Dapper Labs: Digital Ownership & Open Infrastructure
Digital ownership. Financial freedom. Open infrastructure.
A venture studio at the intersection of emerging technology and culture. Powered by Flow.
NBA Top Shot
$1.4B+
Cumulative GMV
42M+
Wallets on Flow
~1B
Lifetime transactions on Flow
50+
Global brand partners
What we make
For the fan.
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1. Collectibles
NBA Top Shot
The most epic NBA moments, immortalized as officially licensed digital assets. 1.6M+ collectors · $1.2B+ in sales visit nba top shot →
2. Collectibles
Disney Pinnacle
A first-of-its-kind digital pin collecting and trading experience. With pins from Star Wars, Pixar, Disney Classics, and more. Step into a new world of fandom. 24/7 Trading · PinBooks · Weekly New Releases visit disney pinnacle →
3. Finance
Peak Money
Banks make money from you. Peak makes money for you. Automated yield strategies, prize-linked accounts, and zero complexity. DeFi Yields · Weekly Prizes · Credit Card Deposits visit peak money →
4. Studio
Miquela
Virtual influencer pioneer, 2016. Prada, Samsung, Calvin Klein, BMW. One of Time's 25 Most Influential People on the Internet. 6M+ followers across IG, TikTok, YouTube, Spotify, X visit miquela →
5. Collectibles
CryptoKitties
Where digital collecting began. The beloved game that launched every ERC-721 NFT project and millions of smiles. 2M+ kitties · 400K+ players visit cryptokitties →
6. Collectibles
NFL ALL DAY
Officially licensed NFL collectibles. The catches, runs, and plays that define the game, yours to own. 132K+ collectors · $160M+ in sales visit nfl all day →
7. Network
Flow
Built for the agent economy. The consumer-finance network trusted by millions, and global institutions like PayPal, NBA, and Disney. 975M+ transactions · 42M+ accounts visit flow →
- Studio
The Foundry
Where we rapid-prototype big ideas and shepherd the winners through our product-market-fit framework. Prototype // In Development join the foundry →
Vision
Open worlds with infinite possibility for digital communities and the creators that serve them.
We are building a world where:
- 01 individuals can own their own data, digital assets, and online identities irrevocably.
- 02 creators can build for their communities without any platform risk.
- 03 most people's everyday lives rely on open protocols and decentralized applications, not closed monopolies.
In the press
What others have said about the work.
- “Named one of 50 world's most innovative companies and no.1 gaming company.”
Fast Company - “This is an entirely new way to own something.”
NPR - “A cultural phenomenon.”
ETHNews - “The most used contract in blockchain.”
VentureBeat
Backed by
The people who've been in this from the beginning.
Over $500M raised across 127 investors since 2018. Through CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot, Flow, and the bear market that took out everybody else in the category. The people who stayed are the people who knew what this was always going to be.
Frequently asked
The questions we get most.
What does Dapper Labs build?
Dapper Labs is a venture studio that builds consumer products around digital ownership. The portfolio includes NBA Top Shot, Disney Pinnacle, NFL ALL DAY, CryptoKitties, Peak Money, and Miquela. Dapper also created Flow, an open blockchain network used by millions of consumers and global brands.Is Dapper Labs the same as Flow?
No. Flow is an open, public blockchain network originally created by Dapper Labs and now stewarded by an independent ecosystem of developers, validators, and the Flow Foundation. Dapper Labs is one of many companies building products on Flow.Who founded Dapper Labs?
Dapper Labs was founded by Roham Gharegozlou and Dieter Shirley in 2018, spun out of Axiom Zen. The team had previously launched CryptoKitties in 2017, the first consumer use case for NFTs to break through.What is NBA Top Shot's relationship to Dapper Labs?
NBA Top Shot is built and operated by Dapper Labs under official licenses with the NBA and the NBPA. It lets fans own iconic NBA highlights as digital collectibles on the Flow blockchain. NBA Top Shot has more than 1.6M collectors and over $1.2B in lifetime sales.What is the Foundry?
The Foundry is where new product bets get rapid-prototyped at Dapper and tested against a product-market-fit framework. Winners graduate into standalone products. It is where the next generation of Dapper Labs products begins.
Build with us
For people who want their work to compound.
We're a small, talent-dense team. Engineering-led. AI-fluent. Building consumer products that have to work in the real world, for real people, on infrastructure we own.