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Sebastien A.

CoFounder & CEO at Sophon

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Sebastien A. is the co-founder and CEO of Sophon. He was previously the head of Defi at Nervos Network and the head of Web3 at zkSync.

Investments

Project
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Vanish Vanish
Seed -- $ 1 M
Aug 22, 2025
Alliance Games Alliance Games
Series A -- $ 5 M
Oct 31, 2024

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