• Push Protocol

  Participated · Series A · Apr 2022

  EPNS is a communication protocol that enables on-chain communications with opt-in, permissionless channel notifications and subscriptions using a user’s on-chain identifier rather than usernames. Since launching in January, the protocol has powered 4 million notifications to more than 44,000 subscribers and the founder has an aggressive plan to reach one million users. EPNS currently provides notifications for CoinDesk media alerts, ENS domain expirations, Snapshot governance updates and Oasis vault liquidations. The company plans to expand its team and develop on blockchains beyond Ethereum to broaden reach. EPNS is already in testnet on Polygon and intends to launch on BNB Chain, Harmony and an unspecified non-EVM chain by the end of the year. It also plans to launch wallet-to-wallet communication in the third quarter. EPNS builds a decentralized notification protocol that lets any dApp, smart contract or service send platform-agnostic notifications to wallet addresses via mobile apps, crypto wallets, or web browsers. The protocol includes a DeFi component that routes staking from services to lending (AAVE) so users who opt in receive crypto earnings for receiving notifications. EPNS aims to become the web3 standard for notifications, enable fee-splitting among wallets and infrastructure via decentralized governance, and launch a governance token called $PUSH. The project has received grants from AAVE and Matic Network and was a finalist in Gitcoin's Kernel Fellowship, and a participant in IDEO Product Validation Day and EthGlobal HackMoney. EPNS closed a $750k seed round at a reported $5 million valuation and was previously bootstrapped. The team is led by founders Harsh Rajat and Richa Joshi, who have technical and product backgrounds.

No current team members are available.