Karon Pangestu is Co-Founder of Arbital, a YC S26-backed crypto trading platform enabling users to trade perps, memes, and stocks while running market-making strategies from one unified interface.

Karon holds a BSc in Mathematics and Statistics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and built a multi-six-figure business while still a student, demonstrating an early entrepreneurial drive.

With deep roots in Web3 and DeFi, Karon previously served as Head of Growth at Aevo, a derivatives L2 backed by Paradigm, Dragonfly, and Coinbase, and as a VC Scout at Saison Capital.

He co-founded Launchy, a Web3 product discovery newsletter that scaled to over 17,000 subscribers, and completed stints as a Web3 Founder in Residence at Entrepreneur First and at Antler.

Arbital reached $1.35B in cumulative trading volume across 2,700 traders within its first 7 months and is now processing $435M in monthly volume, cementing its position as a fast-rising force in on-chain trading.