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Philipp Banhardt

Founder of Violet

Berlin, Berlin

Overview 

Philipp Banhardt is the Founder of Violet, a Berlin-based startup, with a background in product management, product development, and start-up ventures. He has held advisory and managerial roles at organizations like Filecoin Foundation and BlueYard Capital, showcasing expertise in software development and market research. Banhardt's career highlights include founding Violet and serving in key roles at innovative companies like Filecoin Foundation, demonstrating a strong track record in product management and strategic leadership within the tech industry.

Work Experience 

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BlueYard Capital

  • Venture Partner; Advisor

    2021 - Current

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Nudge.xyz

  • Co-Founder; Board

    2024

    https://nudge.xyz/

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Centrifuge

  • Board

    2018 - 2024

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Violet

  • Co-Founder

    2021 - 2024

    https://www.violet.co/ was an early attempt at building on-chain compliance and identity management infrastructure. Later pivoted to building https://www.mauve.org/, the first fully AML compliant and RWA focused DEX. Raised $15m across two rounds of funding from BlueYard, Ethereal, FinTech Collective, Balderton, Coinbase Ventures, and many others. I left my operational role as co-CEO in June 2024, but remain involved as an advisor and board member. The company is now working on Nudge - https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/03/09/coinbase-ventures-15-million-crypto-exchange-mauve/ - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/09/14/violets-decentralized-exchange-mauve-goes-live-for-trading-compliant-and-real-world-assets

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Filecoin Foundation

  • Advisor

    2021 - 2021

  • Grants Lead; Program Manager

    2020 - 2021

    Founding Team

Filecoin Foundation is an independent organization that accelerate the Filecoin ecosystem.

fil.org
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BlueYard Capital

  • Associate; Analyst

    2016 - 2020

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Protocol Labs

  • Filecoin Extern

    2019 - 2019

Protocol Labs is a research, development, and deployment lab for network protocols.

Raised $10,920,000.00 from Holon Global Investments, Kosmos Ventures, MRTNZ Ventures, BlueYard Capital, Boost VC and FundersClub.

protocol.ai
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EyeEm

  • Product Manager

    2015 - 2016

    The Roll > https://theroll.io - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/technology/personaltech/artificial-intelligence-makes-the-phone-a-personal-assistant.html - https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/12/eyeem-the-roll/ - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/18/from-eyeem-technology-to-see-and-tag-photos/

  • Product Management

    2015 - 2015

    User Research, Mobile

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