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Santiago Roel Santos

Santiago Roel Santos

Founder & CEO at Inversion — crypto-native investor focused on DePIN

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Monaco
Joined May 2025
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Summary

Crypto-native investor and prolific angel: Santiago has a long track record as an active angel and early-stage crypto investor, participating in dozens of seed and early rounds and publicly articulating theses around DePIN, stablecoins, and tokenized private equity. inversioncap+2
Founder building "on-chain private equity": As founder and CEO of Inversion, Santiago is positioning the firm to acquire traditional businesses and integrate blockchain rails and tokenization to accelerate growth and operational transformation. inversioncap+1
Traditional finance and growth background: Prior to crypto investing he worked in investment banking (J.P. Morgan) and growth / growth-equity roles (Sageview, Elysium Health), giving him both transaction experience and product/growth sensibility. inversioncap+1
Public thinker and communicator: He publishes essays (Substack), appears frequently on podcasts and panels, and discusses detailed investment theses (e.g., DePIN, Solana, stablecoins) in interviews and long-form conversations. substack+2

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Writing

"I Want to Be the Best Crypto Investor in the World" — interview

October 1, 2024

Long-form interview that covers Santiago's investing philosophy, background, and views on crypto adoption.

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Retrospectively Obvious (Substack)

Personal Substack newsletter with essays on innovation, crypto, and investment philosophy.

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How Stablecoins and DePIN Will Disrupt Everything (The Rollup podcast episode)

Podcast interview covering his DePIN thesis, stablecoins, tokenization, and how Inversion approaches on‑chain private equity.

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Hobbies

Writing and publishing essays on innovation, behavioral economics, and crypto (Substack / Medium). substack+1

Notes

LGLindsay Gazianosaid they've seen
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make significant early-stage investments in startups.

Oct 15, 2025