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Aptos Labs
Building Layer 1 blockchain
- 101-200 employees
- Cryptocurrency
- Blockchain
- Web 3.0
- University South, Palo Alto, CA
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Company mission
To help billions of people achieve universal and fair access to decentralized assets in a safe and scalable way.
110% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Despite launching in just 2021, Aptos has soared to Unicorn status following an impressive funding round that saw major participation from players like PayPal Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. It's the company’s promise to build a layer 1 blockchain that has attracted all this attention as it outperforms competitors on critical metrics like scaleability and speed.
Aptos is created by the team behind Facebook’s recently shuttered cryptocurrency endeavor Diem (previously Libra), who left the company when Diem sold its tech assets to Silvergate Capital. Now, Silvergate Capital is itself an investor in the new project. This goes to show the confidence the Aptos' team commands, and the increasingly mainstream industry appetite for a blockchain that can sustain major operations.
Developers from companies like Binance, Anchorage, and Coinbase are already part of Aptos. This talent, in combination with 2022's remarkable Series A backing to fuel the team’s progress, is a hugely promising start for the young venture.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Unlimited Vacation time
- Remote-friendly work coverage
- Health insurance coverage
- Equipment of your choice
- Stock options
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2022
$150m
SERIES A
Mar 2022
$200m
SEED
Total funding: $350m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Mo Shaikh
(CEO)Previously held various analyst positions at companies like KPMG, Royal Bank of Canada, BlackRock, and BCG. Subsequently directed strategy at ConsenSys alongside founding and leading Meridio, then worked on strategic partnerships at Novi (Meta).
Avery Ching
(CTO)Previously Principal Software Engineer at Yahoo!, Facebook, and then for the crypto platform team at Novi (Meta). Has also spent over a decade as VP of Apache Giraph.