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Justus Byok

Master in Computer Science at IE University at IE School of Science and Technology

Madrid, Community of Madrid

Overview 

Justus Byok is a Master Student in Computer Science at IE University in Madrid, with a background that includes roles as a VC Associate at Antler and a VC Analyst at Sweater. Byok has experience in asset management at Wellington Management and investment management at Scalable Capital, showcasing a diverse career in finance and technology sectors.

Work Experience 

  • Computer Science @ IE University

    2024 - Current

  • 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

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