San Francisco, US · Angel
Anatoly Yakovenko
Co-Founder
Latest rounds
- VeryAISeed · $10MMar 2026
- RyderSeed · $3.2MOct 2025
BacksCybersecurityWeb3 & CryptoHardware & ElectronicsAI
Rounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 2
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $13.2M
- Active
- 2025–26
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Companies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingSolana Labs, Inc.Executive Officer, Director, Promotersince 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raisingSolana Labs, Inc.Executive Officer, Directoron 2 filings · since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raisingSolana Labs, Inc.Chief Executive Officer and President of Issueron 2 filings · since 2018
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Inside Solana's Plan to Replace Wall Street | Anatoly Yakovenko, Solana
About this episode
Anatoly Yakovenko is the co-founder of Solana, the fastest scaled blockchain in the world. We start by talking about how non-US residents were trading SpaceX on Solana pre-IPO, and which parlayed into the last 130 years of US financial markets. We then get into how Solana is removing eight layers… More on the show's page
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Solana's Anatoly Yakovenko on Crypto's Next Era: Quantum, AI, and the Future of Money
MentionsVisa
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(0:00) Introducing Solana Co-Founder Anatoly Yakovenko (0:55) Crypto under Trump vs Biden, stablecoin boom, what it means for US treasuries (5:56) Traditional exchanges using blockchain vs crypto-native exchanges, how crypto gets mass market (10:02) Most exciting crypto verticals outside of… More on the show's page
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OpenAI's New CEO of Applications Shares Optimistic Memo, Stargate Hits Early Struggles, P&G Pays Unilever $10M in Spying Case | Anatoly Yakovenko, Aaron Levie, Neil Parikh & Daniel Cahn, Jan Sramek, Nathaniel Manning, Chris Andrew
WithAnatoly YakovenkoNathaniel ManningNeil Parikh
MentionsAaron Levie
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(00:26) - OpenAI Product Roadmap (35:47) - OpenAI to Pay Oracle $30B Per Year (39:41) - Stargate Hits Early Struggles (46:53) - Musk Allies to Raise $12B for xAI (56:23) - Intern Cam Live from Tesla Diner (01:05:50) - Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder and CEO of Solana Labs, discusses… More on the show's page
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Solana Founder Anatoly Yakovenko on scaling the blockchain to warp speed | E1302
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Anatoly from Solana joins Jason to discuss how they've managed to build the fastest blockchain (0:54). Solana's "proof of history" innovation allows for over 50,000 transactions a second, we get into Solana's value prop (25:51), use cases (40:14), developer ecosystem and more! More on the show's page
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Special: Solana (with CEO Anatoly Yakovenko)
MentionsPolychain
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We sit down with the hottest new protocol layer in crypto today: Solana, and its cofounder Anatoly Yakovenko, who is the CEO of Solana Labs. If you listened to our Ethereum episode or follow crypto even at a cursory level, you've likely heard of Solana and its ability to scale transactions… More on the show's page
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Solana Founder Anatoly Yakovenko on Crypto's Need for Speed
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Connie & Alex review this wee's top tech stories and then talk to Anatoly Yakovenko, founder of Solana, a blockchain platform followed by top crypto investors that Yakovenko claims is bounded only by the speed of light.Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod…
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