Firefly
Founded 2020 · 4 known investors
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149 people in our graph share verified history with the Firefly team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Alexander Fred-Ojalaunlockedknows Ahmad Jawaid · together at University of California, Berkeley (overlapped)
×8knows the team · via University of California, Berkeley
×2knows the team · via Incorta
knows the team · via UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
Bluefin is a decentralized exchange offering spot, derivatives, and other crypto trading, built on the Sui blockchain for high-speed onchain markets. The platform is not available to United States residents.
Founders & leadership
Firefly was founded in 2020 by Ahmad Jawaid.
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Ahmad JawaidinFounderHe previously co-founded Seed Labs and worked as a software engineer at Incorta and as a full stack engineer at Tarjimly. At UC Berkeley he studied EECS, served as a computer science mentor and CS61B lab assistant, and led research and development for Berkeley Hyperloop.
Investors · 4
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$696.6M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2025
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Firefly do?
- Bluefin is a decentralized exchange offering spot, derivatives, and other crypto trading, built on the Sui blockchain for high-speed onchain markets. The platform is not available to United States residents.
- Who founded Firefly?
- Firefly was founded by Ahmad Jawaid in 2020.
- Who are Firefly's investors?
- Firefly's investors include Bixin Capital, Bixin Ventures, Olive Tree Capital, WestBridge Capital.
- How much funding has Firefly raised?
- Firefly has disclosed $696.6M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.