Moralis
Stockholm, SE · 1 known investors
Moralis is a Stockholm-founded onchain data platform providing Web3 APIs, real-time streams and enterprise blockchain indexing.
Also known as Ivan on Tech Academy · Moralis Academy · Moralis Web3 API
Founders & leadership
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Moralis operates an onchain data platform that gives developers and enterprises a production-grade data layer for blockchain applications without running their own RPC nodes, indexers or custom infrastructure. Its core products are a Data API for on-demand reads of decoded and enriched wallet, token, NFT, price, DeFi and raw blockchain data; Streams, which delivers real-time onchain events via webhooks with custom filters and guaranteed delivery; Datashare, which exports large historical datasets to destinations such as Snowflake, BigQuery and S3; and a Data Indexer / Data Feeds offering that combines historical backfills with real-time indexing using customer-defined schemas.
The company positions these products around use cases including wallets and portfolio views, tax, accounting and compliance tooling, DeFi dashboards and trading bots, gaming, analytics, and stablecoin and real-world-asset tracking. Coverage spans EVM chains, Solana and Bitcoin, presented through a single unified schema; the website cites 50+ chains while the documentation cites 30+ supported chains. Moralis was founded in 2021 by Ivan Liljeqvist (CEO) and Filip Martinsson (COO) as a Sweden-based but remote-first Web3 development platform.
Founding story
Ivan Liljeqvist and Filip Martinsson met in 2014 while studying at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and shared an interest in blockchain and cryptocurrencies as software engineers. In 2017 they founded the Ivan on Tech Academy, later renamed Moralis Academy, to address a blockchain knowledge gap through developer training courses. While teaching students and working with early Web3 projects they concluded that available Web3 development tooling was underdeveloped and complex, and set out to build a backend tool that would feel familiar to Web2 developers. Moralis launched in 2021 as a cross-chain, multi-platform Web3 API provider, with Liljeqvist as CEO and Martinsson as COO.
Business model
Moralis sells access to its blockchain data infrastructure on a subscription basis, with self-serve tiers and custom enterprise agreements. Customers integrate its APIs, webhook streams and data-export pipelines into their own products rather than buying an end-user application.
Recurring subscription plans priced by monthly compute units (CUs) and throughput: Starter at $149/month billed annually (2 million CUs, 40 RPS), Pro at $249/month (100 million CUs, 80 RPS), and Business at $749/month (500 million CUs, 200 RPS), with a comparison table also listing annualized Pro and Business prices of $199 and $490. Additional CUs are billed at $11.25, $5 and $4 per million by tier, historical backfills are billed separately, and an Enterprise tier is custom-priced with committed-use discounts, custom SLAs and 24/7 engineering access. Pro and higher tiers can pay in crypto.
Traction
The website reports more than 100 million end users powered by Moralis and over 2 billion API requests served per month across 50+ chains, and press coverage in 2022 said tens of thousands of Web3 projects already used its software and APIs. Publicly named users span wallets, exchanges, security and custody providers, and NFT and gaming projects, including MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Exodus, Ledger, Blockchain.com, Aave, Wirex and Ronin.
Latest developments
Current product documentation describes the platform as an onchain data platform organised around the Data API, Streams and Data Feeds, covering 30+ chains, alongside website messaging emphasising Datashare exports to data warehouses, enterprise Data Indexer deployments, a Cortex API, and solutions for stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets, tax and compliance workflows, and AI use cases.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Moralis presents itself as a consolidated alternative to in-house blockchain indexing and to running multiple single-chain indexers, claiming roughly 50% lower cost than building in-house and reporting 100+ million end users powered and 2+ billion API requests served per month. Customer statements cite savings such as about $4,000 per chain per month in avoided infrastructure costs at Ronin, over $200,000 in engineering cost at one customer, and development-time reductions of 60-75%. It has been described in press coverage as a leading Web3 development platform used by tens of thousands of Web3 projects.
Breadth of chain coverage under a single unified schema, combined delivery modes (on-demand API, real-time webhooks, bulk data export and custom indexing) on one platform, and endpoint designs intended to minimize the number of API calls needed for common tasks such as building a wallet portfolio view. Customers cite chain coverage that competing providers lacked, documentation quality, and rapid support for newly launched chains.
Technology
A managed multi-chain indexing and data-delivery stack covering EVM chains, Solana and Bitcoin behind one consistent schema. It exposes request/response APIs (wallet, token, NFT, price, DeFi, blockchain, streams and Cortex APIs, 80+ endpoints), RPC nodes with full archive data, webhook-based real-time event streaming with automatic retries and failed-payload retention, and continuous custom indexing pipelines that combine historical backfill with live data. Enriched features include human-readable transaction history, automatic transaction categorization, address labelling, spam and scam contract filtering, real-time and historical pricing from DEX and CEX sources, and decoded DeFi balances.
Go-to-market
Self-serve sign-up for an API key with published tiered pricing and a usage calculator, supported by developer documentation, a Discord and email support channel, and a technical blog. Larger accounts are handled through a sales motion with demo requests, custom quotes and enterprise contracts that add dedicated Slack/Telegram channels, custom SLAs and marketing support. Developer-community activity, including a hackathon partnership with Google, and an education arm that began as the Ivan on Tech Academy (later Moralis Academy) also feed the funnel.
Web3 developers and startups plus enterprises building crypto wallets, portfolio apps, tax and accounting or compliance products, DeFi analytics and trading tools, games, NFT applications, and stablecoin/RWA platforms. Named users and referenced customers include Trust Wallet, Exodus Wallet, Ronin, MetaMask, Ledger, Blockchain.com, Bitcoin.com, Opera, Unstoppable Domains, Wirex, Aave, Consensys, Delta, Ctrl (formerly XDEFI Wallet), Tangem, GSR, Copper, Blockaid, GoPlus, Gate, Unizen and RTFKT.
Geography
Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and described as Sweden-based but remote-first, serving developers and enterprises internationally.
History
Founded in 2021 (reported as June 2021) in Sweden as a remote-first company, Moralis raised a seed round of EUR 11.5 million in October 2021, reported elsewhere as an EQT-backed $13.4 million round, and announced a $40 million Series A in May 2022 with EQT Ventures, Fabric Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Dispersion Capital participating. Early positioning centred on a Web3 development platform with backend infrastructure, an NFT API and a Metaverse SDK for building apps, games and NFTs cross-chain; the current offering is framed as an onchain data platform spanning the Data API, Streams, Datashare and Data Indexer/Data Feeds products.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsMoralis announced the close of a $40 million Series A round with participation from EQT Ventures, Fabric Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Dispersion Capital, plus new and returning angel investors. The lead investor and valuation were not disclosed. Proceeds were earmarked for product development, scaling to support more and larger clients, and user experience improvements.
$40M source ↗
CEO Ivan Liljeqvist stated that Moralis had recently partnered with Google on a hackathon.
Moralis raised a seed round of EUR 11.5 million in October 2021, reported as an EQT-backed $13.4 million seed round.
$13.4M source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Moralis do?
- Moralis is a Stockholm-founded onchain data platform providing Web3 APIs, real-time streams and enterprise blockchain indexing.
- Who founded Moralis?
- Moralis was founded by Ivan Liljeqvist.
- Who are Moralis's investors?
- Moralis's investors include Woodstock Fund.
- Where is Moralis headquartered?
- Moralis is headquartered in Stockholm, SE.