Jack Forlines
Jack Forlines is the co-founder, chief technology officer and chief risk officer of Birch Hill HoldingsBirch HillBirch Hill is a New York-based financial services business providing market curation, credit assessment, product structuring and institutional services for onchain credit and tokenized assets.Open the full entry, a New York onchain credit company. He previously worked on institutional risk systems on BlackRockBlackRockBlackRock is a publicly traded investment management company headquartered in New York, founded in 1988 by Larry Fink and seven others and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker BLK); its businesses include the iShares family of exchange-traded funds and the Aladdin investment and risk management platform. As of June 30, 2026, its assets under management totaled $15.3 trillion.Open the full entry’s Aladdin platform and co-founded the onchain protocol analytics firm Unit Zero Labs with Connor FlanaganConnor FlanaganConnor Flanagan is the co-founder and chief operating officer of Birch Hill Holdings, a New York onchain credit company. He previously worked on institutional risk systems on BlackRock’s Aladdin platform and co-founded the onchain protocol analytics firm Unit Zero Labs with Jack Forlines.Open the full entry.
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Key facts
Early Career: BlackRock’s Aladdin
He worked on institutional risk systems within BlackRock’s Aladdin platform before moving into digital assets.[1]
He then spent years in onchain markets.[2]
Venture: Unit Zero Labs
He and Connor Flanagan co-founded Unit Zero Labs, a research firm focused on onchain protocol analytics.[3]
The two researched onchain lending protocols at the firm, now called Birch Hill Labs.[4]
February 2026Pre-seed Round
When Birch Hill announced a $2.5 million pre-seed round in February 2026, he was its chief technology officer.[5]
Sources
- Birch Hill Raises $2.5 Million Pre-Seed For Onchain Lending And Tokenized Asset Markets (opens in a new window)
- Rebundling Credit (opens in a new window)
- Birch Hill raises $2.5 million pre-seed round led by ParaFi Capital and Castle Island Ventures for institutional onchain credit infrastructure (opens in a new window)
- Birch Hill's $2.5M Pre-Seed Round (opens in a new window)
- Birch Hill raises $2.5m for onchain lending (opens in a new window)