MakerDAO

About

Maker is a decentralized autonomous organization on the Ethereum blockchain.

Santa Cruz,California,United States
https://makerdao.com/

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Secondary Market
Last Funding Money Raised: $25M
Industries: Big Data,Bitcoin,Blockchain,Cryptocurrency,Financial Services,Security
Founded date: Jan 1, 2014
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: MakerDAO

Maker is a decentralized autonomous organization on the Ethereum blockchain seeking to minimize the price volatility of its own stable token — the Dai — against the IMF’s international currency basket SDR.

Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

7

$79.50M

MakerDAO has raised a total of $79.50M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 30, 2020 from a Funding Round round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Apr 30, 2020	Funding Round	—	1	—	—	Detail
Dec 19, 2019	Series Unknown	$27.50M	3	Dragonfly Paradigm	—	Detail
Apr 26, 2019	Secondary Market	$25M	8	COIND	—	Detail
Feb 2, 2019	Series Unknown	—	2	—	—	Detail
Sep 24, 2018	Series Unknown	$15M	1	Andreessen Horowitz	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

7

0

MakerDAO has made 7 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 22, 2022, when Jackpot raised $35M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Jun 22, 2022 Jackpot	Series A	$35M	Casino	—
Feb 17, 2022 Multis	Series Unknown	$7M	Blockchain	—
Aug 6, 2021 Harbor	Debt Financing	$7M	Blockchain	—
Apr 13, 2021 ConsenSys	Convertable Note	$65M	Blockchain	—
Jul 12, 2019 Ramp	Pre-seed	€1M	Blockchain	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

4

16

MakerDAO is funded by 16 investors. Dragonfly and Paradigm are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Dragonfly	Yes	Series Unknown
Paradigm	Yes	Series Unknown
COIND	Yes	Secondary Market
Andreessen Horowitz	Yes	Series Unknown
Bloccelerate VC	—	Funding Round
Inflection	—	Series Unknown
Buck Stash	—	Secondary Market
Caesar Chad	—	Secondary Market
California Technology Ventures	—	Secondary Market
Cashican People LLC	—	Secondary Market