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Austin Barack

Managing Partner at Relayer Capital

New York City Metropolitan Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • Founder and Managing Partner

    2024

    Thesis driven cryptoasset investment fund

  • Partner, Venture & Liquid Investments

    2022 - 2023

  • Principal, Venture & Liquid Investments

    2021 - 2022

  • Senior Analyst, Venture & Liquid Investments

    2020 - 2021

    Multi-strategy cryptoasset-focused investment firm founded in 2015 and based in New York.

  • Vice President Finance

    2020 - 2020

    Exchange Traded Product Issuer • Finance: Head of all financial responsibilities including capital raising, strategic modeling, financial forecasting, investor relations, and treasury management. • Trading: Drive trading to optimize yield from cash balances. • Legal: Managed redomiciliation process and oversee corporate legal requirements across multiple geographies.

  • Co-Founder, CFO

    2018 - 2020

    Founded company providing collateralized lending solutions for blockchain based assets. • Finance/Pricing: Built product adoption, LTV/CAC, and profitability models to inform pricing strategy. • Business Development: Presented at industry conferences (Consensus, Token Summit, Delta Summit). Formed relationships/negotiated terms with key clients. • Legal: Worked closely with our legal partners to comply with regulatory requirements.

  • Senior Manager Corporate Development and FP&A

    2017 - 2018

    Worked under CFO to scale early stage payments company to 1,200 employees / 15 global offices / several hundred million annual revenue. • Capital Raising: $31MM Series D (3/14), $50MM Secondary (8/15), $220MM Series E / E-1 (10/16). Organized investor outreach to 30+ VCs. Built all forecasting models and led financial due diligence and data room management. • BD/Strategic Pricing: Led strategic pricing and analysis team. Developed company-wide pricing frameworks by product and market. Structured partnerships with Airbnb, Amazon, & Uber. • Banking Infrastructure: Helped build out global network of payment providers to expand reach and optimize costs. Structured and negotiated deals with Citi, DB, and other payment providers in China, India, Brazil, and South Africa. • Finance/FP&A: Led team of 4 building models for internal forecasting and potential investors. Revenue/earnings consistently within 0.5% of projections. Managed continuous IPO readiness process. • M&A: Directed strategy/research. Managed due diligence for 2016 Armor Payments acquisition. • Accelerated Promotion Track: Promoted 3 times to achieve Sr Manager position. Established and led pricing team. • International: Worked with global cross functional teams in Palo Alto, Tel Aviv, and Hong Kong.

  • Manager

    2016 - 2017

  • Associate

    2015 - 2016

  • Analyst

    2013 - 2015

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2012 - 2012

    • Financial Modeling: Built valuation and forecast models for prospective transactions. • Client Presentations: Created pitch materials to increase deal flow.

  • FX Sales and Trading Summer Analyst

    2010 - 2010

    • Worked exclusively with Latin American/Spanish clients. Supported FX sales and wrote research reports. • Hired as only freshman to work in summer analyst program.

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