# Rodrigo Quan Miranda

> Rodrigo Quan Miranda is a blockchain entrepreneur, co-founding MANTRA and SOMA.finance, with a background in economics, investment banking, and digital transfor...

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**Rodrigo Quan Miranda** is one of the co-founders of [MANTRA](https://iq.wiki/wiki/mantra-dao), a Layer 1 [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) designed to tokenize [real-world assets (RWAs)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas), and [SOMA.finance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/somafinance), a fully compliant multi-asset [DEX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-exchange) and issuance platform. [\[1\]](#cite-id-qp1lb95dyw) ![image](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/Qmf2jeu9CGCgRBqBvsNP655C9BtL3aXQVxUwQkQgrL8uwQ)  
  
# 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. [\[1\]](#cite-id-qp1lb95dyw)[\[2\]](#cite-id-83vxsxm4mvm)  
  
# 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](https://iq.wiki/wiki/eos) Hackathon with his team, Six Degrees, and they became finalists. [\[2\]](#cite-id-83vxsxm4mvm)  
  
In March 2018, Miranda co-founded BlockSmith, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider for [Proof-of-Stake](https://iq.wiki/wiki/proof-of-stake) [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/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. [\[2\]](#cite-id-83vxsxm4mvm)  
  
Miranda became a founding partner of CLUB [DAO](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dao), a private members club founded in Hong Kong by [crypto](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) founders and enthusiasts, in August 2021. He also co-founded [MANTRA](https://iq.wiki/wiki/mantra-dao) and [SOMA.finance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/somafinance) alongside [John Patrick Mullin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/john-patrick-mullin) and [Will Corkin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/will-corkin). [\[2\]](#cite-id-83vxsxm4mvm)