Marcellia Defrance

Marcellia Defrance is a Co-Founder at Meteora Capital, LLC, an event-driven investment firm launched in 2021, focusing on public and private SPACs and opportunistic investments in equities and credits. In addition to this role, Marcellia serves as a Member and Investor at Aether Diamonds and is part of the Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN), which promotes the visibility of female leaders in the private equity sector. Since December 2018, Marcellia has been the Chief Risk Officer at Mistral Equity Partners, and previously held the position of Vice President at BitOoda, where strategic capital markets tools were applied to minimize risk and enhance returns. Prior experience includes Senior Portfolio Manager at Virgil Quantitative Research and Portfolio Manager at Fayette Capital, focusing on algorithmic trading and risk management models. Marcellia's career began at Morgan Stanley as an Equity Derivatives Trader. Academic credentials include an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, a Bachelor’s degree in Financial Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University, and a short program in FinTech from MIT.