Our mission

To connect organizations into Web3 through a fast, scalable, and intelligent platform.

Validation Cloud has always been a fully remote company. Our global team is distributed across North America, Europe and Asia.

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Our values

Integrity

We empower our team to do the right thing, even when no one is watching. We encourage exuding and practicing trust so that our team members always ask for help when they need it and trust their team’s input.

Determination

We never ever give up. Our team isn’t deterred by short-term disappointments and we challenge ourselves to deliver customer results efficiently and effectively no matter what.

Commitment

We’re constantly raising the bar to meet our standard of a “high-degree of execution.” We practice this standard daily in interactions with our team and customers to ensure excellence in everything we do.

Solutions Orientation

We’re a low ego team with an insatiable desire to find the right answer and fix the problem. No task is too small because we have a bias towards action and finding the solution for our customers.

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Executive Team

Alex Nwaka

CEO & Cofounder

Alex brings more than a decade of experience investing and operating in enterprise software and emerging technologies, with a focus on AI-driven applications. At Touchdown Ventures, he led the firm’s enterprise SaaS investing, backing transformative companies that applied AI to specific verticals. Earlier in his career, Alex worked in private equity and M&A at various private and listed companies, including Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE: EL), Virgin Management, UBS, and Morgan Stanley. Alex holds degrees from The Wharton School (UPenn) and Columbia Business School.

Michael Horowitz

President & Cofounder

Michael is a seasoned financial and capital markets executive with over 20 years of experience bridging traditional finance and digital assets. He previously held senior leadership roles at CIBC World Markets and BMO, and managed a $100M venture fund. In 2016, he founded one of the early blockchain-based digital asset funds, gaining a firsthand perspective on the evolutions of both digital assets and AI.

Andrew McFarlane

CTO & Cofounder

Andrew is an engineering and product leader with a decade of experience at the forefront of digital assets and AI-powered infrastructure. His background spans cybersecurity at Deloitte within the financial services sector, and telecom, where he built distributed networks for video streaming. Andrew holds a BASc in Computer Engineering and an MBA through the exclusive Skoll BASc/MBA program at the University of Toronto, endowed by eBay’s first president.

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We are a collection of Web3 pioneers and builders. Validation Cloud is powered by an experienced team of blockchain experts across the globe - North America, Europe, and Asia.

"I'm continually impressed by the team at Validation Cloud. A big part of the culture is a rare blend of pushing forward while being proactively helpful and thoughtful in how we approach problems."