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Crypto / Web3 Founder Directory

Founders in the blockchain, cryptocurrency, and Web3 space.

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Craig Fuller
@freightalley

Founder and CEO of FreightWaves (freight market intelligence) and SONAR (high-frequency freight data platform). Also founded Firecrown, an enthusiast media company focused on transportation.

FundedWeb3
23 VCs
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Daniel Kornum
@dkfromdk

Former COO at Citadel Securities and McKinsey consultant turned AI founder, currently building a stealth startup. Previously founded CareerLoop. Also a former professional StarCraft player and world record holder in rowing.

Web3ResearchOperations
21 VCs
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Teknium
@teknium

Cofounder and Lead Engineer at Nous Research, working on Hermes Agent. Previously at Stability AI. Active open source contributor with projects on GitHub and Hugging Face.

Web3TechnicalResearch
20 VCs
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Milan Lustig
@highpriestofswo

CS student at Harvard building Opt32, a startup focused on optimization technology.

Web3Student
17 VCs

Former Google engineer and Ethereum Foundation alum, now founder and lead developer of Ethereum Name Service. Built ENS from the ground up starting in 2018 to become the leading blockchain naming system.

Web3Technical
17 VCs
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Toly
@toly

Co-founder of Solana, a high-performance blockchain platform. Previously worked as a software engineer at Dropbox. Also describes himself as an "award winning phone creator."

Web3Technical
16 VCs
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Spencer Mateega
@spencermateega

Wharton and Penn grad (statistics, finance, and computer science) with experience at Morgan Stanley, Meta, Google, and Silver Lake before co-founding AfterQuery, where he serves as CEO.

FundedWeb3TechnicalFinance
16 VCs
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Joseph Zhang
@josephhhhz

Stanford CS grad (BS/MS in AI) and former McKinsey consultant, previously software engineer at Nexus. Currently founder of CatchBack Cards, building a gamified Web3 platform for collectibles liquidity.

Web3TechnicalDesignResearch
15 VCs
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Bala Selvam
@balaselvam

CTO at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command focused on scaling next-generation national security technology. Works on unblocking builders at the edge with emphasis on AI, quantum computing, and American dynamism.

Web3TechnicalOperations
15 VCs
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Ferdinand Dabitz
@ferdidabitz

Thiel Fellow and co-founder & CEO of Ivy. Previously worked as research staff at the German Parliament.

Web3Research
14 VCs
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