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Parity

Founded 2015 · 190 employees · 4 known investors

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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.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Founders & leadership

Parity was founded in 2015 by Gavin Wood.

GWGavin Wood
Gavin WoodFounder / 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 · 4

Blockchange Ventureslisted by Blockchange VenturesNew York

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Digital Currency Grouplisted by Digital Currency GroupNew York

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Fenbushi Capitallisted by Fenbushi CapitalShanghai

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Funding

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Founder mafia

2 people who came through Parity went on to found or lead other companies.

Jim PosenCore Development InternFounded IrreducibleIvan GankevichSoftware EngineerFounded Staex GmbH

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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, Blockchange Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Fenbushi Capital.