Aptos has raised a total of $350 million across two funding rounds, including a $200 million Seed Round in March 2022 led by Andreessen Horowitz and a $150 million Series A in July 2022 led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto, reaching a $4 billion valuation (as of September 2022). Founded in 2021 by Avery Ching and Mohammad Shaikh, Aptos is a Palo Alto–based Web3 startup developing a scalable Layer 1 blockchain for next-generation decentralized applications, aiming to make blockchain technology accessible, secure, and practical for global adoption.