Ivan Nastyukhin
Now
Building liquidity infrastructure for digital asset markets.
- Regulation is clearer, liquidity is deeper, and software tooling has changed the cost curve for building financial infrastructure.
- Incumbents carry legacy systems and large teams. A small team can now build the critical parts faster, cheaper, and with less drag.
- Starting with liquidity. The rest follows.
Wise · Director of Engineering
Led Wise Remittance, the company's largest business.
- Owned product and engineering across strategy, roadmap, targets, and delivery.
- Helped move Wise beyond remittance into broader consumer and business banking.
- Volume grew about 40% year on year, driven by new products and high-value transfers.
- Raised reliability standards as enterprise clients came to depend on the platform.
Flocktory · CTO
CTO from Series A to market leadership and acquisition.
- Scaled to roughly 90% market share, $100M+ revenue, and tens of millions in annual profit.
- Grew to 250 people, eight profitable verticals, and expansion into Spain and Turkey.
- Aligned the company around customer success through incentives, not mandates.
- Acquired by QIWI.
Before · Founder
Built from zero, more than once.
- Founded products in P2P streaming and social commerce; one reached 14M users and exited.
- Later backed and advised early-stage founders.
- Earlier roles in product and engineering.