About

About us.

Drypowder is building enterprise-grade financial infrastructure for foundational industries that have been historically underserved by traditional fintech solutions. We're targeting the $900 billion hardware and building materials sector, leveraging our unique combination of deep industry knowledge and enterprise fintech expertise.

Our founding team combines decades of expertise across software engineering, financial services, and hardware/building vertical. We've architected payment platforms for Fortune 10 enterprises, developed $2 billion in lending products, and managed treasury operations for an $8 billion hardware and building materials cooperative.

Kevin Ehinger accepts prize money from winning Venture135 2024.

Winner, Venture135

Our approach and market potential were recently validated at Venture135, the premier venture capital conference, where Drypowder emerged victorious among 50+ competing companies—at more advanced funding stages—cementing our position as a rising force in enterprise fintech.

Technical and domain experts.

Kevin Ehinger

CEO and Co-Founder

Kevin brings two decades of diverse financial expertise spanning credit risk assessment, treasury operations, financial technology, and capital markets. As a proven leader in B2B lending, he has successfully architected and deployed multiple lending products, securing $2 billion in funding across various products and financial partners. He previously served as Global Treasurer of an $8 billion international hardware and building materials distribution company.

Doug Martin

CTO and Co-Founder

With two decades of software engineering expertise, primarily in financial technology, Doug brings unparalleled technical leadership to our team. As named inventor on multiple payment processing patents and former Senior Vice President of Platform Engineering for C2FO, he has shaped the future of digital payments. Beyond his corporate achievements, Doug remains deeply committed to advancing technology through his substantial contributions to open-source projects.

Aaron Nordyke

Chief Product Officer

With 18 years of comprehensive software engineering experience, Aaron brings deep expertise in both Platform and Product Engineering. His leadership spans critical technical domains including DevOps, Developer Experience, Information Security, and Privacy. Aaron's passion lies in building thriving software organizations that put customer success at the heart of everything they do.

Advisors with wisdom and trust.

Our advisor team shares extensive executive leadership experience across both early-stage and established startups. Their guidance comes not just from expertise; but from shared experience and mutual trust established when the founding Drypowder team and advisors worked together at the multi-national working capital platform, C2FO.

Kerri Thurston

Chief Financial Officer, Bungii

Jordan Novak

Chief Sales Officer, Viewpost

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