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Nicholas Garcia
Co-founder & CEO at Fortunafi
Nicholas Garcia is the Founder and CEO of Fortunafi, a company he established in July 2020.12 He is also the Founder and General Partner of Space Whale Capital, a position he has held since January 2018.2 Garcia has a background in finance and technology, with experience at companies like Shippo, Zenefits, and Wells Fargo.12
Garcia's educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.12 He is multilingual, with native or bilingual proficiency in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, as well as limited working proficiency in French.2
Prior to founding Fortunafi, Garcia's career path included:
- Head of Finance at Shippo (2016-2018)
- Finance and Strategy at Zenefits (2015-2016)
- Financial Analyst at Wells Fargo (2014-2015)
- Intern at CME Group (2013)12
Fortunafi, under Garcia's leadership, aims to enable on-chain lending, access to yield, and grow the greater DeFi and stablecoin ecosystems.3 The company has recently announced the first tokenized hedge fund strategy available to onchain qualified investors.4
