# Argent > Argent is a non-custodial Ethereum smart wallet offering improved security and DApp access via a mobile app and Argent X browser extension. - Canonical URL: https://iq.wiki/wiki/argent - Categories: Cryptoassets - Created: 2024-11-05T16:56:06.666Z - Last updated: 2024-11-05T16:56:25.688Z - Source: IQ.wiki — the world's largest blockchain and crypto encyclopedia (https://iq.wiki) --- **Argent** is a smart wallet that provides users with the best of [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum) at a lower cost on [Starknet](https://iq.wiki/wiki/starknet). It also includes a mobile app and a browser extension wallet called Argent X. [\[1\]](#cite-id-leuwogn3fbo)[\[2\]](#cite-id-2j2061rxkj8) # Overview Founded by Itamar Lesuisse, Julien Niset, and Gerald Goldstein, Argent is the only non-custodial mobile wallet that combines access to [DApps](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-application) and security features such as recovery without [seed phrases](https://iq.wiki/wiki/seed-phrase), trusted contacts, and [multisig](https://iq.wiki/wiki/multi-signature-wallet). These features are made possible by Argent’s [smart contract](https://iq.wiki/wiki/smart-contract) architecture. [\[3\]](#cite-id-kongwxbpx4)[\[4\]](#cite-id-ff3t3k44jg) > “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."[\[4\]](#cite-id-ff3t3k44jg) In March 2020, Argent raised a $12 million Series A funding, led by [Paradigm](https://iq.wiki/wiki/paradigm) and backed by [Robert Leshner](https://iq.wiki/wiki/robert-leshner), founder of [Compound](https://iq.wiki/wiki/compound), and other existing investors - Index Ventures, Creandum, and firstminute. [\[6\]](#cite-id-f0xayy5g397) > "It’s a big milestone in our mission to help people control and benefit from their digital assets and identity." - founder Itamar Lesuisse shared[\[6\]](#cite-id-f0xayy5g397) 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](https://iq.wiki/wiki/starknet) portfolio. [\[5\]](#cite-id-710ejg6hkdb)