Cornell Blockchain & Crypto Startups

A directory of 35 startups founded by Cornell University alumni in blockchain and crypto, each listed with its founders, stage, and links. Compiled and updated by Big Red AI.

35 listed

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  Republic

  Paul Menchov ’16 Dropout · New York, NY

  Private market investments

  CrowdfundingCryptocurrencyFinancial Services

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Privy

  Asta Li ’15 · New York, NY

  Privacy-first auth to onboard users to web3

  Cyber SecurityDeveloper APIsWeb3

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Avalanche

  John Wu ’01, Kevin Sekniqi, PhD ’19 · Brooklyn, NY

  Web3 protocol

  BlockchainFinancial ServicesFinTech

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Talos Series B

  Ethan Feldman ’07, MEng ’08 · New York, NY

  Institutions trade digital assets

  CryptocurrencyFinancial ServicesFinTech

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  CoinList

  Paul Menchov ’16 Dropout · San Francisco, CA

  Blockchain coin list

  BlockchainCryptocurrencyFinance

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Patientory

  Chrissa McFarlane ’11 · Atlanta, GA

  Web3 for health data

  Artificial IntelligenceBlockchainElectronic Health Record (EHR)

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Coins.ph Series C

  Ronald Hose, MS ’05 · Philippines

  Access to web3 digital assets

  BitcoinBlockchainFinancial Services

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Everyrealm Series A

  Jesse Stein ’00 · New York, NY

  Innovative solutions for avid social gamers

  BlockchainCryptocurrencyMetaverse

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Gauntlet Series C

  Tarun Chitra ’11, John Morrow ’10 · Brooklyn, NY

  Web3 defi solutions

  BlockchainCryptocurrencyFinancial Services

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Cysic Seed

  Xiong Leo Fan, PhD ’19 · Jersey City, NJ

  Zero knowledge proof layer

  BlockchainNetwork Hardware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Aquanow

  Phil Sham, MFE ’08 · Canada

  Digital assets infrastructure

  BlockchainFinTechTrading Platform

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Panoptic Seed

  Guillaume Lambert, Professor · Brookline, MA

  Perpetual, oracle-free defi options protocol

  BlockchainDecentralized Finance (DeFi)Finance

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Quantstamp Series A

  Richard Ma ’10 · San Francisco, CA

  Cybersecurity audits for web3

  BlockchainCyber SecuritySecurity

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Terminal 3 Seed

  Joey Liu ’12 · Hong Kong

  Digital identity and data

  BlockchainData StorageInformation Technology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  True-Tickets Seed

  Matt Zarracina, MBA ’10, MEng ’10 · Boston, MA

  Digital ticketing for live events

  B2BBlockchainInformation Technology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Spekter Games Pre-Seed

  Taehoon Kim ’02, MEng ’02 · San Francisco, CA

  Web3 game publisher

  BlockchainCryptocurrencyGaming

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  MoreMarkets

  Sam Wang ’07 · United Kingdom

  Web3 layers

  Blockchain

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Omega Seed

  Eric Ryklin ’19 · Miami, FL

  Yield on web3 assets

  BlockchainWeb3

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Metya

  Christian Tarala ’26 · Singapore

  AI-driven dating platform

  Artificial IntelligenceDecentralized Finance (DeFi)Non-Fungible Token (NFT)

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Gateway.fm Seed

  Pradeep Singh, MS ’07 · Norway

  Web3 infrastructure

  BlockchainCryptocurrencyWeb3

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Term Structure Labs Seed

  Jerry Li, MEng ’96 · United Kingdom

  Web3 fixed-income protocol with a customized ZK-rollup solution

  BlockchainInformation TechnologySoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Unifold Pre-Seed

  Hau Chu, MS ’24 · Dover, DE

  Instant stablecoin deposits and payments

  BlockchainCryptocurrencyInformation Technology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Crestal Pre-Seed

  Eric Chen, MS ’11 · San Francisco, CA

  Build web3 application with modular design

  BlockchainDecentralized Finance (DeFi)Web3

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Rome Protocol Seed

  Sattvik Kansal ’16 · Los Angeles, CA

  Solana in ethereum

  BitcoinBlockchainCryptocurrency

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  ZeroDev Pre-Seed

  Derek Chiang ’16 · New York, NY

  SDK for creating in-app, gas-free smart contract wallets

  CryptocurrencyFinTechMobile Apps

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Ribbon Finance Series B

  Julian Koh ’16 · San Francisco, CA

  Decentralized option vaults for web3

  BlockchainCryptocurrencyFinance

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Vaionex Seed

  Samuel Schmidt, PostDoc ’22 · Newark, DE

  AI and blockchain technology

  Artificial IntelligenceBitcoinBlockchain

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Credenza Pre-Seed

  Sandy Khaund ’95 · San Francisco, CA

  Universal ID across digital and physical domains

  BlockchainCommunitiesTicketing

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  CryptoLeague Pre-Seed

  Rodolfo Saccoman ’99 · Miami, FL

  Community investing for crypto and NFT fans

  BlockchainCryptocurrencyFinTech

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Coin Metrics

  Tim Rice ’84 · Boston, MA

  Web3 crypto finance

  AnalyticsBig DataBlockchain

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Psi Finance Pre-Seed

  Jesper Kristensen, PhD ’15 · Dover, DE

  Instant borderless payments

  AppsBlockchainCryptocurrency

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Puy Pre-Seed

  Alejandro Alvarez Zuluaga, LLM ’22 · Colombia

  Tokenization platform in Latin America

  BlockchainCryptocurrencyFinTech

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Velaura AI Seed

  YJ Kim, MEng ’88 · Santa Clara, CA

  Ultra-low power compute in data centers

  Artificial IntelligenceBlockchainCloud Infrastructure

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Frens Pre-Seed

  JP Ren ’11 · San Francisco, CA

  Web3 onchain messenger

  AppsCryptocurrencyMessaging

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  CompoSecure

  John Herslow ’64 · Somerset, NJ

  Physical payment cards

  ConsultingCryptocurrencyCyber Security

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗