Paris Koleini

Paris has been spearheading RAA’s day-to-day venture investing activities since 2013. He initially joined RAA to help direct its focus on pushing the crypto industry forward during its early days, having recognized the significant potential impact of blockchain technology on long entrenched modalities.

After earning a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from UCLA, Paris served as an institutional investment consultant. He advised a wide variety of clients- pension funds, investment banks, corporations, endowments, foundations, municipalities, and private equity funds- on their alternative investments. This work led to $6 billion in capital allocation based on his recommendations.

He then went on to earn his MBA with honors from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, before joining RAA to help build and invest in emerging technologies of societal importance.