Top 8 Ethereum Unicorns in 2024
Updated:
January 22, 2024
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The Ethereum industry is filled with successful companies that have raised millions of dollars in VC funding that came from some of the top investors in the world.
Many of these successes have turned into unicorns — private companies worth over $1 billion.
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If you want to build the next unicorn in the Ethereum space, these 8 companies should be your inspiration.
8 Ethereum Unicorns Companies
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1,190 Unicorns
Information about their valuation, HQ's location, founded year, name of founders, funding amount and number of employees.
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