Aptos - About the company
Aptos is a series D company based in Palo Alto (United States), founded in 2021 by Mo Shaikh and Avery Ching. It operates as a Provider of protocols for building blockchain-based solutions. Aptos has raised $350M in funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, FTX and Foresight Ventures, with a current valuation of $4B. The company has 1432 active competitors, including 295 funded and 35 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Solana, NEAR and Mysten Labs.
Sectors and market segments that Aptos operate in
Aptos serves in the High Tech, Blockchain Technology, FinTech market segments.The primary business model of Aptos are:Company Details
Provider of protocols for building blockchain-based solutions. It offers users with a platform focused on building blockchain-based products and applications. It develops network tooling and ensures usability in order to offer the benefits of decentralization to the masses.
- Website
- aptoslabs.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@aptoslabs.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2021
Location
Palo Alto, United States
Stage
Series D
Total Funding
$350M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$4B as on Sep 15, 2022
Investors
Ranked
1st among 1432 active competitors
Employee Count
207 as on Mar 31, 2026
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Aptos's funding and investors
Aptos has raised a total funding of $350M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 15, 2022. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Sep 19, 2024 for an undisclosed amount. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Aptos has 32 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Aptos:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Sep 19, 2024 | Undisclosed | Series D | - | - | - | |
Sep 15, 2022 | Undisclosed | Series D | $4B | - | - | |
Jul 25, 2022 | $150M | Series D | $1B | - |
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Aptos' founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Aptos' key team members:
- Mo Shaikh: Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Aptos. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
- Avery Ching: Co-Founder & CTO of Aptos. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
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Aptos' employee count trend
Aptos has 207 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Aptos's employee count trend over the years:
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Aptos's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Aptos include Solana, NEAR and Mysten Labs. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Aptos, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Aptos 2021, Palo Alto (United States), Series D | Provider of protocols for building blockchain-based solutions | $350M | 80/100 | |
2nd |  Solana 2010, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Blockchain-based infrastructure for transactions and counting | $374M | 79/100 | |
3rd | NEAR 2017, Zug (Switzerland), Series D | Public blockchain network platform | $542M | 78/100 | |
4th |  Mysten Labs 2021, Palo Alto (United States), Series B | Blockchain platform offering Web3 infrastructure solutions | $336M | 76/100 | |
5th | AVA 2018, Brooklyn (United States), Series B | Blockchain platform for smart contracts and custom subnets | $368M | 75/100 | |
6th | Blockchain-based public network for decentralized applications | - | 71/100 | ||
7th |  DFINITY 2014, Palo Alto (United States), Series C | Blockchain-based public network for building decentralized applications | $164M | 69/100 | |
8th |  Avalanche 2018, Tortola (United Kingdom), Funding Raised | Provider of smart contracts platform for decentralized application development | - | 68/100 | |
9th | Concordium 2018, Cham (Switzerland), Series B | Provider of Layer 1 blockchain platform | $15M | 67/100 | |
10th |  ThunderCore 2017, Sunnyvale (United States), Series B | Decentralized platform for the deployment of dApps | $55.8M | 67/100 |
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Aptos's Investments and acquisitions
Aptos has made 26 investments in companies including Pathpulse and Creator Fi. Aptos has also acquired 1 companies including HashPalette.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Dec 03, 2025 | Investments | 2024 | Mumbai (India) | |
Nov 25, 2025 | Investments | 2021 | San Francisco (United States) | |
Oct 09, 2025 | Investments | 2024 | Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |
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News related to Aptos
Filter this listMedia has covered Aptos for a total of 15 events in the last 1 year, 6 of them have been about company updates and 3 about partnerships.
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CreatorFi launches stablecoin credit platform with Aptos, receives $2M investmentNewMediaWire•Nov 25, 2025•Aptos
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Aptos Labs and Universal Launch Web3 Fan Engagement PlatformThe Daily Hodl•Oct 15, 2025•Aptos, Universal Orlando
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Reliance Jio Partners With Aptos to Offer Blockchain Rewards to 500M UsersCoinDesk•Oct 15, 2025•Aptos, Jio, Aptos Foundation
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Tria Secures $12M to Pioneer Self-Custodial Neobank for Humans and AIThe Daily Hodl•Oct 14, 2025•Injective, Arbitrum, Sentient Science, Polygon and 2 others
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Rhuna Secures $2M Seed Funding Led by Aptos Labs for Stablecoin Payment InfrastructureThe Daily Hodl•Oct 09, 2025•Aptos, CoinMarketCap, rhuna studio
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Aptos Surpasses 500,000 New Accounts on the EXPO2025 Digital WalletThe Daily Hodl•Aug 25, 2025•Aptos
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Gaming Community Startup STAN Secures $8.5 Mn in Funding from Google AI Fund, OthersInc42•Jul 31, 2025•Google Labs, Reazon, Aptos, Stan and 11 others
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Hyperion Secures Funding Led by OKX Ventures to Enhance Liquidity on AptosPR Newswire•Jun 11, 2025•Hyperion, OKX, Aptos, Maelstrom and 1 other
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