About
Evgeny Yurtaev is the Co-Founder and CEO of Zerion, a company that develops wallet and API infrastructure for crypto and fintech users. He serves as a UX Council Member at the WalletConnect Foundation and contributes to Social Graph Ventures. Yurtaev is also an angel investor in more than 20 AI and crypto startups.
Founder & CEO at Zerion
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Zerion's investors · 15
Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)New York City · $400K – $800K checksBitDAODigital Currency GroupNew YorkLigand PharmaceuticalsJupiter · $10M – $50M checks · since 2026Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksMantle NetworkMosaic VenturesLondon · $1M – $10M checks · since 2022PlaceholderNew YorkPlaceholder VCNew YorkPolymorphic CapitalSevenX VenturesSingapore · $1.5M – $25M checksSignum CapitalSingapore · $1.6M – $31M checksUnion Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checks · since 2022WintermuteLondonYunt Capital
Experience
- ZerionCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2019 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Tower - Hub & Community for Startup FoundersCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- WalletConnect FoundationUX Council Membercurrent2025 — present
- HashflowAngel Investorcurrent2022 — present
- Copy.aiAngel Investorcurrent2021 — present
- TrelaAngel Investorcurrent2022 — present
- Pier GlobalFounding Membercurrent2022 — present
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2017San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2016London Area, United Kingdom
- Jufy ProjectsSoftware Engineer2014 — 2015Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
Skills & more
Community BuildingStartupsConstructionFundraising1Hiring1Operations ManagementBitcoin22iOS Development26Algorithms23Product Management5Data Analysis10Machine Learning9
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MathematicsSoftware DevelopmentProject ManagementStrategyPublic SpeakingEthereumBlockchainPythonC++DatabasesObjective-CGitLanguages English · German · Русский
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Evgeny Yurtaev?
- Evgeny Yurtaev is the Co-Founder and CEO of Zerion, a company that develops wallet and API infrastructure for crypto and fintech users. He serves as a UX Council Member at the WalletConnect Foundation and contributes to Social Graph Ventures. Yurtaev is also an angel investor in more than 20 AI and crypto startups.
- Where does Evgeny Yurtaev work?
- Evgeny Yurtaev is Founder & CEO of Zerion.
- What companies did Evgeny Yurtaev found?
- Evgeny Yurtaev founded Zerion.
- Where did Evgeny Yurtaev go to school?
- Evgeny Yurtaev studied at Minerva University (Bachelor's degree, Computational Science); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (dy/dx 2022, Business); Higher School of Economics (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,633
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Higher School of Economics49
Olga ChumanskayaInvestor at Khosla VenturesAriadne Lemieux-CumberlegeSenior Associate at Partech VenturesYulia ZhukovaPartner, General Counsel at RTP GlobalAziza SatybaldyevaAssociate at DOMiNO VenturesVadim KoleoshkinVenture Partner at Polymorphic CapitalNataly LaktionovaMarketing, Portfolio Development at Polymorphic Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Zerion2
Also worked at Hashflow2
Also worked at Trela4
Also worked at Google1,976
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory Ventures
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