Brian Mahoney
Brian Mahoney is Vice President of Business Development at Thesis, a pioneering venture studio dedicated to building brands on Bitcoin, and Founding Contributor at Mezo, a Bitcoin economic layer built by Thesis. Throughout his career, Mahoney has held a number of roles at the intersection of finance and technology, building in the crypto space across a variety of financial infrastructure companies and protocols. Prior to Thesis, he was the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Alkemi, an open finance prime brokerage platform bridging CeFi and DeFi. Previously, he led Corporate Development at AlphaPoint, a digital asset exchange infrastructure provider, and was a “tradfi” guy, with roles at ARC Fund, Reitler Advisory, HSBC Bank, and Lazard.
Brian Mahoney Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Vice President of Business Development
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Founding Contributor
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Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
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Vice President of Corporate Development
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Assistant Vice President
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Analyst
Academic History
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B.B.A., Finance
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Vice President of Business Development, Thesis
Founding Contributor, Mezo
Founding Contributor, Acre
Advisor, P00LS
Co-Founder, Web3MSP
EARLY CAREER
Mahoney has over 10 years of experience in capital markets and fintech, overseeing strategy, growth, and investor relations.
He was Head of Growth at Credora, focused on scaling borrowers, lenderes, and protocols using the firm's private credit platform.
Before Alkemi, he led Corporate Development at AlphaPoint, where he oversaw the firm's capital raising and strategic growth.
He also held roles at ARC Capital, Reitler Advisory, and HSBC Bank, where he sourced & executed a variety of growth equity and leveraged buyout transactions.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Mahoney has been featured or quoted in CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Block, and TechCrunch.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.