# Nathan Montone

> Nathan Montone is a New York-based investor and M31 Capital founder whose work spans blockchain, AI and frontier technology. He co-founded the firm with Michael Swensson in January 2020 and publishes essays on technology, ownership and investment research.

- **Role:** Founder & Managing Partner at M31 Capital
- **Organizations:** M31 Capital, M31 Ventures, STP Network, Block72, GBIC, HSBC
- **Education:** Financial Economics and English Literature; degree type unspecified in public guest biography, Columbia University, Program credentials; qualification unspecified in public guest biography, Harvard Business School HBX
- **Known for:** M31’s current team biography credits him with investments in more than 100 companies., Early backer and advisor to Helium, Livepeer, Filecoin and THORChain, according to his public guest biography., Co-founder of M31 Capital and STP Network.

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Began investing in Bitcoin, according to M31’s launch announcement and his guest biography.
- **Before 2020** — Held director-level positions at HSBC, GBIC and Block72, according to his guest biography.
- **2018** — Listed as a Block72 moderator at the World Digital Assets Summit in San Francisco.
- **2019** — Co-authored the May STP white paper; STP documentation names him as co-founder.
- **2020** — Co-founded M31 Capital with Michael Swensson in January.
- **2022** — M31 launched its Web3 Opportunity Fund with $50 million committed toward a $100 million cap.
- **2023** — Published Web3 x AI on November 28.
- **2025** — M31 Ventures announced its leadership of Sentigen’s pre-seed round on April 22.
- **2026** — Published The M31 Thesis, a research framework and The Hidden Grammar of History.

## Achievements

- M31’s current team biography credits him with investments in more than 100 companies.
- Early backer and advisor to Helium, Livepeer, Filecoin and THORChain, according to his public guest biography.
- Co-founder of M31 Capital and STP Network.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Published The Hidden Grammar of History on May 14.
- **2026-04** — Listed for the April 3 Deep Tech Week event on spacetime metric engineering and quantum vacuum technologies.
- **2026-03** — Published M31’s Standard Research Process Framework on March 5.
- **2026-01** — Published The M31 Thesis.

## Links

- Website: https://m31.capital/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanmontone/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/NathanMontone

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Last updated: 2026-10-09