Startups are hard and becoming a unicorn startup is even harder, but here is a list of 10 cryptocurrency companies that have achieved the unicorn status.
Being a Cryptocurrency startup is hard enough, but success is even harder.
There are +700 Unicorns around the world who have reached the $1 billion valuations by raising money from venture capitalists.
If you want to start a crypto business, you should look for the following 10 Cryptocurrency companies that achieved unicorn status.
Bakkt is a trusted way to bring together market leaders, including an enterprise software company and consumer companies, an independent software vendor, and financial technology companies.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$2.10
B (
January 2021
)
Country:
United States
City:
Atlanta
Started in:
2018
Founders:
Adam White, Kelly L. Loeffler, Mike Blandina
Industries:
Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, FinTech, Loyalty Programs
Number of employees:
100-250
Funding Amount:
$482,500,000
Number of funding rounds:
2
Number of investors:
16
Binance is a blockchain ecosystem for cryptocurrency exchange that offers trading with the most popular digital coins.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
No Data
B (
-
)
Country:
Malta
City:
Valletta
Started in:
2017
Founders:
Changpeng Zhao, Yi He
Industries:
Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Finance, FinTech, Internet, Stock Exchanges
Number of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$25,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
8
Number of investors:
13
Bitpanda is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that provides access to a wide range of digital assets.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.20
B (
March 2021
)
Country:
Austria
City:
Vienna
Started in:
2014
Founders:
Christian Trummer, Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek
Industries:
Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
Number of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$283,013,472
Number of funding rounds:
5
Number of investors:
6
Blockchain.com is the premier digital asset platform, the foundational technology behind cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$5.20
B (
February 2021
)
Country:
United Kingdom
City:
London
Started in:
2011
Founders:
Benjamin Reeves, Nicolas Cary, Peter Smith
Industries:
Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Trading Platform
Number of employees:
500-1,000
Funding Amount:
$490,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
6
Number of investors:
26
BlockFi allows cryptoasset owners to leverage their blockchain assets as collateral to receive liquid USD loans.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$3.00
B (
March 2021
)
Country:
United States
City:
Jersey City
Started in:
2017
Founders:
Flori Marquez, Zac Prince
Industries:
Bitcoin, Consumer Lending, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Number of employees:
100-250
Funding Amount:
$508,681,673
Number of funding rounds:
11
Number of investors:
45
Chainalysis is a financial services company that is dedicated to complying with regulations. They help businesses and government agencies detect, monitor, and analyze suspicious transactions by using blockchain forensics.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$2.00
B (
November 2020
)
Country:
United States
City:
New York
Started in:
2014
Founders:
Jan Moller, Jonathan Levin, Michael Gronager
Industries:
Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Software
Number of employees:
100-250
Funding Amount:
$266,600,000
Number of funding rounds:
8
Number of investors:
17
Circle is the global crypto finance platform, making it possible for anyone to buy, sell, use, and accept crypto assets.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$3.00
B (
May 2018
)
Country:
United States
City:
Boston
Started in:
2013
Founders:
Jeremy Allaire, Sean Neville
Industries:
Banking, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Payments, Personal Finance
Number of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$271,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
8
Number of investors:
29
LiquidGlobal develops high-end software and hardware solutions to bring liquidity and efficiency to the cryptocurrency economy.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.00
B (
April 2019
)
Country:
Japan
City:
Tokyo
Started in:
2014
Founders:
Kayamori Kariya, Mario Gomez Lozada, Mike Kayamori, Tanaka Masaaki
Industries:
Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Services, Information Technology, IT Management
Number of employees:
100-250
Funding Amount:
$2,894,970,090
Number of funding rounds:
6
Number of investors:
8
Ripple offers blockchain solutions to transfer money globally with speed and certainty of settlement.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$10.00
B (
December 2019
)
Country:
United States
City:
San Francisco
Started in:
2012
Founders:
Arthur Britto, Chris Larsen, Ryan Fugger
Industries:
Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, FinTech, Internet, Payments
Number of employees:
500-1,000
Funding Amount:
$293,800,000
Number of funding rounds:
13
Number of investors:
36
Robinhood is a stock brokerage that provides commission free trading on stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrency.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$11.70
B (
April 2017
)
Country:
United States
City:
Menlo Park
Started in:
2013
Founders:
Baiju Bhatt, Vlad Tenev
Industries:
Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, FinTech, Stock Exchanges, Trading Platform
Number of employees:
1,000-5,000
Funding Amount:
$5,574,325,000
Number of funding rounds:
23
Number of investors:
56
