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Clayton Menzel

New York,NY

Summary

Strategic and business-centric leader with deep experience in blockchain protocols, DeFi, and the institutional crypto industry. Known for driving ecosystem growth, leading high-impact teams, building investment theses, and fostering adoption of early-stage startups and networks. Key contributor to projects including Babylon, Eigenlayer, Rio, Figment, and Figment Capital with a strong background in staking, go-to-market, and protocol strategy.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of BD

Babylon Labs
New York, NY
09.2024 - Current
  • Leading go-to-market and ecosystem growth strategy for the supply and the demand side of the marketplace.
  • Managing partnerships with BTC LST asset issuers, blockchains, rollups, applications, custodians, and wallets.
  • Creating quarterly OKRs and ensuring the BD team is achieving department goals.
  • Representing Babylon in speaking engagements and at institutional events.

Growth Lead

Eigen Labs
New York, NY
06.2024 - 09.2024
  • Spearheaded growth and adoption efforts for operators, LRTs, and AVSs.
  • Lead strategic initiatives across institutional custodians, wallets, and operators.
  • Oversaw educational content and managed communications for our operator and LRT partners.

Head of Strategy

Rio Foundation
New York, NY
04.2024 - 06.2024
  • Directed strategic planning and go-to-market initiatives for Rio.
  • Played a key role in positioning Rio for acquisition by Eigen Labs.
  • Developed partnerships and drove early community engagement across Ethereum and the AVS ecosystem.

Partner

Figment Capital
New York, NY
05.2021 - 12.2024
  • Advised on venture investments across emerging crypto networks and conducted research and due diligence on early-stage protocols.
  • Provided strategic and ecosystem growth support to portfolio projects.
  • Assisted in raising over $55M across 2 fund vehicles.

Director of Protocol Strategy

Figment
New York, NY
07.2022 - 04.2024
  • Drove Figment's overall protocol strategy and was responsible for over 30% of overall company revenue.
  • Led research, community outreach, and governance participation across 50+ blockchain protocols.
  • Helped scale Figment's network presence and educational resources.

Head of Protocols & Opportunities

Figment
New York, NY
11.2021 - 07.2022
  • Led a 15 person research team dedicated to protocol research, new revenue opportunities, and customer education.
  • Drove new protocol onboarding, validator infrastructure planning, and internal product alignment.
  • Evaluated technical and economic designs of staking networks.

Head of Marketing & Content

Figment
New York, NY
01.2020 - 11.2021
  • Managed marketing strategy and content for Figment's protocol services and staking platform.
  • Developed educational campaigns and community growth initiatives.
  • Oversaw communications and media relations.

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) -

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Project Evaluation
  • Relationship Building
  • Negotiation
  • Ecosystem development
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Team leadership
  • Partnership management

Timeline

Head of BD

Babylon Labs
09.2024 - Current

Growth Lead

Eigen Labs
06.2024 - 09.2024

Head of Strategy

Rio Foundation
04.2024 - 06.2024

Director of Protocol Strategy

Figment
07.2022 - 04.2024

Head of Protocols & Opportunities

Figment
11.2021 - 07.2022

Partner

Figment Capital
05.2021 - 12.2024

Head of Marketing & Content

Figment
01.2020 - 11.2021

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) -

Florida State University

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