Augur

company

About

Augur is an open-source, decentralized prediction market platform.

Details

Last Funding Type
Initial Coin Offering
Last Funding Money Raised
$5.30M
Industries
Bitcoin,Internet,Market Research,Prediction Markets,Predictive Analytics
Founded date
Jan 1, 2014
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Forecast Foundation OU

Augur is an open-source, decentralized prediction market platform.

To gain large audience, Augur is built on Ethereum, a decentralized blockchain network similar to the Bitcoin network. Utilizing this technology, markets can effectively eliminate counterparty risk and centralized servers while creating a global market by employing cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. Augur predicts the next election, short a cryptocurrency, or hedge against disaster.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
3
$5.30M
Augur has raised a total of $5.30M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 1, 2017 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Oct 1, 2017 Series Unknown Detail
Jun 1, 2016 Seed 1 KR1 Detail
Oct 1, 2015 Initial Coin Offering $5.30M 2 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
3
Augur is funded by 3 investors. KR1 and Alexis Berthoud are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
KR1 Yes Seed
Alexis Berthoud Initial Coin Offering
George Burke Initial Coin Offering

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
6
Augur has 6 current employee profiles, including Advisor Vitalik Buterin
Advisor
Executive
Advisor
Employee
Board member