# Ruben Merre - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Ruben Merre for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-04-22

## Identity
- Name: Ruben Merre
- Role: co-founder, ceo
- Company: Ngrave
- Location: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubenmerre

## Expertise
- crypto
- hardware
- security

## Connections
- NGRAVE (co-founder): https://techwiki.ai/companies/ngrave/llms.txt

## About
Ruben co-founded NGRAVE (https://techwiki.ai/companies/ngrave/llms.txt) in 2018 alongside Xavier Hendrickx (https://techwiki.ai/people/xavier-hendrickx/llms.txt) (CTO) and Edouard Vanham (https://techwiki.ai/people/edouard-vanham/llms.txt) (COO). The company's flagship product, NGRAVE (https://techwiki.ai/companies/ngrave/llms.txt) ZERO, is a fully offline hardware wallet with a touchscreen and the highest formal security certification (EAL7) ever achieved by a financial product. The companion product GRAPHENE provides stainless steel encrypted backup for private keys.

NGRAVE (https://techwiki.ai/companies/ngrave/llms.txt) raised a $6M seed round in 2022 from Woodstock Fund, Morningstar Ventures, DFG Group, and others. Binance Labs subsequently made a strategic investment and led NGRAVE (https://techwiki.ai/companies/ngrave/llms.txt)'s Series A. In 2021, Ruben was selected for Belgium's 40 under 40.

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [company] NGRAVE: https://techwiki.ai/companies/ngrave/llms.txt
- [city] Brussels: https://techwiki.ai/cities/brussels/llms.txt
- [person] Xavier Hendrickx: https://techwiki.ai/people/xavier-hendrickx/llms.txt
- [person] Edouard Vanham: https://techwiki.ai/people/edouard-vanham/llms.txt

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubenmerre
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/ruben-merre/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/ruben-merre/llms-full.txt

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