Elliot Han is Chair of the Board of Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN), a publicly traded technology company, and Chief Investment Officer of C1 Fund (NYSE: CFND), a publicly traded closed-end fund investing in late-stage private technology and digital asset companies. At Phunware, he works closely with the Board and management on strategy, governance, leadership, and key corporate priorities. At C1 Fund, he leads the Fund’s investment strategy, sourcing, portfolio construction, and investment activities. Elliot has more than two decades of experience spanning investment banking, capital markets, technology, investing, and corporate law. He is also a Partner at PGP Capital, an investment and merchant banking firm focused on fintech and digital assets, and Managing Partner of Sunkist ARC Partners, an investment firm focused on high-growth technology opportunities. Previously, Elliot was a Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald, where he led FinTech, Blockchain & Digital Assets Investment Banking and Technology Equity Capital Markets....
Elliot Han is Chair of the Board of Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN), a publicly traded technology company, and Chief Investment Officer of C1 Fund (NYSE: CFND), a publicly traded closed-end fund investing in late-stage private technology and digital asset companies. At Phunware, he works closely with the Board and management on strategy, governance, leadership, and key corporate priorities. At C1 Fund, he leads the Fund’s investment strategy, sourcing, portfolio construction, and investment activities.
Elliot has more than two decades of experience spanning investment banking, capital markets, technology, investing, and corporate law. He is also a Partner at PGP Capital, an investment and merchant banking firm focused on fintech and digital assets, and Managing Partner of Sunkist ARC Partners, an investment firm focused on high-growth technology opportunities.
Previously, Elliot was a Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald, where he led FinTech, Blockchain & Digital Assets Investment Banking and Technology Equity Capital Markets. He previously served as Head of FinTech and Consumer Tech Capital Markets at the New York Stock Exchange and held senior investment banking roles at Goldman Sachs focused on the technology sector.
He was also part of the management team of a pioneering blockchain technology and advisory company that achieved a strategic exit. Earlier in his career, he practiced corporate law at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and began his career at Credit Suisse. Elliot earned a B.A. in Biological Sciences and Classics from Columbia University, a Master’s degree in Classics from Oxford University, and B.A. (Honours) and M.A. degrees in Law from Cambridge University, where he was a Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholar.
His broader board and nonprofit experience include serving on the Board of Governors of the Lii-Haybyrne Institute of Asian Studies and previously as a board trustee of Xavier High School, his alma mater in New York City, as well as service with other nonprofit organizations.
