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.
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Founder factories · Crypto & Web3 Alumni who went on to found companies Mysten Labs: 5 alumni founded 1 companies Mysten Labs 5 Ethereum: 4 alumni founded 6 companies Ethereum 4 ConsenSys: 4 alumni founded 5 companies ConsenSys 4 Compound: 4 alumni founded 3 companies Compound 4 StarkNet: 4 alumni founded 2 companies StarkNet 4 Ava Labs: 4 alumni founded 1 companies Ava Labs 4 StarkWare: 4 alumni founded 1 companies StarkWare 4 Nova Labs: 3 alumni founded 5 companies Nova Labs 3 Argent: 3 alumni founded 3 companies Argent 3 Polkadot (Web3 Foundation): 3 alumni founded 3 companies Polkadot (Web3 Foundation) 3 OKCoin: 3 alumni founded 2 companies OKCoin 3 0x: 3 alumni founded 1 companies 0x 3 3Box: 3 alumni founded 1 companies 3Box 3 Bitcoin Magazine: 3 alumni founded 1 companies Bitcoin Magazine 3 Boundless: 3 alumni founded 1 companies Boundless 3
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Company
Sector HQ Founded Founders
Companies started
1
Mysten Labs Crypto & Web3 Palo Alto, USA
2021
5
1
2
Ethereum Crypto & Web3 — 2015
4
6
3
ConsenSys Crypto & Web3 New York City, USA
2014
4
5
4
Compound Crypto & Web3 San Francisco, USA
2017
4
3
5
StarkNet Crypto & Web3 — — 4
2
6
Ava Labs Crypto & Web3 New York City, USA
2018
4
1
7
StarkWare Crypto & Web3 Netanya, Israel
2018
4
1
8
Nova Labs Crypto & Web3 — — 3
5
9
Argent Crypto & Web3 — — 3
3
10
Polkadot (Web3 Foundation) Crypto & Web3 — — 3
3
11
OKCoin Crypto & Web3 People's Republic of China
2013
3
2
12
0x Crypto & Web3 San Francisco, USA
2016
3
1
13
3Box Crypto & Web3 — — 3
1
14
Bitcoin Magazine Crypto & Web3 — 2012
3
1
15
Boundless Crypto & Web3 — — 3
1
16
Ceramic (3Box Labs) Crypto & Web3 — — 3
1
17
Dapper Labs Crypto & Web3 Vancouver, Canada
2018
3
1
18
Helium Crypto & Web3 San Francisco, USA
2013
3
1
19
Milkomeda Crypto & Web3 United States
— 3
1
20
Obligate Crypto & Web3 — — 3
1
21
Offchain Labs Crypto & Web3 Princeton, USA
2018
3
1
22
Polkadot Crypto & Web3 — 2016
3
1
23
RISC Zero Crypto & Web3 — — 3
1
24
Sky Mavis Crypto & Web3 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2018
3
1
25
Sky Mavis (Axie Infinity) Crypto & Web3 — — 3
1
26
Zealy (Crew3) Crypto & Web3 — — 3
1
27
dcSpark Crypto & Web3 United States
— 3
1
28
Elliptic Crypto & Web3 — — 2
5
29
DFX Finance Crypto & Web3 — — 2
4
30
Bitmain Crypto & Web3 Beijing, China
2013
2
3
31
Goka Crypto & Web3 United States
— 2
3
32
Helius Crypto & Web3 San Francisco, USA
2022
2
3
33
IOHK Crypto & Web3 — 2015
2
3
34
Mina Crypto & Web3 — — 2
3
35
O(1) Labs Crypto & Web3 — — 2
3
36
Thesis Crypto & Web3 San Francisco, USA
2013
2
3
37
Utopia Labs Crypto & Web3 — — 2
3
38
Worldcoin Crypto & Web3 San Francisco, USA
2019
2
3
39
Aptos Crypto & Web3 Palo Alto, USA
2021
2
2
40
Aptos Labs Crypto & Web3 United States
2021
2
2
41
CoinDCX Crypto & Web3 — — 2
2
42
CoinMetrics Crypto & Web3 — — 2
2
43
Digital Currency Group Crypto & Web3 Stamford, USA
2015
2
2
44
Jambo Crypto & Web3 — — 2
2
45
Meanwhile Crypto & Web3 — — 2
2
46
Polygon Crypto & Web3 Bengaluru, India
2017
2
2
47
Spruce Systems Crypto & Web3 — 2021
2
2
48
Chainlink Crypto & Web3 — 2017
2
1
49
Chainlink Labs Crypto & Web3 — — 2
1
50
Dabba (Wifi Dabba) Crypto & Web3 — — 2
1
How this is counted.
A person counts as an alumnus of a company if they founded it or worked there. They count towards the company’s score if they went on to found at least one other company that was started no earlier than the company itself. Universities and other non-commercial organisations are pruned from the graph where we can identify them.
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