Optimism

company

About

Optimism is an Ethereum-based decentralized infrastructure platform that allows for instant transactions and scalable smart contracts.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series B
Last Funding Money Raised
$150M
Industries
Blockchain,Cryptocurrency,Ethereum,FinTech
Founded date
Jan 1, 2019
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Optimism PBC

Optimism is an Ethereum-based decentralized infrastructure platform that allows for instant transactions and scalable smart contracts. The company is a public benefit corporation, a for-profit corporation that is obligated to balance the financial interests of our stockholders with the best interests of our community and society.

Optimism, which was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, provides an Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution to assist developers in building on the blockchain.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
3
$178.50M
Optimism has raised a total of $178.50M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 17, 2022 from a Series B round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Mar 17, 2022 Series B $150M 4 Andreessen Horowitz
Paradigm
Detail
Feb 24, 2021 Series A $25M 3 Andreessen Horowitz Detail
Jan 15, 2020 Seed $3.50M 2 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
3
5
Optimism is funded by 5 investors. Andreessen Horowitz and Paradigm are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Andreessen Horowitz Yes Series B
Paradigm Yes Series B
Nascent Series B
Wintermute Series B
IDEO CoLab Ventures Seed

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
3
Optimism has 3 current employee profiles, including Executive Karl Floersch
Executive
Executive
Executive