# Who Is Behind Reya

Reya was founded by [Simon](https://x.com/0xSimonJones) and [Artur](https://x.com/arturbegyan) who are both serial-entrepreneurs, having previously built successful web2 and web3 financial startups. They are supported by a team of traders and crypto-native builders, with backgrounds at Optiver, Wintermute, Goldman, Coinbase and Citi.

Reya has raised $12m from investors including Framework, Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, Selini Capital, Amber Group, Brevan Howard Digital Assets and Leadblock Ventures. Alongside prominent Angels like Stani of Aave/Lens, David and Ryan of Bankless and Kain of Synthetix/Infinex.


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