Michael Bucella Biography and Net Worth

Michael Bucella has been a member of the Board of Directors since March 2022. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Neoclassic Capital, a U.S.-based investment firm specializing in early-stage Web3 and cryptocurrency ventures with a strategic focus on the U.S. and Asia markets. From 2017 until 2022, Mr. Bucella was a General Partner at BlockTower Capital, a multi-strategy digital asset investment firm backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures. He played a pivotal role in scaling BlockTower from inception to over $1 billion AUM, leading investments across hedge funds, early-stage venture, growth equity, and credit strategies. Prior to BlockTower, Mr. Bucella spent nearly a decade at Goldman Sachs in their New York headquarters, joining the firm’s Asset Management Division (GSAM) in 2008, before moving to the firm’s Securities Division in 2010 where he held key leadership positions across the US and Canadian business. He left the firm in 2017 to pursue crypto full-time. Mr. Bucella earned a BS in Finance, Economics & Accounting from Fordham University.