Goldman Sachs, Real Estate Private Equity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA. Yale University, BA in History
John McNiff is a co-founder of Theia Blockchain and serves as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Theia, John worked as a real estate private equity investor at Goldman Sachs. John began his career in Institutional Sales at Goldman Sachs. John received his MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated with a BA in History from Yale University.
BayPine, Vice President
Yale University, BA in Economics
Felipe is a co-founder of Theia Blockchain and serves as the company's Chief Investment Officer. Prior to founding Theia, Felipe was a Vice President on the investment team at BayPine, a $2 billion private equity fund investing in automation and digital transformation. Prior to BayPine, Felipe worked as an investor across healthcare and financial services at JLL Partners, a middle market private equity firm with $5 billion in assets under management. Felipe began his career at Credit Suisse in the Financial Institutions Group. Felipe graduated with a B.A. in economics from Yale University.
Senior Software Engineer Quora
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. Computer Science and Engineering
Pedro Mantica serves as Theia’s Chief Technology Officer. Previously, he worked as a senior software engineer at Quora. Prior to Quora, Pedro worked in Kensho Technologies building analytics tools for financial companies. He graduated early from MIT, at the top of his class, with a degree in computer science. Pedro also participated in math competitions and won two bronze medals in the Iberoamerican Math Olympiad.