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Cork Protocol: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Cork provides a decentralized finance (DeFi) technology that enables collateralized swaps against any pegged asset.

www.cork.tech LinkedIn New York, United States 1-10 employees
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Finance FinTech
Total raised
$5.5M
Rounds
2
Latest
Seed
Jan 2026

Cork Protocol has raised $5.5M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Seed of $5.5M announced in Jan 2026.

That round is below the $6.3M median round size for Blockchain and Cryptocurrency companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Cork Protocol Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$5.5M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
1 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Seed
$5.5M in Jan 2026
Employees
1-10
reported band
Headquarters
New York, United States

Latest funding round on record: Jan 2026.

Cork Protocol Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Seed
$5.5M
Seed
Undisclosed

1 of 2 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.

Cork Protocol announced a Seed in Sep 2024; the amount was not disclosed.

1.3 years later, a Seed of $5.5M was announced in Jan 2026.

Cork Protocol Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
David Stancel
Founder
Locked
Robert Schmitt
Founder

Contact details for the Cork Protocol team: 1 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Cork Protocol Funding Compared to Other Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Startups

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Median round

Cork Protocol's latest round of $5.5M is below the median round in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Cork Protocol Funding FAQs

What does Cork Protocol do?

Cork provides a decentralized finance (DeFi) technology that enables collateralized swaps against any pegged asset.

How much funding has Cork Protocol raised?

Cork Protocol has raised $5.5M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Seed of $5.5M announced in Jan 2026.

When did Cork Protocol last raise funding?

Cork Protocol's most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $5.5M, announced in Jan 2026.

Who founded Cork Protocol?

FundedIQ lists David Stancel (Founder), Robert Schmitt (Founder) at Cork Protocol.

Where is Cork Protocol headquartered?

Cork Protocol is based in New York, United States.

How many employees does Cork Protocol have?

Cork Protocol is in the 1-10 employee band.

How does Cork Protocol's funding compare to other Blockchain and Cryptocurrency startups?

Cork Protocol's latest round of $5.5M is below the $6.3M median round size for Blockchain and Cryptocurrency companies on FundedIQ across 659 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Cork Protocol Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Cork Protocol is left off this page rather than filled in.

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