Ethereum layer 2 blockchain Eclipse founder and CEO Neel Somani says he’s “quickly decreasing” his function as a “public face” for the agency as he faces sexual misconduct allegations.
“Severe allegations have been made towards me on Twitter within the final week. These allegations are false,” Somani wrote in a Could 9 X post. “Severe allegations about sexual misconduct warrant a critical and considerate response.”
He added he “by no means sexually assaulted or harassed any lady” and would “work to clear my identify and defend myself.”
Eclipse’s senior management was “nicely geared up to tackle these duties and this may permit these conversations to unfold and the reality to emerge about these allegations,” he wrote.
In a Could 9 X post, Eclipse wrote its staff “takes allegations towards our CEO, Neel Somani, severely and believes within the significance of reality.”
Associated: SEC doesn’t want Ethereum to transform banking landscape, says Joseph Lubin“Eclipse stays dedicated to sustaining the best private {and professional} requirements, together with gender equality and honest therapy,” it wrote.
Somani and Eclipse didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
In March, Eclipse said it raised a $50 million Sequence A spherical led by venture firms Hack VC and Placeholder which introduced its whole capital to raised to $65 million.
The agency launched the mainnet of its Ethereum layer 2 in September 2023.
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