Iron Fish
Blockchain & Crypto · Cryptocurrencies
Overview
Safe Optional Privacy for Any Asset. Zero-Knowledge Layer-1 blockchain giving optional privacy to assets on transparent chains.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$27M
1 round on record
Latest round
$27M
Venture round · Nov 2021 · 4 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Backers
3
Andreessen Horowitz, a16z Frontier
The money's age
Long since its last round
59 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 20, 2023
Launched April 20, 2023 A16z-backed Iron Fish launches privacy-focused blockchain on mainnet · theblock.co
Nov 30, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $27M
Sep 2020
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
2
best: 17 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Nov 2021 | $27M | — | forbes.com |
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Financials
Total raised
$27M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2021 | $27M | Details |
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a16z FrontierVia a fund

Sequoia CapitalVia a fund
412 portfolio companies

Andreessen HorowitzVia a fund
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News
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A16z Leads $28M Round for Privacy Coin Iron Fish
Other investors in the round included Sequoia, Electric Capital and MetaStable, as well as Terra co-founder Do Kwon and Anchorage co-founder Nathan McCauley.
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November 30, 2021 Iron Fish Raises 27 Million To Build A Cryptocurrency Beyond The Reach Of Surveillance States
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Announcing Iron Fish - Privacy for Everyone Iron Fish Blog
Announcing the first Iron Fish testnet and funding to date
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