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John Izaguirre

Strategy & Partnerships · Product · GTM · New Markets

Senior strategy and partnerships operator with 15+ years across global technology companies, high-growth ventures and founder-led products. Builds new markets through product strategy, GTM, strategic partnerships, ecosystem design and first-proof execution.

Lisbon 38.7223° N · 9.1393° W · Field 08 · Open

Currently taking 1–2 strategic engagements.

John Izaguirre, founder of I.O.V — portrait deconstructing into archival stone fragments

Plate IOV/POR-02 · graphite on stone · arrow keys open the excavation; the identity zone never moves.

John IzaguirreLisbon · Berlin

A — Operating now

Four coordinates, currently live.

C-01Operating · framework in build

Tadle.com

AI Infrastructure · Agents · Distribution

White-label AI product infrastructure and sandbox framework for teams shipping agentic products.

White-label AI product infrastructure · Europe (Lisbon–Berlin)

Co-Founder · Mar 2024–Present

  • Multi-model routing
  • Agentic workflows
  • Long-running workspaces
  • Per-user economics
  • Plugins & skills
  • White-label distribution
  • Verified MCP nodes
C-02V1 live · V2 in build

Signal Atlas

Culture · Cities · Intelligence

Signal Atlas

A cultural intelligence and city-discovery platform for Europe.

Cultural intelligence & city discovery · Europe (Lisbon–Berlin)

Founder · Product & Strategy · 2026–Present

  • Editorial systems
  • Local signals
  • Maps & recommendations
  • AI-assisted discovery
C-03V0.1 live · authority infrastructure

NIVQRA

AI · Agents · Governance

Human authority for autonomous systems.

Authority infrastructure · Europe (Lisbon–Berlin)

I.O.V Lab · Product thesis & first proof · 2026–Present

  • Delegated mandates
  • Deterministic policy
  • Graduated autonomy
  • Just-in-time authority
  • Authority evidence records
  • Immediate revocation
C-044th edition in development

Berlin Ramen Society

Hospitality · Culture · Community

Berlin Ramen Society

An independent hospitality and cultural platform across community, editorial, partnerships and live experiences.

Cultural platform & live experiences · Berlin

Next gathering

Oct 9 — 11

2026 · Berlin

Planned expansion — Lisbon · 2027

Co-Founder · Cultural Platform & Live Experiences

  • Community
  • Editorial
  • Partnerships
  • Live experiences

B — Flagship work

Three things built in public.

AI product infrastructure, cultural intelligence and a live cultural platform — each with a public address you can check.

  1. IOV / VENTURE 01

    Tadle.com

    BEFORE THE MARKET

    Infrastructure for assets before liquidity exists.

    AI product infrastructure

    V-01 · OPEN DOSSIER

  2. IOV / VENTURE 02 · EUROPE

    Signal Atlas

    WHERE NEXT?

    A cultural intelligence layer for cities in motion.

    Culture · Cities · AI

    Signal Atlas

    V-02 · OPEN DOSSIER

  3. IOV / FIELD V-03 · BERLIN

    Berlin Ramen Society

    THE SOCIETY

    A community became an event. The event became a cultural platform.

    Culture · Community

    Berlin Ramen Society

    V-03 · OPEN DOSSIER

01TADLE.COM / AI PRODUCT INFRASTRUCTURE

Founder-approved Tadle product capture showing the mobile product surface of the white-label AI product infrastructure.Founder-approved Tadle product capture showing model and API routing controls.
Tadle · founder-approved product captures — product surface and model / API routing

Tadle.com

Co-Founder · Mar 2024 – Present

White-label AI product infrastructure and a sandbox framework for teams shipping agentic products.

Tadle is white-label AI product infrastructure: a sandbox framework teams use to ship agentic products without rebuilding the substrate underneath them.

Tadle Code X carries agentic workflows. Tadle Knob handles model and API routing with per-user economics. Around them sit multi-model routing, persistent long-running workspaces, a plugins and skills marketplace with monetization, white-label deployment and dMCP — a verified MCP-node network.

  • Multi-model routing
  • Agentic workflows
  • Long-running workspaces
  • Per-user economics
  • Plugins & skills marketplace
  • White-label deployment
  • dMCP verified nodes
Public addresstadle.com

02SIGNAL ATLAS / CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

Approved Signal Atlas project visual for the European cultural intelligence and city-discovery platform.
Signal Atlas · approved project visual — portfolio visual, not a raw application capture

Signal Atlas

Founder · Product & Strategy · 2026 – Present

Signal Atlas

Cultural intelligence and city discovery for Europe, read as one instrument for a city.

Signal Atlas is a cultural intelligence and city-discovery platform for Europe: editorial systems, local signals, maps and recommendations held together by product design and AI-assisted discovery.

The instrument is the point — a city becomes legible through what is actually happening in it, not through a directory.

Selected focus: Lisbon · Berlin · Rome · San Sebastián · Belgrade

  • Editorial systems
  • Local signals
  • Maps & recommendations
  • Product design
  • AI-assisted discovery
Public addresssignalatlas.guide

03BERLIN RAMEN SOCIETY / CULTURAL PLATFORM & LIVE EXPERIENCES

Approved Berlin Ramen Society project and festival visual.
Berlin Ramen Society · approved project / festival visual

Berlin Ramen Society

Co-Founder · Cultural Platform & Live Experiences

Berlin Ramen Society

An independent cultural platform run as a live operator laboratory.

Berlin Ramen Society operates across community, editorial, brand and restaurant partnerships and live experiences — an independent hospitality and cultural platform, not a side project.

The fourth festival edition is in development, with 15,000 expected attendees. It is treated as a scalable cultural property: a live operator laboratory where partnerships, audience and format are tested at real scale.

  • Community
  • Editorial
  • Brand & restaurant partnerships
  • Live experiences
Public addressberlinramensociety.de

C — Selected proof

Evidence, not identity.

  1. 01

    Sep 2022 – Sep 2023

    Binance / BNB Chain

    Head of Growth & Developer Relations

    John Izaguirre speaking at the BNB Chain keynote at ETHDenver 2023.
    BNB Chain · ETHDenver 2023 keynote
    • Architected and launched Zero2Hero — a global bootcamp → hackathon → incubator builder funnel.
    • Lead BNB Chain POC and keynote speaker at ETHDenver 2023.
    • Drove ecosystem partnerships, exchange and network integrations, and builder adoption.

    During the tenure BNB Chain crossed 230M+ unique addresses and reached 2.2M peak daily active users — network-level figures, not individual attribution.

  2. 02

    Jun 2023 – Jun 2025

    Chainlink Labs

    Advisor to the Board

    • Co-architected the early growth model for Chainlink BUILD across project scouting, strategic partnerships, market positioning and incentive design.

    By November 2023 Chainlink publicly described BUILD as 70+ startups — a programme figure published by Chainlink.

  3. 03

    Apr 2018 – Jul 2019

    ConsenSys · DACH

    Ecosystem Growth Manager / Head of Growth

    ConsenSys DACH event evidence from Disrupt Frankfurt, 2019.
    ConsenSys / DACH · event evidence · Frankfurt 2019
    • Built the DACH enterprise and developer ecosystem, with workshops and activations across Henkel, Porsche Labs, Lufthansa, KPMG and Siemens.
    • Authored the Developer Tools booklet and co-authored the Blockchain Business Networks report.
    • Supporting proof: 680+ Berlin Meetup members, 200+ new newsletter subscribers in Q1 2019, 12+ events.
  4. 04

    Jun 2019 – Feb 2021

    Ontology Europe

    Managing Partner

    Ontology digital identity media appearance featuring John Izaguirre.
    Ontology · digital identity media / podcast evidence
    • Led European growth, partnerships and market development around decentralised identity and data.
    • Drove Europe-side adoption of the 2020 ONTO relaunch and of Daimler Mobility / Mercedes-Benz MoveX + Welcome Home using ONT ID.

    ONT traded in the global top 20 by market cap during the period; Wing Finance surpassed $200M TVL in 2021.

D — Condensed timeline

  • 01Signal AtlasFounder · Product & Strategy2026 – Present
  • 02Schuman FinancialStrategic work · Product, partnerships & pilot architecture2024 – Present
  • 03Tadle.comCo-FounderMar 2024 – Present
  • 04I.O.VFounderSep 2012 – Present
  • 05Chainlink LabsAdvisor to the BoardJun 2023 – Jun 2025
  • 06Binance / BNB ChainHead of Growth & Developer RelationsSep 2022 – Sep 2023
  • 07Bit2Me LaunchpadManaging DirectorJan 2022 – Jan 2023
  • 08Prosegur CryptoHead of Sales & PartnershipsJan 2021 – Jan 2022
  • 09Ontology EuropeManaging PartnerJun 2019 – Feb 2021
  • 10ConsenSys · DACHEcosystem Growth Manager / Head of GrowthApr 2018 – Jul 2019
  • 11Medici Living / QuartersHead of Growth / Global Ecosystem GrowthFeb 2017 – Mar 2018
  • 12WeWork GermanyHead of Commercial2015 – 2017
  • 13Start QuantumManaging Director / Co-FounderJan 2012 – Sep 2015
  • 14McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Operations AssociateMar 2011 – Apr 2012

E — Education

  • HEC Paris

    Executive Master's Degree, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

    2026 – Present

  • Harvard Business School Online

    AI for Leaders

    2026

  • The Open University

    MA Economics, Political Science & Philosophy

    2019

  • San Francisco State University

    BA International Relations

    2009

F — Actions