Alameda Research

Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Central and Western, Hong Kong. The company specializes in providing liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital asset markets, facilitating trading through its advanced quantitative strategies. In addition to its trading operations, Alameda Research engaged in venture capital investments across various stages, supporting the growth of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The firm offered services such as instant quotes, settlement, and streamlined onboarding processes, which helped traders efficiently navigate the complexities of cryptocurrency trading.

Andrew Croghan

COO

Sam Trabucco

Co - CEO

Past deals in Blockchain

Tradewind Markets

Private Equity Round in 2022
Tradewind Markets is a company that specializes in providing a technology platform for digitizing the trading, settlement, and ownership of precious metals. The platform utilizes blockchain and electronic exchange technology to simplify custody, trade execution, settlement, and supply chain information management. This enables market participants to securely and efficiently trade and settle physical precious metals on an over-the-counter, inter-dealer basis.

Monkey Kingdom

Seed Round in 2022
Monkey Kingdom is a cross-chain NFT project. NFT markets and attracts numerous partnerships with artists and celebrities, while building a tight-knit and passionate community. Their services include NFT, blockchain, play-to-earn, metaverse, community, art, and collectibles.

Magic Eden

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Magic Eden is a community-focused company that operates a decentralized exchange platform tailored for cryptographic assets, specifically on the Solana blockchain. It provides an online marketplace where users can create, buy, and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs), facilitating trade for digital creators. To strengthen its ties with the community, Magic Eden airdropped a collection called Magic Tickets to over 30,000 users. Holding a Magic Ticket grants access to the company's Discord-based decentralized autonomous organization, MagicDAO, which fosters community engagement through social programs and rewards. The company's commitment to serving its users underscores its mission to enhance the NFT trading experience.

Guild of Guardians

Funding Round in 2022
Guild of Guardians is a mobile blockchain role-playing game developed by Immutable. The game lets players assemble a team of guardians and compete in guilds to earn epic and tradable rewards. Built on blockchain technology, it enables ownership of in-game assets and cross-game interoperability, allowing items and characters to be used across multiple metaverses. The game leverages Ethereum-based assets and aims to blend traditional RPG play with decentralized ownership, creating a play-to-earn experience within a fantasy adventure setting.

Circle

Convertible Note in 2022
Circle is a financial technology firm established in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company leverages blockchain technology to facilitate payments and e-commerce through stablecoins and its Circle Pay platform, streamlining the process of sending money. Circle offers a range of services, including Circle Invest, which allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrency assets, and Circle Trade, which provides over-the-counter trading services with access to one of the largest global liquidity pools for digital asset trading, averaging $2 billion in monthly volume. Backed by prominent investors such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle positions itself as a key player in the global internet finance sector, focused on integrating crypto assets into mainstream financial applications.

Subsocial

Funding Round in 2022
Subsocial develops a set of substrate pallets that enables anyone to launch a decentralized, censorship-resistant social network. The platform provides modular blockchain components including a serverless public timeline, moderation tools, roles and permissions, spaces as decentralized autonomous organizations, and user governance, enabling creators to monetize their content and communities without middlemen.

Jumbo

Seed Round in 2022
Jumbo operates a decentralized finance exchange platform that facilitates the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies. By leveraging blockchain technology, the company aims to lower the entry barriers for trading, allowing users to engage in various financial activities such as swaps, liquidity pooling, farming, and staking. Their platform features an interface that enables users to configure asset parameters and detect liquidity pools, ultimately enhancing the investment experience and improving potential returns for investors.

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.

3Commas

Series B in 2022
3Commas is a cryptocurrency trading platform that supports automated trading strategies and portfolio management. It provides a unified dashboard that serves as the central hub for executing trades and monitoring investments across multiple exchanges and Ethereum wallets. The platform offers automated strategies and optimized indexes and integrates with major exchanges, enabling users to trade and manage their crypto assets from a single interface.

Jito Labs

Series A in 2022
Jito Labs is a blockchain infrastructure company focused on enhancing the Solana network through the development of systems that maximize miner extraction value (MEV) while mitigating its adverse effects. The company provides an open-source, third-party validator specifically designed for the Solana blockchain, facilitating the creation of efficient and profitable blocks. Jito Labs aims to enable users to increase their revenue and optimize hardware utilization through its innovative validator client. By prioritizing both network scalability and validator rewards, Jito Labs plays a critical role in advancing the capabilities and profitability of the Solana ecosystem.

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.

Trustless Media

Seed Round in 2022
Trustless Media is a pioneering web3 media company that aims to revolutionize the media landscape by fostering community-owned content. The company provides a platform that allows creators and fans to collaborate in building and co-owning shows that resonate with them. Through the use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Trustless Media enables audience members to actively participate in the production process, transforming them from passive viewers into engaged contributors. This innovative approach not only empowers creators but also strengthens the connection between creators and their communities, facilitating the development of ideas and projects that reflect shared passions.

Cardinal

Seed Round in 2022
Cardinal is a developer of a Solana-based protocol that enhances the utility of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by enabling conditional ownership. The company provides a decentralized system for issuing, managing, and verifying programmed NFTs, allowing holders to transfer these digital assets to beneficiaries with specific conditions attached. Cardinal's offerings include features such as royalty enforcement, rentals, subscriptions, and staking, which contribute to the functionality and value of NFTs. Additionally, the platform allows for customization of expiration and transferability options for issued NFTs, catering to the evolving needs of NFT miners and holders.

Voyager

Post in 2022
Voyager Digital operates as a crypto-asset broker, catering to both retail and institutional investors. Founded in 2017 and based in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company provides a comprehensive solution for trading crypto assets. Voyager's platform includes execution, data, wallet, and custody services, all delivered through an institutional-grade open architecture. This enables users to navigate the complexities of cryptocurrency trading with greater ease and security.

StarkWare Industries

Series D in 2022
StarkWare Industries Ltd is a technology company based in Netanya, Israel, established in 2017. The company specializes in developing software and hardware solutions focused on the generation and verification of computational integrity proofs. Its primary offering, known as STARK, is a zero-knowledge proof protocol that enhances privacy in blockchain applications, increases transaction throughput, and enables off-chain computation. StarkWare Industries aims to create a comprehensive proof stack to facilitate secure and efficient computational processes across various applications.

LayerZero

Venture Round in 2022
LayerZero develops a blockchain interoperability platform that enables data exchange between disparate blockchains. Its platform achieves speed and security by validating as an on-chain light node, allowing companies to build cross-chain applications using a low-level communication primitive.

Pine Protocol

Seed Round in 2022
Pine Protocol is a decentralized platform that facilitates asset-backed financing using non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as collateral. It enables users to borrow or lend cryptocurrencies across different blockchains by pledging their NFTs, allowing NFT owners to access liquidity without selling their assets.

Voyager

Post in 2022
Voyager Digital operates as a crypto-asset broker, catering to both retail and institutional investors. Founded in 2017 and based in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company provides a comprehensive solution for trading crypto assets. Voyager's platform includes execution, data, wallet, and custody services, all delivered through an institutional-grade open architecture. This enables users to navigate the complexities of cryptocurrency trading with greater ease and security.

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.

Fundlr

Series A in 2022
Fundlr specializes in providing decentralized finance solutions that empower individuals and businesses to manage their financial assets on blockchain technology. Our services include decentralized lending and borrowing, yield farming, liquidity provision, and innovative investment strategies through DeFi protocols. Fundlr aims to be at the forefront of the DeFi movement, driving innovation in decentralized financial services. Our focus is on expanding our offerings with more blockchain integrations, enhancing user experience, and leading in regulatory compliance in the DeFi space. We envision a future where decentralized finance is the norm, providing greater financial inclusion and democratizing access to investment opportunities.

NFTBank

Series A in 2022
NFTBank specializes in creating and managing digital asset portfolios using non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Their platform enables efficient buying, selling, and management of scattered NFTs across various platforms, addressing the challenge of illiquidity and facilitating better liquidity risk management.

BiLira

Seed Round in 2022
BiLira is a blockchain-based company that provides a stable cryptocurrency, facilitating access to the digital financial ecosystem. Its primary offering, a Turkish stablecoin, allows users to conduct transactions seamlessly and securely, making it possible to buy and sell digital assets with one-to-one parity to the Turkish Lira. Designed for accessibility, BiLira enables users to transfer funds to contracted exchanges, trade cryptocurrencies, and move assets to compatible digital wallets. Additionally, it supports engagement in decentralized finance and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). With a focus on transparency and real-time transactions, BiLira aims to enhance the use of Turkish stable crypto money within the broader financial landscape.

Delta One

Seed Round in 2022
Delta One is a technology company that develops decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols on the Solana blockchain. Its core product is a yield generation protocol designed to offer novel, low-risk farming markets for cryptocurrency investors. The platform employs innovative quantitative research and rigorous engineering to create automated, delta-neutral trading strategies, aiming to minimize impermanent loss and maximize risk-adjusted yields. Delta One's mission is to democratize access to these yield opportunities, fostering mass adoption of crypto investing through user-friendly DeFi primitives.

Jumbo

Funding Round in 2022
Jumbo operates a decentralized finance exchange platform that facilitates the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies. By leveraging blockchain technology, the company aims to lower the entry barriers for trading, allowing users to engage in various financial activities such as swaps, liquidity pooling, farming, and staking. Their platform features an interface that enables users to configure asset parameters and detect liquidity pools, ultimately enhancing the investment experience and improving potential returns for investors.

GDA

Private Equity Round in 2022
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.

Float Capital

Seed Round in 2022
Float Capital is a blockchain-based financial application made for use in the financial sector. Users can meet their financial needs due to the company's platform, which offers a next-generation synthetic asset protocol for minting synthetic assets without over-collateralization or liquidations.

Eizper Chain

Seed Round in 2022
Eizper Chain is a blockchain-based online multiplayer role-playing game that combines adventure and arena battle elements. Players explore a fast-paced world guided by an engaging story, earning rewards and recognition.

VALR

Series B in 2022
VALR is a Johannesburg, South Africa-based digital asset platform and cryptocurrency exchange that enables customers to buy, sell, store, transfer, and protect a broad range of digital assets, with more than 50 cryptocurrencies and a digital wallet service. The platform emphasizes secure, multi-layer protection and aims to provide access to financial services at a fair and transparent price.

Ref Finance

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Ref Finance is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform built on the NEAR Protocol, designed to provide users with a range of financial services in a single location. The platform offers a decentralized exchange (DEX), a lending protocol, and the ability to issue synthetic assets, facilitating a seamless trading experience akin to centralized services. With transaction costs under $0.01 and network transaction finality of less than two seconds, Ref Finance aims to deliver efficient and low-cost trading options for its customers. This integration of various DeFi tools positions Ref Finance as a comprehensive solution in the evolving landscape of decentralized finance.

Salad Ventures

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Salad Ventures is a developer of blockchain-based applications and games, focusing on the emerging Web 3.0 landscape. The company creates a play-to-earn guild that integrates online gaming, decentralized finance, and community governance. By offering decentralized online games, Salad Ventures aims to build and enhance ecosystems that empower gamers to compete for substantial rewards. The company's approach fosters a sense of community and fraternity among players, while also unlocking new economic opportunities within the gaming industry. Through its innovative use of blockchain technology, Salad Ventures seeks to redefine the gaming experience and facilitate greater engagement in the evolving digital economy.

Sidus Heroes

Seed Round in 2022
Sidus Heroes is a cross-platform gaming metaverse that unifies lore, tokens, Play-to-Earn mechanics, and value systems. It rewards players for progressing through the game and achieving milestones, enabling users to earn non-fungible tokens within its metaverse.

Dune Analytics

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2018 by Fredrik Haga and Mats Olsen, Dune Analytics specializes in Ethereum blockchain research. It offers a powerful tool for querying, extracting, visualizing, and sharing vast amounts of on-chain crypto data.

GDA

Private Equity Round in 2022
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.

StarryNift

Seed Round in 2022
StarryNift is a pioneering integrated gamified platform that serves as a comprehensive hub for the creation, incubation, auction, and transaction of NFT collectibles. The company's mission is to empower creativity through technology and democratize value appreciation using cryptocurrency within a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) framework. StarryNift aims to unlock new avenues for creators, collectors, and investors to explore the metaverse by combining elements of gaming, art, decentralized finance (DeFi), and NFTs. The platform offers frictionless design tools and craftsman gears, enabling users to share in the prosperity of the creator and token economy.

Galxe

Series A in 2022
Galxe is a prominent Web3 credential data network that provides a collaborative infrastructure for brands and developers to engage communities and create innovative products in the decentralized web. The company offers a modular platform that facilitates the creation, distribution, and gamification of non-fungible tokens, utilizing customized on-chain data. By rewarding curators for the use of credentials within its infrastructure and credential oracle engine, Galxe fosters a participatory environment where developers and community members can construct engaging experiences. Its platform allows for the development of tailored campaigns through plug-and-play modules, enhancing the capability of users to interact with decentralized credential data networks effectively.

Aver

Seed Round in 2022
Aver is a decentralized peer-to-peer betting exchange built on the Solana blockchain and the world’s first decentralized Web3 betting exchange.

STEPN

Seed Round in 2022
STEPN is a blockchain-based fitness application that operates a move-to-earn NFT gaming platform, allowing users to earn rewards for their physical activities. By purchasing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that have a limited lifespan, users can engage in specific exercises and accumulate the platform's native tokens as incentives for their efforts. The app combines elements of gaming and fitness, encouraging a healthier lifestyle while providing financial rewards for exercising. Through this innovative model, STEPN aims to motivate users to stay active and integrate fitness into their daily routines.

Metaplex Studios

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Metaplex Studios develops core infrastructure for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), including the leading standard for NFTs on Solana with over $3.7 billion in gross merchandise value to date, and the largest NFT minting platform with over $1 billion in gross merchandise value.

NEAR

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
NEAR is a blockchain platform that enables developers to build, deploy, and run decentralized applications. It offers NEAR Protocol, a scalable smart contract platform with decentralized storage and compute capabilities, along with developer tools such as documentation, wallet, studio, and explorer. The platform supports a broad ecosystem of components and aims to bridge the adoption gap for mainstream software by refining the development experience and enabling agents and clients to own assets, make decisions, and transact across networks. NEAR was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in California.

PsyOptions

Seed Round in 2022
PsyOptions is beta software and is a fully decentralized options protocol.

Vybe Network

Seed Round in 2022
Vybe Network offers a data infrastructure solution tailored for the Solana community, facilitating the querying, indexing, and sharing of on-chain data. Its platform provides developers with tools to efficiently stream live data and access historical data from a network of distributed indexers. This capability allows users to build decentralized applications and conduct analytics within the Web 3.0 ecosystem. By streamlining data access and exchange, Vybe empowers customers to leverage Solana's blockchain for innovative application development and analytical insights.

Wumbo

Seed Round in 2022
Wumbo is an application that sits on top of twitter and lets users mint tokens for their favorite creators. They build a thriving community and join them on their journey to the top

Paxos

Venture Round in 2022
Paxos, established in 2012 and based in New York, is a regulated financial institution that specializes in blockchain-based solutions for global financial institutions. It operates a blockchain infrastructure platform designed to facilitate the movement, trading, and management of assets between physical and digital forms. Paxos offers services such as custodial services, digital transformation, and fund mobility, enabling enterprises to tokenize, trade, and settle assets efficiently while reducing counterparty risk. The company's strategic approach involves obtaining regulatory designations to access existing financial infrastructure, allowing it to bridge traditional finance with the digital future.

TaxBit

Venture Round in 2022
TaxBit is a cryptocurrency tax and accounting software company that automates tax calculations and reporting for cryptocurrency transactions. Its platform allows users to link their exchanges and wallets to efficiently gather transaction data, which is then processed to generate tax forms automatically. In addition to tax automation, TaxBit offers real-time portfolio tracking and insights for tax optimization, enabling users to make informed, tax-efficient trading decisions throughout the year. The company serves both individual consumers and enterprises, providing a comprehensive solution for managing cryptocurrency tax compliance and accounting needs.

BlockchainSpace

Funding Round in 2022
BlockchainSpace develops software tools for play-to-earn communities, fostering economic opportunities through educational academies. Its platform offers specialized solutions like YEY, Metasports, Creator Circle, and the Guild Partner Program to enhance digital engagement and community growth.

DLTx

Venture Round in 2022
DLTx is a technology company that specializes in commercial business, physical infrastructure, and software services. It focuses on developing, operating, and supporting public, permissionless, open-source, blockchain networks. Also, it builds the distributed ledger technology infrastructure and invests in technology-based software services. It was headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

TipLink

Seed Round in 2022
TipLink facilitates crypto transfers via shareable links. Users can create accounts and send cryptocurrency to anyone across platforms without requiring recipients to have wallets or understand complex processes.

GDA

Private Equity Round in 2022
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.

Magic Eden

Venture Round in 2022
Magic Eden is a community-focused company that operates a decentralized exchange platform tailored for cryptographic assets, specifically on the Solana blockchain. It provides an online marketplace where users can create, buy, and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs), facilitating trade for digital creators. To strengthen its ties with the community, Magic Eden airdropped a collection called Magic Tickets to over 30,000 users. Holding a Magic Ticket grants access to the company's Discord-based decentralized autonomous organization, MagicDAO, which fosters community engagement through social programs and rewards. The company's commitment to serving its users underscores its mission to enhance the NFT trading experience.

AladdinDAO

Funding Round in 2022
AladdinDAO is a decentralized platform that facilitates collective investment decisions in the crypto space. It identifies and analyzes DeFi projects, shifting control from centralized entities to community-driven networks.

Voyager

Post in 2022
Voyager Digital operates as a crypto-asset broker, catering to both retail and institutional investors. Founded in 2017 and based in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company provides a comprehensive solution for trading crypto assets. Voyager's platform includes execution, data, wallet, and custody services, all delivered through an institutional-grade open architecture. This enables users to navigate the complexities of cryptocurrency trading with greater ease and security.

DODO Exchange

Funding Round in 2022
DODO is a liquidity protocol powered by the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm and built for capital efficiency. DODO offers a low barrier-to-entry, pain-free token issuance mechanic for long-tail assets.

WonderFi

Post in 2022
WonderFi is a technology company dedicated to enhancing access to decentralized finance (DeFi) through simplicity and education. Its platform serves as a trusted gateway to the new financial system, empowering individuals to use DeFi in a streamlined manner.

PlanetQuest

Funding 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.

Bitnob

Venture Round in 2022
Bitnob develops and manages Bitcoin and stablecoin infrastructure solutions, empowering global businesses with secure and efficient cryptocurrency services.

Exodus

Venture Round in 2022
Exodus is a multi-asset software wallet designed to simplify access to cryptocurrency and digital assets for users of all experience levels. By prioritizing user-friendly design, Exodus provides a platform for individuals to secure, manage, and exchange a wide variety of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, across more than 10,000 asset pairs. The wallet is available on both desktop and mobile devices, offering a non-custodial solution that ensures users maintain complete control over their funds. The platform operates with a focus on privacy and security, as all sensitive information is encrypted locally on users' devices. Exodus has a global presence, serving customers in various regions, including Europe, the United States, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America.

Global Illumination

Seed Round in 2022
Global Illumination is a digital product company based in New York that specializes in developing innovative digital gaming experiences. The company focuses on creating a platform that facilitates multiplayer gaming, allowing users to collect, craft, build, and trade with one another. This interactive environment fosters creativity among players by incorporating blockchain technology, which enables users to engage in unique and rewarding creative endeavors. Through its products, Global Illumination aims to encourage collaboration and creativity within the gaming community.

Ovex

Venture Round in 2022
Ovex is a digital asset exchange and over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk that specializes in providing prime brokerage services for institutions and high-net-worth individuals. The company has developed a blockchain platform that facilitates secure and transparent trading in cryptocurrency, catering to the growing demand for crypto access. Ovex aims to create a competitive and liquid market by offering clients the ability to buy, sell, store, transfer, and earn interest on their cryptocurrency investments. With a focus on delivering reliable and transparent services, Ovex positions itself as a key player in the digital asset landscape.

Solstarter

Funding Round in 2022
Solstarter develops a community IDO platform for Solana. It empowers launchpad projects to raise liquidity in a fair and decentralized manner.

Clover Finance

Funding Round in 2022
Clover Finance (CLV), or simply Clover, is a blockchain operating system. It provides a one-stop, easy‑to‑use blockchain infrastructure and an ethereum virtual machine (EVM) compatible framework for Substrate‑based applications. Clover Finance, another offspring of the Substrate-based Polkadot parachain aims at bridging the compatibility gap when building and operating across blockchains. The project was founded in May 2020 and the mainnet of Clover Finance launched in July 2021.

Elumia

Funding Round in 2022
Elumia is a game development company specializing in cash-based multiplayer online games. Their flagship title, Legends of Elumia, offers immersive role-playing experiences with unique mechanics allowing players to own and trade their in-game assets securely.

Symmetry

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Symmetry is an asset management platform for creating, automating, managing, and tracking on-chain funds. The Symmetry platform allows users to send and receive, stake and farm yield, borrow and lend, and invest in tried-and-tested portfolio strategies.

Hypernative

Seed Round in 2022
Hypernative is a digital startup focused on enhancing security within the Web3 ecosystem. The company develops advanced security software that monitors off-chain data sources and employs machine learning models to identify and mitigate risks related to cyber threats, governance, and economic challenges. Its solutions enable real-time detection of potential dangers, allowing businesses to prevent issues before they escalate, particularly during transactions. Hypernative's software integrates seamlessly with custodial services, wallets, and automated trading systems, providing essential alerts and improving overall security for digital asset managers and Web3 applications. By addressing zero-day threats and safeguarding against significant financial losses, Hypernative plays a crucial role in protecting the integrity of the digital asset landscape.

Node Guardians

Funding Round in 2022
Node Guardians is a technology company that specializes in infrastructure for non-custodial staking, prioritizing availability and security. It offers a unique platform that presents coding challenges designed to engage and educate smart contract developers of varying skill levels. By participating in these challenges, developers can enhance their knowledge and build safer, more efficient, and advanced systems. The platform also enables developers to stake their assets, act as validators, and earn rewards, thereby contributing to the growth of decentralized internet ecosystems.

Switchboard

Funding Round in 2022
Switchboard operates a multichain oracle network that facilitates the integration of various data types onto the Solana blockchain. Its platform enables developers to create high-performance data feeds from any API, streamlining the process of publishing data on-chain. Key features include the ability to locate data sources, define feeds, and connect these feeds to projects, allowing developers to build data feeds and request randomness quickly and efficiently. By simplifying the process of bringing data onto the blockchain, Switchboard aims to empower the Solana community and enhance the development of decentralized applications.

Planet Mojo

Funding Round in 2022
Planet Mojo is a game platform and developer offering a cross-platform, player-versus-player auto chess experience powered by blockchain technology. Players can own their game characters and assets as non-fungible tokens and compete in ongoing play-to-earn tournaments. The platform aims to support a suite of interconnected games within the Planet Mojo universe, with customizable characters and assets that can be used across titles. It incorporates augmented reality elements and emphasizes charitable, eco-friendly gaming experiences, aligning gameplay with sustainability. By combining competitive play, digital asset ownership, and a growing ecosystem, Planet Mojo seeks to attract players who want to monetize participation while contributing to a broader universe of interconnected games.

Archax

Venture Round in 2022
Archax Ltd is a London-based digital securities exchange that specializes in trading asset-backed tokens, including digital securities and security tokens. Established in 2018, it is recognized as the UK's first regulated digital securities exchange, broker, and custodian, having received authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority. Archax aims to serve institutional investors by providing a secure platform for trading various digital assets, from cryptocurrencies to digital securities. The exchange is designed to integrate seamlessly with existing institutional trading workflows and operates on high-performance infrastructure hosted in top-tier data centers. By bridging the gap between the blockchain-centric technology community and traditional investment sectors, Archax facilitates safe trading among recognized participants in a regulated environment.

Alliance

Venture Round in 2022
Alliance is a Web3 accelerator and founder community that supports crypto startups through mentorship and practical guidance. It provides expertise in customer development, product strategy, token economics, regulatory considerations, and go-to-market efforts to help teams refine their product and navigate early-stage challenges, while connecting founders with a broad network of builders to improve sales, user testing, partnerships, and fundraising outcomes.

Sommelier

Funding Round in 2022
Sommelier is a decentralized finance platform built on the Cosmos Stargate SDK with a Tendermint-based consensus layer and a bi-directional Ethereum bridge, operated by a global network of validators. It enables liquidity providers to author and execute automated, complex financial transactions such as portfolio rebalancing and limit orders, offering features traditionally associated with centralized finance but within DeFi. The platform uses a modular protocol and decentralized governance to manage automated signature processes and cross-chain interactions, supporting secure, programmable trading and liquidity management.

DarkFi

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
DarkFi is a blockchain platform focused on anonymity. It employs zero-knowledge cryptography, offers a contracting language, and provides developer toolkits to facilitate uncensorable code creation.

DAOsquare

Funding Round in 2022
DAOSquare is an incubator from the Web3 era. DAOSquare is committed to establishing a Web3 incubator that aspires to be the Web3 equivalent of YCombinator.

Paradigm

Venture Round in 2022
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.

Axelar Network

Funding Round in 2022
Axelar develops interoperability software connecting blockchain ecosystems, applications, and users. Founded in 2020 by Sergey Gorbunov and Georgios Vlachos, Axelar enables developers to build cross-chain decentralized applications using its protocol suite.

Cryowar

Funding Round in 2022
Cryowar is a developer of real-time multiplayer games, specializing in player-versus-player arena games. They have created a unique platform that integrates blockchain technology with gaming, allowing players to earn rewards based on their in-game skills.

Star Atlas

Venture Round in 2022
Star Atlas is a strategic metaverse game that combines space exploration, territorial conquest, resource management, and political dominance. It offers a unique gaming experience by integrating blockchain mechanics with traditional core games.

Planet Mojo

Seed Round in 2021
Planet Mojo is a game platform and developer offering a cross-platform, player-versus-player auto chess experience powered by blockchain technology. Players can own their game characters and assets as non-fungible tokens and compete in ongoing play-to-earn tournaments. The platform aims to support a suite of interconnected games within the Planet Mojo universe, with customizable characters and assets that can be used across titles. It incorporates augmented reality elements and emphasizes charitable, eco-friendly gaming experiences, aligning gameplay with sustainability. By combining competitive play, digital asset ownership, and a growing ecosystem, Planet Mojo seeks to attract players who want to monetize participation while contributing to a broader universe of interconnected games.

RNDR Token

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
RNDR is OTOY’s token based rendering network. It enables distributed GPU rendering on the blockchain, using OctaneRender which is the world’s first and fastest GPU-accelerated, unbiased, physically correct renderer. Octane uses the graphics card in networked computers to render photo-realistic images super fast. With Octane’s parallel compute capabilities, users can render works in a fraction of the time, and at a better cost than centralized services. RNDR is currently the fund’s only pure utility token investment — in a use case where the token is actually delivering utility in a network, using proven technology to deliver a service with a real and strong market.

Solscan

Seed Round in 2021
Solscan is a comprehensive block explorer and data analytics platform dedicated to the Solana ecosystem. It enables users to monitor transactions on the blockchain, offering insights into the movement of digital assets. The platform provides a wide array of data services tailored for users, developers, and projects, allowing for real-time tracking of non-fungible tokens, including information on their sales prices, transactions, and collections. Through its robust features, Solscan enhances transparency and accessibility within the blockchain space, catering to the needs of various stakeholders in the digital asset market.

Jito Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Jito Labs is a blockchain infrastructure company focused on enhancing the Solana network through the development of systems that maximize miner extraction value (MEV) while mitigating its adverse effects. The company provides an open-source, third-party validator specifically designed for the Solana blockchain, facilitating the creation of efficient and profitable blocks. Jito Labs aims to enable users to increase their revenue and optimize hardware utilization through its innovative validator client. By prioritizing both network scalability and validator rewards, Jito Labs plays a critical role in advancing the capabilities and profitability of the Solana ecosystem.

Solcial

Seed Round in 2021
Solcial is a decentralized social network that enables users to share content freely, without fear of censorship. It rewards users and content creators fairly.

MonkeyBall

Venture Round in 2021
MonkeyBall is a Solana-based play-to-earn soccer game – a kind of FIFA Street and Final Fantasy rolled into one fun monkey-themed game.

Pixelynx

Seed Round in 2021
Pixelynx is a technology company focused on integrating music, blockchain and gaming. It develops a direct-to-avatar gaming platform that connects digital collectibles, gaming and virtual worlds. The platform combines gaming, music, fashion and art to enable artists and brands to create digital collectibles, launch them through an NFT marketplace, and integrate these assets with mobile and console gaming via blockchain technology, thereby enabling the development of playable digital worlds.

BlockchainSpace

Seed Round in 2021
BlockchainSpace develops software tools for play-to-earn communities, fostering economic opportunities through educational academies. Its platform offers specialized solutions like YEY, Metasports, Creator Circle, and the Guild Partner Program to enhance digital engagement and community growth.

FairSide Network

Seed Round in 2021
FairSide Network is a blockchain-based platform offering insurance coverage for cryptocurrency users. It provides provably fair claims and blanket coverage up to 100 ETH, allowing investors to mitigate risks at an affordable one-time charge.

Arrow Markets

Seed Round in 2021
Arrow Markets operates a decentralized financial market options protocol designed to democratize returns for option market makers. The company’s platform eliminates intermediaries in the traditional options trading process, including brokers and clearinghouses, thereby passing the resulting savings directly to users. By offering cash-settled options and streamlining the entire trading pipeline—from market making to clearing and settlement—Arrow Markets enables liquidity providers to mimic the hedging activities typically associated with traditional market makers. This innovative approach aims to enhance accessibility and efficiency within the options trading landscape.

Satori Research

Series A in 2021
Satori Research offers personalized financial services, focusing on digital assets and alternative investments for institutional clients and high net worth individuals. They employ thematic and systematic strategies to provide positive returns while mitigating market risks.

StarkWare Industries

Series C in 2021
StarkWare Industries Ltd is a technology company based in Netanya, Israel, established in 2017. The company specializes in developing software and hardware solutions focused on the generation and verification of computational integrity proofs. Its primary offering, known as STARK, is a zero-knowledge proof protocol that enhances privacy in blockchain applications, increases transaction throughput, and enables off-chain computation. StarkWare Industries aims to create a comprehensive proof stack to facilitate secure and efficient computational processes across various applications.

CoinMENA

Seed Round in 2021
CoinMENA is a Sharia-compliant crypto-assets trading platform that facilitates the buying, selling, storing, and receiving of digital assets for both individuals and institutions. The platform aims to provide a safe and user-friendly experience, catering to clients interested in trading large quantities of digital assets through a more personalized service. CoinMENA positions itself as a trusted digital asset exchange in the region, emphasizing competitive fees and high liquidity. Additionally, the platform offers educational resources and updates on the cryptocurrency market, enabling investors to engage effectively in the digital economy.

Odaily

Venture Round in 2021
Odaily is a blockchain media company that operates in exclusive strategic cooperation with the 36氪 Group. It is dedicated to supporting the development and exploration of blockchain technology. The company provides a range of news and scientific content aimed at educating the general public about blockchain and cryptocurrency. Additionally, Odaily offers daily price updates on Bitcoin and other digital currencies, along with comprehensive market news, which helps traders and enthusiasts stay informed about the latest developments in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Phantasia Sports

Seed Round in 2021
Phantasia Sports operates a blockchain‑powered, peer‑to‑peer fantasy sports platform that securely handles contest or league dues and provides instant prize payouts. The service lets users host public or private tournaments across a range of sports, including American football, basketball, and cricket, delivering a seamless all‑in‑one fantasy experience.

Elementus

Series A in 2021
Founded in New York in 2017, Elementus is a data science company specializing in blockchain intelligence. It provides an enterprise platform that combines proprietary data with patented algorithms to deliver unique insights and enable fast, actionable decision-making within the crypto economy for institutional asset managers, financial service organizations, and government agencies.

Tulip Protocol

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Tulip Protocol decentralized application designed to allow the vault strategies to compound frequently. They provide an investment with risk rewards for any DeFi user. Their protocol offers three types of yield products, vaults, lending, and leveraged farming.

Drift

Seed Round in 2021
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.

Aurory

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Aurory is a free-to-play, tactical turn-based JRPG built on the Solana blockchain. It offers AAA-quality gameplay with seamless web3 asset ownership, enabling players to earn tokens and NFTs through play-to-earn mechanics.

MCDEX

Venture Round in 2021
Fully permissionless protocol for decentralized perpetual swaps

PsyOptions

Seed Round in 2021
PsyOptions is beta software and is a fully decentralized options protocol.

BitOasis

Series B in 2021
BitOasis is a cryptocurrency trading platform established in 2015 by co-founders Ola Doudin and Daniel Robenek. The company provides a digital asset wallet and exchange that facilitates the buying, selling, and trading of cryptocurrencies. It focuses on cash-based emerging markets, offering a multi-signature wallet and exchange service that enhances asset protection and security for users. BitOasis aims to create a secure and regulated infrastructure for cryptocurrency trading, catering to both retail and institutional clients in the region. By ensuring a safe environment for transactions, BitOasis seeks to simplify access to crypto assets for investors.

Magic Eden

Seed Round in 2021
Magic Eden is a community-focused company that operates a decentralized exchange platform tailored for cryptographic assets, specifically on the Solana blockchain. It provides an online marketplace where users can create, buy, and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs), facilitating trade for digital creators. To strengthen its ties with the community, Magic Eden airdropped a collection called Magic Tickets to over 30,000 users. Holding a Magic Ticket grants access to the company's Discord-based decentralized autonomous organization, MagicDAO, which fosters community engagement through social programs and rewards. The company's commitment to serving its users underscores its mission to enhance the NFT trading experience.

Solend

Seed Round in 2021
Solend is a decentralized finance platform for borrowing and lending crypto assets on the Solana blockchain. It enables users to lend funds or borrow against collateral, expanding opportunities for Solana holders to participate in the market. The platform aims to streamline the lending process by letting users choose to lend or borrow, primarily dealing with stablecoins and Solana's native token.

Nifty Island

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Nifty Island, developed by Nyft Studios, is an innovative open social gaming platform and virtual world that serves as the focal point of the Nyftverse. This platform is designed to integrate various components, including interoperable games, a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, play-to-earn protocols, and game developer tools, all underpinned by web3 technology. Nifty Island aims to create a truly open and player-owned metaverse, allowing users to engage in gaming while displaying and trading their NFT collections. The platform also empowers users to earn cryptocurrency by participating in games and contributing content, fostering a vibrant community and enhancing user control over their digital experiences.
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