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Founding Members
Niklas Wauch
Founder, Yovo Payments; former Head of Whop Europe
Niklas is one of the most prominent young entrepreneurs in the European fintech and digital payments space, with experience spanning three ventures by age 20. He is known for rapidly scaling startups, from founding a marketing agency at 16 to expanding Whop across Europe and launching Yovo Payments with an $8.4 million pre-seed round in 2025. His work helps bridge traditional commerce with next-generation payment infrastructure.
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Founding Members
Naqib Zarin
Co-Founder, VaultMind
Naqib is a deeply technical blockchain security expert and protocol designer with nearly a decade of experience at the intersection of academic research and Web3 infrastructure. He is known for his perfect 4.0 GPA from TU Delft, three years designing privacy-preserving protocols at Heliax and Anoma, and founding VaultMind to solve the critical problem of continuous blockchain security beyond one-time audits.