calvido21
Business Development/ Ecosystem Growth Lead
Crypto-native BD and partnerships operator with a decade of deal-making experience. Helped raise $50M+ across venture, SPV, and protocol-native capital since 2019 — as GP/co-founder of Metavest.capital, and in senior ecosystem roles at Bitlayer and BitcoinOS. Currently Head of Growth & Partnerships at Duels.trade, building the BD pipeline and driving an active fundraise for a Hyperliquid-built trading platform.
Background in high-stakes, relationship-first sales (luxury yachts, Rolex) before going full-time crypto in 2015. I close deals, build networks from zero, and move fast.
Looking for BD / Partnerships lead roles where I can own external relationships and drive revenue-generating or ecosystem-growth partnerships.
Experience: 10 years
Yearly salary: $120,000
Hourly rate: $50
Nationality: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Residency: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Experience
Ecosystem Lead
Bitlayer.org 2022 - 2022
Supported a $30M raise led by Polychain Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Franklin Templeton. Owned the chain's entire ecosystem strategy from raise through mainnet launch. Designed and implemented the operating infrastructure and procedures that let business development, product, tech, and dev scale cohesively — growing the company from 10 to 100 employees in under six months.
Founding Team Member, Head of Ecosystem
BitcoinOS.build 2022 - 2026
Joined as first team member; led fundraising alongside co-founder to a $12M raise led by DNA Fund and Greenfield Capital. Built the entire ecosystem function from 0 to product launch in 18 months. Closed 30+ major strategic partnerships, including Arbitrum, Cardano, Tron, Solana, leading DeFi protocols, exchanges, and market makers. Built and personally managed a network of 12,000+ unique Telegram contacts across the Web3 ecosystem.
Co-Founder & Partnership Director
Metavest.Capital 2019 - 2022
Co-founded and led partnerships for a venture capital firm focused on web3 gaming. Executed 50+ investments across seed, pre-seed, private, and Series A rounds. Delivered a successful fund exit.
Co-Founder
Equitable Wealth Alliance (Eqwall.org) 2017 - 2019
Co-founded a fintech venture in the cryptocurrency space, advising early Web3 projects on strategy, fundraising, and go-to-market.
Private Brokerage & Sales
Independent 2012 - 2017
Built and managed a private client sales practice.
Skills
business-development
full-time
partnership
vc
english