2x founder

Leo Gierhake

Founder @ Laurence (YC W26) | Researcher @ Jump Trading | EE @ ETH Zürich

Founder

Laurence· Winter 2026🇨🇭 Switzerland

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2025Founder· Laurence (YC W26)

Founder · since 2022

Company

Laurence (YC W26)

Role

Founder

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Laurence

Hedge fund for ads

Winter 2026

Experience

Career

Laurence (YC W26)
Founder
Founder · 2025 – Present
2025
Jump Trading Group
Crypto Researcher · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 2025
2025
Teragon.io
Co-founder
Co-Founder · 2022 – 2023
2022
POKKET
Chief Product & Strategy Officer · 2021 – 2022
2021
POKKET
DeFi Lead · 2021 – 2022
2021
Bastion Trading Group
Trader · Hong Kong SAR · 2020 – 2022
2020

Bio

Researcher at Jump Trading, building quantitative models to execute 50% of all global crypto trades. $250,000 in high-stakes professional poker winnings. Founded a crypto investing platform at 18. ETH Zurich Electrical Engineering Chief Technology Officer