Christian Lantzsch

Christian has been working in DeFi since 2021 and was a founding partner of Cicada Partners. He previously managed one of the first pools on Maple Finance as a Pool Delegator, underwriting nearly $1B in loans to market makers and HFT funds with a 1.2% default rate. Before crypto, Christian served as Assistant Vice President of Underwriting in PNC Bank's Technology Finance Group, leading underwriting for PE-backed SaaS companies focused on LBO, M&A, and dividend recap structures. Christian holds a B.S. in Real Estate Finance from USC and an M.S.C. in Blockchain and Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia.