Mert Mumtaz, Angel Investor

Mert Mumtaz is the co‑founder and CEO of Helius, a high‑performance infrastructure platform for Solana developers. He previously worked as a software engineer at Coinbase and a product engineer at Clearco, building expertise in crypto systems, payments, and developer tooling. He also hosted Lightspeed, a Blockworks podcast offering an empirical view of the crypto ecosystem. His career reflects a focus on decentralized systems and the tools that enable developers to build at scale. Through Helius and his broader work, Mert has positioned himself at the center of the next wave of blockchain infrastructure and applications. As an angel investor, Mert has backed about 20 early‑stage companies in crypto and decentralized technology. His portfolio includes investments in Citrea, MagicBlock, Warlock Labs, and Praxis, with his most recent investment being Inference’s $11.8M seed round in 2025.