Teleport Creators Raise $9M to Build Decentralized Uber Rival on Solana

 DEC, maker of The Rideshare Protocol (TRIP), has raised $9 million in seed funding to power the decentralized Uber rival. It’s not a new concept—Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin theorized it years ago, and other startups have attempted to create a decentralized ridesharing service. But now the Decentralized Engineering Corporation (DEC) thinks it has the right model.

DEC announced today that it has raised $9 million in seed funding to build out The Rideshare Protocol, or TRIP, which is designed to power ridesharing apps from a variety of future companies. They’ll all share the same core technology to connect drivers with riders, and DEC is building Teleport as the first application to prove out the framework. The seed round was co-led by Foundation Capital and Road Capital, with participation from Thursday Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, 305 Ventures, and Common Metal.