Founder + Managing Partner

Based in Miami, Jonté Harrell has over twenty years of international experience across Finance and Technology, investing since 2010 with a simple thesis:

Everything Will Be Digital. ™

By day, Harrell is the CFO of ZenLedger — the most accurate software for digital asset regulatory compliance. Prior, he rebuilt and scaled the Capital Markets business at an investment bank, growing revenue 6x and co-managing 50+ IPOs including SPAC Of The Year.

Earlier, Jonté led Amazon’s Financial and Data teams globally for multiple billion-dollar businesses including Prime Now. Before, he was a Treasury Director at Wells Fargo and a Trader at Credit Suisse in New York with assignments in Hong Kong, London and Dublin.

Graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Harrell received an MBA from Columbia Business School. While serving, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and four Army Commendation Medals for combat leadership. Recipient of the Bill Campbell ‘Trillion Dollar Coach’ Award, Jonté has been featured in Fortune, Bloomberg, Nasdaq, Businessweek, CFO.com, Crain’s and NPR.

Today, he serves as CFO In Residence for Columbia University Startup Labs and Chair for The Harvey Gantt Center in his hometown of Charlotte, NC. Jonté also is a member of the National Venture Capital Association, The Economic Clubs of New York and Miami, and a Semafor World Economy Principal.

Inspired by culture, he has traveled to 94 countries.