# Bankole Omodunbi

> Bankole Omodunbi is the co-founder, CEO and CTO of Verbwire, a Web3 infrastructure startup that turns weeks of Solidity, Hardhat and wallet configuration into a single REST API call. A former Managing Director in equities quant trading at Credit Suisse with 16+ years on Wall Street, he left banking in 2021 to build developer tooling that lets engineers deploy smart contracts, mint NFTs, move assets cross-chain and spin up wallets using familiar languages like Python and Java. Verbwire raised a $12.3M Series A and is based in the New York area.

- **Role:** Co-Founder, CEO & CTO at Verbwire
- **Organizations:** Verbwire, Credit Suisse, UBS, Citigroup Asset Management (Legg Mason)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, MBA, Analytical Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Verbwire as both CEO and CTO., Reached Managing Director in equities quant trading at Credit Suisse., Built an API platform abstracting smart contract deployment across multiple blockchains.

## Career timeline

- **pre-2021** — Spent 16+ years at Wall Street banks including UBS, Citigroup Asset Management (Legg Mason) and Credit Suisse, working in quantitative trading and technology.
- **2021** — Left Credit Suisse, where he was a Managing Director in equities quant trading and head of principal trading products.
- **2022** — Co-founded Verbwire with Justin Bojarski to simplify Web3 development.
- **2022-12** — Verbwire pitched at the Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day (covered by TechCrunch).
- **2023-01** — Verbwire launched its product letting anyone create and deploy smart contracts.
- **2023-12** — Verbwire's most recent raise; total funding reported at $12.3M (Series A).

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Verbwire as both CEO and CTO.
- Reached Managing Director in equities quant trading at Credit Suisse.
- Built an API platform abstracting smart contract deployment across multiple blockchains.
- Raised a $12.3M Series A for Verbwire.
- Holds three degrees spanning computer science, electrical engineering and finance.
- Contributing author at TechCrunch.

## Latest updates

- **2023-12** — Verbwire's most recent funding, bringing total funding to $12.3M (Series A).
- **2023-01** — Verbwire launched its smart contract creation and deployment product.

## Links

- Website: https://verbwire.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bankole-omodunbi-8406b924b
- GitHub: https://github.com/verbwire

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Last updated: 2026-06-14