# Guilhem Chaumont

> Guilhem Chaumont is the French co-founder and Global CEO of Flowdesk, a Paris-founded digital asset trading and technology firm. An engineering and international-finance graduate who previously traded at HSBC and co-founded X-Network, he has built Flowdesk around liquidity services, trading infrastructure, and institutional access to digital asset markets.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Global CEO at Flowdesk
- **Organizations:** Flowdesk, X-Network, HSBC, CEA
- **From:** Lyon, France
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Master’s degree in Engineering (Energy Engineering), École Centrale de Lyon, MSc in International Finance, HEC Paris
- **Known for:** Co-founded Flowdesk in 2020 and leads its global business., Developed Flowdesk’s retainer-based market-making service for token issuers., Led Flowdesk through its $30 million Series A, $50 million Series B, and $52 million Series B extension.

## Career timeline

- **2012–2015** — Student engineer at CEA.
- **2016–2018** — Joined HSBC as a trading analyst intern, then served as a trader in Global Financial Resources Management from December 2016 to July 2018.
- **2017** — Started a cryptocurrency mining business at the end of the year, according to the X-Cash white paper.
- **2018** — Co-founded X-Network and became CEO; public biographies date his tenure through 2021.
- **2020** — Co-founded Flowdesk in Paris.
- **2022** — Flowdesk announced a $30 million Series A in June.
- **2023** — Flowdesk appointed market maker for SG-FORGE’s EUR CoinVertible in December.
- **2024** — Flowdesk became a liquidity provider for Grayscale’s spot bitcoin ETF and announced a $50 million Series B in January.
- **2025** — Clarified that a $52 million extension brought combined Series B financing to $102 million; Flowdesk later announced a separate credit facility of up to $100 million from Two Prime.
- **2026** — Flowdesk Europe received MiCA CASP authorisation in June; Flowdesk Omega FZE received a full Dubai VARA broker-dealer licence in August.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Flowdesk in 2020 and leads its global business.
- Developed Flowdesk’s retainer-based market-making service for token issuers.
- Led Flowdesk through its $30 million Series A, $50 million Series B, and $52 million Series B extension.
- Flowdesk became a market maker for SG-FORGE’s EURCV and a liquidity provider for Grayscale’s spot bitcoin ETF.
- Flowdesk’s European and Dubai entities secured MiCA and VARA permissions in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Discussed tokenized asset liquidity, settlement mismatches, institutional counterparties, and continuous trading in a Digital Assets Edge interview.
- **2026-08** — Flowdesk announced its Dubai entity’s full VARA broker-dealer licence, issued on 7 August, for qualified and institutional investors.
- **2026-06** — AMF granted Flowdesk Europe SAS MiCA CASP authorisation A2026-022 on 25 June.
- **2025-06** — Flowdesk announced a separate credit facility of up to $100 million from Two Prime Lending, secured against bitcoin holdings.
- **2025-03** — Announced a $52 million Series B extension, bringing combined Series B financing to $102 million.

## Links

- Website: https://www.flowdesk.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guilhem-chaumont-215091a5/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23