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Vanishree Rao

Founder at Fermah

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Vanishree Rao is the founder of Fermah and was previously Head of Cryptography at IOHK and Chief cryptographer at O(1) Labs. She holds a PhD in cryptography from UCLA.

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Date
GAIB GAIB
Pre-Seed -- $ 5 M
Dec 03, 2024

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