Ludolf Von Schoning

Founder of Paloneo

London, England

Overview 

Ludolf von Schoning is the Co-Founder of Paloneo and previously worked as a Venture Capitalist at Laser Digital and Nomura, specializing in FinTech and Impact Investing. A notable highlight of his career includes founding Paloneo, a venture focusing on regenerative nature capital, alongside his experience in venture capital and digital assets strategy at reputable firms like Laser Digital and Nomura.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & Chair

    2022 - Current

    Paloneo is a pan-European community empowering the next generation of leaders with global access to peers, capital and decision-makers. Our mission: Catalyze a new renaissance by enabling leading minds from art, science and business to collaborate across borders.

  • Europe Partner

    2025

    Seed investments in Fintech, Web3 & AI @ Republic Ventures, a US-based VC fund part of Republic Group.

Republic Crypto offers a compliant and inclusive blockchain financing and investment platform for investors seeking high growth potential.

  • Seed Investor

    2024

    Boardy is a superconnector AI who will get to know you and then introduce you to people in his network. Give him a call.

  • Investment Principal

    2022 - 2023

    Laser Digital is the digital asset business of Nomura, the first global investment bank to launch an institutional venture fund focused on blockchain tech. Transactions: Allinfra (Seed), Elysium (M&A), WebN (Strategic), Ethereum Climate Platform (Pre-Seed), Libre Capital (Founding investor), Cleartoken (Founding investor), Truflation (Token sale).

  • Digital Assets Strategy Analyst

    2021 - 2023

    Part of the team that developed Nomura's digital asset strategy which resulted in the bank's recently launched crypto business, Laser Digital.

  • DJ

    2011 - 2023

    DJ at private events such as weddings and corporate events (e.g. LSE German Symposium, Amorelie Christmas Party and the Paloneo Summit).

  • Founding Member

    2020 - 2022

    In an urgent response to the pandemic, I led a strategic partnership with the World Economic Forum's UpLink platform to accelerate healthtech startups globally, and launched TTI's impact investing syndicate.

  • Blockchain Venture Development

    2019 - 2020

    Konfidio is a blockchain-focused venture studio that launched the first EU-regulated digital asset fund and security token advisory in 2018. I won the inoffical prize for stoicism for showing up to work with a broken leg.

  • Co-Creator

    2018 - 2019

    The Revision Summit 2018 gathered more than 1000 entrepreneurs, investors, policy-makers and philosophers to collaborate and learn how we can leverage emerging technologies to solve the world's most critical problems. The conference received 6-digit funding from amatus.

  • Venture Scout

    2018 - 2019

    Ausum Ventures is a San Francisco based VC firm focused on the intersection of blockchain technology and social impact, and the only fund in its category investing in both early-stage startups and crypto-assets. Represented the fund at industry events in Hong Kong, Berlin and New York.

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