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Keep is building a privacy layer for Ethereum. A Keep is an off-chain container for private data. Keeps provide a bridge between the world of public blockchains and private data.
Overview
Location
Cayman Islands, George Town
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$9M
Founded date
2017
Investors 11
| Date | Name | Website |
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| a16z | a16z.com | |
| Collab+Currency | collabcurrency.com | |
| Paradigm | paradigm.xyz | |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Coinbase Ventures | ventures.coinbase.com |
| Bering Waters | ventures.beringwaters.com | |
| VBC Ventures | vbc.ventures | |
| DHVC | dh.vc | |
| Infinite | infinite.xyz | |
| Draper Associates | draper.vc |
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Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 10
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| Jun 20, 2021 | Metaverse Weekly: News About Holograms, NFTs, Awards, Partnerships And Launches From All Corners Of The Metaverse | Metaverse Weekly getty |
| Jun 16, 2021 | 2 Ethereum Projects Are Officially Merging; 'Keanu' Aims for August Launch | Two well-regarded protocols born out of the 2017-2018 initial coin offering era are officially merging. Simply put, Codename: KEANU is a go. The two projects, Keep and NuCypher, realized they faced inevitable competition that would lead to ... |
| Mar 11, 2021 | 'Keanu' Explained: What It Means to Merge Two Ethereum Projects | In the traditional business world, corporate mergers often create behemoths that come to dominate markets and, on occasion, drive political leaders to break them up again. This is the story of a merger in the making, but in the decentralize... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | Pantera's Paul Veradittakit's 2021 Predictions | It has been an eventful year, to say the least. In terms of blockchain and crypto, we saw several key developments: the halving of Bitcoin, liquidity mining and the explosive growth of several decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, stro... |
| Sep 22, 2020 | Supply of Tokenized Bitcoin on Ethereum Now Tops $1.1B: Here's Why | To the surprise of many, bitcoin (BTC) has been a breakout star in Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) moment. Taking the form of wrapped or tokenized bitcoin, the digital asset takes the best of both blockchains – bitcoin’s price value... |
| May 20, 2020 | Team Behind Bitcoin-Backed Ethereum Token tBTC Explains Shutdown | Keep Network says a flawed code addition forced the shutdown of its bitcoin-backed Ethereum token, tBTC, just two days after it launched. On May 18, deposits of bitcoin into tBTC were paused for 10 days – a move prompted by a bug that was s... |
| Apr 2, 2020 | Makers of Keep Protocol Raise $7.7M to Bring Trustless BTC to DeFi | With a forthcoming product that may entice more decentralized finance (DeFi) players to incorporate bitcoin-backed tokens, Thesis has closed a $7.7 million deal by selling its Keep tokens to some of crypto’s top investors. Announced Thursda... |
| Jun 11, 2018 | An Overview Of The Distributed Computing Landscape | People have been trying to build distributed compute networks since the 1990’s; In 1996, GIMPS used distributed compute to search for prime numbers and in 1999, [email protected] used volunteers’ compute power to search for extraterrestrial... |
| Jan 27, 2018 | The Opportunity for Interoperable Chains of Chains | Kyle Samani is co-founder and Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, a thesis-driven crypto fund that invests exclusively in crypto assets. Today, blockchain interoperability is virtually non-existent. If you want to move value across chain... |
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FAQ about Keep #tBTC
When was Keep #tBTC founded?
Keep #tBTC was founded in 2017.
How much funding has Keep #tBTC raised?
Keep #tBTC has raised $9M in total across 1 funding round.
Who has invested in Keep #tBTC?
Parsers VC lists 11 investors of Keep #tBTC, among them Coinbase Ventures, a16z and Collab+Currency.
What has the press written about Keep #tBTC?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Keep #tBTC, among them “Metaverse Weekly: News About Holograms, NFTs, Awards, Partnerships And Launches From All Corners Of The Metaverse” (Jun 20, 2021) and “2 Ethereum Projects Are Officially Merging; 'Keanu' Aims for August Launch” (Jun 16, 2021).
Is Keep #tBTC still active?
Yes, Keep #tBTC is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 18, 2022.