Summary
Vikram Barandwal is an investment professional and former software engineer with 10 years of experience focused on evaluating and supporting high-potential Web3 startups from a deeply technical vantage. Currently at Hashed Emergent, he blends hands-on blockchain research with practical diligence across scalability, interoperability, DeFi, RWA, DePIN, restaking, tokenomics, and ZKPs to spot differentiated opportunities. His background includes engineering and research roles and TA positions at IIT Bombay, giving him rigorous cryptography and systems credentials that inform his investment theses. Vikram has also worked as a freelance venture scout and technical due diligence provider, helping angels assess protocol viability and supporting portfolio node operations. Based in Mumbai, he is passionate about bridging protocol-level innovation with real-world applications and routinely evaluates data verifiability and restaking primitives that many investors overlook.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering at Savitribai Phule Pune University
English, Marathi, Hindi