James Newman

James Newman is a Managing Partner – Fund Manager, European CEO & EVP of Global Operations at Republic. He runs venture investing globally as well as Republic’s flagship venture fund, in partnership with Temasek, that focusses on early-stage data driven and deep-tech Web3, AI, Robotics & Frontier Tech investing.

Prior to this, James has worked in a wide variety of investing, business building and operating roles across the Alan Howard ecosystem. Originally hired into Brevan Howard, his focus was Principal Investing across Crypto, Web3, Fintech & Frontier Technologies.

Whilst investing, James was also one of the founding team at WebN Group, the well-known incubation studio for Fintech & Web3 innovation, where over 18 months significant equity value was created. Due to James’s extensive experience, he additionally spent time restructuring, realigning and putting into place operational policies and scaling procedures at a leading EMS & PMS provider backed by Goldman Sachs, Citi Bank and Barclays.

Having been heavily involved in Web3 & Digital Assets Markets for over 10 years, James started his career with ~15 years of investment banking experience across multi-asset trading, derivative, sales and structuring desks at top tier banks.

Outside of work, he has published numerous quantitative, financial and regulatory papers, most recently for the Digital Economic Initiative. As a qualified Chartered Financial Analyst®, James holds a Masters in Finance (Distinction) & graduated with an Honours Degree in Economics from Durham University.