Richard Ma
InvestorFounderCEO and Founder at Quantstamp · Venture Partner at Bloccelerate VC
New York, New York, United States
FoundedQuantstamp · YC
About
Founder and CEO of Quantstamp and a former software engineer at Tower Research Capital. He started the company to help mainstream adoption of blockchain technology.
Founder/CEO at QuantstampYC W18
Intro paths
YC
Richard went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Richard can intro founders to Quantstamp's investors below.
Quantstamp's investors · 15
Bloccelerate VCSeattleDragonflyNew York City · $3M – $30M checksFifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksFJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checksHashedSeoul · $1M – $37M checksLegalTechFort LauderdaleManhattan Venture PartnersNew YorkMetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checksMetastableNew York City · $3M – $30M checksReflexive CapitalSan FranciscoSerafundVancouverSoftBank Vision FundLondonTransLink CapitalSilicon Valley · $1M – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018ZMT CapitalSilicon Valley
Co-founders at Quantstamp
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Steven StewartExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Common Defense AICEO and Foundercurrent2026 — present
- Quantstamp, Inc.CEO and Foundercurrent2017 — present
- Forbes Technology CouncilMembercurrent2019 — present
- Chamber of Digital CommerceCo-Chair of Smart Contract Alliance2018 — 2019
- Tower Research CapitalSenior Quantitative Strategist2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Proprietary TradingPortfolio Manager2014 — 2015Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
- Archelon GroupQuant Derivatives Trader2010 — 2014Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
High Frequency Trading59Options56Trading Systems48C++14Data Science13Python16Machine Learning11R14Linux11Statistical Arbitrage12Equity Derivatives13Data Analysis11
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Quantitative AnalyticsQuantitative AnalysisQuantitative TradingPerlFinanceQuantitative InvestingFuturesMarket MakingEnergy DerivativesData MiningFinancial MarketsDerivatives- Data Scientist's Toolbox — Coursera (John's Hopkins University)
- Machine Learning — Coursera (Stanford)
From Richard's professional profile.
Colleagues at Quantstamp
Alejandro Padilla Gaeta
Research Engineer at Quantstamp
Alex Murashkin
Founding Senior Engineer at Quantstamp
Daniel Aksenov
Senior Research Engineer at Quantstamp
Don Ho
Managing Director at Quantstamp
Emily Hinojos
Executive Administrator at Quantstamp
Fayçal Lalidji
Senior Research Engineer at Quantstamp
Gabriel Rodriguez
Senior DevOps Engineer at Quantstamp
Guillermo Escobero Hernández
Security Engineer at Quantstamp
Network3
Bruno FavieroScout
General Partner at Alloy Fund
Chris GuzowskiScout
Founder at Polipo Ventures
Fady YacoubScout
Partner at HOF Capital
Investors connected to Richard in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Richard Ma?
- Founder and CEO of Quantstamp and a former software engineer at Tower Research Capital. He started the company to help mainstream adoption of blockchain technology.
- Where does Richard Ma work?
- Richard Ma is Founder/CEO of Quantstamp and CEO and Founder at Quantstamp.
- What companies did Richard Ma found?
- Richard Ma founded Quantstamp.
- Where did Richard Ma go to school?
- Richard Ma studied at Stanford University (Stanford Business Leadership Series, Summer 2020: Thriving in extraordinary times); Stanford University (Stanford Executive Program for Growing Companies); Y Combinator (Startup Accelerator).
Founder mafias
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Stanford University mafia903
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Cornell University mafia218
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Common Defense AI7
Alex MurashkinFounding Senior Engineer at QuantstampDaniel AksenovSenior Research Engineer at QuantstampAlison DavisManaging Director at Blockchain CoinvestorsqqEric GoldsteinChief Risk Officer at Antares CapitalAlison DavisAdvisor at Blockchain CapitalEric GoldsteinChief Risk Officer, Antares Capital LLP at The Artemis Fund
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Also worked at Quantstamp, Inc.13
Alex MurashkinFounding Senior Engineer at QuantstampGuillermo Escobero HernándezSecurity Engineer at QuantstampDaniel AksenovSenior Research Engineer at QuantstampIbrahim AbouziedSecurity Engineer at QuantstampKei OdaHead of Japan and APAC at QuantstampNaoko ArakiBusiness Development at Quantstamp
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Also worked at Chamber of Digital Commerce2
Also worked at Tower Research Capital13
Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesChris KingSenior Associate at FinTech CollectiveJohn GuCo-Founder and CEO at CaladanRadhika MalikPartner at Dell Technologies CapitalWeisheng ChenGroup Finance Controller at Mirana VenturesAndrew McKinzieInvestor at Acrew Capital
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