William Thornton

Andrew Chang

Screened

Executive operator and startup investor specializing in FinTech, crypto, and regulated blockchain

New York, NY22y exp

“Former COO of Paxos who joined near inception and helped scale the company to a $2.4B valuation, owning operations across nearly all functions and implementing core operating systems like OKRs and decision frameworks. Now advises and coaches early-stage founders through Lynx Collective (NYC startup community he founded), teaches a Startup Executive Bootcamp, serves as an NYU Stern adjunct professor, and sits on a public company board.”

Alex Gonye

Screened

Senior strategy and M&A operator specializing in financial services and FinTech

New York, NY10y exp

“Strategy and corporate development professional who started in principal-side M&A at Morgan Stanley and PNC, including work on the Eaton Vance acquisition, then moved into a Chief of Staff role at an early-stage agentic AI company serving global financial institutions. Distinctive for operating at the intersection of analytical rigor and hands-on commercialization, with experience rebuilding pricing around a 10x ROI framework and owning enterprise client deployments in a highly ambiguous startup environment.”

“Seasoned medtech R&D leader and inventor with a track record of creating and scaling interventional and drug-delivery devices—crediting a low-cost coronary pressure measurement guidewire with a few hundred million dollars in revenue impact and building an innovation organization that reached ~$1B revenue. Now exploring startup opportunities in interventional devices, conducting early market assessments and leveraging deep domain networks to target modalities attracting investors, with an exit-oriented mindset (IPO or strategic acquisition).”