Christina Beltramini
10+ years of strategic experience across technology, finance, and consumer innovation.
Christina is the VP of Business & Corporate Development at Aave Labs. She previously joined ByteDance as part of the early global expansion team following its acquisition of Musical.ly (now TikTok). Christina has held senior business development and finance roles at TIDAL and Blue Apron during their growth phases. She was also an investment banker at J.P. Morgan.
About me, working backwards
🧩 My 30s: Driving innovation in decentralized finance and tech.
For the past four years, I have worked at Aave Labs, the founder of the Aave Protocol, the largest onchain capital markets platform with over $70B in deposits.
My focus is on advancing onchain finance, including DeFi and stablecoins, to shape the next wave of financial innovation and capital markets.
Decentralized technology is redefining how people connect and transact, and laying the foundation for a more open and equitable financial and digital economy.
📲 My mid 20s: Early to consumer tech.
Early U.S. and global expansion team at TikTok / ByteDance, scaling disruptive consumer platforms like Blue Apron (early D2C) and TIDAL music streaming (acquired by Square).
Before that: Foundation in finance and strategy.
Earning my chops in investment banking in Sydney & New York.
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🎖️ Featured in Variety's New York Women’s Impact Report 2021.
🫰 Angel investor and VC LP here and there since 2015.
✍️ Writing now and then.
🎙️ Occasionally speaking on podcasts and panels.
✨ Life mantra, “I never lose. I either win or learn.”