ARB was founded in 2018 by two Princeton computer science professors Ed Felten and Steven Goldfeder – and developer Harry Kalodner.
This team's success has led to increased investment and funding for Offchain Labs (provider layer-2 scaling solution), with the company raising a whopping $120 million in a the recent funding round led by Sequoia Capital.
Offchain Labs is supported by top-tier investors, including Pantera Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Compound Founder Robert Leshner. As of September 2021, Arbitrum's TVL (total value locked) has exceeded $2 billion, making it one of the most popular and widely-used Layer 2 solutions in the Ethereum ecosystem.
This led me to rate the team 5 stars. Really impressive and the popularity is still very high. Too bad I was too late myself to benefit the airdrop for example. Show Less