Updated August 2022

We champion Web 3.0 founders and support their world-changing efforts through investment, community, and research.

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INVESTMENT

We've invested in more than 190 cutting-edge Web3 companies and DAOs.

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COMMUNITY

There are more than 250 pioneering founders in the Mesh alumni network and portfolio, and they lead 5,000+ Web 3.0 innovators around the world. Our accelerator program Tachyon has graduated 91 of these companies and DAOs since 2018.

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RESEARCH

The Mesh R&D team focuses its efforts to develop solutions that help advance the entire Web 3.0 ecosystem. They bring more than four decades’ worth of experience pioneering Web 3.0 protocols, systems and ecosystems. Learn more about their work here.

ConsenSys Mesh is one of the largest and most foundational entities in the Web 3.0 space. Known as simply ConsenSys when Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin founded it in 2015, its worldwide “Mesh” of people, projects, and companies represents the bleeding edge of Web 3.0. 

One of the ways ConsenSys Mesh amplifies and accelerates their work is through the funding of groundbreaking technology. Its portfolio includes more than 190 companies and organizations, representing more than 250 founders. One of these portfolio companies is ConsenSys Software Inc., now commonly referred to as “ConsenSys”, a market-leading blockchain technology company in the Ethereum ecosystem. ConsenSys Software Inc. was spun out from ConsenSys Mesh in 2020 to work on a blockchain product stack that includes other Mesh-incubated projects like MetaMask and Infura. 

As ConsenSys Software Inc. continues its work to build Ethereum blockchain infrastructure and applications for new economic systems that are more open, efficient, and secure, ConsenSys Mesh is focused on championing a progressive Web 3.0. Its network of founders, companies and projects (called Meta-Mesh) is leading the growth of DeFi, DAO governance and tooling, software and blockchain protocol development, and more. Their impact extends across the worlds of tech, finance, art, social media, entertainment, gaming & more. ConsenSys Mesh also offers an intensive 12-week accelerator, Tachyon, for early start-ups and is home to a pioneering Research & Development team spearheading groundbreaking technological advancements that support the wider ecosystem and the Mesh portfolio.

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Joseph Lubin

ConsenSys Mesh founder and chairman Joseph Lubin is a co-founder of Ethereum and the founder and CEO of ConsenSys, a MESH portfolio company and one of the largest and fastest-growing companies in the blockchain technology space. Born and raised in Toronto, Lubin graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He worked in the Princeton Robotics Lab, at tomandandy music developing an autonomous music composition tool, and at private research firm Vision Applications Inc. building autonomous mobile robots. As a software and AI consultant, Lubin worked with eMagine on the Identrus project and was involved in the founding and operation of a hedge fund with a partner. He held positions as Director of the New York office of Blacksmith Software Consulting, and VP of Technology in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs. Through these posts, Joe focused on the intersection of cryptography, engineering, and finance. In 2014 he met Vitalik Buterin, a Canadian programmer, writer and Founder of Ethereum and joined the Ethereum Project as a co-founder. After the Project was launched, Joe established ConsenSys. Since 2014 Joe and the ConsenSys team have been working on the foundational software for Web3, the next wave of the internet for a decentralized future.

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Federico Soddo

Federico is a NY licensed transactional attorney with experience ranging from public equity-linked derivatives transactions to emerging companies representation. At ConsenSys Mesh, he has long been involved in all of the company's investment activities, including venture financings, incubation (fka ConsenSys Labs), acceleration (Tachyon) and portfolio management. Federico works with Mesh's leadership to guide the company's strategy and operations.

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Michael Kriak

Michael Kriak is a blockchain technology operator for emerging growth companies. As Managing Operating Partner of ConsenSys Mesh, Mike enables and advises founders on product development, go-to-market strategies, and raising capital. He is also a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer as well as a board director to several organizations, including ConsenSys Software, Inc, Gitcoin, 3Box Labs, Community Gaming and Lincoln Center Theater. Mike is an avid NFT collector including Bored Ape Yacht Club, Cool Cats, Bright Moments and My Pet Holligan and splits his time between NYC and Upstate New York with his husband, Hall and their dog, Eric.

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Shawn Cheng

Shawn Cheng is a Partner at ConsenSys Mesh and leads Mesh's investments into DAOs and NFTs while helping Founders across the portfolio grow. He serves as a Board Director for Tribute Labs and Liquality while being the Mesh member representatives in investment DAOs like: The LAO, Neon DAO. He also and advises companies like Spatial, Emerging Impact and Progression Fund. Previously, Shawn helped Gary Vaynerchuk start his first venture firm, Vayner/RSE and has led growth, innovation and strategy at agencies like BBDO and Razorfish. He’s an avid NFT collector Squiggles, Punks, Clones and based out of Brooklyn NY. 

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Thomas Rush

Thomas is a Partner at ConsenSys Mesh where he focuses on digital assets, DAOs, and the Mesh investment portfolio of 200+ positions. He is also an angel investor, board director, and advisor to early-stage technology companies. Previously he has led Client Services at Live Grey, served on the innovation and global business development teams at IPG Mediabrands, and co-founded Propeller, an impact-driven coworking space and business incubator in New Orleans. He is an alumnus of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers, holds a BS in Applied Economics, and in his spare time he designs impractical three-dimensional art.

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Diana Richter

Diana Richter is the Head of Marketing & Brand at ConsenSys Mesh, an investor and incubator of blockchain technology companies. Prior to joining Mesh, Diana was a marketing consultant, working with companies such as Lyft, Sol de Janeiro, and Sollis Health. She previously led brand marketing at Maisonette, an online marketplace for children's goods, and ELOQUII, the plus-size women's fashion brand. Diana began her career at William Morris Endeavor as an agent-trainee in the branded lifestyle department, and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor's degree in Art History and Art Theory from Northwestern University. She is an active volunteer with the Parole Preparation Project and is an avid skier and ultralight backpacker.

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Robert Drost

Robert Drost holds his Ph.D. EECS from Stanford and brings experience leading R&D in large Silicon Valley tech companies plus Founder and CxO roles in startups to Mesh’s R&D strategy and projects.

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View the full Mesh team here.

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