Fenbushi Capital

Fenbushi Capital is a prominent venture capital firm based in Shanghai, China, established in 2015. It is recognized as the first and most active venture capital firm in Asia focused on blockchain technology. Founded by experienced professionals from both blockchain and traditional financial sectors, Fenbushi Capital has supported over 80 leading projects across four continents. The firm invests in companies that leverage blockchain to transform various industries, including finance, healthcare, supply chain, and consumer goods. Fenbushi Capital is dedicated to fostering healthy and sustainable growth within the global blockchain ecosystem and serves as a long-term strategic partner to its portfolio companies.

Zhehao (Kobby) Chen

Investment Director

Rin Huang

Partner

Jeffery Xu

Investment Manager

Clarence Zhou

Investment Director

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MetaEra

Seed Round in 2025
MetaEra is a company that aggregates and provides reliable information and data on blockchain and metaverse technologies, serving as a one-stop resource for Web3.0. It operates a news media platform focused on Web3.0, offering research, development, and brand growth strategies to its clients, setting industry standards for its services.

Irreducible

Series A in 2025
Ulvetanna is an Enterprise Grade Zero-Knowledge Proof Acceleration Platform supporting web3 technologies.

WalletConnect

Series B in 2025
WalletConnect Association is a Switzerland-based company that develops an open-source protocol designed to facilitate secure connections between decentralized applications and mobile wallets. By utilizing end-to-end encryption and a QR code scanning mechanism, WalletConnect enables users to interact with decentralized applications without the need for browser extensions or the exposure of private keys. This innovative approach allows for seamless communication and transaction signing, enhancing user experience within the blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem. The protocol empowers application developers to integrate multiple wallets through a single implementation, thereby broadening their reach and improving accessibility for users.

FLock.io

Venture Round in 2024
FLock.io is a developer of a decentralized platform that focuses on machine learning and data privacy. The company aims to resolve the conflict between the increasing demand for data and the associated risks of data breaches. Its innovative platform utilizes a federated learning approach, leveraging blockchain technology to facilitate coordination among data holders. This system allows machine learning to occur while keeping data local and private, effectively eliminating the need for a central entity to collect and manage data. By empowering users to retain control over their information, FLock.io enables individuals to extract insights from their data and monetize it according to their preferences, all while ensuring privacy and security.

Semantic Layer

Seed Round in 2024
Semantic Layer improves incentive alignment in dApps, enabling MEV internationalization and sequencing sovereignty.

Huma

Venture Round in 2024
Huma is a decentralized finance platform that facilitates lending for businesses and individuals by connecting high-performing receivables with global financing. The company provides a transparent and accessible financial infrastructure, allowing clients to tokenize and trade cash flow using credit on the blockchain. Huma's innovative approach enables users to secure loans against tokens as collateral, fostering a thriving ecosystem for managing and leveraging assets in a digital format.

GoPlus Security

Venture Round in 2024
GoPlus Security is a user-driven security service platform tailored for blockchain users. It focuses on providing comprehensive security solutions through advanced technologies that include token detection, real-time risk warnings, contract security, and interaction security. By enabling clients to access third-party application platforms, GoPlus Security helps users effectively manage security risks associated with blockchain transactions and activities. The platform aims to enhance the overall safety and reliability of blockchain interactions for its diverse user base.

Parasail

Seed Round in 2024
Parasail enables actual users to attract finance and hardware effectively.

Lagrange

Seed Round in 2024
Lagrange is a cryptography company focused on enhancing the security and functionality of contract states in blockchain technology. The company specializes in developing a unique proving system that enables large-scale storage inclusion and distributed computation on top of on-chain data. This system allows clients to leverage the ZK Big Data stack, providing enhanced security for cross-chain protocols by using cryptographically secured state proofs instead of opaque intermediaries.

Eywa

Seed Round in 2024
Eywa is a decentralized cross-chain protocol designed to facilitate the transfer of liquidity and data across various blockchains that support smart contracts. By addressing interoperability challenges, Eywa aims to create a seamless ecosystem for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. The protocol serves as a middle layer, enabling developers to build cross-chain decentralized applications and engage in cross-chain farming. This functionality allows users to easily perform cross-chain swaps and bridge assets across different DeFi platforms. Eywa's approach enhances the accessibility and utility of existing DeFi blockchains, fostering innovation and collaboration within the cryptocurrency space.

Anichess

Seed Round in 2024
Anichess is a developer of a community-driven, free-to-play chess game that introduces new strategic elements through the integration of magical spells. The company aims to create a play-and-earn ecosystem, allowing users to engage in chess gameplay while earning cryptocurrencies within its platform. By combining traditional chess mechanics with innovative features, Anichess seeks to enhance the gaming experience and attract a diverse audience of players.

Azuro

Seed Round in 2024
Azuro is a global decentralized betting protocol that leverages smart contracts to enhance transparency in the betting process. By providing a classic betting experience with diverse markets and liquidity, Azuro aims to democratize the betting landscape through innovations such as collectible bets and gamification using NFTs. The protocol facilitates liquidity provision and allocation while enabling front-end management and data provision through oracles. Additionally, it incorporates decentralized governance, allowing the community to manage operations effectively. Azuro is committed to offering an engaging and responsible betting environment with reduced service costs and full transparency.

CARV

Venture Round in 2024
CARV is a company founded in 2022 that specializes in enhancing resource management for services businesses, particularly in the gaming sector. It offers an innovative application designed to align sales efforts with project capacity, allowing agencies to strategically manage resources before contracts are finalized. By enabling users to create customizable project models linked to sales opportunities, CARV addresses potential resource allocation issues early in the process. The application helps eliminate inconsistent workloads, improve decision-making regarding resourcing, empower sales negotiations, and ultimately increase profitability for agencies. CARV's focus on bridging the gap between sales and project management aims to streamline operations and create a more efficient workflow for its users.

Lumino

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Lumino is an AI infrastructure startup focused on making artificial intelligence accessible to all. It develops a platform designed to enhance the cloud computing process, specifically in the realm of AI. This platform facilitates the AI training process, providing tools for model development and ensuring accountability within production systems. By doing so, Lumino enables clients to lower the costs associated with machine learning training while effectively developing and training their AI models.

Range Labs

Seed Round in 2024
Range is a blockchain and rollups security platform with the purpose of developing a security and risk infrastructure stack that prepares markets and institutions for the adoption of blockchain and rollups technologies by providing an enterprise-ready platform and a security-first strategy.

Shentu Chain

Seed Round in 2024
Shentu Chain is a software company that focuses on enhancing security and trust within decentralized systems through its blockchain platform. The company offers security insights and preventive measures against attacks on cryptocurrency, aiming to improve the overall safety of the blockchain environment. By providing a robust security infrastructure, Shentu Chain enables developers to create more secure smart contracts and decentralized applications, thereby fostering greater confidence in blockchain technology.

Glif

Seed Round in 2024
Glif is a technology company that develops and maintains essential applications for the Filecoin ecosystem. It offers a decentralized protocol that provides tools for managing and upgrading custom staking pools, enabling users to earn yield on their assets and efficiently allocate capital and storage resources.

Farcana

Seed Round in 2023
Farcana is a blockchain-based gaming metaverse centered around a high-quality immersive shooter game set on Mars. The game's narrative unfolds as humanity, facing dwindling resources on Earth, embarks on expeditions to the red planet in pursuit of Infilium, a powerful energy source. Farcana distinguishes itself with its innovative Play-to-Hash economic model, which is patented in the United States and aims to provide a stable and transparent gaming experience, enhancing the traditional Play-to-Earn market. The company also develops a game launcher and companion application that allows players to access the game, track their statistics, manage their in-game experiences, and customize their characters, all while participating in a competitive environment.

RISC Zero.

Series A in 2023
RISC Zero provides a platform enabling users to trust programs run anywhere while allowing developers to use the tools they already know. RISC Zero builds scaling solutions using Zero Knowledge Proofs which will make blockchains accessible. The company was founded by a team of Seattle-based hackers committed to enabling users to control their experience on the internet through the creation of privacy-enhancing decentralization technology.

Connext

Series A in 2023
Connext, Inc. is a software development company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017 by Arjun Bhuptani, Layne Haber, and Rahul Sethuram. The company specializes in creating an interoperability protocol that facilitates fast and fully-trustless communication between different blockchains. Its innovative technology aims to foster the formation of an interconnected network of blockchains, commonly referred to as the internet of blockchains. Additionally, Connext provides users with tools to purchase and manage blockchain applications, offering features such as direct card purchases for token acquisition, access to current vaults, decentralized compliance, and walletless signature capabilities.

zkMe

Pre Seed Round in 2023
zkMe is a company that specializes in zero-knowledge (zk) Identity Oracles designed for decentralized and anonymous cross-chain credential verification. By ensuring that no personal information is ever processed by third parties, zkMe eliminates the risks of data leaks and misuse, granting users complete control over their digital identities. The platform enables users to selectively share their credentials with authorized parties while maintaining their privacy. As a fully decentralized provider, zkMe adheres to Financial Action Task Force (FATF) compliance standards and offers a comprehensive suite of products, including solutions for anti-bot and anti-sybil verification, as well as Know Your Customer (KYC) services.

Helika

Seed Round in 2023
Helika is a web3 technology platform that specializes in delivering real-time analytics to gaming studios and popular NFT collections. By leveraging a no-code platform, Helika integrates data from various sources, including in-game, on-chain, and social media analytics, to provide insights into user behavior and interactions. This enables gaming companies to better understand their communities and enhance user engagement, retention, and acquisition. Helika's focus on data-driven strategies helps prominent Web3 brands to make informed decisions that foster growth and improve overall performance in the competitive gaming landscape.

PiKNiK

Pre Seed Round in 2022
PiKNiK & Company is a San Diego-based firm focused on innovative data storage and computing solutions leveraging novel blockchains. The company operates PiKNiK Cloud, a cloud service provider tailored for startups and small to medium-sized businesses. This Infrastructure as a Service platform offers a cost-effective alternative to larger global providers, delivering exceptional pricing and customer support. PiKNiK Cloud supports a wide range of applications, including web apps, databases, remote desktops, cloud gaming, AI model inference, and high-performance computing simulations. Additionally, PiKNiK provides specialized services for Web 3.0, facilitating private-key transfers and data migration for existing file coin miners to streamline their transition to cloud-based mining operations. This enables users to engage in file coin mining without concerns over operational challenges such as heat, noise, and energy costs.

Amber Group

Series C in 2022
Amber Group Limited is a cryptocurrency financial services provider based in Hong Kong, founded in 2015. The company specializes in facilitating the buying and selling of cryptocurrency products and offers a range of services, including yield enhancement, collateralized lending, decentralized finance, execution services, and electronic market making. With a global presence that includes operations in Taipei, Seoul, and Vancouver, Amber Group serves over 200 institutional clients and has traded more than $200 billion across multiple electronic exchanges. It aims to optimize investment flexibility and maximize returns for its clients by leveraging advanced technology and quantitative research. Amber Group is dedicated to delivering a streamlined cryptocurrency finance experience, helping clients build and protect their wealth over the long term.

Blocknative

Series A in 2022
Blocknative is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in real-time blockchain transaction management and monitoring solutions for public blockchain networks. It offers a decentralized application development platform that enables developers to access data across multiple blockchain networks. By utilizing an embedded JavaScript widget, Blocknative simplifies complex blockchain codes, allowing developers to create applications that enhance user experiences. The platform provides clients with pre-chain insights, empowering them to make informed decisions regarding their blockchain transactions.

Aztec

Series B in 2022
Aztec specializes in developing privacy-focused technologies for Ethereum-based transactions. It is renowned for creating PLONK, a leading standard in zero-knowledge proofs, enabling fast, private interactions on the public blockchain. The company's research team has made significant contributions to Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and possesses extensive expertise in deploying intricate cryptosystems within Web3 environments. Aztec Network recently unveiled an advanced version of zk.money, showcasing its Aztec Connect SDK's ability to facilitate seamless integrations with prominent DeFi protocols like Lido and Element Finance. The company is currently working on building a secure, encrypted blockchain secured by Ethereum.

Thirdverse

Series C in 2022
Thirdverse, Inc. is a game development studio based in Tokyo, Japan, that specializes in creating and operating multiplayer virtual reality games. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on combining virtual reality technology with blockchain to develop immersive gaming experiences and establish an economic zone within a virtual world. Thirdverse offers a range of services including planning, development, sales, and management of virtual reality content, aiming to provide seamless gameplay and enhance user engagement in its virtual environments.

Arf

Seed Round in 2022
Arf is a liquidity platform designed for financial institutions engaged in cross-border payments. It offers short-term, revolving, and digital asset-based credit lines aimed at enhancing access to liquidity for these institutions globally. By providing a cross-border settlement banking platform for international money transfers, Arf eliminates the conventional capital-intensive models prevalent in the industry. The company focuses on delivering digital asset-based working capital and settlement services, featuring native on-ramp and off-ramp capabilities for licensed money service businesses and financial institutions. This approach enables users to transfer funds without hidden fees and at transparent, fair exchange rates.

ChainSafe Systems

Series A in 2022
ChainSafe is a blockchain company based in Toronto that specializes in developing blockchain protocols and infrastructure systems. The firm focuses on providing developers with blockchain-agnostic tools that facilitate the creation of decentralized applications. By utilizing emerging technologies, including blockchain, smart contracts, and machine learning, ChainSafe enables developers to design user-centric systems. This approach allows developers to build adaptable toolkits that can operate across various blockchain ecosystems, catering to organizations of all sizes and objectives.

Optim Finance

Seed Round in 2022
Optim Finance develops a decentralized finance platform that offers investment tools designed to optimize yield on digital assets. The platform focuses on creating innovative passive investment solutions, allowing users to easily deposit and withdraw funds while enhancing liquidity for productive use. By providing smart contract infrastructure, Optim Finance enables unique financial primitives that facilitate new use cases, such as renting ADA delegation rights, which can be applied to SPO loans and initial bonds. This approach aims to streamline asset management in the blockchain industry, making it more automated and secure for users.

TokenScript

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
TokenScript is a new tokenization standard that will deliver a more integrated web. A token-centric middleware that connects the scale of Web2 with the promise of Web3.

Merkle Science

Series A in 2022
Merkle Science is a software company that specializes in predictive crypto risk and intelligence platforms designed for businesses and government agencies. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Singapore, the company focuses on helping crypto companies, financial institutions, and regulatory bodies detect, investigate, and prevent illegal activities associated with cryptocurrencies. Its proprietary Behavioral Rule Engine enhances the capabilities of compliance teams, allowing them to meet local Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements while addressing the complexities of illicit activities in the cryptocurrency space. The platform features an intuitive rule management interface that enables users to visualize account activity over time and generate detailed forensic reports, facilitating due diligence and compliance for blockchain companies, crypto exchanges, investment funds, banks, and regulators.

Blu

Seed Round in 2022
Blu is using big data and AI to underwrite the underbanked population in Mexico.

Ledgible

Series A in 2022
Ledgible, developed by Verady, is a financial software platform focused on providing accounting and audit solutions for blockchain assets. The platform addresses the limitations of traditional accounting systems by offering tools specifically designed for cryptocurrency transactions. It facilitates financial institutions, corporations, and regulators in auditing, accounting, and verifying blockchain assets, thus serving as a bridge between emerging digital currencies and conventional financial practices. Ledgible's decentralized network enables accurate tracking of substantial transaction volumes, ensuring that entities within the blockchain industry can effectively manage their assets. Through its innovative approach, Ledgible aims to enhance the acceptance and integration of blockchain technology in the financial sector.

CIAN

Seed Round in 2022
Cian is a automation platform that focuses primarily on liquidity staking token yield opportunities.

double jump.tokyo

Series C in 2022
double jump.tokyo is a blockchain game developer and NFT solution provider that focuses on transforming the gaming and entertainment sectors through innovative technology. The company offers a platform that facilitates the development of gaming software by providing essential tools and resources, including APIs for smart contracts and comprehensive solutions for both development and marketing. Its mission is to simplify the process for game developers to create blockchain-based games, thereby enhancing the gaming experience and integrating blockchain technology into mainstream entertainment.

Zecrey

Angel Round in 2022
Zecrey is a Singapore-based company established in January 2021 that develops a layer 2 cross-chain protocol focused on enhancing privacy and security in blockchain transactions. Utilizing zkRollup technology, Zecrey aims to lower entry barriers for both businesses and consumers by providing an accessible platform for asset management. The company's services facilitate cross-chain transactions, enabling users to manage, swap, and bridge digital assets across multiple blockchain networks while ensuring that their transactions remain private. By prioritizing user ownership and security, Zecrey strengthens the overall integrity of the blockchain ecosystem.

Upstream App

Series A in 2022
Upstream is the best place to grow your professional community.

Tiny Rebel Games

Seed Round in 2022
We are Petaverse Network. Our aim is simple but robust - we are building an open standard for digital pets. An interoperable data solution for creating infinite virtual companions to be by your side, across the metaverse. Pets to bond with, who will learn, evolve, and behave based on their specific 'DNA' and the interactions you have with them. Soon, we will be helping people to adopt their first digital pets and take them into the first of many experiences they will be able to have with virtual companion. Embracing the wonders of #web3 we invite partnership with other creators across the metaverse.

Canza Finance

Seed Round in 2022
Canza Finance is a company focused on creating a decentralized finance platform aimed at providing essential financial services to underserved populations in Africa. By leveraging Web3 technology and blockchain, Canza Finance connects users with a network of local money market participants, facilitating access to a range of financial transaction services. This approach aims to establish the world's largest non-institutional-based financial system, enabling users from various emerging markets to engage with an open financial portal tailored to their needs.

Kyro Digital Corp.

Series A in 2022
Kyro operates as a Web 3.0 services provider, offering a comprehensive application enablement platform that supports the development and management of distributed applications. The platform features a robust set of infrastructure services, including powerful APIs and user-friendly tools designed to facilitate the creation and scaling of decentralized applications. It is compatible with various blockchain networks and marketplaces, enabling users to mint, launch, and enhance storefronts and decentralized organizations efficiently. Kyro's solutions aim to simplify the process of generating on-chain value, thereby promoting the adoption of cryptocurrencies and empowering users to engage with a wide range of digital assets.

Airwaive

Seed Round in 2022
Airwaive is a company that facilitates connections between wireless service providers and property owners, including homes and businesses. It operates a blockchain-based platform that decentralizes wireless broadband networks, promoting greater affordability and access. By enabling property owners to host wireless hotspots, Airwaive allows them to generate revenue from their land and services while simultaneously supporting the development of small cell networks. This innovative approach enhances the availability of wireless connectivity and creates new opportunities for both service providers and property owners.

The Graph

Venture Round in 2022
The Graph is an indexing protocol that facilitates querying data from decentralized networks such as Ethereum and IPFS, serving as a vital component of the Web3 ecosystem. It allows developers to create and publish open APIs, known as subgraphs, which applications can access using GraphQL to retrieve blockchain data. Currently, The Graph provides a hosted service to simplify the development process, with plans to launch a decentralized network. It supports data indexing from Ethereum, IPFS, and POA, with additional networks anticipated in the future. As of now, thousands of developers have deployed over 3,000 subgraphs for decentralized applications, including prominent projects like Uniswap, Synthetix, and Decentraland. The platform has experienced significant growth in usage, highlighting its role in powering the decentralized web.

Zhongqi An Chain

Series A in 2022
Zhongqi An Chain is a one-stop supply chain financial integrated service provider. It is a "blockchain + supply chain" financial technology service provider incubated by ZhongAn Technology for core enterprises. With the help of ZhongAn Technology, it independently develops blockchain and other frontiers. Technology, providing online intelligent supply chain financial solutions. Recently completed a financing of tens of millions of RMB. This round of financing was led by Qulian Technology, followed by Kelly Yifang and old shareholders Ivy Capital and Fenbushi Capital. Yiren Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor. This round of financing will be mainly used to upgrade the underlying technology, further expand the product line, and improve the operation and service system.

BlockSec

Seed Round in 2021
BlockSec is a prominent blockchain security company founded in 2021 by a group of esteemed security experts in Hong Kong. It focuses on enhancing security and usability for Web3, facilitating its widespread adoption. Serving nearly 300 clients, including notable projects such as MetaMask and PancakeSwap, BlockSec has identified numerous critical security vulnerabilities, successfully preventing over 10 hacker attacks and protecting more than 14 million USD in digital assets. The company has developed innovative security usability products, including Phalcon, MetaDock, and MetaSleuth, which address essential technical challenges like secure development testing and on-chain monitoring. Additionally, BlockSec offers solutions for online loan detection, anti-money laundering tracking, and smart contract transaction analysis across multiple blockchain networks. With its advanced technological research and practical expertise, BlockSec has garnered significant recognition within the industry.

Vibra

Seed Round in 2021
Vibra is an online crypto-currency application that specializes in investments, blockchain, and funding services.

izumi Finance

Series A in 2021
Izumi Finance is a liquidity mining platform that specializes in offering concentrated liquidity services across multiple blockchain networks. The platform features non-homogenous liquidity mining protocols, which allow users to stake Uniswap LP tokens and receive rewards tailored to specific price ranges. By optimizing the distribution of incentives, Izumi Finance aims to enhance the earnings of liquidity providers, thereby improving the overall efficiency of the liquidity mining process.

Degame

Seed Round in 2021
Degame is an NFT gaming platform that provides token analytics, tracking, research, gaming strategy, and IGO.

Titan

Funding Round in 2021
Titan their software monitors, manages, and optimizes our mining operations at any scale. They are building a smart contract protocol for provable, programmable hashrate, making global mining smarter and more efficient.

1inch Labs

Series B in 2021
1inch Labs is a developer of a decentralized finance platform that aggregates multiple decentralized exchanges across various blockchains. Founded in 2019 and based in the United States, the company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of cryptocurrency trading. Its suite of protocols, including the 1inch Aggregation Protocol, 1inch Liquidity Protocol, and 1inch Limit Order Protocol, work together to facilitate cost-effective and secure swap transactions. This integration allows users to access better rates than those available on individual exchanges, thereby optimizing their trading experience in the decentralized finance sector.

Neptune Mutual

Seed Round in 2021
Neptune Mutual is a developer of a parametric cover platform focused on providing innovative risk protection solutions for cryptocurrency investors. The company aims to safeguard user funds against potential exploits related to cryptocurrency exchanges, custody providers, and smart contracts. By leveraging blockchain technology, Neptune Mutual creates user-centric hedging products that enhance security and reduce the risks associated with malicious activities in the digital asset space.

BlockchainSpace

Seed Round in 2021
BlockchainSpace develops tools aimed at empowering play-to-earn communities within the Metaverse. The company provides a platform that serves as a guild hub, offering specialized solutions that include YEY, Metasports, Creator Circle, and the Guild Partner Program. These tools are designed to enhance digital engagement and facilitate community growth, allowing users to focus on scaling their guilds and improving performance. Additionally, BlockchainSpace operates educational academies that identify and explore economic opportunities in play-to-earn games, sharing valuable insights to help new guilds enter this evolving space.

Kibo Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Kibo Finance is a developer of a decentralized finance options trading platform that facilitates borderless trading of various assets, including cryptocurrencies, gold, and stocks. The platform is designed to cater to advanced options traders by offering a seamless trading experience characterized by fair pricing and enhanced rewards. Kibo Finance aims to streamline the trading process, enabling users to manage multiple asset classes on a single platform without complications.

NYM Technologies SA

Series A in 2021
NYM Technologies SA is a Swiss company based in Neuchâtel that specializes in designing and developing private Internet infrastructure. The company focuses on creating solutions that utilize anonymous authentication credentials, which facilitate privacy-enhanced data transfer and support decentralized identity management. By addressing the vulnerabilities of existing Internet protocols that expose sensitive data at both the network and application levels, NYM Technologies aims to prevent data leakage and enhance user privacy, offering individuals a more secure online experience.

WOO Network

Series A in 2021
WOO Network is a trading platform provider focused on delivering above-average liquidity for spot and futures trading while offering zero or negative trading fees. Its innovative platform connects traders, exchanges, institutions, and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, facilitating democratized access to liquidity and efficient trading execution. By emphasizing user-friendly access to high-quality market liquidity at minimal costs, WOO Network aims to enhance the trading experience for a diverse range of participants in the financial ecosystem.

Notabene

Series A in 2021
Notabene, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in developing a software as a service (SaaS) platform for crypto compliance tailored for the financial industry. The company focuses on helping financial institutions adhere to emerging global regulations concerning cryptocurrency transactions, specifically addressing the complexities of the Travel Rule. Notabene offers a unified API and dashboard designed to assist compliance officers in managing risk associated with both Travel Rule and non-custodial transactions. By providing access to a broad network of crypto businesses, Notabene simplifies the compliance process, enhances transaction confidence, and ultimately supports its clients in increasing their transaction volumes and business growth.

CoinList

Series A in 2021
CoinList is a leading platform in the digital finance sector, focused on facilitating the launch and growth of innovative digital assets. The company provides a comprehensive token distribution service that connects blockchain projects with potential investors prior to their asset listings on other exchanges. CoinList supports various stages of crypto investment, including token sales, distribution, trading, lending, staking, and access to decentralized finance opportunities. Users can trade and store a wide range of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, through its mobile app and website, CoinList.co. The platform caters to a diverse clientele, including validators, miners, founders, CEOs, and crypto enthusiasts, ensuring they have access to new tokens and crypto-specific services. CoinList's mission is to be the most trusted brand in digital finance while expanding access for early adopters and fostering innovation within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

MCDEX

Venture Round in 2021
Fully permissionless protocol for decentralized perpetual swaps

Arcana Network

Venture Round in 2021
Arcana Network operates as a decentralized storage platform tailored for Ethereum and EVM-compatible chains, focusing on enhancing the security and privacy of user data. Its offerings include a comprehensive Privacy Stack that encompasses key management, authentication, identity and access control, and end-to-end encryption. By integrating these features, Arcana empowers developers to create applications that prioritize data protection and user privacy, allowing for the rapid development of secure applications. This approach simplifies the process for developers, enabling them to build privacy-preserving solutions efficiently and effectively.

Powerloom Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
The Composable Data Network for Web3 Empowering builders to unlock rich data applications within Web3

Merkle Science

Series A in 2021
Merkle Science is a software company that specializes in predictive crypto risk and intelligence platforms designed for businesses and government agencies. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Singapore, the company focuses on helping crypto companies, financial institutions, and regulatory bodies detect, investigate, and prevent illegal activities associated with cryptocurrencies. Its proprietary Behavioral Rule Engine enhances the capabilities of compliance teams, allowing them to meet local Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements while addressing the complexities of illicit activities in the cryptocurrency space. The platform features an intuitive rule management interface that enables users to visualize account activity over time and generate detailed forensic reports, facilitating due diligence and compliance for blockchain companies, crypto exchanges, investment funds, banks, and regulators.

Blofin

Series A in 2021
Blofin is a fintech company leveraging big data and AI to deliver tailored advanced financial services to users.Also provides asset management services by focusing on small and medium-sized Quantitative Hedge Funds to provide capital investments, lower trading fees, and other financial services.

Āut Labs (former SkillWallet)

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Āut is an extendable Protocol designed to power the next generation of human Coordination. The DAOs 2.0, if you like, or a DAO Renaissance. It does so by "expanding" any Standard DAO Contract - with custom Membership modules on top. Āut is a protocol that expands any DAO’s legacy contract (i.e.: a Moloch DAO), and bringing expandable, customizable membership & governance modules at contract level for Web3 Communities. At its core, it adds the native concept of Role & Interaction at contract level - so that each Member of a Community is represented in a much more multidimensional, richer way - other than a flat 0x… address. Currently, the Āut suite includes: - to Integrate āut, add Roles & expand/deploy a DAO from scratch. - a Decentralized Authentication System for DAOs. - a DAO OS, to manage members, tasks and community modules. - (my) ĀutID: a public profile & portfolio for self-sovereign, non-transferable NFT IDs.

Fuel Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Fuel Labs is a global decentralized group of passionate developers building the future of blockchain scalability technology. As the leader in blockchain scaling innovation, its engineers created the optimistic rollup design paradigm and have contributed to advancing the frontier of rollup, blockchain virtual machine, and safe smart contract programming language research.

Mintverse

Seed Round in 2021
Mintverse is a service platform designed for the creation, discovery, and collection of digital items and NFTs. The company enables users to engage with rare digital creations while also facilitating crowdfunding for NFT art and various crypto projects. Mintverse aims to promote mass NFT adoption by addressing prevalent challenges in the NFT space, such as high transaction fees, limited incentives for creators, and insufficient utility for existing NFT assets. With significant backing from prominent investors and partners, Mintverse is well-positioned to enhance the growth of the NFT community and explore innovative use cases for NFT technology.

HyperTrader

Seed Round in 2021
HyperTrader is a developer of a trading terminal that aims to enhance the trading experience for both crypto and equities traders. The platform streamlines workflows by offering an all-in-one tool that allows users to analyze markets, execute trades, and manage portfolios across multiple cryptocurrency exchanges. With a focus on accessibility, HyperTrader provides institutional-grade trading technologies to traders of all levels, enabling them to discover opportunities and execute transactions efficiently. Through its innovative solutions, HyperTrader seeks to empower users in their trading activities.

4EVERLAND

Seed Round in 2021
4Everland is a cloud computing platform that specializes in providing blockchain technology-based solutions for web 3.0 application development. The company offers a range of services, including website and app design and development. Its platform is designed to support developers by offering globally accelerated, open, permissionless, and privacy-protected storage solutions. By utilizing InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) and Ethereum's underlying technology, 4Everland enables efficient and low-cost data hosting, creating a distributed and self-motivated environment for users. This innovative approach positions 4Everland as a key player in the evolving landscape of decentralized cloud computing.

Multiverse Labs

Venture Round in 2021
Multiverse Labs is a company that develops an artificial intelligence-powered multi-metaverse platform. This platform facilitates resource sharing and integrates decentralized applications, providing a marketplace for blockchain technology, computer software, and other information technology services. The platform enables companies, organizations, and governments to swiftly build and launch custom metaverse ecosystems. These ecosystems are designed to engage with customers, create new jobs, and facilitate the next phase of digital living.

Thesis*

Series A in 2021
Thesis is a venture studio specializing in cryptocurrency and decentralized technologies. It funds and develops products and protocols that empower individuals, such as Keep Network, a privacy protocol for public blockchains, Fold, a Bitcoin rewards platform for everyday purchases, Saddle, an open-source stablecoin swap protocol, and Tally Ho, a community-owned cryptocurrency wallet.

Runtime Vеrification

Venture Round in 2021
Runtime Vеrification is a dynamic software analysis technique to automatically detect bugs and errors in a software system. Founded in 2010, Runtime Vеrification is headquartered in Urbana, Illinois, United States.

Moon

Seed Round in 2021
Moon is a technology company that focuses on delivering secure and empowering financial solutions aimed at increasing financial access. The company serves as a critical enabler for clients' consumer and enterprise offerings, specializing in areas such as payments, identity, and connectivity. Moon is not a bank or a money service business; instead, it provides software and services that enhance customer-facing products by integrating with various processors and bank sponsors through proprietary APIs. Additionally, Moon has developed a payment platform that facilitates online purchases using cryptocurrency, featuring a browser extension that allows users to link their accounts or wallets for secure transactions. The platform emphasizes the provision of know-your-customer virtual cards and offers an API for card issuance, enabling online retail customers to shop directly using these secure virtual cards.

BitDAO

Private Equity Round in 2021
BitDAO is one of the world's newest and largest decentralized autonomous organizations, formed with the vision of leveling the economic playing field for every person in the world through the acceleration of the decentralized tokenized economy. The company allocates significant financial and talent resources to drive decentralized finance growth.

Shiden Network

Venture Round in 2021
Shiden Network is a multi-chain decentralized application layer on Kusama Network.

Stake Technologies

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Stake Technologies is a company focused on developing essential decentralized protocols for Web 3.0. Its primary objective is to create infrastructure that enables individuals to take ownership of their data, rights, and overall digital experience. The firm offers a multi-virtual machine smart contract platform that provides solutions for businesses looking to implement scalable products and technologies. By delivering blockchain technology that emphasizes scalability, privacy, and interoperability, Stake Technologies aims to address the challenges faced by enterprises in the evolving digital landscape.

Enjin

Venture Round in 2021
Enjin is a prominent blockchain project founded in 2009 by Maxim Blagov and Witek Radomski, recognized for its pioneering role in the NFT and metaverse space. The company has developed a comprehensive technology stack that facilitates the integration of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into various applications, particularly in gaming. Enjin's offerings include the Enjin Wallet 2.0, which allows seamless interaction with NFT-enabled apps, and Beam, a tool for distributing NFTs via QR codes. Additionally, NFT.io serves as a dedicated marketplace for NFT transactions. Enjin is also instrumental in launching Efinity, a specialized NFT chain on the Polkadot network designed for optimal NFT functionality. Since 2019, indie developers have leveraged Enjin's tools to incorporate NFTs without requiring extensive blockchain development skills, thereby fostering innovation in virtual economies and enhancing business strategies related to user acquisition and monetization.

Balancer

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Balancer Labs, Inc., established in 2018, is a U.S.-based company that operates a decentralized finance exchange. It specializes in providing a platform for programmable liquidity, enabling users to create and manage self-balancing index funds or invest in others' without the need for deposits, bids/asks, or order management. Balancer Labs also functions as a non-custodial portfolio manager, liquidity provider, and price sensor within this decentralized ecosystem.

Forkast.News

Seed Round in 2021
Forkast.News is a digital media platform covering blockchain and emerging tech at the intersection of business, economy, and politics.

Curio Digital

Seed Round in 2021
Curio Digital is a marketplace for tokenized digital collectibles.

HashMix

Seed Round in 2021
HashMix is a technology company that focuses on creating a decentralized marketplace protocol for the mining economy. By leveraging multi-signature, smart contract, and cross-chain technology, HashMix enables the generation and submission of proofs of specific hash power to the blockchain. The company issues hash power NFT tokens, which facilitate the free circulation of hash power while ensuring ownership and yield rights are preserved. This innovative approach aims to reduce the risks of overselling and fraud within the mining sector, democratizing access to mining capacities. Ultimately, HashMix seeks to improve the redistribution of global hash power for various blockchain applications, enhancing the overall efficiency and integrity of the mining ecosystem.

Stratos Network

Seed Round in 2021
Stratos is the next generation of decentralized Data Mesh that provides scalable, reliable, self-balanced storage, database, and computation network. Stratos strives to make decentralized data adoption easier for the blockchain industry and Web 3.0. Stratos designs Proof of Traffic consensus to best incentivize all participants in the network to build a sustainable and prosperous decentralized infrastructure.

MCDEX

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Fully permissionless protocol for decentralized perpetual swaps

PureStake

Series A in 2021
PureStake, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing infrastructure and services for public blockchain networks. Founded in 2019 and based in Burlington, Massachusetts, PureStake offers a range of products and services for the Algorand and Polkadot networks. Their offerings include the AlgoSigner wallet extension, API-as-a-service, a block explorer called Goalseeker, and various infrastructure solutions such as private and co-chain infrastructure. Additionally, the company provides validator services and smart contract capabilities for the Polkadot network, along with consulting services to assist clients in navigating blockchain technology. PureStake's cloud-based platform aims to facilitate secure and reliable participation in blockchain networks, employing an automated multi-pop and multi-cloud approach to enhance user experience and service delivery.

Moonbeam Network

Funding Round in 2021
Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.

Efinity

Series A in 2021
Efinity is a cross-chain NFT blockchain that brings non-fungible tokens to everyone. It was developed by Enjin on Polkadot.

Poolin

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Poolin is a multi-cryptocurrency mining pool that facilitates the mining of various digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Litecoin, Zcash, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, Dash, Monero, Dogecoin, and others. The company operates a platform that supports mainstream cryptocurrency mining and offers a range of services, including blockchain browsers, mining pools, and digital wallets, to enhance the client experience. By providing high computing power and efficient mining solutions, Poolin caters to a diverse clientele within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Huddle01

Grant in 2021
Huddle01 is a company focused on creating a decentralized audio and video communication network that eliminates the need for centralized servers in video calls. It offers a suite of developer-friendly SDKs that enable high-quality audio and video communication across different blockchain networks. Huddle01 also provides a video meeting application that facilitates wallet-to-wallet video communication, ensuring users can connect directly while maintaining data privacy. The platform includes features such as token-gating, live streaming, and decentralized storage, with plans for additional enhancements in the future. By prioritizing peer-to-peer interactions, Huddle01 aims to deliver live and interactive experiences for its users while addressing privacy concerns in digital communication.

Biconomy

Seed Round in 2021
Biconomy is a developer of a multichain relayer protocol that aims to enhance the transaction experience in the blockchain ecosystem. By offering a simplified onboarding process for Web3 projects, Biconomy provides a non-custodial, gas-efficient infrastructure that facilitates meta-transactions at scale. The company's platform includes a software development kit (SDK) and a dashboard that help abstract the complexities associated with blockchain interactions, such as managing wallets, storing private keys, and handling gas fees. This innovative approach allows developers to create smoother and more seamless interactions between decentralized applications (DApps) and their users, ultimately reducing friction and enhancing accessibility in the blockchain space.

Zqanlink

Seed Round in 2020
zqanlink explores the integration and new application of supply chain business scenarios, new technologies, and insurance, and creates integrated supply chain financial service solutions.

Hex Trust

Series A in 2020
Hex Trust is a licensed provider of bank-grade custody solutions for digital assets, established in 2017 and headquartered in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. The company operates through its proprietary platform, Hex Safe™, which offers a range of services, including custody, decentralized finance (DeFi), brokerage, and financing solutions. Targeting financial institutions, digital asset organizations, and private clients, Hex Trust aims to facilitate the integration of digital assets into their business models while adhering to a secure, scalable, and compliant framework. The firm is registered as a Trust Company under the Hong Kong Trust Ordinance and holds a Trust or Company Service Provider license, along with a Capital Markets Services license in Singapore, allowing it to provide regulated custodial services. With additional offices in Singapore and Vietnam, Hex Trust is also expanding its presence across Europe and the Middle East to further enhance its service offerings.

Titan Industries

Seed Round in 2020
Titan's Next Generation Mining Pool offers a powerful North American alternative and a way for the continent’s Bitcoin miners to achieve the efficiency and scale enjoyed by miners in other regions. We offer a highly efficient public (permissioned) and private Bitcoin Mining Pool Services. For more information please visit titan.io. Built by miners for miners, Titan makes mining easy, profitable, and scalable. Titan was formed and founded within Bloq in 2018, by Ryan Condron, Jeff Garzik and Matthew Roszak. Most mining management software options are either incomplete or difficult to scale.

Centrifuge

Seed Round in 2020
Centrifuge Inc. is a technology company that develops a decentralized blockchain-based platform aimed at enhancing the global financial supply chain. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Berlin, Germany, Centrifuge provides a secure and privacy-preserving protocol for the peer-to-peer exchange of financial documents. The platform enables businesses to transact while retaining ownership of critical data, including company details and transaction histories. By allowing asset managers to tokenize and manage their funds on-chain, Centrifuge facilitates better access for investors to a diversified portfolio of high-quality tokenized assets. The company's operating system supports third-party service providers in creating applications and functionalities that interact with financial data, thereby fostering economic opportunity and enhancing transactional efficiency within the financial ecosystem.

O1Labs

Series A in 2020
O1Labs, established in 2017, is a blockchain technology company that specializes in zero knowledge cryptography and innovative cryptographic solutions. The company's significant contributions include the development of the Mina Protocol, recognized as the world's first lightweight, scalable, and decentralized zk blockchain. Additionally, O1Labs has created o1js, an intuitive framework designed to assist developers in building zk applications. By leveraging zero-knowledge proofs, O1Labs seeks to enhance blockchain accessibility and facilitate the creation of user-friendly cryptocurrency applications that operate natively in web browsers. The company's vision is to drive the next generation of applications powered by zero knowledge cryptography.

WOO Network

Seed Round in 2020
WOO Network is a trading platform provider focused on delivering above-average liquidity for spot and futures trading while offering zero or negative trading fees. Its innovative platform connects traders, exchanges, institutions, and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, facilitating democratized access to liquidity and efficient trading execution. By emphasizing user-friendly access to high-quality market liquidity at minimal costs, WOO Network aims to enhance the trading experience for a diverse range of participants in the financial ecosystem.

FalconX

Venture Round in 2020
FalconX, Ltd. is a cryptocurrency brokerage and digital asset trading platform founded in 2018 and based in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in blockchain technology and fintech, offering clients access to cryptocurrency markets for trading, credit, and clearing. FalconX utilizes data science and machine learning to ensure reliable execution of mid-to-large size trades, smart routing prices across multiple liquidity sources. This approach helps eliminate slippage and hidden fees, making it an attractive option for hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and other institutional clients seeking efficient and cost-effective trading solutions.

Blockdaemon

Venture Round in 2020
Blockdaemon Inc. is a blockchain node management platform that enables businesses, enterprises, and developers to efficiently deploy and manage blockchain applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with additional offices in New York and Ireland, the company provides tools that allow users to manage nodes across more than 30 blockchain protocols, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polkadot. Blockdaemon's solution is designed to be fully portable, enabling users to easily switch between networks and chains without the need for extensive configuration. The company also supports the blockchain developer ecosystem by offering expert dev-ops advice, facilitating smoother integration and deployment in the rapidly evolving blockchain landscape.

Keep

Venture Round in 2020
Keep Network, established in 2017 and based in George Town, Cayman Islands, specializes in creating interactive links between public blockchains and private data. The company's core product, tBTC, is a decentralized bridge enabling users to securely and anonymously transfer their Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, facilitating participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Keep Network's technology, an off-chain container for private data, allows smart contracts to leverage the full power of public blockchains while maintaining data privacy.

Keep

Initial Coin Offering in 2020
Keep Network, established in 2017 and based in George Town, Cayman Islands, specializes in creating interactive links between public blockchains and private data. The company's core product, tBTC, is a decentralized bridge enabling users to securely and anonymously transfer their Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, facilitating participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Keep Network's technology, an off-chain container for private data, allows smart contracts to leverage the full power of public blockchains while maintaining data privacy.

ChainSafe Systems

Seed Round in 2020
ChainSafe is a blockchain company based in Toronto that specializes in developing blockchain protocols and infrastructure systems. The firm focuses on providing developers with blockchain-agnostic tools that facilitate the creation of decentralized applications. By utilizing emerging technologies, including blockchain, smart contracts, and machine learning, ChainSafe enables developers to design user-centric systems. This approach allows developers to build adaptable toolkits that can operate across various blockchain ecosystems, catering to organizations of all sizes and objectives.
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