dYdX
dYdX builds decentralized financial technologies and has raised $87 million. The 72-person company closed its Series C in June 2021 with backing from Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase's Brian Armstrong.
The growth story
dYdX grew from 79 to 72 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $87M along the way, most recently a Series C in June 2021.
About
dYdX develops decentralized trading protocols for financial markets. Its technology enables peer-to-peer transactions without intermediaries, targeting crypto traders and institutions.
The company has scaled to 72 employees since its 2017 founding. Its $87 million Series C in 2021 included investments from prominent crypto and venture capital firms, positioning it among the better-funded decentralized finance startups.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is dYdX's largest function with 14 employees. The company operates with a lean structure, averaging 5.1 employees per manager.
The dYdX org chart
Antonio Juliano (Founder & CEO) leads 13 mapped leaders with 2 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 20 (0% YoY), Business Development 8 (+14% YoY), Human Resources 4 (-33% YoY), Legal 4 (0% YoY), Finance 4 (0% YoY), Marketing 4 (-43% YoY).
Talent flow
dYdX recruits heavily from Amazon, Bloomberg, and Coinbase. Its alumni frequently join crypto startups, with fomo and Polygon Labs being top destinations.
Most common previous employers of dYdX staff: dYdX Foundation (4), Amazon (4), Bloomberg (3), Facebook (3), Coinbase (3), Uber (3). Former dYdX employees most often moved to fomo (5), Sky Ecosystem (3), Polygon Labs (2), Plume (2), TBD (2), Phantom (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The dYdX mafia
dYdX alumni have founded 10 companies, including Polygon Labs and Magic Eden. The most active founders launched fomo, which employs 20 people.
12Marc Boiron, was Chief Legal Officer until 2022Zhuoxun Yin, was Head Of Strategy & Business Operations until 2020Eugene Y. Q. Shen, was Senior Software Engineer until 2022Paul Erlanger, was Head of Business Development until 2024Prashan Dharmasena, was Head of Mobile and Frontend Platform until 2024Zach Carr, was Lead Technical Writer until 2024
mackay grant, was . until 2025
Corey Miller, was Product and Growth Lead until 2024
Taehoon Lee, was Senior Engineering Manager until 2025
Jakob Herlitz, was Software Engineer until 2024
Sid R., was Product & GTM until 2020
Aaron Ng, was Advisor until 2021What this company is made of
Most common skills at dYdX: Public Speaking (16), Microsoft Excel (14), Leadership (13), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (12), C (Programming Language) (11), Project Management (10), Python (Programming Language) (10), JavaScript (10).
Where the team actually sits
dYdX people are concentrated in New York, United States (14), New York City Metropolitan Area (7), United States (4), California, United States (3).
Search footprint
dYdX attracts about 190 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $0K a month if bought through ads. It gained 24 ranking keywords and lost 9 in the last period.
Frequently asked
dYdX has 72 employees as of September 2026.
dYdX has raised $87M in total, most recently a Series C round in June 2021.
dYdX was founded in 2017 by Antonio Juliano.
Antonio Juliano (Founder & CEO) sits at the top of dYdX's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current dYdX staff are dYdX Foundation (4 people), Amazon (4 people), Bloomberg (3 people).
Former dYdX employees most often move to fomo (5), Sky Ecosystem (3), Polygon Labs (2).
At least 10 companies have a founder who previously worked at dYdX, including Polygon Labs, Magic Eden, Plume.
dYdX attracts about 190 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $0K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among dYdX staff are Public Speaking, Microsoft Excel, Leadership, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), C (Programming Language).
dYdX staff are concentrated in New York, United States (14), New York City Metropolitan Area (7), United States (4).
dYdX has about 20 people in Engineering, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
dYdX has about 8 people in Business Development, up 14% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 40 current and 93 former dYdX profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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