Introduction
NEAR Protocol was founded in 2018 by Alexander Skidanov and Illia Polosukhin. It has its headquarter in San Francisco, United States.
NEAR Protocol is a scalable blockchain designed to provide the performance and user experience necessary to bridge the gap to mainstream adoption of decentralized applications. Unlike other next generation blockchains, this network has been built from the ground up to be the easiest in the world for both developers and their end users while still providing the scalability necessary to serve those users.
Through simple, secure, and scalable technology, NEAR empowers millions to invent and explore new experiences. Business, creativity, and community are being reimagined for a more sustainable and inclusive future.
NEAR is a sharded, proof-of-stake, layer-one blockchain that is simple to use, secure and scalable.
Mission
We envision a world where people control their money, their data, and the tools to build new ideas.
Why NEAR Protocol?
NEAR is a collective, a foundation, and a development platform built on a new layer-one blockchain.
Funding
NEAR Protocol has raised a total of $533.7M in funding over 8 rounds and is funded by 36 investors.
Below, are the details of the different rounds of funding received by NEAR Protocol
Funding Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors |
Funding Round | $350M | 8 | Tiger Global Management |
Secondary Market | - | 1 | - |
Initial Coin Offering | $150M | 12 | Three Arrows Capital |
Venture Round | - | 1 | Dragonfly Capital Ventures |
Venture Round | $21.6M | 3 | a16z crypto |
Series A | $12.1M | 12 | Accomplice
MetaStable Capital |
Venture Round | - | 1 | - |
Pre Seed Round | - | 1 | - |
Acquisitions
NEAR Protocol has made no acquisitions yet.
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