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

Nicola Greco

Research Lead

Colin Evran

Ecosystem Lead

Molly Mackinlay

Engineering & Research Lead

David Dias

Research Director

Investments

Tag

Ecosystem

Token Issuance

Region

Operating Status

Celestia

Modular blockchain network

Privy

Web3 onboarding platform

Hex Trust

Institutional digital asset custodian

Lava Network

Modular data access layer

QuickNode

Blockchain API and Node Infrastructure

Cyber

The L2 for Social

Recall

Decentralized Verifiable AI agents Platform

Huddle01

Web3 video meeting platform

Mask Network

Web3 Portal

Syndicate

Decentralized investment protocol and social network

ConsenSys

Ethereum and decentralized protocols software company

Spheron Protocol

Decentralized computing power market

Cryptio

Institutional-grade crypto accounting platform

Swan Chain

Decentralised Infrastructure to Universalise AI

Spexi

Proof-of-physical-work for drone imagery

Bluesky

Decentralized social network

double jump.tokyo

Blockchain game development platform

Fabric Cryptography

Building hardware for cryptography

Zama

Open Source Cryptographic Tools

Metropolis World

Capital cities of the Metaverse

GLIF

Filecoin’s premier staking protocol

Ingonyama

Zero Knowledge ASICs

Molecule

Decentralised biotech protocol

Fleek

Effortlessly build Open Web sites & apps

Notifi

Web3 Communication Infrastructure

Lit Protocol

Decentralized access control protocol

thirdweb

Web3 development platform

Cubist

Web3 developer tools

Decrypt

Web3 media

Exorde protocol

Linking all the public data circulating on the web

Fluence

Web3 native computing platform

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

Prime Intellect

Decentralized AI Protocol

BitRobot

Solana-based Crypto AI Incentive Platform

Reppo Network

Risk & reputation modelling network

Akave

L2 storage chain

Exabits

Decentralized Computing Infrastructure

Blockcast

Decentralized broadcast delivery network

WeatherXM

Web3 Weather Prediction Network

STYLE Protocol

Interoperability for Gaming & Web3

Lumino

Decentralized compute protocol

Bagel

Infinitely scalable machine learning data lake

Canza Finance

Non-institutional-based financial system utilizing (DeFi

Web3mine

Web3 staking infrastructure

Anytype

Privacy-focused Notion alternative

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

Origami

The scalable DAO operating system

Golden Protocol

Decentralized canonical knowledge graph

Spice AI

Make AI-driven apps that learn and adapt

GitPOAP

Contributor recognition platform that integrates POAP issuance into GitHub

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

Spruce

The swiss army knife for identity and data.

Joyn

The Launchpad for Creative Collaboration in Web3

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

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

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

TheSunflower

Decentralized bandwidth sharing platform

dVOL.Finance

DeFi asset manager

Huddln

Web3 Social Media

Curio

NFT platform for entertainment

Sepana

Search infrastructure for blockchains and Web3

Itsmyne

Social-plus marketplace for sports NFTs

Superdao

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

Kosen Labs

AI for the decentralised world

Name	Round	Amount	Valuation	Date
Spheron Protocol	Strategic	--	--	Feb 28
BitRobot*	Seed	$ 6 M	--	Feb 14
Reppo Network	--	$ 2.2 M	--	Jan 17
Spexi	Series A	$ 11.5 M	--	Dec 05, 2024
Akave	--	$ 3.45 M	--	Nov 11, 2024
Blockcast	Seed	$ 2.85 M	--	Oct 15, 2024
Fabric Cryptography	Series A	$ 33 M	--	Aug 19, 2024
Compute Labs*	Pre-Seed	$ 3 M	--	Jul 04, 2024
Parasail*	Seed	$ 4 M	$ 50 M	May 28, 2024
WeatherXMWXM	Series A	$ 7.7 M	--	May 22, 2024
STYLE ProtocolSTYLE	Seed	$ 2.5 M	--	Apr 30, 2024
Prime Intellect	Seed	$ 5.5 M	--	Apr 23, 2024
Lumino	Pre-Seed	$ 2.8 M	--	Mar 20, 2024
Zama*	Series A	$ 73 M	--	Mar 07, 2024
Lava NetworkLAVA	Seed	$ 15 M	--	Feb 15, 2024
Metropolis WorldCLAY	--	$ 1.2 M	--	Feb 15, 2024
GLIF	Seed	$ 4.5 M	--	Feb 06, 2024
Exabits	Pre-Seed	--	--	Feb 02, 2024
Bagel	Pre-Seed	$ 3.1 M	--	Jan 23, 2024
Ingonyama	Seed	$ 21 M	--	Jan 23, 2024