Meet Argentina’s 10 Top Founders in the Cryptocurrency Startup Space

At Bleeding.Technology we track over 100,000 web 3.0, NFT, DeFi & crypto startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

This list showcases the top Argentina based Founder operating in the Cryptocurrency space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].

The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:

Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Federico Murrone

Founder & CEO of Lirium

Federico Murrone has been focused on technology design and implementation since launching Argentina’s first ISP in college. He served as CTO at Patagon, Latin America’s premier online brokerage, where he designed and implemented trading and banking solutions. Most recently, he worked as CTO of mobile payment companies Bling Nation and Lemon Wallet, which were acquired in 2013 for $50m.

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About Lirium: Lirium is a cryptocurrencies solution that enables digital wallets and mobile banking apps.

Matias Nisenson

Co-Founder & CEO of Experimental

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About Experimental, Tiempy.com: Experimental develops blockchain games that are not only incredibly fun to play but also allow users to monetize their gaming experiences.

Guido Quaranta

Founder & CEO of SeSocio.com

He is the CEO and founder of SeSocio.com. Graduated with a Degree in Administration at UBA, Guido also received a Master in Finance at the University of Torcuato Di Tella. With more than 10 years of experience in financial and business planning, he first worked in banking and then joined Despegar.com as its global director. He performed both due diligence and M & A’s successfuly, providing significant growth for the company. Subsequently, he became the Finance Director for Latin America at Thompson Reuters

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About SeSocio.com: Se.Socio is a personal finance app which completely solves every financial issue that people have.

Gastón Krasny

Founder & CTO of SeSocio.com

Gaston is the CTO and Cofounder of SeSocio.com. He graduated with honors in Computer Science at UBA. He has 14 years of experience in the software industry, leading diverse teams at companies such as Despegar.com and became one of the first Data Scientists in Latin America. He is known for being a pioneer in the market, devising and building innovative tools that provide a differential in making decisions based on the use of BigData and Machine learning.

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About SeSocio.com: Se.Socio is a personal finance app which completely solves every financial issue that people have.

Hernan Botbol

Co-Founder/Owner of Taringa!

Hernán Botbol (born October 18, 1981 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine entrepreneur and current CEO at Taringa! (www.taringa.net). This 10-year old website is the largest social network in Latin America. Botbol currently lives in Silicon Valley, where he is leading the company´s expansion to the region. In addition to Taringa!, Hernan directs Wiroos, a web hosting company, the record label 432 hz, and the music streaming platform for Taringa! Música. Botbol is a technology and internet enthusiast. He attended high school at Hapnot Collegiate High School in Manitoba, Canada and later pursued a degree in Business Administration at Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His entrepreneurial endeavors date back to 2005 when he co-founded his first Company, Wiroos Internet Hosting, alongside his brother, Matías Botbol, and associate, Alberto Nakayama. This company provides web hosting services, and has positioned itself as an example of quality and excellence. Botbol received international recognition when Taringa.net was acquired in 2006, and then relaunched in 2007. It became one of the most successful Spanish-speaking web pages before the emergence of social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Taringa! established itself as one of the most-visited Spanish-language websites with its user base of over 75 million unique users per month and its presence in 18 countries in Latin America, Spain, and the United States. Behind Facebook, Taringa! is the second most popular social media platform in Latin America (according to data from comScore). Awards and Recognition In 2010, Taringa! received the award Premio Creativo Argentina, or Argentine Creative Award (http://www.creativosargentinos.org/site/?p=9). This award from the Círculo de Creativos Argentinos (the Argentine Creative Circle) distinguishes the creative work of professionals in various fields. Taringa! received the award not only for being one of the most visited Latin-American sites in the world, but also for its community of unique users with its own rules, protocols, and unique identity. In 2012, Taringa! received the “Web del año” award, which recognized it as the best social network of the year. The European online research company Metrix Lab has been organizing this award for 10 years (http://websitedelano.es/regulation/index.html) Taringa! was the only Latin American business nominated. Even though it faced competition from websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram in the Communities and Social Networks category, Taringa! was chosen by the users to be the winner. Personally, Hernán Botbol was distinguished as one of the entrepreneurs of the year by the Universidad de Palermo in Argentina. This award is presented to the most important figures in Argentina’s entrepreneurial field. Renowned Speaker and Industry Leader Botbol is a leader of the Spanish-speaking Internet and Digital Media industry. He has participated as a speaker at many major industry conferences including Red Innova (Madrid, June de 2012), Show me the money (2012), Premio estilo emprendedor Palermo 2012, Pechakucha (June 2013), Orador Cirerre del Social Media Day Montevideo (June 2013),Speaker en IAB Argentina (August 2013), Speaker IAB Uruguay, Foro Digital organized by the Ministerio de Cultura de La Nación (September 2013), CACE (Cámara Argentina de Comercio Elecrónico), session Conversando con los líderes (September 2013).

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About Taringa!: Taringa! is a social network geared toward Latin American users.