Startup profile for Nansen: latest funding, latest known valuation, total disclosed funding, investors, status, sources, and why the company is interesting. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.
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Nansen funding, valuation and investors

Blockchain analytics platform labeling on-chain wallets for DeFi and NFT traders.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series A

$12M · June 2021

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$12M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

series a · Singapore

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Andreessen Horowitz

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Nansen provides on-chain analytics across Ethereum and multiple blockchains — labeling wallets (exchanges, funds, smart money, NFT flippers) to help traders and analysts understand blockchain activity. Andreessen Horowitz led a $12M Series A in June 2021.

Why Nansen is interesting

DeFi-native 'smart money' tracing — a16z led $12M Series A as multi-chain wallet labeling became essential infrastructure for crypto funds.

Product & use cases

Nansen indexes blockchain transactions and applies heuristic labels to wallets — letting users track smart money flows, token holder distributions, and NFT trading patterns across chains.

  • Smart money wallet tracking for crypto traders
  • Token holder analysis for DeFi projects
  • NFT whale activity monitoring

Key facts

  • Series A (Jun 2021): $12M led by a16z — Nansen blog, TechCrunch
  • Multi-chain wallet labeling platform
  • Co-investors: Coinbase Ventures, Skyfall Ventures (not in VCT directory)

Funding history (newest first)

Series A

2021-06 $12M

Source: https://www.nansen.ai/blog/nansen-series-a

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Nansen's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz

Competitive landscape

Edge: Wallet labeling database built over years — network effects from label accuracy and coverage across chains.

On-chain analytics split between trader tools (Nansen, Arkham) and compliance (Chainalysis). Nansen's smart money labels became standard for crypto Twitter and fund research. Arkham competes aggressively on deanonymization features.

  • Arkham Intelligence direct

    On-chain analytics with wallet deanonymization.

  • Dune Analytics adjacent

    SQL-based blockchain data queries.

  • Chainalysis incumbent

    Compliance-focused blockchain analytics.

  • Glassnode adjacent

    On-chain market intelligence.

Notable stories

  • Nansen started by labeling Ethereum wallets manually and algorithmically — 'Smart Money' tags became widely referenced in crypto trading discourse.

Industries

Crypto & Web3 Enterprise SaaS

FAQs about Nansen

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Blockchain analytics platform that labels on-chain wallets for traders and analysts.
a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) led $12M Series A in June 2021.
Wallet labels identifying profitable traders and institutional flows.
Nansen provides pre-labeled dashboards; Dune requires SQL queries.
Both on-chain analytics; Arkham emphasizes wallet deanonymization.
Ethereum and multiple L1s/L2s — coverage on nansen.ai.
Not publicly disclosed.
Crypto traders, funds, and DeFi projects.
2020, headquartered in Singapore.
a16z crypto-backed analytics infrastructure.
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