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Anatoly Yakovenko

Founder

Solana Founder & Solana Labs CEO at Solana

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedSolana

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.

Solana Founder & Solana Labs CEO at Solana

Intro paths

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Solana's investors · 42

1k(x)Austin 1kxRoad Town, Tortola · $50K – $1M checks a16z cryptoMenlo Park Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checks Aegis Ventues AGE CryptoLos Angeles Ambush CapitalNew York Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Aweh VenturesLondon Big Brain HoldingsLos Angeles BlockwallFrankfurt Bollinger Investment Group Ceras Ventures CMCC GlobalHong Kong Collab+CurrencyEugene DeepTech VenturesPfaffikon Electric CapitalPalo Alto · $1M – $20M checks Entrée CapitalTel Aviv · $150K – $15M checks Foundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks Genblock CapitalSan Francisco Hivemind Capital PartnersNew York Hypersphere VenturesMiami Beach Innovating CapitalNew York · $10K – $3M checks Jump CryptoChicago · $500K – $15M checks Justin “3LAU” Blau Lvna CapitalMiami Marin Digital Ventures Mentha Partners MitonC$200K – $5M checks Morgan Creek CapitalChapel Hill · $1M – $5M checks Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks Notation CapitalNew York · $400K – $750K checks Panxora Management CorporationNassau PIPELINE CAPITAL PARTNERSLas Vegas Placeholder VCNew York Reciprocal VenturesNew York City · $250K – $3M checks RockawayXLondon Slow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks SWS Venture CapitalLos Angeles Visary CapitalSyosset WintermuteLondon ZMT CapitalSilicon Valley

Experience

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

Education

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science1999 — 2003

Skills & more

Operating Systems7Embedded Systems19Embedded Software19Device Drivers8Android8Firmware3Amazon Web Services (AWS)2RTOS9Linux6C8C++5Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)4

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C programing languageHeterogeneous ComputingMemory ManagementASICDebuggingWeb ServicesLinux KernelARMComputer ArchitectureSoCSoftware EngineeringSoftware Development

Languages English · Russian

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Anatoly Yakovenko work?: Anatoly Yakovenko is Solana Founder & Solana Labs CEO at Solana.
What companies did Anatoly Yakovenko found?: Anatoly Yakovenko founded Solana.

Founder mafias

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mafia144

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ansuman SatpathyPhilosophyFounded Santa Ana Bio +2 DeVaris BrownB.S.Founded Super Heroic +2 Harish AgarwalB.S.Founded Nori +2 Amitt MahajanBSFounded Rare Bits +1 Maria FardisB.S.Founded Airnexis Therapeutics Inc +1 Dan KazanBSFounded Rewards Network +1

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Dropbox mafia42

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ivan KiriginProduct ManagerFounded YesGraph +1 Sam OdioSenior Director of Product ManagementFounded Divvyshot +1 Anton KrutianskySoftware EngineerFounded AtlasGrid +1 Min Ming LoEngineering ManagerFounded Hyperink +1 Leah CulverEngineering Product Design OperationsFounded Breaker +1 Rajiv AyyangarEIRFounded Tandem +1

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Mesosphere mafia7

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Derek ChiangSoftware Engineering InternFounded Offchain labs +1 Luis RoblesAdvisor & Early InvestorFounded Diamanti Timothy ChenLead Distributed Systems EngineerFounded Hyperpilot Abhay AgarwalGrowth Team LeadFounded Poly Ashot AyvazyanSenior Site Reliability EngineerFounded Cloudchipr Andrew HoskinsSoftware Engineer InternFounded Upfront

Same school

Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign392

Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures Deep NisharInvestment Team at General Catalyst Prashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista Capital NoorPartner at Clear Ventures Paul BragielCo-founder at Golden Gate Ventures Greg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Dropbox121

Danny RimerPartner at Index Ventures Quentin ClarkInvestment Team at General Catalyst Ana AndreescuInvestor at Index Ventures Mark GoldbergInvestor at Index Ventures Rachel HansenInvestor at Index Ventures Helen MinEarly-stage investor and marketing advisor to startups

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Also worked at Mesosphere8

Lak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47 Luis RoblesInvestor at BreakawayGrowth Fund Timothy ChenManaging Partner at Essence Venture Capital Loren SiebertAngel at Paradigm Abhay AgarwalFounder at Poly Derek ChiangFounder at ZeroDev

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Also worked at Qualcomm68

Ben CoughlanInvestor at Moonfire Ventures Houman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo Ventures Boaz PeerManaging Director, Israel & Europe at Qualcomm Ventures Albert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm Ventures Marienne CaroMarketing Lead at Qualcomm Ventures Adry ElmiladyInvestment Principal at Samsung Catalyst Fund

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