Blockchain Capital

Blockchain Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that specializes in crypto and blockchain-enabled technology companies worldwide. It provides portfolio founders with capital and strategic support, including domain expertise, partnerships, recruiting, and guidance on strategy. As a multi-stage investor, it makes investments across equity and tokens and also offers venture-building services to help portfolio companies grow. The firm focuses on disrupting traditional financial services and building new markets within the blockchain economy.

Spencer Bogart

General Partner

Sterling Campbell

Senior Associate

Sterling Campbell

Senior Associate

Aleks Larsen

General Partner

Yuan Han Li

Principal

Tony Schmidt

COO and Operating Partner

Kinjal Shah

General Partner

Brad Stephens

Managing Partner

P. Bart Stephens

Managing Partner

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Camp Network

Series A in 2025
Camp Network is a technology company that develops a unique, purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain. This blockchain is designed to empower AI agents, enabling them to operate autonomously and generate value on the blockchain. The company's innovative platform collects data from web2 streaming and social platforms, transforming it into on-chain value creation. This allows developers to redefine consumer crypto trading, fostering a new era of decentralized, AI-driven applications.

Tally

Series A in 2025
Tally is a frontend for DAOs running on Ethereum and other EVM blockchains. Tally gives users real power in their decentralized organizations. On Tally, users can delegate voting power, create or pass proposals to spend DAO funds, manage a protocol, and upgrade smart contracts—all onchain.

Bluesky

Series A in 2024
Bluesky is a social media network that enables users to engage with communities and express creativity. The platform allows users to customize their feeds and provides moderation tools for content management. It focuses on user control over the social media experience.

Yellow Card

Series C in 2024
Yellow Card operates a cryptocurrency platform that enables individuals and businesses to buy, sell, and manage digital assets using local currencies and mobile money across Africa. The platform functions as a crypto exchange and payments solution, offering over-the-counter trading, merchant services, currency exchange, and crypto gift cards. It provides an on/off ramp for stablecoins such as USDT, USDC, and PYUSD through a payments API, supporting secure, cost-effective transfers and borderless transactions. The company serves customers in numerous African countries and has facilitated billions of dollars in transactions, reflecting its role in promoting financial inclusion and access to digital finance. Founded in 2016 and active in the market, Yellow Card aims to simplify crypto access for individuals and businesses through a scalable, local-currency-first approach.

Drift

Series B in 2024
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.

Gameplay Galaxy

Seed Round in 2024
Gameplay Galaxy is a pioneering developer of a decentralized, Web3-based competitive gaming platform focused on esports. Their platform enables players to engage in realistic, dynamic racing games while offering opportunities for game ownership and shared success through features like 'compete', 'buy', 'evolve', and 'trade'.

Solv Protocol

Venture Round in 2024
Solv Protocol is a decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. Its first product, Vesting Vouchers, are fractionalized NFTs representing lock-up vesting tokens, enhancing liquidity and enabling financial scenarios like fundraising and token liquidity management.

Ubitex

Funding Round in 2024
Ubit is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange for trading digital assets like Bitcoin and altcoins. They operate in fintech, combining market-making, liquidity protocols, and AI-driven Real World Assets (RWA).

Polymer Labs

Series A in 2024
Polymer Labs is building the fabric of web3. We're working on an IBC based multi-cluster routing/roll-up protocol providing E2E IBC connectivity across ecosystems.

Tack

Funding Round in 2024
Investment company in cryptocurrency and blockchain

World

Series C in 2023
World is a technology company specializing in secure digital asset management. It operates the World App, which enables users to securely store their World ID, manage digital assets, and access various Mini Apps within a privacy-focused network.

Tools For Humanity

Series C in 2023
Tools for Humanity is a software company that develops tools to support the Worldcoin protocol. The company is currently building the tools to bring blockchain and digital identity technologies and products to people by contributing to the development and growth of the Worldcoin ecosystem and other projects.

AcadArena

Series A in 2023
AcadArena is a company focused on enhancing the gaming experience for student gamers by providing scholarships, tournaments, and educational opportunities in esports. Founded in 2019 by Ariane Lim, Kevin Hoang, and Justin Banusin, AcadArena aims to support students in developing both their academic and gaming skills. Operating primarily in Southeast Asia, it facilitates collegiate-level esports tournaments across various skill sets and game titles. The company also offers alliance programs and mentorship, enabling students to participate in competitions, win scholarships, and gain valuable insights into the esports industry. Through its initiatives, AcadArena strives to empower student gamers and foster a vibrant campus gaming culture.

Superchain Network

Seed Round in 2023
Superchain Network focuses on advancing the transition from centralized "Web2" systems to decentralized "Web3" architectures. It aims to establish a decentralized data protocol that prioritizes user needs over technological limitations. The company provides a data storage platform with streaming capabilities that can be tailored through an intuitive interface known as toolboxes. This setup allows developers to create applications more efficiently by fostering a direct and personal connection to data, eliminating the need for centralized intermediaries.

EigenLabs

Series A in 2023
EigenLabs is a blockchain infrastructure startup that enables the restaking of ETH across various decentralized applications. They also provide developers with access to the Ethereum staked capital base and decentralized validator set. Traditionally, staking requires validators to lock up ETH as a security deposit to engage in the network's consensus mechanism, earning rewards for contributing to network security and validating transactions. However, once ETH is staked, it is generally immobilized until withdrawn, restricting validators from utilizing these assets elsewhere. EigenLayer aims to tackle this challenge by allowing staked ETH to be restaked across diverse decentralized applications and services without removing it from the original consensus mechanism.

Spatial Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Spatial Labs is a technology infrastructure company focused on bridging the digital and physical worlds to enhance everyday life. The company develops innovative products and services that enable users to create engaging experiences that promote joy and self-expression. By leveraging technology, Spatial Labs aims to empower individuals to shape their environments and connect with brands in novel ways, particularly targeting younger demographics. The firm collaborates with various notable brands, including Adidas x Ivy Park and IKEA, to create immersive experiences that provide valuable consumer insights and unlock new revenue models. Committed to sustainable innovation and cultural impact, Spatial Labs is dedicated to making technology a seamless extension of human experience.

Nil Foundation

Venture Round in 2023
Nil Foundation facilitates and supports research in database management systems and applied cryptography.

Quasar Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Quasar Labs operates a digital asset management platform that simplifies investing within the multi-chain universe. The platform allows users to create and join independent asset containers, known as Vaults, which utilize inter-blockchain communication (IBC) technology to facilitate value capture across different blockchains, particularly in the Cosmos ecosystem. This innovative approach addresses the fragmentation within decentralized finance (DeFi) by providing a streamlined and secure method for investors to manage their digital assets. Quasar Labs empowers investors to efficiently design Vaults and aggregate liquidity, making it easier for them to put their digital assets to work with minimal effort.

Tack

Funding Round in 2022
Investment company in cryptocurrency and blockchain

Blocknative

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2018, Blocknative specializes in real-time blockchain transaction management and monitoring solutions for public networks. Its platform enables developers to build applications across multiple blockchains, offering tools like a javascript widget that simplifies complex blockchain codes.

Bitwave

Series A in 2022
Founded in San Francisco in 2018 by Amy Kalnoki and Patrick White, Bitwave develops financial software that enables companies to integrate digital assets into their accounting records and operations. Its platform offers tax tracking, bookkeeping, DeFi monitoring, and crypto accounts receivable/payable management, streamlining cryptocurrency finance for businesses.

Across Protocol

Venture Round in 2022
Across is a cross-chain bridge secured by UMA's optimistic oracle for L2s and rollups. It also optimized for capital efficiency with a single liquidity pool, a competitive relayer landscape, and a no-slippage fee model.

Matter Labs

Series C in 2022
Matter Labs designs and develops blockchain technology that uses zero-knowledge proofs to scale Ethereum and improve privacy, removing interaction obstacles between untrusted parties. The company builds a scaling decentralized application that provides succinctly verifiable computation, enabling businesses and others to prove integrity without disclosing sensitive data. It aims to accelerate public blockchain adoption by offering an open, scalable alternative to existing financial systems. Founded in 2018, it has been associated with Berlin, Germany, and is based in the Cayman Islands.

Stardust

Series A in 2022
Stardust is a software company that offers a platform for game developers to build and manage blockchain-enabled games and metaverse experiences. The platform provides a graphical development environment and APIs that allow Web3 features, including NFT integration, across multiple blockchains with only a few lines of code, enabling developers to ship blockchain-enabled games faster without being required to commit to a single blockchain. Stardust aims to simplify the process of bringing blockchain, finance, and social components into games by offering integrated tools for gameplay, player management, and cross-chain compatibility. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Pine Street Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Pine Street Labs develops enterprise wallet software aimed at expanding and democratizing the use of public blockchains. The company's platform simplifies the complexities of supporting various blockchain networks, allowing enterprises to concentrate on their core business operations. Pine Street Labs offers walletOS, which enhances custody infrastructure and facilitates the management of custody operations in-house. The software is designed to accommodate new blockchain initiatives while providing functionalities such as sending, receiving, staking, and executing smart contract calls. By creating a composable developer experience with modular integrations and a well-defined API, Pine Street Labs enables businesses to execute transactions seamlessly and efficiently in mission-critical environments.

Community Labs

Series A in 2022
Community Labs is a software development company that specializes in accelerating adoption of Arweave through developer tools, use cases, and ecosystem growth.

Fuel Labs

Venture Round in 2022
Fuel Labs is a global decentralized group of passionate developers building the future of blockchain scalability technology. As the leader in blockchain scaling innovation, its engineers created the optimistic rollup design paradigm and have contributed to advancing the frontier of rollup, blockchain virtual machine, and safe smart contract programming language research.

Gameplay Galaxy

Seed Round in 2022
Gameplay Galaxy is a pioneering developer of a decentralized, Web3-based competitive gaming platform focused on esports. Their platform enables players to engage in realistic, dynamic racing games while offering opportunities for game ownership and shared success through features like 'compete', 'buy', 'evolve', and 'trade'.

Rio Network

Seed Round in 2022
Rio Network operates a public proof-of-stake blockchain platform designed for the issuance, investment, and life-cycle management of digital securities and crypto assets. The platform facilitates the creation of liquid restacking tokens, where the influence of validators is based on the collateralized staking tokens. This structure allows users to achieve a risk-managed total return while maintaining liquidity. Through its innovative approach, Rio Network aims to enhance the accessibility and efficiency of digital asset management.

RedStone

Seed Round in 2022
RedStone is a next-generation cross-chain data oracle that specializes in providing pricing data for financial protocols. The company develops modular oracles that deliver data feeds compatible with both layer 1 and layer 2 blockchains, including rollups-as-a-service (RaaS) solutions. RedStone's offerings include liquid staking tokens and liquid restaking tokens, as well as an online decentralized finance platform designed to utilize blockchain's permanent storage capabilities. This platform supports cross-chain data services while ensuring an audit trail, which enhances transparency and reliability. Additionally, RedStone enables decentralized finance providers to implement automatic dispute mechanisms, bolstered by insurance through staking, thereby facilitating more secure and efficient transactions.

EigenLabs

Seed Round in 2022
EigenLabs is a blockchain infrastructure startup that enables the restaking of ETH across various decentralized applications. They also provide developers with access to the Ethereum staked capital base and decentralized validator set. Traditionally, staking requires validators to lock up ETH as a security deposit to engage in the network's consensus mechanism, earning rewards for contributing to network security and validating transactions. However, once ETH is staked, it is generally immobilized until withdrawn, restricting validators from utilizing these assets elsewhere. EigenLayer aims to tackle this challenge by allowing staked ETH to be restaked across diverse decentralized applications and services without removing it from the original consensus mechanism.

Gnosis

Venture Round in 2022
Founded in 2015, Gnosis is a decentralized infrastructure provider for the Ethereum ecosystem. Initially focused on prediction markets, Gnosis evolved into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) in late 2020, with a treasury controlling over 150K ETH and 8 Million GNO tokens. In 2021, Gnosis Chain was launched as an Ethereum companion chain for stable transactions using the xDai token. Gnosis incubates products such as Gnosis Safe (a multisig wallet), Cow Protocol (a decentralized exchange), Conditional Tokens (prediction markets), and Zodiac (DAO tooling).

Gnosis

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Founded in 2015, Gnosis is a decentralized infrastructure provider for the Ethereum ecosystem. Initially focused on prediction markets, Gnosis evolved into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) in late 2020, with a treasury controlling over 150K ETH and 8 Million GNO tokens. In 2021, Gnosis Chain was launched as an Ethereum companion chain for stable transactions using the xDai token. Gnosis incubates products such as Gnosis Safe (a multisig wallet), Cow Protocol (a decentralized exchange), Conditional Tokens (prediction markets), and Zodiac (DAO tooling).

seedclub

Series A in 2022
Seed Club is a DAO that builds and invests in communities. We’re building a future where the value created by communities on the internet is captured by people, not platforms.

Chainflip

Venture Round in 2022
Chainflip is a decentralized protocol facilitating trustless asset trades between different blockchain networks with minimal slippage. It enables direct cross-chain exchanges of cryptocurrencies without intermediaries, utilizing its native blockchain and ecosystem components built on Rust and other frameworks. This allows investors to transfer funds seamlessly across various blockchains and ecosystems without additional software, collateral, or wrapped assets.

Landed

Seed Round in 2022
Landed is a company that enhances the hiring process for hourly employers and job seekers, particularly in the restaurant and hospitality sectors. It has developed an end-to-end recruiting platform that utilizes conversational AI technology to streamline the hiring process. This platform connects candidates to employers based on customized criteria and screens applicants using various data points. By doing so, Landed enables employers to identify and hire better candidates more efficiently, ultimately improving workforce quality in the industries it serves.

PILabs

Venture Round in 2022
PILabs is an agency for creators and startups.

Allora Labs

Series A in 2022
Allora Labs is a blockchain-based protocol focused on providing reliable appraisals for digital assets, particularly in the realm of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company offers a platform that incentivizes experts to deliver honest insights, facilitating an efficient price-discovery mechanism for NFTs. By compensating these experts for their evaluations, Allora Labs captures the value of truthful information and creates new opportunities within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Its technology employs machine learning to analyze data, enabling crypto builders to optimize strategies, quantify risks, and make informed decisions based on real-time NFT appraisals. Through its innovative approach, Allora Labs aims to enhance the credibility and reliability of information in the digital asset market.

Espresso Systems

Seed Round in 2022
Espresso Systems specializes in providing scaling and privacy solutions for Web 3 applications, focusing on the innovative area of shared sequencing within blockchain technology. This involves the use of sequencers that verify and batch transactions on layer-2 blockchains before sending them to a layer-1 chain, such as Ethereum, for settlement. Additionally, Espresso Systems develops online transaction technology aimed at enhancing the online payment industry, offering infrastructure that facilitates secure and efficient online interactions. Their solutions cater to the needs of clients in the online transaction sector, contributing to the advancement of the third generation of the World Wide Web.

Teller Finance

Venture Round in 2022
Teller is a United States-based blockchain project focused on decentralized lending. It provides a platform that connects to users' bank accounts to offer risk-assessed, unsecured loans, eliminating the need for collateral. By utilizing an algorithmic credit risk protocol, Teller aims to create decentralized lending markets that enhance lending opportunities while minimizing risks. The company's cloud-based system effectively delivers creditworthiness data, enabling users to engage in loans with digital currency. Through this innovative approach, Teller seeks to transform the lending landscape by making access to loans more efficient and secure.

CurrentsFM

Seed Round in 2022
CurrentsFM is a set of tools that directly supports our grassroots music communities.

koodos labs

Seed Round in 2021
Koodos Labs is a digital platform focused on empowering users to manage their personal data and improve their online experiences. The company develops innovative products that facilitate personal data management and secure integrations, allowing individuals and developers to take control of their digital lives. By fostering data portability, Koodos Labs aims to enhance user autonomy in navigating the increasingly complex digital landscape.

Boto

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2021, Boto is a Delaware City-based no-code automation platform. It enables both developers and non-developers to create and share automation workflows by dragging and dropping blocks using its user-friendly interface.

Solv Protocol

Series A in 2021
Solv Protocol is a decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. Its first product, Vesting Vouchers, are fractionalized NFTs representing lock-up vesting tokens, enhancing liquidity and enabling financial scenarios like fundraising and token liquidity management.

Powerloom Protocol

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

Forta Network

Venture Round in 2021
Forta Network is a developer of a security protocol focused on preventing the exploitation of smart contracts within the blockchain ecosystem. The company offers a decentralized, community-based security system that helps to mitigate risks and detect real-time threats. By providing robust security measures, Forta Network enables users to safeguard their smart contracts, ensuring a safer environment for blockchain applications. This initiative comes at a crucial time for the blockchain community, as the growing complexity and programmability of various blockchains increase the need for effective security solutions.

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.

Nirvana

Series A in 2021
Nirvana is an AI-native financial infrastructure shaping the future of Agentic DeFi. - Redefining DeFi with AI Agents – Nirvana builds AI frameworks for DEFAI agents to maximize capital efficiency - AI-Native On-Chain Protocols – Empowering DEFAI agents with AI-native protocols to autonomously launch innovative financial instruments and optimize strategies

Bitwave

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in San Francisco in 2018 by Amy Kalnoki and Patrick White, Bitwave develops financial software that enables companies to integrate digital assets into their accounting records and operations. Its platform offers tax tracking, bookkeeping, DeFi monitoring, and crypto accounts receivable/payable management, streamlining cryptocurrency finance for businesses.

Visor Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a decentralized platform facilitating active liquidity management. Its tool enables participants to use smart vaults for liquidity mining and asset management across various decentralized finance protocols and exchanges, maximizing returns from fees while minimizing impermanent loss.

TRM Labs

Series A in 2021
TRM Labs Inc. is a blockchain intelligence company that provides a platform focused on token relationship management, utilizing machine learning to assist clients in managing customer relationships and detecting suspicious activities. The platform offers solutions for on-chain anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and relationship management specifically tailored for digital asset firms. Additionally, TRM Labs develops enterprise applications and tools that enable organizations to launch blockchain-based products aimed at identifying fraudulent activities such as money laundering and market manipulation. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves a diverse clientele, including financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies, and has established partnerships with notable organizations such as PayPal, Visa, and federal agencies. TRM Labs is committed to enhancing the safety of the financial ecosystem through advanced data engineering and threat intelligence, backed by a team of experts with extensive experience in law enforcement and technology.

Snickerdoodle

Seed Round in 2021
Snickerdoodle is a blockchain-based platform that aims to create a privacy-preserving data economy by giving data owners control over their information and a pathway to monetize it. It builds infrastructure to own and securely monetize personal and organizational data, and offers an enterprise NFT-based data layer for real-time audience insights. The platform bridges Web2 and Web3, distributing value to data owners, consumers, and creators while protecting privacy. It enables the capture of the collective value of data and attention and supports secure data sharing and monetization. The goal is a transparent, participatory data ecosystem driven by user ownership and value distribution.

Balancer Labs

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Balancer Labs is a decentralized finance company that operates a platform for programmable liquidity and custom automated market makers. The platform enables the creation and management of custom liquidity pools and supports non-custodial portfolio management, liquidity provision, and price sensing. It offers streamlined pool creation and flexible architecture through features such as hooks and vaults, allowing developers to focus on innovation while benefiting from security, scalability, and interoperability within the DeFi ecosystem. The solution emphasizes user protection and open, permissionless access to liquidity markets, replacing traditional order books with automated market making for efficient token exchanges.

Greenwood Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Greenwood Labs operates as a decentralized finance platform that aims to optimize the borrowing experience for cryptocurrency users. The platform helps borrowers reduce their interest payments by automatically sourcing loans from lending protocols with the lowest available interest rates. By integrating and comparing the diverse offerings of various decentralized lending protocols, Greenwood Labs simplifies the borrowing process through a user-friendly, protocol-agnostic interface. Additionally, the company has developed a web application designed to enhance customer support for web3 users. This application replaces traditional communication channels like Discord with a more efficient customer support system that leverages artificial intelligence tools. By consolidating essential support resources into a single platform, Greenwood Labs enables decentralized finance teams to address and resolve customer inquiries more effectively and quickly.

Badger DAO

Venture Round in 2021
Badger is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) building products and infrastructure to accelerate Bitcoin as collateral across other blockchains. It’s meant to be an ecosystem DAO where projects and people from across DeFi can come together to collaborate and build the products our space needs. Shared ownership in the DAO will allow builders to have aligned incentives while decentralized governance can ensure those incentives remain fair to all parties. The idea is less competing and more collaborating.

Anchorage Digital

Series C in 2021
Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that provides institutions with integrated custody, trading, staking, governance, and regulatory-compliance infrastructure for digital asset programs. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, it serves institutional clients globally with a secure, compliant framework and services designed to simplify oversight and asset management.

Nexus Mutual

Venture Round in 2021
Nexus Mutual Limited is a London-based company that operates a decentralized insurance platform utilizing blockchain technology, specifically the Ethereum public blockchain. Founded in 2017, it offers a novel alternative to traditional insurance by enabling users to become members and collectively share insurance risks without the involvement of conventional insurance companies. Members can purchase coverage, and their decisions are governed by smart contracts, which ensure transparency and enforceability. Initially, Nexus Mutual launched with a product focusing on earthquake coverage, allowing participants to manage and mitigate risks collaboratively. The platform aims to recreate traditional mutual insurance models on a broader scale, providing an innovative approach to risk management in the insurance industry.

Chainflip

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Chainflip is a decentralized protocol facilitating trustless asset trades between different blockchain networks with minimal slippage. It enables direct cross-chain exchanges of cryptocurrencies without intermediaries, utilizing its native blockchain and ecosystem components built on Rust and other frameworks. This allows investors to transfer funds seamlessly across various blockchains and ecosystems without additional software, collateral, or wrapped assets.

1inch Labs

Series A in 2020
1inch Labs is a developer of a decentralized finance platform that aggregates multiple decentralized exchanges across various blockchains. Founded in 2019 and based in the United States, the company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of cryptocurrency trading. Its suite of protocols, including the 1inch Aggregation Protocol, 1inch Liquidity Protocol, and 1inch Limit Order Protocol, work together to facilitate cost-effective and secure swap transactions. This integration allows users to access better rates than those available on individual exchanges, thereby optimizing their trading experience in the decentralized finance sector.

Blocknative

Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Blocknative specializes in real-time blockchain transaction management and monitoring solutions for public networks. Its platform enables developers to build applications across multiple blockchains, offering tools like a javascript widget that simplifies complex blockchain codes.

Aave

Venture Round in 2020
Aave SAGL operates a decentralized lending and borrowing platform on the Ethereum blockchain, enabling users to earn interest on deposits and borrow assets. The platform facilitates both over-collateralized and under-collateralized borrowing, providing flexibility for borrowers. Aave mints aTokens for lenders at a 1:1 ratio to their supplied assets, allowing interest to compound continuously. This interest can be redirected to different addresses, separating it from the principal. Additionally, Aave offers flash loans, which are uncollateralized loans that must be borrowed and repaid within a single transaction, fostering innovation in decentralized finance. Founded in 2017, Aave originally operated under the name ETHLend and is based in London, United Kingdom, and Chiasso, Switzerland. The platform serves both depositors and borrowers, contributing to market liquidity and supporting various financial transactions within the blockchain ecosystem.

ParaSwap

Seed Round in 2020
ParaSwap is a decentralized finance platform aiming to address liquidity issues in crypto markets. It aggregates multiple exchange protocols onto one platform, empowering users with competitive market prices and high liquidity.

Stardust

Seed Round in 2020
Stardust is a software company that offers a platform for game developers to build and manage blockchain-enabled games and metaverse experiences. The platform provides a graphical development environment and APIs that allow Web3 features, including NFT integration, across multiple blockchains with only a few lines of code, enabling developers to ship blockchain-enabled games faster without being required to commit to a single blockchain. Stardust aims to simplify the process of bringing blockchain, finance, and social components into games by offering integrated tools for gameplay, player management, and cross-chain compatibility. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Custodia

Angel Round in 2020
Custodia Bank is a crypto-asset banking company that provides regulated services for digital assets. The institution serves as a compliant bridge to the US dollar payments system and acts as a custodian for digital assets, adhering to stringent institutional custody standards. By offering these banking services tailored to the digital assets industry, Custodia aims to facilitate secure and compliant transactions for its customers.

Bounce Finance

Venture Round in 2020
Bounce Finance is a decentralized auction protocol that empowers users to create and participate in diverse types of auctions across multiple blockchain ecosystems, including the real-world collectible marketplace.

Securitize

Series A in 2020
Securitize, Inc. operates a compliance platform designed for the issuance and management of digital securities. Founded in 2017 and based in Redwood City, California, the company facilitates various services for issuers, including digital security issuance, document handling, investor communications, and accreditation. For investors, Securitize offers features such as wallet management, an investor dashboard, and token distribution. The platform also includes support services like fiat and crypto escrow, along with custodial services. Securitize is distinguished as the only SEC Registered Transfer Agent integrated with multiple regulated U.S.-based marketplaces, enabling eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities across sectors like equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. The company's approach enhances transparency, liquidity, and efficiency in the tokenization process, while also providing KYC/AML and capital management services.

OpenSea

Seed Round in 2019
OpenSea is a pioneering marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital collectibles, facilitating peer-to-peer trading via smart contracts. It supports various asset types, including art, gaming items, and virtual goods, all backed by blockchain technology.

TRM Labs

Seed Round in 2019
TRM Labs Inc. is a blockchain intelligence company that provides a platform focused on token relationship management, utilizing machine learning to assist clients in managing customer relationships and detecting suspicious activities. The platform offers solutions for on-chain anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and relationship management specifically tailored for digital asset firms. Additionally, TRM Labs develops enterprise applications and tools that enable organizations to launch blockchain-based products aimed at identifying fraudulent activities such as money laundering and market manipulation. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves a diverse clientele, including financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies, and has established partnerships with notable organizations such as PayPal, Visa, and federal agencies. TRM Labs is committed to enhancing the safety of the financial ecosystem through advanced data engineering and threat intelligence, backed by a team of experts with extensive experience in law enforcement and technology.

Bison Trails

Series A in 2019
Bison Trails Co. is a blockchain infrastructure platform that enables operators to run nodes securely across multiple blockchains. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company focuses on providing enterprise-grade security and a multi-cloud, multi-region distribution system, ensuring a 99.99% uptime guarantee for node operators. Bison Trails aims to enhance the overall blockchain ecosystem by offering a robust and secure infrastructure, facilitating activities such as staking, validating, voting, and transacting without the need for customers to develop their own security or operational capabilities. Through its technology, Bison Trails supports the participation of various stakeholders in the blockchain space, promoting transparency and decentralization.

Messari

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, Messari operates a leading platform for market intelligence products in the cryptocurrency industry. It provides deep analysis, data, news, and powerful tools to enhance transparency and drive smarter participation among professionals, individuals, and institutions.

Nervos

Initial Coin Offering in 2019
Nervos Network is a blockchain technology company established in 2018 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China. It offers a hybrid solution that integrates a public blockchain with an application chain, enabling enterprises to build and deploy decentralized applications without needing to fully commit their technology stack to the blockchain. The Nervos CKB (Common Knowledge Base) serves as its layer 1, proof-of-work public blockchain protocol, which allows for the secure storage of various crypto-assets while supporting smart contracts and layer 2 scaling solutions. The platform's unique design emphasizes security, immutability, and decentralization, positioning itself as a sustainable multi-asset store of value. It also facilitates the capture of total network value through its native token, CKByte, and a network of interoperable protocols, promoting a robust open ecosystem for developers and enterprises alike.

Anchorage Digital

Series B in 2019
Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that provides institutions with integrated custody, trading, staking, governance, and regulatory-compliance infrastructure for digital asset programs. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, it serves institutional clients globally with a secure, compliant framework and services designed to simplify oversight and asset management.

TRM Labs

Seed Round in 2019
TRM Labs Inc. is a blockchain intelligence company that provides a platform focused on token relationship management, utilizing machine learning to assist clients in managing customer relationships and detecting suspicious activities. The platform offers solutions for on-chain anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and relationship management specifically tailored for digital asset firms. Additionally, TRM Labs develops enterprise applications and tools that enable organizations to launch blockchain-based products aimed at identifying fraudulent activities such as money laundering and market manipulation. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves a diverse clientele, including financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies, and has established partnerships with notable organizations such as PayPal, Visa, and federal agencies. TRM Labs is committed to enhancing the safety of the financial ecosystem through advanced data engineering and threat intelligence, backed by a team of experts with extensive experience in law enforcement and technology.

Securitize

Series A in 2018
Securitize, Inc. operates a compliance platform designed for the issuance and management of digital securities. Founded in 2017 and based in Redwood City, California, the company facilitates various services for issuers, including digital security issuance, document handling, investor communications, and accreditation. For investors, Securitize offers features such as wallet management, an investor dashboard, and token distribution. The platform also includes support services like fiat and crypto escrow, along with custodial services. Securitize is distinguished as the only SEC Registered Transfer Agent integrated with multiple regulated U.S.-based marketplaces, enabling eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities across sectors like equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. The company's approach enhances transparency, liquidity, and efficiency in the tokenization process, while also providing KYC/AML and capital management services.

Risk Labs

Venture Round in 2018
Risk Labs is the foundation and core team behind the Across and UMA Protocols.

Buxx

Initial Coin Offering in 2018
Buxx is digital cash and can be used to make payments through their exchange or at thousands of partners across the globe. Buxx's mission is to make digital cash accessible for all users across the world. They provide a simple payment method for businesses where they can access payments as fast as they can accept cash face-to-face. BUXX also provides an exchange where you can exchange your buxx for any of the major cryptocurrencies globally.

RADAR

Series A in 2018
Radar Relay, LLC is a technology company established in 2017 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It specializes in an Ethereum-based trading platform that facilitates wallet-to-wallet transactions through the 0x Protocol. The platform operates an order book, allowing users to trade tokens directly between their wallets without the need for accounts, sign-ups, or custody of assets. This approach ensures that users maintain control over their assets throughout the trading process, enhancing security and user autonomy. By eliminating traditional barriers such as deposits and withdrawal limits, Radar Relay offers a streamlined trading experience for cryptocurrency users.

High Fidelity

Series D in 2018
High Fidelity develops spatial audio software for immersive group conversations across various platforms. Incorporated in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco.

Circle

Series E in 2018
Circle is a Boston-based fintech company founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville. It specializes in utilizing stablecoins for payments, e-commerce, and investment products. Circle's services include Circle Pay for easy money transfers, Circle Invest for crypto asset trading, and Circle Trade for over-the-counter transactions. The company is backed by prominent investors such as Jim Breyer, Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, General Catalyst, and Accel Partners.

OpenSea

Seed Round in 2018
OpenSea is a pioneering marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital collectibles, facilitating peer-to-peer trading via smart contracts. It supports various asset types, including art, gaming items, and virtual goods, all backed by blockchain technology.

Orchid Labs

Venture Round in 2018
Orchid Labs is an open-source initiative focused on combating internet surveillance and censorship. Founded in 2017 by a team including Dr. Steven Waterhouse and Jay Freeman, the company develops a decentralized nanopayment platform that enhances internet accessibility. Its innovative approach employs an overlay network built on the existing internet, utilizing a peer-to-peer tokenized bandwidth exchange. This technology empowers users to protect their personal data while facilitating secure communication, collaboration, and information access. Overall, Orchid Labs aims to create a more inclusive and liberated online environment for all users.

CoinList

Series A in 2018
CoinList facilitates the launch and growth of innovative digital assets, connecting early adopters with promising projects like Filecoin and Solana. It offers a full-service trading platform for popular cryptocurrencies and provides access to new tokens before they list on other exchanges.

Messari

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2018, Messari operates a leading platform for market intelligence products in the cryptocurrency industry. It provides deep analysis, data, news, and powerful tools to enhance transparency and drive smarter participation among professionals, individuals, and institutions.

Sensay

Product Crowdfunding in 2017
Founded in 2014, Sensay is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California. It operates an online platform that helps English learners practice speaking and provides AI-sourced feedback on pronunciation and fluency.

Templum

Seed Round in 2017
Templum Inc. operates three core business lines transforming alternative asset investments. Templum One connects issuers with investors globally; Marketplace Solutions automate processes for issuers and managers; Applications Suite optimizes operational efficiency.

Unikrn

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Unikrn, Inc. operates an online e-sports betting platform that enables users to place bets on e-sports matches using Unikoins, a virtual currency specific to the platform in the United States, and real money in other parts of the world. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Unikrn provides a legal space for gamers to engage in betting on various games, competitions, and league matches. The platform also features a marketplace where users can utilize Unikoins to enter raffles for prizes such as gaming PCs, headsets, and other gaming-related items. With a network of gaming communities that spans over 100 countries, Unikrn aims to enhance the gaming experience for millions of users worldwide.

UnikoinGold

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
The Unikrn team is made up of long time gamers, esports nuts, punters, and cryptocurrency maniacs. They live eat breathe sleep esports, gaming, and betting, and they are literally spread out all over the world. Their culture is amazing, and the team dynamic is sometimes hilarious as they have people in Berlin, Croatia, Dehli, Las Vegas, Seattle, Singapore, and Sydney. You'll sometimes find them playing games late into the night or coding in the wee hours of the morning working on the most beautiful products for their community. they're online all the time, and you can learn more about them on the Unikrn website.

Kik

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Kik, founded in 2009 by a group of University of Waterloo students, is a mobile messaging application based in Waterloo, Ontario. The company aims to facilitate connections among users, services, and businesses, particularly targeting a teenage audience. Kik offers features that allow users to share their feelings and engage with friends and family, as well as chatbots for entertainment. With over 300 million registered users, Kik has established itself as a popular messaging platform, with more than 40% of young Americans using it as their primary messaging app. Users typically spend an average of 35 minutes per session within the app, reflecting its strong engagement. The company is supported by notable venture capitalists and has raised significant funding, with Tencent, the creator of WeChat, as a strategic investor.

Civic Technologies

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Founded in 2015, Civic Technologies offers secure identity verification and payment solutions via mobile applications for iOS and Android users. Its blockchain-based ecosystem empowers individuals to control their identities securely across multiple platforms.

Bancor

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Bancor, based in Zug, Switzerland, specializes in the creation and management of cryptocurrencies, known as Smart Tokens™. These tokens are designed with built-in convertibility, allowing users to buy and sell them directly through their wallets using a simple, low-cost process. Bancor's innovative token "Connector" method facilitates continuous liquidity and automatic price discovery for these tokens, eliminating the need for traditional cryptocurrency exchanges. The company's platform enables the creation of user-generated cryptocurrencies, fostering a network of interconnected tokens with standardized liquidity solutions.

Block.one

Seed Round in 2017
Block.one develops EOSIO, an open-source blockchain software renowned for its flexibility and scalability. Headquartered in Grand Cayman with offices globally, the company employs over 300 specialists dedicated to empowering society through secure, transparent digital infrastructures.

ShapeShift

Series A in 2017
ShapeShift is a digital currency exchange platform established in July 2014, designed to facilitate the instant conversion of Bitcoin and various altcoins. The platform distinguishes itself by allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies without the need for user accounts or registration, thereby enhancing privacy and reducing risks associated with personal information and funds. In the summer of 2019, ShapeShift introduced a new platform that empowers users to self-custody their crypto assets while providing functionalities to buy, sell, trade, track, send, and receive cryptocurrencies independently of third-party involvement. Additionally, the company operates CoinCap.io, a real-time crypto market data service, and acquired the hardware wallet company KeepKey in 2017. ShapeShift is led by industry veteran Erik Voorhees.

BitPesa

Series A in 2017
BitPesa Ltd. is a digital currency exchange based in Karen, Kenya, that facilitates the conversion of Bitcoin to Kenyan Shillings. Founded in 2013, the company operates an online platform that utilizes blockchain technology to streamline business payments and trade between Africa and the global market. BitPesa provides both individuals and institutions with wholesale cryptocurrency liquidity, ensuring fast settlement and a range of currency options. Recognized for its security measures and liquidity, it holds the distinction of being the first blockchain company licensed by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority and adheres to strict Know Your Customer (KYC) practices. The company has successfully traded over $500 million, establishing itself as a leading player in the African cryptocurrency exchange landscape.

SFOX

Venture Round in 2017
SFOX, Inc. is a cryptocurrency prime dealer based in Los Angeles, California, that caters to high-volume traders and institutional investors. Established in 2014, the company utilizes a global integrated order book to facilitate trade execution, ensuring clients receive the best available pricing through smart routing. By sourcing liquidity from a network of exchanges, over-the-counter desks, and market makers, SFOX enables clients to trade large volumes effectively without adversely affecting market prices. Additionally, the platform provides professional-grade tools, including reporting and analytics, to support complex multi-user accounts, further enhancing the trading experience for its users.

WaveBL

Seed Round in 2016
WaveBL is a digital platform that employs proprietary blockchain technology to facilitate the electronic transfer of trade documents, specifically electronic Bills of Lading. The platform allows for instant, encrypted, and authenticated transmission of these documents, ensuring compliance with established global processes and regulations. Designed to serve various stakeholders in the trade ecosystem—such as shipping companies, agents, brokers, and banks—WaveBL enhances communication by providing a decentralized and secure network for remote interactions. The company has established strong partnerships with leading players in global trade, aiming to accelerate the digital transformation and adoption of electronic documentation within the industry.

Ripple Labs

Series B in 2016
Ripple Labs operates a global payments network using blockchain technology. It offers RippleNet, connecting banks, payment providers, digital asset exchanges, and corporates for cross-border payments. Key solutions include XRP (a digital asset for payments), xCurrent (for banks), xRapid (for payment providers), and xVia (for corporates). The company is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices globally.

Civic Technologies

Convertible Note in 2016
Founded in 2015, Civic Technologies offers secure identity verification and payment solutions via mobile applications for iOS and Android users. Its blockchain-based ecosystem empowers individuals to control their identities securely across multiple platforms.

Tierion

Seed Round in 2016
Tierion, Inc. is a company that transforms the blockchain into a global platform for verifying data, files, and business processes. Founded in 2015 and based in Hartford, Connecticut, Tierion offers an API and various tools that enable users to collect data and secure it on the blockchain, ensuring an immutable history of transactions. The platform supports the issuance of blockchain-verifiable credentials, ranging from educational achievements to professional awards, thereby enhancing data integrity across multiple sectors, including accounting and healthcare. With its innovative approach, Tierion envisions a future where blockchain technology is utilized for a wide array of verification needs, facilitating trust and transparency in digital interactions.

Parity Technologies

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in London in 2015, Parity Technologies specializes in blockchain infrastructure. It develops open-source software for enterprises to securely interact with the Ethereum blockchain.
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