Ranking · Summer 2014 · B2B · Infrastructure

Protocol Labs

Protocol Labs makes internet protocols: IPFS, Filecoin, and more.

12%

odds of being acquired in the next two years

1.8× the average (6.8%)

#96 of 4,339 active YC companies · top 3%

Team of 130 · San Francisco, CA, USA; Palo Alto, CA, USA; Remote

Raises the odds

↑ tag: Open Source

↑ industry: B2B

↑ based in Fully Remote

↑ based in United States of America

Lowers the odds

↓ team of 76–300

From the model: how this company's profile compares with companies that were and weren't acquired since 2024. How it works.

Signals brief

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