Waterfall

Waterfall

NFT liquidity and price discovery infrastructure

Overview

Waterfall operates in the digital ownership economy by building tools and infrastructure that improve liquidity and price discovery for digital assets, especially NFTs. It decodes pricing challenges in trading markets and introduces the concept of trading shards, which divide assets into smaller units to provide instant price signals and enable trading for both liquid and illiquid assets. The platform serves investors and collectors by offering advanced trading tools and market infrastructure, generating revenue through service fees and transaction-based charges. Waterfall has raised a $4 million funding round led by Electric Capital and Pantera Capital, indicating investor confidence. The company emphasizes an inclusive culture and seeks motivated people to tackle difficult problems in the digital asset space.

Significant Headcount Growth

About Waterfall

Simplify's Rating
Why Waterfall is rated
C-
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated C on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Crypto & Web3

Financial Services

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$4M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

N/A

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What believers are saying

  • Waterfall raised $4 million from Electric Capital and Pantera Capital in 2022.
  • 2026 docs still maintain active mechanism pages, showing continued product upkeep.
  • Waterfall.market launched NFTs on Base in 2024, expanding distribution beyond one protocol.

What critics are saying

  • Waterfall Network docs in 2026 show a different L1 identity, muddying strategy.
  • Rootdata marked Waterfall inactive in 2026, signaling weak momentum or abandonment.
  • NFT liquidity remains thin; without listings, Waterfall’s pricing engine has no relevance.

What makes Waterfall unique

  • On-chain NFT pricing through shard trading gives Waterfall live price discovery.
  • Waterfall’s design prices listed NFTs instantly, unlike traditional bid-only marketplaces.
  • Waterfall blends protocol infrastructure with NFT trading, not a simple marketplace.

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Funding

Total Funding

$4M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

Seed funding is usually the first official round after pre-seed, when a startup has a prototype or concept. It’s typically used to develop the product, test the market, and start building the team. Investors here are often angel investors or early-stage venture capitalists.
Seed Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$3.3M
$2M
Netflix
$2.3M
Instacart
$3M
Robinhood
$4M
Waterfall

Benefits

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 16%

1 year growth

↑ 16%

2 year growth

↑ 16%
0x
Oct 10th, 2022
NFT platform Waterfall completes $4 million seed round - 0xNews

On October 9, Waterfall announced that it had raised a $4 million seed round led by Electric Capital and Pantera Capital to build NFT trading and pricing protocols. Babbitt News

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