January 28, 2022, 11:30AM EST
• 33 min read
Quick Take
- Founded in 2018 by Alexander Skidanov and Illia Polosukhin, NEAR Protocol is an open-source platform for decentralized applications
- NEAR has recently raised $150 million, which came just a few months after NEAR started an $800 million fund to foster growth in the entire ecosystem
- The Block has identified 213 projects and companies across 14 verticals in the NEAR Ecosystem
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