CEO Michael O’Rourke says the blockchain business bodes well for one of Tampa Bay’s most prominent startups.
Even by the up-and-down standards of the Web3 industry, Michael O’Rourke had a wild first half of the year.
“Greece, Spain, Amsterdam, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Argentina, France — I was probably home a month and a half out of six months,” said the founder and CEO of Tampa blockchain services startup Pocket Network. For the rest of 2022, “outside of things I actually have to be at, I’m going to be at home here in Tampa.”
Even at home, things probably won’t slow down anytime soon. Since launching its services two years ago, Pocket Network has become one of the most buzzed-about tech startups in Tampa, raising more than $22 million in funding and building partnerships with developers all over the world.
A big highlight came in January, when the company received an estimated valuation of $1.5 billion, making it a rare unicorn in Tampa’s developing startup scene. O’Rourke...
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