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Bridging Cardano and the World

The Cardano Foundation is an independent, Swiss-based not-for-profit organization tasked with advancing Cardano
as a public infrastructure across a wide range of industries.

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Mission

The Foundation works to scale the diversity, quality, and quantity of on-chain activities.

Core focus areas
    Operational Resilience

    Ensuring a robust and reliable Cardano blockchain.

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    Education

    Contributing to understanding of blockchain and enhancing legal certainty.

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    Adoption

    Creating the conditions for diversifying blockchain adoption.

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The Cardano Foundation team provides support from discovery to integration.

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Frederik Gregaard
CEO
Every day we work to drive adoption and development of Cardano as the public digital infrastructure of the future. We envision a world where social and financial systems are better for all.
Activity report

Implementing Cardano as a core business infrastructure

From technical support to spreading knowledge or establishing targeted partnerships and collaborations, the Foundation’s Report showcases the teams’ work in the three core focus areas of operational resilience, education, and adoption.

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Technical Enablement
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Industry Engagement
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Strategic Collaborations
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Cardano Summit
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Meet the Team

We are developers, communicators, administrators, and strategists, all united to bring positive change to the world.

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Meet the team

Executives and board members

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Frederik Gregaard
Chief Executive Officer
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Andreas Pletscher
Chief Operating Officer
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David Jornod
Chief Financial Officer
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Giorgio Zinetti
Chief Technology Officer
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Nicolas Jacquemart
Chief Legal Officer
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Career Opportunities
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