As a serial entrepreneur, investor, and advisor to blockchain startups, Jonas Lauren Norr has been involved in over 100 projects across multiple industries. He is also an active angel investor with investments in companies such as Blockdaemon, Bancor Network, Bitfury Group, Blox, ConsenSys, Decentraland, DFINITY, EOS, ICONOMI, LTO Network, Melonport, Numerai, OmiseGo, SingularDTV, Status, Stratis, Ternio and many more.
Jonas Lauren Norr was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His father worked for IBM while his mother was a teacher. At age 12, he moved to New York City, where he attended Stuyvesant High School. In 2008, at age 17, Norr founded his first company, The Future Factory, which focused on creating educational content for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. In 2010, Norr co-founded the digital currency exchange platform CoinCorner.com. It was one of the first exchanges to offer Bitcoin trading services directly from its website. Norr graduated from Columbia University’sUniversity’s business school in 2014 with a degree in Finance. After graduating from Columbia Business School, Norr joined the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner. While there, he led several early-stage investment deals
In. 2016, Norr started working on a new project called CryptoLotus. CryptoLotus is a decentralized marketplace built on top of Ethereum’sEthereum’s public blockchain. Its goal is to create a global peer-to-peer network for buying and selling goods and services using cryptocurrency. CryptoLotus is currently live and accepting orders through their website. They are planning to launch their mobile app soon. The team behind CryptoLotus consists of experienced entrepreneurs, developers, designers, marketers, and investors. CryptoLotus is backed by some of the most prominent names in the crypto space. Most notably, they have raised $2 million in seed funding from Pantera Capital, Blockchain Capital, Polychain Capital, Digital Currency Group, Coinbase Ventures, Boost VC, and others. CryptoLotus is currently ranked #1 on Cointelegraph’sCointelegraph’s Top 10 ICO List.
JLN is also an author, speaker, and the host of the podcast “The Coin Show.” He has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo Finance, The Motley Fool, and many other publications for his expertise in cryptocurrency markets. He is also an active crypto community member, having founded the non-profit organization Blockstack Labs to encourage the adoption of blockchain technology by developing open-source software solutions that will help people use decentralized applications (dApps).
He has been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, CoinDesk, Nasdaq, Fox Business News, CNN Money, ABC World News Tonight, The Wall Street Journal, and many other media outlets. He is a frequent speaker at industry events, including South by Southwest (SXSW), Disrupt SF, CoinAgenda, Consensus, Token Summit, Blockchain Expo, Bitcoin LA, and others. Jonas was also named one of the top 100 most influential people in blockchain technology by Global Finance Magazine.
Before founding CryptoLotus, he co-founded two companies: OneBlockLabs (sold) and ContourIQ (acquired). Jonas Lauren Norr is also the founder of Gravity Ranch, a luxury retreat center in Big Sur, California. Gravity Ranch offers guests a unique experience that combines nature, wellness, and adventure. Guests can enjoy hiking trails, yoga classes, meditation sessions, surfing lessons, horseback riding, wine tasting, cooking classes, and much more. According to the most recent reviews, the property is rated five stars on TripAdvisor.