Gokce Guven is a fintech and Web3 founder who pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of securities fraud connected to investor fundraising at Kalder, the Web3-native brand-engagement platform she founded. On May 15, 2026, she agreed to forfeit nearly $7 million, with sentencing scheduled for September 17, 2026. Gokce Guven's Twitter Score is 38 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #24,428 (top 10%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Gokce Guven founded Kalder, which launched in 2022 as a platform built around NFT memberships, contribute-to-earn experiences, interoperable loyalty rewards, social tokens, and on-chain customer rewards. Kalder announced a $3 million pre-seed round in 2022, and later secured a $7 million seed-stage investment announced in November 2024 from investors including Javelin Venture Partners, 8VC, Human Capital, GingerBread Capital, Emergence Capital, and Formus Capital. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the conduct underlying her guilty plea included false statements, fabricated documents, inflated financial information, and misrepresentations about Kalder's brand partners during that 2024 seed-round fundraising.
Gokce Guven had previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Kalder before the legal proceedings. A superseding indictment dated January 29, 2026 had charged her with securities fraud, wire fraud, visa fraud, and aggravated identity theft; those charges were allegations at the indictment stage. She subsequently pleaded guilty to the securities fraud count as noted above.
Gokce Guven previously worked at OpenSea in an early product and design capacity, previously worked at Celo where she contributed to building the Valora wallet, and previously worked at Robinhood on credit and debit card experiences. She was also formerly a Fellow at Accel. Gokce Guven's account has published 758 posts and has been mentioned by 11 accounts a total of 15 times.
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