Tarun Chitra

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel

Tarun Chitra is Co-Founder and CEO of Gauntlet, a simulation platform for crypto networks to help developers understand how decisions about security, governance, and consensus mechanisms are likely to affect network activity and asset value. His research in DeFi includes the first peer-reviewed papers proving the economic security properties of Uniswap and Compound. He previously worked in high frequency trading for Vatic Labs and was a scientific programmer at D. E. Shaw Research.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
5
Tarun Chitra has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 31, 2021, when Element Finance raised $4.40M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Jul 17, 2022 Empiric Network Seed $7M Blockchain Detail
Jul 13, 2021 ClayStack Seed $5.20M Blockchain Detail
Mar 31, 2021 Element Finance Seed $4.40M Blockchain Detail
Mar 17, 2021 Syndicate Seed $1M Cryptocurrency Detail
Mar 1, 2021 SIREN Seed $4M Blockchain Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
3
Tarun Chitra has 3 current jobs including General Partner at Robot Ventures , CEO and Co-Founder at Gauntlet and Advisor at Dora .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Robot Ventures General Partner Jun 1, 2020 Detail
Gauntlet CEO and Co-Founder Detail
Dora Advisor Detail