ENS - About the company
ENS is a funded company based in Christchurch (New Zealand), founded in 2017 by Nick Johnson. It operates as a Blockchain-based platform for decentralized domain name and governance. The company has 160 active competitors, including 41 funded and 1 that has exited. Its top competitors include companies like IoTeX, Unstoppable Domains and Dash.
Company Details
Blockchain-based platform for decentralized domain name and governance. It enables users to create blockchain-based domains that can be used to store addresses and receive cryptocurrencies, tokens, and NFTs. It also enables users to use the traditional domain names. The ecosystem consists of wallets, browsers, and applications.
- Website
- ens.domains
- Email ID
- *****@ens.domains
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Founded Year
2017
Location
Christchurch, New Zealand
Stage
Funding Raised
Investors
Ranked
12th among 160 active competitors
Employee Count
42 as on Aug 31, 2026
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ENS's funding and investors
ENS is a funded company. ENS has 3 institutional investors.
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ENS's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of ENS is Nick Johnson.
Here are the details of ENS's key team members:
- Nick Johnson: Founder of ENS. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address
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ENS's employee count trend
ENS has 42 employees as of Aug 26. Here is ENS's employee count trend over the years:
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ENS's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of ENS include IoTeX, Unstoppable Domains and Dash. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of ENS, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | IoTeX 2017, Tortola (United Kingdom), Series A | Developer of blockchain infrastructure for real world artificial intelligence | $50M | 77/100 | |
2nd | Unstoppable Domains 2018, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Web3 domains for crypto transactions and building decentralized websites | $70M | 70/100 | |
3rd | Dash 2014, Scottsdale (United States), Series B | Digital currency for making payments | $16.2M | 69/100 | |
4th | Operator of a platform for perpetual futures trading on Ethereum | $240M | 66/100 | ||
5th | Zora 2020, Sacramento (United States), Seed | Online marketplace for NFTs | $62.6M | 65/100 | |
6th | Crypto-based financial service provider | $500K | 64/100 | ||
7th | Provider of layer two scaling infrastructure for decentralized blockchain networks | $4M | 63/100 | ||
8th | Blockchain-based platform for NFT and Defi application development | - | 60/100 | ||
9th | Arbitrum 2018, Princeton (United States), Seed | Blockchain-enabled application development platform for the fintech industry | - | 59/100 | |
10th | POAP 2019, Denver (United States), Seed | Cloud-based collection of NFTs | $10M | 58/100 | |
12th | ENS 2017, Christchurch (New Zealand), Funding Raised | Blockchain-based platform for decentralized domain name and governance | - | 55/100 |
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ENS's Investments and acquisitions
ENS has a total of 1 investment in Galaxis. ENS has not made any acquisitions as of now.Reports related to ENS
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News related to ENS
Media has covered ENS for a total of 5 events in the last 1 year, 5 of them have been about company updates.
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ENS to Deploy ENSv2 Exclusively on Ethereum, Halts Namechain L2 DevBitcoin•Feb 09, 2026•ENS, Ethereum
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WLFI Acquires ENS Domains as Plus Wallet Lists $TRUMP & Bitget Supports JUP Airdrop!Techpoint.Africa•Jan 21, 2025•World Liberty Financial, ENS
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ENS Domains Unveils Namechain: A Layer 2 Solution for the Ethereum EcosystemBitcoin•Nov 11, 2024•ENS
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