# Dave Ripley (slim)

> Dave Ripley is co-CEO at Kraken. Kraken API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-CEO, Kraken.

Dave Ripley joined Kraken as chief operating officer in 2016 and replaced Jesse Powell as chief executive in April 2023; he has been co-CEO with Arjun Sethi since October 2024.

## What Dave builds

- [Kraken API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kraken.md), graded BB, 71/100, in Crypto exchanges. Kraken's exchange APIs cover spot, tokenised US stocks, forex and futures over REST, WebSocket and FIX, with rate limits by client tier, a self-service futures demo and kraken-cli, an open-source CLI whose kraken-mcp binary is a local MCP server. Co-CEO, Kraken, researched 2026-11-03.

## Works with

- [Arjun Sethi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arjun-sethi/), Co-CEO, Kraken
- [Jesse Powell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jesse-powell/), Co-founder and chairman, Kraken
- [Michael Gronager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-gronager/), Co-founder, Kraken
- [Thanh Luu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/thanh-luu/), Co-founder, Kraken

## Backed by

- [Hummingbird Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hummingbird-ventures/)
- [SBI Group](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sbi-group/)
- [Tribe Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tribe-capital/)
- [Jane Street](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jane-street/)
- [DRW](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/drw/)
- [HSG](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hsg/)
- [Oppenheimer Alternative Investment Management](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/oppenheimer-alternative-investment-management/)
- [Citadel Securities](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/citadel-securities/)

## Questions

### Who is Dave Ripley?

Dave Ripley joined Kraken as chief operating officer in 2016 and replaced Jesse Powell as chief executive in April 2023; he has been co-CEO with Arjun Sethi since October 2024.

### What does Payward, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Kraken API from Payward, Inc..

### Who has invested in Payward, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Hummingbird Ventures, SBI Group, Tribe Capital, Jane Street, DRW, HSG, Oppenheimer Alternative Investment Management and Citadel Securities.

### How are Dave's tools graded?

Kraken API is graded BB, 71 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.kraken.com/about
- https://www.kraken.com/legal
- https://www.kraken.com/legal/global-terms
- https://docs.kraken.com/api/
- https://www.kraken.com/.well-known/security.txt
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken_(cryptocurrency_exchange)
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-exchange-kraken-raises-800-222719647.html
- https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2025:newsml_L1N3W10IP:0-hsg-jane-street-among-investors-in-kraken-s-september-fundraising-sources-say/

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.