From humble beginnings to changing the world

Polygon Labs began with outrageously ambitious builders from diverse backgrounds with the grit, tenacity, and belief in the ability of a small organization to collaborate with the community to provide impactful change.

Founders of Polygon Labs

The relentless passion and persistence Polygon Labs’ founders bring to the table is matched by the hard-working and game-changing developers in the ecosystem.

Jaynti Kanani

Co-Founder

Sandeep Nailwal

Co-Founder

Mihailo Bjelic

Co-Founder

David Z

Co-founder, Polygon ID & Polygon Hermez

Jordi Baylina

Co-founder, Polygon ID & Polygon Hermez

Antoni Martin

Co-founder, Polygon ID & Polygon Hermez

Brendan Farmer

Co-founder, Polygon Zero

Daniel Lubarov

Co-founder, Polygon Zero

Bobbin Threadbare

Co-founder, Polygon Miden

Anurag Arjun

Co-Founder
2017

Matic Network founded

Matic Network is founded.

IEO on Binance

Matic Network launches on Binance.
April 19
Jun 20

Mainnet Launch 

Mainnet launches with the POS Chain and Plasma Chain.

Matic rebrands to Polygon

Rebrand reflects expanded scaling and infrastructure solutions.
Feb 21
Aug 2021

Polygon-Hermez Merger

Polygon merges with zk-rollup platform Hermez Network.

Polygon Completes VC round

Polygon raises $450 million in a new venture financing round.
Feb 2022
April 2022

Polygon goes carbon neutral

Polygon commits to to a carbon negative roadmap

Polygon zkEVM Testnet Launches

The first ZK scaling solution that’s fully equivalent to EVM launches on public testnet.
Oct 2022
JAN 2023

Introducing Polygon Labs

Polygon remains the name of the protocol, while Polygon Labs is a company that participates in the development and growth of Polygon.

Polygon Foundation

Polygon Foundation is established by the co-creators of Polygon dedicated to supporting  Polygon, including research, development & education.
JAN 2023

Our Journey

2017

Matic Network founded

Matic Network is founded in Mumbai.

April 19

IEO on Binance

Matic Network launches on Binance.

Jun 20

Mainnet Launch

Mainnet launches with the POS Chain and Plasma Chain.

Feb 21

Matic rebrands to Polygon

Rebrand reflects expanded scaling and infrastructure solutions.

Aug 2021

Polygon-Hermez Merger

Polygon merges with zk-rollup platform Hermez Network.

Feb 2022

Polygon Completes VC round

Polygon raises $450 million in a new venture financing round.

April 2022

Polygon goes carbon neutral

Polygon commits to to a carbon negative roadmap

Oct 2022

Polygon zkEVM Testnet Launches

The first ZK scaling solution that’s fully equivalent to EVM launches on public testnet.

JAN 2023

Introducing Polygon Labs

Polygon remains the name of the protocol, while Polygon Labs is a company that participates in the development and growth of Polygon.

JAN 2023

Polygon Foundation

Polygon Foundation is established by the co-creators of Polygon dedicated to supporting  Polygon, including research, development & education.

Our Beliefs

People deserve an equitable future

We are committed to building open-source protocols that give anyone, anywhere the power to create value for people everywhere.

The community is our backbone

We are committed to developing a thriving ecosystem by empowering and investing in developers, partners, community, and users.

Blockchain will change the world for good

We are committed to building protocols, programs, and services that will accelerate the mass adoption of blockchain technology to bring more value to people.

In Ethereum's staying power

We are committed to helping Ethereum scale and believe it will remain the preferred foundational layer for security and decentralization for developers.

Polygon At A Glance

40+

Countries represented in Polygon Labs

Remote First

Carbon Neutral

400+

Polygon Lab Employees

10K+

dApps Scaling

1M+

Deployed Smart Contracts

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