Osmosis Foundation
Seed Round in 2023
Osmosis Foundation operates a decentralized peer-to-peer blockchain platform that facilitates the creation of liquidity and trading of IBC-enabled tokens. The platform features an advanced automated market maker (AMM) protocol, which represents a significant evolution in how liquidity providers engage with decentralized finance (DeFi). Built using the Cosmos software development kit (SDK), Osmosis allows developers to design, build, and deploy customized AMMs, enhancing the flexibility and functionality of liquidity solutions within the ecosystem. By utilizing open-source software, Osmosis promotes transparency and accessibility in the DeFi space.
Tutu Digital
Venture Round in 2022
Tutu Digital is a financial services technology firm that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of financial markets through innovative solutions. The company specializes in peer-to-peer lending, providing business loans to individuals interested in investing. Tutu Digital aims to support micro and small enterprises by facilitating access to financial resources, thereby promoting social impact and economic growth. The firm addresses customer inquiries through various channels, including phone, email, and online applications, ensuring a responsive and accessible service experience.
Erithmitic
Seed Round in 2022
Erithmitic operates a digital lending platform that connects borrowers and brokers with institutional financing options. The company differentiates itself by utilizing proprietary data and software to deliver competitive and reliable funding solutions tailored to various asset types. Its platform streamlines the end-to-end lending process, supported by experienced professionals in origination, underwriting, engineering, and data science.
OpenSea is a blockchain-based peer-to-peer marketplace for crypto assets and digital collectibles, enabling users to buy and sell non-fungible tokens, gaming items, software licenses, and other virtual goods through smart contracts. The platform supports a wide range of NFT assets backed by blockchain, providing a secure, decentralized environment for trading and transacting in the open Web3 ecosystem.
IOUU
Venture Round in 2021
IOUU is a Fintech company dedicated to democratizing finance by providing simpler, faster, and cheaper access to financial services. It connects businesses seeking credit with investors willing to lend, offering an efficient and transparent platform that leverages technology for easy, fair, and secure credit access.
Bunches
Venture Round in 2021
Bunches is a group chat platform founded in 2020 and based in New York, New York. The application allows creators to easily establish paid group chats on various topics. Users can create a chat room, set a joining fee, and share a unique link to invite others through social networks. This enables creators to engage with their audience by sharing exclusive content within the group chat environment. Bunches aims to facilitate meaningful interactions and connections between creators and their members, allowing for a monetized and interactive community experience.
Hitch is solving intercity transportation by offering an affordable, personal, and safe ride-sharing service to consumers.
SoLo Funds
Series A in 2021
SoLo Funds is a financial technology company that operates a digital marketplace connecting lenders and borrowers to address emergency financial needs. Based in New York City, the platform uses technology to assess creditworthiness and facilitate small, self-selected microloans funded by individual lenders. Launched in 2018 to provide an equitable, community-driven lending alternative, SoLo aims to empower financial autonomy by expanding offerings beyond lending to include banking features, credit building, and premium member services. The marketplace has processed millions of transactions, reflecting its focus on community empowerment and accessible financing.
Avenify
Funding Round in 2021
Avenify Corporation is a peer-to-peer lending platform based in Reston, Virginia, that focuses on income share agreements (ISAs) to finance education. Founded in 2018, Avenify simplifies the financing process for nursing students by offering them ISAs, which allow them to pay a percentage of their future income in exchange for funding their education. The platform also connects investors with students, facilitating access to both federal and private loan options to cover tuition fees. By providing transparent and straightforward financing terms, Avenify aims to support students in their educational pursuits and help them secure employment after graduation.
Founded in 2015, Curtsy is a mobile application that facilitates women to buy and sell clothing, shoes, handbags, jewelry, and accessories directly from each other. The platform uses machine learning and human review to assist sellers in merchandising their items effectively and provides shipping kits for seamless order fulfillment.
Carupi is a Brazilian company founded in 2017 that operates a peer-to-peer marketplace for used cars. Based in São Paulo, the platform aims to transform the traditional buying and selling experience of vehicles, which is often fraught with inefficiencies and safety concerns. Carupi distinguishes itself by offering professional photography services for cars, publishing listings on various classified sites, and managing communications between buyers and sellers, thereby eliminating the need for direct interaction. The company also utilizes an escrow service to ensure secure transactions, streamlining the entire process. With the used car market in Brazil valued at approximately $70 billion, Carupi seeks to redefine how individuals engage in vehicle transactions, much like how Airbnb revolutionized the home rental industry. The founder and CEO, Diego Fischer, brings extensive experience, having previously established Brazil's largest consumer-to-business car marketplace.
Funding Societies
Series C in 2020
Funding Societies, established in 2015 and headquartered in Singapore, operates a digital financing platform that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with investors. The company facilitates business loans, focusing on quick and efficient financing solutions, often bypassing traditional banking methods. It offers a range of flexible financing options, including micro and term loans, and invoice financing, using advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models. With operations across Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, Funding Societies caters to SMEs seeking accessible and timely financing.
Chipper facilitates free cross-border money transfers via its mobile app. Users can send funds to any mobile number in Africa, with support for multiple currencies.
Orchard Platform
Venture Round in 2020
About Orchard
Orchard Platform has built a centralized marketplace where loan originators and institutional investors can come together to explore and evaluate opportunities for funding, buying, and selling loans. By providing a global network of institutional buyers and sellers with high-quality data services, advanced analytics and reporting, and robust capital management tools through an innovative, end-to-end platform, Orchard has created a smarter way for participants in the private credit markets to interact, evaluate deals, and move forward with simple and complex transactions more efficiently.
Orchard Platform does not provide legal advice, tax advice, or accounting advice. Before making any investment or executing any transaction, you should consult with your legal, tax, and accounting advisors with respect to the suitability, value, and risk of such investment or transaction. Investment advisory services are provided to clients by Orchard Platform Advisors, LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in New York, N.Y.
Orchard produces the Orchard U.S. Consumer Marketplace Lending Index—the only industry-wide direct lending performance benchmark—and has been named one of the Next Billion Dollar Startups by Forbes. The commentary and insights posted on its blog, and the data and research available to everyone on its platform, have cemented Orchard as a thought leader in its industry. For more information, visit www.orchardplatform.com.
About Orchard Platform Markets, LLC
Orchard Platform Markets, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orchard App Inc., and is an SEC-registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC. The mission of Orchard Platform Markets, LLC is to provide a transparent, technologically optimized platform for loan originators and institutional investors to safely and securely connect, evaluate potential deals, and move forward with multiple types of transactions. For more information, visit www.orchardplatformmarkets.com.
Bunches
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bunches is a group chat platform founded in 2020 and based in New York, New York. The application allows creators to easily establish paid group chats on various topics. Users can create a chat room, set a joining fee, and share a unique link to invite others through social networks. This enables creators to engage with their audience by sharing exclusive content within the group chat environment. Bunches aims to facilitate meaningful interactions and connections between creators and their members, allowing for a monetized and interactive community experience.
IOUU is a Fintech company dedicated to democratizing finance by providing simpler, faster, and cheaper access to financial services. It connects businesses seeking credit with investors willing to lend, offering an efficient and transparent platform that leverages technology for easy, fair, and secure credit access.
Boatsetter
Venture Round in 2020
Boatsetter is a peer-to-peer boat rental platform that connects boat owners and captains with individuals seeking water experiences, regardless of their boating expertise. The company addresses the underutilization of privately owned vessels by facilitating boat rentals, thus allowing owners to monetize their investments. Boatsetter combines elements from successful collaborative market models like those of home and car rental services to innovate within the marine industry. The platform offers both short and long-term charter services, along with real-time customer support and insurance coverage. By establishing partnerships with a national network of marine-industry businesses, Boatsetter aims to enhance its service offerings and expand its reach across the U.S.
Chipper
Seed Round in 2019
Chipper facilitates free cross-border money transfers via its mobile app. Users can send funds to any mobile number in Africa, with support for multiple currencies.
OASIS is a deep technology company focused on real-time photorealistic video communication powered by generative AI. We are building the universal human communication platform, delivered as a suite of zero marginal cost AI-native software to make human communication effortless that includes a patented, peer-to-peer video & VR chat protocol (with integrated biometrics) that uses 100x less bandwidth than Zoom. Our proprietary AI avatar technology uses ~10,000x less compute than state-of-the-art generative AI models and is able to render photorealistic humans in real-time on consumer smartphones and laptops.
IOUU
Pre Seed Round in 2019
IOUU is a Fintech company dedicated to democratizing finance by providing simpler, faster, and cheaper access to financial services. It connects businesses seeking credit with investors willing to lend, offering an efficient and transparent platform that leverages technology for easy, fair, and secure credit access.
Jupter
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Jupter is an investment ecosystem platform that maps the open science initiatives landscape and connects founders, startups, investors, and accelerator programs. It provides a digital map to help navigate financing opportunities and supports fundraising through accelerator-based programs, enabling founders to find, fund, and launch startups. The platform also offers tools for investors and angel groups to discover opportunities, assess funding information, and connect with innovative ventures across the market.
Pickwin
Venture Round in 2018
Pickwin is a peer-to-peer sports gaming platform based in Mexico City, founded in 2015. The company specializes in online sports pools, allowing users to engage in games with friends and family. Its platform facilitates participation in various sports pools, where players can compete for prizes and achieve social recognition based on their sports knowledge. By offering an interactive and engaging way to enjoy sports events, Pickwin enhances the social experience of sports gaming.
Boatsetter
Series A in 2018
Boatsetter is a peer-to-peer boat rental platform that connects boat owners and captains with individuals seeking water experiences, regardless of their boating expertise. The company addresses the underutilization of privately owned vessels by facilitating boat rentals, thus allowing owners to monetize their investments. Boatsetter combines elements from successful collaborative market models like those of home and car rental services to innovate within the marine industry. The platform offers both short and long-term charter services, along with real-time customer support and insurance coverage. By establishing partnerships with a national network of marine-industry businesses, Boatsetter aims to enhance its service offerings and expand its reach across the U.S.
Stache operates a peer-to-peer storage marketplace designed to connect individuals seeking storage solutions with verified local hosts offering underutilized spaces such as spare rooms, closets, and basements. By facilitating these connections, Stache provides an accessible platform for users in need of affordable and secure options for storing their belongings. The company aims to leverage community resources effectively, enabling hosts to monetize their unused spaces while helping renters find convenient storage alternatives.
Moneypool
Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2013 by Ignacio Alvarez, Gerardo Acuña, and Sebastian Cueva, Moneypool operates a community-based platform that facilitates group payments. Users can create groups to collect money from others using credit or debit cards, or cash. The platform charges a standard commission for processing credit card transactions.
Orchard Platform
Series C in 2017
About Orchard
Orchard Platform has built a centralized marketplace where loan originators and institutional investors can come together to explore and evaluate opportunities for funding, buying, and selling loans. By providing a global network of institutional buyers and sellers with high-quality data services, advanced analytics and reporting, and robust capital management tools through an innovative, end-to-end platform, Orchard has created a smarter way for participants in the private credit markets to interact, evaluate deals, and move forward with simple and complex transactions more efficiently.
Orchard Platform does not provide legal advice, tax advice, or accounting advice. Before making any investment or executing any transaction, you should consult with your legal, tax, and accounting advisors with respect to the suitability, value, and risk of such investment or transaction. Investment advisory services are provided to clients by Orchard Platform Advisors, LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in New York, N.Y.
Orchard produces the Orchard U.S. Consumer Marketplace Lending Index—the only industry-wide direct lending performance benchmark—and has been named one of the Next Billion Dollar Startups by Forbes. The commentary and insights posted on its blog, and the data and research available to everyone on its platform, have cemented Orchard as a thought leader in its industry. For more information, visit www.orchardplatform.com.
About Orchard Platform Markets, LLC
Orchard Platform Markets, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orchard App Inc., and is an SEC-registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC. The mission of Orchard Platform Markets, LLC is to provide a transparent, technologically optimized platform for loan originators and institutional investors to safely and securely connect, evaluate potential deals, and move forward with multiple types of transactions. For more information, visit www.orchardplatformmarkets.com.
Stache operates a peer-to-peer storage marketplace designed to connect individuals seeking storage solutions with verified local hosts offering underutilized spaces such as spare rooms, closets, and basements. By facilitating these connections, Stache provides an accessible platform for users in need of affordable and secure options for storing their belongings. The company aims to leverage community resources effectively, enabling hosts to monetize their unused spaces while helping renters find convenient storage alternatives.
Foodster
Venture Round in 2017
Foodster is a U.S.-based company that provides an online platform for food ordering and delivery services, catering to restaurants, cafes, and caterers. The platform streamlines the ordering process by allowing users to order food and drinks from a wide variety of local establishments. Additionally, Foodster facilitates peer-to-peer food delivery, enabling individuals to earn money by acting as delivery drivers. It also offers features that help restaurant owners customize their menus and implement online payment systems, automating food ordering and delivery to enhance customer service. Through its comprehensive approach, Foodster aims to improve the efficiency of food service operations while providing a convenient experience for both consumers and restaurant owners.
PeerSpot
Venture Round in 2017
PeerSpot is a platform where enterprise technology professionals can read and share unbiased product reviews in the domains of Cybersecurity, DevOps, and IT. It verifies all reviewers to ensure well-informed purchasing decisions.
Simbi.com
Seed Round in 2016
Simbi, Inc. operates an online platform that facilitates the exchange of services among its members through a unique system of internal credits, rather than traditional monetary transactions. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, the platform allows freelancers and independent workers to convert their unbooked hours into valuable services and experiences. Members can share a wide range of skills and talents, including those of wellness professionals, designers, photographers, and business consultants, among others. Simbi aims to foster community development by promoting volunteerism, mutual aid, and education, thus supporting small-scale entrepreneurs and enhancing economic participation. With its innovative approach, Simbi contributes to the growth of a talent-exchanging network that benefits both individual members and the broader community.
Foodster
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Foodster is a U.S.-based company that provides an online platform for food ordering and delivery services, catering to restaurants, cafes, and caterers. The platform streamlines the ordering process by allowing users to order food and drinks from a wide variety of local establishments. Additionally, Foodster facilitates peer-to-peer food delivery, enabling individuals to earn money by acting as delivery drivers. It also offers features that help restaurant owners customize their menus and implement online payment systems, automating food ordering and delivery to enhance customer service. Through its comprehensive approach, Foodster aims to improve the efficiency of food service operations while providing a convenient experience for both consumers and restaurant owners.