Ascensive Asset Management

Ascensive Asset Management is a private investment firm established in 2019 and based in Seoul, South Korea. The firm specializes in the digital assets industry and focuses on venture capital investments in various sectors, including financial services, information technology, blockchain, financial technology, gaming, big data, and software-as-a-service. With a commitment to innovation, Ascensive aims to identify and support promising ventures within these rapidly evolving fields.

Ben Middleton

Founding Partner

28 past transactions

Switchboard

Series A in 2024
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.

StripChain

Venture Round in 2024
Stripchain is an intent-based interoperability standard that enables chain abstraction.

zkLink

Seed Round in 2023
zkLink Labs is a technology company focused on addressing Ethereum fragmentation through its innovative rollup solutions, zkLinkNova and zkLinkX. By harnessing Ethereum's security features, zkLink aims to unify tokens and liquidity across various Ethereum Layer 2 networks. The platform facilitates developers in deploying app-specific rollups with a customizable architecture, which enhances cost and performance efficiency. Additionally, zkLink provides a secure interoperability protocol that connects different blockchains, ensuring a user-friendly environment for both developers and users. This approach allows users to access liquidity and earn yields, making zkLink an essential player in the multi-chain ecosystem.

Optix

Venture Round in 2023
Optix is a platform developer for multiple-chain options that aims to make trading more affordable. The platform of the business aims to provide a decentralized options protocol exchange, where users can buy options on the most popular cryptocurrencies and sell options for a steady yield directly from their wallets, giving traders access to vault collateral that provides liquidity across numerous assets, pricing surfaces, and directions.

Rysk Finance

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Rysk Finance is focused on developing a dynamic hedging vault that facilitates the creation of alternative decentralized financial assets aimed at mitigating financial market risks. The company's platform enables customers to buy and sell options on cryptocurrency assets, providing them with tools to shield themselves against potential downturns in the market. By offering these services, Rysk Finance aims to enhance risk management for its users in the evolving landscape of digital finance.

Cryption Network

Venture Round in 2022
Cryption Network is a cryptocurrency company focused on enhancing the adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi) through innovative products. It offers a user-friendly platform that allows retail investors to easily store, exchange, and manage digital assets. The company's flagship product, PolyDEX, is a gasless, instant, and cross-chain automated market maker decentralized exchange (AMM DEX) that incorporates yield farming features. Additionally, Cryption Network has developed a leveraged crypto market prediction platform, providing a comprehensive suite of financial tools designed to simplify investment and trading processes for ordinary users. By integrating these functionalities, Cryption Network aims to facilitate broader participation in the crypto market.

Snackclub

Seed Round in 2022
Snackclub is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) focused on revolutionizing the gaming experience through a play-to-earn model. The company develops block-based games that reward players monetarily as they engage and invest time in gameplay. By utilizing play-to-earn technology, Snackclub enhances game visibility and creates a more secure environment for players, allowing them to generate income while enjoying their favorite games. This innovative approach aims to change how individuals consume games and interact with the internet, fostering a new era of gaming that prioritizes player rewards and engagement.

Itheum

Venture Round in 2022
Itheum is an innovative data infrastructure platform that focuses on facilitating the sale of personal data to the artificial intelligence industry, which increasingly requires consent-based data sources. The company specializes in developing blockchain-powered technologies that encompass data tokenization, licensing, provenance, creator protection, and governance. Itheum's offerings include decentralized, cross-chain data brokerage software, a data collection and analytics toolkit, and a decentralized data exchange. By providing these tools, Itheum aims to create a new data economy that empowers data creators and consumers, allowing them to unlock and manage the value of personal data effectively.

MixMob

Seed Round in 2022
MixMob is a blockchain gaming platform developed by Encore Studios, designed to create an immersive play-to-earn (P2E) experience within the metaverse. Operating on the Solana blockchain, MixMob draws inspiration from diverse cultural elements such as music, art, fashion, and film to foster a unique environment known as Remix Culture. The platform features a strategic card game and a comprehensive gaming ecosystem that encourages social interaction among players. Central to its offering are non-fungible token (NFT) based masks, which enhance player engagement and allow individuals to earn rewards while participating in an expansive virtual world reminiscent of popular gaming styles.

Exotic Markets

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Exotic Markets is a company that operates in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, leveraging the Solana blockchain to create innovative financial solutions. It aims to democratize access to investment opportunities by offering structured products that cater to a wide range of investors. The platform provides users with flexible financial instruments, including token-based payoffs, trading ranges, accumulators, and capital preservation options. By focusing on simplicity and sustainability, Exotic Markets helps investors diversify their portfolios and maximize returns through user-friendly products. The company distinguishes itself by bringing wealth management solutions traditionally reserved for banks into the decentralized finance realm.

CyBall

Seed Round in 2021
CyBall — CyBloc Football, is a soccer-themed, NFT-based game with a play-to-earn model that allows users to collect, trade, mentor, and ultimately battle with CyBlocs.

Ambire

Seed Round in 2021
Ambire Wallet is a self-custodial smart wallet for Web3, which focuses on Defi and EVM. Providing secure email authentication, it combines power with ease of use. Available on 10+ EVM chains, including Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, Fantom Opera, Andromeda, Gnosis Chain, BNB Chain, Moonriver, Moonbeam, and others. The Ambire wallet has a tradable native token with the ticker symbol $WALLET. Ambire AdEx brings full transparency to digital advertising, reduces ad fraud, and protects end users’ privacy. It is the first ad network based on Ethereum blockchain technology. The Ambire AdEx has a tradable native token with the ticker symbol $ADX.

Structure

Seed Round in 2021
Structure is a global trading platform that facilitates crypto-based investing and lending, specifically designed for mobile users. The platform caters to investors of all experience levels, allowing them to easily trade assets in a secure and user-friendly environment. Structure enables participants to earn, borrow, and lend within the decentralized finance (DeFi) and cryptocurrency markets. With a focus on providing around-the-clock access and hands-on support, the company ensures that investors can diversify their portfolios in accordance with their investment objectives and risk tolerance.

Matrix One

Seed Round in 2021
Matrix One is a machine intelligence company that focuses on bridging the gap between physical and digital realms. It is renowned for its innovative Internet of Things devices tailored for both consumer and business applications. The company launched the MATRIX Creator, a development board packed with sensors, in 2016, facilitating rapid and cost-effective hardware application development. Following this, in 2017, it introduced MATRIX Voice, designed to support an open-source voice platform for makers and industrial IoT applications. Matrix One envisions democratizing the creation and use of AI-powered characters, aiming to make digital interactions immersive and interactive. Additionally, it develops a three-dimensional non-fungible token marketplace that optimizes original 3D files for various metaverse environments, enabling creators to produce art that can easily transition across virtual spaces while allowing collectors to acquire NFTs for diverse uses.

zkLink

Seed Round in 2021
zkLink Labs is a technology company focused on addressing Ethereum fragmentation through its innovative rollup solutions, zkLinkNova and zkLinkX. By harnessing Ethereum's security features, zkLink aims to unify tokens and liquidity across various Ethereum Layer 2 networks. The platform facilitates developers in deploying app-specific rollups with a customizable architecture, which enhances cost and performance efficiency. Additionally, zkLink provides a secure interoperability protocol that connects different blockchains, ensuring a user-friendly environment for both developers and users. This approach allows users to access liquidity and earn yields, making zkLink an essential player in the multi-chain ecosystem.

Jambb

Seed Round in 2021
Jambb is a digital collectibles platform that focuses on creating sustainable and inclusive entertainment experiences. The company enables comedians to own and monetize their best content, merchandise, and performances, facilitating new revenue streams while connecting with a diverse fan base. Through its platform, entertainers can authenticate and uniquely identify ownership of their work, allowing fans to acquire, share, and engage with memorable moments such as jokes, bits, and specials. Additionally, Jambb supports open secondary markets, enhancing the value proposition for both creators and fans by fostering an economy around digital collectibles in the comedy space.

Taker Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
Taker Protocol is a cryptocurrency liquidity protocol focused on non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company has developed a unique approach to optimize the liquidation of NFT assets through a quote-by-lock-in pricing mechanism. This allows asset holders to borrow stablecoins, enhancing their liquidity options. Additionally, Taker Protocol is dedicated to building cross-chain bridges, facilitating connections between various public blockchain networks. This capability improves the efficiency of asset transfers and expands the potential application scenarios for NFTs, making it a significant player in the evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

Yield Guild Games

Series A 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.

Bware Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Bware Labs is focused on addressing the challenges of Web3 and promoting its global adoption by offering robust infrastructure services and development tools. The company specializes in developing decentralized infrastructure tailored for blockchain APIs, providing a reliable interface that includes integrated payment options. This platform facilitates seamless connections between customers and node providers, ensuring verified reliability and efficient service delivery. Through its commitment to enhancing the Web3 ecosystem, Bware Labs aims to empower users and developers with the necessary tools to navigate the evolving landscape of decentralized technologies.

Jenny Metaverse DAO

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Jenny DAO is a collaborative contemporary art collection that creates assets in the metaverse and fractionalizes them on Unicly. JennyDAO's fractionalization strategy aims to give high-end NFT ownership a distributed spin. JennyDAO can make rare internet art more accessible by fractionalizing a collection of valuable NFTs.

RBL Labs

Seed Round in 2021
We are a team of 25+ blockchain and gaming professionals working relentlessly to bring cutting-edge Web3 experience. Visit rbllabs.com for more info and check out our first p2e collectible card game on locgame.io, our edutainment platform on cryptorbl.com and the virtual city of Cryptise on cryptise.io

Swing.xyz

Seed Round in 2021
Swing is a decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol that operates on both layer one and layer two blockchains. The company focuses on facilitating the exchange of cryptocurrency assets through the use of blockchain smart contracts, relayers, and cross-chain bridges. Swing's platform offers seamless solutions for developers, enabling them to create cross-chain experiences effortlessly. By intelligently routing assets across various decentralized exchanges, aggregators, and cross-chain bridges, Swing enhances liquidity for traders and supports a diverse range of crypto assets. Its innovative approach aims to simplify cross-chain communication and increase accessibility to liquidity across multiple blockchain networks.

BreederDAO

Seed Round in 2021
BreederDAO is a blockchain technology company specializing in the production of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for the gaming industry. It functions as an asset factory, focusing on high-volume creation of in-game assets tailored to the needs of major gaming guilds in the Metaverse. By providing a custom API toolkit, BreederDAO enables developers to integrate player-driven economies into their games. The company's offerings include breeding and crafting mechanisms, which optimize asset traits to enhance in-game yields. This approach allows game developers to empower players to generate new assets or NFTs, thereby enriching the overall gaming experience and driving engagement in Play-To-Earn ecosystems.

Eden Network

Seed Round in 2020
Eden Network is a blockchain infrastructure company that focuses on enhancing transaction safety for traders and providing transaction priority for NFT minters. It develops a suite of Ethereum smart contracts that adhere to the principles of progressive decentralization, allowing token holders to participate in governance through private communication channels and decision-making processes. The company also offers essential liquid staking and validation infrastructure aimed at optimizing yield generation, increasing total value locked (TVL), and fostering overall network growth. By prioritizing both security and user governance, Eden Network seeks to create a more efficient and decentralized trading environment.

Yield Guild Games

Seed Round in 2020
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.

Unilend Finance

Funding Round in 2020
Unilend Finance is a decentralized financial platform that focuses on facilitating spot trading and money market lending and borrowing services for blockchain assets. Established in 2020 and based in India, the platform allows for permission-less listing of any ERC20 token, enabling users to trade without the oversight of a centralized authority. Unilend's offerings include lending and borrowing services tailored for Ethereum-based assets, providing crypto traders with increased liquidity and flexibility. In addition to trading, the platform encompasses governance and native utility token services, creating a comprehensive ecosystem for users engaged in decentralized finance.

KiraCore

Seed Round in 2020
KIRA is a financial hub connecting decentralized Web3 applications. As an integral part of the Web3 stack KIRA enables value settlement between dApps and largest interconnected networks in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Thanks to uncapped value at stake originating from both real world and interchain space KIRA provides secure Layer 1 platform for deploying decentralized applications and issuing digital assets.

Frax Finance

Seed Round in 2020
Frax Finance is a pioneering company in the cryptocurrency space, known for creating the fractional stablecoin and the first crypto-native Consumer Price Index, referred to as the Frax Price Index (FPI). The company has developed a unique fractional cryptocurrency protocol aimed at providing highly scalable and decentralized monetary solutions as an alternative to fixed-supply digital assets. Its stablecoins are designed to be partially backed by collateral and partially stabilized through algorithmic mechanisms. This structure allows users to access an open-source, permissionless stablecoin that operates on the Ethereum platform, facilitating greater flexibility and adaptability in the digital financial landscape.
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