Optimism Stock

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

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About Optimism Stock

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.

Investors

Andreessen Horowitz

Lyft, Robinhood, Databricks, Airbnb, Instacart, Stripe, Magic Leap, Anduril Industries, Rappi, CoinSwitch Kuber

Pantera Capital

Circle, Alchemy, Gemini, Brave, Optimism, Wyre

Funding History

January 2020	$3.5M
February 2021	$25.0M
March 2022	$150M

Management

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Jinglan Wang

Co-Founder

Karl Floersch

Co-Founder

Kevin Ho

Press

cointelegraph - Mar, 8 2024

Optimism offloads $90M worth of tokens in private deal

tradingview - Mar, 8 2024

Optimism Sells $89M OP Tokens in Private Transaction

rocknblock - Dec, 28 2023

50 Blockchain Ecosystem Grants to Apply in 2024

TechCrunch - Dec, 1 2023

Optimism execs are optimistic for Ethereum’s future amid its ongoing scaling battle

theblock - Nov, 14 2023

Former Polygon Labs president Ryan Wyatt joins Optimism as Chief Growth Officer

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