What EtherMail does

EtherMail is a Web3 email platform founded in 2022 and incorporated in Liechtenstein as EtherMail GmbH, providing anonymous, encrypted wallet-to-wallet communication with blockchain integration. The platform serves two primary customer segments: Web3/crypto users seeking privacy-first email with non-custodial wallet functionality, and Web3 projects, brands, and advertisers needing to reach verified crypto holders. Core products include Email-as-a-Wallet (non-custodial wallet creation via Google/Apple social login), PayMail (token/NFT transfers using human-readable aliases), Burner Email (auto-deleting temporary addresses), and the Read2Earn/Consensual Marketing system where users earn EMC and EMT tokens for reading promotional content. The company also operates MoltMail, an AI agent email and wallet infrastructure launched in 2026 that enables autonomous creation of email identities linked to crypto wallets, addressing the gap where traditional email providers block non-human access.

The underlying technology stack combines end-to-end encryption with blockchain synchronization (ENS and Unstoppable Domains integration) and the EMT utility token (ERC-20 on Base chain) that powers the token-based incentive ecosystem. Distribution is product-led and community-led through self-serve web onboarding, iOS and Android mobile apps, a Telegram MiniApp, and partnerships with 100+ Web3 communities including 1inch, DappRadar DAO, VALR, and Unstoppable Domains. Adjacent products include Engagement Booster, Advertising Platform, Growth Pilot, and Single Sign-On (SSO) for Web3 dApps.

The business model combines multiple revenue streams: tiered subscriptions (Freemium free, Plus at $40/year, Premium at $80/year), B2B advertising on the consensual marketing platform (where at least 50% of ad revenue is reinvested in EMT tokens for users), one-time alias sales through Unstoppable Domains, an affiliate program paying USDC for referrals, and token-based monetization through EMT utility and staking pools (Pool 8 running April-July 2026). EtherMail reports 2,000,000+ verified accounts and 150+ companies on the platform, with $7 million total funding raised across a $3M seed round (August 2022, led by Fabric Ventures and Greenfield One) and a $4M pre-Series A round (March 2023, led by Tim Draper/Draper Associates with MS&AD Ventures).

Name

EtherMail

Legal name

EtherMail GmbH

Website

https://ethermail.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EtherMail is a Web3 email platform providing anonymous, encrypted wallet-to-wallet communication and a token-incentivized consensual marketing system, serving 2M+ verified crypto users and 150+ Web3 brand advertisers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web3 Email & Communication

NAICS

Direct Mail Advertising (541860)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Wallet Infrastructure (SDKs, Wallet-as-a-Service) (FSADACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wallet Connectivity & Session Protocols (WalletConnect, deep links, QR, auth sessions) (FSAPACAF), Smart Contract Wallets & Account Abstraction (FSADACAF), Account Abstraction & Smart Wallet Tooling (AA SDKs, paymasters, session keys) (FSAPABAK)

Keywords

• Web3 email platform
• Encrypted wallet messaging
• Consensual marketing email
• AI agent email
• Token-based rewards

Headquarters

HQ city

Vaduz

HQ country

Liechtenstein

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscriptions: Tiered subscription model: Freemium (free), Plus ($40/year), Premium ($80/year). Premium features include increased storage (10GB-50GB), EMC boosters (10-20%), priority support, and alias activations (3-10 aliases).
2. Consensual Marketing / Advertising: Companies pay users for receiving promotional emails. Advertisers pay in fiat (USD, EUR) at competitive market prices. At least 50% of ad revenue reinvested in EMT tokens for users. Companies can also pay in EMT tokens directly.
3. EMT Token Economics: Utility token on Base chain. Token holders access premium features and participate in consensual marketing campaigns. Developers incentivized to build dApps on platform.
4. Affiliate Program Revenue Share: Partners earn USDC 0.50 per new user with transactions and USDC 0.10 per new user without transactions for referrals.
5. Alias Sales: Alias purchases through Unstoppable Domains integration. Short aliases (under 6 characters) available at premium pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

EtherMail provides a Web3-native email platform enabling anonymous and encrypted wallet-to-wallet communication, integrated with blockchain infrastructure (EMT/EMC tokens on Base chain). It offers an email-as-a-wallet model, Read2Earn consensual marketing where users earn tokens for reading promotional emails, and a suite of marketing tools (Engagement Booster, Advertising Platform, Growth Pilot, SSO) for Web3 projects and brands. The platform also includes MoltMail, purpose-built email and wallet infrastructure for autonomous AI agents.

Product overview

EtherMail is a Web3 email platform building the bridge between Web2 and Web3 via email, bringing full inbox ownership, control, and sovereignty back to users. The platform operates as a unified ecosystem combining multiple products: the core EtherMail platform (Web3 email with wallet-to-wallet encryption), MoltMail (AI agent email and wallet infrastructure launched March 2026), the $EMT utility token (ERC-20 on Base chain), and EMC internal currency. The platform offers subscription tiers (Freemium, Plus at $40/year, Premium at $80/year) alongside marketing tools including Engagement Booster, Advertising Platform, and Growth Pilot. Key features include Email-as-a-Wallet, Burner Email, PayMail for crypto transfers, DApplets extensibility, Single Sign-On for Web3 projects, and the Read2Earn/Consensual Marketing system where users earn $EMT for reading promotional emails. The ecosystem also includes Moltbook (social network for AI agents with 2.8M agents), staking pools, affiliate program, and bug bounty program. With over 2 million verified accounts and 150+ company partners, EtherMail positions itself as the standard for Web3 communication.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Moltsmail: AI agent email, identity, and wallet infrastructure solution designed to enable autonomous internet operation for AI agents.
• Moltbook

Products and services

• EtherMail Platform (Web3 Inbox) Core Web3 email platform providing anonymous, encrypted wallet-to-wallet communication with blockchain-synched real-time information delivery, dapplets extensibility, and customizable aliases. Targeted at Web3/crypto users.
• MoltMail AI agent email, identity, and wallet solution enabling autonomous creation of email addresses linked to crypto wallets without human approval or verification. Targeted at AI agent developers and the agent economy.
• Premium Plans (Plus & Premium) Subscription tiers offering enhanced inbox storage (10GB for Plus, 50GB for Premium), EMC boosters (10%/20% more rewards), priority support, alias activations (3/10 aliases), and unlimited email storage. Plus is $40/year, Premium is $80/year.
• Mobile App (iOS and Android) Native iOS and Android applications for accessing the Web3 inbox. Users earn up to 200 EMCs on download and can receive wallet-verified messages with EMT rewards.
• Telegram MiniApp Telegram integration enabling wallet-verified messages directly in the messaging app with EMT token rewards for reading promotional content.
• Single Sign-On (SSO) Free wallet-based login service for Web3 projects enabling secure authentication across multiple dApps. Compatible with all email-based technologies.
• Advertising Platform Consensual marketing platform where advertisers pay users (in fiat or EMT) for inbox access. Targets Web3 community with verified wallet-based subscriber base; achieved 31% CTR and 38% conversion rates in case studies.
• Engagement Booster Marketing tool for Web3 brands to improve community engagement via direct holder communications, live on-chain segmentation, allowlisting, and automations based on on-chain triggers. Average case study results: +41K impressions, +37% read rate, +4K signups.
• Growth Pilot Marketing hub for brands to grow their community through EtherMail's Web3 email platform with integrated campaign management.
• $EMT Token Native utility token (ERC-20) on Base chain serving as the reward system for interacting with users via email. Powers the Consensual Marketing/Read2Earn ecosystem. Token holders access premium features and participate in consensual marketing campaigns.
• Affiliate Program USDC rewards program for bringing new users: $0.50 per user with transactions, $0.10 without. Monthly payouts starting at 50 USDC threshold with tiered caps over the first three months.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,000,000+ verified accounts on platform
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability5 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Unstoppable DomainscoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnership for blockchain-based domain names and alias system. Aliases (like timothy.ethermail) linked to Unstoppable Domains. Pricing based on Unstoppable Domains (valued up to $100). Aliases purchased through Unstoppable Domains and activated in EtherMail preferences.
• Unstoppable Domains (SSO)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerTrusted by Unstoppable Domains for Single Sign-On (SSO) integration. Enables Web3 projects to offer secure wallet-based login.
• Pentagon GamesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTrusted partner for SSO integration. Gaming project integrating EtherMail wallet-based login.
• Gate.iominorGTM or Marketing PartnerCryptocurrency exchange where EMT token is available for trading.
• UniswapminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDecentralized exchange listing for EMT token (Base chain) at app.uniswap.org.
• BitPandaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEuropean cryptocurrency exchange listing EMT token. Added alongside Vladislav Martynov advisory board addition.
• CoinDCXminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIndian cryptocurrency exchange listing EMT token alongside BitPanda listing.
• AlturaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMulti-strategy DeFi yield protocol community using EtherMail for communications. Subscribers receive early and exclusive information.
• Evan Luthra's ALPHA GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPrivate community for entrepreneurs, investors, and Web3 enthusiasts. 300+ backed startups. Subscribers get valuable insights and opportunities.
• Forgotten PlaylandminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPlay-2-Earn social party game on BEAM chain. Community using EtherMail for communications.
• VALRminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal crypto exchange offering Spot, Margin, Perpetual Futures, and OTC markets. 100+ crypto assets. Community using EtherMail.
• DappRadar DAOminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWorld's Dapp Store - most trusted source for exploring Web3 projects across 60+ blockchains. Community using EtherMail.
• 1inch NetworkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLeading DeFi aggregator finding best crypto trading routes. Community using EtherMail for communications.
• Winning CircleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIndependent crypto casino review and affiliate platform. Community using EtherMail for newsletter delivery.
• SIP (Saylor Index Protocol)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerDecentralized financial intelligence protocol around Bitcoin and Strategy ecosystem. Community using EtherMail.
• PRDT FinanceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDecentralized platform for cryptocurrency price movement predictions. Community using EtherMail.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Galxe: Galxe is a Web3 growth and loyalty platform for on-chain user engagement, credentialing, and airdrop campaigns — competing with EtherMail's Email Airdrops and Engagement Booster for marketing budgets targeting verified crypto users.
• Lens Protocol: Lens Protocol is a Web3 social graph enabling portable profiles and on-chain messaging; while not email, it overlaps with EtherMail's wallet-based identity, community communication, and direct holder engagement use cases.
• Helika: Helika provides Web3-native user acquisition analytics and gaming/community marketing infrastructure — overlapping with EtherMail's Engagement Booster, Growth Pilot, and advertiser targeting on crypto-native audiences.
• CyberConnect: CyberConnect provides decentralized identity and social graph infrastructure for Web3, overlapping with EtherMail's wallet-based identity, community engagement, and AI-agent (Moltbook-adjacent) use cases.

Others

• Ethereum Name Service (ENS): ENS is a planned integration partner and the dominant on-chain naming layer; comparable because both layer human-readable identities on top of wallet addresses, with overlap on user-facing alias/identity experiences.
• Unstoppable Domains: Unstoppable Domains is a strategic technology partner and adjacent identity layer powering EtherMail's alias system; comparable because both sell human-readable wallet identities and compete for the same Web3 user identity wallet.

Direct peers

• XMTP: XMTP is an open protocol for wallet-to-wallet messaging — the closest direct peer to EtherMail's encrypted, wallet-addressed email communication, with overlapping developer and use-case audience across Web3 messaging.
• Push Protocol: Push Protocol is a Web3 communication network for wallet-to-wallet notifications and messaging, directly competing with EtherMail for dApp-to-user communication, holder engagement, and on-chain segmented messaging.
• WalletConnect: WalletConnect is the dominant wallet-to-dApp connectivity protocol — EtherMail's SSO is explicitly positioned as a free WalletConnect alternative for wallet-based authentication, making it a direct competitor on dApp login and session management.
• Mailchain: Mailchain is a Web3-native email service that maps blockchain addresses to readable inboxes — competing head-to-head with EtherMail on wallet-linked email, ENS/Unstoppable Domains integration, and decentralized identity for crypto users.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ethermail_io
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ethermail

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors5 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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