Rik Van Der Werf
Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Summary
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Top SchoolRik Van Der Werf is a technology-focused founder and leader with 11 years of hands-on experience building startups and tooling around blockchain, tokenization, and digital assets. He helped grow vVv from a community initiative into a venture-backed platform, serving 1,000+ clients and executing a nearly 3x oversubscribed pre-seed round after a $1M rapid raise. Comfortable shifting between CTO, CEO (Strategy & Technology), and engineer roles, Rik combines product-level strategy with practical skills in cybersecurity, smart contracts, and backend systems. His background founding multiple companies and leading development teams gives him a rare blend of community-driven growth insight and operational rigor. Based in Dubai, he’s now co-founding a stealth startup to push the next wave of tokenization and Web3 infrastructure. An understated strength: his early community membership at vVv informs a user-centric approach to technically complex asset tokenization.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
English, Dutch
Github Skills (31)
smooth9
elasticsearch-client8
android-library8
python-client8
android8
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caching8
smooth-scrolling8
image8
apollo7
image-loading7
python7
kotlin7
elasticsearch6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
thecoderstudio/apollo
May 2020 - Apr 2021
Apollo is a post-exploitation tool for managing, enumerating and pivotting on compromised machines.
Contributions:16 reviews, 348 commits, 28 PRs in 10 months
machinessecuritypost-exploitationcybersecuritycompromised
NerdsWitAttitudes/Smart-Gym-Pi-Spotify
Jun 2016 - Aug 2018
Spotify client for PI
Contributions:5 PRs, 9 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 2 months
spotify-web-apispotify-clientspotify-apispotify
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