What Unchain does

Unchain is a privately held blockchain solutions provider founded in 2016 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The company sells enterprise consulting, integration, and managed infrastructure services that help organizations connect existing business applications to blockchain networks for multi-party value chain use cases such as supply chain traceability, intercompany settlement, decentralized energy registration, and counterfeit prevention. Its technology portfolio spans the proprietary Blockchain Gateway middleware, a four-week Proof of Value engagement methodology, and a Blockchain as a Service managed infrastructure offering supporting Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger Besu, and R3 Corda protocols.

Unchain's go-to-market is consultative enterprise sales targeting large organizations and consortia, with engagements structured as multi-year professional services contracts ranging from one-day workshops to multi-week implementation projects. The company has delivered projects for named enterprise clients including Vattenfall and Powerpeers (decentralized energy grid registration on Hyperledger Fabric), KLM (intercompany settlement on R3 Corda), and I+Solutions (medical supply chain transparency in Nigeria), and references Deloitte and IBM as ecosystem partners. Distribution is supported by case study content, whitepapers, social media, and the annual UNCHAIN Festival industry event in Oradea, Romania, which in 2026 drew 800+ senior leaders from 40+ countries, predominantly in financial services.

Unchain maintains a core technology partnership with R3 for Corda-based implementations and operates as an independent, privately held company with 11-50 employees and no disclosed institutional funding. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements and managed BaaS subscriptions, with pricing determined per engagement scope. The company has no disclosed AI/ML capabilities and is positioned purely as a blockchain and DLT specialist within the enterprise integration services market.

Name

Unchain

Legal name

Unchain.io

Website

https://unchain.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Unchain is an Amsterdam-based blockchain solutions provider that helps enterprises and consortia integrate existing applications with distributed ledger networks across Ethereum, Hyperledger, and R3 Corda for value chain transparency, traceability, and intercompany settlement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Blockchain Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Interoperability & Integration Middleware (ERP/core banking connectors, messaging, APIs, cross-chain to permissioned) (FSAPAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Permissioned Blockchain Platforms & Frameworks (Hyperledger, Corda, Quorum) (FSAPAIAA)

Keywords

• Enterprise blockchain solutions
• Blockchain integration services
• Blockchain as a service
• Value chain optimization
• Distributed ledger consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Blockchain consulting and implementation services including strategy workshops, solution architecture, design, development, and deployment of blockchain-based solutions for organizations and consortia. Services range from one-day workshops to multi-week engagements.
2. Proof of Value Engagements: Four-week structured engagements that help organizations define problem statements, shape business cases, and design minimum viable product solutions. Provides a foundation for implementing blockchain technology without requiring internal resource allocation.
3. Blockchain as a Service (BaaS): Managed blockchain infrastructure services providing fully managed blockchain networks, high availability, backups, security, and connectivity to blockchain protocols. Customers benefit from blockchain transactions in a well-managed environment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Unchain provides enterprise blockchain consulting, integration, and managed infrastructure services focused on optimizing multi-party value chains. Its core product, the Blockchain Gateway, is a middleware platform that connects existing business applications to blockchain networks (Ethereum, Hyperledger Besu/Fabric, R3 Corda), enabling transparent data sharing and error-free transactions across organizational boundaries. The company also delivers Proof of Value engagements, blockchain-based solution design and implementation, and managed Blockchain-as-a-Service infrastructure.

Product overview

Unchain offers a portfolio of blockchain-based solutions designed to optimize and digitize value chains. The core offering includes the Blockchain Gateway, a middleware platform enabling businesses to connect existing applications to blockchain networks. Supporting service offerings include Blockchain-based Solutions (exploration, design, POC, pilot, and production implementation), Proof of Value (a four-week assessment and business case development engagement), and Blockchain as a Service (managed infrastructure with support for Ethereum, Hyperledger Besu, and R3 Corda protocols). The company serves enterprises across energy, aviation, healthcare, and logistics sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blockchain Gateway: Managed blockchain infrastructure service allowing connection of business applications to blockchain networks
• Proof of Value
• Blockchain Gateway Integration Suite

Products and services

• Blockchain Gateway
• Blockchain-based Solutions
• Proof of Value
• Blockchain as a Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% reduction in deaths from HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis since 2016 (attributed to improved medicine access supported by supply chain solutions)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• R3coreTechnology or IntegrationR3 provides the Corda blockchain platform that Unchain uses for enterprise blockchain implementations. Unchain works closely with R3 to build distributed applications on Corda, as demonstrated in the KLM intercompany settlement project. R3's Revenue Officer Cathy Minter has publicly acknowledged Unchain's work, noting their pilot opens up Corda development to more firms.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ConsenSys: ConsenSys is a leading Ethereum-focused enterprise blockchain services and infrastructure provider (Infura, MetaMask, Linea) — a direct competitor for Unchain's Ethereum node and integration work for large enterprise and consortia clients.
• Chainyard: Chainyard provides enterprise blockchain consulting and supply-chain solutions built on Hyperledger — a direct peer to Unchain's value-chain optimization and consortium network deployment services in similar enterprise verticals.
• LeewayHertz: LeewayHertz is an enterprise blockchain development and integration firm offering multi-protocol consulting and platform engineering — directly comparable to Unchain's full-stack blockchain consulting and managed services for Fortune 500 clients.
• R3: R3 operates the Corda enterprise DLT platform that Unchain implements; while R3 is a platform provider and core partner, its growing systems-integrator ecosystem and partner-built solutions create direct overlap with Unchain's Corda implementation services.
• Kaleido (ConsenSys): Kaleido offers enterprise blockchain-as-a-service with managed nodes and integration tools across protocols (Ethereum, Hyperledger Besu, Corda) — directly comparable to Unchain's Blockchain Gateway and BaaS offerings for enterprise integrators.

Emerging players

• Hedera Hashgraph: Hedera offers an enterprise-grade distributed ledger network with managed services and integration tooling — an emerging player with a different protocol but overlapping target customers (large enterprises and consortia) for value-chain tokenization and settlement use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Blockchain & Multiparty Systems: Accenture runs a large-scale blockchain and multiparty systems practice delivering enterprise DLT solutions across industries — a broad incumbent competing with Unchain for large consortium transformation mandates, with greater geographic and delivery scale.
• EY (Ernst & Young) Blockchain: EY operates enterprise blockchain products (OpsChain, Polygon Nightfall) and a Big Four consulting practice — comparable to Unchain as a competing systems integrator for enterprise DLT rollouts in regulated industries.
• IBM Blockchain Services: IBM operates the IBM Blockchain Platform (built on Hyperledger Fabric) and a global blockchain consulting practice — a broad incumbent that competes for the same enterprise consortium deals as Unchain, with deeper pockets and bundled consulting.
• Deloitte Blockchain & Digital Assets: Deloitte's global blockchain and digital assets practice delivers enterprise DLT strategy and implementation — a broad incumbent that overlaps directly with Unchain's consulting footprint and is also referenced as a customer/partner relationship.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/unchainio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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