# Kiln

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/kiln

- Industry: Financial Services
- Headquarters: Paris, France
- Website: www.kiln.fi
- Total disclosed funding: $35M
- Latest round: Series A (Jan 18, 2024)
- Investors on record: 16

## About

Founded in 2018 and based in Paris, France, Kiln operates as a web3 platform that engages in validating financial aspects in the blockchain industry. The company was co-founded by Laszlo Szabo, an entrepreneur, Ernest Oppetit, and Thomas de Phuoc, two computer scientists. In 2022, the company launched on Enzyme, a DeFi Operating System for asset managers. In January 2024,  Kiln SAS raised USD 17 million in series A funding led by 1kx, with participation from Crypto.com Capital, IOSG, KX, LBank Labs, and Wintermute Ventures. 

The company runs validators based on blockchain, which is called Kiln Validators. The company also has now developed a whole range of services throughout staking stack -- Kiln Connect, Kiln On-Chain, and Kiln Dashboard. Kiln Connect provides a single SDK for the integration of staking, rewards data, and customer custodian on all major PoS blockchains. Kiln On-Chain provides contracts for ETH staking & automated rewards management. Kiln Dashboard provides a staking dashboard, administration interface, rewards/ data reporting and data exporting.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Jan 18, 2024, $17M — 1kx Ventures, Crypto.com Capital, IOSG Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, LBank Labs, Kasikorn X
- Series A, Nov 28, 2022, $18M — Alven, SV Angel, Illuminate Financial, BlueYard Capital, Third Kind Venture Capital, ConsenSys Ventures, LeadBlock Partners, GSR Capital, Kraken Ventures, Sparkle Ventures LLP

## Investors

- Alven (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/alven) — Series A
- SV Angel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sv-angel) — Series A
- Illuminate Financial (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/illuminate-financial) — Series A
- BlueYard Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/blueyard-capital) — Series A
- Third Kind Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/third-kind-venture-capital) — Series A
- ConsenSys Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/consensys-ventures) — Series A
- LeadBlock Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/leadblock-partners) — Series A
- GSR Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gsr-capital) — Series A
- Kraken Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kraken-ventures) — Series A
- Sparkle Ventures LLP — Series A
- 1kx Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/1kx-ventures) — Series A
- Crypto.com Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/crypto-com-capital) — Series A
- IOSG Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/iosg-ventures) — Series A
- Wintermute Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/wintermute-ventures) — Series A
- LBank Labs (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/lbank-labs) — Series A
- Kasikorn X — Series A