Cantina company
Overview
The Web3 security marketplace Cantina, originally incubated by the audit firm Spearbit, facilitates connections between protocols and security service providers. It hosts crowdsourced audit competitions and enables teams to request competitive quotes from auditors, supported by transparent pricing and a reputation system. Spearbit secured $7 million in a 2023 funding round led by Framework Ventures to develop and launch Cantina. The two entities were consolidated in May 2025 into a unified security product.
Within The Counterparty graph, Cantina connects to 19 tracked entities, most strongly to Morpho Blue, Symbiotic, Uniswap.
Relations
Top connections in The Counterparty knowledge graph (confidence-weighted, 10 of 19 total).
| Relation | Connected entity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
audited_by | Morpho Blue | 95% |
audited_by | Symbiotic | 85% |
audited_by | Uniswap | 85% |
audited_by | Uniswap V4 | 85% |
audited_by | Euler V2 | 85% |
audited_by | EigenCloud | 85% |
acquired | Spearbit | 85% |
audited_by | Optimism Bridge | 85% |
audited_by | Fluid Lending | 80% |
audited_by | Ethena USDe | 80% |
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Questions on the record
Who created Cantina?
Spearbit, a smart contract security firm, incubated Cantina. Framework Ventures led a $7 million funding round announced in 2023.
What is a Cantina competition?
A Cantina competition is a public, crowdsourced security review. Independent researchers compete to identify vulnerabilities in a protocol's code.
How does Cantina relate to Spearbit today?
In May 2025, Cantina and Spearbit merged into a single end-to-end security organisation. Spearbit continues to conduct specialised protocol reviews.