Gavin Wood

Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Angel

Gavin Wood was the Chief Technology Officer and co-­founder of the Ethereum Project. He is the co-designer of the Ethereum Protocol, author of its formal specification, and is the creator and author of the first functional Ethereum implementation. Gavin Wood designed and stewarded the Solidity language, was the project chief of the IDE, and designed and implemented the Whisper protocol. He has pushed “state-of­-the-art” in analysis tools and programming languages, as well as co­-founded several technology start­ups.Gavin Wood has presented to numerous audiences around the world, from keynotes at regional technology conferences, to musings on the future of legal systems at Harvard. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of York. His new initiative is the Polkadot protocol, which will connect public and private blockchains so that they can inter-operate. This ambitious project could make it frictionless for corporations that wish to work in private blockchains to connect with public blockchains.

Gavin is founder and current director of Parity Technologies Ltd. He has pushed the state­-of­-the-­art in analysis tools and programming languages, as well as co-­founded several technology start­ups, including Grid Singularity and Ethereum. He is the co-­designer of the Ethereum Protocol and author of its formal specification, he created and wrote the first functional Ethereum implementation, designed and stewarded the Solidity language, was the project chief of the IDE, and designed and implemented the Whisper protocol.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
3
Gavin Wood has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 4, 2022, when AltLayer raised $7.20M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Dec 12, 2022 Public Pressure Series Unknown $6M Blockchain Detail
Jul 4, 2022 AltLayer Seed $7.20M Blockchain Detail
Jan 28, 2022 Astar Network Series Unknown $22M Blockchain Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
2
Gavin Wood has 2 current jobs including Founder at Kusama , Founder, CEO and Lead Developer at Parity Technologies and .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Kusama Founder Jan 1, 2019 Detail
Parity Technologies Founder, CEO and Lead Developer Oct 1, 2015 Detail