OpenSea
OpenSea operates a marketplace for NFTs and digital collectibles, serving millions of users. The company has raised $427M in funding, most recently in a Series C round in January 2022, and employs 706 people.
The growth story
OpenSea grew from 817 to 706 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $427M along the way, most recently a Series C in January 2022.
About
OpenSea runs a platform for buying, selling, and trading NFTs and digital assets. The marketplace caters to creators, collectors, and investors in the growing digital economy.
The company has scaled rapidly since its 2017 founding, reaching 706 employees. Its $427M in funding includes backing from prominent investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Alexis Ohanian.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is OpenSea's largest function, making up 33% of the workforce. The company operates with a lean structure, emphasizing ownership and urgency in its Miami-based team.
The OpenSea org chart
Devin Finzer (Co-Founder and CEO) leads 28 mapped leaders with 15 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Arts and Design 207 (-4% YoY), Engineering 48 (0% YoY), Finance 41 (-5% YoY), Operations 31 (+11% YoY), Business Development 31 (0% YoY), Accounting 26 (+4% YoY).
Talent flow
OpenSea hires from a mix of crypto-native companies like Rally and Dharma, as well as traditional tech firms including Accenture and Google. Alumni frequently move to AI startups, with OpenAI, OpenRouter, and Perplexity being top destinations.
Most common previous employers of OpenSea staff: Rally (9), Fiverr (5), Accenture (3), Upwork (3), Dharma (3), Google (2). Former OpenSea employees most often moved to OpenAI (12), OpenRouter (10), Perplexity (6), Meta (5), Tempo (5), Whatnot (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The OpenSea mafia
OpenSea alumni have founded 37 companies, including OpenRouter (97 staff), Observable Space (64 staff), and Kindo (52 staff). These ventures span AI, developer tools, and crypto infrastructure.
38Alex Atallah, was Co-Founder until 2022Daniel Roelker, was VP of Engineering until 2022Charlie Hulcher, was Staff Software Engineer until 2023Prashan Dharmasena, was Head of Mobile until 2024Gabriel Benmergui, was Staff Frontend Engineer until 2023Sophia Huard, was Head of AI Operations until 2025
Chris Zuidema, was Software Developer until 2021
Sarah Raza, was Product Engineer until 2022
Abdulelah Mufleh Alaqeel, was Co- create NFTs until 2022
Ian Hunter, was Staff Engineer until 2024
Sushant Singh - The Word Man, was NFT Creator until 2022
Cody Wright, was Head of Learning and Development until 2022
Clare Gobel, was Head of HR until 2022
Mitch Seymour, was Staff Engineer - Trust & Safety until 2023
Matthew Abrams, was Senior Software Engineer until 2023
Larry E., was Developer Relations until 2024
Mateus Silva, was Information Security Analyst until 2021
Fabian Jean-Baptiste, was Sales Advocate until 2020
Brendan Forster, was Head Of Strategy and Chief of Staff to the CEO until 2023
Noah Slade Jaghori, was Collaborator until 2023
Lorenzo Wouters, was NFT Developer & Marketing Strategist until 2022
Yotam Levi, was Investment until 2023
Rosa W3, was Community Manager until 2023
Sabrina Degas Pont, was Consumer Marketing Manager (Creator Strategist & Events Lead) until 2023
Praveen Kumar, was Product Designer until 2023
Popil Art, was OpenSea Community Manager & content until 2022
Josh Pinto, was Data Scientist until 2022
Rico Elvira X., was Intern until 2021
Michael C., was Founder, NFT until 2023
Anthony Pleta-Ruano, was Creator until 2022
Rebecca Lowe, was Senior Manager, Customer Experience until 2024
Vivek Morzaria, was Director, Business Development until 2023
Rohit Nandwate, was Staff Software Engineer until 2023
Aslan Kaan Sahin, was Artist until 2022
Mrpunk Doni, was NFT Artist until 2022Web traffic
Traffic mix: 71% direct, 7% search, 14% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at OpenSea: Adobe Photoshop (93), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) (89), Graphic Design (80), Social Media (64), Microsoft Office (60), Communication (60), Customer Service (57), Research Skills (56).
Where the team actually sits
OpenSea people are concentrated in United States (13), California, United States (12), New York, United States (10), Punjab, Pakistan (7).
Search footprint
OpenSea attracts about 326,100 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $7K a month if bought through ads. It gained 5,374 ranking keywords and lost 4,264 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.10 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.40 / 5
Frequently asked
OpenSea has 706 employees as of September 2026.
OpenSea has raised $427M in total, most recently a Series C round in January 2022.
OpenSea was founded in 2017 by Devin Finzer, Amit Lakchora.
Devin Finzer (Co-Founder and CEO) sits at the top of OpenSea's reporting structure, with 15 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current OpenSea staff are Rally (9 people), Fiverr (5 people), Accenture (3 people).
Former OpenSea employees most often move to OpenAI (12), OpenRouter (10), Perplexity (6).
At least 37 companies have a founder who previously worked at OpenSea, including OpenRouter, Observable Space, Kindo.
OpenSea attracts about 326,100 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $7K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among OpenSea staff are Adobe Photoshop, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Graphic Design, Social Media, Microsoft Office.
OpenSea staff are concentrated in United States (13), California, United States (12), New York, United States (10).
OpenSea has about 207 people in Arts and Design, down 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
OpenSea has about 48 people in Engineering, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 236 current and 525 former OpenSea profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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