OpenZeppelin

OpenZeppelin

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Overview

OpenZeppelin builds developer tools and performs security audits for distributed systems that power multimillion-dollar economies. At OpenZeppelin, we have built the world’s leading Open Source library for smart contract development. OpenZeppelin Contracts powers over 3,000 public projects, with over 7,000 stars on Github and maintained by a community of 180+ contributors. We also conduct security audits for the Ethereum Foundation, Coinbase, and other leading organizations in the space.

With the success of our product, our security audits work, and our educational efforts, we have set industry standards for building secure systems in a fast-growing industry. We are now excited to offer a development platform that will help the growing number of developers working on top of decentralized protocols build the applications that will reach mass adoption.

Highlights

Founded

2015

Industry

Information Technology

Employees

11-50

Investment

1

Lead Investment

0

Exits

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Stages

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Investor Type

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Location

Europe

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

OpenZeppelin, established in 2015 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in investments across Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Smart Contracts, Enterprise Software, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Impact Investing, Angel Investment, FinTech. Their recent investments include Forta Protocol000, True Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, North Island Ventures, Blockchain Capital. The highest investment round they participated in was $2.3B. Among their most notable exits are Forta Protocol000 and True Ventures. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Jonathan Alexander

Jonathan Alexander

CTO

imagePlace Demian Brener

Demian Brener

Founder

imagePlace Luca Cosivi

Luca Cosivi

Ecosystem Development Lead

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Alejo Salles

Security Lead

imagePlace Dennison Bertram

Dennison Bertram

Developer Advocate

Investment portfolio

OpenZeppelin has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Sep 30, 2021, when Forta Protocol000 raised $23.0M.

investments

1

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

0

Number of exits

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Investments

1

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Sep 30, 2021
Forta Protocol000 Forta Protocol000
Blockchain23.0M

Exits

0

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

1

Investors

9

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

1

OpenZeppelin has raised 1 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 30, 2021 from a Venture Round - Forta Protocol000 round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Sep 30, 2021
Venture Round - Forta Protocol000 Venture Round - Forta Protocol000
-23.0M-

Investors

5

OpenZeppelin is funded by 5 investor(s). True Ventures and BlueYard Capital Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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