Parth Bhalla

Parth Bhalla is a blockchain technologist and entrepreneur based in New York City. He is a co-founder and Tech Architect of Tria, a self-custodial finance platform designed to support spending, trading and earning across blockchain networks. His technical interests include blockchain infrastructure, zero-knowledge systems, threshold-signature and multi-party computation, alternative virtual-machine interoperability, decentralized finance and predictive modeling. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Early Life and Education

According to his personal website, he started building games and software at age 12. An encounter with BitTorrent in 2013 introduced him to peer-to-peer technology and contributed to his interest in decentralized systems. He began mining Ethereum in 2015 and later worked with blockchain infrastructure and open-source cryptocurrency software. ^[1]

Career

Civic Technology and Project Hetu

Before co-founding Tria, Bhalla participated in Microsoft’s Student Partner program, where his work focused on emerging technologies including blockchain and machine learning. ^{[3] [6]}

Bhalla also worked on civic-technology and entrepreneurship initiatives in India. His personal website states that he contributed to the Central Board of Secondary Education’s academic blockchain-document system. Tria’s whitepaper describes this work as collaboration on decentralized-identity infrastructure for the Government of India. ^{[1] [3]}

Bhalla founded Innovate Future, an initiative supporting young entrepreneurs through workshops and skills programs. He also participated in entrepreneurship and skill-building initiatives associated with Delhi’s Ministry of Education. ^[6]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bhalla founded Project Hetu. His personal website describes Hetu as a WhatsApp-based system that used predictive modeling to help connect hospitals and patients with relevant information and assistance. Tria’s whitepaper identifies it as a COVID-relief initiative. ^{[1] [3]}

Tria

Bhalla began working on Tria, originally known as Threely, in 2022, according to his personal website. Independent reporting lists Tria as having been founded in 2023 by Bhalla and Vijit Katta. ^{[1] [5]}

Tria’s January 2026 whitepaper identifies Katta as Co-Founder and CEO and Bhalla as Co-Founder and Tech Architect. RootData also lists Bhalla as a co-founder of the company. ^{[2] [3]}

Tria develops a self-custodial finance application that combines spending, trading and earning with cross-chain infrastructure. Bhalla’s role centers on the technical architecture of the platform and its approach to simplifying interactions across blockchain networks. ^{[3] [4]}

In October 2025, Tria raised $12 million in pre-seed funding led by P2 Ventures.^[5]