Gauntlet

Gauntlet

New York, NY, USA
68 employees
Fintech
Growth · $44.9M

About Gauntlet

Gauntlet is a quantitative risk management and yield optimization firm for decentralized finance (DeFi), serving capital allocators, financial institutions, and DAOs. The company uses data analysis, simulation modeling, and economic research to evaluate protocol risks, optimize financial parameters, and curate institutional-grade on-chain vaults. It has integrated with over 150 fintechs and institutions and curates over $1.5 billion in supplied assets across its vaults.

Company details

Team Size68
LocationNew York, NY, USA
IndustryFintech

Funding

Total raised

$44.9M

Last stage

Growth

Investors

Polychain Capital
Ribbit Capital
Paradigm
UUniswap Foundation
RRobot Ventures

Founders

Tarun Chitra

Tarun Chitra

Previously a scientific programmer at D.E. Shaw Research and worked in high-frequency trading at Vatic Labs. His DeFi research includes peer-reviewed papers on the economic security of Uniswap and Compound.

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Rei Chiang

Rei Chiang

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Gauntlet, educated at MIT.

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John Morrow

Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Gauntlet.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.