Who founded Chainlink?

Chainlink was founded by Sergey Nazarov.

Who are Chainlink's investors?

Chainlink's investors include AZDAG, Big Candle Capital, BitDAO, Black Dragon, Block54 Capital, Cogitent Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), Innovating Capital and 11 more.

Chainlink

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683 employees on LinkedIn · 19 known investors

Find your way into Chainlink

76 people in our graph share verified history with the Chainlink team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Daniel Portillounlockedknows Sergey Nazarov · together at Chainlink labs (overlapped)

×7knows the team · via Chainlink labs

×4knows the team · via Chainlink

Chainlink is an oracle platform that connects onchain applications with offchain data and external systems, serving major financial institutions and DeFi protocols with standards for data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy. The platform enables developers to build tokenized assets, cross-chain workflows, and institutional-grade blockchain applications across capital markets and decentralized finance.

Crypto & Web3 Data & Infrastructure Fintech

Founders & leadership

Sergey Nazarov FounderCo-Founder at Chainlink labs

Investors · 19

AZDAGlisted by AZDAGRoad Town

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Big Candle Capitallisted by Big Candle CapitalSingapore

BitDAOlisted by BitDAO

Black Dragonlisted by Black Dragon

Block54 Capitallisted by Block54 CapitalWarsaw · $100K – $1M

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Cogitent Ventureslisted by Cogitent VenturesLondon

DCVC (Data Collective)listed by DCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M

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Innovating Capitallisted by Innovating CapitalNew York · $10K – $3M

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Mantle Networklisted by Mantle Network

MiH Ventureslisted by MiH Ventures

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Moonhill Capitallisted by Moonhill Capital

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Next Play Ventureslisted by Next Play VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $5M

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Optic Capitallisted by Optic Capital$100K – $1M

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Pantera Capitallisted by Pantera CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M

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Panxora Management Corporationlisted by Panxora Management CorporationNassauvia Gavin Smith · inferred

Permian Capital Managementlisted by Permian Capital ManagementSan Francisco

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Sublime Ventureslisted by Sublime VenturesVancouver

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Youbi Capitallisted by Youbi CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M

Morgan Creek CapitalreportedChapel Hill · $1M – $5M

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Founder mafia

The Chainlink mafia →

8 people who came through Chainlink went on to found or lead other companies.

Daniel PortilloAdvisorFounded Turbine one David Mc GovernBusiness Development ManagerFounded Basalt Sergey NazarovCo-FounderFounded chainlink Benedict ChanVice President Of EngineeringFounded LightSprint Mickey GrahamHead of GrowthFounded Metalayer Ventures Uday KeshavdasGTM AdvisorFounded Xapa Cassidy WilliamsAdvisorFounded Cosynd Jason VranekResearch EngineerFounded Puffer Finance

Frequently asked questions

What does Chainlink do?: Chainlink is an oracle platform that connects onchain applications with offchain data and external systems, serving major financial institutions and DeFi protocols with standards for data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy. The platform enables developers to build tokenized assets, cross-chain workflows, and institutional-grade blockchain applications across capital markets and decentralized finance.
Who founded Chainlink?: Chainlink was founded by Sergey Nazarov.
Who are Chainlink's investors?: Chainlink's investors include AZDAG, Big Candle Capital, BitDAO, Black Dragon, Block54 Capital, Cogitent Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), Innovating Capital and 11 more.