{"id":"paul-erlanger","title":"Paul Erlanger","content":"**Paul Erlanger**is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fomo, a social trading application that combines social interactivity with crypto trading. Prior to Fomo, Erlanger worked at Deutsche Bank in private credit and later at [dYdX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dydx), a decentralized derivatives exchange platform, where he focused on business development. He graduated summa cum laude from New York University. [\\[1\\]](#cite-1)​\n\n## Early Life and Education\n\nPaul Erlanger studied at New York University, where he graduated summa cum laude. [\\[1\\]](#cite-1)​\n\n## Career Prior to Fomo\n\nErlanger began his career at Deutsche Bank, where he worked in private credit. [\\[2\\]](#cite-2) He then joined [dYdX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dydx) in July 2021, where he spent more than three years, most recently as Head of Business Development. In this role, he worked on decentralized derivatives, partnerships, and dYdX's institutional market structure. [\\[3\\]](#cite-3)​\n\nErlanger's professional relationship with [Se Yong Park](https://iq.wiki/wiki/se-yong-park), his future co-founder at Fomo, began at Deutsche Bank and continued through their shared time at dYdX — a relationship spanning approximately five years that preceded their founding of Fomo. [\\[2\\]](#cite-2)​\n\n## Co-Founding Fomo\n\nPaul Erlanger, alongside [Se Yong Park](https://iq.wiki/wiki/se-yong-park) and Prashan Dharmasena, co-founded Fomo, also known as Fomo Family. Sources differ on the company's founding year: RootData lists 2024, while Wikipedia and Fortune's reporting describe Fomo as launched in 2025. [\\[3\\]](#cite-3)​[\\[2\\]](#cite-2) Fomo is a social crypto trading platform designed to make trading accessible through a user-friendly interface and social interaction features. [\\[4\\]](#cite-4)​\n\nErlanger has described Fomo's goal as letting users onboard, fund an account, and buy a token within about 30 seconds regardless of their familiarity with cryptocurrency, citing the complexity typically associated with on-chain trading — managing multiple cryptocurrencies, navigating different blockchains, paying various fees, and completing complicated onboarding processes. [\\[3\\]](#cite-3) In a statement accompanying Fomo's Series B announcement, he said the company aims to make each product decision bring users joy, rather than the confusion and friction he associates with most trading products. [\\[4\\]](#cite-4)​\n\n## Funding Milestones and Growth\n\nUnder Erlanger's leadership as CEO, Fomo raised a 17 million Series A round in November 2025. In June 2026, Fomo completed a 550 million. The round included participation from [Union Square Ventures](https://iq.wiki/wiki/union-square-ventures) and [Benchmark](https://iq.wiki/wiki/benchmark). [\\[2\\]](#cite-2)​[\\[4\\]](#cite-4)​\n\nBy June 2026, Fomo's user base exceeded 600,000, with over $4 billion in cumulative trading volume, according to the company. 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