Strategy.
Capital.
Access.
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Traditional principles in a new business world
Established Firms
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Startups
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Investors
How can blockchain or crypto enhance your business?
How can you grow your business and attract investors?
How do you find and diligence blockchain ventures?
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FOCUS
Our experience and that of our partner companies is born not just from the recent boom in cryptocurrencies but from the lessons learned during the dotcom bubble of 1998-2000 and the financial crisis of 2006-2008. We are not risk averse, but our approach is that certain fundamental principles and due diligence questions will always be relevant. We recognize the economic -- not just technological -- potential of the blockchain revolution, yet we are focused on evaluating each economic model on its own merits.
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Strategy: Guidance for growth, goal prioritization, market and competitor analysis
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Capital: Planning for investment & fundraising, optimal structuring, complex negotiations
Access: Global network of investors, entrepreneurs and traditional businesses
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
Startups
traditional finance
Investing
EDUCATION
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Clients
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ABOUT GOTHAM CRYPTO
Gotham Crypto was founded in August 2018 to provide expertise in business strategy, capital markets and global access to established businesses, entrepreneurs and investors. We work to bridge the information gap between traditional business models and the emerging economic opportunities made possible with blockchain technology.
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The firm was started by Ed Cotler, a former Vice President of Investment Banking from Goldman Sachs who spent many years on Wall Street building businesses, due diligencing complex transactions and working with leaders of both established and startup companies. We aim to bridge the expertise of existing capital markets with the vision of future business leaders.
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Strategy: Guidance for growth, goal prioritization, market and competitor analysis
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Capital: Planning for investment & fundraising, optimal structuring, complex negotiations
Access: Global network of investors, entrepreneurs and traditional businesses
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Edward Cotler
Ed Cotler is a corporate finance expert with a career that spans over two decades. Before starting Gotham Crypto, he was Vice President in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs, with a specific focus on new business development: bringing new lines of business into the firm. It was at Goldman in 2015 that Ed worked on his first project in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space.
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Prior to Goldman, Ed worked as a trader and helped grow new trading businesses at Merrill Lynch and at Deutsche Bank. Over the course of his career, Ed has traded stocks, bonds, mortgage products, exotic interest rate derivatives and credit default swaps.
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Ed earned an MBA in Finance and Management from Columbia Business School and two undergraduate degrees from MIT, an SB in Computer Science & Engineering (Course 6) and an SB in Humanities (Course 21). He is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School.
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Ed serves as a Career Management Center coach focused on fintech/blockchain at Columbia Business School, where he also conducts MBA admissions interviews. He is the Regional Chair of MIT's Educational Council (undergraduate admissions interviewers) for the New York City area.