We can
reclaim the
internet
together
Why build a privacy network?
The Internet opened up an unlimited world of information. Its creators invited us to bring our curiosity and explore that world freely.
As the Internet grew, exploring freely became harder. Web 2.0 business models incentivized companies to watch and track us and sell our data. And in some places, limits were placed on the information we can see.
But that is changing. The decentralized Web 3.0 being built on Ethereum is allowing the Internet to be reclaimed by its users.
At Orchid we share in this mission. We use Web 3.0 technology to offer users better digital privacy today, so we can realize the promise of the Web 1.0 and explore freely again.
Orchid was founded in 2017 to help restore the open and accessible Internet for everyone. Since then, we have grown an incredible team based in San Francisco and Berlin and launched the first incentivized, peer-to-peer privacy network in December, 2019.
The Orchid Team
Orchid’s founders bring together deep experience in the open source software community (BASH Shell, GNU Finger), technology management (RPX IPO), blockchain investment (Bitstamp, Pantera Capital), jailbroken app package management (Cydia) and security (Wells Fargo’s 1st Online Banking employee, Ethereum core security team).

Dr. Steven Waterhouse
Co-Founder / CEO

Jay Freeman
Co-Founder / CTO

Brian J. Fox
Co-Founder

Gustav Simonsson
Co-Founder / Advisor

Alex Kehaya
Business Development

Derek Silva
Community

Paula Kanin
Community

Shawnee Nova
Community

Chad Harper
Design

Saskia Essex
Design

Thientam Bach
Design

Alexandra McColgan
EA

Michelle Underwood
EA

Dan Montgomery
Engineering

Greg Hazel
Engineering

Jake Cannell
Engineering

Jennifer Rodriguez-Miller
Engineering

Justin Sheek
Engineering

Anna Bare
Engineering

Patrick Niemeyer
Engineering

Selina Cheng
Finance

Joy Hu
Finance

Patrick J. Dietzen
Finance

Amanda Gutterman
Marketing

Monica Puchner
Operations

Travis Cannell
Product

Matt Roszak
Advisor

Rich Staropoli
Advisor
Corporate info
Orchid is a Delaware c-corp
1288 Columbus Ave. #122,
San Francisco, CA 94133 Europe:
Skalitzer Str. 85,
10997 Berlin, Germany

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