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.
To become the global trust layer for smart contracts -
where every deployment is secure, certified,and compliant by default.
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
Master's from IIT Bombay and PhD from IIT Kanpur in Software Verification. Previously at IBM India Research, Microsoft Research, and the University of Oxford, with faculty positions at IIT Guwahati and IIT Hyderabad. DST Early Career Research Award recipient, author of Pinaka (a top-3 symbolic execution engine at SV-COMP), and former security team lead at Qualcomm.
Dr. Saurabh Joshi
FRACTIONAL CTO
Where We're Headed
We're building in India, with global ambition. Incubated at FITT, IIT Delhi, Cerify is supported by a network of researchers, engineers, and industry leaders dedicated to making Web3 safer for everyone - from the smallest developer to the largest institution.