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Spectrum ran a founder-seat CEO search for Waybridge — an institutional-grade lending platform on the Canton Network, incubated inside Ergonia Labs. The mandate required a rare TradFi + DeFi profile — filled in 80 days from a shortlist of 16, with a leader combining capital-markets credibility and DeFi execution.
Ergonia, a crypto-native venture studio and DeFi trading firm backed by DRW and Cumberland, was building Waybridge — an institutional-grade lending platform on the Canton Network that lets approved borrowers create custom lending markets and enables KYC-compliant lenders to participate in under- or uncollateralised on-chain opportunities. The fully remote US business needed a founding CEO to define vision, drive execution, and lead the company from concept through full-scale adoption.
Spectrum ran a targeted, research-led search across institutional finance, tokenisation and digital-asset leaders with hands-on product backgrounds. To widen an unusually narrow field, the team focused on both product-led leaders and commercially strong BD or sales profiles with the ability to bridge both sides at CEO level. Throughout, Spectrum stayed closely aligned with Ergonia, refining the brief through live market feedback and maintaining persistent outreach to high-calibre candidates across active and passive talent pools.
Hired a CEO combining TradFi capital-markets depth with proven DeFi execution — clear 0→1 and scale-up experience, and one of the strongest profiles in the market to help build the platform from the ground up. Filled in 80 days from a shortlist of 16, with the first shortlist delivered within two days.
“We've found Spectrum to be a reliable partner who understands our hiring needs quickly and executes with precision. We've made several excellent hires through them.”
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