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Gauntlet

Financial modeling & simulation platform for blockchains

Gauntlet logo
21-100 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2B
  • Financial Services
  • Blockchain
Tribeca, New York, NY

Company mission

To drive adoption and understanding of the financial systems of the future.

Top investors

Few candidates hear
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38% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Decentralized finance can be high-risk, and for a long time, it has lacked the asset management tools and resources of the traditional finance world. Gauntlet, a company founded by two former Wall Street and Uber veterans, solves this problem by acting as a DeFi quant platform.

The company has aimed to bring financial modelling and simulation to the growing DeFi economy. This forward-thinking has paid off, with Gauntlet now valued at around $1B and serving some of the world's biggest crypto protocols - a testament to the value of its modelling.

Despite existing in the increasingly competitive DeFi space, Gauntlet's impressive valuation and client roster is an indicator of its staying power. As more and more people make the shift from Wall Street to Web 3.0, the company should have no trouble finding new opportunities for growth.

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Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k with matching
  • Fertility benefits
  • Technology and WFH stipend
  • Wellness, mobile, and internet stipend
  • Unlimited vacation days
  • Access to Tribeca NYC office
  • Full-remote and hybrid friendly
  • Weekly office lunches and team outings
  • Annual HQ visits and offsites
  • Company merch

Company values

  • Strong ownership: From feature development and maintenance, to employee equity and creating client value, individual ownership leads to results
  • Trust through data and research: Discovering new avenues for risk in DeFi is our edge, a key to client trust, and leadership in the industry
  • Drive clear value: Client success is Gauntlet success. Clearly measuring impact brings focus to our work
  • Always honest, always open: To be the industry vanguard, we strive to find solutions as a group and work collaboratively to get there
  • Intellectual curiosity and fearlessness: The pace of innovation in crypto is extremely fast — self-motivation to continuously learn and tackle challenges is crucial
  • Find and develop top talent: The most difficult challenges require the best people — we edeavor to hire, support, and empower the individual in their contribution and professional growth

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Mar 2022

$23.8m

SERIES B

Jun 2021

$13.6m

SERIES A

Total funding: $44.6m

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Leadership

Tarun Chitra

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously a Scientific Associate and Programmer at D. E. Shaw Research, before working in Quantitative Research & Development at Vatic Labs.

Rei Chiang

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Previously worked as a Quant Trader at Getco, and then as a Portfolio Manager at 3Red Trading. Also spent time as a Senior Software Engineer at Uber.

Jobs (4)

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