HomeInvestorsProfile

Protocol Labs

Protocol Labs makes internet protocols: IPFS, Filecoin, and more. 


Company Size

51 - 250 employees

Year Founded

2014

Verified Investor

Yes

Funding Stages


About Protocol Labs

Protocol Labs is an open-source research, development, and deployment laboratory. Our projects include IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p, and many more. We aim to make human existence orders of magnitude better through technology.

Some of our projects.

IPFS makes the web work peer-to-peer. IPFS is a protocol for storing, addressing, and transferring data, designed to replace HTTP in many contexts. IPFS uses content-addressing to uniquely identify and link to information. IPFS is one of the leading protocols of Web3, crypto, and the decentralized web movements. IPFS serves millions of end users and tens of thousands of developers. It powers the websites and applications of small startups, large enterprises, and even blockchains.

Filecoin is a decentralized storage network, designed to store humanity's most important information. Filecoin is a cryptocurrency incentivized decentralized market, where storage providers earn filecoin tokens for renting out storage space. (Think airbnb for cloud storage). Filecoin is one of the leading projects in the cryptocurrency/blockchain space.

Founders & Key People

Juan Benet

Juan Benet

Founder/CEO, Engineer, Protocol Labs

Share This Profile

More Companies

Koshex

Automating wealth creation for 400M Indian millennials

Noya

Radically reducing capital costs and build time for direct air capture

Acho

Hire Aden to run your business operations at scale

Atomwise

Artificial intelligence for drug discovery.

Insight

The first extensible browser for iOS

BEAMSTART

BEAMSTART is a global entrepreneurship community, serving as a catalyst for innovation and collaboration. With a mission to empower entrepreneurs, we offer exclusive deals with savings totaling over $1,000,000, curated news, events, and a vast investor database. Through our portal, we aim to foster a supportive ecosystem where like-minded individuals can connect and create opportunities for growth and success.

© Copyright 2025 BEAMSTART. All Rights Reserved.