Abhi Pingle is Co-Founder of Theo, a crypto trading infrastructure platform democratizing access to institutional-grade, hedge fund-level trading strategies for everyday investors.

Abhi studied Computer Science at Northwestern University and spent over a year as a quantitative trader at elite high-frequency trading firm Optiver, before co-founding Theo in late 2023 alongside his brother Arijit Pingle and TK Kwon.

Abhi is driven by the belief that fragmented crypto markets prevent everyday users from accessing the full promise of global, permissionless finance, a gap he is uniquely positioned to close given his deep TradFi quant background.

Under Abhi's co-leadership, Theo raised $20M across two funding rounds backed by Hack VC, Anthos Capital, and angel investors from Citadel, Jane Street, and JPMorgan, and is also affiliated with Metalayer Ventures.

Theo's platform has attracted over $50M in user deposits since launch, delivering annualized yields of 18-20% by connecting onchain capital to institutional arbitrage, hedging, and cross-chain funding rate strategies.