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Balancer Labs
A non-custodial portfolio manager, liquidity provider, and price sensor
About Balancer Labs
Balancer.fi is a startup operating in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, providing a platform for creating and managing liquidity pools. Its primary clients are developers and liquidity providers who are looking to optimize their experience in the DeFi market. Balancer's unique selling point is its flexibility, allowing users to build a wide array of liquidity pools to address various financial needs.
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The company has a history of successful collaborations with other DeFi platforms, such as Aave, to enhance capital efficiency and value for their communities. This includes the launch of the AAVE/ETH Safety Incentive pool on Balancer and the Boosted Pool integration. These collaborations have resulted in a partnership that optimizes the experience for liquidity providers and opens up new possibilities for Aave stakers.
Balancer operates in the DeFi market, which is a subset of the broader cryptocurrency market. Its business model revolves around the creation and management of liquidity pools, which are essentially pools of tokens locked in a smart contract. These pools are used to facilitate trading by providing liquidity, and in return, liquidity providers earn fees from the trades that happen in their pool.
The startup has been praised for its technical excellence and innovation in the DeFi space, with its Balancer V2 being a testament to its continuous effort to innovate. Balancer's architecture enables a wide range of innovative liquidity strategies, providing unmatched flexibility for builders.
At a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Employees
- 38
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 84.8/100
- Industry
- Fintech
- Sub-industry
- Crypto and DeFi
- Sector
- Fintech, Trading, Defi, Crypto and Web3, Hard Tech
- Technology
- Blockchain
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2c
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EARLY VC✓Equity / VC | May 2021 | $25M | $98M | LongHash Ventures · Fenbushi Capital · Pantera Capital · Blockchain Capital | — |
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | Feb 2021 | $5M | $20M | Alameda Research · Pantera Capital · Defiance Capital · Three Arrows Capital | — |
Financials
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Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Balancer Labs is 44K monthly website visits, down 12% over the last three months. Balancer Labs's team grew 40.7% over the past year.
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Investors
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Seed4 investors entered at this stage
CoinFund
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Accomplice
Inflection
Series A10 investors entered at this stage
Alameda Research
Pantera Capital- DCDefiance Capital
- TCThree Arrows Capital
LongHash Ventures
Fenbushi Capital
Blockchain Capital
Fintech Collective
Continue Capital
Kain Warwick
Other known investors4 additional known investors
- FFFélix Fuertes
Inflection VC
Nascent crypto
Visary Capital
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
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