Matthew Roszak
Matthew Roszak is a Chicago-based investor and entrepreneur, co-founder and chairman of the blockchain software company Bloq, founding partner of the investment firm Tally Capital, and chairman of the blockchain trade association Chamber of Digital Commerce.
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Early Career: Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneur in Chicago
Matthew Roszak is from Chicago, Illinois. In 2016 congressional testimony he said he had worked as a venture capitalist and technology entrepreneur for 20 years and had founded a dozen companies.[1]
He is a founding partner of Tally Capital, a private investment firm focused on crypto, digital assets and blockchain-enabled technology, whose portfolio includes BinanceBinanceBinance is a global digital asset trading and multi-asset financial platform launched in 2017 and co-founded by Changpeng Zhao and Yi He. Its business has expanded from spot trading to derivatives, wallets, payments, a public blockchain ecosystem, market data, traditional securities, and artificial intelligence interfaces; its history also includes security incidents, regulatory enforcement across multiple jurisdictions, a 2023 U.S. criminal settlement, and subsequent compliance restructuring.Open the full entry, Block.One, Blockstream, Civic, Orchid, Polymath, tZERO and Qtum.[2][3]
February 2016Launching Bloq with Jeff Garzik
In February 2016 Roszak and longtime bitcoin developer Jeff Garzik launched Bloq, an enterprise blockchain software company backed by $250,000 from Tally Capital. It then had 12 employees and planned to double its staff as it scaled. Roszak said: “We’re building a company for the next 20 years.”[4]
March 2016Testimony to the U.S. House
On March 16, 2016, Roszak testified as chairman of the Chamber of Digital Commerce and co-founder of Bloq at a hearing of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade titled “Disrupter Series: Digital Currency and Blockchain.”[1]
He recommended “light touch regulation – similar to the UK, Singapore and Canada,” and said Congress could establish uniform standards that could preempt conflicting state laws.[1]
Bloq and Industry Organizations
He chairs the blockchain trade association Chamber of Digital Commerce, founded the Token Alliance, which develops token issuance standards, and the Chicago Blockchain Center, and serves on the board of BitGive, a nonprofit that uses blockchain to improve philanthropic impact. He was a producer of the documentary “The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin.”[2][3]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Bloq: Official website: https://bloq.com/ (opens in a new window).[2]
X: Public account: https://x.com/MatthewRoszak (opens in a new window).[2]
LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewroszak (opens in a new window).[2]