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ZORA
Zora is a Web3 creator platform and NFT marketplace for minting and monetizing digital content.
Company Info
Zora is a decentralized Web3 creator platform and NFT marketplace where users can mint, trade, and monetize on-chain content. It runs on blockchain technology and turns digital content like images, videos, memes, and text into tradable tokens and NFTs, opening up a new kind of on-chain creator economy. Launched in 2021, Zora started as an NFT marketplace but has grown into a Web3 social network and on-chain media protocol. Creators can publish content, earn directly from their work, and keep full ownership without relying on intermediaries.
Key Features of Zora:
- Supports open and dynamic pricing, allowing artists and collectors to freely choose and find value.
- Combines social media and NFTs, with each post becoming a tradable token, connecting content creation to financial incentives.
- Each piece of content can have its own liquidity pool, allowing for quick buying and selling right from the post interface.
- The $ZORA token enables ecosystem participation, rewards, and community engagement on the platform.
Zora Milestones:
| Year | Key Achievements | |
| 2020-2022 | Foundation and Scaling | Zora was launched in 2020 by Jacob Horne and Dee Goens, both former Coinbase workers. In October, it raised a $2M seed round led by Kindred Ventures, with Saint Fame as its early flagship project. |
| In 2021, Zora raised an $8M Series A led by Paradigm and powered the Doge meme NFT sale, which went for around $4M (1,696 ETH). | ||
| Zora released Zora V3 in 2022, with enhanced gas efficiency and a modular architecture, and secured $50 million, led by Haun Ventures, with a valuation of $600 million | ||
| 2023-2024 | Infrastructure and Strategic Shifts | In June 2023, Zora launched the Zora Network, an Ethereum Layer 2 built on the OP Stack, with Protocol Rewards for minting activities. |
| It acquired mint.fun in 2024 to help users discover popular mints while also supporting the concept of "media as a protocol" with a focus on on-chain permanence. | ||
| 2025 | Token launch and expansion | Zora introduced the $ZORA token on April 23, 2025, with a 10% airdrop (1 billion tokens) for early adopters. |
| The coin debuted on Base, Coinbase's Layer 2, and was thereafter listed on major exchanges, including Binance and Coinbase. It is described as a "fun token" used for platform incentives without traditional governance rights. | ||
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Company Details
Launch Date
Jan-2020
Company Size
Small (11-50)
Contact Details
New York City, United States
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Primary Category
- NFT Market Place
- Hosted
- Sponsored
- Media Partnered
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