Where is Namebase located?

Namebase is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. It is registered at Walnut, California.

How many employees does Namebase have?

As of Dec 31, 2021, Namebase has 3 employees, reflecting a 62% year-over-year decline in headcount.

Is Namebase a funded company?

Namebase is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round.

Where does Namebase rank among its competitors?

Namebase ranks 271st amongst 1968 active competitors, of which 188 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Uphold, which secured an undisclosed amount in Apr, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Namebase?

Namebase's top competitors include Binance, Blockchain and Uphold. Among them, Uphold secured the most recent funding round in April, 2026.

Namebase - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Namebase provides a digital asset exchange platform. It offers to buy and sell Handshakes coins. It offers domain registration service via Handshake blockchain platform on a decentralized network. It provides auction, voting, and bidding for top-level domain on Handshake platform.

Website: namebase.io
Registered Address: Walnut, California

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2018

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Acquired

Investors

Coinbase & 5 more

Ranked

271^st among 1968 active competitors

Employee Count

3 as on Dec 31, 2021

Similar Companies

Binance & 4460 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Namecheap (Feb 20, 2022)

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Namebase is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
NAMEBASE, INC. CIN: 384081944 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	1 (As on Dec 31, 2023)	-

Namebase got acquired by Namecheap on Feb 20, 2022.

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Namebase is a funded company. Namebase has 6 institutional investors.

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The founders of Namebase are Tieshun Roquerre and Anthony Liu.

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

Tieshun Roquerre: Co-Founder of Namebase.
Anthony Liu: Co-founder & CTO of Namebase.

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Namebase's employee count trend

Namebase has 3 employees as of Dec 21. The total employee count is 62.0% lower than what it was in Dec 20. Here is Namebase's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Namebase include Binance, Blockchain and Uphold. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Namebase, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Binance 2017, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Series C	Online exchange platform for cryptocurrency	$2.02B	Sequoia Capital, Fancheng Holdings & 42 others	86/100
2nd	Blockchain 2011, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	App-based platform for exchange and trading solutions for cryptocurrency	$700M	Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kingsway Capital ... & 26 others	85/100
3rd	Uphold 2013, London (United Kingdom), Series B	App-based wallet and exchange platform for cross-border money transfers	$73.4M	YMF Investments, Blockchain Coinvestors & 7 others	82/100
4th	Uniswap 2018, New York City (United States), Series B	Provider of a decentralized exchange platform for cryptocurrency	$176M	Polychain, Andreessen Horowitz & 50 others	80/100
5th	Gemini 2014, New York City (United States), Public	Platform offering crypto exchange solutions	$424M	Morgan Creek Capital Management, Winklevoss Capital ... & 27 others	79/100
6th	PDAX 2017, Makati (Philippines), Series B	Online exchange platform for cryptocurrencies	$62.5M	Tiger Global Management, BitMEX & 13 others	77/100
7th	FTX 2019, Nassau City (Bahamas), Series C	Online platform for trading in cryptocurrency	$1.73B	Temasek, SoftBank & 70 others	77/100
8th	CoinDCX 2018, Mumbai (India), Series D	Cryptocurrency exchange and trading service provider	$247M	Polychain, Bain Capital Ventures & 31 others	76/100
9th	CoinSwitch 2017, Bengaluru (India), Series C	Broker-based online crypto trading and exchange platform	$302M	Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global Management & 13 others	75/100
10th	Bitstamp 2011, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	App-based platform for cryptocurrency exchange	$11.4M	Pantera Capital, Cognisa Capital & 8 others	75/100
271st	Namebase 2018, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Digital asset exchange platform	-	Coinbase, Robvc & 4 others	34/100