A timeline outlining key moments, and milestones for this wiki
2018-01-01
Balancer was established in 2018
2020-03-01
In March 2020, Balancer Labs secured $3 million in funding through a seed round led by Accomplice and Placeholder
2020-06-01
On June 23, 2020, the Balancer protocol governance token (BAL) went live on the mainnet
2020-10-01
On October 26, 2020, Balancer partnered with a NEAR protocol.
2020-11-01
On November 9, 2020, Balancer Labs announced that both Pantera Capital and Alameda Research invested in Balancer Labs
2021-02-01
In February 2021, Balancer Labs raised $5 million in their Series A funding
2021-04-01
In April 2021, Balancer partnered with Gnosis to develop a new decentralized exchange (DEX)
2021-05-01
In May 2021, Balancer Labs raised $24.3 million in a Venture Round
2021-07-01
In July 2021, Balancer launched Stable Pools on Balancer V2
2021-08-01
On August 16, 2021, Balancer announced the launch of MetaStable Pools alongside a partnership with Lido with joint pool incentives
2022-03-01
veBAL went live in March 28, 2022
2022-06-01
On June 2, 2022, Balancer launched on Optimism blockchain in collaboration with Beethoven X
2022-10-01
In October 2022, Balancer partnered with security auditor Certora by launching the Balancer Certora Security Accelerator
2023-04-01
Introduced on April 26, 2023, Boosted Pools combine the benefits of Liquidity Pools and single-sided yield markets, creating a dynamic position
2023-06-01
In June 2023, Balancer deployed its technology onto the polygon network to bootstrap liquidity growth
2023-07-01
The 8020 Initiative was introduced on July 6, 2023
2023-08-01
Balancer protocol went live on both Base and Avalanche!