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August Mazza

Co-founder, president and chief executive officer of Varrd, Inc.

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Updated Nov 6, 2026·Latest SEC filing Nov 3, 2026·Suggest an edit

About August Mazza

August Mazza co-founded Varrd, Inc., where he is president and chief executive officer and a director. Varrd builds AI tools that validate trading ideas, handle operational exceptions and watch for risk, for brokers, clearing firms and other financial firms.

Mazza is a derivatives trader who learned markets from his father, also a macro derivatives trader. He has built with AI models since 2018, and his university asks him to review its AI curriculum every year.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name August Mazza in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Varrd, Inc. Current
Co-Founder and director
President and Chief Executive Officer
2026 – Present · Wheaton, IL
Varrd builds AI products inside clearing firms and brokers, then sells stripped-down versions to other financial firms.

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people August Mazza works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Varrd, Inc. · Form D/A, Nov 3, 2026
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Michael Harrington
Co-Founder and director
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Henry Wedbush
Founding Member and director
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Rodrigo Parrode
Designated Director By the Series A Holder
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Francis Paulino
Designated Director By the Series A Holder
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Joseph Signorelli
Independent Director and Chair of the Board
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Jackson Wedbush
Designated Director By the Series A Holder

Sources

  1. SECVarrd, Inc. Form D/A, filed Nov 3, 2026