Roman Kochetov

Hi, I'm Roman – a catcher-turned-founder, born in close-knit family in Russia. I started playing baseball at the age of five. By the time I was 10, I had become the captain of my team and was invited to the Russian National Team, where I was selected as captain as well. In high school, I was writing songs that are still being streamed today. I also taught myself to code at 17, and built my first idea – Mylink, a peer-to-peer tutoring marketplace – entirely in Figma. I moved to Cyprus when I turned 18 to study Business Administration and graduated from UCLan University in May 2026. skiing, snowboarding, and surfing became part of life – alongside years of quiet self-discovery. Mylink became SkillSwap, and SkillSwap attracted 270 real users – but every user pointed at the same gap: the skills people built inside the platform had no proof that worked outside it. The missing layer was verifiable proof – a way to prove your skills to someone who has never met you. That's how Lemma was born. Today, Lemma consists of everything previous platforms had, but also solves exactly that gap: a verification layer where skill is proven through real events – peer sessions, assessments, AI practice – and the proof travels with you, shareable to anyone who needs to verify it. It's quite important to acknowledge the influence of my friends, family and our dog instilled values in me and shaped the person I have become.