. The Drync iPhone app enables people to scan & buy wine the moment they taste it.

Drync

*** Acquired by Tapjoy

Viximo was created to push the digital envelope with technologies that enhance communication and open massive monetization opportunities for social networks, online gaming and dating social applications, consumer brands, and digital creators alike. The company introduced the first virtual goods platform for the web and the iPhone around the creation, purchase and distribution of virtual goods.

Viximo,Inc.

I started Khepera Group in 2006 as a platform for my investing, consulting, and advisory services while I was working at some wonderful Companies.    

As a proven innovator, I often look at current market dynamics and technology trends to discover significant value creation opportunities and then work with management to leverage their technology and/or market position to create significant market value.  Khepera acts as a growth agent for the company by bringing significant objective operational Experience, Creativity and Passion to the table.

Khepera Group

Managing Director

Online massive multi-player virtual world & social network. Responsible for all day-to-day operations and P&L of entire company. Grew Company from 15 engineers to +50 full time employees. Designed, developed and launched MMO Game and Social Network, grew membership from 0 to over 1mil in one year. Lead and managed game production teams/functions including internal and external outsourced art direction, world building, MOCAP animation development, asset design and delivery, and game design and development.

Kaneva

*** Acquired by Nielsen 2014.

Affinnova is a high-growth software and services firm that enables innovative companies to drive better ideas to market faster. Unlike conventional market research, our patented survival-of-the-fittest approach has the capacity to explore extremely large idea spaces by applying evolutionary search algorithms to product and marketing innovation. Global Fortune 500 companies, including Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Walmart and Citibank, depend on Affinnova to deliver accelerated launch timing and higher success rates. 

Headquartered in Waltham MA, with offices in London, Paris, Munich, and Geneva, today Affinnova is a world leader in it's industry.

• Start-up CEO Negotiated and closed two rounds of venture capital.
• Launched and managed Affinnova, growing the company from 7 employees and $0 revenue to 40 employees in three years, effectively doubling revenue every year.
• Productized initial technology, established go-to-market.

Funded by Flagship Ventures, One Liberty Ventures, and Sherbrook Capital

Affinnova

CEO & President

IVW was a venture/buyout services firm focused on spinning out technology assets from LBO and other corporate situations. Funded by J.W. Childs, Credit Agricole Indosuez, and Vestar Capital.

Working with investors and the executive management teams of large multi-national corporations, IVW would look at the technology assets of the corporation for untapped market value and assemble a team of experience entrepreneurs and investors to spin these assets out into new companies.

Internet Venture Works

Founder, Chairman and CEO

Direct report to CEO, Bob Davis. Built Lycos into the second-most visited portal on the Internet and the world’s largest online community. Grew revenue from $60 million to over $150 million. Led 290 person team with 4 Vice Presidents and directed all aspects of Lycos.com.  

Managed product development, product management, research, quality assurance, design, online media and content development. Responsible for the product management processes used throughout development and the definition and implementation of the strategic plans for all products of the company. Repositioned existing products to effectively capture market share during a period of significant competition.  Led expansion into new products that leveraged core competencies to achieve broader, more efficient distribution of content products. 

•	Member of Board of Advisors for Lycos Ventures, assisted in deal flow, opportunity analysis and due diligence

Rob Frasca