Icebreaker, an open skilled community co-founded by Coinbase and Google veterans, has raised $5 million in a seed spherical to construct the blockchain’s model of LinkedIn.
Dan Stone and Jack Dillé, co-founders of Icebreaker, introduced they secured the funding in a spherical led crypto-native funding agency CoinFund.
Icebreaker will use the funds to assemble a world-class crew because it continues its mission to launch a platform that enables for skilled connections on the blockchain.
Skilled networking platform on the blockchain
In line with the announcement, Icebreaker targets knowledgeable community the place customers can profit from “cryptographically verifiable identification” in a market that’s more and more impacted by artificial intelligence associated noise and “faux personas.”
Icebreaker will assist recruiters discover the very best, high-quality skills, whereas customers can faucet into prime alternatives as the present platforms are sometimes laden with engagement pushed profiles.
“The world runs on belief,” Icebreaker co-founder Dan Stone, mentioned in a press release. “Till now, it’s been inconceivable to see as a result of our present networks optimize for engagement over sign. But each chief is aware of the loudest or most adopted individual is never the very best. Icebreaker helps you to see who your shut community trusts so you may lower by way of the noise to floor the expertise and alternatives which are quiet, but distinctive.”
Stone and Dillé each labored at Google earlier than becoming a member of crypto alternate Coinbase and left in 2023 to co-found Icebreaker.
Pilots for Icebreaker have included engagements with Coinbase, Opensea, and Polygon Labs. Customers can create profiles on the platfom from present identities throughout a number of 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. Over 30 founder angels additionally backed Icebreaker’s funding spherical.