zkSync - About the company
zkSync is a funded company based in Cayman Islands, founded in 2019 by Alex Gluchowski. It operates as a Zeroknowledge proof rollup layer 2 platforms. The company has 300 active competitors, including 88 funded and 11 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Aptos, Aleo and Optimism.
Company Details
Zero-knowledge proof rollup layer 2 platforms. Provides tools for increasing the scalability of layer 1 blockchain networks. Provides tools for deploying existing EVM codebase with minimum modifications.
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- www.zksync.io/
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Founded Year
2019
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Stage
Funding Raised
Investors
Ranked
11th among 300 active competitors
Employee Count
32 as on Sep 30, 2026
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zkSync's funding and investors
zkSync is a funded company. zkSync has 11 institutional investors.
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zkSync's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of zkSync is Alex Gluchowski. Alex Gluchowski is the CEO of zkSync.
Here are the details of zkSync's key team members:
- Alex Gluchowski: Co-Founder & CEO of zkSync and founder of 2 other companies, PaulCamper and Matter Labs. They are also an angel investor in 3 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address
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zkSync's employee count trend
zkSync has 32 employees as of Sep 26. Here is zkSync's employee count trend over the years:
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zkSync's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of zkSync include Aptos, Aleo and Optimism. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of zkSync, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Aptos 2021, Palo Alto (United States), Series D | Provider of protocols for building blockchain-based solutions | $350M | 78/100 | |
2nd | Aleo 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Blockchain-based network for developers | $228M | 73/100 | |
3rd | Optimism 2019, New York City (United States), Series B | Developer of blockchain software used for scaling decentralized network applications | $175M | 73/100 | |
4th | Blockchain-based infrastructure for NFT games and applications | $277M | 72/100 | ||
5th | Matter Labs 2019, Berlin (Germany), Series C | Finance infrastructure for blockchain privacy with verifiable computation | $458M | 72/100 | |
6th | _1560498636502.png?devicePixelRatio=2&height=30&width=30){kind=logo} Tokocrypto 2017, Jakarta (Indonesia), Acquired | Wallet solution provider for cryptocurrencies | - | 71/100 | |
7th | Keplr 2016, United States, Seed | IBC-enabled wallet for the Interchain ecosystem | $5M | 65/100 | |
8th | Offchain Labs 2018, Princeton (United States), Series B | Developer of solutions for Ethereum smart contracts | $124M | 64/100 | |
9th | Provider of layer two scaling infrastructure for decentralized blockchain networks | $4M | 63/100 | ||
10th | Blockchain-based platform offers zero-knowledge proof roll-up solutions | $287M | 63/100 | ||
11th |  zkSync 2019, Cayman Islands, Funding Raised | Zeroknowledge proof rollup layer 2 platforms | - | 62/100 |
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zkSync's Investments and acquisitions
zkSync has made 3 investments including Ethereum Institutional, GRVT and Rhinestone. zkSync 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 |
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Jul 02, 2026 | Investments | 2026 | - | |
Sep 18, 2025 | Investments | 2022 | Singapore (Singapore) | |
Aug 14, 2024 | Investments | 2022 | London (United Kingdom) |
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News related to zkSync
Filter this listMedia has covered zkSync for a total of 12 events in the last 1 year, 7 of them have been about company updates and 3 about partnerships.
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ZKsync developer Matter Labs open-sources Prividium permissioning engine; Bundesbank tests platformzkSync•Sep 09, 2026•zkSync
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Bitgo and Zksync Partner to Support Institutional Tokenized DepositsBitcoin•Mar 26, 2026•zkSync, BitGo
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Cari Selects ZKsync's Prividium™ to Power Bank-Governed Tokenized Deposit Network (Cointelegraph)zkSync•Mar 17, 2026•zkSync
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Ethereum L2 zkSync Names Real-World Infrastructure as Main Focus for 2026Coinspeaker•Jan 13, 2026•zkSync
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ZKsync Cuts Etherscan to Push Native Infrastructure, Eyes Token Utility in 2026Coinspeaker•Dec 23, 2025•zkSync
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Silal and SVG Sign JV Agreement at China International Import Expo 2025Benzinga•Nov 07, 2025•Silal, zkSync
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