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Siddharth Singhal

Head of Business Development at trilitech

London, England

Overview 

Siddharth Singhal is a seasoned professional with a strong background in web3, blockchain, and fintech industries, having held key roles at companies like Parity Technologies and R3. He has a track record of success in driving enterprise adoption and establishing strategic partnerships, as well as being actively involved in investing in startups and mentoring emerging businesses. Singhal's career highlights include serving as Director of Enterprise Adoption at Parity Technologies and Global Head of Product Partnerships at Prodigy Finance, demonstrating his expertise in business development and strategic relations within the tech industry. His investment portfolio includes notable companies like xAI, Ampaire, and BloomCredit, showcasing his commitment to supporting innovative ventures in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Head of Business Development

    2023 - Current

    Driving and coordinating adoption across the Tezos stack: Tezos L1, Etherlink (non-custodial optimistic EVM rollup) and Tezos smart-rollups across use-cases and industries

  • Mentor

    2025

Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator is a blockchain startup accelerator run by UC Berkeley.

  • Head of Business Development

    2023

    Driving and coordinating adoption across the Tezos stack: Tezos L1, Etherlink (non-custodial optimistic EVM rollup) and Tezos smart-rollups across use-cases and industries

  • Expert Advisor

    2021

  • Director, Enterprise Adoption

    2021 - 2023

    Infrastructure for the decentralised web From the Substrate blockchain framework to Polkadot, the sharded protocol enabling blockchains to operate seamlessly together at scale, Parity builds the foundation of Web3 Responsible for driving adoption of Substrate, Polkadot, Kusama across enterprises. Select focus verticals include: web3 infrastructure, Financial Services, Social Networks, Energy, Gaming, Sports, Humanitarian etc Select notable partnerships: Mythical Games, Energy Web Foundation, project Liberty / DSNP / Frequency network, United Nations, FCB (Football Club Barcelona), Transparent Systems, Aventus networks, Neo foundation / Watr protocol, peaq network among others Expert Member / Collaborator / Advisor: Multiple networks, enterprises, consortia and initiatives building on Polkadot/Substrate stack. Also, Blockchain for Europe, UN-ITU AWG, Digital Euro association, Stanford FDCI ( Future of Digital Currency Initiative ), Digital Dollar Project among others

  • Advisor

    2021 - 2023

  • Director, Enterprise Adoption

    2021 - 2023

    Infrastructure for the decentralised web From the Substrate blockchain framework to Polkadot, the sharded protocol enabling blockchains to operate seamlessly together at scale, Parity builds the foundation of Web3 Responsible for driving adoption of Substrate, Polkadot, Kusama across enterprises. Select focus verticals include: web3 infrastructure, Financial Services, Social Networks, Energy, Gaming, Sports, Humanitarian etc Select notable partnerships: Mythical Games, Energy Web Foundation, project Liberty / DSNP / Frequency network, United Nations, FCB (Football Club Barcelona), Transparent Systems, Aventus networks, Neo foundation / Watr protocol, peaq network among others Expert Member / Collaborator / Advisor: Multiple networks, enterprises, consortia and initiatives building on Polkadot/Substrate stack. Also, Blockchain for Europe, UN-ITU AWG, Digital Euro association, Stanford FDCI ( Future of Digital Currency Initiative ), Digital Dollar Project among others

  • Global Head of Product Partnerships

    2019 - 2021

    Funding shouldn't be a barrier to education. Prodigy Finance is revolutionising the way borrowers and investors see student loans through our borderless credit model. Over the past decade we’ve helped thousands of international students gain access to postgraduate education through our loans. Lender to international students from 135 different countries over $1bn cumulatively. VC backers: Index, Balderton and others; debt backers: Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and others. Responsible for: Digital Assets (debt tokenization), Cross border payments, Disbursements, Credit-ratings, Digital Identity, FinCrime, new-products

  • Business Development & Strategic Relations, APAC

    2018 - 2019

    R3 is an enterprise distributed ledger (blockchain) firm working with a network of over 300 banks, financial institutions, regulators, trade associations, professional services firms and technology companies. Our Corda platform is already being used in industries from financial services to healthcare, shipping, insurance and more. It records, manages, executes institutions’ financial agreements in perfect synchrony with their peers, creating a world of frictionless commerce. Overseeing RFPs, consortium memberships, key-accounts, investor-relations and network expansion efforts across the region working with financial institutions, central banks, exchanges, and funds across Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Japan & Thailand. Topics: Consortiums, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), Identity, Trade Finance, Capital Markets, Insurance, Healthcare R3 is building the future of finance and a new world of commerce with its distributed ledger platform, Corda. Corda is a distributed ledger platform, aka blockchain, that is the outcome of over two years of intense research and development by R3 and 80 of the world’s largest financial institutions. A financial grade ledger, Corda meets the highest standards of the banking industry, yet it is applicable to any commercial scenario. With Corda, participants can transact without the need for central authorities creating a world of frictionless commerce.

  • Services & Business Development, APAC

    2017 - 2018

    R3’s Corda platform delivers on the promise of blockchain for every business in every industry. Overseeing projects, RFPs and network expansion efforts across the region working with financial institutions, central banks, exchanges, and funds across Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Japan & Thailand. Topics: Consortiums, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), Identity, Trade Finance, Capital Markets, Insurance, Healthcare

R3 is a financial innovation firm focusing on designing and implementing distributed ledger technology for modernizing financial services.

Raised $112,000,000.00 from CLS.

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