Milan, Lombardy, Italy, September 2025 – Mario Bortoli has taken on the role of Chairman of the Board at Hercle, a next-generation digital asset platform committed to enabling institutional-grade liquidity in crypto markets. Bortoli brings with him a formidable legacy in financial engineering, asset management, algorithmic trading, and venture development—making him ideally suited to guide Hercle’s strategic vision in the ever-evolving Web3 ecosystem.
In addition to his new appointment, Mario Bortoli has been serving as Managing Director at SIEL for nearly seven years, where he has actively advised and invested in high-growth domains such as FinTech, RegTech, Crypto Assets, Asset Management, and Financial Machine Learning. His role at SIEL has positioned him at the intersection of technology and finance, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship across the European financial landscape.
Previously, he held a senior advisor role at CheckSig, a security-first crypto custody and management platform, and briefly worked with Antler in venture development, strengthening his connections to startup ecosystems in London and beyond. His strategic and board-level expertise was also honed during his four-year tenure at Euclidea, where he served as Founder, CEO, and Board Member, helping build one of Milan’s first WealthTech ventures focused on democratizing investment access.
Bortoli’s earlier career includes nearly seven years as Head of MultiManager Investments at Fideuram Investimenti SGR, and senior leadership roles at Eurizon, where he served as General Manager and Chief Investment Officer. His earlier appointments include CIO at Sanpaolo Alternative Investments, and strategic positions in risk management, financial engineering, and quantitative analysis at firms like Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.
He holds an MSc in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University, equipping him with a solid quantitative foundation that continues to shape his forward-thinking leadership.
About Hercle
Hercle is a digital asset market-making platform designed to foster mainstream adoption of digital assets. Powered by low-latency, institutional-grade technology infrastructure, Hercle captures inefficiencies across the fragmented digital asset landscape and provides deep liquidity for its clients. With a focus on transparency, speed, and scalability, Hercle is driving innovation across crypto markets and building bridges between traditional finance and decentralized ecosystems.
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