Company
The company was incorporated in 2020 specifically for the Casval project. The 2 founders know each other since 2013 and already co-founded another fintech company, Ernest.
Cristoforo Mione: Serial entrepreneur with 2 exits: Ernest, a fintech company sold to MoneyFarm, and Mirial, a video conferencing software company sold to Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGI). A data-driven, self-motivated and resourceful founder with a proven ability to build companies, products, and traction. Investor in bitcoin since 2013, crypto domain expert.
Lorenzo Sicilia: Entrepreneurial tech lead with startup experience: Ernest, a fintech company sold to MoneyFarm. A pragmatic technologist with twenty years of experience in software development with frontend and backend systems. Recently in ConsenSys on enterprise-grade crypto projects. Before that, he was in Moneyfarm, following Ernest acquisition.
Service/Product
Casval is a platform to automatically capture the highest stablecoin returns from existing lending protocols on Ethereum at any given time. It generates more than 10% annual returns on idle liquidity from freelancers and SMEs with no lock-in and no minimum deposit.
Block.IS Experience
The Block.IS Project gave us the opportunity to connect with many international founders active in the blockchain space. The mentors we met have a tremendous background in fintech and are more than willing to provide connections and feedback on how to grow and improve our solution.