Snapshot Labs

What Snapshot Labs does

Snapshot Labs, founded in 2019 and based in Phuket, Thailand, operates Snapshot (snapshot.org), an off-chain gasless voting platform that enables Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) to conduct governance decisions without requiring token holders to pay gas fees. The platform supports both off-chain and on-chain voting mechanisms and serves as the primary governance tooling layer for thousands of DAOs across DeFi, infrastructure, and Layer-2 ecosystems, including high-profile adopters such as Arbitrum, ENS, GnosisDAO, Aave, Convex, and 1inch. The underlying technology is a voting framework designed for ease of use and broad protocol compatibility, with a notable new system called StarkVote under development in partnership with StarkWare that leverages zero-knowledge proof technology to enhance the security and privacy of off-chain voting.

The business runs on a community-led, self-serve go-to-market model with no explicit sales motion; DAOs onboard directly through the Snapshot website and create voting spaces without procurement friction. No pricing or revenue model is publicly disclosed, and the platform appears to be offered as free infrastructure to the DAO ecosystem, consistent with its position as community-led public goods tooling. Snapshot Labs has raised a single disclosed $4 million seed round in November 2021 led by 1kx with participation from Coinbase Ventures, StarkWare, MetaCartel, Gnosis, and Scalar, with stated use of funds for team expansion and advanced governance feature development. The company operates with a small team of 1–10 employees under founder and CEO Fabien Marino, and its strategic posture combines ecosystem breadth (horizontal DAO coverage) with a deep technical partnership in zero-knowledge cryptography via StarkWare.

Name

Snapshot Labs

Legal name

Snapshot Labs

Website

https://snapshot.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Snapshot Labs operates Snapshot (snapshot.org), an off-chain gasless voting platform that enables Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) to conduct governance decisions without gas fees, serving thousands of DAOs across DeFi, infrastructure, and Layer-2 ecosystems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

DAO Governance Software

akta.pro primary industry

DAO Treasury, Governance & On-Chain Finance Tools (FSADAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Governance Frameworks & DAO Tooling (modules, templates, standards) (FSAPAHAC), Governance Analytics, Reporting & Transparency Dashboards (FSAPAHAI), Delegation, Representation & Voting Power Markets (FSAPAHAG), Coordination & Contributor Management (tasks, bounties, roles) (FSAPAHAD)

Keywords

• DAO governance platform
• Off-chain voting
• Gasless voting
• Decentralized governance
• Token holder voting

Headquarters

HQ city

Phuket

HQ country

Thailand

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Snapshot Labs operates the Snapshot platform (snapshot.org), an off-chain gasless voting protocol for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). The platform allows token holders to vote on governance proposals, including protocol upgrades and treasury decisions, without paying gas fees, and supports both off-chain and on-chain voting mechanisms.

Product overview

Snapshot Labs offers a single unified product called Snapshot — an off-chain voting platform designed for DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) governance. The platform provides a voting framework that allows token holders to participate in governance decisions without paying gas fees. The company is also developing StarkVote as a new system to enhance the security of its off-chain voting capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Snapshot Off-chain voting platform for DAO governance that allows token holders to vote on governance proposals without paying gas fees. It enables DAOs to create and manage voting spaces where members participate in protocol upgrades, treasury decisions, and community proposals, supporting both off-chain and on-chain voting mechanisms.
• StarkVote New voting system leveraging StarkWare's zero-knowledge proof technology to provide more secure and private off-chain voting for DAOs, intended to strengthen the security architecture of Snapshot's existing off-chain voting framework.

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DAOhaus: DAOhaus is a no-code DAO platform for launching and managing MolochDAO-style organizations. It overlaps with Snapshot's governance tooling for community DAOs, particularly in the MetaCartel ecosystem that also backed Snapshot.
• Commonwealth: Commonwealth offers on-chain and off-chain discussion, voting, and treasury tools for Web3 communities. It is a direct peer in DAO governance tooling, with comparable self-serve onboarding for token-holder communities.
• Tally: Tally is a DAO governance platform providing on-chain proposal creation, voting, and delegation. It directly competes with Snapshot in the DAO tooling stack, though Tally emphasizes on-chain execution whereas Snapshot leads on gasless off-chain voting.
• Aragon: Aragon builds DAO frameworks and on-chain governance infrastructure including the Aragon DAO and Court. It is a long-standing direct peer in the DAO governance tooling market.
• Boardroom: Boardroom provides a governance management platform aggregating proposals, votes, and delegation across DAOs. It serves a similar governance user base as Snapshot and integrates with several of Snapshot's major DAO customers.

Broad incumbents

• OpenZeppelin: OpenZeppelin's Governor contracts power much of the on-chain governance that competes with Snapshot's off-chain voting. It is a broad incumbent in the same governance infrastructure category.
• Safe (Gnosis Safe): Safe is the dominant multi-sig treasury platform for DAOs and is frequently used in conjunction with Snapshot for execution of passed proposals. Gnosis, a Safe contributor, is also a Snapshot investor and customer, making Safe a close ecosystem peer.

Emerging players

• Karma: Karma provides DAO program management, contribution tracking and grants tooling that sits adjacent to Snapshot's voting product. It overlaps in serving the same governance-adjacent DAO operator audience.
• Colony: Colony builds on-chain reputation and governance frameworks for DAOs, with a focus on task-based contributor coordination. It is comparable as an emerging DAO governance and coordination tool.

Regional players

• Fire Eyes DAO: Fire Eyes DAO participated in Snapshot's seed round and operates as a regional/community DAO that uses Snapshot for governance. It is a peer primarily as a customer-side ecosystem participant rather than a competing product.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SnapshotLabs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/snapshot-labs

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors11 records

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M&A

Investments

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