• Alon Hillel-Tuch

  • Former Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Technical Officer of RocketHub (acquired '15). I enjoy launching new products and platforms and have spent a lot of time on crowdfunding, online payments, emerging regulation, brand creation, community engagement, and product development. I am an engineer and team builder at heart. Currently, I work at Stacked Capital - an early-stage seed fund.

     

    I occasionally guest edit for Forbes as part of their Technology Council, catch it over here.

    Currently a Partner at Stacked Capital

    What I do at Stacked Capital

    I work to identify great businesses across a variety of different industries. All of them are early-stage ventures run by incredible people trying to solve real measurable problems. The focus is on innovative thought and solutions. I have a personal affinity for critical infrastructure, data infrastructure, enterprise, construction infrastructure, supply chain logistics, healthcare, fintech, B2B SaaS, and applied machine learning.

  • LAST FOUNDER ROLE

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    RocketHub Inc.

    Co-Founder

    Jan 2011 – March 2016


    RocketHub (www.rockethub.com) is an online platform providing alternative finance solutions through crowdfunding. RocketHub was acquired April, 2015.

    Responsibilities Include:

    • Business & Product Operations & Finance
    • Partnerships (brand, technology, community)
    • Product Development
    • Public Engagement, Press & Outreach
    • Corporate Strategy
    • Contracts & Negotiation
    • Regulation & Compliance

    Featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Economist, NY Times, NPR, CNN, Billboard, Variety, and others.

  • Select Talks

    Public Speaking Engagements (30+ Talks)

    TEDx

    Emergence of an Alternate Path

    Campaigning Summit Berlin

    The Future of Crowdfunding

    CrowdEconomy
    Minsk

    Open Economy Fundamentals

  • Partnerships are Cool!

    Below are some of the partnerships I have worked on

  • Partnership - Beacon

    Collaborator: Salesforce & Neveragain.org
    Role: Innovation & Product
    Concept demo'ed at DreamForce

    "That vision would never have come together without the leadership that Arben, Alon and Josef put into this project. Thanks guys -- you killed it, and you were an absolute pleasure to work with. " - Geoff Green, Salesforce

  • Partnership - Creative Studio

    Collaborators: Ovation Television & will.i.am

  • Partnership - Chrysler Group

    Collaborator: Wieden+Kennedy
    Role: Executive Director
    Corporate Venture Concept
    43 Team Members | 70 Mil Impressions | 107K lines of code

  • Partnership - Project Startup

    Collaborator: A&E Television Network

  • Other Partnerships

    Microsoft/Bing, Cisco, Gibson, Remy Martin, U.S. Department of State, Popular Science, Bon Appetit, Prezi, and others!

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    YALI

    The White House


    A partnership program supporting innovative solutions to some of Africa’s toughest challenges together with the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative

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    Venture for America

    American Express Innovation Fund


    In partnership with American Express OPEN Forum, Venture for America, and RocketHub, the VFA Innovation Fund was created. A fund created solely to socially power the ideas of VFA Fellows.

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    Next Big Food Thing

    FreshDirect


    Top judges (Gotham Greens, Coolhaus, Tasting Table, Real Simply, Bevnet, FreshDirect) curate food innovation ideas crowdfunded on RocketHub. FreshDirect's goal was to find new unique high-margin products.

  • Credentials

    Awards, Languages & More

    Awards

    • 10 under 10 - Initiative selects, highlights, and features ten graduates that have left Hamilton College less than ten years ago
    • FINRA Capital Market Series Lecturer - Recognition for providing FINRA's Module XVII of the Capital Markets Series covering crowdfunding and JOBS Act developments
    • Research Fellow AC4 - Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity at Columbia University's Earth Institute, a multidisciplinary research institute aimed at addressing complex global problems. 
    • Phi Sigma Iota  - Awarded honorary membership to language honor society 
    • IB Excellence - Award of Excellence in Music Composition 

    Authored Publications

    • Physical Memory Attacks and a Priority Based Soft-Solution for Memory Defense, July 2022. 
       
    • Priority-Based Soft-Solution for Operating System Integrity Due To Randomized Hardware Faults At The Transistor Level, December 2021. Link
       
    • Regulation of Crowdfunding: Building on the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, May 2012. Link
       
    • Implementation of Crowdfunding:  Building on Title III of the JOBS Act, October 2012. Link
       
    • Implementation of Crowdfunding: Building on Title III of the JOBS Act, proposed rules (Release No. 33-9470), February 2014. Link
       
    • Developing Focal Point Networks for State-Centered Genocide Prevention, May 2011. Link

    Languages

    • English (Native)
    • Dutch (Native)
    • Mandarin Chinese (Light Conversational)
    • German (Light Conversational)

    Academics

    • Master of Science 'E from New York University: Computer Science - Cyber Security
    • Master of Science from Columbia University: Negotiation & Confliction Resolution
    • Bachelor of Arts from Hamilton College: Economics & Chinese Culture and Language - Tau Kappa Epsilon
    • IB Diploma from the International School of Amsterdam: Physics, Economics, Dutch

    Patents

    Beneficiary Crowdsourcing (20140279645) - Pending 2013

    Google Patents Link

     

    Offer Presentation for Crowdfunding (20140040157A1) - Pending 2012

    Google Patents Link
     

    Others have been filed :-)

    Top Rated Skills Pulled from LinkedIn

    • Entrepreneurship
    • Business Strategy
    • Venture Capital
    • Corporate Development
    • Management Consulting
    • Crowdfunding
    • Digital Media
    • Gen. Strategy
  • Other Jobs & Activities

    BCMS Corporate

    PGT Department Head & Special Situations Manager
    Dec 2007 - Jan 2011

    Managed special situations at a globally ranked small to middle market sell-side advisory firm. Conceived and developed applications that ingested both public and private data sets used throughout the North America and UK divisions, handled unique deal situations, M&A Diligence, and developed emerging market strategies and corporate analytics as well as internal communication reports to be actioned across the company globally. The 15-person Prospect Generation department reported to me.

    PlayerNet

    Interim CTO and Adviser
    Mar 2009 - Dec 2010

    PlayerNet.tv is an online network for professional athletes providing athlete generated content for the consumer market.

    - Guided firm through initial growth stage and successfully advised on securing seed capital from accredited investors
    - Consulted on product development and refined business model to optimize value creation of Company upon launch
    - Guided development team during product development and platform creation
    - Developed key partnerships with other firms in order to accelerate company growth

    HBK Capital Management

    Operations Department

    Aug - Nov 2007
     

    A global, multi-strategy alternative investment management firm. The firm was founded in 1991 and employs approximately 200 individuals in Dallas, New York, London, and Charlottesville.

  • CONTACT ME FOR COFFEE!  

    Always interested in new partnerships, colleagues, teams, initiatives, and speaking engagements!