Web3 contender Bondex, looking to oust LinkedIn from its position, secures funding
Bondex, a Web3-based professional networking platform, has successfully raised over $10 million in a Series A funding round led by venture capital investors and funds. The announced investors in this round include Animoca Brands, Morningstar, Dext Force Ventures, and iAngels. This funding adds to the company's seed funding round, which raised over $1 million in 2020.
Bondex is designed to disrupt traditional networks like LinkedIn by offering a decentralized, blockchain-empowered platform where users can build verified professional profiles using on-chain credentials, find real jobs, earn rewards, and control their professional identity. The platform's mission is to become the LinkedIn of Web3, catering to the blockchain and fintech industries.
Founded to serve more than 5 million users, Bondex offers features such as job matching with top Web3 companies based on users' skills and preferences, a dynamic, real-time updating professional profile showcasing verified credentials and achievements recorded on the blockchain, and a referral system that rewards users with tokens and Bond Points for network contributions and bringing others who get hired.
The platform also offers professional identity minting (Bondex ID) for rich, portable identity verification across Web3 ecosystems, utilizes AI technologies to improve job matching, candidate screening, and streamline applications, and introduces progression levels such as Trusted or Elite status to unlock higher earning potential and airdrops.
Bondex's current operational status is active and growing, with continuous app updates released as recently as mid-2025. The platform currently maintains a workforce of 11 to 50 employees, focusing on recruitment and Web3 community development.
The demand for Web3 professionals is increasing rapidly, with job offers increasing by 395% in the last year. Bondex is designed to connect professionals and companies in the crypto and blockchain ecosystem. Tech-savvy individuals can find professional opportunities in Web3, such as blockchain and smart contract development, cybersecurity, token economics, and cloud application development. Non-tech individuals can also find professional opportunities in Web3, including marketing and advertising, project management, data analysis, and advisory and consulting services.
The Web3 and blockchain market is projected to reach a size of over $33.53 billion by 2030. Skills in blockchain development, smart contracts, cybersecurity, and token economics are particularly sought after in the Web3 industry. The opportunities for innovation and growth in the Web3 industry are unlimited.
Bondex's CEO and founder, Ignacio Palomera, declared the company's excitement about the support from investors and the community. The platform uses blockchain technology for privacy and security of user data. Bondex plans to expand its presence in Asia and Europe and develop new products and services with the additional funding.
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- The newly acquired funding will allow Bondex, a Web3-based platform designed to disrupt traditional networks like LinkedIn, to integrate technology like blockchain and AI into lifestyle, business, and finance, thereby providing a decentralized and secure ecosystem for professional networking and job search in the burgeoning blockchain and fintech industries.
- As the demand for Web3 professionals continues to soar, with job offers increasing by 395% in the past year, Bondex, backed by investors such as Animoca Brands, Morningstar, Dext Force Ventures, and iAngels, positions itself as the go-to platform for technology-savvy individuals seeking professional opportunities in blockchain and smart contract development, cybersecurity, token economics, and cloud application development, as well as for non-tech professionals offering services in marketing, advertising, project management, data analysis, and advisory and consulting services.
