The 50 Crypto & Web3 companies that produced the most founders (2026)
A founder factory is a company whose people leave to start companies of their own. This ranks every company in the graph by how many of its alumni — people who founded it or worked there — went on to found at least one company, counting only ventures started no earlier than the company itself.
Refreshed 2026-10-05 · updates nightly
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| # | Company | Founders | Companies started |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mysten Labs | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Ethereum | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | ConsenSys | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Compound | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | StarkNet | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Ava Labs | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | StarkWare | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Nova Labs | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Argent | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Polkadot (Web3 Foundation) | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | OKCoin | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | 0x | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | 3Box | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Bitcoin Magazine | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Boundless | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Ceramic (3Box Labs) | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Dapper Labs | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | Helium | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | Milkomeda | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | Obligate | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | Offchain Labs | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | Polkadot | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | RISC Zero | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | Sky Mavis | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | Sky Mavis (Axie Infinity) | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Zealy (Crew3) | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | dcSpark | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | Elliptic | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | DFX Finance | 2 | 4 |
| 30 | Bitmain | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | Goka | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | Helius | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | IOHK | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | Mina | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | O(1) Labs | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | Thesis | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | Utopia Labs | 2 | 3 |
| 38 | Worldcoin | 2 | 3 |
| 39 | Aptos | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | Aptos Labs | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | CoinDCX | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | CoinMetrics | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | Digital Currency Group | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | Jambo | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | Meanwhile | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | Polygon | 2 | 2 |
| 47 | Spruce Systems | 2 | 2 |
| 48 | Anchorage Digital | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | Chainlink | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | Chainlink Labs | 2 | 1 |