Blockdaemon, founded in 2017, is a single integration partner for accessing premier blockchain networks. Through its end-to-end suite of blockchain tools—which include dedicated nodes, APIs, staking, liquid staking, MPC tech and more—Blockdaemon provides integrated business solutions to exchanges, custodians, crypto platforms, financial institutions and developers.
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Updated Aug 16, 2026
Blockdaemon is an institutional blockchain-infrastructure company that helps banks, financial institutions, exchanges, custodians, and crypto platforms build, operate, and scale digital-asset products. Its platform provides blockchain connectivity, wallets, key management, staking, data, transaction, and DeFi infrastructure.
Primary product
Institutional digital-asset infrastructure platform spanning nodes and APIs, MPC wallets and vaults, staking and earn services, transaction services, blockchain data, tokenization, and DeFi connectivity.
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Remote First, United States; public sources variously identify Los Angeles and New York/Brooklyn as principal office locations.
Team size
100-150; other public directories estimate 100-500
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Blockchain and digital-asset infrastructure; financial technology
Offices
Business model
Stage
Late-stage private / venture-backed
Total raised
$434.6M
Latest round
Series C / additional Series C financing · Jan 2023
Jan 2023 · TenSquared
Series C / additional financing
Aug 2022
Apr 2022 · Citi Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Telstra Ventures, and Invicta Growth
Jan 2022 · Sapphire Ventures and Tiger Global Management
Series B extension / strategic financing
Nov 2021 · J.P. Morgan and Tiger Global Management
Sep 2021 · SoftBank Vision Fund
Jun 2021 · Greenspring Associates
May 2020 · Boldstart Ventures and other existing investors
Apr 2019 · Lerer Hippeau
Apr 2018 · Boldstart Ventures, Comcast Ventures, and Genacast Ventures
Leadership
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Alex Zinder
Chief Product Officer
Demo Skalkotos
Chief DeFi & Protocols Officer
Amor Sexton
Chief Operating Officer
Sam Kim
Chief Legal Officer
Shannan Stewart
Chief of Staff
Navraj Rai
VP of Finance
Varun Gyanchandani
Director of Engineering
Andrew Vranjes
Chief Revenue Officer
Founders
Arun
Co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer; full name not consistently identified in public primary sources
Investors
The company presents itself as mission-driven, remote-first, globally distributed, and focused on institutional-grade security, reliability, compliance, and blockchain adoption. Careers messaging emphasizes technically strong teams, learning, ownership, and building infrastructure for decentralized finance. Publicly reported employee accounts also indicate material workforce reductions in late 2023.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public careers materials confirm stock options and benefits but do not publish broad salary bands. Role-specific compensation and visa information should be verified from individual job postings or recruiting conversations.
Benefits
Pricing
Enterprise and usage-based pricing; pricing is generally quote-based through sales rather than publicly listed. Products can be delivered through SaaS, dedicated, cloud, and on-premise deployment models.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $36M-$56M annually based on third-party estimates; estimates vary substantially and are not company-reported.
Estimated monthly visits
32.9K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Employee reports on Blind and LinkedIn described a Blockdaemon workforce reduction affecting approximately 15% of employees or a significant number of engineering staff. These reports are not supported by a formal company announcement, so the exact scope is unverified.
SourceAcquired Gem, a crypto API and fiat-to-crypto on-ramp company, for undisclosed terms.
SourceAcquired Danish digital-asset security and MPC key-management company Sepior for undisclosed terms.
SourceAnnounced the acquisition of expand.network, a DeFi connectivity API provider; the transaction was reported as being worth a double-digit-million-dollar amount and later announced as completed.
SourceBlockdaemon · Jun 2026
The company reported successful completion of the Node Operator Risk Standard certification, a third-party-attested framework for Ethereum validator infrastructure risk management.
Blockdaemon · Jun 2026
The partnership supports Blockdaemon’s Hyperliquid staking operations through the Kinetiq x Hyperion Validator and extends its institutional DeFi and validator infrastructure.
Taurus · Feb 2026
Taurus integrated Blockdaemon’s staking services into its institutional digital-asset platform, allowing regulated clients to stake while retaining custody and policy controls through Taurus-PROTECT.
Business Wire · Jan 2022
Sapphire Ventures and Tiger Global led Blockdaemon’s largest publicly disclosed financing round, with participation from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Boldstart, StepStone, Matrix, Lerer Hippeau, Kenetic, and Galaxy Digital.
Blockdaemon
Blockdaemon announced completion of its acquisition of expand.network and the addition of Demo Skalkotos and Varun Gyanchandani to senior leadership, expanding its institutional DeFi API capabilities.
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