Icebreaker, an open skilled community co-founded by Coinbase and Google veterans, has raised $5 million in a seed spherical to construct a blockchain model of LinkedIn.
Dan Stone and Jack Dillé, co-founders of Icebreaker, introduced that they’ve secured funding in a spherical led by crypto-native funding agency CoinFund.
Icebreaker will use the funding to construct a world-class staff that may proceed its mission to launch a platform that allows skilled connectivity on the blockchain.
Knowledgeable networking platform on the blockchain
In line with the announcement, Icebreaker is focusing on knowledgeable community the place customers can profit from a “cryptographically verifiable id” in a market more and more affected by AI-related noise and “pretend personas.”
Icebreaker will assist recruiters discover the most effective, high-quality expertise, whereas customers can reap the benefits of the most effective alternatives, as present platforms are sometimes loaded with engagement-focused profiles.
“The world runs on belief,” stated Icebreaker co-founder Dan Stone Press Launch. “Till now, this has not been doable to see as a result of our present networks are being optimized for over-the-signal connectivity. But each chief is aware of that the loudest or most adopted particular person isn’t the most effective. Icebreaker allows you to uncover who your shut community trusts, so you’ll be able to reduce by means of the noise and uncover expertise and alternatives which are quiet however particular.”
Stone and Dillé each labored at Google earlier than becoming a member of crypto alternate Coinbase and leaving in 2023 to co-found Icebreaker.
Pilot initiatives for Icebreaker have included collaborations with Coinbase, Opensea and Polygon Labs. Customers can create profiles on the platform from present identities on a number of LinkedIn, X, GitHub and Farcaster, amongst others.
The platform's seed spherical additionally attracted funding from enterprise capital corporations Confederate, Anagram and Legion Capital. Greater than 30 founding angels additionally backed Icebreaker's funding spherical.
