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 Georgia based Founder operating in the Blockchain 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.
Chrissa McFarlane
Founder and CEO of Patientory
Chrissa McFarlane is the CEO of Patientory, a global currency and population health management service that regulates and secures patient data, Named as one of the top women “leaving their mark on the medtech field” by Becker’s Hospital Review, Chrissa launched Patientory in December 2015 after seeing the need in the market for a more personalized and secure population health management solution. She resides in Atlanta and Tweets at @ChrissaTanelia. Chrissa exudes creativity and is a high-performing strategic thinker and excellent team-builder. She’s an entrepreneur with a passion for creating cutting-edge healthcare products that transform the face of healthcare delivery in the US and abroad. She brings over 10 years in the healthcare industry conducting research and managing teams. She holds notable international published research in healthcare and has helped create breakthrough digital health companies that have provided services to companies such as Tumblr, Blue Apron, Casper and Meetup. Her passion for health care began as early as high school, where she conducted microbiology research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and won top honors at the Otto Burgdorf Research Competition. Later at Cornell University, Chrissa worked with organizations such as the United States Department of Agriculture-Robert Holey Center for Agriculture and Health and Cayuga Medical Center. After teaching Math and Science for a year in an underserved community inside the Atlanta Public School system, Chrissa decided to pursue business school. She holds a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude from Cornell, and a Masters in Management from the Wake Forest University School of Business. Chrissa resides in Atlanta and Tweets at @ChrissaTanelia.
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About Forbes Magazine, Patientory, StartUp Health: Patientory is a global population health management software that gives users access to their health data.
Shawn Wilkinson
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Storj
Shawn Wilkinson is the founder and CSO at Storj Labs.
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About Storj, Storj, Storj: Decentralized cloud object storage that is affordable, easy to use, private, and secure.
John Quinn
Founder and CRO of Storj
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About Storj: Decentralized cloud object storage that is affordable, easy to use, private, and secure.
Tavonia Evans
Director, Founder & CEO of Guap Coin
Tavonia Evans is the founder of GUAP Coin, a cryptocurrency created to boost black and community economics (marginalized communities globally). She is a self proclaimed “mompreneur” and technology specialist with almost 20 years of experience in development, business analysis, marketing, and startups. She is the Co-Founder of Safe2meet, a peer-to-peer reputation platform. She was featured in the Glamour May Money Edition entitled ” Meet The women of Cryptocurrency “ and Black Enterprise for her work in blockchain. She is an avid crypto-evangelist and believes that blockchain/cryptocurrency can open up a new world of financial opportunities for underserved and underprivileged people globally. She has spoken at Blockchain conferences worldwide and is very passionate about participating in projects that can further the humanitarian aspect of Blockchain.
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About Guap Coin: Guap Coin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency created to promote economic growth and wealth.
Kyle Kistner
Co-Founder of bZx
Kyle holds an MSc in Molecular Biology and was previously involved with vaccine development. Ever since learning about Blockchain in 2011, Kyle has been turning his research skills toward understanding the space.
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About bZx: A financial primitive enabling shorting, borrowing, and lending.
Jeff Garzik
Co-Founder of Bloq
Jeff Garzik is the Co-Founder at Vesper. entrepreneur and software engineer. Jeff is co-founder and CEO of Bloq. Jeff serves on the board of Coin Center, and the advisory board of BitFury, BitPay, Chain.com, Netki and WayPaver Labs. Jeff has delivered presentations on bitcoin and blockchain at TEDx, State of Digital Money, many bitcoin conferences, as well as private briefings to corporations, governments, central banks, and hedge funds. Jeff has a long history of early technology adoption. After helping to inaugurate CNN.com on the Internet in the early 1990s, he worked for a succession of Internet startups and service providers. At the same time, he worked continuously on open source software engineering projects for over two decades. Involvement in one of the best known open source projects – the Linux kernel – led to an extended tenure at Linux leader Red Hat during open source’s most formative years. Jeff’s work is found in every Android phone and data center Linux installation today. In July 2010, Jeff stumbled across a post describing bitcoin. Immediately recognizing the potential of a concept previously thought impossible — decentralized digital money, he did what came naturally: developed bitcoin open source software. That gave rise to the start of micro-businesses with bitcoin at their foundation. Almost by accident, Jeff found himself at the heart of the global, revolutionary, technology phenomenon known as bitcoin. Bitcoin and blockchain served as a springboard for many new ideas and ventures, including sending objects into outer space.
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About Bloq, Metronome, Vesper: Bloq delivers enterprise grade block chain technology to leading companies worldwide.
Simon Lapscher
Co-Founder of Liquality
Simon Lapscher is a Co-Founder of Liquality, a cross-blockchain exchange network.
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About Liquality: Liquality is the gold standard for securely swapping digital assets, creating a future where anyone can access the global digital economy.
Angel Luis Quesada Nieto
Founder and CEO of Onyze
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About Kubide BA, Onyze: Digital assets custody platform & Crypto-assets as a Service that offers security & tech infrastructure for third parties.
Brian Burns
CTO, CPO and Co-Founder of GigLabs
Brian Burns is the CTO, CPO and Co-Founder at GigLabs.
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About GigLabs: GigLabs is on a mission to empower brands, creators and collectors to create defining and memorable NFT experiences.
Douglas Dimola
Co-Founder and CEO of GigLabs
Douglas Dimola is the Co-Founder and CEO at GigLabs.
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About GigLabs: GigLabs is on a mission to empower brands, creators and collectors to create defining and memorable NFT experiences.
Jon Parise
Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of GigLabs
Jon Parise is the Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at GigLabs.
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About GigLabs: GigLabs is on a mission to empower brands, creators and collectors to create defining and memorable NFT experiences.
Irakli Jokhtaberidze
Founder & CEO of HUGE CORPORATION
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About HUGE CORPORATION, Magticom Ltd: HUGE is a real-world metaverse.
Sam Vacca
Co-Founder of Netvote
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About DevMethods, Netvote, Point Dynamics: Netvote is an open source voting protocol, soon available on multiple blockchain platforms.
Ben Howerton
Co-Founder of Netvote
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About DevMethods, Netvote, Point Dynamics: Netvote is an open source voting protocol, soon available on multiple blockchain platforms.
Eralp Hatipoglu
Co-Founder of CityPay.io
Eralp Hatipoglu is the Co-Founder of Citypay.io.
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About CityPay.io: Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for any Type of Businesses
Beka Kemertelidze
Co-Founder/CEO of CityPay.io
Beka Kemertelidze is the Co-Founder and CEO of Citypay.io.
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About CityPay.io: Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for any Type of Businesses
Farah Allen
CEO/Founder of The Labz
Farah Allen is the CEO and founder of The Labz.
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About The Labz: The Labz is a no-code web platform designed to help businesses easily create their own dynamic live and on-demand online experiences.
Nailah Malak
Co-Founder | CEO & CTO of Correlate Health
Gina Malak is a Co-Founder and CEO at Correlate Health.
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About Correlate Health: Correlate Health is a Digital Health company that focuses on the development of Healthcare Meaningful Use Applications.
Tom Meredith
CEO Founder of P2P Cash
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About P2P Cash: P2P’s patent pending “Blockchain Token” send cash for FREE to over 1 billion mobile bank accounts in 60 countries
Nelson Wells
Founder / CEO & Publicist of Team Clermont
Nelson Wells is co-founder and CEO of Team Clermont. He founded Team Clermont and teamclermont.com in 1997 as an independent radio promotion division of his PR firm with partner Jimmy McLean. In 2001, Wells expanded the company to incorporate a full service traditional media department. Nelson and his team were the first Music PR company to officially service a full list of music blogs in 2004. Wells currently manages his firm in Athens with 50% shareholder partner, Bill Benson. Nelson was introduced to Bitcoin in 2011 at the launch of his tech startup incubator, Four Athens, in Athens, Georgia. He sold his first startup company at the age of 21. Nelson earned his BS in marketing and business administration from the University of Georgia – Terry College of Business, Athens Georgia. Wells runs his Publicity & PR firm and his other companies in his home town of Athens, Georgia. Nelson is a father and dad to twin daughters who he teaches surfing, swimming, diving, soccer, kindness and love. Nelson is also a civil rights activist and a defender of women’s rights, the rights of the LGBTQ community and has, for over 20 years, served on boards and/or donated to and supported groups who defend social justice and liberties for all minority groups especially those being oppressed. He personally fights for civil liberties of all minority groups. Some charitable organizations and civil rights groups Nelson Wells has been involved with or contributed to include The ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Community Connection, Habitat For Humanity, Project Safe, sheltering women and children and protecting women from sexist or domestic violence or sexism in the workplace; Nuci’s space- protecting the lives of artists and supporting suicide prevention among artists and the Arts in Athens, Georgia; Lukas’ Fund – Helping Mothers and infants who find themselves in hospital NICU units; Also, The Jeanette Rankin Women’s Scholarship Fund which helps underprivileged women gain education and defend against sexism in education. Contact Sue Lawrence at RankinFoundation to learn about all of the support and donations Nelson has made in their honor and to women around the South for their desire for education.
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About Four Athens, Team Clermont, Team Clermont: Team Clermont is the premiere independent boutique music & tech PR firm in the US executing campaigns in #PR, #publicity, #press tech &radio
Kevin Barnes
Founder and CEO of Blocksafe
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About Blocksafe: Blocksafe is securing IoT with Blockchain Technology
Roman Molla
Founder of AirBase.Network
Founder at http://www.AirBase.network and http://www.FlyWorx.co
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About AirBase.Network, FlyWorx – Aerial Drone Services: Distributed, secure and validated drone pilot identity on the blockchain.
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