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Polemix

885 Third Avenue, New York, 10022, United States

Overview

Polemix is a distributed startup that developed a platform introducing Web3 technology to the world of ideas and opinions. It enables influential opinion leaders to create short videos sharing their views on hot‑button issues and to mint Proof of Support (POSU) tokens tied to those ideas. Supporters can buy POSUs to receive benefits such as special access to the leader, and proceeds can fund the leader’s work or support related foundations. Portions of POSU sales can also be used to reward users who disagree respectfully in the platform’s comment section. Initial creators named to the platform include Cornel West, Steven Pinker, Kishore Mahbubani, Peter Singer, and Shashi Tharoor. The company is led by founder Ian Sielecki and has raised $1M in funding.

Total raised
$1M
Funding rounds
1
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Feb 2023

Industries

  • Information Services
  • Internet
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Feb 2023

    $1M

Team

  • Ian Sielecki

    Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

  • Ismaël Emelien

    Co-Founder

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  • Harish Natarajan

    Co-Founder

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  • Lucas Dubois

    Marketing and Product

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