1) Yuga Labs
Yuga Labs is a blockchain technology company that creates digital collectibles and NFTs.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $4.00B (March 2022)
- Country: United States
- State: Florida
- City: Miami
- Started in: 2021
- Founders: Greg Solano, Wylie Aronow
- Number of employees: 101-250
- Funding: $450.00M
- Funding rounds: 2
- Number of investors: 41
You can find their website here.
2) BlockDaemon
Blockdaemon is a blockchain deployment facilitator that maintains blockchain network nodes and payment rails.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $3.25B (September 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: Los Angeles
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Konstantin Richter
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $401.54M
- Funding rounds: 8
- Number of investors: 37
You can find their website here.
3) Kraken
Kraken is the leading cryptocurrency exchange for those seeking to trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and over 40 other digital assets.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.92B (June 2019)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: San Francisco
- Started in: 2011
- Founders: Jesse Powell
- Number of employees: 1,000-5,000
- Funding: $18.57M
- Funding rounds: 30
- Number of investors: 31
You can find their website here.
4) Uniswap
Uniswap is an Ethereum blockchain-based decentralised exchange platform
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.66B (October 2022)
- Country: United States
- State: New York
- City: New York
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Hayden Adams
- Number of employees: 101-250
- Funding: $176.00M
- Funding rounds: 2
- Number of investors: 11
You can find their website here.
5) Optimism
Optimism is a decentralised infrastructure platform based on Ethereum that supports instant transactions and scalable smart contracts.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.65B (March 2022)
- Country: United States
- State: New York
- City: New York
- Started in: 2019
- Founders: Jinglan Wang, Karl Floersch, Kevin Ho
- Number of employees: 1-10
- Funding: $178.50M
- Funding rounds: 3
- Number of investors: 6
You can find their website here.
6) Boba Network
Boba Network is a next-generation Ethereum Layer-2 Optimistic Rollup scaling solution and a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.50B (April 2022)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: Palo Alto
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Alan Chiu
- Number of employees: 11-50
- Funding: $45.00M
- Funding rounds: 1
- Number of investors: 28
You can find their website here.
7) 0x
0x is an open protocol that allows peer-to-peer asset trading.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.05B (April 2022)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: San Francisco
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Amir Bandeali, Will Warren
- Number of employees: 51-100
- Funding: $109.00M
- Funding rounds: 9
- Number of investors: 41
You can find their website here.
8) Dune Analytics
Dune Analytics is an Ethereum-centric analytics platform that makes on-chain crypto data accessible and consumable.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.00B (February 2022)
- Country: Norway
- City: Oslo
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Fredrik Haga, Mats Olsen
- Number of employees: 10-50
- Funding: $79.42M
- Funding rounds: 3
- Number of investors: 21
You can find their website here.