Arjun Sethi, Co-CEO of Kraken and Payward Arjun Sethi is co-CEO of Kraken, one of the world’s longest-operating and most secure crypto platforms, and its parent company, Payward, which provides broader financial infrastructure powering an open global economy. He is also a co-founder of Kapital and Foundation Robotics, where he serves on the board. He is Chairman of Tribe Capital, a quantitative venture firm with $2.2B in AUM. Across Tribe Capital, family office, and his personal investing, he has backed category-defining, developer-led companies across software, AI, fintech, and capital-intensive infrastructure, including SpaceX, Kalshi, Deel, Applied Intuition, OpenAI, Slack, Rippling, xAI, Docker, Carta, and Payward. Earlier in his career, Arjun founded and scaled MessageMe, which was acquired by Yahoo, where he joined the executive team. He also founded LOLapps, which was sold to 6waves and later acquired by Stillfront. He later served as a Partner at Social Capital, where he led the venture team.
