Chainlink

investment firm

About

Chainlink provides reliable tamper-proof inputs and outputs for complex smart contracts on any blockchain.

Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Industries
Blockchain,Information Technology,Internet,Security,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 2014
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Chainlink Ltd

Chainlink provides reliable tamper-proof inputs and outputs for complex smart contracts on any blockchain.

Smart Contracts provide the ability to execute tamper-proof digital agreements, which are considered highly secure and highly reliable. In order to maintain a contract's overall reliability, the inputs, and outputs that the contract relies on also need to be secure. Chainlinks provide a reliable connection to external data, that is provably secure end-to-end.

The company was founded in 2014 and based in Grand Cayman, Midland, Cayman Islands.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
4
$32M
Chainlink has raised a total of $32M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 20, 2017 from a Initial Coin Offering round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Sep 20, 2017 Initial Coin Offering $32M 5 Detail
Sep 1, 2017 Seed 2 Richard F. Dulude Detail
Aug 22, 2017 Seed 1 Detail
Apr 4, 2017 Initial Coin Offering 1 Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
6
0
Chainlink has made 6 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 3, 2022, when Golden raised $40M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Oct 3, 2022 Golden
Series B $40M Artificial Intelligence
Oct 1, 2022 bitsCrunch
Funding Round $2M Analytics
Jun 15, 2022 DLC.link
Pre-seed $826K Cryptocurrency
May 12, 2022 BharatX
Seed $4.50M Credit
Oct 28, 2021 Cover
Series B $60M Building Material

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
5
Chainlink has 5 current employee profiles, including Executive Steve Ellis
Executive
Executive
Employee
Executive
Executive

Acquisition

Chainlink has acquired 1 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was DECO on Aug 29, 2020. They acquired DECO for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Aug 29, 2020 DECO
Enterprise Software acquisition Detail