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Compound Labs is an open-source software development company building tools, products, and services for the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.

DeFi
10-50
Employees

About

Compound Labs

Compound Labs is an open-source software development company building tools, products, and services for the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.

The Compound protocol, launched in 2018, is one of the largest and most trusted decentralized algorithmic interest rate protocols today.

Compound Treasury, a cash management solution powered by the Compound Protocol, is designed for institutions to access the benefits of DeFi - earning a fixed 4% APR with daily liquidity.

Hiring Priorities

Director of Business Development & Partnerships, Product Manager, Engineering, Company Assistant, Recruiter, Product Designer

Investment Profile

Series A $33M raise

Investors

a16z, Bain Capital, Coinbase, Paradigm, Polychain, Dragonfly Capital

Founder(s) Background

Robert Leshner - CEO. Robert Leshner is the Founder and CEO of Compound Labs, which developed and launched the Compound Protocol, and an investor at Robot Ventures. Robert began his career in finance with Discover Financial Services and HPM Partners. He subsequently founded two software companies and worked as a product lead at Postmates. Robert graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Geoff Hayes - CTO. Geoffrey leads operations for the engineering team at Compound. An avid crypto enthusiast, Geoffrey created Exthereum, an open-source client to Ethereum. Previously, he led an engineering team at Postmates and founded a venture-backed privacy start-up. He graduated cum laude in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Reid Cuming - VP & GM Compound Treasury. Prior to Compound, Reid led product, machine learning, onboarding, risk, and identity teams at Square, Stripe, and Chime. Previously, he was a restructuring and management consultant at AlixPartners. Reid graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

About their Office

Headquarters: San Francisco | Offices: Denver, Austin, New York, Hybrid

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