RISC Zero
Unlock the full potential of ZK on every chain.
Seattle, United States · Founded 2021 · $54.0M raised
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2021
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- risczero.com
- Total Funding
- $54.0M
- Last Round
- $40.0M Series AJul 2023
- Rounds
- 3
About
RISC Zero is a Seattle-based zero-knowledge infrastructure company that builds the world's first open-source, general-purpose zero-knowledge Virtual Machine (zkVM), enabling developers to write verifiable software in familiar languages like Rust and C++. The company's flagship product allows arbitrary programs to be compiled to the RISC-V instruction set and executed with cryptographic ZK-STARK proofs, guaranteeing correctness of computation without revealing inputs. RISC Zero also offers Bonsai, a cloud-based proving service providing blockchain-agnostic zk-proving at scale for enterprise and Web3 applications.
Summary
RISC Zero is a Crypto & Web3 company based in Seattle, United States, founded in 2021. It has raised $54.0M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $40.0M Series A round in Jul 2023. Investors include Bain Capital Crypto, Blockchain Capital and Geometry.
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