Juan Benet
InvestorFounderFounder, CEO, Engineer at Protocol Labs
Palo Alto, California, United States
FoundedProtocol Labs Β· YC
About
Juan Benet founded Protocol Labs and initiated IPFS and Filecoin, which work on distributed systems and decentralized storage infrastructure.
Founder/CEO, Engineer at Protocol LabsYC S14
Intro paths
YC
Juan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2014) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Juan can intro founders to Protocol Labs's investors below.
Protocol Labs's investors Β· 9
a16z cryptoMenlo ParkAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park Β· $500K β $50M checksBlueYard CapitalBerlin Β· $500K β $5M checksDigital Currency GroupNew YorkIA Seed VenturesBerkeleyMetaplanetTallinn Β· $500K β $10M checksUnion Square Ventures (USV)New York City Β· $1M β $8M checksWinklevoss CapitalNew York Β· $100K β $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2014
Experience
- PL CapitalFounder of PLC, GP of PLC Neurotechcurrent2025 β present
- Protocol LabsFounder, CEO, Engineercurrent2014 β presentPalo Alto, CA
- AthenaFounder2012 β 2013Palo Alto
- StartXEIR2011 β 2013Palo Alto
- Loki StudiosCo-Founder, CTO2010 β 2011Palo Alto, CA
- Stanford UniversityCURIS Computer Science Research2009Stanford, CA
- Stanford UniversityCURIS Computer Science Research2008Stanford, CA
- CoolirisSoftware Engineering Intern2008Palo Alto, CA
- Verve WirelessSoftware Engineering Intern2007San Diego
- Anticancer Inc.Research Intern2006San Diego
Skills & more
Computer Science28Start-ups20Software Engineering8Web Applications3Distributed Systems4JavaScript9Python16Ruby on Rails4C++6Objective-C3Java7C1
From Juan's professional profile.
Colleagues at Protocol Labs
Ben Fisch
Chief Executive Officer at Espresso (Translucence Research Inc)
Brad Holden
Managing Partner, PL Capital at Graph Paper Capital
Charlotte Kapoor
Analyst at Protocol Labs
Jason Rosenthal
Operating Partner at a16z crypto
Juan Benet
Founder at Protocol Labs
Katie Biber
Chief Operating Officer at Paradigm
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Juan Benet?
- Juan Benet founded Protocol Labs and initiated IPFS and Filecoin, which work on distributed systems and decentralized storage infrastructure.
- Where does Juan Benet work?
- Juan Benet is Founder/CEO, Engineer of Protocol Labs and Founder, CEO, Engineer at Protocol Labs.
- What companies did Juan Benet found?
- Juan Benet founded Protocol Labs.
- Where did Juan Benet go to school?
- Juan Benet studied at Stanford University (M.S., Computer Science); Stanford University (B.S., Computer Science).
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