Aave
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$28M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$25M
Series B · 2020 · 6 yr ago
Team
18
UK accounts · Dec 2025 · -10% in a year
Hiring now
12
+5 posted in 30 days
Backers
3
Framework Ventures, IDEO CoLab Ventures www
The money's age
Long since its last round
75 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
32/100
hiring for its size, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 2026
Formerly Aave Labs (ethlend.io)
Sep 16
First sales or marketing role Video Editor
Sep 9
First role in Ireland Principal Backend Engineer, Push
Nov 8, 2021
Incorporated AAVE LIMITED · Companies House
2020
Raised a round Series B $25M
2020
Raised a round Series A $3M
Sep 18, 2018
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: Aave, program IBAN accounts and virtual debit cards
2017
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | 2020 | $25M | — | |
| Series A | 2020 | $3M | — |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | AAVE LIMITED | Companies House |
| Registered | 8 Nov 2021 |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Stani KulechovFounder & Chief Executive Officer
Jordan Lazaro GustaveChief Operating Officer
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Framework Ventures 
IDEO CoLab Ventures www 
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How Aave hires
Truth index
B 78/100
Median time to fill
79 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
67%
Reposted roles
0%
Aave scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 67% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 79 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Visa sponsorship
- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 1
- United Kingdom · Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker)
Overview
Aave is a decentralised lending protocol, developed by the London-based company Avara, that lets users supply crypto assets to earn yield and borrow against them without an intermediary. Started in 2017 as the peer-to-peer lender ETHLend and relaunched under its current name in 2018, the protocol pioneered variable and stable interest rate markets, flash loans and cross-chain liquidity pools. Governance sits with holders of the AAVE token, and the wider Avara portfolio now also includes the GHO stablecoin, the Lens social protocol and consumer wallet products.
News
Aave Crypto Falls 5% as Protocol Launches RWA Lending Hub on Avalanche
Aave crypto drops 5% as protocol plans an RWA lending hub on Avalanche, allowing institutions to borrow against tokenized assets using Tether's USAT.
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Stani's Aave "Uber plan" could turn everyday crypto savers into Washington's worst political nightmare
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Aave and Anchorage Digital Team Up to Pull Billions in Institutional Money into DeFi
Aave wants institutional money. Badly. And the protocol just dropped a formal proposal to make that happen through a tie-up with Anchorage Digital, a federally
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Aave Pushes Past $20 Billion Target with Anchorage Digital Custody Deal
Aave wants institutional money. Bad. The DeFi lending platform has put forward a proposal to partner with Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered digital
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Aave plans RWA Hub on Avalanche with USA support
Aave plans to launch a dedicated RWA credit market on Avalanche with USA support, allowing institutions to borrow against tokenized assets.
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Aave Drops 7.5% Amid Broad Crypto Risk-Off, Governance Changes Top Stories
Aave fell 7.5% as crypto markets reacted to failed US Senate DeFi bill, with AAVE down 10.24% post-vote. Governance changes and technical rejection at key trendline added pressure.
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AAVE Price Eyes $160 After V4 Deposits Top $900M
AAVE price gets a bullish boost as v4 deposits top $900M and a golden cross forms, with $160 and $240 in focus.
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Why Aave's $98M cleanup signals a shift from 'deploy everywhere' DeFi
Aave to remove 50 low-use reserve assets and exit six blockchains to avoid a KelpDAO-like exploit incident in the future
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Aave Proposal Would Axe $98M of Markets Across 6 Chains
Aave proposal targets 50 low-adoption reserves plus six chain deployments - $98.1M supplied, $15.6M debt - under its new post-KelpDAO risk framework.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Aave over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
30
Postings analysed
17
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
Rust24%
TypeScript24%
Solidity18%
C++18%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js12%
Next.js6%
NumPy6%
React Native6%
Databases
PostgreSQL18%
ClickHouse12%
Cloud & platforms
Apache Kafka12%
Figma6%
SIEM6%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$175k
Typical range
$170k – $180k
Open positions
2
2
Jobs
Middle
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 2 | $175k | $170k – $180k |
Highest paying role
Solutions Engineer
$180k
Normalized to USD per year
Products
Flash Loans
Flash loans let a borrower take an uncollateralised loan that must be repaid inside a single transaction. The mechanism, introduced by Aave, is widely used for arbitrage, refinancing and collateral swaps.
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Lens Protocol
Lens is a decentralised social graph developed by Avara where profiles, follows and posts are owned on chain. Developers build social applications on top of the shared graph.
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App
The Aave app is the official web interface for supplying, borrowing and managing positions in the protocol. It aggregates markets across supported networks in one dashboard.
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GHO
GHO is the decentralised stablecoin issued by the Aave ecosystem and backed by collateral supplied to the protocol. Interest paid on GHO borrowing flows back to the Aave treasury.
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Protocol
The Aave Protocol is a set of open-source smart contracts that operate non-custodial liquidity markets across several blockchains. Suppliers earn interest on deposits while borrowers draw over-collateralised loans at algorithmic rates.
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People
Stani Kulechov
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Stani Kulechov founded ETHLend in 2017 while studying law in Helsinki and rebuilt it into Aave. He leads Avara, the company behind the protocol, the GHO stablecoin and the Lens social graph.
Jordan Lazaro Gustave
Chief Operating Officer
Jordan Lazaro Gustave runs operations at Avara and has been with the project since its ETHLend days. He oversees risk, compliance and day-to-day execution.
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
53/100
Stable
Open positions
12
0 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
75 days
faster than 18% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
10/15/2026
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
27% ▼
Mobile
18% ▲
Frontend
9% ▲
Security
9% ▲
Web3
9% ▲
Legal
9% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added SIEM to stack
Sep 2026
Added Next.js to stack
Sep 2026
Added DaVinci Resolve to stack
Sep 2026
Added UIKit to stack
Sep 2026
Added Swift to stack
Sep 2026
Added Core Blockchain to stack
Sep 2026
+4 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
3
Busiest office
London
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London
United Kingdom
HQ
6 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 17% remote 10-50 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Frontend, Mobile
New York
United States
Corporate office
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 10-50 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Mobile, Legal, Management
Dublin
Ireland
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend, Management
Jobs
≈ $147k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Contractor
Solidity
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Smart Contracts
Ethereum
DeFi
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≈ $89k – $163k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • London
Aave
Smart Contracts
DeFi
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≈ $100k – $228k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • London
JavaScript
TypeScript
Next.js
React.js
Web3
Aave
DeFi
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≈ $64k – $183k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • United States • United Kingdom
Swift
UIKit
Web3
Core Blockchain
Aave
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≈ $107k – $210k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • London • Dublin
Go
Java
Rust
C++
PostgreSQL
Web3
Aave
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≈ $90k – $192k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • London • New York
JavaScript
TypeScript
React.js
Mobile
React Native
Web3
Aave
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≈ $83k – $176k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Spain) • Full-Time • 6+ years exp
Go
Java
Rust
C++
PostgreSQL
ClickHouse
Apache Kafka
Frontend
GraphQL
Web3
Aave
Smart Contracts
DeFi
Account Abstraction
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$120k – $180k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • London • New York
Rust
TypeScript
Solidity
Aave
DeFi
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≈ $122k – $258k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States, Switzerland) • Contractor
Solidity
Aave
Smart Contracts
Ethereum
DeFi
Apply
Financials
Total raised
$28M
Latest round
Series B
Funding rounds
2
Investors
3
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Series B | 2020 | $25M |
| Series A | 2020 | $3M |
Key Investors
Standard Crypto
Standard Crypto participated in Aave's institutional financing. The firm focuses on long-horizon crypto protocol investments.
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Blockchain Capital
Blockchain Capital led Aave's larger 2020 round. The San Francisco firm has invested in crypto infrastructure since 2013.
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Framework Ventures
Framework Ventures co-led Aave's 2020 financing and has been an active participant in its governance. The firm specialises in decentralised finance protocols.
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