Simone Syed
Founder and Managing Partner, Velorum Capital
About
Simone Syed is an American venture capitalist and early blockchain pioneer best known as the founder and managing partner of Velorum Capital, a San Francisco-based seed-stage firm she established in 2013 to invest in transformative technologies at the intersection of hardware, software, AI/ML, manufacturing automation, biotech, energy, space, robotics, and digital assets/blockchain. A Dayton, Ohio native with deep roots in cryptocurrency—serving as Chief of Marketing for the early Bitcoin exchange Tradehill (2011), co-founding mobile payments ventures, and investing at Peter Thiel-backed Mithril Capital—she has also co-founded the unconventional BIL Conference, built communities like Ephemerisle, and founded BlackStarr Media partnering with SpaceX and Discovery Channel on tech popularization.