Orchid is a blockchain and software development company that is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2017 by Brian Fox, Gustav Simonsson, Jay Freeman, Stephen Bell, and Steven Waterhouse. The company is developing an open source protocol, called the Orchid Protocol, which is a blockchain-based decentralized peer-to-peer network protocol that powers a marketplace for buying and selling internet bandwidth.
Funding
Seed
On October 26, 2017 Orchid Labs announced closing their seed SAFT (Simple Agreement for Future Tokens) funding round with $4.7 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Blockchain Capital, Polychain Capital, Sequoia Capital, Struck Capital, MetaStable Capital, Firestartr, Fabric Ventures, Divergence Digital Currency, DFJ Growth, and CrunchFund.
Timeline
People
Aeron Buchanan
Investor
Alexander Kehaya
Employee
Alexander Lloyd
Advisor
Brian Fox
Founder
Daniel Montgomery
Employee
Greg Hazel
Employee
Gustav Simonsson
Founder
Jay Freeman (saurik)
Founder
Jessica Craft
Employee
Marit Davey
Employee
Matthew Roszak
Advisor
Naval Ravikant
Investor
Patrick J. Dietzen
Employee
Paul Veradittakit
Investor
Ranah Edelin
Employee
Steven Waterhouse
Founder
Further reading
$125 Million: Orchid Is Raising One of 2018's Biggest Token Sales - CoinDesk
David Floyd
Web
Orchid: Enabling Decentralized Network Formation andProbabilistic Micro-Payments
David L. Salamon, Gustav Simonsson, Brian Vohaska, and Brian J. Fox withStephen F. Bell, and Steven Waterhouse, Ph.D.
Academic
Upcming Orchid Protocol ICO is no-brainer but if you want join, better be prepared -- Steemit
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Web
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Are Users Able to Take Control of Their Data? (Steven Waterhouse, Orchid Labs Inc.)
December 7, 2017
Dr. Steve "Seven" Waterhouse of Orchid Labs: Decentralized Technologies | Blockstack Berlin 2018
March 22, 2018
The Internet Free from Censorship & Surveillance - Brian Fox, Orchid Labs
May 15, 2018
Companies
Company
Security
Blockchain
