Meet the Founders

Tokenive is founded by engineers and researchers with backgrounds in cryptography, financial infrastructure, and large-scale software engineering.

The company combines advanced cryptographic research with practical experience building fintech and distributed systems, forming the foundation for Tokenive's verification infrastructure.

Founding team from

Amazon
DEUNA
Xapo
Indeed
University of Edinburgh
Georgia Tech

Amirreza Sarencheh, PhD

Co-Founder, CEO & Chief Scientist

Amirreza is a cryptographer who has led R&D teams and built institutional-grade FinTech systems from research to production.

  • PhD in Computer Science (Cryptography) @ The University of Edinburgh
  • Former Head of R&D @ Polymesh Labs
  • 11+ years of experience in cryptography, fintech, and blockchain
  • Winner, Best FinTech Student, Scottish FinTech Awards
  • Ranked 1st out of 197 students in B.Sc.
  • Peer-reviewed research published at leading computer security venues (ACM CCS)

Diego Gallegos

Co-Founder, CTO & Head of Engineering

Diego leads engineering at Tokenive, building the platform that enables organisations to verify data through cryptographically verifiable credentials rather than documents.

  • Former engineer @ Amazon, Xapo & Indeed
  • Founding/VP of Engineering @ DEUNA raising 37M USD
  • +12 years experience across fintech platforms, AI systems, and blockchain infrastructure
  • MSc Georgia Tech in Distributed Systems

Built on Cryptography and Financial Infrastructure

Tokenive was founded at the intersection of these disciplines, enabling the team to build a verification layer for institutions — replacing document-based verification with cryptographic proofs.

Advanced Cryptographic Research

Deep expertise in privacy-preserving protocols and verifiable computation

Regulated Financial Infrastructure

Experience building compliant systems for institutional use cases

Large-Scale Engineering Systems

Track record delivering production systems at global scale