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
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
MinskOpen 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, SalesforcePartnership - 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 codePartnership - 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!
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.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.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
Offer Presentation for Crowdfunding (20140040157A1) - Pending 2012
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 growthHBK 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!
Coffee Video Credits: Modernist Cuisine - High-Speed Video : Coffee Creamer in Coffee 2000 FPS
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