About
Diogo Mónica is General Partner at Haun Ventures, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital, Chairman of the NEAR Foundation, and a Director at Erebor.
Earlier he led security at Docker and platform security at Square (now Block). He holds BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees from Instituto Superior Técnico at the University of Lisbon.
Roles
- Until 2015 — Platform security, Square (now Block).
- 2015–2017 — Security lead, Docker.
- 2017–present — Co-founder of Anchorage Digital. In 2024 he became Executive Chairman.
- 2024–present — General Partner, Haun Ventures.
- Chairman, NEAR Foundation.
- 2026–present — Director, Erebor.
Education
- 2004–2007 — BSc, Telecommunications and Informatics Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon.
- 2007–2009 — MSc, Communication Networks Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon.
- 2009–2015 — PhD, Computer Science (network security), Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon.
Media kit
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Short bio
Diogo Mónica is General Partner at Haun Ventures, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital, Chairman of the NEAR Foundation, and a Director at Erebor. He is a security engineer and investor. He previously led security at Docker and platform security at Square. He holds BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees from Instituto Superior Técnico at the University of Lisbon.
Long bio
Diogo Mónica is General Partner at Haun Ventures, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital, Chairman of the NEAR Foundation, and a Director at Erebor. He is a security engineer and investor.
Until 2015 he led platform security at Square (now Block). From 2015 to 2017 he led security at Docker. In 2017 he co-founded Anchorage Digital, a digital-asset custody company. In 2024 he became Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital. He continues as Co-founder and Executive Chairman.
In 2024 he became General Partner at Haun Ventures. He also serves as Chairman of the NEAR Foundation. In 2026 he became a Director at Erebor.
He has published security research and holds patents in cryptography, payments, and digital-asset custody. He writes on this site about security, infrastructure, and digital assets.
He studied at Instituto Superior Técnico at the University of Lisbon. From 2004 to 2007 he completed a BSc in Telecommunications and Informatics Engineering. From 2007 to 2009 he completed an MSc in Communication Networks Engineering. From 2009 to 2015 he completed a PhD in Computer Science, focused on network security.
Pictures
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Links
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