# Theta Labs

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/theta-labs

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: San Jose, US
- Website: www.thetatoken.org
- Latest round: Seed (Jan 30, 2018)
- Investors on record: 2

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2016, Theta Labs, Inc.  In December 2017, Theta Labs, Inc. is a decentralized video delivery network that uses blockchain technology to store, secure and manage digital data or transactions. Theta Labs raised USD 12 million in venture funding led by HVC, with participation from DCM, gumi Cryptos Capital, Heuristic Capital Partners, Sparkland Capital, The Venture Reality Fund, ZP Capital, and Sierra Ventures, along with individual investors. Additionally, in January 2018, Theta Labs Seed funding from returning investor IOSG Ventures. And in May 2019, it raised venture funding co-led by new investors Blockchain.com Ventures and Samsung NEXT Ventures, with participation from Igen Fusion Capital, UpHonest Capital, and Wei Fund. The company is led by Mitch Liu, CEO and co-founder of Gameview Studios (acquired by DeNA) and Tapjoy (acquired by ironSource). 

Theta Labs offers a Web3 blockchain infrastructure for video, media, and entertainment that enables existing video platforms to drive incremental revenues and reduce content delivery CDN costs while end-users are rewarded for sharing their bandwidth to relay video on a peer-to-peer basis on any PC, mobile, Smart TV, or IoT device. 

The company intends to use the funding raised in 2019 to launch new offices in Seoul, London, and Singapore as well as secure local partnerships both in Asia and Europe.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Jan 30, 2018 — IOSG Ventures
- Seed, Jun 1, 2016 — Sierra Ventures

## Investors

- Sierra Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sierra-ventures) — Seed
- IOSG Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/iosg-ventures) — Seed