About Sherlock
Sherlock is building the security backbone for onchain systems - a platform designed to keep protocols protected before, during, and after launch. Through aligning world-class researchers, advanced auditing technology, and financial coverage, Sherlock delivers trust at the scale the global financial system requires.
Collaborative audits, global contests, live bug bounties, and coverage all work together to provide continuous protection as protocols evolve. Sherlock’s model gives builders the confidence to innovate quickly and users the assurance that what they rely on is secure.
Collaborative audits, global contests, live bug bounties, and coverage all work together to provide continuous protection as protocols evolve. Sherlock’s model gives builders the confidence to innovate quickly and users the assurance that what they rely on is secure.
Our Story
Sherlock was formed in 2021 with a conviction that protocols needed more than audits in isolation. Security couldn’t stop at a report: it had to follow teams through launch and beyond. We changed that by introducing financial coverage, a way to align incentives and stand behind the work. From there, Sherlock expanded the model into something broader, designed to protect protocols across their entire journey.
Today, Sherlock combines collaborative audits with elite researchers, global contests that apply adversarial pressure, live bug bounties, and financial coverage that reinforces trust. Together, these elements give teams confidence at every stage - pre-deployment, launch, and growth. Trusted by leading protocols and powered by a global researcher network, Sherlock remains the first firm to converge these pieces into one aligned, continuous security platform built for scale.
Today, Sherlock combines collaborative audits with elite researchers, global contests that apply adversarial pressure, live bug bounties, and financial coverage that reinforces trust. Together, these elements give teams confidence at every stage - pre-deployment, launch, and growth. Trusted by leading protocols and powered by a global researcher network, Sherlock remains the first firm to converge these pieces into one aligned, continuous security platform built for scale.
Our Mission
Sherlock’s mission is to make onchain systems secure enough to support the next global financial system. We see a future where people can trust open networks without fear of exploits, and where developers can innovate at full speed knowing security keeps pace. Every upgrade, every launch, and every transaction must run on secure rails — and Sherlock is building them through audits, global contests, bug bounties, coverage, and continuous innovation. Our focus is to defend against today’s threats while shaping the foundation of a safer financial future.
MEET THE FOUNDERS
Leadership
Built on the belief that auditing should be efficient, transparent, and trustworthy.
Jack Sanford
CEO and Co-founder of Sherlock
Jack attended the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley while playing Division I tennis. He worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, and did long/short equity investing in financial services companies at Citadel where he learned how broken the US financial system is. He wanted to make a bigger impact and became interested in programming and crypto in 2020. Security became a top priority after seeing dozens of hacks during DeFi summer. At Sherlock, Jack has worked closely with hundreds of the best crypto founders and builders to deliver successful security outcomes. Jack has hands-on experience with war rooms, exploit mitigation, and funds recovery. Jack is member of the security council at top teams like Polygon. Jack has spoken has industry-leading conferences such as Devcon, EthCC, DeFi Security Summit, ETHDenver, and more.
Evert Kors
CTO and Co-founder of Sherlock
Evert graduated from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, earning a bachelor’s degree in Technical Informatics, Computer Engineering and Technical Computer Science. In 2017, Evert co-founded an artificial intelligence startup focused on personal assistants trained by machine learning before getting interested in the security space. Evert was an early security engineer at Hatching, a malware sandboxing company, which was acquired by Recorded Future, a world-leading threat intelligence company. By 2018, Evert found himself working nights and weekends building Solidity smart contracts for early DeFi protocols before founding Sherlock to focus on securing blockchain code. Evert’s background in AI, cybersecurity, and Solidity has given him a huge advantage in leading development of Sherlock AI, the world’s first AI security auditor to find a live, multi-million dollar vulnerability in blockchain code.