Optimism Stock
Optimism is an Ethereum-based decentralized infrastructure platform that allows for instant transactions and scalable smart contracts.
Sign up today and learn more about Optimism Stock
Invest in or value your shares in one or many pre-IPO companies through an EquityZen investment vehicle.
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
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
theblock - Nov, 14 2023
Former Polygon Labs president Ryan Wyatt joins Optimism as Chief Growth Officerrocknblock - Nov, 6 2023
The Role of Layer 2 in Decentralized Exchange Developmentstartupdaily - Oct, 27 2023
OPTIMISM ABROAD: A primer for Australian startups on the hunt for fundingrocknblock - Oct, 23 2023
Create a DEX like Uniswap: Overview and Forking Guidelinesvietnaminsider - Sep, 22 2023
Optimism Foundation Sells $157M OP Tokens, Citing ‘Treasury Management’theblock - Sep, 17 2023
Optimism to distribute unclaimed funds from first airdropbeincrypto - Jul, 24 2023
Optimism (OP) Transaction Volume Spikes Amid Worldcoin Migration to Mainnetcryptodaily - Jul, 24 2023
Worldcoin Completes Migration To OP Mainnetcointelegraph - Jun, 26 2023
Optimism network transactions surged 67% following Bedrock upgrade — Nansenseekingalpha - Mar, 1 2023
Coinbase layer 2 news sends Optimism's token price soaringtrib - Mar, 1 2023
Optimism DEX Velodrome Generates Record Weekly Fees Following Coinbase Announcementtrib - Feb, 12 2023
OP Token Falls After Surprise Optimism Airdropcointelegraph - Nov, 13 2022
New tool mirrors Optimism NFTs to Ethereum mainnet for use in verified appsnews - Sep, 1 2022
Ethereum ‘Merge’ May Present New Opportunities For Investorshackernoon - Jun, 17 2022
The Current State of the Crypto Market and 7 Trends to Followcoinspeaker - Jun, 12 2022
Optimism Losses 20 Million OP Tokens to Hackers as Wintermute Gave Wrong Addressfinance - Jun, 2 2022
Ethereum scaler Optimism airdrops OP tokenscointelegraph - Jun, 2 2022
Optimism airdrop overwhelmed by all-time high demand: ‘Scaling is hard’cointelegraph - Apr, 20 2022
Optimism-based projects spike on rumors of token airdropcointelegraph - Mar, 18 2022
Optimism saves users $1B in fees, raises $150M in Series Bbuff - Sep, 27 2021
Optimism announces upgrades enabling ‘one-click’ roll-up deploymentEquityZen does not have an affiliation with, formal relationship with, or endorsement from any companies featured above. This profile is based on publicly available information and is intended to be informative in nature.
Some data provided by Crunchbase
EquityZen Recognized As:
