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Orca
The easiest place to exchange cryptocurrency on Solana
About Orca
Orca is a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on the Solana blockchain. The platform is designed to be a user-friendly automated market maker (AMM) that allows users to swap cryptocurrencies with low fees and high speeds. Orca facilitates token swaps through liquidity pools, where users can contribute their assets to earn a share of the trading fees.
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One of its key features is "Whirlpools," which are concentrated liquidity pools that allow liquidity providers to concentrate their capital within specific price ranges, potentially earning more fees with less capital. The platform also provides an SDK for developers to integrate Orca's functionalities into their own applications. Orca serves a wide range of clients, from individual crypto traders to developers and other protocols within the Solana ecosystem. Its business model is based on charging a small fee on each transaction, which is then distributed to liquidity providers and the Orca treasury.
At a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- Japan
- Employees
- 44
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 70.7/100
- Industry
- Fintech
- Sub-industry
- Crypto and DeFi
- Sector
- Fintech, Crypto Exchange, Defi, Crypto Yielding, Crypto Staking, Solana Ecosystem, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | Sep 2021 | $18M | $72M | Solana · Zee Prime Capital · Ryze Labs · DeFiance Capital | — |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Orca is 180K monthly website visits, down 5.3% over the last three months. Orca's team declined 13.7% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
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Investors
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Series A10 investors entered at this stage
Polychain Capital
Placeholder- TCThree Arrows Capital
Solana
Zee Prime Capital
Ryze Labs
DeFiance Capital
Coinbase Ventures
Collab+Currency
Jump Capital
Other known investors6 additional known investors
CryptoJ
Gravity Fund
Reverie
Room40 Ventures
Rucker Park Capital
Token Ventures
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
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