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Zaki Manian

Co-Founder at Sommelier

Details

Zaki Manian is the Co-Founder at Sommelier. He has deep expertise in cryptography and distributed consensus systems. Additionally, he is an advisor to the Cosmos project, as well as several other investment funds and startups in the space.

Education Experience

Investments

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Name
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Templar Protocol Templar Protocol
Pre-Seed -- $ 4 M
Mar 13
Optimum Optimum
Angel -- --
Feb 28
commonware commonware
-- -- $ 9 M
Dec 11, 2024
Spicenet Spicenet
Seed -- $ 3.4 M
Dec 11, 2024
Union Union
Series A -- $ 12 M
Dec 03, 2024
Drop Drop
Seed -- $ 4 M
Oct 17, 2024
Initia Initia
Series A $ 350 M $ 14 M
Sep 25, 2024
OneBalance OneBalance
-- -- $ 5 M
Aug 26, 2024
Dora Dora
-- -- $ 5.5 M
Jul 09, 2024
Conduit Conduit
Series A -- $ 37 M
Jun 25, 2024
Router Protocol Router Protocol
Strategic -- --
Jun 19, 2024
Cosmology Cosmology
Seed -- $ 5 M
Mar 07, 2024
Alluvial Alluvial
Series A -- $ 12 M
Jul 11, 2023
Berachain Berachain
Series A $ 420 M $ 42 M
Apr 20, 2023
Para Para
-- -- --
Mar 14, 2023
Squid Squid
Seed -- $ 3.5 M
Jan 31, 2023
Evertas Evertas
Series A -- $ 14 M
Dec 12, 2022
Skip Protocol Skip Protocol
Seed -- $ 6.5 M
Sep 22, 2022
EigenLayer EigenLayer
Seed -- $ 14.5 M
Aug, 2022
Saga Saga
Seed $ 130 M $ 6.5 M
May 19, 2022

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Yelena Cavanaugh

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