About Symbiotic

Misha Putiatin is the Co-Founder of Symbiotic. He is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Statemind, a smart contract security firm that has secured protocols holding over $37 billion in value and prevented an estimated $300 million in losses. He began his career as an auditor at KPMG and an equity research analyst at VTB Capital, and spent years building and securing blockchain infrastructure. His areas of expertise span blockchain infrastructure, smart contract development and auditing, RWA, stablecoins and insurance.

Algys Ievlev

Co-Founder, CTO

Algys Ievlev leads protocol design, research, and engineering, drawing on nearly a decade of experience building blockchain infrastructure and security systems. Prior to Symbiotic, Algys co-founded StateMind and MixBytes, where he worked with some of the industry's most advanced protocols and served as technical lead for Lido's expansion to Polkadot. His background spans cryptography, distributed systems, consensus engines, virtual machines, smart contract security, and zero-knowledge technologies.

Jillian Friedman

COO

Jillian Friedman launched her career by founding a crypto-focused law firm in 2014 and has since led at the forefront of digital assets and finance. She served as COO and CFO of Ether Capital, where she launched the first staked Ether ETF, and spearheaded digital asset strategy at National Bank of Canada. Jillian also advises portfolio intelligence platform Octav and mentors founders through Creative Destruction Lab.

Misha Putiatin

Co-Founder, CEO

Misha Putiatin is the Co-Founder of Symbiotic. He is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Statemind, a smart contract security firm that has secured protocols holding over $37 billion in value and prevented an estimated $300 million in losses. He began his career as an auditor at KPMG and an equity research analyst at VTB Capital, and spent years building and securing blockchain infrastructure. His areas of expertise span blockchain infrastructure, smart contract development and auditing, RWA, stablecoins and insurance.

Algys Ievlev

Co-Founder, CTO

Algys Ievlev leads protocol design, research, and engineering, drawing on nearly a decade of experience building blockchain infrastructure and security systems. Prior to Symbiotic, Algys co-founded StateMind and MixBytes, where he worked with some of the industry's most advanced protocols and served as technical lead for Lido's expansion to Polkadot. His background spans cryptography, distributed systems, consensus engines, virtual machines, smart contract security, and zero-knowledge technologies.

Jillian Friedman

COO

Jillian Friedman launched her career by founding a crypto-focused law firm in 2014 and has since led at the forefront of digital assets and finance. She served as COO and CFO of Ether Capital, where she launched the first staked Ether ETF, and spearheaded digital asset strategy at National Bank of Canada. Jillian also advises portfolio intelligence platform Octav and mentors founders through Creative Destruction Lab.

Team

Misha Putiatin

Co-Founder, CEO

Misha Putiatin is the Co-Founder of Symbiotic. He is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Statemind, a smart contract security firm that has secured protocols holding over $37 billion in value and prevented an estimated $300 million in losses. He began his career as an auditor at KPMG and an equity research analyst at VTB Capital, and spent years building and securing blockchain infrastructure. His areas of expertise span blockchain infrastructure, smart contract development and auditing, RWA, stablecoins and insurance.

Algys Ievlev

Co-Founder, CTO

Algys Ievlev leads protocol design, research, and engineering, drawing on nearly a decade of experience building blockchain infrastructure and security systems. Prior to Symbiotic, Algys co-founded StateMind and MixBytes, where he worked with some of the industry's most advanced protocols and served as technical lead for Lido's expansion to Polkadot. His background spans cryptography, distributed systems, consensus engines, virtual machines, smart contract security, and zero-knowledge technologies.

Jillian Friedman

COO

Jillian Friedman launched her career by founding a crypto-focused law firm in 2014 and has since led at the forefront of digital assets and finance. She served as COO and CFO of Ether Capital, where she launched the first staked Ether ETF, and spearheaded digital asset strategy at National Bank of Canada. Jillian also advises portfolio intelligence platform Octav and mentors founders through Creative Destruction Lab.

Misha Putiatin

Co-Founder, CEO

Misha Putiatin is the Co-Founder of Symbiotic. He is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Statemind, a smart contract security firm that has secured protocols holding over $37 billion in value and prevented an estimated $300 million in losses. He began his career as an auditor at KPMG and an equity research analyst at VTB Capital, and spent years building and securing blockchain infrastructure. His areas of expertise span blockchain infrastructure, smart contract development and auditing, RWA, stablecoins and insurance.

Algys Ievlev

Co-Founder, CTO

Algys Ievlev leads protocol design, research, and engineering, drawing on nearly a decade of experience building blockchain infrastructure and security systems. Prior to Symbiotic, Algys co-founded StateMind and MixBytes, where he worked with some of the industry's most advanced protocols and served as technical lead for Lido's expansion to Polkadot. His background spans cryptography, distributed systems, consensus engines, virtual machines, smart contract security, and zero-knowledge technologies.

Jillian Friedman

COO

Jillian Friedman launched her career by founding a crypto-focused law firm in 2014 and has since led at the forefront of digital assets and finance. She served as COO and CFO of Ether Capital, where she launched the first staked Ether ETF, and spearheaded digital asset strategy at National Bank of Canada. Jillian also advises portfolio intelligence platform Octav and mentors founders through Creative Destruction Lab.