Kemet Trading
Seed Round in 2024
Kemet Trading specializes in providing institutional-grade infrastructure for digital asset derivatives trading. Its platform optimizes access to liquidity, facilitates advanced trade execution, offers real-time risk management, and ensures robust security, enabling investors to trade digital asset options, futures, and perpetuals.
GRVT operates an institutional-grade derivatives trading platform that eliminates counterparty risk. It offers features such as KYC, self-custody, privacy-enabled trading, high transaction throughput, and options for RFQ and CLOB trading in futures, perpetuals, and other derivatives.
Nirvana Labs
Seed Round in 2024
Nirvana Labs provides cloud infrastructure specifically tailored for blockchain workloads, including Virtual Private Clouds and Virtual Machines. The company focuses on optimizing performance and reducing costs for various web3 applications while ensuring high availability and security. Its services support a range of blockchain companies, enhancing their operational efficiency and scalability.
Membrane Labs
Series A in 2023
Membrane Labs is a fintech firm that provides institutional digital asset services for OTC transactions.
Fractal expands the digital economy by providing institutional grade, capital efficient technology for assets on-chain.
Deribit
Venture Round in 2022
Deribit B.V. is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange established in 2016 and headquartered in Ermelo, the Netherlands. The platform specializes in trading Bitcoin and Ethereum futures and options, offering advanced functionalities such as multi-instrument block trading, market maker protection, and portfolio margining. Deribit is recognized for its high-performance architecture, which provides low latency and robust matching engine capacity, making it a preferred choice for algorithmic and high-frequency traders. The company has distinguished itself as a pioneer in the industry by launching European-style cash-settled options and remains a market leader in crypto options trading, consistently setting benchmarks for efficiency and fairness in the marketplace.
MPCH provides Enterprise Key Management infrastructure that enables financial institutions to fully secure and manage their digital assets
Aurigami
Funding Round in 2022
Aurigami operates as a decentralized, non-custodial money market protocol that enables users to lend, borrow, and earn interest on digital assets. It functions as a liquidity protocol where lenders supply capital and borrowers access over-collateralized loans, with a focus on reducing smart contract risk and liquidations, and emphasizes secure, trust-minimized custody in a DeFi environment.
Thalex is a cryptocurrency-native derivatives trading platform that focuses on options and futures trading. Established in 2020 and headquartered in Mahé, Seychelles, the company provides a robust platform designed to help users efficiently trade digital assets. Thalex offers multi-collateral support and competitive fee structures for multi-leg options and futures strategies. The platform emphasizes risk reduction and efficient trading by leveraging partnerships with liquidity providers and major exchanges, ensuring that collaterals are securely held with these partners. Through its innovative approach and commitment to stability, Thalex aims to empower traders to seize the opportunities within the growing digital asset market.
Polemos
Seed Round in 2022
Polemos is a global gaming company that provides information, education, and asset management solutions to the strategy gaming industry. Founded in 2020 by a team of international co-founders with expertise in gaming, finance, and technology, Polemos offers proprietary asset management solutions, non-collateralized lending, learning management systems, and advanced game/player data analytics. Led by CEO Richard McLaren, a renowned technology executive, and Hal Crawford, former Chief Editor and Publisher at Microsoft NineMSN, the company is expanding into global markets. Polemos' co-founders include gaming industry pioneers such as Tom Hall, former CEO of Playtech and Asian Logic, and Zac Rosenberg, Managing Partner at Capzed. The company aims to leverage the experience of sophisticated gamers, offering technical and competitive games on the blockchain, enabling players to play and earn with non-fungible token games.
Burrow is a decentralized platform that operates a non-custodial liquidity pool, enabling users to supply and borrow assets for trading. The platform focuses on unlocking liquidity for interest-bearing assets, particularly layer 1 staking derivatives. By allowing users to supply assets, Burrow facilitates the earning of interest and enables borrowing against those assets to enhance liquidity. Additionally, the platform features a governance token staking program, which encourages user participation and investment in the ecosystem. Overall, Burrow aims to provide a streamlined approach to accessing liquidity in the decentralized finance space.
Struct Finance
Seed Round in 2022
Struct Finance is a DeFi platform for building and using on-chain structured products. It provides tools to customize interest rate instruments and combine them with on-chain options, enabling the construction of structured financial instruments across multiple blockchains. By enabling cross-chain access to these products, Struct Finance aims to maximize returns while reducing risk and cost for DeFi participants.
Thetanuts Finance
Seed Round in 2022
Thetanuts Finance operates a DeFi platform that offers crypto derivatives, structured products and customizable vaults to generate yield. The platform serves treasury management needs for DAOs and enables retail traders to earn yield on their tokens. Its vaults simplify options trading, making complex instruments accessible and allowing users to monetize volatility in a risk-adjusted manner. The company enables access to cross-chain crypto derivatives and structured products across multiple networks, expanding options markets for native tokens and providing competitive, risk-adjusted yield opportunities.
Permian Labs
Seed Round in 2022
Permian Labs, established in 2021, specializes in consumer financing for advanced computing power. Its platform facilitates the acquisition of high-performance GPUs, enabling customers to access cutting-edge technology for innovation. Since inception, the company has facilitated $400 million in loan volume and operates $60 million in compute-oriented hardware globally through its Tactical Compute arm.
Chain Debrief
Seed Round in 2022
Chain Debrief is a media platform focused on the cryptocurrency sector. It offers a range of editorial content, including guides, news articles, analyses, and opinion pieces that cover various topics such as cryptocurrency, staking, farming, non-fungible tokens, exchanges, and the metaverse. By providing comprehensive and timely information, Chain Debrief aims to keep investors informed about developments in the rapidly evolving crypto landscape. The platform also features video series to enhance its educational offerings, allowing users to engage with the content in diverse ways.
YuzuSwap
Seed Round in 2021
YuzuSwap is a decentralized exchange operating on the Oasis Emerald Protocol. It facilitates token swapping using an automated market-maker model, offering features such as buyback, extensibility, trade mining incentives, and a DAO vault.
Router Protocol
Series A in 2021
Router Protocol develops cross-chain bridging infrastructure that enables asset-level and contract-level data transfer across multiple blockchains. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Singapore, the company provides a modular framework for building cross-chain applications in Web3, enabling secure and scalable cross-chain communication and liquidity flows.
Paradigm Connect, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in creating an institutional-grade communications platform for over-the-counter (OTC) digital asset traders. The platform automates price negotiation and settlement workflows, addressing inefficiencies in traditional OTC trading processes. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Paradigm enhances the trading experience for professional traders and institutions, offering a zero-fee liquidity network that integrates both centralized and decentralized finance. This approach allows clients to access multi-asset, multi-protocol liquidity while significantly reducing trading costs through the elimination of fees. The company is supported by notable investors in the OTC market, reflecting its innovative vision to transform institutional trading practices.
Zeta Markets
Seed Round in 2021
Zeta Markets is a decentralized finance (DeFi) derivatives platform that specializes in under-collateralized trading for both individual and institutional users. It enables participants to hedge, speculate, and take positions on a wide array of market movements through its innovative derivatives offerings. By leveraging Solana's robust infrastructure, Zeta Markets provides real-time pricing updates, efficient trade execution, and rapid position settlement, all at minimal transaction costs. The company focuses on creating a user-friendly experience that simplifies the complexities of derivatives trading, thereby expanding access to liquid trading opportunities in the DeFi space.
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.
Drift Protocol is a developer of a decentralized derivatives exchange that focuses on providing on-chain, cross-margined perpetual futures trading on the Solana blockchain. The platform aims to enhance the efficiency of trading futures through an upgraded decentralized system that features a new pegging mechanism. This innovation allows users to adjust liquidity based on market demand and open interest, thereby improving the overall trading experience. Drift Protocol's approach positions its exchange as a competitive option for margin trading within the decentralized finance space.
Nansen Limited is a blockchain analytics company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The firm develops a software-as-a-service platform that enhances on-chain data by integrating it with a comprehensive database of millions of wallet labels. This analytic tool assists cryptocurrency investors in identifying opportunities, conducting due diligence, and managing their portfolios through real-time dashboards and alerts. Nansen's services are designed to provide users with valuable insights into the blockchain landscape, facilitating informed decision-making in the dynamic crypto market.
Founded in 2017 by an ex-Coinbase engineer, dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, and Spot trading on Ethereum. It combines the security of a decentralized exchange with the speed and usability of a centralized one.
SingularityDAO
Seed Round in 2021
SingularityDAO develops artificial intelligence technology to enhance operational efficiency and profit optimization. Its platform offers dynamically managed portfolios that adapt to evolving market conditions, enabling clients to manage a portfolio of decentralized finance tokens through a single interface.
MakiSwap
Seed Round in 2021
MakiSwap is a decentralized exchange operating on the Huobi Eco Chain (Heco). It is designed to support the Ethereum Virtual Machine, allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies in a secure and efficient environment. The platform provides advanced features such as analytics, sophisticated charting, and various order types, catering to the needs of professional traders. By leveraging blockchain technology, MakiSwap aims to enhance the trading experience and improve overall transaction efficiency for its clients.
Tidal Finance
Seed Round in 2021
TIDAL is a United States-based company that operates an innovative insurance platform tailored for the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. The platform allows users to create custom insurance pools for various assets, facilitating a flexible marketplace for risk hedging contracts. TIDAL's model enables users to adjust their premiums weekly in response to changes in total value locked (TVL) and shifting investment strategies. This structure empowers users to contribute funds that protect a range of DeFi applications against potential contract failures or breaches, enhancing the security and reliability of decentralized financial transactions.
CERE Network
Venture Round in 2021
CERE Network is a blockchain-based company that specializes in developing a customer relationship management (CRM) ecosystem designed for data integration and collaboration. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, CERE Network offers a platform that extracts customer data from various monolithic and disparate CRM and customer data platform systems. This platform provides an open micro-services environment that facilitates data collaboration and integration between businesses and vendors. Additionally, CERE Network utilizes blockchain technology to capture the entire customer journey, securely storing key user data such as purchases and achievements in user wallets. The company also introduces its own tokens, which are used for payment within its ecosystem.
SIREN is a distributed protocol creating a decentralized blockchain exchange for options trading on Ethereum. The company is focused on creating a high-quality, seamless experience for sophisticated users and requires no third-party settling mechanism or order matching to complete option settlement on-chain. It allows for both buyers and sellers to mint, buy, and trade in and out of options positions at any time.
SIREN was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, CA.
Casper Labs
Initial Coin Offering in 2020
Casper Labs specializes in providing professional services and support for organizations utilizing Casper, an enterprise-grade blockchain. Their platform is designed to facilitate the development of secure applications through a layer-one blockchain, which addresses the scale and operational requirements of businesses. By leveraging widely supported tools and workflows, Casper Labs accelerates application development while ensuring transparency in business transactions. The company is dedicated to fostering the adoption of blockchain technology among enterprises, offering a reliable framework for building private, public, and hybrid solutions. Through its focus on open source principles, Casper Labs aims to empower developers and enhance operational efficiency for companies and governments worldwide.
PowerTrade
Seed Round in 2020
PowerTrade is a mobile-based platform that specializes in crypto options and derivatives trading, allowing users to engage in options, futures, perpetuals, and hedging from a single interface. The platform is designed to deliver a user-friendly experience, focusing on simplicity and speed to cater to the needs of traders. By offering competitive pricing and lower margin requirements, PowerTrade aims to enhance return on investment for its users. Additionally, it provides a request for quote (RFQ) feature, which helps traders manage risks and secure favorable prices for larger and more complex trades. Overall, PowerTrade seeks to empower professional traders by optimizing profit opportunities while minimizing the risks associated with trading in the cryptocurrency market.
Reef Finance
Seed Round in 2020
Reef Finance LLC is a decentralized finance platform that operates on the Polkadot blockchain. Founded in 2019 by CEO Denko Mancheski, the company is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. Reef Finance specializes in providing a liquidity aggregator and yield engine, facilitating trading by connecting users to liquidity from both centralized and decentralized exchanges. Its services include smart lending, borrowing, staking, and mining, all enhanced by an AI-driven personalized yield engine. As a pioneer in the Polkadot ecosystem, Reef Finance was notably the first project launched on Binance Launchpool, solidifying its position in the DeFi landscape.
Injective Labs is a software development company specializing in decentralized finance solutions. It is a core contributor to Injective, an open-source blockchain designed specifically for financial applications.