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Orchid Labs funding, valuation and investors
Decentralized VPN protocol using blockchain tokens to route traffic around censorship.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Seed SAFT
$4.7M · 2017
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$4.7M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
seed · San Francisco, CA
Investors in latest funding
Other: Andreessen Horowitz , Sequoia
Overview
Orchid Labs built a decentralized VPN where users buy multi-hop encrypted bandwidth with OXT tokens on Ethereum. The 2017 seed SAFT raised $4.7M from Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Polychain, Blockchain Capital, and DFJ; a 2018 follow-on added $36M+ toward a $125M target. Orchid targets censorship-resistant browsing via a marketplace of bandwidth providers rather than a single VPN operator.
Why Orchid Labs is interesting
Early a16z crypto infra bet on privacy networking — tokenized Tor thesis with Sequoia and Polychain in seed SAFT.
Product & use cases
Orchid protocol connects users to provider nodes through multi-hop circuits paid with staked OXT. Consumer apps and a browser extension access the network.
- Censorship-resistant browsing
- Paid decentralized VPN circuits
- Bandwidth provider staking
Key facts
- a16z portfolio status: Active
- Seed SAFT (2017): $4.7M with a16z, Sequoia, Polychain, Blockchain Capital, DFJ (Business Wire / CoinDesk)
- Follow-on SAFT (2018): additional $36M+ toward $125M target; a16z among early backers (TechCrunch)
Funding history (newest first)
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Competitive landscape
Edge: No single operator to block — decentralized marketplace of VPN hops with crypto payments.
Orchid trades mainstream VPN simplicity for decentralized routing. Token economics and provider quality remain adoption hurdles versus NordVPN.
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NordVPN incumbent
Centralized UX leader.
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Mysterium direct
Decentralized VPN peer.
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Tor alternative
Free anonymity network; no token marketplace.
Notable stories
- Early a16z crypto bet with Sequoia on token-incentivized privacy networking.
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