Argent
Argent is a smart wallet that provides users with the best of Ethereum at a lower cost on Starknet. It also includes a mobile app and a browser extension wallet called Argent X. [1][2]
Overview
Founded by Itamar Lesuisse, Julien Niset, and Gerald Goldstein, Argent is the only non-custodial mobile wallet that combines access to DApps and security features such as recovery without seed phrases, trusted contacts, and multisig. These features are made possible by Argent’s smart contract architecture. [3][4]
“We could see that crypto had the potential to be the next era of the web. But it was too difficult to use and too easy to make mistakes. We wanted to fix that."[4]
In March 2020, Argent raised a $12 million Series A funding, led by Paradigm and backed by Robert Leshner, founder of Compound, and other existing investors - Index Ventures, Creandum, and firstminute. [6]
"It’s a big milestone in our mission to help people control and benefit from their digital assets and identity." - founder Itamar Lesuisse shared[6]
Argent is available as a mobile app, a browser extension, a web wallet for developers, and as a portfolio manager for tracking and managing a Starknet portfolio. [5]