Sebastien is the Principal at Aquanow, a leading infrastructure and liquidity provider that enables institutional and enterprise use-cases for digital assets. He focuses on research and investment management for the company. He comes to Aquanow from CIBC Capital Markets where he held several key roles in institutional equities and derivatives sales. Sebastien has also served as a Research Analyst at Rayne Capital Management Inc. and a Financial Analyst with Trilogy Energy Corporation.
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I was motivated by a real sense of curiosity. I wanted to jump into something new and innovative, and work at something totally different. It’s not to say you can’t innovate when you’re working at a bank, but it’s a lot faster if you move to a startup. At the bank, the market would open at 9:30, we’re closed at four, and I have a list of things to do on a regular basis in between. But now, I just try to jump in and figure out how I can help.