Kingsway Capital

Kingsway Capital is an investment management firm that specializes in identifying and investing in high-growth opportunities across various sectors and geographies. With a focus on long-term value creation, Kingsway Capital leverages its expertise and network to support the growth and success of the companies in its portfolio. Through strategic investments and hands-on approach, Kingsway Capital aims to generate strong returns for its investors while contributing to the growth and development of the businesses it partners with.

Manuel Stotz

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The Open Network Foundation

Initial Coin Offering in 2025
TON Foundation (TF) is a non-profit organization founded in Switzerland in 2023. It is 100% funded by the community, acts in its interests, and supports initiatives aligned with The Open Network Mission. See more at https://ton.foundation

Acki Nacki

Venture Round in 2025
Acki Nacki is an asynchronous blockchain technology that achieves probabilistic consensus via two communication phases. Acki Nacki is ready to support use cases such as payments, gaming economies, IoT networks, and AI applications.

Mocaverse

Venture Round in 2024
Mocaverse is a membership NFT collection developed by Animoca Brands, designed to support its companies, projects, investments, shareholders, and partners. It features 8,888 unique characters that represent the diverse collaborations within the Animoca ecosystem. The primary goal of Mocaverse is to provide web3-native tools that facilitate onboarding and growth for various gaming and entertainment projects. By leveraging its membership structure, Mocaverse aims to enhance community engagement and foster innovation within the web3 landscape.

The Sandbox

Convertible Note in 2024
The Sandbox is a decentralized gaming platform developed by Pixowl and Animoca, focusing on empowering creators to design, animate, and monetize voxel assets and gaming experiences on the blockchain. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in the United States, The Sandbox has become one of the largest independent user-generated content platforms, boasting over 40 million downloads and more than one million monthly active users. It features three main components: an NFT builder, a Marketplace, and a Game Maker, allowing users to create games using visual scripting tools. The Sandbox enables players to own their creations as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), ensuring digital ownership, scarcity, and authenticity. This innovative approach fosters collaboration within a metaverse where virtual worlds can be developed without central authority, offering significant benefits to both gamers and creators.

Harris & Trotter

Venture Round in 2024
Harris & Trotter is an independent firm of chartered accountants and business advisers, established in 1940 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The firm specializes in providing a range of services, including traditional audit, payroll, tax planning, and accounting solutions. Harris & Trotter delivers audit services with a focus on efficiency and high standards. Additionally, the firm assists clients with various tax matters, including corporation tax, VAT, inheritance tax, income tax, employment tax, stamp duty, and capital gains tax. They also offer support for HMRC inquiries and tax clearances. Furthermore, Harris & Trotter provides outsourced bookkeeping and accounting services, including the preparation of annual accounts, ensuring comprehensive financial management for their clients.

Blockchain.com

Series E in 2023
Blockchain.com is a digital assets platform that enables users to buy, hold, and utilize cryptocurrency, aiming to create an accessible financial system for the internet. With over 50 million customers, the platform provides a straightforward way to engage with digital currencies, facilitating transactions, trading, and secure storage. It features a highly trafficked explorer for tracking crypto market activities and an exchange that offers a fast trading experience. Blockchain.com is committed to revolutionizing the financial services industry by enabling quick transactions without the need for costly intermediaries, while also providing real-time transaction data and analytical tools for investors and developers.

Mocaverse

Series A in 2023
Mocaverse is a membership NFT collection developed by Animoca Brands, designed to support its companies, projects, investments, shareholders, and partners. It features 8,888 unique characters that represent the diverse collaborations within the Animoca ecosystem. The primary goal of Mocaverse is to provide web3-native tools that facilitate onboarding and growth for various gaming and entertainment projects. By leveraging its membership structure, Mocaverse aims to enhance community engagement and foster innovation within the web3 landscape.

River

Series B in 2023
River Financial Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2019 by Alexander Leishman and Andrew Benson. The company specializes in providing a platform for individuals and institutions to buy, manage, and sell bitcoin. Its flagship product is a Bitcoin brokerage designed for sophisticated retail investors, offering a high-touch service that prioritizes security and client experience. River Financial's platform includes tools for investment performance, such as cost basis tracking, catering to the needs of its clients in the evolving cryptocurrency market.

Fedi

Series A in 2023
Fedi is a technology company focused on enhancing global Bitcoin adoption through its innovative mobile application. This app is designed to facilitate secure, private, and scalable cryptocurrency transactions, making it accessible for billions of users. By employing multi-signature technology, Fedi adds an additional layer of security to cryptocurrency exchanges, allowing users to conduct Bitcoin transactions anonymously. The company's efforts aim to simplify the use of Bitcoin, promoting its adoption across diverse populations while ensuring user privacy and security.

TinyTap

Venture Round in 2023
TinyTap Ltd., founded in 2012 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializes in developing educational software that allows families, teachers, and students to create, share, and play personalized educational games. The platform offers a code-free environment where users can transform shared moments into engaging games and interactive experiences, including books and classroom activities. With over 150,000 games created by educators worldwide, TinyTap serves over a million families each month, providing access to a vast library of educational content. Users can create and play games for free or opt for a subscription to unlock premium features and access learning analytics. Notably, 50% of subscription revenue is returned to the teachers who develop these games, promoting a collaborative and supportive educational community.

Landvault

Series B in 2023
Landvault is a company focused on enhancing the metaverse economy through a virtual video game strategy. It combines various technological elements to assist businesses with real estate acquisition, financial analysis, and online marketing. Landvault enables the creation of immersive online virtual worlds that incorporate augmented reality, virtual reality, and interactive 3D holographic avatars. By leveraging these technologies, the company provides clients with innovative solutions that enhance their presence in the digital landscape, facilitating engagement and communication in a rapidly evolving virtual environment.

ID Finance

Debt Financing in 2023
ID Finance is a data science and digital lending company based in Barcelona, Spain, with additional operations in Mexico and Brazil. Founded in 2012, the company focuses on enhancing financial inclusion in emerging markets through its innovative lending solutions. Its primary products include Plazo, which offers long-term loans to consumers who struggle to access traditional bank credit, and Moneyman, a platform designed to assist individuals with short-term cash flow needs via an automated lending service. ID Finance employs advanced data science and machine learning techniques to provide competitive and transparent financial services. With a workforce of over 400 employees, the company has attracted significant investment, including $10 million in equity and $50 million in debt funding, and serves approximately 1.4 million registered clients. The founders bring substantial banking experience, having previously worked at major institutions, and ID Finance has been recognized for its rapid growth in the fintech sector.

CCP Games

Venture Round in 2023
CCP Games is an independent developer specializing in massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, renowned for creating expansive and engaging universes. The company is best known for its flagship title, EVE Online, launched in May 2003, which has garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards globally. In addition to EVE Online, CCP Games is also developing other projects, including Project M5 and several first-person shooter titles. Their gaming platform encompasses science-fiction themes and virtual reality action games, catering to various mobile platforms. CCP Games focuses on providing players with immersive multiplayer experiences that foster a challenging and inspiring environment for gaming enthusiasts.

AcadArena

Series A in 2023
AcadArena is a company that focuses on enhancing the gaming experience for students through scholarships, tournaments, and educational opportunities in esports. Founded in 2019 by Ariane Lim, Kevin Hoang, and Justin Banusin, AcadArena aims to empower student gamers and educators by facilitating collegiate-level tournaments and offering mentorship in esports. The company operates in Southeast Asia, providing a platform for students to develop both their academic and gaming skills. Through its various programs, AcadArena helps students participate in competitive gaming while also promoting personal growth and career opportunities within the esports industry.

Tonstarter

Seed Round in 2023
Tonstarter is the TON-native launchpad, enabling crypto projects to raise capital in a decentralized, safe, and user-friendly environment.

Zion

Venture Round in 2023
Zion is a decentralized social network built on Bitcoin, designed to facilitate the free and open flow of content and payments between creative people and their audiences.

Blockstream

Convertible Note in 2023
Blockstream is a prominent blockchain technology supplier that focuses on enhancing Bitcoin and blockchain functionality through innovative products and services. The company develops interoperable blockchain technologies, particularly sidechains, which facilitate faster and more confidential transactions. Its notable offerings include Blockstream Satellite, a service that broadcasts the Bitcoin blockchain via satellite for users without internet access, and the Liquid Network, designed to improve transaction efficiency. Additionally, Blockstream provides the Green Wallet, a non-custodial Bitcoin wallet emphasizing security and user control. The company also offers blockchain APIs for developers, enabling the integration of blockchain capabilities into various applications, as well as solutions for efficient Bitcoin mining operations. By leveraging advanced cryptographic techniques, Blockstream aims to enhance privacy and security in transactions, ultimately contributing to the evolution of the financial infrastructure.

Blockchain.com

Venture Round in 2022
Blockchain.com is a digital assets platform that enables users to buy, hold, and utilize cryptocurrency, aiming to create an accessible financial system for the internet. With over 50 million customers, the platform provides a straightforward way to engage with digital currencies, facilitating transactions, trading, and secure storage. It features a highly trafficked explorer for tracking crypto market activities and an exchange that offers a fast trading experience. Blockchain.com is committed to revolutionizing the financial services industry by enabling quick transactions without the need for costly intermediaries, while also providing real-time transaction data and analytical tools for investors and developers.

Galoy

Private Equity Round in 2022
Galoy provides an open-source Bitcoin banking platform that enables communities and institutions to offer financial services using Bitcoin. The platform includes a secure backend API, mobile wallets, point of sale applications, compliance tools, and administrative controls. By facilitating the development of tools that connect traditional payment networks with Bitcoin's Lightning Network, Galoy empowers various organizations to establish themselves as Bitcoin banks. Its notable initiative, the Bitcoin Beach Wallet, has played a pivotal role in fostering a circular Bitcoin economy, which has influenced the adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador.

ZEBEDEE

Series B in 2022
Zebedee, established in 2019 and based in Hoboken, New Jersey, specializes in integrating Bitcoin and Lightning Network support into digital gaming environments. Its platform enables game developers to facilitate in-game microtransactions using Bitcoin, allowing players to send, receive, and store limited quantities of the cryptocurrency within their games. This frictionless value exchange fosters interaction among players, developers, streamers, and watchers, empowering digital economies.

Fedi

Seed Round in 2022
Fedi is a technology company focused on enhancing global Bitcoin adoption through its innovative mobile application. This app is designed to facilitate secure, private, and scalable cryptocurrency transactions, making it accessible for billions of users. By employing multi-signature technology, Fedi adds an additional layer of security to cryptocurrency exchanges, allowing users to conduct Bitcoin transactions anonymously. The company's efforts aim to simplify the use of Bitcoin, promoting its adoption across diverse populations while ensuring user privacy and security.

Animoca Brands

Venture Round in 2022
Animoca Brands, established in 2019 and headquartered in the Cayman Islands, is a venture capital firm focused on the technology sector. It invests in and supports creators who leverage web3 and blockchain technologies to drive digital property rights to gamers and internet users through non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company develops and markets a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and educational products, utilizing gamification and blockchain to ensure transparency, security, and innovative business models.

Klang Games

Series C in 2022
Klang Games GmbH is an independent game development studio based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2013. The studio focuses on creating engaging multiplayer games that foster community interaction. Its flagship project, ReRunners: Race for the World, is an online asynchronous multiplayer game designed for mobile and tablet devices, featuring an open world and fast-paced racing elements. The team, comprised of twelve passionate individuals from diverse backgrounds, is dedicated to developing next-generation gaming experiences by employing innovative technology and distinctive art styles. Klang Games aims to build valuable gaming communities while delivering unique and sustainable products that enhance player engagement.

Fung Payments

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Fung Payments is a payment service provider that specializes in offering embedded payment solutions tailored for vertical SaaS companies, including those in EV charging, PropTech, and accounting technology. The company has developed a payment service platform that facilitates a crypto-native payment system for online transactions, enabling e-commerce businesses to accept both fiat and cryptocurrency payments. This system helps merchants comply with evolving legal requirements, ensuring business continuity while providing a seamless payment experience.

Cathedra Bitcoin

Post in 2022
Cathedra Bitcoin is a company that specializes in the development and operation of Bitcoin mining infrastructure. It operates primarily in the United States, where it has diversified its mining operations. The company emphasizes the importance of sound money and abundant energy as essential elements for human flourishing. In addition to Bitcoin mining, Cathedra Bitcoin also focuses on managing and expanding its portfolio of data center infrastructure, which supports high-density computing applications, including artificial intelligence.

Phantom Galaxies

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Phantom Galaxies, established by Blowfish Studios, specializes in developing immersive, blockchain-based gaming experiences. Their flagship product is an open-world mech combat game set in a sci-fi universe, currently in Alpha phase. The game offers diverse Starfighter classes, customizable weapons, and a captivating narrative, appealing to both traditional gamers and Web3 enthusiasts. As of now, three out of four Alpha episodes are accessible, with Beta launch expected in Q3 2022.

PlanetQuest

Seed Round in 2022
PlanetQuest is a unique video game of exploration, survival and discovery, in which players can own entire planets, evolve and upgrade them to increase their value and eventually invite their friends to join them and go on an epic adventure together, gathering resources, building bases, fighting off alien creatures, and finding rare and powerful artifacts along the way. Join in on an epic adventure with a decentralized storyline where the choices made by you and your faction on unknown worlds will shape the fate of humanity.

BVNK

Series A in 2022
BVNK is a fintech company specializing in modern payments infrastructure for businesses. It unifies traditional banking systems with blockchain technology on a single platform, enabling businesses to send and receive stablecoin payments, convert currencies, and add crypto payment options to their checkout processes. BVNK's flexible platform allows innovators to swiftly launch new payment products while ensuring compliance through its robust global licensing expertise.

Jambo

Series A in 2022
Jambo is a company focused on creating an extensive on-chain mobile network, centered around its flagship product, the JamboPhone, a powerful mobile device designed for the crypto-native market. With a foundation of over 800,000 mobile nodes spanning more than 120 countries, Jambo aims to accelerate decentralization and enhance network effects for various applications, such as validators and peer-to-peer networking. The JamboApp serves as a gateway for millions of users to engage with the on-chain economy, offering innovative earning opportunities, a decentralized application (dApp) store, and a multi-chain wallet. By integrating blockchain technology into its products, Jambo empowers users to participate in gaming, cryptocurrency trading, and decentralized finance, particularly benefiting individuals in emerging markets. Central to Jambo's ecosystem is the Jambo Token, which facilitates rewards, discounts, and other incentives, positioning the company as a key player in the evolving landscape of blockchain technology.

Rario

Series A in 2022
RARIO is a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace founded in 2021 and based in Singapore. It specializes in officially licensed cricket NFTs, allowing fans to buy, sell, and trade a variety of digital collectibles, including playing cards, video moments, and cricket artifacts. The platform enables users to engage with other cricket enthusiasts, participate in exclusive fan clubs, and take part in quests for rewards, while also offering opportunities to earn real money through trading. By making the digital collectible experience more accessible, RARIO aims to enhance fan engagement within the cricket community.

CoinDCX

Series D in 2022
CoinDCX is a Mumbai-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in crypto-enabled financial services. It offers a comprehensive cryptocurrency trading platform that facilitates legal transactions of multiple cryptocurrencies and allows users to withdraw funds to their bank accounts. The platform is designed to provide a secure and trusted environment for customers to learn about cryptocurrencies, while also delivering a fast and reliable trading experience through its liquidity, powerful wallet, and strong security measures. CoinDCX aims to democratize finance by making investments more accessible to a diverse range of traders, catering to various trading experiences, risk tolerances, and trading frequencies.

SadaPay

Seed Round in 2022
SadaPay is a financial technology company that has developed a digital banking application featuring a debit card. The application allows users to manage their accounts efficiently, offering functionalities such as online shopping, automatic savings, and the ability to share payments with friends. These features aim to simplify personal finance management and enhance the overall banking experience for its customers.

Lightning Labs

Series B in 2022
Lightning Labs is focused on creating advanced decentralized financial infrastructure utilizing blockchain technology and smart contracts. The company has developed the Lightning Network Daemon (lnd), which serves as a leading implementation of the Lightning Network protocol, allowing for efficient and private transactions. Additionally, Lightning Labs offers Neutrino, an open platform that enables users to conduct blockchain and Lightning Network transactions easily via mobile devices. By enhancing the capabilities of cryptocurrency transactions, Lightning Labs aims to facilitate financial cooperation globally, making transactions accessible and efficient for users of all sizes.

Wholesum Brands

Debt Financing in 2022
Our mission is to transform the ecommerce entrepreneur journey by discovering their brands and inspiring innovative teams who re-think brand expansion and scaling strategies to elevate independent local products into global brands.

Wholesum Brands

Series A in 2022
Our mission is to transform the ecommerce entrepreneur journey by discovering their brands and inspiring innovative teams who re-think brand expansion and scaling strategies to elevate independent local products into global brands.

Simwin Sports

Series B in 2022
SimWin Sports is a pioneering digital sports league that merges esports and fantasy sports into a comprehensive platform. It offers fans the opportunity to engage with live digital content based on traditional sports, allowing them to watch, predict, and participate in daily fantasy competitions year-round. Unique to SimWin Sports, the teams within the league are represented as NFTs, which are owned by athletes and celebrities, enhancing the connection between fans and the sport. Users can collect, trade, and manage player NFTs, creating a dynamic environment where they can earn rewards through their participation and engagement in various fantasy formats.

PDAX | Philippine Digital Asset Exchange

Series B in 2022
PDAX is the first order-book based digital currency exchange in The Philippines that enables users to buy, sell, trade and digital assets such as Bitcoin against the Philippine Peso. Its trade matching engine ensures liquidity and globally competitive prices in a market that has historically been too costly for the average Filipino to access. For more information please visit pdax.ph.

OpenNode

Series A in 2022
OpenNode Inc. operates a bitcoin payment processing platform that facilitates transactions for e-commerce, retail, and gaming companies. Founded in 2018 and based in the United States, OpenNode provides an easy-to-use solution that includes a plug-in service for online shopping carts and payment infrastructure APIs for developers. The platform enables instant settlements, allowing businesses to accept bitcoin payments and exchange them for local currency seamlessly. Additionally, it supports microtransactions and quick invoicing, bridging the gap between cryptocurrency and traditional payment methods. By offering a user-friendly interface and rapid processing capabilities, OpenNode aims to create a borderless payment ecosystem where transactions can be completed in both bitcoin and fiat currency.

Qredo

Series A in 2022
Qredo Ltd is a London-based company that operates a platform designed to facilitate the secure and efficient movement of digital assets for institutional traders. Established in 2011, Qredo provides an open protocol and decentralized, multi-party computation network that enhances the security and custody of digital assets. Its solutions address the operational challenges and security risks associated with wallet key management, trading, storage, and transfer of these assets. By offering features such as cross-chain liquidity, treasury management tools, and peer-to-peer trading venues, Qredo aims to streamline the digital asset management process while mitigating cyber threats.

Bold

Series B in 2022
Bold is the proprietor of a financial company that focuses on small to medium-sized businesses. The company provides a card payment system that enables small merchants to accept digital payments via credit and debit cards, both national and international, for both contactless and chip transactions, and displays transaction details, processing costs, and sales reports through its application, allowing businesses to use an alternative payment method that helps to increase revenue.

Baly

Seed Round in 2022
Baly is a super application designed to offer fast delivery and affordable transportation services. It functions as a taxi or car booking platform, providing users with various options for their transportation needs. In addition to its transportation services, Baly also facilitates food and grocery delivery, allowing users to access a wide range of restaurants and products. The platform supports electronic payments, ensuring a convenient and efficient experience for customers seeking reliable delivery and transportation solutions.

Goldfinch

Series A in 2022
Goldfinch is a credit platform that offers crypto loans without collateral. It also offers capital in a digital currency by expanding access to capital in emerging markets and offers a stable yield to the lenders, enabling the empowerment of financial inclusion in emerging markets. The company was founded in 2020 by Mike Sall and Blake West.

Bitnob

Venture Round in 2022
Bitnob is a company that develops and manages infrastructure solutions for Bitcoin and Stablecoin transactions, catering to businesses globally. It operates an online trading platform that facilitates the buying and selling of bitcoins. The platform features instant Know Your Customer (KYC) verification and offers various deposit and withdrawal methods, including mobile money. By providing these services, Bitnob aims to help users create and grow their wealth while also supporting their business needs.

Galoy

Seed Round in 2021
Galoy provides an open-source Bitcoin banking platform that enables communities and institutions to offer financial services using Bitcoin. The platform includes a secure backend API, mobile wallets, point of sale applications, compliance tools, and administrative controls. By facilitating the development of tools that connect traditional payment networks with Bitcoin's Lightning Network, Galoy empowers various organizations to establish themselves as Bitcoin banks. Its notable initiative, the Bitcoin Beach Wallet, has played a pivotal role in fostering a circular Bitcoin economy, which has influenced the adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador.

Ledn

Series B in 2021
Ledn is a financial services company focused on providing innovative products that facilitate saving and accessing funds in digital assets. Its offerings include bitcoin-backed loans, allowing customers to obtain dollars without liquidating their bitcoin holdings. Ledn also features a product that enables clients to double their bitcoin investments through loans, enhancing their potential for growth. Additionally, the company provides interest-bearing savings accounts for bitcoin and USDC, which pay interest without imposing minimum balance requirements. Through these services, Ledn aims to empower individuals to manage and grow their digital wealth effectively.

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.

Nomod

Seed Round in 2021
Nomod is a London-based company founded in 2019 that develops a financial operating system aimed at forward-thinking businesses in emerging markets. The company provides payment tools and financial services that facilitate business transactions, allowing entrepreneurs and startups to easily accept card payments both in-person and online. By simplifying financial processes, Nomod enables these businesses to manage their finances effectively, thereby supporting their growth and development.

Jumo

Venture Round in 2021
Jumo is a fintech company that specializes in providing banking technology aimed at enhancing financial access in emerging markets, particularly in Africa and Asia. The company partners with banks to deliver loans, savings, and various financial services to traditionally underserved customers. By utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning, Jumo develops credit scores and financial products tailored to individual needs. Their platform also employs behavioral data from mobile usage to establish financial identities for small and medium enterprises, allowing customers to engage with financial services in a cost-effective and responsible manner. Jumo offers essential reporting, analytics, and insights to its partners, facilitating improved service delivery and financial choices for their clients.

The Sandbox

Series B in 2021
The Sandbox is a decentralized gaming platform developed by Pixowl and Animoca, focusing on empowering creators to design, animate, and monetize voxel assets and gaming experiences on the blockchain. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in the United States, The Sandbox has become one of the largest independent user-generated content platforms, boasting over 40 million downloads and more than one million monthly active users. It features three main components: an NFT builder, a Marketplace, and a Game Maker, allowing users to create games using visual scripting tools. The Sandbox enables players to own their creations as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), ensuring digital ownership, scarcity, and authenticity. This innovative approach fosters collaboration within a metaverse where virtual worlds can be developed without central authority, offering significant benefits to both gamers and creators.

Kingdom Raids

Seed Round in 2021
Kingdom Raids is developed by an AAA gaming studio, Alley Labs, which has attracted over 100 million downloads for their games, and backed by Animoca Brands and Kingsway Capital. The game takes place in an anecdotal realm, “Dood Kingdom”, a land of mystery and adventure in which players lead a troop of mighty heroes to build and defend their own castles and fight against traitors to regain the lost lands for their kingdom. Aimed to create intriguing gameplay and a genuine in-game socializing experience, Kingdom Raids has generated various in-game activities for players from PvP, PvE, dungeons to participate in tournaments or Clans. Players will receive valuable rewards in the form of tokens or NFTs when winning battles and conquering fearsome enemies and monsters.

AcadArena

Seed Round in 2021
AcadArena is a company that focuses on enhancing the gaming experience for students through scholarships, tournaments, and educational opportunities in esports. Founded in 2019 by Ariane Lim, Kevin Hoang, and Justin Banusin, AcadArena aims to empower student gamers and educators by facilitating collegiate-level tournaments and offering mentorship in esports. The company operates in Southeast Asia, providing a platform for students to develop both their academic and gaming skills. Through its various programs, AcadArena helps students participate in competitive gaming while also promoting personal growth and career opportunities within the esports industry.

Hodl Hodl

Series B in 2021
Hodl Hodl is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange that enables users to trade directly with one another, enhancing security and efficiency in transactions. By utilizing a multisig escrow system, the platform ensures that users' funds remain secure and are not held by the exchange itself, which significantly reduces the risk of asset theft. This approach also streamlines the trading process, allowing for quicker transactions without the need for complex compliance measures associated with holding funds. As a result, trades occur directly between users' wallets, maintaining user privacy and anonymity throughout the exchange process.

GDA

Private Equity Round in 2021
Genesis Digital Assets is a prominent Bitcoin mining company known for its extensive experience in the industry. Since its inception in 2013, the company has established over 20 industrial-scale mining farms and successfully brought more than 300,000 miners online, resulting in the mining of over $1 billion in Bitcoin. Genesis Digital Assets focuses on developing proprietary mining technology and aims to make its operations profitable. The company provides comprehensive services that include building, managing, and scaling large-scale mining operations, thereby offering clients the necessary infrastructure to support the evolving landscape of the cryptocurrency market.

Abra

Series C in 2021
Abra is a cryptocurrency platform established in 2014, designed to provide a straightforward and secure environment for individuals and businesses to buy, trade, and borrow against cryptocurrencies. Based in the United States and operational in over 150 countries, Abra facilitates easy conversion between cryptocurrencies and various local fiat currencies. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, registered investment advisors, and institutions, offering customizable services that allow users to manage their crypto portfolios effectively. With over two million customers and $9 billion processed in transactions, Abra has positioned itself as a trusted solution in the cryptocurrency market, earning recognition as one of the top five crypto wallets. The company is supported by prominent investors, reinforcing its commitment to creating an open and accessible global financial system.

Park Avenue Gaming

Series A in 2021
Park Avenue Gaming is a full-service lottery supplier. Our team has over 100 years of combined experience in designing, building, implementing and managing lottery systems around the globe. We can provide off-the-shelf games and solutions or work with you to build bespoke solutions to your specific lottery requirements. We specialize in instant games, and see our unique selling proposition as our ability to enhance and expand one of the most solid and traditional areas of the lottery industry. Using our innovative instant win strategies we can bring together physical and digital marketing platforms. Come and see what we can do for you ... we are Stronger Together.

Yield Guild Games

Venture Round in 2021
Yield Guild Games (YGG), founded in 2018 and based in Quezon City, Philippines, is a decentralized autonomous organization focused on investing in non-fungible tokens used in virtual worlds and blockchain-based games. The company aims to build the largest virtual world economy by optimizing community-owned assets for maximum utility and sharing profits with its token holders. YGG also invests in early-stage token and equity deals within web3, gaming studios, and the infrastructure supporting industry growth.

GDA

Private Equity Round in 2021
Genesis Digital Assets is a prominent Bitcoin mining company known for its extensive experience in the industry. Since its inception in 2013, the company has established over 20 industrial-scale mining farms and successfully brought more than 300,000 miners online, resulting in the mining of over $1 billion in Bitcoin. Genesis Digital Assets focuses on developing proprietary mining technology and aims to make its operations profitable. The company provides comprehensive services that include building, managing, and scaling large-scale mining operations, thereby offering clients the necessary infrastructure to support the evolving landscape of the cryptocurrency market.

Lemon Cash

Series A in 2021
Lemon Cash is a digital wallet that provides banking, extra banking, and cryptocurrency functionalities, catering primarily to users in Latin America. The company has developed an online payment platform that facilitates secure electronic transactions and integrates various payment services. Through partnerships, Lemon Cash offers features such as margin trading and a lending market, allowing users to effectively invest and manage their digital assets. Additionally, the platform enables liquidity providers to engage in real-time trading within the peer-to-peer crypto financing market.

UpScalio

Seed Round in 2021
UpScalio is an eCommerce brand investor and operator that provides financial services to invest in, grow, and buy businesses. It provides funds to digital brands selling on eCommerce marketplaces like Amazon, Myntra, Flipkart and Nykaa and manages key operations for them including multi-marketplace management, digital marketing, branding, logistics, sourcing, finance, and business operations.

Opontia

Seed Round in 2021
Opontia is an e-commerce acquiring company focused on purchasing and growing small businesses across the Middle East and Africa. It specializes in acquiring companies that possess strong home-grown brands and long-term competitive advantages. Opontia aims to simplify the selling process for business owners, ensuring they can receive payment within six weeks of accepting an offer. In addition to facilitating sales, Opontia offers expertise in brand building, product design and launch, logistics, and financing for small and medium enterprises. This comprehensive approach allows Opontia to effectively scale the businesses it acquires while providing a fair and efficient selling experience for owners.

Opontia

Debt Financing in 2021
Opontia is an e-commerce acquiring company focused on purchasing and growing small businesses across the Middle East and Africa. It specializes in acquiring companies that possess strong home-grown brands and long-term competitive advantages. Opontia aims to simplify the selling process for business owners, ensuring they can receive payment within six weeks of accepting an offer. In addition to facilitating sales, Opontia offers expertise in brand building, product design and launch, logistics, and financing for small and medium enterprises. This comprehensive approach allows Opontia to effectively scale the businesses it acquires while providing a fair and efficient selling experience for owners.

Ledn

Series A in 2021
Ledn is a financial services company focused on providing innovative products that facilitate saving and accessing funds in digital assets. Its offerings include bitcoin-backed loans, allowing customers to obtain dollars without liquidating their bitcoin holdings. Ledn also features a product that enables clients to double their bitcoin investments through loans, enhancing their potential for growth. Additionally, the company provides interest-bearing savings accounts for bitcoin and USDC, which pay interest without imposing minimum balance requirements. Through these services, Ledn aims to empower individuals to manage and grow their digital wealth effectively.

Animoca Brands

Venture Round in 2021
Animoca Brands, established in 2019 and headquartered in the Cayman Islands, is a venture capital firm focused on the technology sector. It invests in and supports creators who leverage web3 and blockchain technologies to drive digital property rights to gamers and internet users through non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company develops and markets a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and educational products, utilizing gamification and blockchain to ensure transparency, security, and innovative business models.

Una Brands

Seed Round in 2021
Una Brands is a Singapore-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in acquiring and transforming e-commerce brands into prominent market leaders. It focuses on purchasing category-winning brands known for their strong performance, quality products, and positive customer feedback. By leveraging substantial growth capital, Una Brands aims to accelerate the growth of these businesses and enhance their visibility in the market. The company employs advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence to optimize its processes, providing these brands with a competitive advantage. Through its strategic branding services, Una Brands seeks to help e-commerce businesses evolve into globally recognized and enduring household names.

Una Brands

Debt Financing in 2021
Una Brands is a Singapore-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in acquiring and transforming e-commerce brands into prominent market leaders. It focuses on purchasing category-winning brands known for their strong performance, quality products, and positive customer feedback. By leveraging substantial growth capital, Una Brands aims to accelerate the growth of these businesses and enhance their visibility in the market. The company employs advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence to optimize its processes, providing these brands with a competitive advantage. Through its strategic branding services, Una Brands seeks to help e-commerce businesses evolve into globally recognized and enduring household names.

Valoreo

Seed Round in 2021
Valoreo is an e-commerce holding company that specializes in acquiring, operating, and scaling successful e-commerce brands primarily in Latin America. The company focuses on brands with excellent customer reviews and proven success as top sellers in niche categories with high-growth potential. By consolidating outstanding startups that offer category-leading products, Valoreo enhances their operations and develops its own brands in-house. This strategy allows Valoreo to help its clients significantly scale their businesses and advance to the next stage of development.

Smileneo

Seed Round in 2021
Smileneo is a health technology company focused on modernizing teeth straightening through its innovative platform. It offers Smileneo Invisible Braces, which are stain-resistant and free from harmful chemicals, designed to gently align teeth. The company leverages fully digital processes and advanced 3D technology to ensure a seamless experience for patients while maintaining high standards of care. Smileneo's mobile application enhances convenience by allowing patients to avoid frequent clinic visits and enables remote monitoring by their orthodontists. This approach facilitates effective treatment for irregular teeth and jaw alignments, connecting users with dental clinics for consultations and assessments.

SadaPay

Seed Round in 2021
SadaPay is a financial technology company that has developed a digital banking application featuring a debit card. The application allows users to manage their accounts efficiently, offering functionalities such as online shopping, automatic savings, and the ability to share payments with friends. These features aim to simplify personal finance management and enhance the overall banking experience for its customers.

Eyewa

Series B in 2021
Eyewa is an online optical store focused on simplifying the eyewear shopping experience. The company offers a diverse range of products, including sunglasses, prescription glasses, blue-light reading glasses, and contact lenses. By providing a user-friendly platform, Eyewa aims to make eyewear shopping accessible and affordable for customers, catering to both fashion and functional needs.

Tarabut

Seed Round in 2021
Tarabut Gateway is the MENA region's first and largest regulated Open Banking platform. It connects a network of banks and FinTech companies through a universal application programming interface (API), facilitating the seamless flow of data between these entities. This innovative platform promotes collaboration and drives accelerated innovation in financial services, leading to improved products, services, and overall consumer experiences. By enabling businesses to develop and distribute personalized financial solutions, Tarabut Gateway enhances partnerships between financial institutions and supports the growth of the dynamic regional fintech sector.

Ledn

Seed Round in 2021
Ledn is a financial services company focused on providing innovative products that facilitate saving and accessing funds in digital assets. Its offerings include bitcoin-backed loans, allowing customers to obtain dollars without liquidating their bitcoin holdings. Ledn also features a product that enables clients to double their bitcoin investments through loans, enhancing their potential for growth. Additionally, the company provides interest-bearing savings accounts for bitcoin and USDC, which pay interest without imposing minimum balance requirements. Through these services, Ledn aims to empower individuals to manage and grow their digital wealth effectively.

Dental21

Venture Round in 2021
Dental21 is a business development agency focused on enhancing the operations of dental practices. The company has developed specialized tools and strategies designed to increase patient reach and sales, tailored specifically to the dental industry. In addition to business development, Dental21 offers a dental treatment booking platform that assists patients in preventing, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating oral health issues. The platform also includes features for appointment booking and services such as teeth cleaning, pain management, Invisalign, and bleaching. Through these offerings, Dental21 aims to support dentists in optimizing their diagnostic and treatment decisions for improved patient care.

Cobre

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Cobre is a corporate treasury platform that allows companies to centralize, digitize and automate their payments processes. Our technology helps finance teams and CFOs claim back their time to focus on what really matters: growing their business. We’re committed to creating a frictionless payment process for companies; from cash-in to cash-out, allowing businesses to move money in real time, connect their bank accounts to a central treasury hub, and consolidate a single source for real-time data and reconciliation. Cobre began operations in 2020 and currently serves companies in Colombia and Mexico

Patient 21

Seed Round in 2020
Patient21 operates a health platform focused on improving the doctor-patient connection, which they view as essential for effective healthcare. The company aims to modernize the healthcare experience by addressing the fragmented and outdated processes currently prevalent in the industry. By leveraging technology, Patient21 enhances dental clinics with management software that streamlines administrative tasks such as appointment scheduling and patient data management. They also provide electronic health records (EHR) to healthcare professionals, which helps improve diagnostic quality and reduce costs. Through these innovations, Patient21 seeks to facilitate better decision-making for both patients and physicians, ultimately promoting a more personalized and collaborative approach to healthcare.

Mawdoo3

Series B in 2019
Mawdoo3 is an online platform dedicated to providing credible Arabic content across various topics, including health, education, and cooking. It serves over 50 million unique visitors each month, aiming to enhance the availability of quality Arabic information on the Internet. The platform employs artificial intelligence to curate an encyclopedia of digital content that emphasizes Arabian culture and history, allowing users to access relevant information quickly and efficiently. By focusing on trustworthy sources, Mawdoo3 strives to meet the needs of Arabic internet users seeking reliable content.

Wunder Mobility

Series B in 2018
Wunder Mobility is a provider of software and hardware solutions focused on vehicle sharing and carpooling. The company offers a highly customizable software platform that facilitates vehicle sharing, enabling users to access transportation options efficiently. Additionally, Wunder Mobility has developed a sharing-ready vehicle program through collaborations with manufacturers. The platform also includes community-based services that assist commuters in booking available seats in neighbors' cars, aiming to reduce traffic congestion. This service allows passengers to obtain rides at a cost comparable to public transportation while enabling drivers to recoup expenses associated with their trips. Overall, Wunder Mobility is dedicated to enhancing shared mobility solutions.

Mawdoo3

Series B in 2018
Mawdoo3 is an online platform dedicated to providing credible Arabic content across various topics, including health, education, and cooking. It serves over 50 million unique visitors each month, aiming to enhance the availability of quality Arabic information on the Internet. The platform employs artificial intelligence to curate an encyclopedia of digital content that emphasizes Arabian culture and history, allowing users to access relevant information quickly and efficiently. By focusing on trustworthy sources, Mawdoo3 strives to meet the needs of Arabic internet users seeking reliable content.

CARS24

Series C in 2018
CARS24 Services Pvt. Ltd. is a company based in Gurugram, India, specializing in the buying and selling of used cars. Founded in 2015, CARS24 operates as a subsidiary of Global Car Group and has developed a tech-enabled marketplace that transforms the process of selling pre-owned vehicles. The company offers car inspection and valuation services, utilizing an AI-driven pricing algorithm to provide accurate market and appraisal prices. This innovative approach facilitates secure and efficient transactions, enabling car owners to sell their vehicles at fair prices through a network of channel partners across various cities in India. Additionally, CARS24 offers vehicle lending products, expanding its services within the automotive finance sector.

Wuzzuf

Series B in 2018
Wuzzuf, LLC is an online recruitment platform based in Cairo, Egypt, that connects job seekers with employers across various sectors, including accounting, engineering, marketing, and software development. Founded in 2009 and operating as a subsidiary of BasharSoft LLC, Wuzzuf specializes in innovative online recruitment solutions tailored for the MENA region. The platform has served over 10,000 employers and has facilitated the viewing of more than 1.5 million CVs, resulting in over 100,000 direct hires. With over 250,000 job vacancies advertised, Wuzzuf attracts more than 500,000 users monthly, making it a vital resource for both highly educated professionals and those with varying levels of education seeking employment opportunities. The company employs a web-based job-matching algorithm to streamline the recruitment process, enhancing the experience for both candidates and employers.

FORASNA

Series B in 2018
Forasna is a job listing and recruitment platform based in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 2015. It specializes in connecting job seekers, particularly those seeking blue-collar employment, with various companies across the Middle East. The platform enables users to search for and apply to jobs that match their skills and qualifications. As the first and most reliable recruitment service in the region, Forasna caters to individuals from diverse educational backgrounds, enhancing their access to job opportunities. The company operates as a subsidiary of BasharSoft LLC.

Muzz

Seed Round in 2017
Muzz is a leading online matchmaking platform designed specifically for Muslims seeking marriage. Founded by Shahzad Younas, who transitioned from a successful career in investment banking to focus on this venture, Muzz has grown to over 8 million members and facilitated more than 400,000 successful matches. The app offers features such as personal chatting accounts, friend requests, private information sharing, photo posting, and event planning, catering to the unique cultural values of its users. Headquartered in Aldgate, London, Muzz has received $9 million in investments from various global investors and was notably the first Muslim-centric startup backed by Y Combinator. With a dedicated team of over 65 professionals, Muzz continues to transform how Muslims connect and marry, making a significant impact on the global Muslim community.

Kindly MD

Kindly MD is a healthcare services and technology company specializing in comprehensive, personalized care for patients. It offers solutions for sleep support, pain treatment, and medication management, leveraging advanced data analytics. The company integrates mental health services, traditional medication, and plant-based alternatives, aiming to reduce opioid use and provide whole-person treatment. Kindly MD delivers these services through a subscription-based and fee-for-service model, augmenting traditional healthcare.

Roxom

Roxom is a pioneering exchange platform, specializing in cryptocurrency trading. It facilitates transactions in Bitcoin, along with other cryptocurrencies, and offers a diverse range of financial instruments, including stocks, commodities, debt, ETFs, bonds, and forex futures or options. Roxom's platform employs a market-making algorithm to ensure liquidity and trading opportunities for its investors.
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