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 staff because it continues its mission to launch a platform that permits for skilled connections on the blockchain.

Skilled networking platform on the blockchain

In keeping with the announcement, Icebreaker targets knowledgeable community the place customers can profit from “cryptographically verifiable identity” in a market that’s more and more impacted by synthetic intelligence associated noise and “fake personas.”

Icebreaker will assist recruiters discover the very best, high-quality abilities, whereas customers can faucet into high alternatives as the prevailing platforms are sometimes laden with engagement pushed profiles.

“The world runs on trust,” Icebreaker co-founder Dan Stone, stated in a press release. “Until now, it’s been impossible to see because our existing networks optimize for engagement over signal. Yet every leader knows the loudest or most followed person is rarely the best. Icebreaker lets you see who your close network trusts so you can cut through the noise to surface the talent and opportunities that are quiet, yet exceptional.”

Stone and Dillé each labored at Google earlier than becoming a member of crypto trade 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 companies Confederate, Anagram, and Legion Capital. Over 30 founder angels additionally backed Icebreaker’s funding spherical.