About

Founded

2017

Headquarters

New York, New York

Industry

Cryptocurrency, Creators

Company Description

OpenSea is building the world’s most trusted and inclusive peer-to-peer NFT marketplace. OpenSea makes minting, purchasing and selling NFTs frictionless, and offers multi-chain options for creators and collectors of all kinds to own and shape their relationships directly.

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Funding

Total Raised

$427.2 million

Valuation

$13.3 billion

Significant Investors

Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Paradigm, Coatue, Founders Fund, Blockchain Capital, Dylan Field

Company Traction

In 2021, OpenSea’s transaction volume increased by 600x.

In 2022, OpenSea creators earned $1.1 billion in creator fees. For comparison, Snap paid its Spotlight Creators $250 million in 2021.

As of May 2023, OpenSea’s transaction volume is $20 billion, with 80 million+ NFTs on the platform and two million+ collections.

Leadership Team

Devin Finzer: Co-Founder & CEO of OpenSea. Former Engineering Manager at Credit Karma.

Nadav Hollander: CTO at OpenSea. Former Co-Founder & CEO of Dharma.

Shiva Rajaraman: Chief Business Officer at OpenSea. Former VP of Commerce at Meta.

Karthik Kongovi: VP of Operations at OpenSea. Former VP of Operations at ASAPP.

Justin Jow: VP of Finance at OpenSea. Former CFO at Zenreach.

Press

Fortune (June 1, 2023): Blur overtakes OpenSea even as monthly NFT trading falls below $1 billion for first time in 2023

CoinDesk (April 4, 2023): OpenSea Launches OpenSea Pro, Courting Professional NFT Traders

TechCrunch (January 4, 2022): NFT kingpin OpenSea lands monster $13.3B valuation in new raise

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