PE operators. Crypto natives.
Forward deployed.

Santiago Roel Santos is the founder and Managing Partner of Inversion Capital. He is among the most active investors in crypto, having backed over 150 startups and many industry leaders over the past decade. Previously, Santiago was a Partner at ParaFi Capital, an institutional blockchain investor managing over $2 billion. He also held investment roles at Sageview Capital, a $2 billion growth equity firm focused on software and tech-enabled businesses, and at JP Morgan’s Investment Banking Financial Sponsors Group. He holds a B.A. in Economics magna cum laude from Boston University.

Prior to joining Inversion, Álvaro worked at Ares Management in the European Special Opportunities Fund, investing across the entire capital structure. He started his career in the Investment Banking Consumer & Retail Division at Morgan Stanley. He holds a B.S. in Economics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

Clement was a Product Manager at Chainlink Labs, where he led the launch of Chainlink Data Streams and presented at SmartCon 2023. Before Chainlink, he was a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies, building data integration solutions for enterprise clients. He holds a B.S.E. from the University of Michigan.

George has spent his career creating frameworks to assess businesses and technologies at the intersection of financial services and crypto. Previously, he was Head of Research & Data at The Block, where he led the largest independent research team in crypto, developed an investment diligence practice, and helped guide the company through its $70 million sale. He started his career in research and corporate development roles at R3. He holds a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining Inversion, Giselle was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, where she represented and counseled clients in complex, high-stakes, multi-jurisdictional government actions, internal investigations, congressional inquiries, and legal and reputational crises. She also advised global private equity and investment firms on cross-border transactional and compliance matters. Previously, she served as a compliance officer at Fortress Investment Group. She holds a B.A. from Cornell University and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.

Prior to joining Inversion, Lindsay was at Crypto Recruiters, where she specialized in sourcing and placing top talent across the digital asset industry. She brings deep networks in crypto hiring and operational experience in high-growth startup environments. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Babson College.