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Chainlink labs

Corporate VCventure arm of Chainlink

11 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Chainlink Labs builds decentralized oracle infrastructure and works with financial institutions, asset managers, and DeFi protocols to bring global finance onchain across the tokenized asset economy.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 26, 2026.

Last 12 months
2 investments
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Team · 11 people

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Sergey Nazarov· Co-Founder, Chainlinkin

Co-founder of Chainlink.

Katsuya Baba· Co-Founderin

Partner within administration.

Ari Juels· Technical Advisor

Chief Scientist at Chainlink Labs and a Cornell Tech / Cornell University professor; co-director of the Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3) and former Chief Scientist of RSA.

Christian Cachin· Technical Advisor

Professor of computer science at the University of Bern leading the Cryptology and Data Security Research Group; former IBM Research scientist and past president of the IACR.

Dan Boneh· Technical Advisor

Stanford Computer Science professor who leads the applied cryptography group and co-directs the Center for Blockchain Research; recipient of the ACM and Godel prizes.

Eric Schmidt· Advisor

Chairman of Steel Perlot and former CEO of Google; has served on boards including Alphabet, Apple, and the Mayo Clinic.

Fan Zhang· Technical Advisor

Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Yale University researching decentralized consensus, cryptography, and trusted execution environments; creator of Town Crier and DECO.

Farinaz Koushanfar· Technical Advisorin

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego and founding co-director of UCSD MICS, focused on secure and privacy-preserving computing.

Jeff Weiner· Advisor

Executive chairman and former CEO of LinkedIn, focused on growing technology companies and mentoring technology leaders.

Mike Reiter· Technical Advisor

Distinguished professor in Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Duke University, recognized for research in computer security and fault-tolerant distributed computing.

Tom Gonser· Advisor

Founder of DocuSign, the e-signature company, and an entrepreneur and board member experienced in digital contracts.

Founder mafia

7 people who came through Chainlink labs went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 2 of 2 portfolio companies

Fintech ×2Crypto & Web3 ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1HR Tech ×1SaaS ×1

HQs:United States×1

Investments · 2 tracked

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Tracetracehq.comin𝕏Jun 2026 · $32M

Trace offered a headcount planning solution for finance and HR teams, alongside finance tools such as expense management, AP automation, procurement, and corporate cards; the company has since joined Paylocity, integrating its product into Paylocity's HR and finance platform.

FintechHR TechSaaS

Martin DestagnolMatthew Gonzalez

Co-investors500 GlobalNycaNyca PartnersCoinbase VenturesCoinFundGoodwater Capital+9 more

Trace Financetrace.financeJun 2026

Trace provides payments and stablecoin infrastructure through a single compliant API, letting businesses convert BRL to stablecoins via PIX in under a minute, hold BRL, USD and EUR accounts, and settle cross-border payments around the clock.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Bernardo Brites(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investors3cubed VenturesKadan CapitalMantis CapitalPolymorphic Capital2TMAnatoly Yakovenko+11 more

Frequently asked questions

What sectors does Chainlink labs focus on?
Chainlink labs focuses on Crypto & Web3, Fintech.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Sergey Nazarov, Chainlink Labs | theCUBE + NYSE Wired: Crypto Trailblazers

SiliconANGLE theCUBE · Sergey Nazarov

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