Justus Byok
Master in Computer Science at IE University at IE School of Science and Technology
Madrid, Community of Madrid
Overview
Work Experience
Computer Science @ IE University
2024 - Current
Investor
2024
Investor
2025
Plaid provides companies with the tools and access needed for the development of a digitally-enabled financial system.
Raised $734,300,000.00 from Bedrock, American Express Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Raed Malek, Index Ventures and Spark Capital.
Investor
2024
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that focuses on increasing the safety of large-scale AI systems.
Raised $13,740,377,627.00 from Amazon.
VC Associate
2023 - 2023
Launched our Munich office. With 130 investments in 2023, Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors in Europe.
VC Analyst
2021 - 2023
Seed/Series A investments Sourced and worked on selected deals: Direct: - Series C @ Havenly (https://havenly.com/) - Series B @ The Dyrt (https://thedyrt.com/) - Series A @ GO (https://drivego.com/) - Series A @ True Footage (https://truefootage.tech/) - Series A @ Hone Health (https://honehealth.com/) - Series A @ Frances Valentine (https://francesvalentine.com/) - Series A @ Accredible (http://accredible.com/) - Series A @ Solarcore (https://solarcore.tech/) - Series A @ Trellis (https://trellisconnect.com/) - Series A @ IQBAR (https://www.eatiqbar.com/) - Seed @ Earlybird (https://www.getearlybird.io/) - Seed @ Shappi (https://shappi.com/) - Seed @ After (https://www.after.com/) - Seed @ Hearth (https://hearthdisplay.com/) - Seed @ Beem (https://trybeem.com/) - Seed @ Graza (https://www.graza.co/) - Seed @ Gameboard (https://lastgameboard.com/) - Seed @ Isotalent (https://www.isotalent.com/) - Seed @ Pear Suite (https://www.pearsuite.com/) - Seed @ Cloud Apartments (https://www.cloudapartments.com/) - Seed @ Guest House (https://guesthouseshop.com/) - Seed @ Cabinet Health (https://cabinethealth.com/) - Seed @ Wyndly (https://www.wyndly.com/) - Seed @ EarlyBird (https://www.getearlybird.io/) - Seed @ Shappi (https://www.shappi.com/) - Pre-Seed @ Nomadica (https://www.explorenomadica.com/) - Pre-Seed @ Parallel (https://www.parallelhealth.io/) - Pre-Seed @ SweatPals (https://sweatpals.com/) - Pre-Seed @ Grapefruit Health (http://grapefruit.health) FoF: - Stonks (https://stonks.com/) - Curate Capital (https://www.curate.capital/) - Ganas Ventures (https://www.ganas.vc/) - Symphonic Capital (https://www.symphonic.vc/)
Sweater is a fintech company building the first fully-managed venture capital fund that is open to everyday investors.
Raised $14,300,000.00 from Kickstart, Eli Broverman, Nick Perez, Litquidity Capital, Monsen Ventures, Aaron Wolko, Bison Venture Partners, Nate O'Brien, Jeff Cruttenden and Spacestation Investments.
Product
2021 - 2021
Worked on credit score building feature
Asset Management
2020 - 2021
Sought alpha for institutionals
Wellington Management focuses on investment management by applying its resources to meet the needs of the institutional clients it serves.
Investment Management
2019 - 2020
Wealthtech, digital ETF robo advisory and brokerage
Private Capital Advisory
2016 - 2018