Where is Ontology located?

Ontology is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

How many employees does Ontology have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Ontology is 42.

Is Ontology a funded company?

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

Where does Ontology rank among its competitors?

Ontology ranks 107th amongst 1309 active competitors, of which 285 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Celestia, which secured $100M in Sep, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Ontology?

Ontology's top competitors include Mysten Labs, Aptos and Solana. Among them, Celestia secured the most recent funding round in September, 2024.

Ontology - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Ontology is a funded company based in Shanghai (China), founded in 2017 by Jun Li. It operates as a Multi-chain blockchain protocol for enterprises. The company has 1309 active competitors, including 285 funded and 30 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Mysten Labs, Aptos and Solana.

Company Details

Ontology is a multi-chain blockchain protocol for enterprises. It features a network of blockchains that is designed to help migrate proprietary enterprise platforms onto a distributed ledger model. It consists of a distributed identity system, distributed data exchange, distributed data collaboration, distributed procedure protocols, distributed communities, distributed attestation, multiple industry-specific modules, and more.

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Founded Year

2017

Location

Shanghai, China

Stage

Funding Raised

Investors

DHVC & 19 more

Ranked

107^th among 1309 active competitors

Employee Count

42 as on Jul 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

XDAO & 2 more

Similar Companies

Aptos & 1445 more

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Ontology is a funded company. Ontology has 20 institutional investors.

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The founders of Ontology is Jun Li.

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

Jun Li: Founder of Ontology.

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Ontology's employee count trend

Ontology has 42 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Ontology's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Ontology include Mysten Labs, Aptos and Solana. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Ontology, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Mysten Labs 2021, Palo Alto (United States), Series B	Blockchain platform offering Web3 infrastructure solutions	$336M	FTX, Andreessen Horowitz & 42 others	82/100
2nd	Aptos 2021, Palo Alto (United States), Series D	Provider of protocols for building blockchain-based solutions	$350M	Jump Crypto, Multicoin Capital & 33 others	79/100
3rd	Solana 2010, San Francisco (United States), Series C	Blockchain-based infrastructure for transactions and counting	$374M	500 Global, Multicoin Capital & 95 others	79/100
4th	NEAR 2017, Zug (Switzerland), Series D	Public blockchain network platform	$542M	Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global Management ... & 90 others	77/100
5th	AVA 2018, Brooklyn (United States), Series B	Blockchain platform for smart contracts and custom subnets	$368M	Andreessen Horowitz, Ceras Ventures & 22 others	75/100
6th	Ethereum 2013, Toronto (Canada), Series B	Blockchain-based public network for decentralized applications	-	DJ Yakisoba Capital Partners, KR1 & 109 others	71/100
7th	Chain 2014, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Blockchain solutions empowering businesses to thrive in the Web3 era	$39.5M	RRE Ventures, Nasdaq & 26 others	70/100
8th	DFINITY 2014, Palo Alto (United States), Series C	Blockchain-based public network for building decentralized applications	$164M	Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain & 60 others	68/100
9th	Avalanche 2018, Tortola (United Kingdom), Funding Raised	Provider of smart contracts platform for decentralized application development	-	GAINS Associates, Kernel Ventures & 44 others	68/100
10th	Celestia 2011, Vaduz (Liechtenstein), Series C	Blockchain-based modular consensus and data network	$204M	Bain Capital Crypto, Syncracy & 48 others	67/100
107th	Ontology 2017, Shanghai (China), Funding Raised	Multi-chain blockchain protocol for enterprises	-	DHVC, Rhapsody Ventures & 18 others	46/100

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Ontology has made 3 investments including XDAO, Vybit and Points. Ontology has not made any acquisitions as of now.

Here is the list of its investments:

Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Nov 25, 2022	Investments	XDAO	2021	Moscow (Russia)
Sep 09, 2019	Investments	Vybit	2016	Los Angeles (United States)
Jul 20, 2018	Investments	Points	2017	Chaoyang (China)