Team other-protocol involvement history

ether.fi's assessment for RD-F-113 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Silagadze: prior company Top Hat (edtech SaaS, ~500 employees, institutional VC-backed, exited); ether.fi is his first DeFi protocol. Kopp: prior Top Hat VP Enterprise Sales; no prior DeFi protocol involvement. No prior rug-pull or failed protocol launch linked to either founder. $23M Series A (Feb 2024) led by Bullish Capital and CoinFund with OKX Ventures, Consensys, Foresight, Amber — institutional VC backing implies reputational DD on founders. Earlier $5.3M seed co-led by North Island Ventures and Chapter One.

Sources #

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Liquid Restaking Protocol Ether.Fi Raises $23M Series Aether.fi Series A announcement CoinDeskretrieved 2026-04-28
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ether.fi Completes USD 5.3 Million Funding Roundether.fi seed round PR Newswireretrieved 2026-04-28

Methodology #

Document current or prior protocol roles for team members (conflicts of interest, prior rugs, prior successful launches).

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol ether-fi factor RD-F-113 score green collected_at 2026-04-28 13:58:46