CMT Digital

Charlie is an Investment Partner at CMT Digital. Charlie joined CMT Digital at the launch of Fund II in April of 2021 to focus on venture investments. Charlie started his career at Bain & Company, where he spent time on large-scale transformations and in the Private Equity Group. He graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in Economics.

Scott is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of the CMT Group. Scott has over 30 years of experience trading equity and fixed income derivatives, and investing across private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. The first decade of his career was spent trading and market making on both U.S. and European exchanges with Chicago Research and Trading Group (CRT). While at CRT, Scott was instrumental in the construction of the electronic European trading business. In 1997, Scott and Jan-Dirk Lueders established the CMT Group, a global electronic trading firm focused on developing cutting edge, low-latency electronic trading technologies. In 2015, Scott and Jan-Dirk founded CMT Digital, a division of the CMT group that focuses on crypto asset trading, blockchain technology investments, and legal/policy engagement in the crypto asset and blockchain ecosystem.

Sam is an Investment Partner at CMT Digital. Sam joined the CMT Digital venture group at its inception in 2017 and focuses on thesis formation, manages portfolio composition, sources investment opportunities, conducts due diligence, and assists with investor relations. Previously, Sam worked at Prairie Capital, a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm, and Promus Capital, a Chicago-based multi-asset class wealth manager. Sam graduated from the University of Michigan with majors in Economics and Spanish.

Jan-Dirk is the co-founder and co-CEO of CMT Group. Jan-Dirk has over 30 years of experience investing across venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds, and has deep expertise in developing emergent technologies. In 1997, fueled by his early passion for technological advancement, Jan-Dirk co-founded CMT Group, a global electronic trading firm focused on developing cutting edge, low-latency electronic trading technologies. In 2015, Scott and Jan-Dirk founded CMT Digital, a global blockchain and web3 venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments that accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology. Jan-Dirk’s extensive experience as an investor, entrepreneur, and technological expert has allowed him to invest in more than 100 companies and protocols across the blockchain ecosystem and sit on the boards of several successful enterprises as a valued advisor.