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Anatoly Yakovenko

InvestorUnicorn founder

Founder at Solana · Co-Founder at Solana Ventures · Board director at Helius

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedSolana$74B

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About

He spent more than a decade at Qualcomm, where he rose to senior staff engineer manager, before working as a software engineer at Mesosphere and Dropbox. Earlier in his career he co-founded Alescere, a VoIP company he helped run from 2001 to 2003.

Board director at Helius

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Helius's investors · 20

6th Man VenturesNew York · $2M – $5M checksAnimoca BrandsHong Kong · since 2025Arrington CapitalMiami · since 2025Aspen Digitalsince 2025AvenirNew York · since 2025Balaji Srinivasan$10K – $500K checksBig Brain HoldingsLos Angeles · since 2025Chapter OneLos Angeles · $5K – $200K checksFoundation CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $15M checks · since 2024Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksHashkey CapitalHong Kong · since 2025Haun VenturesSilicon Valley · $1M – $100M checksLaser DigitalZurich · since 2025Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks · since 2024Pantera CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2025Propel Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksReciprocal VenturesNew York City · $250K – $3M checks · since 2024Solana VenturesSan Francisco · $10K – $250K checksSummer CapitalCharleston · since 2025Visary CapitalSyosset

Co-founders at Helius

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Rifat Mert MumtazExecutive Officer, Director
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Nicolas PennieFounder
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Liam VovkFounder
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Mert MFounder
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Bill ElmoreFounder
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Jeff Morris Jr.Founder
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Katie HaunFounder
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Mert MumtazFounder

Founder at Solana

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Solana's investors · 63

1k(x)Austin · since 20191kxRoad Town, Tortola · $50K – $1M checks · since 2021500 GlobalPalo Alto · $150K checks · since 2018a16z cryptoMenlo Park · since 2019Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checks · since 2019Aegis Ventuessince 2019AGE CryptoLos Angeles · since 2019Alameda ResearchCentral and Western · since 2021Ambush CapitalNew York · since 2019Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2021Aweh VenturesLondon · since 2019Big Brain HoldingsLos Angeles · since 2019Blockchange VenturesNew York · since 2021BlockwallFrankfurt · since 2019Bollinger Investment Groupsince 2019Ceras Venturessince 2019Cerulean VenturesSanta Barbara · since 2019CMCC GlobalHong Kong · since 2019CoinFundNew York · $6M – $10M checks · since 2021CoinSharesSt Helier · since 2021Collab+CurrencyNew York · since 2019Cryptonite CapitalDeepTech VenturesZurich · since 2019Digital Finance GroupShanghai · since 2019Draft Ventures LlcSan FranciscoElectric CapitalPalo Alto · $1M – $20M checks · since 2019Entrée CapitalTel Aviv · $150K – $15M checks · since 2019Foundation CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $15M checks · since 2019Genblock CapitalSan Francisco · since 2019Graviton FundGravityMinneapolisHivemind Capital PartnersNew York · since 2019Hypersphere VenturesMiami Beach · since 2019Innovating CapitalNew York · $10K – $3M checks · since 2019Jump CryptoChicago · $500K – $15M checks · since 2019Justin “3LAU” Blausince 2019Kosmos VenturesPerthLattice CapitalDover · $500K – $1.5M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1M – $5M checksLvna CapitalMiami · since 2019M13New York · $4M – $7M checksMarin Digital Venturessince 2019Mentha Partnerssince 2019MitonC$200K – $5M checks · since 2019Morgan Creek CapitalChapel Hill · $1M – $5M checks · since 2019Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks · since 2026Notation CapitalNew York · $400K – $750K checks · since 2019Original CapitalMiamiPanxora Management CorporationNassau · since 2019ParaFi CapitalNew York · since 2021PIPELINE CAPITAL PARTNERSLas Vegas · since 2019Placeholder VCNew York · since 2019Polychain CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019Reciprocal VenturesNew York City · $250K – $3M checks · since 2019Ribbit CapitalPalo Alto · $2M – $15M checksRockawayXLondon · since 2019Sino Global CapitalBeijing · since 2021Slow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks · since 2019SWS Venture CapitalLos Angeles · since 2019Variant FundNew York · $250K – $750K checksVisary CapitalSyosset · since 2019WintermuteLondon · since 2019ZMT CapitalSilicon Valley · since 2019

Co-founders at Solana

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Gregory FitzgeraldExecutive Officer
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Rajiv GokalExecutive Officer
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Alan Yu
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Greg FitzgeraldFounder
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Raj GokalFounder
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Stephen AkridgeFounder

Experience

  1. SolanaCo-Foundercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. DropboxSoftware Engineer2017San Francisco Bay Area
  3. MesosphereSoftware Engineer2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  4. QualcommSenior Staff Engineer Manager2003 — 2016Greater San Diego Area
  5. AlescereCo Founder2001 — 2003Lisle, IL

Skills & more

Operating Systems7Embedded Systems19Embedded Software19Device Drivers8Android8Firmware3Amazon Web Services (AWS)2RTOS9Linux6C8C++5Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)4
+12 moreC programing languageHeterogeneous ComputingMemory ManagementASICDebuggingWeb ServicesLinux KernelARMComputer ArchitectureSoCSoftware EngineeringSoftware Development

Languages English · Russian

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Colleagues at Solana Ventures

Daniel Gasparini
Director at Solana Ventures
John Manley
Director at Solana Ventures
Matthew Beck
Head of Solana Ventures at Solana Ventures
Raj Gokal
Investor at Solana Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Anatoly Yakovenko?
He spent more than a decade at Qualcomm, where he rose to senior staff engineer manager, before working as a software engineer at Mesosphere and Dropbox. Earlier in his career he co-founded Alescere, a VoIP company he helped run from 2001 to 2003.
Where does Anatoly Yakovenko work?
Anatoly Yakovenko is Founder of Solana and Co-Founder at Solana Ventures.
What companies did Anatoly Yakovenko found?
Anatoly Yakovenko founded Solana.
Where did Anatoly Yakovenko go to school?
Anatoly Yakovenko studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science).

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