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Protocol Labs
An open-source research, development, and deployment laboratory
At a glance
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Sector
- Fintech
- Power Law
- Colt$25–100M revenue
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning Protocol Labs.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed1 investor entered at this stage
Series A11 investors entered at this stage
Digital Currency Group
Ben Davenport- STStartX
- DCDHVC (Danhua Capital)
Haystack
Union Square Ventures- TETechammer
FundersClub- BVBoost VC
Naval Ravikant- FEFred Ehrsam
Series B and later1 investor entered at this stage
- HIHolon Global Investments
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former Protocol Labs employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
PRPrivyEst. 2021
Henri SternUnited States
Dave AronchickUnited States
ESEspresso SystemsEst. 2020
Ben FischUnited StatesGlobal footprint
across markets
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where Protocol Labs was the backer or acquirer, 2020–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
101 deals across Protocol Labs's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
Protocol Labs's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Protocol Labs on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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