what are some examples of founders who built an open protocol *and* a VC-funded startup?

farcaster is my first exposure to such a valiant attempt, and I’m wondering who else did this historically (both successfully and not as successfully)

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I have previously studied topics related to blockchain, startups, and innovative activities, and the people mentioned are ones I have researched before. also at the end of my research I am tagging two of my friends who have extensively studied in this field, and I hope they can provide significant assistance.

The Ethereum and ConsenSys (Joe Lubin)
IPFS and Protocol Labs (Juan Benet)
Stellar and Lightyear/Interstellar (Jed McCaleb)
Filecoin and Protocol Labs (Juan Benet)
Dfinity and the Internet Computer (Dominic Williams)

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