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Tonk
Blockchain privacy company
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Gaming
- Blockchain
- Web 3.0
- London, UK
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Company mission
To liberate humanity’s lived experience of the web.
Our take
As blockchain technology continues to evolve, developers such as game studios have shown an interest in bringing their projects and applications fully onchain. Tonk caters to studios that want to do just that, building infrastructure to facilitate bringing their games to the blockchain.
The problem Tonk is addressing is that blockchains cannot handle hidden information effectively, which is a prerequisite to running games and other user-facing applications. The company leverages zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), an emerging technology, to bring this capability to the blockchain and hence create a scenario where games can exist fully onchain.
So far, the company has invested its time in building its own games and gaming infrastructure, as well as growing its network of relationships within the ZK space. One project that has gained attention is "Dappicom" that emulates the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in ZK. On top of this, a recent pre-seed funding round sets up the company's future as it looks to build out its team.
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Benefits
- Beautiful workspace in London and flexibility for remote work
- $500 personal upskilling budget
- $500 personal wellness budget
- Generous equipment budget. If it helps you get stuff done we’ll provide it
- Private health & dental insurance (subject to country of work)
- Paid travel
- 20 days’ PTO, in addition to the 8 bank holidays (UK)
Company values
- Pragmatic 🚀 - We start all things from our mission to liberate humanity's lived experience of the web. We each independently understand the core strategy and enjoy articulating it to others. We adapt our tactics to a dynamic, ambiguous environment
- Aligned 🌿 - We express agency by aligning our personal mission with the team's goals, fostering a long-term, mutually beneficial alliance. We opt-in, which means bringing our best selves to our work, embracing a growth mindset, and taking responsibility for high performance as individuals and a team
- Mindful ❤️ - We discover and set boundaries to foster a healthy work-life symbiosis and robust physical & mental health. We accelerate each other with judicious empathy, radical candour and collaborative problem-solving. We collectively nurture a robust foundation of psychological safety, embracing productive disagreement and diverse perspectives
- Creative 🎨 - We reward playful, earnest, and original problem-solving. We value holistic insights from the arts and sciences; we are particularly mindful of emerging cybercultures and humanity’s evolving cybernetic relationships
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2024
$3.5m
Convertible
Total funding: $3.5m
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Leadership
Baz
(Co-founder, CEO)Previously at Epic Games & Cambridge University
Goblin Oats
(Co-founder, CTO)Ex-Yahoo; first startup acquired by Airbnb; graphic novellist