Parity
Founded 2015 · 190 employees · 3 known investors
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Nicole Quinnunlockedknows Gavin Wood · together at University of York (overlapped)
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Parity builds technical infrastructure that helps enterprises and startups adopt Web3, with a focus on the Polkadot ecosystem. It provides blockchain tooling that lets developers deploy testnets and build decentralized applications with native security and scalability.
Founders & leadership
Parity was founded in 2015 by Gavin Wood.
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Gavin WoodinFounder / Chief ArchitectHe co-founded Ethereum and served as CTO of the Ethereum Foundation, where he wrote an early implementation of the platform (released as "POC-1") and authored the Yellow Paper specification, and he designed the Solidity programming language.
Investors · 3
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries BMay 2025Source ↗
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Parity do?
- Parity builds technical infrastructure that helps enterprises and startups adopt Web3, with a focus on the Polkadot ecosystem. It provides blockchain tooling that lets developers deploy testnets and build decentralized applications with native security and scalability.
- Who founded Parity?
- Parity was founded by Gavin Wood in 2015.
- Who are Parity's investors?
- Parity's investors include ArcTern Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Fenbushi Capital.