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About Validation Cloud
Validation Cloud is an institutional onchain infrastructure platform founded in 2017, running three lines in parallel: node API, non-custodial staking and data intelligence. The node API uses smart routing to send requests to the nearest set of nodes, supports archive queries across more than fifty chains and bills in compute units; staking offers one-click validator deployment, creating up to a hundred Ethereum validators per transaction, with native support for distributed validators via SSV while client assets stay self-custodied.
The data product, Mavrik, turns onchain flows, address labels and market data into intelligence for compliance review, customer behaviour analysis and liquidity monitoring. Customers are banks, asset managers, payment firms and onchain protocols, onboarded through UI or API and connectable to custodians such as BitGo and Fireblocks. Its positioning is compliance and reporting rather than retail. Staking concentrates on a few networks including Ethereum, and validator operations still depend on cloud and bandwidth providers.
In 2026, Validation Cloud became the validation partner for Pye's programmable staking Beta on Solana, providing validator support for programmable staking. On April 15, cctools analysis listed it as one of the validators on Canton Network, extending its node footprint on compliant institutional chains.
The Validation Cloud team continues to offer institutional-grade Staking-as-a-Service and high-performance node APIs; the multi-chain validation capabilities built in 2025 kept serving more enterprise clients through 2026.
Alex Nwaka — Co-founder & CEO; formerly at Morgan Stanley, UBS and Virgin Management, and led enterprise software investing at Touchdown Ventures.
Michael Horowitz — Co-founder, President & Chairman; former CEO with over 20 years in capital markets, founded a digital asset fund in 2016.
Andrew McFarlane — Co-founder & CTO; former cybersecurity consultant at Deloitte, BASc and MBA from the University of Toronto.
Alex Altman — Chief Operating Officer; previously worked in private equity.