StarkWare Industries
Scaling blockchain with zero-knowledge proofs
Tel Aviv, Israel · Founded 2018 · $261.0M raised
- Headquarters
- Tel Aviv
- Employees
- 201–500
- Founded
- 2018
- Business Model
- B2B
- Total Funding
- $261.0M
- Last Round
- $100.0M Series DMay 2022
- Rounds
- 5
About
StarkWare Industries is an Israeli cryptography and blockchain software company founded in 2018 by Eli Ben-Sasson, Uri Kolodny, Michael Riabzev, and Alessandro Chiesa. Headquartered in Netanya, Israel, the company pioneered ZK-STARK technology — zero-knowledge proof cryptography that compresses transaction data to solve blockchain scalability. StarkWare's two primary products are StarkEx, a standalone permissioned Validity-Rollup used by DeFi platforms, and Starknet, a permissionless decentralized ZK-Rollup on Ethereum. The company employs 200+ people across Israel, Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia, and counts Sequoia, Paradigm, and Andreessen Horowitz among its investors.
Summary
StarkWare Industries is a Crypto & Web3 company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2018. It has raised $261.0M in total across 5 rounds, most recently a $100.0M Series D round in May 2022. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Paradigm and Coatue Management.
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Funding History
May 2022
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