User:Marmelade juteuse/Ledger (company)

2014 - 2016 : Debuts
In 2014, after co-founding La Maison du Bitcoin (renamed Coinhouse), Europe's first physical counter for cryptocurrency exchange, Éric Larchevêque and Thomas France created Ledger with the founders of two other startups: BTChip and ChronoCoin.

The aim is to secure crypto-currency holdings and transactions for individual users by designing hardware wallets.

Various products were marketed between 2014 and 2016 under the generic name of "Ledger Nano", and the main cryptocurrencies were supported, including Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The company will become the first cryptocurrency wallet to obtain the Certification de Sécurité de Premier Niveau (CSPN) from the ANSSI, a french regulator for the computer security industry.

2017 - 2018 : Developpement
In March 2017, Ledger raised seven million euros in a funding round led by Maif Avenir.

Avec une levée de 75 millions de dollars en 2018, elle figure à la troisième place des start-up françaises qui ont collecté le plus de fonds atteignant ainsi la catégorie de scale-up,.


 * 10T Fund de Dan Tapiero ,
 * Financière Agache de Bernard Arnault ,
 * Draper (en) ,
 * Korelya Capital, fonds de Fleur Pellerin ,
 * Groupe Samsung.