About Spout Finance

Spout Finance is building a DeFi prime brokerage that lets you borrow against your tokenized US stocks at 0% interest, and lets lenders earn yield. Loans are funded by a disciplined, per-asset covered-call strategy rather than by charging borrowers interest. We are a team from traditional finance, engineering, law, and design, building at the intersection of TradFi and DeFi.

Team

• Marc Ryan — Co-Founder & CEO
  Former tech investment banker at HSBC covering fintech, software, and hardware, including the Arm IPO. Mathematics at Vanderbilt with research on the Black-Scholes model, and a long-time options trader. Founder of FlipVault, an Aptos-funded decentralized P2P exchange, and angel investor in Theoriq, PIN AI, and GAIB AI.
• Paul van Mierlo — Co-Founder & CTO
  Smart contract developer and ZK researcher with a Master's from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Multiple-time award winner across global hackathons, specializing in privacy protocols, payment systems, and secure DeFi.
• Paul Jan Reijn — Co-Founder & General Counsel
  Legal counsel trained at Erasmus School of Law, with years of experience in software, having architected legal frameworks for international B2B SaaS and private equity portfolio companies. Owns the regulatory architecture behind Spout's tokenized equities, from entity structuring to onchain compliance.
• Ishan Lakhwani — Infrastructure Lead
  Full-stack blockchain developer with 7+ years shipping at scale, engineering at SendAI. Rust and Solana protocol work across DeFi and mobile apps reaching 10M+ users. Top contributor to IntentKit, a 6.5K-star open-source AI agent framework.
• Ashish Yadav — Head of Design
  Founding designer with experience at Headout, Aquanode, and Rancho Labs, building scalable design solutions for products at consumer scale. Deep expertise in design systems and brand identity.
• Onuorah Gabriel — Marketing & Growth Lead
  Growth operator scaling go-to-market engines for web3 products from zero to one. Led community systems and partnerships at Santa Browser and Digital Era Bank, and spearheaded GTM strategy at GemXBT. Runs Spout's points program and acquisition strategy.
• Mira Emelis — Head of Socials
  Social media strategist and SheFi Season 16 alum with a Business Ed. background, helping blockchain companies grow their social presence. Supported Popula (NEAR Protocol) through social campaigns and community-driven product insights.

Backed by

Solana, Anchorage Digital, Draper Dragon, Solayer, 2Square, Perena, Taisu Ventures