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Ex-Blockstream Exec Samson Mow Raises $21M for Bitcoin Startup JAN3
Mow announced his new company during an appearance at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami.
Par Brandy Betz
Samson Mow, who recently exited his position as chief strategy officer at Blockstream, has started JAN3, with $21 million in funding at a $100 million valuation.
- “JAN3 will be focused on advancing Bitcoin and [layer 2] technologies like Liquid and Lightning, which are the key to mass adoption and a Bitcoin circular economy,” said Mow in a press release. “The company will also support my nation-state Bitcoin adoption initiatives and contribute expertise to infrastructure development projects.”
- Investors in the initial funding round included Alistair Milne, Chun Wang – co-founder of mining firm F2Pool – and El Zonte Capital, an investment company launched by Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert.
- The name of the company refers to the genesis block of Bitcoin, mined on Jan. 3, 2009, by Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder, Satoshi Nakamoto.
- JAN3 will take over the crypto wallet AQUA, a Bitcoin and Liquid Mobile wallet from Blockstream, as well as non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Raretoshi.
- Mow’s new company has also signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of El Salvador – which legalized bitcoin as legal tender last year – to supply digital infrastructure for the country and Bitcoin City.
- Mow announced his new company Thursday during an appearance at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami.
Read more: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Calls Off Bitcoin 2022 Conference Appearance
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