Meltem Demirors
Digital Currency Group (DCG)
Vice President of Development
Meltem is Vice President of Development at Digital Currency Group (DCG), a firm that builds, buys, and supports digital currency and blockchain technology companies by leveraging its insights, network, and access to capital. In her role, Meltem leads the team that drives strategy and growth across DCG’s multiple lines of business. In her role, Meltem manages DCG’s investment portfolio of 110 companies across 30 countries, advises companies on their growth strategy, and connects stakeholders across the DCG network to leverage DCG’s social, human, and financial capital to build long-term enterprise value. She spends much of her time working with corporate boards, family offices, venture firms, institutions, regulators, and other policy stakeholders across the world advocating for new approaches to managing digital currency and blockchain technology adoption and investing. Meltem holds a BA in Mathematical Economics from Rice University and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. She helped create the MIT “Future of Commerce” online course, the Oxford Saïd Business School Blockchain Strategy Program, and is a member of the World Economic Forum Blockchain Council. She also invests in digital currencies and startups via her own fund, Athena Capital Management, and leads a number of industry initiatives focused on market infrastructure and portfolio management practices.