Interbank-grade Capital Markets Protocol. Building a trillion dollar-scale transaction platform that’s open to everyone, connecting groundbreaking technologies with battle-tested interbanking standards.
All-in-one capital
market
platform
for
digital asset
investors
Secured Finance develops protocol and platform for fixed-rate loans to bring derivative structuring
capability for digital assets.
Our
Team
We are a passionate team of industry experts and professionals in both traditional finance and
DeFi.
Masa Kikuchi
Founder & CEO
Computer Scientist and Former Head of Derivatives Structuring at HSBC with over 17 years
of experience in traditional finance. Member of Trusted Web (Web3) Council in the
Cabinet Secretariat of Japan
Kenji Mitsusada
Head of markets
18 years of interest rate derivatives and macro trading experience. Former Co-Head of
G10 FX Forwards and STIR Trading at Goldman Sachs and Hedge Fund Manager at Capula
Investment and Management.
Reuven Aboulker
Director of Engineering
12 years as an interest rate derivatives financial engineer in traditional finance.
Former technical lead in a top-tier bank. A strong believer in the Web3 revolution.
Ki Kwon
Head of Digital Strategy
Digital transformation specialist with a decade of innovation experience spanning across
Wall Street (Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs), FinTech (GS spinoff), and Mega Tech
(Microsoft).
Timo Lee
Community Lead
Multilingual and multicultural business developer. Contributor to Web3, IPFS, and DeFi.
Master of Engineering from TU Berlin in the field of machine learning and transfer
learning.
Akihiro Tanaka
Smart Contract Engineer
Former lead engineer at Securitize with extensive Web3 skills to build a regulatory
compliant STO platform for financial institutions. 9 years as a software
engineer/architect at Accenture. A blockchain advocate since 2013.
Jasper Neo
Markets and Operations Specialist
Markets expert in operations for 8 years dealing with collateral, equities, bonds, and
derivative products. Former settlement analyst at FNZ and SS&C. A budding enthusiast
trying to harness wealth’s full potential to grow through the financial revolution in
Web3.
Arpit Singh
Software Engineer
Full Stack Developer interested in both Tech and Finance. Prior experience as a Quant
developer for OTC trades within a top-tier bank. IIT Delhi graduate and enthusiastic
about the future of Web3 and Decentralized Finance.
Reza Shahi
Senior Advisor
Reza Shahi was the Chief Operating Officer of the firm’s credit business at Citadel.
After Citadel, Reza worked at Sequoia Heritage which is a large multi-family office
within Sequoia Capital. He is now a senior advisor for Secured Finance.
Our
Investors
Vinny Lungham
Ceo
Rich Rosenblum
Ceo
Justin Kan
Ceo
Juan Benet
Ceo
Tikhon Bernstam
Ceo
James DeNaut
Ceo
Tom Trowbridge
Ceo
Richard Ma
Ceo
Scott Keto
Ceo
Koki Uchlyama
Ceo
Vinny Lungham
Ceo
Rich rosenblum
Ceo
Justin Kan
Ceo
Juan Benet
Ceo
Tikhon Bernstam
Ceo
James DeNaut
Ceo
Tom Trowbridge
Ceo
Richard Ma
Ceo
Scott Keto
Ceo
Koki Uchlyama
Ceo
Recent
articles
Interest Rate Markets in DeFi
Automated Market Maker Pool or AMM Pool is one of the greatest inventions
created in Decentralized Finance (DeFi).
Oct 25 2022
Secured Finance at FIL Singapore’22 Summit
New brand, New app release, VC demo day, and Workshops to grow with strategic
Web3 ecosystem partners
Oct 20 2022
Building ‘Real’ Yield Curve
Demystifying Interest Rates Composability for Large-Scale Derivatives’
Applications
Sep 20 2022
Future of Finance IV
This story is a continuation of Future of Finance III, Chapter 3 Decentralized
Finance — The Future of Finance Shaped by Web 3.0
Jul 5 2022
Future of Finance III
This story is a continuation of Future of Finance II, Chapter 2: Information
Asymmetry: The Merits and Drawbacks of Centralized Finance
May 13 2022
Future of Finance II
This story is a continuation of Future of Finance I, Chapter 1: A Modern
History of Financial Institutions — Changes Induced by the Once-in-a-Century
Crisis
March 23 2022
No items found.