im Leo, i'm 24 and my job is empowering 'shapers' - creators and company founders who have something extraordinary to share.

my start in investments happened incidentally in 2015 - i pulled together a loan to buy cryptocurrencies (bitcoin first, which i liquidated for 32x) and later public technology companies,  such as nio and shopify (which i sold at 13x and 11x respectively). during my time in trading, i invested into exchange-listed assets and private projects, such as telegram’s ‘ton’ initiative; i was one of the few investors managing to secure 4x+ return on their $4b+ private market raise over the span of just 9 months back when they were attempting to launch in the US.
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several internships and years later, i realized my personal impact in latter-stage sectors was limited, and 'turned the page'- the next big chapter: early stage venture capital. taken under a caring mentor's wing, I began travelling, learning and investing. since 2018, i made investments into 40+ companies at various funding rounds (mostly from pre-seed to series a) and executed 20+ exits within 4-25x return range.

today, the two arms of my venture studio work in sync to fortify each other - my capital access wins prime media capacities and said media capacities then multiply capital. together with my partners, we built unmatched access to gen z audiences which helps us run digital campaigns, promote events and product launches, boost merchandise sales and a lot more. from 2023, my studio opened up media collaborations beyond my investment portfolio, now working with more brands and creators, bigger than ever before. one of our key professional priorities is to advance individuals from underrepresented backgrounds and putting the right people in the right room.

In 2020, I released my first book - “The Capitalist Manifesto” - a cluster of knowledge sourced from personal experiences and an array of financial literature directed towards younger people.