Blockchain Founders Fund

We believe in a more transparent and trustworthy world. We focus on adding value to emerging technology & blockchain projects with real world applications. We invest in and venture build top-tier startups. We consult leading blockchain companies and prominent organizations on emerging technologies. We support seasoned and first-time entrepreneurs across the key business functions with a hands-on intensive go-to market venture program. We empower some of the most promising entrepreneurs with the resources to make their vision a reality.

Kevin Kwong

Partner

Past deals in Pre-Seed Round

ChekkitApp

Pre Seed Round in 2021
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.

TeraBlock

Pre Seed Round in 2021
TeraBlock is the simplest solution to buy and easily manage crypto assets with the help of Machine Learning based trade automation.

RCRDSHP

Pre Seed Round in 2021
RCRDSHP is a digital collectibles platform for electronic music.

Beatdapp

Pre Seed Round in 2019
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

Pre Seed Round in 2019
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.

GOJI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
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.

explainX.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2019
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.

DeFiner

Pre Seed Round in 2019
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.

RFOX

Pre Seed Round in 2019
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.

Open Source University

Pre Seed Round in 2018
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.