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Orchid Labs

Orchid Labs

Orchid Labs is a company developing the open source Orchid protocol, which is a peer-to-peer network and online marketplace for selling and buying internet bandwidth.

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orchidprotocol.com
orchid.com
ethereum.org
Is a
Company
Company
Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency
Organization
Organization

Company attributes

Industry
Blockchain and cryptocurrency
Blockchain and cryptocurrency
Metaverse
Metaverse
Tokenization
Tokenization
Smart contract
Smart contract
Software
Software
Financial technology
Financial technology
Finance
Finance
...
Location
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
United States
Zug
Zug
Switzerland
Switzerland
B2X
B2B
B2B
CEO
Dr.Steven Waterhouse
Dr.Steven Waterhouse
‌
Steven W.
Steven W
Steven W
Founder
‌
Brian Fox (entrepreneur)
Dr.Steven Waterhouse
Dr.Steven Waterhouse
Gavin Wood
Gavin Wood
Jay Freeman
Jay Freeman
Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin
0
Gustav Simonsson
Gustav Simonsson
‌
Steven Waterhouse (entrepreneur)
Jay Freeman (saurik)
Jay Freeman (saurik)
...
AngelList URL
angel.co/orchid-labs
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles...221758-03
Legal Name
Orchid Labs Inc.
Accelerator
Boost VC
Boost VC
Date Incorporated
2017
Number of Employees (Ranges)
11 – 500
Email Address
press@ethereum.org
vitalik@ethereum.org
contact@orchid.com
Number of Employees
50
Full Address
182 Howard St, #423, San Francisco, California 94105, US
Skalitzer Str. 85, 10997 Berlin, Germany
Investors
Polychain Capital
Polychain Capital
Firestartr
Firestartr
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Compound
Compound
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital
TechCrunch
TechCrunch
Blockchain Capital
Blockchain Capital
Visary Capital
Visary Capital
...
Founded Date
2017
Total Funding Amount (USD)
43,100,000
Latest Funding Round Date
May 7, 2019
Competitors
ReddCoin
ReddCoin
Kadena
Kadena
Lisk
Lisk
Avalanche
Avalanche
Ellipsis
Ellipsis
Callisto Network
Callisto Network
...
Business Model
Transaction processing / marketplace
Stock Symbol
OXT
Exchange
Gate.io
Gate.io
OKX
OKX
CoinDCX
CoinDCX
Binance Labs
Binance Labs
Crypto.com
Crypto.com
WazirX
WazirX
Giottus
Giottus
...
CTO
Jay Freeman (saurik)
Jay Freeman (saurik)
0
Latest Funding Type
Initial Coin Offering (ICO)
Initial Coin Offering (ICO)
Wellfound ID
orchid-labs

Cryptocurrency attributes

Consensus Mechanism
Proof-of-stake
Proof-of-stake
Proof-of-work
Proof-of-work
Hash Function
Ethash
Ethash
Ticker Symbol
ETH
UNQT
OXT
Genesis Block Date
July 30, 2015
Maximum Supply
1,000,000,0000
Block Explorer URL
ethplorer.io
etherscan.io
etherscan.io/token/0x...74Da13Deb
ethplorer.io/address/...74Da13Deb
Announcement URL
bitcointalk.org/index.php

Other attributes

Blog
blog.orchid.com
blog.ethereum.org
Circulating Supply
690,690,083.77
Community Forum
reddit.com/r/orchid
twitter.com/OrchidProtocol
blog.orchid.com
Company Operating Status
Active
Strategic Partnerships
Galaxy Blitz
Galaxy Blitz
Xana
Xana
Creator
Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin
0
Cryptocurrency Symbol
OXT
Doctoral Advisor
Richard Muirhead (entrepreneur)
Richard Muirhead (entrepreneur)
Founder of
Ethereum Community Fund
Ethereum Community Fund
Latest Funding Round Amount (USD)
7,000,000
Launch Date
December 2019
License
copyright
GNU General Public License, version 3.0
GPLv3
LGPLv3
MIT
Market Capitalization
350,946,591,6080
Medium URL
medium.com/orchid-labs
Named After
Luminiferous aether
Luminiferous aether
Official Name
orchid
Partner Organizations
Galaxy Blitz
Galaxy Blitz
Centrifuge (company)
Centrifuge (company)
Product Parent Company
savedroid
savedroid
Published Date
July 30, 2015
Public/Private
Private
Source Code
etherscan.io/address/...74Da13Deb
github.com/OrchidTec...ies/orchid
github.com/ethereum/...o-ethereum0
github.com/ethereum
hecoinfo.com/address/...3a428a1fd
Taxon Common Name
Orchid
OXT
Token Standard
ERC-20
Total Supply
1,000,000,0000
Wallet
atomicwallet.io/ru
cobo.com
coinbase.com/ru/wallet
trustwallet.com
trezor.io
token.im
metamask.io
mathwallet.org/ru-ru/
...
Wikidata ID
Q16783523
Written in
Go, C++, Rust, Solidity

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
SAFT

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.

Venture

On April 20, 2018 Orchid Labs completed a venture capital round with $36.1 million in funding from Visary Capital, Threshold, Sequoia Capital, Polychain, MetaStable Capital, Compound, BoxGroup, Blockchain Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz.

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No Timeline data yet.

Funding Rounds

Products

Acquisitions

SBIR/STTR Awards

Patents

Further Resources

Title
Author
Link
Type
Date

$125 Million: Orchid Is Raising One of 2018's Biggest Token Sales - CoinDesk

David Floyd

https://www.coindesk.com/125-million-orchid-raising-one-2018s-biggest-token-sales

Web

Are Users Able to Take Control of Their Data? (Steven Waterhouse, Orchid Labs Inc.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffulU3DF5Fw

December 7, 2017

Building the Decentralized Science Metaverse with Steve McCloskey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RoAVwjtGnk

Web

June 4, 2022

China's Great Firewall and the Battle Against Censorship with Journalist Simon Sharwood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bheKIzDYIG8

Web

May 25, 2022

Cybersecurity and the Future of Digital Identity with Horacio Zambrano, CMO at Secret Double Octopus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v0zdvyQl2g

Web

June 7, 2022

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