Blockchange Ventures

Blockchange Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that invests exclusively in early-stage blockchain companies, protocols, and applications, aiming to drive meaningful impact in the blockchain technology space. Founded in 2017, the firm focuses on supporting startups through initial funding rounds.

Ken Seiff

Managing Partner

Cailleach Dé Weingart-Ryan

General Partner

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Dinari

Series A in 2025
Dinari specializes in global employee stock options management. It offers comprehensive services including equity management, options grants, payroll compliance, taxes, and vesting schedules.

Hivello

Seed Round in 2025
Hivello develops DePIN (Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Networks) protocols for Web3 applications and provides an income-generation platform that enables users to earn Web3 tokens by mining DePIN protocols. Through a blockchain payment system, the platform aims to simplify participation in decentralized infrastructure and make decentralized services more accessible, allowing users to generate income from straightforward mining for Web3 projects.

Spexi

Series A in 2024
Spexi operates a unique FLY TO EARN network for drone pilots, allowing them to earn rewards by capturing aerial imagery at scale. The company facilitates access to high-resolution aerial imagery for organizations, supporting disaster preparedness, smart city initiatives, infrastructure inspection, and natural resource monitoring without requiring clients to own drones or hire pilots.

Union Labs

Series A in 2024
Union Labs is a hyper-efficient, zero-knowledge interoperability layer that connects appchains. layer 1 and layer 2 networks.

Akave

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Akave is a technology company that specializes in decentralized data management. It develops a network layer designed to support and empower the next generation of data-driven applications and marketplaces. Akave's key offerings include a decentralized architecture and an on-chain storage system, which provides secure, programmable data storage, access, and monetization capabilities. This enables users to effectively manage and monetize their data.

Provenance Blockchain Labs (ProvLabs)

Seed Round in 2024
ProvLabs is a fintech company that offers blockchain SaaS solutions for financial institutions.

Kima Network

Seed Round in 2024
Kima Network is redefining the landscape of blockchain and financial interoperability with its groundbreaking novel blockchain technology, introducing a first-of-its-kind decentralized omnichain. Kima's revolutionary blockchain is designed to transfer value and messages without relying on smart contracts, serving as an essential settlement and communication layer that bridges all blockchains with the traditional centralized financial world and vice versa. With its patent-pending technology, Kima eliminates the reliance on intermediaries for fiat-crypto transactions, streamlining the exchange process between digital and traditional currencies and thereby enhancing the efficiency of financial transactions by significantly reducing both transaction times and costs. Kima's unique capability to send and receive API calls between decentralized and centralized computing realms positions it as a leader in interoperability. It ensures seamless transactions across various financial ecosystems while offering unparalleled security. This security is achieved through an innovative mechanism where validator nodes store encrypted shards of keys in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) within the CPU core itself, establishing Kima as the most secure protocol for facilitating communication between decentralized and centralized financial sectors. Through its robust Software Development Kits (SDKs) and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Kima empowers developers and financial institutions to incorporate advanced payment solutions, trade tokenized Real-World Assets (RWAs), and unlock new levels of liquidity and market access. This transformative technology not only accelerates the global adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi) but also redefines the way financial transactions are conducted, making digital assets more accessible and usable for everyday purposes. As the only truly decentralized blockchain protocol capable of executing actions in the centralized world via APIs, Kima pioneers the seamless integration of decentralized and traditional financial systems. Kima's commitment to security, compliance, and user-centric innovation places it at the helm of driving the future of finance toward a more interconnected, efficient, and secure ecosystem. It envisions a world where the divide between decentralized and traditional financial systems is bridged seamlessly, heralding a new era of financial interoperability where Kima leads as a pivotal force in shaping a unified financial future.

Rilla

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Rilla is building the content economy by directing a greater share of value to creators and their communities through leveraging audience bandwidth and granting ownership in the network. It develops a decentralized live-streaming protocol with a globally distributed network, combining blockchain technology and AI to deliver secure, transparent, low-latency streaming while prioritizing data privacy and trustless interactions. The platform enables independent creators to monetize and exercise more control over their work within a privacy-conscious infrastructure.

UpLink

Venture Round in 2024
UpLink is a telecommunications company founded in New York in 2016 by Carlos Lei Santos and Andre Francisco. It operates a decentralized wireless connectivity platform that integrates with Wi-Fi routers to create a shared network, aiming to expand internet access, particularly in underserved regions. The platform uses blockchain-based incentives and automated optimization protocols to enhance connectivity, reduce costs, and improve reliability.

Silencio

Funding Round in 2024
Silencio is a technology company that collects, processes, and monetizes real-time noise pollution data using decentralized platforms. It serves industries like real estate, hospitality, and urban planning by providing accurate, hyper-local noise maps for informed decision-making.

Quantinium

Seed Round in 2024
Quantinium develops pioneering blockchain infrastructure, setting industry benchmarks in speed, security, and reliability. It incorporates decentralization, scalability, sustainability, and cybersecurity, facilitating Quantum Wi-Fi, a decentralized global Software-defined Wireless Network (SDWN). This technology transforms isolated Wi-Fi networks into interconnected ecosystems, enabling users to share surplus internet capacity.

Rymedi

Series A in 2023
Rymedi specializes in enhancing laboratory operations and patient engagement through its HIPAA-compliant platform. It integrates and streamlines lab processes, reducing administrative burdens and costs, while ensuring patient privacy and real-time data analysis.

Afterparty

Venture Round in 2023
Founded in 2021, Afterparty is a Los Angeles-based technology company that empowers creators to directly monetize and engage with their fans through token-gated experiences in the metaverse and real life.

Learn.xyz

Seed Round in 2023
Learn.xyz is an AI-powered learning platform that lets individuals and organizations create, share, and engage with bite-sized educational content called Curiosities. Curiosities are generated in seconds from user queries and come with slides and quizzes, spanning history, science, current events, and beyond. The platform combines elements of language learning and crowdsourced knowledge to offer a social, engaging learning experience, and users can earn certificates for completing courses, which can be added to professional profiles. In addition, Learn.xyz develops a crypto education and knowledge-sharing facet that focuses on crypto projects, providing overviews of each project, explanations of underlying technologies, and reviews from real users. The platform includes points that grant access to exclusive learn-and-earn content and potential future airdrops, while enabling users to discover, discuss, and rate projects. The company aims to simplify on-demand learning, foster community discussion, and empower users to acquire new skills and validated insights across a broad range of topics.

Raleon

Seed Round in 2023
Raleon offers a web3 engagement platform that empowers growth and product teams to comprehend, target, and engage their users effectively. Its no-code integration enables businesses to monitor marketing activities across various channels, create custom dashboards, and enhance user loyalty and retention.

Cube3

Seed Round in 2023
Cube3 is a blockchain security company that develops a fraud detection and prevention system for financial institutions, exchanges, and digital platforms. The platform uses AI-driven real-time analysis to provide risk assessment, transaction monitoring, and fraud prevention, identifying and blocking high-risk transactions. This helps clients safeguard against various forms of fraud while improving operational efficiency and supporting regulatory compliance across blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors.

FanHub

Pre Seed Round in 2023
FanHub is a mobile application that fosters and rewards fan loyalty within the football community. It enables users to check in at games, track personal statistics, engage in challenges, and share content related to their favorite teams and players. By doing so, the app creates value for sports fans, incentivizing their passion and dedication.

Collectibles.com

Seed Round in 2023
Collectibles.com is a Web3 community and marketplace for collectors and the worldwide collectibles sector.

Odsy Network

Seed Round in 2023
Odsy is a network of dWallets - programmable and transferable signing mechanisms that live on chain. Odsy powers the most secure, robust and flexible infrastructure for decentralized access control - connecting Web3 to the real world.

Natix Network

Seed Round in 2023
Natix Network develops a video analytics platform for smart cities. It transforms the existing network of city cameras into an intelligent swarm that identifies urban events and triggers appropriate actions, enabling businesses to access detection, prediction, and planning services.

Andrena

Series A in 2023
Andrena specializes in delivering high-speed internet services tailored for institutions with heavy data needs such as universities, hospitals, and financial services. The company partners directly with internet providers, utilizing their existing fiber networks to deploy antennas that create wireless internet access, offering reduced costs without compromising speed.

Dentity

Seed Round in 2023
Dentity is a Web3 platform specializing in secure identity verification and digital credential management. It empowers consumers with verifiable credentials, protecting their privacy while facilitating trusted online interactions. Trusted by large organizations, Dentity's mobile wallet enables users to securely share verified IDs.

Mawari

Seed Round in 2023
Mawari develops cloud rendering and streaming technology for interactive augmented reality experiences. Its platform enables real-time rendering and distribution of 3D content in the cloud for XR devices and platforms, while an AR streaming SDK enables developers to render in the cloud and deliver results to smartphones and AR glasses. A core capability is compression technology that reduces 3D asset size without compromising visual fidelity, enabling scalable, low-latency streaming to consumer devices.

Obligate

Seed Round in 2023
Obligate operates a financial platform that enables the issuance and transfer of on-chain bonds, commercial paper and electronic negotiable instruments. The platform employs distributed ledger technology and smart contracts to tokenize and securely manage financing instruments, eliminating intermediaries to reduce issuance costs and shorten settlement times. By issuing, transferring and closing electronic notes, the company aims to improve data integrity and liquidity management for corporates, banks and investors, enabling real-time actions and transparency. Founded in 2019 and based in Zurich, Obligate positions itself in a regulated environment where digital instruments are subscribed and traded with electronic signatures, facilitating faster financing cycles and more efficient capital markets.

Pearpop

Series A in 2022
Pearpop is a platform facilitating collaborations between creators and their followers on social media. It enables influencers, artists, and other content creators to monetize their work by partnering with brands, thereby boosting their visibility and engagement.

t3rn

Private Equity Round in 2022
Founded in 2020 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, t3rn specializes in secure, efficient cross-chain executions. It leverages its modular stack for storage, validation, settlement, and consensus.

Spexi

Seed Round in 2022
Spexi operates a unique FLY TO EARN network for drone pilots, allowing them to earn rewards by capturing aerial imagery at scale. The company facilitates access to high-resolution aerial imagery for organizations, supporting disaster preparedness, smart city initiatives, infrastructure inspection, and natural resource monitoring without requiring clients to own drones or hire pilots.

Blu

Seed Round in 2022
Blu is using big data and AI to underwrite the underbanked population in Mexico.

Inflection Points

Seed Round in 2022
Inflection Points is a company that specializes in providing training and recruitment services within the bitcoin and cryptocurrency industry. It operates an employment and training platform designed to facilitate connections between employers and job seekers in this sector. The platform enables employers to search for and connect with candidates for various job vacancies, while also offering candidates opportunities to explore roles within the bitcoin and crypto world.

Satori

Seed Round in 2022
Satori is a decentralized financial derivatives exchange tailored for both retail and institutional investors within the Polkadot ecosystem. The platform is designed to accommodate experienced traders, allowing them to leverage the potential of DOT through access to a dedicated derivatives environment. Satori collaborates with parachains, market makers, and retail users, facilitating a comprehensive trading experience that meets the demands of diverse market participants.

Afterparty

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2021, Afterparty is a Los Angeles-based technology company that empowers creators to directly monetize and engage with their fans through token-gated experiences in the metaverse and real life.

NEAR

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

NEAR

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

Gear Technologies

Series A in 2021
Gear Technologies develops blockchain technology focused on decentralized application (dApp) development. Its platform offers a decentralized compute network with parallel execution for Ethereum-based dApps, enabling developers to create powerful, fast, and scalable applications without the need for bridged assets or fragmented solutions like layer-2s and rollups.

GIANT Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
GIANT Protocol is a blockchain-based initiative focused on decentralizing and democratizing access to internet and financial services. The company enables users to transform mobile minutes and data into monetary value, allowing phone numbers to function as cross-chain wallets. By tokenizing bandwidth, GIANT empowers consumers to become owners and enables telecommunications companies to operate as financial institutions. This innovative approach fosters a connectivity economy that is open and accessible to all, allowing anyone to become a provider of connectivity or financial services.

Braintrust

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Braintrust is a blockchain-powered freelancer marketplace that connects organizations with technical and design talent. Founded in 2018 in San Jose, California, by Adam Jackson, Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski, and Brian Flynn, the company offers a user-controlled talent network that eliminates intermediaries, allowing enterprises to access highly skilled professionals while achieving significant cost savings. By charging a flat project fee, Braintrust enables talent to retain 100 percent of their earnings. The platform emphasizes transparency and trust, utilizing a tokenized network to ensure that employers can find the right talent based on verified reputation, work history, and cultural fit. Braintrust aims to disrupt traditional hiring practices by realigning incentives and redistributing value between talent and organizations.

Hedgey Finance

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Hedgey develops a decentralized marketplace for buying and selling custom DeFi offerings on any token. Its platform offers features such as discounts, time locks, customizable vesting schedules, investor lockups, cross-chain compatibility, and governance-enabled token grants, enabling secure management of token allocations with transparency.

Avantgarde Finance

Series A in 2021
Creating better experiences for aspiring asset managers & their investors by providing easy access to new superior financial infrastructure

BitClout

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
BitClout is an open-source social media platform that builds a Proof-of-Work blockchain for its users. BitClout is a new type of social network that speculates on people and posts with real money, and it’s built from the ground up as its own custom blockchain. Its architecture is similar to Bitcoin, only it can support complex social network data like posts, profiles, follows, speculation features, and much more at significantly higher throughput and scale.

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

Eco

Series B in 2021
Eco Inc. is a financial technology company focused on enhancing the value of money through innovative software solutions. As a founding contributor to the Eco Protocol, the company aims to optimize financial transactions and promote efficient banking practices. Eco also develops Bend, a platform designed to offer rewarding financial solutions that align with the expectations of modern consumers. Through its commitment to improving how individuals interact with their finances, Eco seeks to drive a new standard for money management.

Minima

Venture Round in 2020
Minima is a developer of an ultra-lean blockchain protocol that enables users to run full construction and validation nodes on mobile and IoT devices. Founded in 2018 and based in Zug, Switzerland, the company focuses on creating a decentralized platform that supports an open and cooperative ecosystem, particularly in the context of the metaverse. Minima's technology is designed to facilitate the realization of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), making blockchain accessible and scalable for real-world applications. By allowing every user to participate in the network as a node, Minima aims to foster inclusivity and enhance the functionality of blockchain technology.

Valiu

Seed Round in 2020
Valiu Inc. is a fintech company based in Bogotá, Colombia, specializing in electronic fund transfer services specifically for the Venezuelan market. Founded in 2018 by Simon Chamorro and Alberto Niego, Valiu has developed a mobile application that facilitates borderless financial services. This platform enables users to save, send, and receive money conveniently, regardless of their socioeconomic status or the capabilities of their mobile devices. By leveraging a blockchain-based remittance system, Valiu allows users to manage their finances without the reliance on traditional banking institutions, thereby providing accessible financial solutions for Venezuelans, including migrants and their families.

Braintrust

Venture Round in 2020
Braintrust is a blockchain-powered freelancer marketplace that connects organizations with technical and design talent. Founded in 2018 in San Jose, California, by Adam Jackson, Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski, and Brian Flynn, the company offers a user-controlled talent network that eliminates intermediaries, allowing enterprises to access highly skilled professionals while achieving significant cost savings. By charging a flat project fee, Braintrust enables talent to retain 100 percent of their earnings. The platform emphasizes transparency and trust, utilizing a tokenized network to ensure that employers can find the right talent based on verified reputation, work history, and cultural fit. Braintrust aims to disrupt traditional hiring practices by realigning incentives and redistributing value between talent and organizations.

Audius

Venture Round in 2020
Audius, Inc. is a music streaming platform that leverages blockchain technology to create a decentralized community for artists, developers, and listeners. Incorporated in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company enables musicians to share and monetize their work directly with fans, eliminating the need for intermediaries. Audius provides features such as audio file hosting, streaming capabilities, and a creator dashboard, allowing artists to manage their content and earnings efficiently. The platform ensures the secure and verifiable attribution of creative works through immutable, time-stamped records on the blockchain. By offering a transparent system for content distribution and royalty payments, Audius empowers creators to connect with their audiences and maintain control over their music.

Audius

Venture Round in 2020
Audius, Inc. is a music streaming platform that leverages blockchain technology to create a decentralized community for artists, developers, and listeners. Incorporated in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company enables musicians to share and monetize their work directly with fans, eliminating the need for intermediaries. Audius provides features such as audio file hosting, streaming capabilities, and a creator dashboard, allowing artists to manage their content and earnings efficiently. The platform ensures the secure and verifiable attribution of creative works through immutable, time-stamped records on the blockchain. By offering a transparent system for content distribution and royalty payments, Audius empowers creators to connect with their audiences and maintain control over their music.

NEAR

Initial Coin Offering in 2020
NEAR is a blockchain platform that enables developers to build, deploy, and run decentralized applications. It offers NEAR Protocol, a scalable smart contract platform with decentralized storage and compute capabilities, along with developer tools such as documentation, wallet, studio, and explorer. The platform supports a broad ecosystem of components and aims to bridge the adoption gap for mainstream software by refining the development experience and enabling agents and clients to own assets, make decisions, and transact across networks. NEAR was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in California.

Moves

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Moves is making gig work better. We're building the largest community of serious gig workers — helping them manage their overhead and keep them on the road. We help maximize the perks of independent and flexible work, while minimizing the headaches and overhead. Moves partners with gig companies to create seamless experiences for gig workers. Our tailored financial services provide instant payouts and cash advances to your workers. Plus, access our proven worker recruitment channels.

Zabo

Seed Round in 2020
Zabo is a startup focused on providing financial companies with a comprehensive platform to connect and manage cryptocurrency accounts. Utilizing an API-based application, Zabo enables seamless integration of cryptocurrency accounts into existing applications with minimal coding. This innovative solution offers clients the functionality to buy, sell, and transfer cryptocurrencies while also providing support for hardware wallet integration. By allowing financial institutions to offer their customers a consolidated view of their crypto investments, Zabo enhances the user experience in managing digital assets.

Nodle

Seed Round in 2019
Nodle operates a decentralized network that connects mobile phones and IoT devices, enabling various applications such as asset tracking, event attendance verification, and media content certification. It leverages the NODL token for crypto payments and ensures user privacy.

SKALE Labs

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2015, SKALE Labs develops a scalable blockchain platform that enables high-speed consensus for decentralized applications (dApps). It empowers dApps to run smart contracts at millions of transactions per second on platforms like Ethereum and EOS. The SKALE Network is a fully decentralized, open-source P2P network supported by the SKALE utility token.

Prove AI

Series A in 2019
Prove AI specializes in AI governance and compliance solutions. Its platform enables organizations to manage, monitor, and audit their AI systems securely and transparently, ensuring alignment with key regulations and optimizing model outputs.

Dharma Labs

Series A in 2019
Dharma Labs Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in developing a suite of smart contracts and tools for the issuance and crowdfunding of debt on blockchain technology. Established in 2017, Dharma Labs provides a decentralized protocol that facilitates the origination, risk assessment, and underwriting of peer-to-peer loans, allowing for innovation in the lending industry. Its platform supports a variety of applications, enabling entrepreneurs to create lending companies that leverage blockchain capabilities for consumer lending, margin lending, and crowdfunding municipal bonds. By promoting open and permissionless development, Dharma Labs aims to transform traditional lending practices through its tokenized debt agreements.

Nodle

Seed Round in 2018
Nodle operates a decentralized network that connects mobile phones and IoT devices, enabling various applications such as asset tracking, event attendance verification, and media content certification. It leverages the NODL token for crypto payments and ensures user privacy.

Fluence Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Fluence Labs operates as an open-source, blockchain-based decentralized database platform that enables the aggregation, storage, and processing of data from various decentralized sources. The company's technology creates a permissionless infrastructure that establishes a trustless query layer over blockchains, allowing for easy discovery, searchability, and consumption of blockchain data. By connecting computing devices within its network, Fluence Labs provides managed database services and generalized backends, facilitating real-time data storage and processing for developers. The platform utilizes a cryptographic token for digital payments, enhancing the functionality and accessibility of decentralized applications.

Zabo

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Zabo is a startup focused on providing financial companies with a comprehensive platform to connect and manage cryptocurrency accounts. Utilizing an API-based application, Zabo enables seamless integration of cryptocurrency accounts into existing applications with minimal coding. This innovative solution offers clients the functionality to buy, sell, and transfer cryptocurrencies while also providing support for hardware wallet integration. By allowing financial institutions to offer their customers a consolidated view of their crypto investments, Zabo enhances the user experience in managing digital assets.

Token

Series A in 2018
We have developed the next generation of MFA that stops phishing and unauthorized logins for organizations where ransomware must be stopped

Skuchain

Seed Round in 2017
Skuchain, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing blockchain-based products aimed at enhancing B2B trade and supply chain finance. Founded in 2014 and located in Mountain View, California, Skuchain offers a commerce cloud platform that integrates various functionalities, including procurement and contract management, financing arrangements, and inventory tracking. One of its notable products is BRACKETS, a smart lock equipped with digital keys that facilitates financial transactions upon the fulfillment of contractual agreements. By providing a currency-agnostic blockchain solution, Skuchain enables banks and manufacturers to achieve greater transparency, security, and efficiency within their supply chains.

XP

XP, a ticket marketplace. XP, which was built on top of Solana, is already using state-of-the-art Web3 technology to restore control to fans by increasing the resale marketplace's transparency and security.
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