Mokhtar is saving a seat for Formal's first designer.

The problem

Cloud, the modern data stack and AI multiplied the tools and people touching sensitive data.

Formal makes a proxy for datastores and APIs that logs requests and enforces policies.

The founder

• Mokhtar Bacha · Founder

  • Youngest employee at Consensys, hired at 17 by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin
  • Applied to Y Combinator as a solo founder at 19
  • His first startup idea was a cash management platform for multinational startups

So far

$5.8M seed led by Thrive Capital, late 2023.

Your seat