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Chekkit is a DAG blockchain powered anti-counterfeiting solution for food and drug supply chain tracking and customer insights platform. It helps producers protect their brands, track supply chain activities, and collect last-mile consumer insights in real-time.

NFTically is a platform aimed at buying or selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or creating white-label stores.

Health Hero, Inc. develops a custom wellness platform that provides employee wellness options for workforce and their families worldwide. The company’s platform offers health risk assessments, cultural assessments, and biometric screenings by connecting users via mobile devices or other applications, including tablets, smartphones (or cell phones), and computers. It serves industries of different sizes and geographic spreads. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

GrowFitter Private Limited operates a comprehensive health and fitness discovery and booking platform based in Mumbai, India. Founded in 2015, the company provides information on various fitness services, including gym memberships, yoga, dance classes, Pilates, kickboxing, aerobics, Zumba, and cross-fit sessions. It serves as a convenient resource for individuals seeking to join fitness facilities or participate in classes. In addition to fitness services, GrowFitter also retails nutritional products, such as whey proteins and weight reduction foods, through its website. By offering a wide range of options and resources, GrowFitter aims to support individuals in achieving their health and fitness goals.

Chibi Dinos is a blockchain-based gaming platform that integrates non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to create an engaging experience for gamers and sports enthusiasts. The platform combines real-world benefits with a dynamic digital environment, offering play-to-earn gaming opportunities within its expansive universe. Chibi Dinos has developed metaverse sports and action-adventure games that allow players to utilize and trade NFTs within a marketplace. This innovative approach positions Chibi Dinos as a pioneer in the collectible NFT and e-sports sectors, providing a comprehensive gaming ecosystem that features three interconnected gameplay modes. Through its network of athletes and strategic partnerships, Chibi Dinos aims to deliver an immersive lifestyle experience that fosters community building and competitive play.

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RoundlyX is a digital asset wealth management platform that allows users to manage their portfolios through a single dashboard. The platform connects to various digital asset exchanges and offers features such as "Roundup Investing," which enables users to invest their spare change into Bitcoin. Additionally, RoundlyX provides curated content and aggregated services to help users make informed investment decisions. This comprehensive toolset simplifies the management of digital assets, catering to both novice and experienced investors.

GrowFitter Private Limited operates a comprehensive health and fitness discovery and booking platform based in Mumbai, India. Founded in 2015, the company provides information on various fitness services, including gym memberships, yoga, dance classes, Pilates, kickboxing, aerobics, Zumba, and cross-fit sessions. It serves as a convenient resource for individuals seeking to join fitness facilities or participate in classes. In addition to fitness services, GrowFitter also retails nutritional products, such as whey proteins and weight reduction foods, through its website. By offering a wide range of options and resources, GrowFitter aims to support individuals in achieving their health and fitness goals.

DEFIYIELD is the cross-chain asset management protocol that empowers you to succeed and stay safe in DeFi. It controls digital assets with a full suite of innovative tools. They invest confidently, supported by auditing experts.

Developer of web3 entertainment blockchain-based gaming platform designed to offer interactive experiences around virtual pets. The company's blockchain gaming platform combines NFT gaming with investing and pet ownership 3.0, enabling players to adopt and raise their unique 3D dog companion and earn DOGA, the native cryptocurrency in the process.

IndiGG is an NFT based play-to-earn game in the web3 frontier. IndiGG is the India sub-decentralized autonomous organization(subDAO) of YGG.

DEFIYIELD is the cross-chain asset management protocol that empowers you to succeed and stay safe in DeFi. It controls digital assets with a full suite of innovative tools. They invest confidently, supported by auditing experts.

Health Hero, Inc. develops a custom wellness platform that provides employee wellness options for workforce and their families worldwide. The company’s platform offers health risk assessments, cultural assessments, and biometric screenings by connecting users via mobile devices or other applications, including tablets, smartphones (or cell phones), and computers. It serves industries of different sizes and geographic spreads. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Rebel Bots is a digital card fighting game with a science-fiction premise that allows players to compete against each other.

Mintverse is a service platform, where users can create, discover and collect an array of digital items and NFTs while also being able to crowdfund NFT art, crypto & NFT projects. Mintverse is working towards its vision of mass NFT adoption while further developing existing use cases and exploring future use cases of the NFT data structure. Backed by major investors and partners, Mintverse has the resources to develop the growth of the NFT community by tackling the current existing problems such as high gas fees, lack of monetary incentives for creators, and insufficient utility for current NFT assets.

DEFIYIELD is the cross-chain asset management protocol that empowers you to succeed and stay safe in DeFi. It controls digital assets with a full suite of innovative tools. They invest confidently, supported by auditing experts.

fxdx exchange operates as a decentralized derivatives trading platform that focuses on efficiency and user experience. It enables users to trade various derivative products, including perpetual contracts, while maintaining control of their assets through a non-custodial system. The platform is designed to facilitate fast trade execution with minimal transaction costs, making it accessible for both individual traders and institutional investors. By allowing users to leverage their trades, fxdx exchange aims to optimize returns during market fluctuations, all while ensuring a secure trading environment free from manipulation. This approach positions fxdx exchange as a competitive player in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, catering to the growing demand for advanced trading solutions in the blockchain ecosystem.

Moonray is built on Bitcoin via Stacks, which brings smart contracts to Bitcoin and makes it possible to build applications that benefit from the security of the Bitcoin network. Moonray provides a unique gaming experience that allows players to venture into an intergalactic world where they can not only choose their own destiny but also own it.

Dopamine provides decentralized finance for everybody, everywhere and is the first end-to-end user-centered crypto mobile app.

Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS.

Chekkit is a DAG blockchain powered anti-counterfeiting solution for food and drug supply chain tracking and customer insights platform. It helps producers protect their brands, track supply chain activities, and collect last-mile consumer insights in real-time.

BizSecure is a digital wallet provider that emphasizes user control and efficient management of official records. The company offers products such as ChexID and ultrasonic metering systems, along with a strong portfolio in providing services to the Department of the Navy, including cybersecurity, system engineering, and audio/visual solutions. BizSecure's cybersecurity platform focuses on enabling clients to maintain autonomy over their identities, facilitating seamless use of identification in both physical and digital realms. This approach is designed to protect users' identities and sensitive data from potential cyber threats, contributing to sustainable and profitable business operations.

Loak is an online marketplace that features and sells different kinds of sneakers.

RCRDSHP is a digital collectibles platform for electronic music.

TeraBlock is the simplest solution to buy and easily manage crypto assets with the help of Machine Learning based trade automation.

LunarCrush Inc. is a company that develops a platform utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze cryptocurrency data and deliver market insights. Founded in 2018 and based in Costa Mesa, California, LunarCrush offers tools aimed at enhancing cryptocurrency research for investors, exchanges, and funds. The platform features real-time updates through LunarSTREAM, a web socket API, as well as a REST API that provides comprehensive data and insights. Additionally, it includes TradingView charts for standard charting solutions. LunarCrush emphasizes the integration of social data to create dashboards that facilitate informed trading decisions, allowing users to effectively buy, sell, or hold cryptocurrencies based on enhanced visibility and context.

Renaissance App brings creators and audiences closer and rise together through the advance of technology. Track your streams on Spotify. Get on leaderboards. Earn exclusive rewards for free.

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Taloflow (YC W21) is a buying insights platform for the tech stack. We help CTOs at digital-native companies pick the best cloud infrastructure and API products for their specific use case, saving them weeks of soul-sucking analysis and costly mistakes for every big decision they make.

Splinterlands is a decentralized, digital collectible trading card game built on blockchain technology.

AllRites Holdings Pte Ltd operates an online marketplace for discovering, negotiating, buying, and selling film, television, and sports broadcast content rights. The company provides content licensing distribution services. It also provides blockchain based services for the protection of rights and identity management, and distribution of earnings. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Beatdapp is a United States-based company founded in 2018 that develops music streaming software designed to assist labels and artists in tracking their music and collecting royalties. The company provides a tracking system that authenticates, verifies, and validates media streamed in real-time, addressing discrepancies between Digital Service Providers and rights holders. This technology increases royalty revenue for rights holders while reducing the legal risks associated with royalty disputes for Digital Service Providers. Beatdapp effectively functions as a comprehensive solution for accurately monitoring music play counts.

Agryo Inc. is an agritech company that develops an artificial intelligence and data-driven blockchain-based lending ecosystem aimed at supporting farmers and individuals lacking access to financial services. Incorporated in 2018 and based in Brasília, Brazil, Agryo addresses the needs of approximately 500 million underserved farming families worldwide who do not have bank accounts or access to credit and insurance. The company offers a peer-to-peer and marketplace lending platform that includes credit assessment, risk profiling, and monitoring of contracts through smart contracts. By leveraging a combination of big data, AI, and blockchain technology, Agryo provides critical infrastructure for agribusiness, offering services such as ratings, lending, insurance, price protection, and savings accounts. The company's risk intelligence technology enhances the assessment and management of financial risks, enabling better support for farmers to increase production sustainably in response to the growing global demand for food and agricultural products.

E-money licensed DLT remittance, credit data and lending platform providing cash store to cardless ATM transfers and digital transfers.Uniquely utilises cash transfer data to augment credit scoring for lower income migrant workers allows X-border lending and loan repayments directly from remittances.

Magofarm is to solve the problem of rising costs of animal feeds and the increasing demand for sustainable, eco-friendly, and nutrient-rich protein ingredients.

GOJI is an educational platform and learning service provider, connecting English as a Second Language (ESL) students from all over the world to native English-speaking tutors. The mobile platform currently has over 50,000 tutors and students from more than 150 countries.

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Yumi is the easiest way for merchants anywhere in the world to publish a WeChat shop in less than 10 minutes, and drive sales via social commerce. Users can pin products they like, discover products through their friends, and earn commissions when they help brands sell. Yumi has helped dozens of brands cross borders and blur the line between social media and e-commerce. Some of the best millennial brands in the world such as Yeti Out, DOE and Neocha are using Yumi to power their WeChat shops and monetize on content.

Splinterlands is a decentralized, digital collectible trading card game built on blockchain technology.

InnoDT provides visibility and traceability into crypto transactions by building enterprise solutions for transaction analytics and identity association to protect your business from fraudulent activities. Learn more by visiting our website.

DeFiner Inc. operates a decentralized lending platform that enables users to secure digital loans within a global network of lenders and borrowers. It also helps users to securely lend and borrow digital assets on the blockchain. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota with other locations in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York.

Melodie Music operates a subscription-based music licensing platform that offers content creators unlimited access to a vast library of authentic and high-quality music. The platform simplifies the music licensing process for media productions, featuring an intuitive search interface that allows users to browse the music catalog in various ways. All tracks in the catalog are pre-cleared for unlimited use across multiple media platforms worldwide, including broadcast advertising, film, and online content such as YouTube and podcasts. Melodie Music continuously expands its collection by adding new music weekly from award-winning composers and independent artists. The platform also employs advanced technology, including AI reverse-audio search tools, to ensure a safe and efficient user experience. Subscription plans start at an affordable rate, making it accessible for a wide range of creators.

Fuse.io is a finance company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2019. It connects everyday payments to the blockchain while prioritizing user experience. The company offers a platform that enables entrepreneurs to transform communities into economies through decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure. Its main product, Fuse Studio, allows users to launch services on Ethereum and access a contract store for integrating new features. The Fuse Network, which is EVM-compatible, operates on a delegated proof of stake consensus mechanism, ensuring fast block times and low transaction fees. Fuse.io provides a mobile-payment-centric open-source infrastructure, including tools for minting tokens, the Fuse Wallet, the consumer wallet Fuse Cash, and the decentralized exchange FuseSwap. Additionally, it features a liquidity mining rewards platform and a decentralized lending network. Users globally can easily deposit funds onto the Fuse Network, and notable projects utilizing its platform include GoodDollar, PeeplEat, Kolektivo, and Comunitaria.

The Feedback app creates a win-win solution for restaurant owners and customers. Customers can browse hundreds of restaurants and order food for 20-70% off during end-of-day and off-peak hours. Helping restaurants reduce food waste and capitalize on excess capacity.

Mangwee Payment System offers mobile money transfer platform, which includes mobile money transfer, bill payments and subscription, bulk payments and bulk SMS’s, digitizing saving groups and Chilimba, village banking, and buying and selling platform services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Lusaka, Zambia.

ExplainX helps data scientists understand, explain & debug any black-box AI model to remove biases, build transparency and monitor AI performance in production. ExplainX's explainable AI module provides complete visibility in AI performance and helps build trustworthy, transparent and unbiased AI solutions.

Sigo Seguros operates an online platform that specializes in selling car insurance products and services, primarily targeting the Latino market. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company leverages data and automation to offer non-standard, affordable insurance policies. Through its platform, users can search, compare, and purchase car insurance from various providers, making the process efficient and accessible. Sigo's focus on the Latino community distinguishes it in the insurance sector, providing tailored solutions to meet the specific needs of this demographic.

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RedFOX Labs builds companies that promote Access, Adoption and Application for the Internet Economy. An emerging tech internet company that identifies and builds successful business models for the Southeast Asian markets. RedFOX Labs innovates with emerging technologies, differentiates with superior Customer Experience and Value, and maintains a relentless focus on Digital Inclusion.

Kite Financial was previously Coin4sales, founded with the sole aim to address the difficulty in adoption of cryptocurrency, either as a result of volatility, or lack of spending options. With the aim of making finance more common across Africa, Kite Financial first introduced bitcoin spending on airtime, cable TV, electricity, to the Nigerian market on 9th Dec 2019, and became one of the first to do so. Today Kite Financial is doing more than providing spending options. The Kite Financial wallet gives users access to crypto in a pain-free way, allow peer-to-peer trading, and directly attempts to address the other major problems faced in the Africa crypto space. To address issues of poor connectivity, low adoption of smartphones, and also privacy, and security. The Kite Financial wallet is first in the Nigeria market to provide a USSD enabled crypto wallet. With the Kite Financial USSD code *347*070# users can engage with their wallets over poor networks, and still make transactions, keep up with market rates and lots more.

JAUNTIN’ is an on-demand insurance platform that enables insurers to distribute on demand, short term insurance to gig-workers.

WHITE LABEL MOBILE BANKING FOR THE DIGITAL AGE "Better then a Banking platform" ​ Bridging the Gap between Fiat and Digital assets with a secure multi-currency platform. Mobile wallets + debit cards + payment gateways + remittance + 'free' FX. All API driven to be integrated into your app or as a 100% managed service to your community. Baanx launches white label mobile banks in days, not months or years for corporate clients including telcoms, exchanges, global brands, and others. Buy, Hold, Exchange and Spend all your Digital Assets from a branded App and get fast-tracked to the future.

Jianghu utilizes a data-driven training system to create, manage, market, and monetize professional Esports teams across multiple games. Jianghu has created 5 teams, developed and traded over 50+ players, and has done over US$2mil+ in commercial deals.

Taloflow (YC W21) is a buying insights platform for the tech stack. We help CTOs at digital-native companies pick the best cloud infrastructure and API products for their specific use case, saving them weeks of soul-sucking analysis and costly mistakes for every big decision they make.

Open Source University operates a decentralized education platform that aims to enhance collaboration between businesses and educational institutions. By leveraging blockchain technology, it empowers learners to connect with top academic and professional development opportunities while providing a secure digital credentials wallet. The platform facilitates the validation and verification of learners’ credentials, ensuring authenticity and trust. Additionally, it incorporates smart contracts to manage content purchases and marketplace transactions, streamlining various human resource processes. This innovative approach seeks to re-engineer the traditional educational model, fostering a more integrated relationship between the business and education sectors.

AllRites Holdings Pte Ltd operates an online marketplace for discovering, negotiating, buying, and selling film, television, and sports broadcast content rights. The company provides content licensing distribution services. It also provides blockchain based services for the protection of rights and identity management, and distribution of earnings. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Cryptyk Inc. is building the first complete data security and storage solution from a single vendor. Utilising innovative blockchain and security technology, the Cryptyk software platform is the first hack proof data security and storage solution for both large enterprises and individual users. Removing risk from data storage and security, the solution offers a simple, elegant and a cost-effective solution to a very big problem.