StarkWare, formally StarkWare Industries Ltd., is a zero-knowledge proof company based in West Asia, building Ethereum scaling technology including StarkEx, Cairo, and Starknet. It was founded by Eli Ben-Sasson, Michael Riabzev, Alessandro Chiesa, and Uri Kolodny as CEO, and develops technology for blockchain-related privacy and scalability based on zero-knowledge proofs. StarkWare's TwitterScore is 344 out of 1000, with 233,929 followers, 12,462 posts, and a rank of #869 among 364,268 accounts.
StarkWare announced a $30 million Series A round on October 29, 2018, led by Paradigm with Coinbase, Sequoia Capital, and Intel Capital participating, bringing total funding to $36 million. It later secured a $50 million Series C round led by Sequoia Capital at a $2 billion valuation on November 16, 2021, and raised $100 million in a Series D round in May 2022 at an $8 billion valuation. Additional backers include DCVC, Pantera Capital, Wing, Founders Fund, Ethereum Foundation, Greenoaks Capital, and Coatue Management. StarkWare was previously backed by Alameda Research.
StarkWare's technology has been used by dYdX, Sorare, and Immutable X. The company is affiliated with Starknet, a permissionless decentralized Validity-Rollup, also known as a ZK-Rollup, operating as a Layer 2 network over Ethereum and listed with ticker STRK. The Starknet Foundation stewards growth and development of the Starknet ecosystem by providing tools, resources, and support.
StarkWare was the subject of a civil case brought in April 2019 by the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, alleging Eli Ben-Sasson violated Technion intellectual property regulations by setting up StarkWare. Ben-Sasson's legal representation denied the claims.
StarkWare is mentioned by 1,141 accounts, with a total of 3,740 mentions.
Smart Followers
The accounts that follow StarkWare include 1,261 founders, 321 angel investors, 716 influencers and 118 VCs, among them Balaji, Toly, Ansem, Laura Shin, 6529 and Stani.
StarkWare's portfolio includes Ready, Snapshot.eth, Figment, XMTP, dYdX, Efficient Frontier, Espresso and Giza.