Gökçe Güven
Gökçe Güven is the founder and CEO of Kalder, a New York-based fintech startup founded in 2022 that provides rewards program infrastructure for businesses. She was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Marketing and Advertising in January 2025. In 2026, she was charged by federal prosecutors with securities fraud, wire fraud, visa fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with allegedly misleading investors during a $7 million seed fundraising round.
“Some famous cases of tech founders being convicted of fraud over the past few years include Frank's Charlie Javice, Kalder's Gökçe Güven, Terraform Labs' Do Kwon, and GameOn's Alexander and Valerie Lau Beckman.”
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