Web3 Entrepreneur & Investor, PhD in Computer Science.
✍🏼 Blog | 📚 Publications
Loi Luu is the Founder of Caliber, a Web3 venture builder helping founders create the next generation of blockchain unicorns. He previously founded Kyber Network, a leading decentralized trading protocol, and now serves as its Chairman.
As the first to bring blockchain research to the National University of Singapore, where he earned his PhD in Computer Science, Loi has driven key advancements in decentralization, scalability, and security. His work has influenced projects collectively valued in the tens of billions USD.
Beyond his own ventures, he has advised and initiated multiple successful companies, including Sygnum (the first Swiss digital asset bank), Jupiter, Zilliqa and Wrapped BTC. Recognized for his impact, he was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia and MIT Technology Review's Top 10 Innovators Under 35 for Asia Pacific.
🏆Awards
- MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35, Asia Pacific, 2019.
- Forbes Asia's 30 under 30, 2018.
- Dean's Graduate Research Excellence Award, NUS School of Computing, 2017.
- Microsoft Research Asia PhD Fellowship, Microsoft Research Asia, 2016
- President Graduate Fellowship, NUS School of Computing, 2014 - 2017
📈Other contributions
- Oyente, the first opensource smart contract tool.
- Elastico, sharding protocol for public blockchains.
- SmartPool, Decentralized PoW mining pool using smart contracts.
- PeaceRelay, the protocol to trustlessly connect EVM-compatible blockchains.
🧑💻Career
- Founder, CEO, Caliber Build (Apr 2023 - Now)
- Founder, Kyber Network (May 2017 - Now)
- Chairman, Jan 2022 - Now
- CEO, May 2017 - Dec 2021
- Research Intern, Visa Research (Jun 2017 - Aug 2017)
- Researcher, Ethereum Foundation (Nov 2016 - Jan 2017)
- PhD Candidate, School of Computing, National University of Singapore (Aug 2014, Jan 2018)
- Research Assistant, School of Computing, National University of Singapore. (July 2013 - July 2014)
🔖CV
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