Tableland
3 known investors
Tableland is an open-source, decentralized cloud database built on SQLite that enables applications, data pipelines, and smart contracts to read and write tamper-proof data across EVM blockchains. It provides ACID-compliant relational database functionality with wallet and contract-based access control.
Also known as TABL · Tableland Network
Investors · 3
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$8M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2023
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Tableland is an open-source, permissionless cloud database built on the SQLite engine that lets developers read and write tamperproof data from front-end applications, back-end services, data pipelines, or EVM smart contracts. It presents itself as a fully-featured, ACID-compliant relational database, so developers can model complex relational data for decentralized games, applications, NFTs and other web3 use cases rather than working with key-value or file-based storage alone.
Tables in Tableland are minted as ERC-721 tokens by a registry smart contract deployed on each supported chain. This makes access control programmable: authentication and authorization are driven by wallet addresses, token ownership, account balances or arbitrary contract logic, with fine-grained row- and column-level write rules. Data can be updated through onchain actions while read queries are served directly by the Tableland network of nodes running SQLite.
The protocol is accompanied by a developer toolchain that includes a JavaScript/TypeScript SDK with Cloudflare D1 compatibility, smart contract interfaces, a CLI and shell, a gateway REST API for querying validators, a Go validator node distributed via Docker, a Hardhat plugin, a local development environment (Local Tableland), a WASM SQL parser and starter templates. Studio is a web application for project management, letting users create teams, projects and tables.
Business model
Tableland operates protocol infrastructure integrated with EVM networks rather than a hosted proprietary service; the software is open source and the network is run by validator nodes.
The protocol processes user payments per SQL write operation, charged as transaction gas on the underlying EVM network in the same manner as other blockchain transactions.
Traction
Public traction indicators include a set of open-source example applications and templates published under the tablelandnetwork GitHub organization, a Discord community, and third-party developer and project endorsements from the Filecoin, Textile and web3 gaming and NFT ecosystems. The team also ships and maintains Rigs, a 3,000-item generative NFT collection with an accompanying Garage application whose data lives in publicly queryable Tableland tables.
Latest developments
Tableland reported an $8 million Series A led by CoinFund in April 2023 to build permissionless relational databases for web3 applications. Product materials describe the Studio web app, deployment across Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum, Arbitrum Nova and Polygon with Filecoin and zkEVM support planned, and roadmap items for the Rigs ecosystem including validator- and governance-based ways to earn Flight Time and a planned EIP for a generic Token Reputation standard.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Tableland positions itself as a decentralized alternative to conventional cloud databases for web3 builders, offering SQL relational capabilities with onchain access control across multiple EVM chains.
Distinguishing characteristics cited include a familiar SQL/SQLite interface with ACID guarantees, tables represented as ERC-721 tokens under a registry contract, granular row- and column-level access control driven by wallet addresses, token ownership or custom contract logic, portability of SQL across frontend, backend and smart contracts, and multi-chain deployment.
Technology
The database is built on the SQLite engine and is described as fully-featured, ACID-compliant and relational. A network of nodes runs SQLite and serves read queries, while writes are mediated onchain: each table is minted as an ERC-721 token by a Tableland registry smart contract on the chain where it lives, enabling wallet- and contract-based authentication and authorization with row- and column-level write permissions. Developer access is available through a JavaScript/TypeScript SDK (with Cloudflare D1 compatibility), smart contracts, a CLI, and a gateway REST API; validator nodes are written in Go and run via Docker. Supporting tooling includes Local Tableland for local development against a Hardhat node, a Hardhat plugin, and a client-side WASM parser that normalizes Tableland-compliant SQL.
Go-to-market
Tableland targets developers through open-source repositories, documentation, SDKs and CLI tooling, example applications and starter templates (including a to-do app, multiplayer hangman with a dynamic NFT, a mintable key-value store, an onchain chess game, an ERC-20 data DAO on Polygon and a voting mechanism), a Studio web app for project and team management, community channels such as Discord, and presence at developer events such as the Filecoin Hackerbase at ETHDenver.
Web3 developers building decentralized applications, games, dynamic NFTs, data DAOs and onchain data pipelines that need relational data with decentralized access control.
Geography
A private-market listing gives the company's headquarters as Mill Valley, California, United States. The protocol itself is deployed on Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum, Arbitrum Nova and Polygon, with Filecoin and zkEVM support described as forthcoming.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 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.
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsPress coverage reported an $8 million Series A round led by CoinFund to build a permissionless relational database bringing SQL to web3 applications.
$8M source ↗
Tableland released Rigs, a 3,000-piece generative NFT collection assembled from 1,074 handcrafted artworks, together with the Garage web app for collection metrics, Rig and collector profiles, and a trait-filtered gallery. Rig data is stored in publicly queryable Tableland tables controlled by the Rigs smart contract, and the collection implements ERC-4906 so pilot changes update metadata automatically.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 5
primary sources listed
- Tablelandtableland.xyz · web
5 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Tableland do?
- Tableland is an open-source, permissionless decentralized cloud database built on SQLite for apps, data pipelines and EVM smart contracts.
- Who are Tableland's investors?
- Tableland's investors include A.Capital Ventures, CoinFund, Multicoin Capital.
- How much funding has Tableland raised?
- Tableland has disclosed $8M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.