Eclipse’s chief growth officer Vijay Chetty was named CEO “effectively immediately” with the firm announcing that Neel Somani was departing.
Neel Somani, the founder of Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Eclipse has departed his role as CEO amid sexual misconduct allegations.
On May 16, Eclipse Labs said on X that “effective immediately, Vijay Chetty will be named CEO of Eclipse Labs, taking over for Neel Somani who is departing.” It did not share the reason for why Somani left.
Chetty, Eclipse’s chief growth officer until today, has held leadership positions at Uniswap Labs, dYdX Trading, and Ripple Labs in addition to having investing experience at BlackRock, Eclipse added.
