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Who founded Dapper Labs?
Dapper Labs' own website, checked on 15 September 2026, says the company was founded by Roham Gharegozlou and Dieter Shirley in 2018, spun out of Axiom Zen, after the team launched CryptoKitties in 2017.
Is Roham Gharegozlou still CEO of Dapper Labs?
Dapper Labs' website did not list executive titles when checked on 15 September 2026, so no current title is given in the header. The most recent third-party description found was CoinDesk's Generation C podcast of 8 December 2025, which introduced him as Dapper Labs co-founder and CEO.
What was Axiom Zen?
CoinDesk's December 2021 Most Influential profile describes Axiom Zen as a Vancouver venture studio he co-founded and led as CEO. After CryptoKitties took off, the profile says, he took 50 of Axiom's 100 employees to form Dapper Labs in March 2018.
Where has Roham Gharegozlou talked about Dapper Labs?
BCBusiness profiled Dapper Labs with his comments in March 2021, and The Founder Hour podcast interviewed him in October 2021. Hedera posted a fireside chat with him from HederaCon 2025 in March 2025, and CoinDesk's Generation C podcast spoke with him about Flow and DeFi in December 2025.