# Jacob Hansen

> Jacob Hansen is the Berlin-based co-founder, board member and former CEO of Cobalt. An economist by training and former Accenture consultant, he helped build the company from its 2013 bug bounty beginnings into a Pentest as a Service business, before handing over the CEO role in April 2022. He also co-founded the nonprofit documentary project Bitcoinfilm.org.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Board Member at Cobalt
- **Organizations:** Cobalt, Accenture, Bitcoinfilm.org, CleverCoin
- **Nationality:** Danish
- **Education:** M.Sc. Applied Economics and Finance, Copenhagen Business School, UCLA
- **Known for:** Co-founded Cobalt in 2013 and served as its CEO until April 2022., Led Cobalt during its evolution from bug bounties to Pentest as a Service., Co-founded Bitcoinfilm.org, a nonprofit documentary project about bitcoin adoption.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2013** — Worked as an Accenture consultant delivering enterprise IT solutions in Copenhagen and London.
- **2013** — Co-founded Crowdcurity with Esben Friis-Jensen, Christian Hansen and Jakob Storm; the team built its initial platform in Buenos Aires.
- **2014** — Announced a $1 million funding round involving Tim Draper and Kima Ventures.
- **2015** — Announced the rebrand from Crowdcurity to Cobalt on June 14.
- **2016** — Presented on public bug bounty economics at AppSec USA on October 13.
- **2018** — Focused on recruiting a management team as Cobalt expanded.
- **2020** — Cobalt passed 100 full-time employees and announced a $29 million Series B.
- **2022** — Handed the CEO role to Chris Manton-Jones in April and moved to the board.
- **2023** — Published The Life of a Bug, introducing a Find-to-Fix security bug framework.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Cobalt in 2013 and served as its CEO until April 2022.
- Led Cobalt during its evolution from bug bounties to Pentest as a Service.
- Co-founded Bitcoinfilm.org, a nonprofit documentary project about bitcoin adoption.
- Cobalt announced $29 million in Series B funding in 2020, bringing disclosed total funding to $37 million.

## Latest updates

- **2023-03** — Published The Life of a Bug on March 3, setting out the Find-to-Fix framework.
- **2022-04** — Transitioned from Cobalt CEO to board member; Chris Manton-Jones was announced as successor on April 13.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cobalt.io/about/team/jacob-hansen
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shark256/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/shark_256
- GitHub: https://github.com/Rongorongo

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Last updated: 2026-10-14