Whetstone Research

Private

New York City, New YorkCrypto & Web3https://whetstone.cc/

Last Round

Seed

Jan 29, 2026

Total Funding Raised

$10.3M

Company Overview

Whetstone Research is a fintech company that designs and builds protocols to advance on-chain markets and decentralized finance infrastructure.

Sector

Crypto & Web3

Verticals

Blockchain Infrastructure, DeFi, Smart Contracts, Tokenization

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Usage-Based SaaS

AI Layer

Non-AI

Keywords

liquidity bootstrappingprice discoveryDeFi protocoltoken issuanceUniswap v4 hookson-chain marketssmart contract infrastructuredecentralized financeDeFilaunchpadbonding curvesAMMautomated market makertoken launchcrypto infrastructureDeFi primitives

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Whetstone Research comps — public and private peers by sector, stage, and business model
Company	Status	Est. Valuation	Rev Multiple
OpenAI	Private	$86.0B	~40x
Cohere	Private	$5.0B	--
Competitor 1	Public	$XX.XB	XXx
Competitor 2	Public	$XX.XB	XXx

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Whetstone Research Funding Rounds

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Round	Date	Amount Raised	Valuation	Investors	Sources
Seed	Jan 29, 2026
Pre Seed	Feb 11, 2025

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Whetstone Research Investors

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Whetstone Research investors
Investor	Rounds
Uniswap Labs Ventures	Pre Seed
Variant	Seed, Pre Seed
Ambush Capital	Pre Seed
Nascent	Pre Seed
Pantera Capital	Seed
Coinbase Ventures	Seed
Credibly Neutral	Pre Seed

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersNew York City, New York

Employee Range7

Year Founded2024

Last FundingJan 29, 2026

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