Astral’s team brings years of onchain and Web3 experience. Over the years, we have collectively founded Web3 protocols such as Toucan, developed innovative on-chain games at Zedrun, fostered connections and learning at Kernel, contributed to the betterment of Ethereum’s open-source tooling at Ethereum Attestation Service as fellows, and co-chaired the Decentralized Geospatial Web Working Group. Astral builds open-source software to support the emerging decentralized geospatial web — we're committed to building public goods and staying independent of venture capital.

Below, we've provided a summary of who we are and our experiences:

- John: Product - Co-founder at Toucan Protocol, co-chair at WEF Web3 Climate Working Group, Developer Advocate at Ordnance Survey.
- Danny: Growth - Head of BD at Sherlock (current), previous consultant at McKinsey & PwC, Guild Lead at Kernel.
- Ron: Engineering - Senior Engineer at VHS building zed.run, lecturer at Columbia University, and finalist at zkMaps (ETHDenver).