When was RISC Zero founded?

RISC Zero was founded in 2021 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is RISC Zero located?

RISC Zero is headquartered in Seattle, United States.

How many employees does RISC Zero have?

As of Sep 30, 2026, the latest employee count at RISC Zero is 11.

Is RISC Zero a funded company?

RISC Zero is a funded company, having raised a total of $54M across 3 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Mar 2022.

When was the latest funding round of RISC Zero?

RISC Zero's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Jul 19, 2023, with participation from 13 investors. Its primary sector is Open Source. In United States, the Open Source sector has seen $9.07B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does RISC Zero rank among its competitors?

RISC Zero ranks 48th amongst 150 active competitors, of which 70 are funded. It stands 6th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Aleo, which secured $480K in Mar, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of RISC Zero?

RISC Zero's top competitors include Aleo, Optimism and Immutable. Among them, Aleo secured the most recent funding round in March, 2025.

RISC Zero - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

RISC Zero is a series A company based in Seattle (United States), founded in 2021 by Frank Laub. It operates as a Provider of open-source based code to build software. RISC Zero has raised $54M in funding from investors like Ramez Naam, Blockchain Capital and Bain Capital Crypto. The company has 150 active competitors, including 70 funded and 4 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Aleo, Optimism and Immutable.

Company Details

Provider of open-source based code to build software. It is a zero-knowledge virtual machine that lets the user build trustless, verifiable software in multiple languages.

Website: risczero.com
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Founded Year

2021

Location

Seattle, United States

Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$54M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Jul 19, 2023, $*****

Investors

Ramez Naam & 29 more

Ranked

48^th among 150 active competitors

Employee Count

11 as on Sep 30, 2026

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RISC Zero is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
RISC ZERO, INC. CIN: 7012278 , United States, Active	Aug 23, 2023	-	-	-
RISC ZERO, INC. CIN: 87-4659834 , United States, Active	Oct 13, 2021	-	-	-

RISC Zero has raised a total funding of $54M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 2022. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Jul 19, 2023 for $*****. 13 investors participated in its latest round. RISC Zero has 20 institutional investors and 10 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of RISC Zero:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jul 19, 2023	6304547	Series A	2888565	3020779	3274848	7809251
Aug 09, 2022	9261947	Seed	5365282	7686741	7706579	D1 Ventures & 10 more
Mar 2022	6524215	Seed	3154710	5226101	Ramez Naam	6558212

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The founders of RISC Zero is Frank Laub.

Here are the details of RISC Zero's key team members:

Frank Laub: Co-founder & CTO of RISC Zero.

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RISC Zero's employee count trend

RISC Zero has 11 employees as of Sep 26. Here is RISC Zero's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of RISC Zero include Aleo, Optimism and Immutable. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of RISC Zero, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Aleo 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Blockchain-based network for developers	$228M	SoftBank Vision Fund, Kora & 19 others	73/100
2nd	Optimism 2019, New York City (United States), Series B	Developer of blockchain software used for scaling decentralized network applications	$175M	Andreessen Horowitz, Paradigm & 16 others	69/100
3rd	Immutable 2018, Sydney (Australia), Series C	Blockchain-based infrastructure for NFT games and applications	$277M	Temasek, Galaxy & 57 others	69/100
4th	Matter Labs 2019, Berlin (Germany), Series C	Finance infrastructure for blockchain privacy with verifiable computation	$458M	Union Square Ventures, DRAGONFLY & 19 others	67/100
5th	Offchain Labs 2018, Princeton (United States), Series B	Developer of solutions for Ethereum smart contracts	$124M	ventures.coinbase.com, Lightspeed Venture Partners ... & 17 others	66/100
6th	Metis 2018, Singapore (Singapore), Seed	Provider of layer two scaling infrastructure for decentralized blockchain networks	$4M	PARSIQ, MV Global & 34 others	64/100
7th	Harmony 2018, Portland (United States), Series A	Blockchain-based public network for data sharing	$10M	HashKey Capital, Monday Capital & 14 others	63/100
8th	zkSync 2019, Cayman Islands, Funding Raised	Zeroknowledge proof rollup layer 2 platforms	-	Union Square Ventures, DeepTech Ventures & 9 others	62/100
9th	Nexus 2022, San Francisco (United States), Series A	Provider of Layer 1 blockchain platform optimized for high-frequency cryptocurrency trading and decentralized finance applications	$27.2M	DRAGONFLY, Lightspeed Venture Partners & 5 others	61/100
10th	Taiko 2022, Shanghai (China), Series A	Developer of a decentralized protocol for scaling the Ethereum network	$37M	Sequoia Capital China, GSR & 19 others	60/100
48th	RISC Zero 2021, Seattle (United States), Series A	Provider of open-source based code to build software	$54M	Fenbushi Capital, Galaxy & 28 others	36/100