Cornell Blockchain & Crypto Startups

A directory of 26 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.

• Avalanche
  John Wu ’01, Kevin Sekniqi, PhD ’19,
  Web3 protocol
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• Patientory
  Chrissa McFarlane ’11, ,
  Web3 for health data
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• CoinList
  Paul Menchov ’16 Dropout, ,
  Blockchain coin list
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• EveryrealmSeries A
  Jesse Stein ’00, ,
  Innovative solutions for avid social gamers
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• Coins.phSeries C
  Ronald Hose, MS ’05, ,
  Access to web3 digital assets
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• Gauntlet
  Tarun Chitra ’11, ,
  Web3 defi solutions
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• CysicSeed
  Xiong Leo Fan, PhD ’19, ,
  Zero knowledge proof layer
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• Aquanow
  Phil Sham, MFE ’08, ,
  Digital assets infrastructure
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• OmegaSeed
  Eric Ryklin ’19, ,
  Yield on web3 assets
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• Terminal 3Seed
  Joey Liu ’12, ,
  Digital identity and data
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• True-TicketsSeed
  Matt Zarracina, MBA ’10, MEng ’10, ,
  Digital ticketing for live events
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• PanopticSeed
  Guillaume Lambert, Professor, ,
  Perpetual, oracle-free defi options protocol
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• QuantstampSeries A
  Richard Ma ’10, ,
  Cybersecurity audits for web3
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• Spekter GamesPre-Seed
  Taehoon Kim ’02, MEng ’02, ,
  Web3 game publisher
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• MoreMarkets
  Sam Wang ’07, ,
  Web3 layers
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• Gateway.fmSeed
  Pradeep Singh, MS ’07, ,
  Web3 infrastructure
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• UnifoldPre-Seed
  Hau Chu, MS ’24, ,
  Instant stablecoin deposits and payments
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• CrestalPre-Seed
  Eric Chen, MS ’11, ,
  Build web3 application with modular design
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• Term Structure LabsSeed
  Jerry Li, MEng ’96, ,
  Web3 fixed-income protocol with a customized ZK-rollup solution
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• Ribbon FinanceSeries B
  Julian Koh ’16, ,
  Decentralized option vaults for web3
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• Coin Metrics
  Tim Rice ’84, ,
  Web3 crypto finance
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• CryptoLeaguePre-Seed
  Rodolfo Saccoman ’99, ,
  Community investing for crypto and NFT fans
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• Psi FinancePre-Seed
  Jesper Kristensen, PhD ’15, ,
  Instant borderless payments
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• CredenzaPre-Seed
  Sandy Khaund ’95, ,
  Universal ID across digital and physical domains
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• VaionexSeed
  Samuel Schmidt, PostDoc ’22, ,
  AI and blockchain technology
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• PuyPre-Seed
  Alejandro Alvarez Zuluaga, LLM ’22, ,
  Tokenization platform in Latin America
  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗