About Aurora Labs
Aurora Labs (legal name: AuroraDAO Ltd.) is the development company behind Aurora, a network of Virtual Chains — fully customizable, EVM-compatible chains that run as smart contracts on NEAR Protocol. It provides developers with Ethereum compatibility, NEAR Protocol scalability, and low-cost transactions, enabling Web2 and Web3 companies to build on a high-throughput blockchain platform without traditional Layer 2 infrastructure complexity.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$12M
Last stage
Series A
Investors
Founders
Alex Shevchenko
Led Ethereum-related initiatives at NEAR, Inc. and was previously an executive at Bitfury. Co-founded Aurora Labs (AuroraDAO Ltd) after spinning off from NEAR in July 2021.
Arto Bendiken
Cypherpunk, serial entrepreneur, and open-source author with over 25 years of software engineering experience. Previously led the EVM team at NEAR Protocol before co-founding Aurora Labs.
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