Our Company
We are on a mission to ensure that all stakeholders in blockchain innovation can utilise web3 securely.
The ProblemSmart contract security is broken.
Traditional audits are slow, costly, and incomplete - leaving projects exposed and institutions hesitant to adopt Web3.
To make decentralized systems trustworthy by default.
Smart contracts power the future of finance, trade, and digital ownership - but one bug can cost millions. Cerify exists to change that.
Our SolutionWhy We Exist
Smart contracts power billions in assets daily - but one bug can destroy everything. In just the last three years, billions have been lost to exploits in contracts labeled "secure."
We started Cerify to change that. Founded by researchers from IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore, our mission is simple: make smart contracts as trustworthy as the internet itself.
With expertise in AI, formal verification, cybersecurity, and Web3 infrastructure, we're building a platform that eliminates vulnerabilities before they reach the blockchain - without slowing innovation.
TeamOur Leaders
Diverse talents united by purpose and innovation.
15+ years in formal verification, blockchain security & software engineering. Postdoc @ University of Oxford.
Subodh Sharma
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
Assistant Professor of Strategy @ IIM Bangalore PhD – UCL School of Management, London PhD in Innovation Mgmt, ex-Blackberry, research in Web3 & tech ecosystems, 40 Under 40 by Poets & Quants.
Dr. Nilam Kaushik
STRATEGIC LEAD
PhD Candidate @ IIT Delhi. Serial Entrepreneur 6+ years in entrepreneurship, product-market strategy & ecosystem building.
Debashish Sakunia
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Nikhil spearheads core product development at Cerify, blending his extensive experience in smart contract security, software engineering, and full-stack systems. Passionate about building scalable and secure solutions for Web3, Nikhil combines hands-on development—spanning everything from symbolic analysis to optimized APIs—with deep research in neuro-symbolic vulnerability detection. At Cerify, he is committed to making secure smart contract deployment fast, intuitive, and reliable for all ecosystem builders.
Nikhil Gupta
Tech Lead, Product Development
Phaneesh leads the product development at Cerify, driving innovation in automated smart contract security. With deep expertise in cybersecurity, formal verification, and AI-powered audit tools, he is passionate about transforming how Web3 projects approach trust and compliance. At Cerify, Phaneesh combines advanced research in vulnerability detection with hands-on engineering to build fast, reliable, and scalable solutions for the next generation of decentralized systems.
Phaneesh Katti
Tech Lead, Product Development
Nandini Pandey
Tech Lead, Web Development
Anushka Sharma
AI Engineer
