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Opolis

3000 Lawrence St #121, Denver, CO, 80205, United States

Overview

Opolis is a member-owned digital employment platform that uses blockchain and web3 technology to provide employment infrastructure for independent workers. The platform supplies tools to professionalize independent businesses, including payroll, benefits management, and shared services such as unemployment, disability, and tax compliance. Opolis positions itself to democratize access to career development and next-generation employment services regardless of geography. The company plans to scale its business and deliver a more frictionless user experience, with a roadmap prioritizing improved access to accounting data, tax reporting details, and health insurance information. Leadership includes Executive Steward and founder John Paller, who has roughly 20 years of experience in HR technology and founded ETHDenver. Opolis has raised capital to support growth and is headquartered in Denver. Opolis operates the Opolis Employment Commons, a digital employment cooperative that provides payroll, benefits and shared services to independent workers. The Independent Worker Coalition grew to more than 2,500 global members across 63 countries shortly after launching in April 2021. The Commons uses token-based incentives: it runs $WORK reward programs, referral and sign-up bonuses, and a member dashboard that supports staking to earn additional $WORK. Opolis emphasizes a community-led Web3 funding model and completed a Series Seed II round combining equity and grants to support its infrastructure. The funding involved DAOs, DeFi projects, investment syndicates, and HR-tech and blockchain industry investors from around the world. The company aims to reshape how independent workers relate to employment by aligning community stakeholders and ecosystem participants.

Total raised
$11M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Jul 2023

Industries

  • Blockchain
  • Human Resources
  • Professional Services
  • Sharing Economy
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Jul 2023

    $7M

  2. Seed

    May 2021

    $5M

Team

  • John Paller

    Founder

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  • David Perry

    Partnerships, Business Development, and Advisory

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  • Kafi Hauser

    Head of Marketing

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  • Will Morgan

    Founding Steward, Chief of Staff

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