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 Germany based Managing Director operating in the Blockchain space. If you think a Managing Director 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.
Ulisse Dell’Orto
Managing Director of Chainalysis
Ulisse Dell’Orto is Global Cryptocurrency Businesses Lead at Chainalysis. Chainalysis is the world’s leading compliance and investigation software solution for money-laundering prevention. Chainalysis’ goal is to create trust in the Blockchain. We mainly focus on three different types of customers: Law Enforcement and Regulators, Cryptocurrency Businesses and Financial Institutions. Ulisse leads Cryptocurrency businesses globally at Chainalysis and spends most of his time guiding Top Tier exchanges through AML compliance. He is constantly meeting with regulators all over the world to raise awareness about the AML solutions available to the different stakeholders in the industry. Ulisse previously founded a community named “The Blockchain Bible” aimed at creating a community of Blockchain enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, mentors and investors. Before that, he has worked with several Fintech startups in Berlin focusing on expanding their operations in different countries in Europe.
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About Chainalysis: Chainalysis provides blockchain data and analysis to governments, banks, and businesses worldwide.
Christoph Iwaniez
CFO – Managing Director of Nuri
Christoph was previously the CFO of GIZS which connects the German Sparkassen Group to the paydirekt payment scheme and before that 10 years at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), one of Germanys biggest banking groups.
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About Nuri: Nuri empowers people to manage and grow their wealth through innovative technologies.

Michael Göymen
Co-Founder & Managing Director of UnitedCrowd
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About UnitedCrowd: Let’s Tokenize The World – Tokensale Platform – Made in Germany

Marco Barulli
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Bernstein.io
Marco Barulli is the Co-Founder, Managing Director at Bernstein.
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About Bernstein.io, Capsule Social: Bernstein allows companies to create a digital trail of records of their innovation processes using blockchain technology.
Dr. Elena Mechik
COO and Co-Founder, Managing Director of INHUBBER
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About INHUBBER: INHUBBER is the world’s safest SaaS contract lifecycle management platform with a native digital signature.
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