Rodrigo Quan Miranda is one of the co-founders of MANTRA, a Layer 1 blockchain designed to tokenize real-world assets (RWAs), and SOMA.finance, a fully compliant multi-asset DEX and issuance platform. ^[1]

Education

Miranda graduated from Amherst College with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 2014. He was a business development intern at the Golden Bridges Foundation and a private equity research analyst for the StepStone Group and Nexos Capital Partners. ^[1][2]

Career

After graduation, Miranda worked in investment banking for Willis Towers Watson, an insurance-focused global M&A advisory practice, until October 2017. He then worked as a digital transformation advisor for DirecSource, a product development and global supply chain company. In November 2018, he participated in an EOS Hackathon with his team, Six Degrees, and they became finalists. ^[2]

In March 2018, Miranda co-founded BlockSmith, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider for Proof-of-Stake blockchain ecosystems, where he served as CEO in 2018 and non-executive director in 2020. During this time, he worked as a strategic advisor for Lan To Capital, a private family office with an investment focus on emerging technologies. In June 2019, he became managing director for Moon Street Ventures, a technology consulting and R&D company. ^[2]

Miranda became a founding partner of CLUB DAO, a private members club founded in Hong Kong by crypto founders and enthusiasts, in August 2021. He also co-founded MANTRA and SOMA.finance alongside John Patrick Mullin and Will Corkin. ^[2]