Find investors
← Back to all investors
MW
ResearchedAngel Investors

Michelle Whelan

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Angel InvestorsSeed Round
Pitch Michelle

Get their honest, personalized take on your startup.

Sign in to pitch Michelle

At a glance

Full Name
Michelle Whelan
Title
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Titan XRP
Firm
Titan XRP (legal entity: Tokenpot Capital Management, LLC)
Firm Type
Crypto / digital-asset hedge fund (classified in some investor databases as an angel/seed-stage backer of blockchain ventures)
Investment Stage
Early-stage / seed-stage blockchain ventures, plus direct token holdings
Check Size
Not disclosed
Target Company Profile
Blockchain, digital-currency and crypto-asset ventures, tokens and projects; a portion allocated to traditional private equity offerings
Sector Focus
Cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, digital assets
Geographic Focus
Primarily Europe; global crypto markets
Location
Dublin, Ireland (with operational/management offices in London, United Kingdom)

Background

Michelle Whelan is a co-founder and the Chief Operating Officer of Titan XRP, a digital-asset hedge fund she helped launch alongside co-founder and CEO Leo Campbell. Investor and crypto-fund databases also list Dylan Bird and Nathan Hayles among the founding team. The fund operates as Tokenpot Capital Management, LLC and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with additional operational and management offices in London. Sources place the fund's founding in the 2016–2017 period (a fund Medium post cites 17 March 2016; Crypto Fund Research lists 2017).

As COO, Whelan sits on the operating side of a roughly six-person firm that markets itself as "the hedge fund for all, regardless of your income level" — a vehicle designed to lower the barriers to entry for retail participation in crypto-asset investing. The fund's model has clients contribute XRP or Ethereum (ETH) in exchange for "Titanization Tokens," which represent each contributor's pro-rata stake in the fund's pooled assets. The firm has emphasized security in its marketing, including claims of cold-storage holdings kept in a UK vault.

Beyond her title, role, and association with the Dublin/London-based fund, little independently verifiable biographical detail (education, prior employers, dated career history) about Michelle Whelan is available in public sources. Statements here are limited to what crypto-fund directories and the fund's own materials support.

Investment Thesis & Focus

  • Invests across "a wide variety of ventures, tokens, and projects related to blockchain technology, digital currency and crypto assets," with primary focus on existing tokens.
  • Allocates a portion of assets to traditional investments such as private equity offerings.
  • Describes its mandate as providing "digital asset management for blockchain capital markets," pursuing "short, medium and long-term innovative risk management strategies."
  • Positions itself around accessibility — explicitly a "global crypto hedge fund catering for all, regardless of your income" — alongside stated values of security, fairness, transparency and trust.
  • Operating model: contributors deposit XRP or ETH and receive "Titanization Tokens" representing a stake in the pooled fund.

Notable Investments

No specific, named portfolio companies or individual deals attributable to Titan XRP or to Michelle Whelan could be verified from public sources. Crypto Fund Research lists the fund as having made "2+" investments but does not name them, and AUM/performance data are not publicly reported. (No deals are listed here because none could be confirmed — they are omitted rather than invented.)

Unlock the full research

Get how to approach them, recent activity, sources, contact links — plus pitch their AI twin for a candid read on your raise.

One-time. Stays unlocked for you.