Moonpay Hires JD Millwood as Vice President of Growth

The global crypto payments infrastructure provider MoonPay announced that it has haired JD Millwood as Vice President of Growth. The appointment comes weeks after the company announced a $555 million Series A funding round ​led by Tiger Global Management and Coatue.

Millwood has extensive experience across growth and product. In his new position, he will be responsible for leading MoonPay’s growth and marketing functions to increase brand awareness.

Before joining Moonpay, Millwood was the VP of Growth and Product at Curve, a consumer-facing company that aggregates multiple payment cards through its mobile app. He was also Head of Growth at Coinbase and has held many growth-related roles at companies such as Uber, Mercer, and Dolby Laboratories.

“This is an incredibly exciting time at MoonPay,”said Ivan Soto-Wright,co-founder and CEO of Moonpay.“It is vital that we continue to meet our high standards as we expand into new markets. JD’s wealth of experience across growth, product, marketing and data will be fundamental to help us achieve our ambitious plans.”

“As MoonPay builds on its stellar achievements this year, it will be essential that the business continues to expand its customer base while engaging with partners, creators, and consumers across new markets on a global scale,”said Millwood.“I am looking forward to helping MoonPay achieve this goal and realise its formidable ambition of helping a billion people enter the crypto economy by 2030.”