15 Startups Shaping the NFT Space
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As crypto continues to advance, the NFT space has seen a wave of participation from the tech industry’s best and brightest. The result: NFT companies have garnered more than $3B in investment in the past year alone.
NFT stands for non-fungible token. “Non-fungible,” meaning that it’s unique and cannot be replaced. Each NFT is a digital asset designed to provide something that can’t be copied: proof of ownership of the work. This proof enables digital collecting to function like physical art collecting. Beeple’s sale of his NFT piece “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” for $69M is a testament to where NFTs could be headed.
As web3 (crypto) matures, it will be exciting to see the role NFTs play in shaping the future. Here are 15 NFT startups hiring today:
- B2C
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Valuation $1B+This company has a valuation of $1B or more
- Website
- https://stockx.com
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Locations
- Detroit
- About
StockX is the world’s first online consumer “stock market of things” for high-demand, limited edition products. We feature a live marketplace where participants can buy and sell limited edition consumer products (initially sneakers) with stock market-like visibility.
Working at StockX today is like if you worked at Nike in 1964. It'd have been Phil Knight, Bill Bowerman, you and some waffle irons. And together you were about to change the world. We don't have waffle irons, but you can bring your own if you want.
- Industries
E-Commerce PlatformsOnline Marketplaces
Jobs
- B2C
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Valuation $1B+This company has a valuation of $1B or more
- Website
- https://www.dapperlabs.com
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- Remote
- About
Dapper Labs is the company behind CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot, and the new Flow blockchain. Formed in February 2018, Dapper Labs' mission is to bring about a more open and inclusive digital world starting with games and entertainment.
Notable investors in Dapper Labs include Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, Venrock, Google Ventures, Samsung, and the founders of Dreamworks, Reddit, Coinbase, Zynga, and AngelList, among others.
- Industries
- Blockchains
Jobs
1 month ago$140k – $180kOnsite or remote • Vancouver+13 years of exp1 month ago$150k – $180kOnsite or remote • Vancouver+15 years of exp
- Website
- https://rarible.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Los Angeles
- About
Rarible is a multi-chain NFT marketplace with Ethereum, Flow and Tezos integrated. A platform for diverse creators and brands, including LIRONA, Pak, The Watcher, eBoy, Aavegotchi, Twitter, Lindsay Lohan and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
A safe place to trade digital art, collectibles, music and video NFTs, domain names, metaverse lands and wearables, and more. On a mission to environmental sustainability, encouragyting users to remove carbon footprint via partnership with Nori.
- Industries
- Blockchains
- B2C
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- https://momentranks.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Remote
- About
MomentRanks is a premier nonfungible token (NFT) resource platform, offering analytics and tracking tools for NBA Top Shot collectors. The startup offers interactive engagement features to support the NFT collectors’ user experience, such as MomentRanks Play, a Top Shot daily fantasy sports game.
We make collecting NFTs easy and social. Hundreds of thousands of people use MomentRanks for data insights, social experiences, account valuations, and top-notch educational content. With the NFT universe now at your fingertips, how will you jump in?
- Industries
- Website
- https://mintable.app
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Singapore
- About
Mintable is a next generation marketplace for NFTs (non-fungible tokens) on the blockchain. Anyone can create their content as a digital item on the blockchain and sell it. From artwork, to game items, to domain names, creators and collectors can buy/sell digital items within seconds.
- Industries
- B2B
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- http://www.verisart.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- London
- About
[Verisart] (verisart.com) is a blockchain certification platform for physical and digital collectibles. We're pioneering a new patent-pending, global standard which empowers creators, collectors and marketplaces to treasure creativity and transact with trust.
We’ve certified 20,000 artworks by leading artists including Shepard Fairey, Random International, Penny Slinger, Derek Boshier and many others. We've partnered with SuperRare to launch inaugural NFTs by 10 major contemporary artists (read more).
- Industries
- Website
- https://otmnft.com
- Employees
- 1-10
- Locations
- Florida
- About
Own the Moment (OTM) is building the Bloomberg for NFTs. The platform, content provider, and community that provides you everything you need for collecting and investing in NFTs. Everyone needs a strategy for this emerging space and OTM provides you with an experience partner that empowers you through NFT Discovery, Education, Analysis, and Discussion.
- Industries
Built on Tezos and Polygon, OneOf is a green NFT platform for music, sports, and lifestyle51-200 Employees- B2C
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Website
- http://www.oneof.com
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- Miami
- About
OneOf is a green NFT platform built for the music community to connect fans and collectors at all levels with their favorite artists.
Because of its proof-of-stake design, minting an NFT on Tezos uses over 2M times less energy than other proof-of-work blockchains. For example, 3 OneOf NFTs creates a carbon footprint equivalent to the weight of a snowflake vs. the equivalent of 900 lbs in carbon emissions on competing proof-of-work platforms.
- Industries
- Website
- https://doingud.com/
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- Europe, New York City, North America, South America, San Francisco, Switzerland, Barcelona, South Africa, Berlin
- About
DoinGud is a next-gen creator ecosystem exploring the future of digital media & collectibles. It strives to be community-owned and curated, empowering creators, curators, brands & organizations to engage directly with their audiences, tap into and create new and sustainable compensation streams, generate value for their audiences and create meaningful social impact.
- Industries
- CommunitiesBlockchains
Challenge anyone in your favourite sports. Earn NFTs and $MOOV with every victory1-10 Employees- Website
- https://www.dotmoovs.com/
- Employees
- 1-10
- Locations
- Portugal
- About
Introducing dotmoovs — a sports revolution fueled by a Blockchain and NFT powered platform Turning everyone’s training at home into a powerful competition.
By using blockchain, dotmoovs will allow skill monetisation through digital currencies and assets with open market dynamics, giving athletes and players a superior sense of ownership and control, with democratised access regardless of the country and currency the player uses.
- Industries
- Blockchains
- B2B
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Website
- https://www.bitski.com/
- Employees
- 1-10
- Locations
- San Francisco
- About
At Bitski, we've been preparing for the metaverse since 2018. We want it to be easy for anyone to own and trade digital creations, whether it be one-of-a-kind AR sneakers, digital collectibles or special in-game gear. Bitski’s platform allows creators and brands to easily create and sell NFTs. Visit [bitski.com] (bitski.com) to get started.
At Bitski, we constantly strive to create a team environment that allows members to do the best work of their lives while keeping in perspective that we're all fellow humans just trying to build cool shit. We offer a unique culture that values autonomy, open communication, and creativity.
- Industries
- B2C
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- https://charged.fi
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Los Angeles
- About
Turn ANY Non Fungible Token (NFT) into a basket holding ANY ERC token. Configure Principal, Program Interest. Endless Creativity.
Charged Particles is the groundbreaking new protocol that lets you put digital assets inside your NFTs. Now, ordinary NFTs (think neutral molecules) can contain a digital "charge" inside — ERC20, ERC721 or ERC1155 — giving you the unprecedented power to create nested NFTs. If you can digitize it, you can deposit it into your NFTs.
- Industries
- B2B
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Valuation $1B+This company has a valuation of $1B or more
- Website
- https://consensys.io/
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Locations
- Fort Worth
- About
At ConsenSys we have a vision of a world where data sovereignty and financial well-being is accessible to every person and organization. We believe Ethereum and decentralized protocol technology is a more trustworthy and equitable foundation for how we create and share value across the web.
You’ll be joining a team based all over the world. Providing the unique opportunity to work with people from many different countries and cultures. Want to work remotely? Go ahead. Or pop into one of our offices? We’ve got you covered.
- Industries
Jobs
10 months ago$138k – $225kRemote only • Canada4 years of exp
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Remote
- About
Polychain Monsters aims to create a cross-chain digital collectible and gaming ecosystem with mainstream appeal. Polychain Monsters offers exquisitely animated NFTs, which can be unpacked from digital booster packs with $PMON on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain and Polygon.
Our team consists of people from different areas of expertise – crypto, tech, marketing, business, and many more – we are driven and united by our passion. We motivate and support each other, we share our know-how and we are open to different opinions and new ideas.
- Industries
Discover, collect, and sell extraordinary NFTs on the world's largest NFT marketplace201-500 Employees- B2C
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- YC FundedStartup funded by Y Combinator
- Valuation $1B+This company has a valuation of $1B or more
- Website
- https://opensea.io/
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- New York City, Remote
- About
OpenSea is the first and largest marketplace for digital collectibles, which include gaming items, digital art, and other virtual goods backed by a blockchain. On OpenSea, anyone can buy or sell these items using smart contracts.
Not only are we passionate about our work, we enjoy the people we surround ourselves with. At OpenSea, we build trust, embrace feedback, grow rapidly, and love our work.
- Industries
- Blockchains
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