Sovren
Founder
Geneva · sovereign infrastructureSoftware and hardware that lets a producing nation prove, control and own the truth about its own minerals. Two ventures run on it.
Shai de Toledo · Profile
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Shai de Toledo
Founder of Sovren, GRAM, Motheo and Wayland. Co-founder and former managing partner of HB Antwerp.
Shai de Toledo co-founded HB Antwerp in 2020 and built end-to-end traceability for diamonds. He now leads four companies that apply the same provenance and sovereignty to minerals and terrain.
01Background
At HB Antwerp, the company he co-founded in 2020, de Toledo made the most secretive supply chain on Earth transparent: every diamond logged to a blockchain, the cutting moved into the producing country, the value kept at the source. HB cut some of the largest rough diamonds ever found.
2020
co-founded HB Antwerp
3,000+
data points / stone
1,758 ct
Sewelô, cut by HB
549 ct
Sethunya, with LV
“Our ambition was to return value creation to producing countries. As the company's direction shifted away from that mission, it was time to step back, and step into new ventures that continue to pursue that vision.”Shai de Toledo · on leaving HB Antwerp · April 2025
02Ventures
GRAM
Founder
Gold traceability · a Sovren ventureGold tracked from mine to vault across seven sealed steps and anchored on a public blockchain, so a country can certify its own gold for central banks, customs and buyers.
Motheo
Founder
Botswana · a Sovren ventureA rough diamond followed from a Botswana mine to its owner, cut with a proprietary technique, with a fund that returns value to the communities at the source.
Wayland
Co-founder and CEO
United States · spatial intelligenceA live, searchable 3D map of any area, built with no cloud, no GPS and no outsourcing, for defense, mining, agriculture and infrastructure.