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Praveen Joseph

Investor at Berkeley Investor Network

Stanford, California

Overview 

Praveen Joseph is currently the Head of Capital Markets at Tribal, after serving as the Head of North American Credit Trading at IFC - International Finance Corporation. He has a strong background in quantitative finance and investing, with experience in roles such as Senior Portfolio Manager and Head Trader in global credit trading. Praveen's career highlights include leading capital markets at Tribal and overseeing credit trading at IFC, demonstrating expertise in areas such as blockchain, fintech, and quantitative finance. He holds a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence & Data Science from UC Berkeley and has a track record of successful investments in Series B, Series A, and seed stage companies in sectors like Web3/Crypto and FinTech.

Work Experience 

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Stealth AI Startup

  • Founder

    2025 - Current

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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  • Adjunct Faculty and Lecturer - Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

    2022

    Head Lecturer for the course on Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies that I taught with Prof.Maura O'Niell -Distinguished Faculty at Berkeley HAAS

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Tribal

  • Head of Capital Markets - DeFi for EM Credit

    2023 - 2024

    Head of capital markets solutions for RWA DeFi Lending protocol focussed on emerging market credit.

Tribal is a fintech company that facilitates financial management for emerging-market SMEs.

Raised $292,500,000.00 from Partners for Growth.

tribal.credit
BA

Berkeley Angel Network

  • Angel Investor - Fintech, Blockchain, Web3 and DeFi

    2020 - 2023

Berkeley Angel Network is a venture capital and private equity firm that specializes in the fields of finance and investment management.

berkeleyangelnetwork.com
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IFC - International Finance Corporation

  • Head of North American Credit Trading - Blockchain, Payments, Lending and Credit Investments

    2013 - 2023

    Head of Portfolio Management for USD $5B portfolio investing in Fintech, Blockchain, Consumer Credit and Securitized Assets (2020-2023) Senior Portfolio Manager (2017-2020) Portfolio Manager & Head Trader (2014 - 2017) Senior Trader - Global Credit, FX and Rates (2013-2014)

IFC's Venture Capital group invests in ventures and growth stage companies.

ifc.org
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Celo Foundation

  • Head of Finance - Crypto Trading and Liquidity

    2021 - 2022

    Celo is a mobile-first blockchain that makes decentralized financial (DeFi) tools and services accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. It aims to bring the benefits of DeFi to the users of the 6 billion smartphones in circulation today.

Celo Foundation develops mobile-first blockchain platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone.

celofoundation.org
MI

MN Investment Management

  • Investment Strategist - Sr.Vice President & Trader

    2011 - 2013

Two Pi Capital

  • Quantitative Trader

    2011 - 2011

    Systematic High Frequency Trading Fund

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JP Morgan

  • Vice President, Structuring and Trading

    2006 - 2011

    Derivatives desk (2009-11) ALM and Pension Longevity Risk (2006-09)

J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation provides commodity risk management solutions in both the physical .

jpmorgan.com

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