Marcus Swanepoel is a South African venture capital investor at DCG Expeditions who co-founded and scaled crypto exchange Luno from startup to acquisition by Digital Currency Group, giving him rare end-to-end founder experience that most venture investors lack. He combines traditional finance background from Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered with deep emerging markets focus, having built Luno into a leading crypto platform across Africa and other developing regions where crypto serves as everyday financial infrastructure rather than just speculation. Marcus Swanepoel is a South African venture capital investor at DCG Expeditions who co-founded and scaled crypto exchange Luno from startup to acquisition by Digital Currency Group, giving him rare end-to-end founder experience that most venture investors lack. He combines traditional finance background from Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered with deep emerging markets focus, having built Luno into a leading crypto platform across Africa and other developing regions where crypto serves as everyday financial infrastructure rather than just speculation.