Travis John

I’m Travis John.

When I think about the next twenty-five years, two questions guide my work as an investor and business builder. What could change how we live and work, and what will people and businesses still need?

I turn those questions into clear investment, business, and technology decisions that show up in working systems.

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Current work

Investment management

Chayne Global
Management

I lead investment selection at Chayne, including the Modern Yield Fund, with a focus on specialty credit and income supported by business cash flows and assets.

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Fund infrastructure

Parsera

I co-founded Parsera to connect fund administration and investor operations in one shared operating record for private funds and SPVs.

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Applied AI

Forthward Partners

My applied AI practice for financial-services firms and mid-market companies. We work on specific operating problems, from understanding a workflow to implementing a useful change.

Trade finance & payments

XDC Tech US

As Head of Institutional at XDC Tech US, I work on institutional strategy and partnerships for trade finance, cross-border payments and settlement.

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Conversations worth having

I bring investors, advisers and business leaders together to discuss investment opportunities, business challenges and the practical use of new technology.

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About

I began in software consulting and application development in 1999. From 2008 to 2011, I worked on credit workouts and distressed residential real estate at Gold Partners Finance. My work later expanded into digital commerce, payments infrastructure and private markets.

I founded RWA Builders, a community for people working on real-world asset tokenization. Through Travis John & Co., I take on selected advisory work, sourcing and commercial introductions in frontier technology, including AI and tokenized assets.

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