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Push Protocol develops a decentralized, blockchain-agnostic communication network for the web3 ecosystem. Its core product provides essential infrastructure for cross-chain notifications, messaging, and video functionalities. This enables seamless interaction between users, decentralized applications, wallets, and services, reducing fragmentation across the internet.
Harsh Rajat and Richa Joshi co-founded Push Protocol in 2020, initially known as EPNS. Their insight identified the critical need for a native, decentralized communication method within web3. They recognized decentralized applications required effective user engagement via notifications, aiming to significantly improve the overall user experience.
Decentralized applications, cryptocurrency wallets, and web3 services utilize Push Protocol to enhance user engagement and deliver crucial updates. Its long-term vision is to serve as the foundational communication backbone for the entire decentralized internet, fostering a more interconnected and user-friendly web3 future.
Push Protocol has raised $11.8M across 3 funding rounds.
Push Protocol has raised $11.8M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Push Protocol has raised $11.8M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Push Protocol's investors include Jump Crypto, Harmony Foundation, ParaFi Capital, Sandeep Nailwal, Matthew Graham, Tiger Global, Divergence Ventures, Polygon, Symbolic Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, John Lilic, Surojit Chatterjee.
Push Protocol has raised $11.8M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $10.1M Series A in April 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2022 | $10.1M Series A | Jump Crypto | Harmony Foundation, ParaFi Capital, Sandeep Nailwal, Matthew Graham, Tiger Global | Announced |
| Mar 1, 2021 | $660K Seed | — | Divergence Ventures, Polygon Labs, Symbolic Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, John Lilic, Surojit Chatterjee | Announced |
| Dec 1, 2020 | $1M Seed | — | Bankless Ventures, Framework Ventures, Meta Change Capital, Timespan Ventures, Michael Dunworth, Stani Kulechov, Andrew Chen, Auryn Macmillan, Balaji S., BEN Lakoff, CFA, Danny Christ, Defi DAD, Eugene Zandman, Ganeshram Gunalan, Kartik Garg, Kenneth NG, Luka Sučić, Mariano .eth, Preethi Kasireddy, Ravindra Kumar, Scott Moore, Thomas Kaseng AO, BR Capital, Fourth Revolution Capital, LD Capital, Metacartel Ventures, Moonwhale Ventures, ProofSystems, The LAO | Announced |
Push Protocol is a blockchain-agnostic, decentralized communication protocol for Web3, enabling cross-chain notifications, messaging, and chats directly to users' wallet addresses, serving dApps, wallets, and services.[1][2][3][4][6] Formerly known as Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS), it builds products like Push Notifications for real-time alerts from smart contracts and dApps, and Push Chat for wallet-to-wallet communication, solving the problem of centralized control by Apple and Google over billions of smartphone notifications by offering user-controlled, decentralized alternatives.[4][5][6] It targets Web3 developers, brands (over 100 major ones), and users, with strong growth including over 100 million notifications delivered to 240k+ subscribers since 2022, a $10.1M Series A funding round, and expansions like Push Chain for unified blockchain communication.[3][4][6]
Founded in 2020 by Harsh Rajat (Founder) and Richa Joshi (Co-Founder), Push Protocol started as EPNS, initially focused on enhancing data transmission efficiency in the Enterprise Tech sector before pivoting to Web3 communication solutions.[1][2][4] The idea emerged from identifying Web3's need for a "missing piece"—decentralized notifications and messaging unbound by centralized gatekeepers like Apple and Google, with early traction at events like HackMoney where founders channeled energy into building it.[5] Pivotal moments include rebranding to Push Protocol, launching on BNB Chain (driving a 41% token surge), securing $10.1M in Series A funding to accelerate cross-chain development, and delivering over 100 million notifications by 2022.[3][4][6]
Push Protocol rides the Web3 interoperability and communication trend, addressing fragmented blockchain ecosystems where dApps, wallets, and services need seamless, decentralized interaction amid rising demand for cross-chain solutions.[3][4] Timing is ideal post-2022 launches, fueled by market forces like DeFi growth, wallet adoption, and backlash against centralized notifications, positioning it as the de facto Web3 comms layer.[5][6] It influences the ecosystem by enabling value-generating on-chain transactions via integrated protocols, fostering developer integrations, and combating Web3 scams/misinfo through features like token-gated chats, while expanding to audio/video for richer user experiences.[4][5]
Push Protocol is primed to dominate Web3 communication with Push Chain as a universal Layer 1, expanding engineering, partnerships, and features like Spaces/staking amid bullish cross-chain momentum.[3][4][5] Trends like tokenized communities, AI-driven Web3 apps, and multi-chain DeFi will propel it, potentially scaling notifications/chats to millions as wallet usage explodes. Its influence could evolve into the backbone for decentralized social and financial interactions, redefining user-controlled Web3 much like it challenges Big Tech today—delivering the seamless, boundary-free comms that Web3 demands.[3][5][6]
