Rani Haddad

Technical expertise in crypto, venture capital, and cybersecurity, with a strong foundation in technical research. Grew up in Lebanon and now based in California, bringing a global perspective to my work.

I co-founded Axon Technologies, a cybersecurity services company in Dubai. After four years, I moved into venture capital as Head of Operations at Verve Ventures, then joined Once Upon to lead product strategy for their multichain block explorer. I spent a year as a Research Associate at Social Capital, publishing deep dives to over 200k subscribers.

Now I run Gidorah, investing in early-stage crypto companies and protocols. These days, I think and code in prompts.

I've worked across venture, product, and operations. I do onchain sleuthing for fun. I've built NFT projects, farcaster apps, web apps, and write essays on crypto and culture.

I consider myself a researcher at heart and enjoy making sense of complex systems. Stablecoin Primer | Crypto Primer