Summary
Jose Macedo is a founder and operator with nine years of experience building and scaling research-driven businesses in the digital asset ecosystem, best known as co-founder of Delphi Digital where he grew a multidisciplinary team across Research, Ventures, and Labs. He combines rigorous token-economics, game-theory and econometrics expertise with hands-on venture investing (150+ deals including early positions in Solana and Axie Infinity) and incubation of multi-billion TVL projects. A serial entrepreneur since his teens, Jose has founded and exited e-commerce and service businesses, modernized operations at UniKitOut to drive 35% annual online growth, and launched a martial-arts academy with strong competitive results. Before crypto he was a top-ranked professional poker player who applied statistical rigor and behavioral economics to outsize results, a background that informs his probabilistic approach to strategy and risk. Based in Portugal, he advises governments and institutions on token design and has been recognized with entrepreneurship awards and media features. He’s also a BJJ competitor and polyglot-in-progress—bringing a blend of competitive discipline, analytical depth, and builder’s instinct to every venture.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School International Baccalaureate, High School International Baccalaureate at St Julian's School
International School of Brussels
Politics Philosophy and Economics, Politics Philosophy and Economics at Lancaster University
English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian