Utopia Labs

Utopia Labs

Payroll and expense management for DAOs

Overview

Utopia Labs provides a SaaS platform for payroll and expense management tailored to DAOs. It automates payroll and supports paying contributors in fiat or cryptocurrency, while tracking expenses and generating financial reports. The platform integrates with Gnosis Safe multisig wallets to keep governance and approvals in one place, enabling on-chain payments and transparent accounting. Its goal is to help DAOs run finances and operations more efficiently and transparently, with a roadmap to expand on-chain payments across the ecosystem.

About Utopia Labs

Simplify's Rating
Why Utopia Labs is rated
D-
Rated D- on Competitive Edge
Rated D- on Growth Potential
Rated D- on Differentiation

Industries

Enterprise Software

Fintech

Crypto & Web3

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$26.1M

Headquarters

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Founded

2021

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What believers are saying

  • Raised $23M Series A from Paradigm in May 2022 to expand tools.
  • Acquired by Coinbase to integrate with Base for onchain payments.
  • Co-founder Pryce Adade Yebesi bridged crypto-traditional payments.

What critics are saying

  • Coinbase acquisition shut down services by November 2023.
  • Gnosis Safe captures users with native wallet features.
  • Safe{Labs} integrates payroll natively, displacing Utopia in 12 months.

What makes Utopia Labs unique

  • Utopia Labs automates DAO payroll and expenses via Gnosis Safe integration.
  • Provides live analytics for onchain treasury transparency and reporting.
  • Supported by DAOs like FWB, Sushiswap, and PleasrDAO for payments.

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Funding

Total Funding

$26.1M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

3 Rounds

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Benefits

Health and wellbeing - We offer top-of-the-line benefits, including health, mental health, dental, and vision insurance.

Time off - We want people to take time off to rest and rejuvenate. We offer a 3 week paid vacation as well as 10 observed holidays by country.

Parental leave - Our parental leave policy offers biological, adoptive, and foster parents paid time off to spend quality time with family.

Lunch on us - You'll have a very generous meal budget for you to eat every day.

$1000 Bonus for joining our “investment club” on Syndicate - New hires get a $1000 bonus for joining our investment club for tokens + NFT’s!

Join a DAO on us! - New hires also get a 500 USDC bonus towards joining a Token or NFT DAO of their choice!

Commuting - We offer monthly commuter credits.

Company News

Gadgets 360
Nov 14th, 2024
Coinbase Acquires Utopia Labs to Accelerate On-Chain Payments

Going forward, the Utopia Labs team will integrate with the Base team.

Cryptocurrencies Newz
Nov 14th, 2024
Coinbase Acquires Utopia Labs Partnership

Coinbase has acquired Utopia Labs, a stablecoin payment processor, to enhance onchain payments within Coinbase Wallet and Base, its Layer 2 network. Despite Utopia Labs announcing it will wind down services by November 6, 2023, CEO Kaito Cunningham clarified this is a strategic shift, not a shutdown. The partnership aims to enable low-cost, fast, global payments, leveraging Utopia Labs' expertise in onchain payment infrastructure.

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POCIT
Jul 31st, 2023
This Black Founder, 23, Dropped Out Of College Then Raised $23M To Create A New Internet Economy

Utopia Labs co-founder Pryce Adade Yebesi, 23, raised $23M to bridge the gap between crypto and traditional payment systems.

Pandaily
Jun 1st, 2022
Utopia Labs Announces $23M Series A Financing led by Paradigm

Utopia Labs, a payroll and expense management system built to integrate directly with multisig crypto wallets, announced on May 29 that it had closed a $23 million Series A funding round led by Paradigm.

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