Second State

Second State focuses on building and commercializing open-source blockchain infrastructure software. It develops a full stack of developer tools and runtime technologies for smart contract platforms, including the BUIDL IDE. Based in Austin, Texas, Second State has development offices in China (Beijing and Taipei) and Australia. A member of the ETC Labs incubator program, it recently closed a $3 million funding round led by Susquehanna International Group. Second State provides turn-key blockchain and smart contract solutions for businesses. Supported by commercial service agreements, Second State blockchains are programmable by its enterprise customers, optimized for business use cases, and completely open source. Founded in 2019, Second State's vision is that complex, versatile business applications will drive enterprise blockchain adoption. Unlike traditional blockchain software providers who focus on the data ledger, Second State develops and commercializes "blockchain middleware," which consists of virtual machine, rules engine, search engine, and data services that empower a new generation of blockchain applications with much improved user experience and developer productivity.