Protocol Labs

Building the next generation of the internet

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Protocol Labs is an open-source R&D lab that builds protocols, tools, and services to radically improve the internet. Its products include InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol; Filecoin, a cryptocurrency-operated network for file storage; libp2p, a modular networking stack with peer-to-peer protocols and transports; IPLD, a decentralized web-data model that uses cryptographic hashes; and Multiformats, a collection of self-describing formats and protocols for upgradeable systems.

Founded: 2014

Location: United States

Team

Juan Benet

Founder and CEO

Jesse Clayburgh

Co-Founder

Matt Hamilton

Principal Developer Advocate

Colin Evran

Ecosystem Lead

Molly Mackinlay

Engineering & Research Lead

David Dias

Research Director

Investments

Tag

Ecosystem

Token Issuance

Region

Operating Status

Celestia

Modular consensus and data availability network

QuickNode

Blockchain API and Node Infrastructure

Cyber

The L2 for Social

Mask Network

Web3 Portal

Syndicate

Decentralized investment protocol and social network

Hex Trust

Institutional digital asset custodian

ConsenSys

Ethereum and decentralized protocols software company

Lava Network

Modular data access layer

Zama

Open Source Cryptographic Tools

Metropolis

Building the beautiful capital cities of the Metaverse

Ingonyama

Zero Knowledge ASICs

Molecule

Decentralised biotech protocol

Privy

Simple APIs to manage user data off-chain

Tableland

Decentralized protocol for structured relational data

Huddle01

Web3 video meeting platform

Fleek

Effortlessly build Open Web sites & apps

Notifi

Web3 Communication Infrastructure

thirdweb

Web3 development platform

Cubist

Web3 developer tools

Cryptio

Institutional-grade crypto accounting platform

Decrypt

Web3 media

Exorde protocol

Linking all the public data circulating on the web

Fluence

Web3 native computing platform

Ceramic Network

The Composable Data Network

Talent Protocol

Web3 Professional Talent Network

Hedgey

Financial infrastructure for DAO treasuries

Numbers Protocol

Decentralized Photo Network for Web 3.0

PowerLoom

The Composable Data Network for Web3

Secured Finance

All-in-one institutional platform for digital asset investors

Weather XM

Web3 Weather Prediction Network

Prime Intellect

Decentralized AI Protocol

Lumino

Decentralized compute protocol

GLIF

Filecoin’s premier staking protocol

Exabits

Decentralized Computing Infrastructure

The Bagel Network

Infinitely scalable machine learning data lake

Canza Finance

Non-institutional-based financial system utilizing (DeFi

Web3mine

Web3 staking infrastructure

Anytype

Privacy-focused Notion alternative

Bluesky

Decentralized social network

Gensyn

Decentralized AI compute network

DeGame

NFT game platform

Artizen

Web3 culture-focused crowdfunding platform

Toku

Token-based payroll and tax compliance solution

Impossible Cloud

Enterprise-grade cloud storage solution based on web3 technology

Polybase

High performance decentralized database native to web3

TransCrypts

Self-sovereign verification for the masses

Swan Chain

The DePIN Built for AI

Sepana

Search infrastructure for blockchains and Web3

Origami

The scalable DAO operating system

Spexi

Proof-of-physical-work for drone imagery

Golden Protocol

Decentralized canonical knowledge graph

Lit Protocol

Decentralized access control protocol

Spice AI

Make AI-driven apps that learn and adapt

GitPOAP

Contributor recognition platform that integrates POAP issuance into GitHub

Spheron Protocol

Decentralized web app deployment and hosting platform

Coinfeeds

Web3 analytics tools

Mona

Metaverse world-building platform

NFTPort

One-stop NFT Infrastructure and APIs for developers

Memusic

Blockchain music ecosystem

Finnt

Financial application for families

double jump.tokyo

Blockchain game development platform

Spruce

The swiss army knife for identity and data.

Joyn

The Launchpad for Creative Collaboration in Web3

Itsmyne

Social-plus marketplace for sports NFTs

Āut

A suite of DAO-native Tools

Fayre

Branded NFTs solutions

Matters Lab

Web3 social media platform

Functionland

Decentralized cloud alternative

Concept Labs

NFT publisher

Kosen Labs

AI for the decentralised world

OP Games

Creating competitive community owned games

Metaverse AI

AI & Web3.0 company building the Open Metaverse

Compute Labs

Compute Tokenization Protocol

Parasail

Unifying Trust Layer for DePIN

STYLE Protocol

Interoperability for Gaming & Web3

Buildspace

Home to the world's best Web3 builders

Cryptosat

Tamper-proof encrypted satellite

Lighthouse.Storage

Perpetual File Storage on IPFS, Filecoin, and Ethereum

Mysterious

Web3 native chat platform

Convo Space

The Decentralized Conversation Layer of Internet

Galadriel

Layer 1 blockchain for AI

dVOL.Finance

DeFi asset manager

Huddln

Web3 Social Media

Curio

NFT platform for entertainment

Superdao

An all-in-one platform to start, manage and grow a DAO

Curated

Curated is a cryptonative fund that collects exceptional crypto art and culture. It draw on cultural significance, aesthetic taste, and technical fluency to guide curation.

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Name	Round	Amount	Valuation	Date
Compute Labs*	Pre-Seed	$ 3 M	--	Jul 04
Parasail*	Seed	$ 4 M	$ 50 M	May 28
Weather XM	Series A	$ 7.7 M	--	May 22
STYLE ProtocolSTYLE	Seed	$ 2.5 M	--	Apr 30
Prime Intellect	Seed	$ 5.5 M	--	Apr 23
Lumino	Pre-Seed	$ 2.8 M	--	Mar 20
Zama*	Series A	$ 73 M	--	Mar 07
Metropolis	--	$ 1.2 M	--	Feb 15
Lava Network	Seed	$ 15 M	--	Feb 15
GLIF	Seed	$ 4.5 M	--	Feb 06
Exabits	Pre-Seed	--	--	Feb 02
The Bagel Network	Pre-Seed	$ 3.1 M	--	Jan 23
Ingonyama	Seed	$ 21 M	--	Jan 23
Canza Finance	Strategic	$ 2.3 M	--	Jan 16
Web3mine	Seed	$ 6 M	--	Dec 20, 2023
Anytype	--	$ 13.4 M	--	Aug 23, 2023
Bluesky	Seed	$ 8 M	--	Jul 06, 2023
Gensyn	Series A	$ 43 M	--	Jun 11, 2023
Artizen	Seed	$ 2.2 M	--	May 11, 2023
Tableland	--	$ 8 M	--	Apr 20, 2023