Blockstream

Blockstream

cryptocurrency | blockchain
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  • FOUNDING YEAR: 2014
    LOCATION:
    United States
    REGION:
    CA
    Last Update:
    18 Oct, 2019

Description

Blockstream develop new ways to accelerate innovation in crypto currencies, open assets and smart contracts. Blockstream’s core area of innovation is sidechains, a technology focused on improving on the blockchain, the powerful public utility for distributed trust systems.

FOCUS

PRODUCTS & SERVICES:
Side chain Technology
MAIN CLIENTS:
Financial Institutions, Businesses

PEOPLE

FOUNDERS:
Adam Back, Gregory Maxwell, Matt Corallo, Mark Friedenbach
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES:
11-50
INVESTORS:
SK Ventures, Embrase, Future Perfect Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Ribbit Capital, Real Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Danny Hillis, Reid Hoffman,Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures

TRACTION

VALUATION / MARKET CAP:
$140 MM in 2015

MOMENTUM

FUNDED:
YES
TOTAL FUNDING:
$76 Millions
DATE OF LAST FUNDING:
Feb 2016
SEED & PRIOR FUNDING:
$21 Millions
SEED CLOSED ON:
Nov 2014
FUNDING SERIES:
SERIES A
$55 Millions Closed: Feb 2016
LISTED:
NO

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