Incubated startup
Peridot
A DeFi broker: borrow against crypto you already hold, keep earning on it, and never hand over the keys.
The product
What it is
Peridot is a cross-chain lending and borrowing protocol, they call it a DeFi broker. One account, many chains: you reach on-chain money markets without stitching wallets and bridges together yourself.
What it does
You supply crypto, earn on it, and can borrow against that collateral instead of selling. The protocol is built as a hub-and-spoke system so accounting lives on a hub chain while you interact from the network you already use.
Why it is different
You keep the asset and still get liquidity. Keys stay with you. Mainnet contracts are audited and open source. The point is capital that can move across ecosystems without the usual bridge theatre.
Founder
Joshua Cohen
Founder & lead developer
Smart-contract engineer since 2021, specialised in DeFi and cross-chain. Finance degree, multiple hackathon wins. Built Peridot from Berlin with a small team of protocol and full-stack engineers.