Company:Casa

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Casa
TypeCorporation
IndustryCryptocurrency software
Founded2017
Founders
  • Jeremy Welch
  • Jameson Lopp
  • Nick Neuman
Headquarters
Charleston, South Carolina
,
United States
Key people
  • Nick Neuman (CEO)
  • Jameson Lopp (CTO)
Websitekeys.casa

Casa is an American bitcoin financial services and security company specializing in private key management.[1] The company is led by co-founder and CEO Nick Neuman and co-founder and CTO Jameson Lopp.

The company's core offering is built around a multisignature wallet for Bitcoin holdings, which requires multiple digital signatures to proceed with transactions.[2]

History

Casa began as an offshoot of home-sharing startup Bedkin in 2017.[3] The company pivoted from home-sharing to working on wallet and security software for high-net-worth individuals and raised $2.1 million from venture capitals firm Lerer Hippeau, Compound and Boost VC. Former BitGo engineer and privacy advocate Jameson Lopp, joined the team in 2018.[4]

Later that year, Casa released the Casa Node, a dedicated physical device allowing users to connect to the Bitcoin network. In 2019, the company launched an inheritance planning service and a second-generation model.[5][6]

In 2020, then-CEO Jeremy Welch left the company for personal reasons and eventually accepted a product role at Kraken.[7] Casa named head of product Nick Neuman as CEO. Under Neuman, Casa discontinued the Casa Node in an effort to focus more on the company's core multisignature service.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Simons, Alex. "Toward scalable decentralized identifier systems". Microsoft. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-active-directory-identity/toward-scalable-decentralized-identifier-systems/ba-p/560168. 
  2. ↑ Weisenthal, Joe; Alloway, Tracy. "This Is the Vision for DeFi Built on Bitcoin". Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-01/transcript-this-is-the-vision-for-defi-built-on-bitcoin. 
  3. ↑ Moore, Thad. "Charleston startup Casa raises $2.1 million on plans to develop safer cryptocurrency storage". The Post and Courier. https://www.postandcourier.com/business/charleston-startup-casa-raises-2-1-million-on-plans-to-develop-safer-cryptocurrency-storage/article_213b88ac-23b6-11e8-ba54-3bde9e094dc9.html. 
  4. ↑ Kauflin, Jeff. "Bitcoin Thieves Beware: Super Secure Wallet Maker Casa Raises $2 Million". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2018/03/02/bitcoin-thieves-beware-super-secure-wallet-maker-casa-raises-2-million/?sh=2c6cf4b74423. 
  5. ↑ Wildeman, Mary Katherine. "SC software company Blackbaud says it is expanding its software for the church business". The Post and Courier. https://www.postandcourier.com/business/sc-software-company-blackbaud-says-it-is-expanding-its-software-for-the-church-business/article_edeb-fe-e-af-cfeaf.html. 
  6. ↑ Wildeman, Mary Katherine. "With a tweet, the CEO of Twitter endorsed this Charleston startup’s new device". The Post and Courier. https://www.postandcourier.com/business/with-a-tweet-the-ceo-of-twitter-endorsed-this-charleston-startups-new-device/article_2d0df7ee-401d-11e9-ad99-53fcd9e01935.html. 
  7. ↑ "Jeremy Welch Joins Kraken as VP of Product". Kraken. https://blog.kraken.com/post/6129/jeremy-welch-joins-kraken-as-vp-of-product/. 
  8. ↑ Foxley, William. "Bitcoin Startup Casa Names New CEO as Node Service Goes Open-Source". Yahoo. https://www.yahoo.com/now/bitcoin-startup-casa-names-ceo-150004941.html. 

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