Kofi Kufuor

Partner

Tomaino, Nicholas

Founder and General Partner

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Metahood

Seed Round in 2023
Metahood offers services for discovering, purchasing, and selling land in the open metaverse.

Koop

Seed Round in 2022
Koop turns viewers into owners.

Primitive

Series A in 2022
Primitive is the core developer of Arbiter, an open-source software framework for crypto transaction simulation.

DeepNFTValue

Seed Round in 2022
DeepNFTValue, which uses deep neural networks to estimate the price of NFT assets, DeepNFTValue only provides estimates for CryptoPunk NFT pricing based on transaction history and attributions.

PILabs

Venture Round in 2022
PILabs is an agency for creators and startups.

Index Coop

Seed Round in 2021
The Index Coop is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and the largest provider of on-chain structured decentralized finance (DeFi) products. We’re on a mission to make DeFi simple, secure and accessible to everyone. Index Coop builds sector index products, leverage and inverse products, and yield-generating products, all built on Set Protocol’s twice-audited V2 infrastructure.

Primitive

Venture Round in 2021
Primitive is the core developer of Arbiter, an open-source software framework for crypto transaction simulation.

Cosmos Network

Venture Round in 2021
Cosmos is a project with an ambitious mission: To create a network of distributed ledgers that will solve long-standing problems in the cryptocurrency and blockchain communities.

Notional Finance

Series A in 2021
Notional is a decentralized protocol for fixed rate, fixed term lending and borrowing of crypto assets on Ethereum. Users can lend or borrow stablecoins at fixed rates of interest for terms of up to six months using a variety of assets as collateral. Notional achieves fixed rate lending via a primitive called fCash, which is redeemable for an underlying currency like DAI upon the fCash token’s maturity date. Notional operates specialized liquidity pools that allow users to efficiently trade cash for fCash and vice versa. The exchange rate that a user receives on their trade implies a fixed rate of interest from the time of trade until the fCash token’s maturity. Notional is flexible and configurable. The protocol can add additional assets for lending and borrowing, additional collateral types, and additional maturities beyond six months. The community intends to broaden Notional’s scope over time to include a wider array of supported assets and extended available maturities. Notional prioritizes security. The protocol team works with industry leaders to ensure that the smart contracts are technically secure and that the economic assumptions applied in the protocol’s design are sound.

Nexus Mutual

Venture Round in 2021
Nexus Mutual uses the power of blockchain technology and Ethereum to allow people from all over the world to share insurance risk together without the need for an insurance company. Nexus Mutual will initially launch with one product, earthquake cover.

Notional Finance

Seed Round in 2020
Notional is a decentralized protocol for fixed rate, fixed term lending and borrowing of crypto assets on Ethereum. Users can lend or borrow stablecoins at fixed rates of interest for terms of up to six months using a variety of assets as collateral. Notional achieves fixed rate lending via a primitive called fCash, which is redeemable for an underlying currency like DAI upon the fCash token’s maturity date. Notional operates specialized liquidity pools that allow users to efficiently trade cash for fCash and vice versa. The exchange rate that a user receives on their trade implies a fixed rate of interest from the time of trade until the fCash token’s maturity. Notional is flexible and configurable. The protocol can add additional assets for lending and borrowing, additional collateral types, and additional maturities beyond six months. The community intends to broaden Notional’s scope over time to include a wider array of supported assets and extended available maturities. Notional prioritizes security. The protocol team works with industry leaders to ensure that the smart contracts are technically secure and that the economic assumptions applied in the protocol’s design are sound.

Authereum

Seed Round in 2020
Authereum develops a platform for onboarding users to decentralized apps on the Ethereum network, to make it easier for non-technical users to get on Ethereum applications. Authereum makes use of contract-based accounts to enable additional key management functionalities, allowing users to convert fiat into crypto without leaving the wallet or having to complete a Know Your Customer verification.

OpenSea

Seed Round in 2019
OpenSea operates as a peer-to-peer marketplace specializing in crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). As the largest platform of its kind, OpenSea enables users to buy and sell a wide range of digital assets, including gaming items and virtual goods, all backed by blockchain technology. The marketplace employs smart contracts to facilitate secure transactions, enhancing user trust and safety. OpenSea plays a significant role in the burgeoning Web3 economy, supporting the growth of decentralized applications and digital assets. It also features an investment arm, OpenSea Ventures, which focuses on fostering innovation among new founders in the blockchain space.

BloXroute Labs

Series B in 2019
BloXroute is a blockchain distribution network that helps in scaling blockchains to thousands of transactions/second on-chain. The company's platform utilizes a global network of servers optimized for network performance using compression, encryption, and advanced networking techniques, propagates transactions and blocks faster, enabling clients to make the propagation of data more efficient, resulting in increased transaction throughput.

Commonwealth Labs

Seed Round in 2019
Commonwealth Labs is a governing a set of global stakeholders is hard, especially for blockchain-based protocols. Protocols need clear governance for prompt feature implementation, accountable project teams, and correct resource allocation. We facilitate scalable governance and decision making for protocols and organizations.

Ignite

Series A in 2019
Ignite CLI is an open-source rapid prototyping tool that lets developers quickly build a new blockchain with just two CLI commands. Currently, even for seasoned blockchain developers, building a new blockchain and launching a local testnet can take up the better part of a day. With the alpha release of Ignite CLI, developers can launch a simple Cosmos SDK-based blockchain in less than five minutes. The Ignite CLI intelligent scaffolding feature reduces development time and lowers the barrier to blockchain for developers. Ignite was established in 2014 by Ethan Buchman in Berkeley, California.

Veil

Seed Round in 2019
Veil is a peer-to-peer prediction market and derivatives platform built on Augur and 0x.

BloXroute Labs

Series A in 2018
BloXroute is a blockchain distribution network that helps in scaling blockchains to thousands of transactions/second on-chain. The company's platform utilizes a global network of servers optimized for network performance using compression, encryption, and advanced networking techniques, propagates transactions and blocks faster, enabling clients to make the propagation of data more efficient, resulting in increased transaction throughput.

OpenSea

Seed Round in 2018
OpenSea operates as a peer-to-peer marketplace specializing in crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). As the largest platform of its kind, OpenSea enables users to buy and sell a wide range of digital assets, including gaming items and virtual goods, all backed by blockchain technology. The marketplace employs smart contracts to facilitate secure transactions, enhancing user trust and safety. OpenSea plays a significant role in the burgeoning Web3 economy, supporting the growth of decentralized applications and digital assets. It also features an investment arm, OpenSea Ventures, which focuses on fostering innovation among new founders in the blockchain space.

BloXroute Labs

Seed Round in 2018
BloXroute is a blockchain distribution network that helps in scaling blockchains to thousands of transactions/second on-chain. The company's platform utilizes a global network of servers optimized for network performance using compression, encryption, and advanced networking techniques, propagates transactions and blocks faster, enabling clients to make the propagation of data more efficient, resulting in increased transaction throughput.

Vest

Seed Round in 2018
Stake with trusted validators and diversify your risk. Move in and out of positions with ease.

MakerDAO

Venture Round in 2017
Maker is a decentralized autonomous organization on the Ethereum blockchain seeking to minimize the price volatility of its own stable token — the Dai — against the IMF’s international currency basket SDR. Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.

Basis

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Basis protocol is designed to expand and contract supply similarly to the way central banks buy and sell fiscal debt to stabilize purchasing power. For this reason, we refer to Basis as having an algorithmic central bank.
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