Merkle Science
Merkle Science is building the technology that will set the standard for the next generation of financial safeguards and criminal detection.
Security vulnerabilities in cross-chain bridges, which allow users to move assets between blockchains, have siphoned billions of dollars from the crypto industry. Protocols are getting hacked, and they’re lagging behind in the defensibility of their technology.
Merkle Science is the next generation predictive cryptocurrency risk and intelligence platform that helps crypto companies, financial institutions, and government entities detect, investigate, and prevent illegal cryptocurrency activities. Merkle Science’s proprietary Behavioral Rule Engine surpasses blacklists, enabling compliance teams to meet their local KYC/AML obligations and helping industry players keep pace with increasingly complex illicit activities.
Founders
Mriganka Pattnaik
CEO
Mriganka previously led growth and business expansion in Southeast Asia and India for London-based retail cryptocurrency exchange Luno. Before Luno, Mriganka was part of the global investment banking team at Bank of America for the Technology, Media, and Telecom sectors. Mriganka holds a Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.
Nirmal AK
CTO
Nirmal holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. Before starting his founding journey, he worked in the Fraud Sciences team at Paypal for 3 years, where he developed a deep understanding of risk and compliance.
Milestones
Founded at Entrepreneur First
Seed ($800,000)
Series A ($19 million)