# Merkle Manufactory

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/merkle-manufactory

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Venice, US
- Website: www.merklemanufactory.com
- Total disclosed funding: $29M
- Latest round: Seed (Jun 17, 2022)
- Investors on record: 21

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2021, Merkle Manufactory Inc. is a software company contributing to the Farcaster, an open protocol that can support multiple clients like email. In July 2022, Merkle Manufactory Inc. raised USD 30 million in venture funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from 1confirmation, 6529 Capital, ACapital, Ansa Capital, Archetype, Canonical Crypto, Chapter One Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, First Round Capital, Floodgate, Haystack Fund, Mischief Capital Management, Multicoin Capital, Offline Ventures, Proof Group Capital Management, Ribbit Capital, Scalar Capital Management LLC, Standard Crypto Management, Todd and Rahul Angel Fund and Volt Capital. As of July 2022, Daniel Romero is the CEO of Merkle Manufactory Inc.

The company is developing Farcaster, a social networking protocol where users have direct relationships with their audiences and developers can build new clients with new features on the network.

Merkle Manufactory plans to its proceeds from July 2022 funding to develop a social networking protocol called Farcaster and aims to launch it later this year.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Jun 17, 2022, $29M — A Capital (Dupe), First Round Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Floodgate, Ribbit Capital, Haystack, 1Confirmation, Multicoin Capital, Scalar Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Chapter One, Ansa, Offline Ventures, Todd and Rahul Angel Fund, Mischief, Volt Capital, Archetype, Proof Group, 6529 Capital, Canonical Crypto, Standard Crypto

## Investors

- A Capital (Dupe) — Seed
- First Round Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/first-round-capital) — Seed
- Andreessen Horowitz (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/andreessen-horowitz) — Seed
- Floodgate (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/floodgate) — Seed
- Ribbit Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ribbit-capital) — Seed
- Haystack (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/haystack) — Seed
- 1Confirmation (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/1confirmation) — Seed
- Multicoin Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/multicoin-capital) — Seed
- Scalar Capital — Seed
- Coinbase Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/coinbase-ventures) — Seed
- Chapter One (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/chapter-one) — Seed
- Ansa (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ansa) — Seed
- Offline Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/offline-ventures) — Seed
- Todd and Rahul Angel Fund — Seed
- Mischief (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mischief) — Seed
- Volt Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/volt-capital) — Seed
- Archetype — Seed
- Proof Group — Seed
- 6529 Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/6529-capital) — Seed
- Canonical Crypto (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/canonical-crypto) — Seed
- Standard Crypto — Seed