Konstantin Richter

Founder and CEO
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Konstantin Richter is CEO and Founder of Blockdaemon, a blockchain infrastructure company he established in 2017 to provide institutional-grade infrastructure to blockchain protocols, crypto-native firms, and traditional financial institutions. Blockdaemon operates across three core product areas: blockchain nodes and APIs, white-label staking solutions for institutions, and a wallet and custody stack designed to enable any company to offer crypto buying, selling, custody, and remuneration services. Clients include HashKey Capital and Bitcoin Suisse, and the company counts 70% of the top 500 global companies offering crypto services among its customers. Richter has led Blockdaemon through three major funding rounds, raising $400M in total, including a Series C of $207M at a $3.25B valuation led by Sapphire and Tiger Global, with participation from SoftBank, Goldman Sachs, and Citi Ventures.

Before founding Blockdaemon, Richter held executive roles at Deutsche Telekom, where he focused on network strategy and commercial models across cell networks, and subsequently at Nokia. He then built and exited several SaaS and marketplace platforms, including Audiotube, Lookbooks, and Wiredrive, with his last exit occurring in 2017. He has been active in the blockchain space as an advisor since 2015, working with projects including Gem, Po.et, and MadHive, where he also serves on the advisory board. He additionally serves as Managing Director of Santiago Advisory and as an advisory board member at DNAstack. Richter graduated within the top 10% of his class at European Business School, with terms in Germany, France, and the UK, and is fluent in four languages.

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