Jesper Kristensen

About

Jesper is an investor and entrepreneur dedicated to pioneering technological advancements and fostering growth in the Web3 space. With multiple graduate degrees and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics and Computer Science from Cornell University, his career spans industry R&D, software engineering, quantitative finance, and startup incubation. Jesper has invested in groundbreaking companies like SpaceX, Databricks, and Neuralink, and has founded multiple startups. As the CEO and founder of Psi Finance (psifi.app), he is revolutionizing peer-to-peer cross-border payments using stablecoins, aiming to solve remittance challenges and make international money transfers more efficient and accessible. In 2022, he founded Panoptic (panoptic.xyz), a DeFi options protocol built on top of concentrated liquidity AMMs. Under his leadership, Panoptic secured a successful $4.5M SAFE funding round and a $7.5M Series Seed round, attracting support from notable investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Jane Street,

Investment Focus

Stages

growth seed

Location

New York, US