Our Mission

Cryptosat builds satellites that power blockchain and crypto applications. We are leveraging the most secure root-of-trust in space to build trusted oracles and
a space-based blockchain.

Our Team
Yan Michalevsky
Crypto and Security
2nd time founder. Founded Anjuna - a security company pioneering Confidential Computing. PhD from Stanford University.
Yonatan Winetraub
Aerospace
2nd time founder. Founded SpaceIL - the first private moon-mission. PhD from Stanford University.
Elad Sagi
Satellite Systems Lead
30 years of experience in the space industry including a lunar mission by SpaceIL. Helped found the TEL Aviv Nano satellites center, which built the TAUSAT 1&2, and the TEVEL program - which built and launched 8 satellites in various high schools across Israel.
Sebastian Boëthius
Software Lead
Multiple years of experience as a CTO in several companies, including in the MedTech field, working with sensitive health data and HCI. Manages, leads and builds hardware-interfacing software products and cloud solutions with a business oriented mindset.
Efrat Peer
Head of Business Operations
Experienced professional supporting the business operations in tech, with 10 years of experience in corporate (P&G/Amazon) and start-ups (StreamElements).
Denis Makarov
Lead Software Engineer
Denis has over ten years of experience with embedded systems development. He holds a PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, and is passionate about building high-throughput real-time systems.
Daniel Bar
Business Development
Decentralized web entrepreneur. Founder of Bitfwd - a boutique hedge fund and venture builder. Focused on cross border Blockchain innovation and open source developer communities.
Our Advisors
Prof. Dan Boneh
Professor at Stanford University
Dr. Boneh is a Stanford Professor leading applied cryptography and computer security. His work includes contributions to blockchain and zero-knowledge proof systems. He's received several awards and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Ben Fisch
Advisor
Dr. Fisch is a Yale Assistant Professor and CEO of Espresso Systems. He received a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford, where his research contributions include constructions for VDFs, Proofs of Replication and recursive zkSNARKs.
Juan Benet
Advisor
Juan Benet is the founder and CEO of Protocol Labs that develops the Filecoin protocol, and the inventor of the Interplanetary Filesystem (IPFS). He received his BS and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Matt Pauker
Advisor and Investor
Matt Pauker is an SF-based investor and advisor. He was the co-founder of Voltage (acquired by HP) and of 21E6 (acquired by Coinbase).
Omer Shlomovits
Advisor
Omer is a cryptographer and serial entrepreneur. He was the co-founder and head of research of Zengo, and is the founder and CEO of Ingoyama, developing hardware solutions for accelerating zero-knowledge computation and other cryptographic protocols.
Join Us
Be part of a revolutionize the cyber security industry, harnessing the unique properties of space that are literally out of this world.