
About
World is a global identity and financial network designed to provide everyone in the world with a digital identity that proves they are human and a share of the global economy. By utilizing the Orb to verify a person's unique humanness via World ID, the project combines a privacy-preserving digital identity with its native WLD token and World App to build a decentralized infrastructure for the AI era.
Founded
2021 · 5y
History
2026
Mar 26, 2026funding
Funding Round
$65.00M
$65.00M · Variant Fund, Bain Capital Crypto, Distributed Global
2025
May 20, 2025funding
Funding Round
$135.00M
$135.00M
2024
Apr 17, 2024chain expansionmajor
World Chain Announced
2023
Dec 13, 2023protocol upgrademajor
World ID 2.0 Launch
Aug 2, 2023regulatory actionmajor
Kenya Suspends Worldcoin Activities
Jul 24, 2023token launchmajor
Worldcoin Token (WLD) Launch
May 24, 2023funding
Series C Round
$115.00M
$115.00M
2022
Mar 22, 2022funding
Funding Round
$100.00M
$100.00M
2021
Jun 29, 2021funding
Funding Round
$25.00M
$25.00M
Jan 1, 2021founded
Founded
Team
Funding
Funding
2026
Variant Fund
Bain Capital Crypto
Distributed Global
CoinFund
1confirmation
Hypersphere Ventures
Blockchain Capital
Coinbase Ventures
Multicoin Capital
Andreessen Horowitz
Khosla Ventures
Bain Capital Crypto
Variant Fund
Multicoin Capital
Hypersphere Ventures
Distributed Global
Coinbase Ventures
1confirmation
Andreessen Horowitz
CoinFund
Blockchain Capital
Khosla Ventures
Sam Bankman-Fried
Sina HabibianFunding
2025
Series C
2023
Funding
2022
Funding
2021












