Tony Plasencia

Tony Plasencia is an angel investor at AngelList Syndicator and the co-founder of Griffain, operating primarily between Barcelona, Spain, and San Francisco, California. Previously, he served as Head of Risk Modeling at Bankia, now part of CaixaBank, focusing on machine learning for financial risk assessment and regulatory compliance in 2019. In 2021, Plasencia co-founded Griffain, a financial technology firm specializing in artificial intelligence-driven trading solutions that launched an AI Agent Marketplace in 2023 and partnered with the cryptocurrency exchange Bitget. Through his syndication activities on AngelList, a platform managing over $15 billion in assets under administration, he allocates capital to early-stage ventures within the decentralized finance and blockchain analytics sectors. His current professional focus centers on bridging traditional quantitative analytics with emerging Web3 infrastructure to support algorithmic trading systems and early-stage fintech startups.