Ape Board

Ape Board emerged in 2021 as a platform dedicated to providing a clear and unified view of digital assets within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Based in Singapore, the company was founded by Mike Phulsuksombati, who served as its CEO. The platform addressed a significant pain point for DeFi users: the fragmentation of portfolio data across numerous blockchains and protocols. Before its acquisition, Ape Board secured $1.2 million in a seed funding round in November 2021, with participation from investors such as DeFiance Capital, Spartan Partners, and LongHash.

The core of Ape Board's business was its cross-chain DeFi dashboard, which allowed users to track their investments and manage risk from a single interface. By simply inputting a wallet address, clients could get a holistic overview of their holdings, including tokens, yield farming positions, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The service was designed for any individual or entity participating in the DeFi market, from casual investors to seasoned traders. Its key feature was the aggregation of data from both EVM-compatible chains like Ethereum and BNB Chain, and non-EVM chains such as Solana and Terra, supporting hundreds of protocols. This comprehensive coverage eliminated the need for users to switch between multiple applications to monitor their portfolios.

In a significant milestone, Ape Board was acquired by the blockchain analytics firm Nansen in May 2022 for a sum reported to be in the eight-figure range, upwards of $10 million. The acquisition aimed to integrate Ape Board's portfolio tracking capabilities into Nansen's broader suite of on-chain analytics, creating an all-in-one "information super-app" for Web3. Following the acquisition, Mike Phulsuksombati took on the role of heading portfolio functionality at Nansen, and the entire 13-person Ape Board team joined Nansen's workforce. The plan was for Ape Board to become the foundation for a new, free-to-use portfolio tracker integrated with Nansen's advanced analytical tools.

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