Zax LLC

Private investor in seed-stage technology startups; currently 25+ active investments (https://angel.co/seth-weinstein)Formally Managing Director & CEO of Morgan Stanley Fund Services (2005-2017), a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, providing a comprehensive suite of services to leading hedge funds and their investors across the U.S., Europe and Asia, supported by over 700 professionals based in New York, London, Dublin, Glasgow, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Bangalore, administering assets in excess of $250 billion.Began career within Morgan Stanley’s prime brokerage business in 1988;Joined BPB Associates in 1994 as Managing Director, leading engagements with hedge funds, investment banks, broker dealers and service providers;Joined NatWest Securities in 1996, along with co-founders of BPB, as Executive Vice President and global head of technology for the institutional equity division;Joined Deutsche Bank in 1998, in connection with the acquisition of NatWest’s global equity derivatives businesses, as Managing Director, responsible for launching and heading their U.S. prime brokerage business;Rejoined Morgan Stanley in 2000 as Managing Director and co-head of the U.S. prime brokerage business;Launched Morgan Stanley Fund Services in 2005, as CEO, responsible for the business globally;First named inventor for “Portfolio Confirmation and Certification Platform,” a U.S. Patent granted to Morgan Stanley in 2011, the framework behind StratumSM, an “administratively confirmed” hedge fund transparency platform.