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Crypto / Web3 Founder Directory

Founders in the blockchain, cryptocurrency, and Web3 space.

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Dev Shah
@0xdevshah

Autodidact building Optimus at Iacon while serving as Head of DevRel at Resemble AI. Works with simulation at Newton and MuJoCo. Self-described transhumanist and e/acc advocate.

Web3
14 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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Lily Clifford
@lilyjclifford

Stanford NLP researcher turned founder of Rime Labs, building human-centered AI voice models for customer experience. Also serves as an advisor at cray.vc.

FundedWeb3Research
14 VCs

Co-founder of Fomo, working on social proof and conversion optimization tools for e-commerce businesses.

Web3
14 VCs
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Ronit Jain
@ronitrjain

CEO of Pluto (YC W25), building the first federally regulated exchange for compute.

FundedWeb3
13 VCs
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Sherwood
@shcallaway

YC founder who exited, now working on something new in stealth mode. Currently an infrastructure scout at Andreessen Horowitz and previously tech lead at 11x. Early engineer at Brex and has worked with Crunchbase. Focused on agents, dev tools, and observability.

Web3Technical
12 VCs
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George Pickett
@georgepickett

Applied AI engineer and founder of Visioncast, specializing in LLMs, agents, and automation systems. Currently Senior Software Engineer at Anvil. Previously blockchain developer at Otterspace. Hosts CodexSF and helps founders automate repetitive work with AI agents and custom workflows.

Web3TechnicalDesign
12 VCs
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David Bonilla
@david_bonilla

Hacker and marathon runner who authors the @Bonilista newsletter. Co-founder of Petalo, where he describes himself as "the emotional half" of the team.

Web3Content
11 VCs
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Ilan Zerbib
@i_zerbib

Former Shopify Payments Director (Shop Pay, Shop Cash) and founder of Earny (acquired). Now building Sapiom, a platform for autonomous software.

Web3
11 VCs
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Meryem Arik
@meryemarik9

CEO/Co-founder of Doubleword, working in token generation. Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient.

Founder
11 VCs
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