# Evgeny Medvedev

> Evgeny Medvedev is a Co-Founder and Chief Solutions Architect at Nansen, with a background in computer science and blockchain analytics.

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**Evgeny Medvedev** is a Co-Founder & Chief Solutions Architect at [Nansen](https://iq.wiki/wiki/nansen) \- a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) data analytics company that provides a platform for users to utilize tools and dashboards to gain access to in-depth, on-chain information. [\[1\]](#cite-id-c8wyisv1tlt)[\[2\]](#cite-id-ya0x2bnaapa)  
  
# Education  
  
In 2010, Medvedev earned his Master's degree in Computer Science from Omsk State University (OSU). He is also a Google-certified Professional Cloud Architect. [\[1\]](#cite-id-c8wyisv1tlt)  
  
# Career  
  
Between 2010 and 2012, Evgeny Medvedev served as a Senior Java Developer at Luxoft. Afterward, he worked as a Full Stack Engineer at Upwork. [\[4\]](#cite-id-ek77657l7l9)  
  
From 2013 to 2018, he served as a Software Architect at AMPOS Solutions Inc. in Thailand. He left temporarily to work as a Lead Data Engineer at CoinFi. He rejoined AMPOS Solutions Inc. in 2019 until 2020. [\[3\]](#cite-id-dzej107o0y7)[\[4\]](#cite-id-ek77657l7l9)  
  
In February 2019, Medvedev co-founded D5 - The Data Science & Engineering DAO and serves as the Solutions Architect of the company. D5 is a collective of data scientists and engineers structured as a [decentralized autonomous organization](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dao) (DAO). They help startups, corporations, and organizations accelerate their data science & engineering initiatives. [\[4\]](#cite-id-ek77657l7l9)[\[5\]](#cite-id-cx1u6315af4)  
  
## Nansen  
  
In October 2020, Evgeny Medvedev co-founded [Nansen](https://iq.wiki/wiki/nansen) alongside [Alex Svanevik](https://iq.wiki/wiki/alex-svanevik) and [Lars Bakke Krogvig](https://iq.wiki/wiki/lars-bakke-krogvig) and he serves as the Chief Solutions Architect of the company. [\[1\]](#cite-id-c8wyisv1tlt)[\[2\]](#cite-id-ya0x2bnaapa)  
  
Nansen is a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) analytics platform whose main offering is its ability to surface signals in blockchain data, made possible by the platform's use of on-chain analysis and millions of labeled wallets. This allows traders to gain a deeper understanding of the crypto ecosystem and make real-time decisions based on the data that truly matters. [\[2\]](#cite-id-ya0x2bnaapa)  
  
> "After years of working with blockchain data, we found that many of our clients wanted the same thing: to know more about the wallets that are transacting on-chain. So we started building Nansen in 2019 to address this need, and have quickly become a leading provider of data and analytics for Ethereum." - the co-founders on why they built Nansen[\[6\]](#cite-id-n78vkbzhuaj)  
  
In 2020, Nansen raised $1.2 million in a seed round led by Mechanism Capital and Skyfall Ventures. In 2021, a Series A round led by [Andreessen Horowitz](https://iq.wiki/wiki/andreessen-horowitz) (a16z) secured $12 million, with participation from previous investors like Skyfall Ventures, [Coinbase Ventures](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinbase), and new backers. [\[2\]](#cite-id-ya0x2bnaapa)  
  
Nansen acquired [staking](https://iq.wiki/wiki/staking) platform StakeWithUs in September 2024, for an undisclosed price as the CEO, [Alex Svanevik](https://iq.wiki/wiki/alex-svanevik) looks to expand beyond data provision into offering investment services for institutions and retail traders. StakeWithUs, which is backed by the Singapore government's innovation project SGinnovate, provides staking across multiple [blockchains](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). [\[7\]](#cite-id-h3zb9c59qfn)  
  
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