Matt Prusak
General Partner at Defense Angels
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2025 - Current
Building the global leader in Bitcoin mining and establishing a robust strategic Bitcoin reserve. We’re building the rails for economic sovereignty—accessible, unstoppable, American. In partnership with Hut 8, we’re setting a new industry standard that delivers high-efficiency compute with long-term cost advantages to the United States while strengthening our nation’s position in decentralized financial systems.
Founder & General Partner
2021
Backing founders developing technologies critical to American national security. We identify and fund innovations that strengthen our country’s technological sovereignty and strategic advantage.
Investing in cutting-edge technologies supporting national security
Chief Executive Officer
2024 - 2024
Helped launch one of North America’s largest Bitcoin miners—supporting the acquisition of 127,000 machines and over 225 MW across four sites, with a 240 MW flagship facility in development. Led efforts to scale operations and pioneer energy-first strategies that delivered 12.7 EH/s of compute to strengthen America’s digital infrastructure.
Chief Commercial Officer
2021 - 2024
Built one of North America’s largest Bitcoin miners by positioning compute where energy is abundant. Our infrastructure simultaneously secured financial networks while catalyzing renewable energy development nationwide.
US Bitcoin Corp is offering cost-effective mining, enabling consumers to have access to feasible mining services.
Chief Business Officer
2020 - 2021
Scaled from 5 to 5,000 employees in under six months to deliver 25 million COVID tests nationwide during a critical public health emergency. No excuses, just execution.
Employer-sponsored health insurance with No Copays, No Deductible. No... Really.
Raised $8,000,000.00 from Refactor, DCVC, Chris Anderson, Undeterred Capital and Justin Mateen.
Associate Consultant
2015 - 2017
Worked on strategy and performance improvement projects across private equity, tech, and financial services. Built the structured problem-solving muscle I now apply to complex operating challenges.