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Flow funding, valuation and investors
Layer-1 blockchain from Dapper Labs built for consumer apps, NFTs, and mainstream crypto UX.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series B
$100M+ · April 2025
Latest known valuation
~$2.5B
Series B · April 2025
Total disclosed equity funding
$350M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
growth
Investors in latest funding
Other: Andreessen Horowitz
Overview
Flow is a Layer-1 blockchain from Dapper Labs designed for consumer apps, NFTs, and mainstream crypto UX — powering NBA Top Shot. a16z committed $350M in August 2022 at $1B+ pre-launch; a $100M+ round in April 2025 at ~$2.5B included a16z participation as Flow expanded toward DeFi and broader app growth.
Why Flow is interesting
Flow is Dapper Labs' chain for NBA Top Shot and consumer crypto — a16z committed $350M at launch and re-upped in 2025 as the chain pushed toward broader DeFi and app growth.
Product & use cases
Consumer L1 blockchain — fast finality, low fees, NFT-native design for apps like NBA Top Shot.
- NFT collectibles and consumer apps
- Gaming asset ownership on-chain
- Mainstream crypto UX without EVM complexity
Key facts
- Series B (Apr 2025): $100M+ at ~$2.5B with a16z participation (Bloomberg/TechCrunch)
- Initial (Aug 2022): $350M from a16z at $1B+ pre-launch (NYT)
- Co-investors: no additional institutional investors disclosed in public sources reviewed 2026-07-24
Funding history (newest first)
Series B
2025-04 $100M+ Valuation: ~$2.5BSource: https://techcrunch.com/
Growth
2022-08 $350M Valuation: >$1BSource: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/business/dealbook/andreessen-horowitz-crypto-fund-flow.html
Investors in our directory
Funds linked from Flow's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.
Competitive landscape
Edge: Flow differentiates through focused product scope and a16z-backed GTM in its category — see competitors for tradeoffs vs. incumbents.
Flow operates in a competitive category where incumbents have distribution but startups win on workflow fit. See named competitors for honest better/worse notes; we do not invent market share.
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Solana direct
High-throughput L1 for consumer apps.
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Polygon adjacent
Ethereum L2 scaling; Flow separate L1.
Notable stories
- Series B (Apr 2025): $100M+ at ~$2.5B with a16z participation (Bloomberg/TechCrunch)
- Initial (Aug 2022): $350M from a16z at $1B+ pre-launch (NYT)
Industries
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