Matthew Dibb

Founder & CEO
astronaut.capital
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admin@astronaut.capital
Matthew is a capital markets professional with an extensive history in seed stage investment, venture capital, small cap analysis and corporate advisory. Matthew's career began in Macquarie Bank, one of Australias leading investment banks, primarily as a fixed income and structured products specialist. He then spent over five years in various capacities trading in derivatives, commodities foreign exchange. At this time, he was accredited as one of the youngest people in Australia to obtain their Accredited Derivatives license. In 2012, Matthew joined Wise-owl as the Managing Director, a small-cap analysis firm in Australia focused on emerging company IPOs for the ASX and SGX. Wise-owl is the preferred research house for small and mid-capitalization securities, distributed through major banks, Bloomberg and Reuters. Matthew then joined an Asia focused boutique investment bank, Incipient Capital where he was the lead advisor for technology-focused private equity deals, IPO's and venture development. In 2016 Matthew started a private consultancy firm for the creation of blockchain focused research reports to HNW investors. At the beginning of 2017, this research business transformed into Picolo Research, a public ratings and research house used by over 10,000 subscribers. Matthew is the CEO and Founder of Astronaut Capital, an asset management platform focused on closing the inefficiencies of ICO related investment.​
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Work Experience

Astronaut

CEO
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Mar 2017 - Current

Astronaut is an asset management platform seeking to close the inefficiencies of ICO research and investment.

Picolo Research

Founder
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Jul 2016 - Current

Picolo Research is an independent research house for initial coin offerings, altcoins and cryptocurrencies.

Incipient

Private Equity & Venture Capital
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Jan 2014 - Apr 2016

Incipient Capital is a boutique investment bank focused on emerging market opportunities within technology, mining and resources.

Wise owl

Managing Director
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Feb 2012 - May 2014

Wise-owl is the leading research firm of ASX and SGX small cap equities research. Wise-owl is a data partner of Etrade, Bloomberg and Reuters.

Halifax

Head of futures and foreign exchange
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Jan 2008 - Sep 2011

Futures and foreign exchange including OTC options.

Skills

  • corporate finance
  • venture capital
  • trading and derivatives
  • investment banking
  • analysis
  • small cap research