====== OpenSea ======

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**OpenSea** is an American [[non-fungible token]] (NFT) marketplace based in [[united_states:new_york:New York City]].

===== History =====

The company was founded by [[Devin Finzer]] and [[Alex Atallah]] in 2017.((Ehrlich, S. (2021, July 6). //NFT Marketplace CEO Explains Why The Industry Is Moving Beyond Ideological Purists.// Forbes. http://archive.today/2023.04.12-064517/https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/2021/07/06/nft-marketplace-ceo-explains-why-the-industry-is-moving-beyond-ideological-purists/?sh=30364b111fc3))

In March 2021, OpenSea announced it had raised $23 million from its Series A funding round, and another $100 million in Series B funding in July 2021.((Matney, L. (2021, July 20). //NFT market OpenSea hits $1.5 billion valuation.// TechCrunch. http://archive.today/2023.04.12-064854/https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/20/nft-market-opensea-hits-1-5-billion-valuation/))

In April 2023, the company launched a new NFT market aggregator tool called OpenSea Pro.((Kimani, D. (2023, April 10). //OpenSea Reclaims NFT Market Dominance From Blur, Days After Launching Its OpenSea Pro.// InsideBitcoins. http://archive.today/2023.04.12-163514/https://insidebitcoins.com/news/opensea-reclaims-nft-market-dominance-from-blur-days-after-launching-its-opensea-pro))

===== Organization =====

==== Investors ====

Investors in OpenSea include:((Matney, L. (2021, July 20). //NFT market OpenSea hits $1.5 billion valuation.// TechCrunch. http://archive.today/2023.04.12-064854/https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/20/nft-market-opensea-hits-1-5-billion-valuation/)) ((Finzer, D. (2019, November 9). //Bringing on additional strategic investors to OpenSea.// OpenSea. http://archive.today/2022.09.13-200849/https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/bringing-on-additional-strategic-investors-to-opensea/)) ((Matney, L. (2021, March 18). //NFT marketplace OpenSea raises $23 million from a16z.// TechCrunch. https://web.archive.org/web/20230412065729/https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/18/nft-marketplace-opensea-raises-23-million-from-a16z/)) ((Isaac, M. (2022, January 5). //OpenSea valued at $13.3 billion in new round of venture funding.// The New York Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20230406221230/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/business/opensea-13-billion-valuation-venture-funding.html)) ((//Seed Round - OpenSea - 2018-05-10 - Crunchbase Funding Round Profile.// Crunchbase. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/opensea-seed--5b269379)) ((//Secondary Market - OpenSea - 2021-10-02 - Crunchbase Funding Round Profile.// Crunchbase. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/opensea-secondary-market--644c5d68)) ((//Series C - OpenSea - 2022-01-05 - Crunchbase Funding Round Profile.// Crunchbase. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/opensea-series-c--9c529d46))

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  * [[1confirmation]]
  * [[Alexis Ohanian]]
  * [[Andreessen Horowitz]]
  * [[Andrew Vigneault]]
  * [[Animoca Brands]]
  * [[Ashton Kutcher]]
  * [[AvoInvest]]((//Venture Round - OpenSea - 2021-10-05 - Crunchbase Funding Round Profile.// Crunchbase. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/opensea-series-unknown--78a5dbdd))
  * [[Blockchain Capital]]
  * [[Bossanova Investimentos]]
  * [[Brad Flora]]
  * [[Buck Stash]]
  * [[Cashican People]]
  * [[Coatue Management]]
  * [[Coinbase Ventures]]
  * [[COIND]]
  * [[Connect Ventures]]
  * [[Creative Artists Agency]] (CAA)
  * [[Crowd Venture Capital]]
  * [[David Pazdan]]
  * [[Devang Thakkar]]
  * [[Dylan Field]]
  * [[Foundation Capital]]
  * [[Founders Fund]]
  * [[gumi Cryptos]]
  * [[Kathryn Haun]]
  * [[Kevin Durant]]
  * [[Kevin Hartz]]
  * [[Linda Xie]]
  * [[Mark Cuban]]
  * [[Metapurse]]
  * [[Michael Ovitz]]
  * [[Naval Ravikant]]
  * [[Paradigm]]
  * [[Pascal Capital]]
  * [[Regan Bozman]]
  * [[Republic]]
  * [[Scott Belsky]]
  * [[Seth Weinstein]]
  * [[Stable Fund]]
  * [[Stacks]]
  * [[Standard Crypto]]
  * [[StartX]]
  * [[SV Angel]]
  * [[The Chernin Group]] (TCG)
  * [[Thirty Five Ventures]]
  * [[Tim Ferriss]]
  * [[To Kenz Capital]]
  * [[Tobi Lutke]]
  * [[Y Combinator]]
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==== Portfolio ====

OpenSea has invested in a number of companies and ventures, directly and through OpenSea Ventures:((//OpenSea - Investments, Portfolio & Company Exits.// Crunchbase. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/opensea/recent_investments)) ((//OpenSea Ventures.// Crunchbase. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/opensea-ventures/recent_investments))

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  * [[Atomic Bazaar]]
  * [[Chaos Labs]]
  * [[Courtyard]]
  * [[Daylight Studios]]
  * [[Dharma Labs]]
  * [[Fair.xyz]]
  * [[Gem.xyz]]
  * [[Golden]]
  * [[Harpie]]
  * [[Lasso Labs]]
  * [[LayerZero Labs]]
  * [[Lit Protocol]]
  * [[MetaStreet]]
  * [[Minteo]]
  * [[Monaverse]]
  * [[Nomad]]
  * [[Optic]]
  * [[Pinata]]
  * [[reNFT]]
  * [[Socket]]
  * [[Stelo Labs]]
  * [[TwitterScan]]
  * [[Web3 Builders]]
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===== External links =====

  * [[https://opensea.io/|Website]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSea|Wikipedia]]