About Alpen Labs

Founders

Alpen was founded by four MIT classmates from Nepal. Their work spans infrastructure, cryptography, AI, robotics, and technical systems built at Microsoft, Palantir, GM, and beyond.

Backers

Backed by conviction in a stronger Bitcoin financial system. Alpen is supported by infrastructure and crypto-native partners who share our view that Bitcoin capital markets need more resilient rails.

Ribbit Capital
Cyber Fund
Castle Island Ventures
DBA
Stillmark
Axiom Capital

Angels

Wences Casares

Xapo founder; Bitcoin custody.

Jeremy Rubin

Bitcoin developer; BIP-119.

John Pfeffer

Pfeffer Capital; Bitcoin investor.

Charles Songhurst

Technology investor; ex-Microsoft strategy.

Ben Davenport

BitGo co-founder; security and custody.

Joshua Lim

Arbelos co-founder; crypto derivatives.

Wai Kit Lau

Technology advisor; venture operator.

Nathan McCauley

Anchorage Digital co-founder and CEO.

John Adler

Celestia co-founder; data availability.

Hasu

Flashbots strategy; crypto research.

Uma Roy

Succinct co-founder and CEO.

Rob Hadick

Dragonfly general partner.

Mike Neuder

Ethereum Foundation researcher.

Marat Kichikov

Bitfury Capital managing partner.

James McCavity

Bitcoin ecosystem angel investor.

Neha Narula

MIT Digital Currency Initiative director.