Hi, my name is

Abhishek Kumar.

I build DeFi infrastructure that institutions can trust.

I'm a founder and commercial operator with 5+ years in DeFi and crypto infrastructure — spanning strategy, business development, and partnerships.

Previously, I founded Catalysis, DeFi's first vault-native risk coverage protocol — raised $1.25M pre-seed, hired an 8-person team, and closed 20+ partnerships with Tier-1 protocols including Morpho, Gauntlet, and EigenLayer.

Prior to that, I led product at Obol Labs and an engineer at Nethermind, Atlassian, and Amazon.

About Me

Hello! I'm Abhishek!

I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science in 2021. Since then I've taken on roles across product and engineering, through founding Catalysis and shipping vault-native risk coverage on mainnet.

I'm equally comfortable negotiating commercial terms and separating real technical claims from noise — in the same conversation.

I've spoken at Restaking Day @ Token2049 Dubai, published peer-reviewed work on Catalysis Economics (MARBLE 2025), and built open-source tools like the Nakamoto Coefficient Calculator.

Here are a few things I've been working with recently:

  • Partnerships
  • Fundraising
  • GTM Strategy
  • Agentic Infra
  • Financial Modelling
  • DeFi Mechanics
Abhishek Kumar speaking at Restaking & DeFAI Day, Token2049 Dubai

Where I’ve Worked

Founder & CEO @ Promorphic

September 2026 - Present

  • Building agentic infrastructure for tokenized assets: an AI treasury manager for onchain asset managers
  • One layer that lets agents discover, hold, move, and redeem tokenized assets across issuers, venues, and chains

Some Things I’ve Built

What’s Next?

Get In Touch

If you're building an early-stage startup, I'd like to hear what you're working on.

You can reach me via email Twitter or LinkedIn.