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Blockscout secures $3 million seed round for data exploration across EVM chains

Open-source block explorer Blockscout has closed a $3 million seed round led by 1kx, along with other investors such as Primitive Ventures and Gnosis, as well as angels including Evan Van Ness, Alex Svanevik, Kartik Talwar, Anton Bukov, and Stefan George.

The platform offers an open-source block explorer specifically designed for EVM networks, thus allowing users to view more information about blockchain transactions, blocks, addresses, and other onchain data. 

The funds will be used to improve the startup’s product suite, improve user experience, and expand its Explorer-as-a-Service (EaaS) offering. Blockscout is said to support over 600 networks, with both an open-source option for self-hosting and a hosted explorer service. Its portfolio of clients includes protocols such as Conduit, AltLayer, Gelato, Chainstack, Astria, Arbitrum, Filecoin, OP, Base and Immutable.