NEAR Protocol

NEAR ProtocolNEAR

Layer-one blockchain

About NEAR Protocol

Founded

2018

Address

United States

Ecosystem

Community

NEAR is a sharded, proof-of-stake, layer-one blockchain that aims to incentivize a network of computers to operate a platform for developers to create and launch decentralized applications. Central to its design is the concept of sharding, a process that splits the network's infrastructure into several segments so that nodes only have to handle a fraction of the network's transactions. The NEAR mainnet went live in August 2020.

Team Members

Alexander Skidanov
Alexander SkidanovCo-Founder
Illia Polosukhin
Illia PolosukhinCo-Founder
Shai Perednik
Shai PerednikPrincipal Ecosystem Solution Architect
Chelsea Komlo
Chelsea Komlo Principal Researcher
Kendall Cole
Kendall ColeHead of Product
Cameron Dennis
Cameron DennisEcosystem Operation
Altan Tutar
Altan TutarCore Contributor

Investors

Tiger GlobalTiger Global
DragonflyDragonfly
Republic CapitalRepublic Capital
HashedHashed
FTX VenturesFTX Ventures
Three Arrows CapitalThree Arrows Capital
Andreessen HorowitzAndreessen Horowitz
Mechanism CapitalMechanism Capital
Amber GroupAmber Group
Zee Prime CapitalZee Prime Capital
6th Man Ventures6th Man Ventures
Circle VenturesCircle Ventures
Jump CryptoJump Crypto
Folius VenturesFolius Ventures
MetaWeb VenturesMetaWeb Ventures
Alameda ResearchAlameda Research
Santiago Roel SantosSantiago Roel Santos
Stani KulechovStani Kulechov
Alan HowardAlan Howard
Pantera CapitalPantera Capital
Blockchange VenturesBlockchange Ventures
Electric CapitalElectric Capital
Greenfield CapitalGreenfield Capital
Libertus CapitalLibertus Capital
Animal VenturesAnimal Ventures
AccompliceAccomplice
MetaStable CapitalMetaStable Capital
Coinbase VenturesCoinbase Ventures
Multicoin CapitalMulticoin Capital
IDEO CoLab VenturesIDEO CoLab Ventures
Scalar CapitalScalar Capital
A.CapitalA.Capital
Amplify PartnersAmplify Partners
XpringXpring
Naval RavikantNaval Ravikant
Balaji SrinivasanBalaji Srinivasan
Andrew KeysAndrew Keys

Fundrasing details

Funding RoundAmountValuation
Date
Investors
OTC
$350.00M
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2022-04-05
Tiger GlobalTiger Global*
DragonflyDragonfly
+ 3
OTC
$150.00M
--
2022-01-12
Three Arrows CapitalThree Arrows Capital*
DragonflyDragonfly
+ 13
Public Sale
$40.04M
--
2020-08-11
--
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$21.60M
$250.00M
2020-05-03
Andreessen HorowitzAndreessen Horowitz*
Pantera CapitalPantera Capital
+ 5
--
$12.10M
$120.00M
2019-07-09
AccompliceAccomplice*
MetaStable CapitalMetaStable Capital*
+ 13

Subsidiary Organizations

MoreMarkets
MoreMarkets
NEAR Foundation Independent Entity
NEAR Foundation
NEAR Foundation
The Near Ecosystem Foundation.