When was Boba founded?

Boba was founded in 2021 and become a unicorn in its 1st funding round in 2022.

Where is Boba located?

Boba is headquartered in Palo Alto, United States.

How many employees does Boba have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Boba is 10.

Is Boba a funded company?

Boba is a funded company, having raised a total of $45M in its 1st and only funding round, a Series A round on Apr 05, 2022.

How much is Boba worth?

The latest valuation of Boba is $1B as of Apr 05, 2022.

When was the latest funding round of Boba?

Boba's latest funding was a $45M Series A round on Apr 05, 2022, with participation from 35 investors. Its primary sector is Blockchain Infrastructure. In United States, the Blockchain Infrastructure sector has seen $1.5B in funding in 2026 to date.

Is Boba a Blockchain Infrastructure company?

The primary sector of Boba is Blockchain Infrastructure.

Where does Boba rank among its competitors?

Boba ranks 5th amongst 55 active competitors, of which 18 are funded. It stands 3rd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Blockstream, which secured $210M in Oct, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Boba?

Boba's top competitors include Blockstream, Orbs and Gnosis. Among them, Blockstream secured the most recent funding round in October, 2024.

Boba - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Boba is a series A company based in Palo Alto (United States), founded in 2021 by Alan Chiu, William Shi and Yongdong L. It operates as a Decentralized network platform for Ethereum. Boba has raised $45M in funding from investors like CRYPTO, Ghaf Capital and M13 Company, with a current valuation of $1B. The company has 55 active competitors, including 18 that are funded. Its top competitors include companies like Blockstream, Orbs and Gnosis.

Sectors and market segments that Boba operate in

Boba serves in the High Tech, Blockchain Technology market segments.The primary business model of Boba are:

Company Details

Decentralized network platform for Ethereum. It provides users with NFT bridging, save gas, and liquidity pools, reduce gas fees, extends the capabilities of smart contracts, improves transaction, and more. It allows developers to build DApps that invoke code executed on web-scale infrastructure such as AWS Lambda.

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Founded Year

2021

Location

Palo Alto, United States

Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$45M in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Apr 05, 2022, $45M

Post Money Valuation

$1B as on Apr 05, 2022

Investors

CRYPTO & 45 more

Ranked

5^th among 55 active competitors

Employee Count

10 as on Aug 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

OpenPad

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Boba has raised a total funding of $45M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Apr 05, 2022 for $45M. 35 investors participated in its latest round. Boba has 44 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Boba:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Apr 05, 2022	$45M	Series A	$1B	-	CRYPTO, Sanctor Capital, Hypersphere Ventures, M13 Company, Hack VC, GBV Capital, Shima Capital, Kenetic, Ghaf Capital, Dreamers, Old Fashion Research, LD Capital, IOST, ROK Capital, Alphanonce	Joe Montana, KSHMR, Tony Robbins, Infinite Capital, Alliance DAO, TheVentureCity, BitMart, Valour, TRG Capital, 10X Capital, Genblock Capital, Kosmos Ventures, Ghaf Capital Partners, Portal ventures, Kinetic Capital Partners, Redline DAO, Krypital Group, D1 Capital Partners, Rarestone, HTX

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View details of Boba's funding rounds and investors

The founders of Boba are Alan Chiu, William Shi and Yongdong L.

Here are the details of Boba's key team members:

Alan Chiu: Co-Founder of Boba.
William Shi: Co-Founder of Boba.
Yongdong L: Co-Founder of Boba.

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Boba's employee count trend

Boba has 10 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Boba's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Boba include Blockstream, Orbs and Gnosis. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Boba, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Blockstream 2014, Montreal (Canada), Series C	Developer of cryptocurrency infrastructure software and open source hardware wallets	$651M	Baillie Gifford, Real Ventures & 46 others	76/100
2nd	Orbs 2017, Tel Aviv (Israel), Series A	Developer of decentralized protocols providing execution services for trading platforms	$15.4M	VestChain Capital, Outlier Ventures & 3 others	65/100
3rd	Gnosis 2015, Gibraltar (Gibraltar), Seed	Crypto-based financial service provider	$500K	Bixin Ventures, NGC Ventures & 12 others	64/100
4th	Lightning Labs 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Developer of infrastructure software for the bitcoin lightning payment network	$82.5M	Craft Ventures, Digital Currency Group & 29 others	60/100
5th	Boba 2021, Palo Alto (United States), Series A	Decentralized network platform for Ethereum	$45M	Hack VC, 10X Capital & 44 others	57/100
6th	Horizen 2017, Delaware City (United States), Funding Raised	Provides cryptocurrency and sidechain platform	-	Reqcap, Akwan & 1 others	56/100
7th	Horizen Labs 2018, Austin (United States), Seed	Blockchain-based infrastructure for sidechain application	$11M	Digital Currency Group, Liberty City Ventures ... & 5 others	45/100
8th	Ark 2016, Besancon (France), Funding Raised	Cross-blockchain communication based on Lisk-fork	-	Blockchain R&I, Marshmallow Cash	44/100
9th	Bitfinity Network 2021, London (United Kingdom), Series A	EVM infrastructure for the internet computer	$7M	ParaFi, Draft Ventures & 4 others	44/100
10th	OST 2017, Hong Kong (China), Funding Raised	Solution for developing blockchain-based platform on sidechains	-	Vectr Ventures, Outpost Capital & 4 others	43/100