What is Findora?
About Findora
Findora is the world’s leading privacy preserving smart contract platform and arguably the first of its kind. It is a globally trusted Web3 privacy infrastructure that enables smart contracts preserving individual and institutional privacy.
A Zero-Knowledge technology powerhouse founded by a team of leading academics and entrepreneurs, including John Powers, former CEO of Stanford’s USD $25 billion endowment fund, Findora is accessible to anyone in the world, whether individuals, small and medium enterprises, or industry giants.
Team
Advanced Research Institute
Dr. Whitfield Diffie
Senior Advisor
2015 Turing Award Winner
Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
MIT
Dr. Jonathan Katz
Professor Computer Science
Cryptography & Cybersecurity
UMD
Dr. Vipul Goyal
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Microsoft Research
MPC
Dr. David Galindo
Professor, University of Birmingham
Applied Cryptography
Head of Cryptography at Fetch.AI
Dr. Will Cong
Professor, Cornell U Johnson School
Expert in Tokenomics and Blockchain
Advisor, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance
PhD, Stanford Business School
Dr. Abhishek Jain*
Johns Hopkins University
2020 NSF CAREER Award
Microsoft Research
PhD in Cryptography, UCLA
* Participation by Abhishek Jain as an advisor to Findora Foundation does not constitute or imply endorsement of Findora by Johns Hopkins University.
Contributors
Paul Sherer
F.I.R.S.T. Director of Findora Foundation
Managing Director, VantagePoint Funds
Managing Director, Roberston Stephens
Stanford MBA
Lily Chao
General Contributor
Entrepreneur
Investor in early stage ventures
Expert in privatization & M&A
People person at Findora
Warren Paul Anderson
CEO at Discreet Labs
Product Lead, Ripple
Co-founder & Head of Product, Hedgy
Harvard & Northwestern University
@warpaul
Dr. Whitfield Diffie
David Lin
VPE at Discreet Labs
Senior Director, ThunderCore
CTO, ZeroLabs
Weikeng Chen
Chief Scientist at Discreet Labs
Applied ZKP & MPC
PhD in Cryptography, UC Berkeley