Natasha Bansgopaul is the co-founder and chief operating officer of DarcMatter, Konstellation, and VegaX Holdings. Based in New York, Bansgopaul has pioneered a cutting-edge digital asset management platform that offers access to actionable indexes and index-driven crypto product.
She is an experienced fintech, marketing, strategy, and M&A professional with over 10-plus years of demonstrated leadership through key strategic roles at at both Fortune 50 and Fortune 100 companies including PepsiCo. Bansgopaul held several roles at PepsiCo, most recently as the innovation lead and brand-activation lead on their Incubation Team. She has successfully led her companies to secure numerous awards globally such as, NextMoney Global FinTech Finals, Korean Startup Grand Challenge (Top 4 out of 120), HFM Technology’s Best FinTech Solution for Hedge Funds, and FinTech Breakthrough Awards 2018’s Best Innovation for Retail Investment.
Bansgopaul has received notable recognition from various prestigious organisations and media publications, demonstrating the significant impact she is making within the financial technology industry as a female pioneer. She was featured in Forbes, Fortune, Black Enterprise, Korea Times and Fast Company. Bansgopaul was named by Cosmopolitan and DigitalUndivided to the 2022 The New C-Suite, honouring women of colour entrepreneurs who are heading the evolution of business leadership in America.
Bansgopaul is currently focused on using her experience in fintech to build the next generation of investment strategies and indices with digital asset management firm, VegaX Holdings. The award-winning financial technology platform builds AI and provides blockchain-powered quantitative trading solutions for traditional institutions and investors in digital assets. She is also an Entrepreneur in Residence at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), leading key research initiatives on artificial intelligence as a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow. At NIST, she also supports the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee’s (NAIAC) which is tasked with advising the President and the National AI Initiative Office on topics related to the National AI Initiative.
Bansgopaul graduated with her MBA from Pennsylvania State University, with a focus on entrepreneurship and strategic leadership, and her BS from Binghamton University. With a passion for learning, business development, diversity and inclusion, and universal access to technology, Bansgopaul continues to be a leader and advocate for the development and adoption of FinTech and AI solutions globally.