Meet The New Blockchain Unicorns of 2024
1) Ripple
Ripple offers blockchain solutions to transfer money globally with speed and certainty of settlement.
Details of the startup:
Valuation: $15.00B (December 2019)
Country: United States
State: California
City: San Francisco
Started in: 2012
Founders: Arthur Britto, Chris Larsen, Jed McCaleb, Ryan Fugger
Number of employees: 500-1,000
You can find their website here.
2) Blockchain.com
Blockchain.com is the premier digital asset platform, the foundational technology behind cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether.
Details of the startup:
Valuation: $14.00B (February 2021)
Country: United Kingdom
State: England
City: London
Started in: 2011
Founders: Benjamin Reeves, Nicolas Cary, Peter Smith
Number of employees: 500-1,000
You can find their website here.
3) OpenSea
OpenSea is an NFT marketplace that enables users to discover, collect, and sell blockchain-based digital assets.
Details of the startup:
Valuation: $13.30B (July 2021)
Country: United States
State: New York
City: New York
Started in: 2017
Founders: Alex Atallah, Devin Finzer
Number of employees: 100-250
You can find their website here.
4) Alchemy
Alchemy is a decentralized application development platform that enables businesses to create dependable decentralized applications.
Details of the startup:
Valuation: $10.20B (October 2021)
Country: United States
State: California
City: San Francisco
Started in: 2017
Founders: Joseph Lau, Nikil Viswanathan
Number of employees: 50-100
You can find their website here.
5) KuCoin
KuCoin is a global cryptocurrency exchange that provides its users with digital assets and crypto services.
Details of the startup:
Valuation: $10.00B (May 2022)
Country: Seychelles
State: Beau Vallon
City: Mahé
Started in: 2017
Number of employees: 501-1000
You can find their website here.
6) Digital Currency Group
Digital Currency Group builds and supports bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging insights, network, and access to capital.
Details of the startup:
Valuation: $10.00B (November 2021)
Country: United States
State: New York
City: New York
Started in: 2015
Founders: Barry Silbert
Number of employees: 50-100
You can find their website here.
7) Chainalysis
Chainalysis is a financial services company that is dedicated to complying with regulations. They help businesses and government agencies detect, monitor, and analyze suspicious transactions by using blockchain forensics.
Details of the startup:
Valuation: $8.60B (November 2020)
Country: United States
State: New York
City: New York
Started in: 2014
Founders: Jan Moller, Jonathan Levin, Michael Gronager
Number of employees: 250-500
You can find their website here.
8) Fireblocks
Fireblocks is a blockchain security service provider for moving, storing, and issuing digital assets.
Details of the startup:
Valuation: $8.00B (July 2021)
Country: United States
State: New York
City: New York
Started in: 2018
Founders: Idan Ofrat, Michael Shaulov, Pavel Berengoltz
Number of employees: 100-250
You can find their website here.
9) StarkWare
StarkWare Industries develops a full-proof stack in generating and verifying proofs of computational integrity in the blockchain.
Details of the startup:
Valuation: $8.00B (November 2021)
Country: Israel
City: Netanya
Started in: 2018
Founders: Alessandro Chiesa, Eli Ben-Sasson, Michael Riabzev, Uri Kolodny
Number of employees: 50-100
You can find their website here.
10) Dapper Labs
Dapper Labs is a consumer-focused cryptocurrency company that builds blockchain games and supports digital collectables.
Details of the startup:
Valuation: $7.60B (March 2021)
Country: Canada
State: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Started in: 2018
Founders: Dieter Shirley, Mack Flavelle, Roham Gharegozlou
Number of employees: 100-250
You can find their website here.
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