CoinFund

CoinFund, established in 2015, is a New York-based venture capital firm specializing in crypto and blockchain investments. It invests in seed, venture, and liquid stage companies operating within the web3 sector, and also engages in fundamental equity strategies across various digital assets. As a Registered Investment Adviser, CoinFund provides research and advisory services alongside its investment activities.

Einar H. Braathen

Partner

Jake Brukhman

Co-Founder, Managing Partner and CEO

Billy Dishman

Principal

Alex Felix

Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner

Evan Feng

Director of Research and Partner

Seth Ginns

Managing Partner and Head of Liquid Investments

Christian Murray

Research Analyst

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Pluralis Research

Seed Round in 2025
Pluralis Research is an AI startup that develops a decentralized AI platform. This platform enables secure and collaborative machine learning across organizations by pooling computational resources, allowing multiple participants to train models together without any single entity accessing the complete model. This approach encourages open participation without upfront costs and ensures economic sustainability for creators.

Rho Protocol

Seed Round in 2025
Rho Protocol is a decentralized trading platform specializing in the derivatives market. It facilitates non-custodial, on-chain trading of crypto-native and traditional finance (tradfi) interest rates, using a proprietary concentrated liquidity virtual automatic market maker and margin engine. This enables users to trade rates such as staking rewards and perpetual funding rates, without counterparty risk and with enhanced capital efficiency.

Pluralis Research

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Pluralis Research is an AI startup that develops a decentralized AI platform. This platform enables secure and collaborative machine learning across organizations by pooling computational resources, allowing multiple participants to train models together without any single entity accessing the complete model. This approach encourages open participation without upfront costs and ensures economic sustainability for creators.

Icebreaker

Seed Round in 2024
Icebreaker is a cutting-edge, open professional network.

Raad Labs

Seed Round in 2024
Raad Labs is a technology company specializing in blockchain and climate solutions. It offers a decentralized environmental monitoring network, utilizing a distributed network of meteorological sensors, blockchain-enabled data incentivization, and web3 technology. This enables businesses to access hyper-localized weather data, enhancing their ability to mitigate climate-related risks and improve environmental sustainability.

STON.fi

Seed Round in 2024
STON.fi is a decentralized automated market maker (AMM) operating on the TON blockchain. The company focuses on providing a user-friendly interface that enables seamless trading experiences for its customers. Through direct integration with TON wallets, STON.fi allows users to effortlessly swap Toncoin for various coins and tokens, ensuring optimal rates with virtually no fees and low slippage. By prioritizing simplicity and efficiency, STON.fi aims to enhance accessibility in the decentralized exchange market.

Prime Intellect

Seed Round in 2024
Prime Intellect is a technology company that specializes in democratizing artificial intelligence (AI) development. Its platform facilitates the discovery of global computing resources, enabling the training of advanced AI models through distributed training across various clusters. The company's unique approach allows for collective ownership of open AI innovations, ranging from language models to scientific breakthroughs, thereby promoting collaborative AI development on a global scale.

GEODNET

Seed Round in 2024
GEODNET is a decentralized network that focuses on collecting and sharing geospatial data, particularly related to the effects of solar winds on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals. By utilizing a network of Space Weather mining stations, GEODNET provides real-time data that enhances the accuracy of GNSS signals, achieving centimeter-level positioning and nanosecond-level time precision. The applications for this data span various industries, including automotive navigation, agriculture, construction, earthquake monitoring, and land surveying. Additionally, GEODNET explores innovative uses of its data in blockchain applications such as decentralized mapping, digital twins for the metaverse, location-aware smart contracts, and proof of location and time. The native utility token, GEOD, facilitates transaction fees for data services, rewards for Space Weather miners, and governance voting on network resource allocation, as well as serving as gas for the future GEODNET blockchain functionality.

Monad

Series A in 2024
Monad is a proof-of-stake blockchain and decentralized computation platform that focuses on high performance and portability. It features a scalar architecture with pipelined execution, which allows for efficient transaction throughput. This innovative design enables developers to create complex decentralized applications (dApps) capable of processing a large volume of transactions quickly. By combining advanced technology with a user-friendly framework, Monad aims to enhance the overall functionality and scalability of decentralized applications in the blockchain ecosystem.

Gunzilla Games

Initial Coin Offering in 2024
Gunzilla Games is an independent video game studio dedicated to creating AAA games that emphasize player engagement and immersive experiences. The company is known for its innovative approach, utilizing advanced technology to develop games that transcend traditional gaming boundaries. Currently, Gunzilla Games is working on 'Off The Grid,' a cyberpunk battle royale game that incorporates highly customizable weapons and cutting-edge 3D scanning technology. Through its commitment to delivering deeply engaging gaming experiences, Gunzilla Games strives to redefine how players interact with and enjoy video games.

Crypto Rogue Games

Seed Round in 2024
Crypto Rogue Games is a gaming and blockchain platform.

Wincast

Seed Round in 2024
Wincast is a company that offers infrastructure software as a service (SaaS) and advertising technology designed for sports organizations and sponsors. Its primary focus is to create real-time branded gaming experiences for fans. Additionally, Wincast has developed a non-fungible token streaming platform that aims to enhance entertainment experiences and facilitate ownership of digital collectibles. This platform allows users to engage with their favorite sports players and teams by bidding, collecting, and trading unique digital assets on the blockchain, ensuring authenticity and true ownership. Through these innovative offerings, Wincast enhances fan engagement and participation in the sports entertainment landscape.

Bagel

Pre Seed Round in 2024
A deep machine learning and cryptography research lab. Building a credibly neutral, peer-to-peer machine learning ecosystem.

Digital Infrastructure Services

Series A in 2024
Digital Infrastructure Services offers a diverse team that collaborates with clients in robotics, mobility, communications, logistics, and real estate specializes in complicated multi-stakeholder initiatives, and works at the crossroads of cutting-edge technology and commercial reality.

Sindri

Seed Round in 2023
Sindri develops solutions for difficult issues confronting the crypto industry. The company is based in Denver, Colorado.

Superstate

Series A in 2023
Superstate is a developer of legal and blockchain-based financial solutions. These solutions include short-term government bond funds that can be held in a cryptocurrency wallet or by a crypto custodian.

P0x Labs

Series A in 2023
P0x labs is the team behind Manta Network is a privacy-preserving technology operating on the Polkadot blockchain.

Manta Network

Series A in 2023
Manta Network is focused on creating a secure and interoperable digital ecosystem through the use of Zero-Knowledge technology. The company operates a decentralized exchange platform designed to protect user privacy and prevent tracking of activities. By utilizing a protocol based on substrate frameworks, Manta Network offers end-to-end anonymity, high throughput, and robust cross-chain interoperability. This enables users to exchange data in a secure environment, prioritizing privacy and security in their transactions.

Giza

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Giza changes this by using zero-knowledge cryptography to bring model inferencing on-chain, unlocking a new depth for smart contract design.

Neutron

Seed Round in 2023
Neutron is a smart-contracts blockchain platform that provides cross-chain applications that leverage bleeding-edge Interchain technology with minimal overhead for the Cosmos ecosystem.

Superstate

Seed Round in 2023
Superstate is a developer of legal and blockchain-based financial solutions. These solutions include short-term government bond funds that can be held in a cryptocurrency wallet or by a crypto custodian.

Gensyn

Series A in 2023
Gensyn is a company that has developed a machine learning computing protocol designed to create a global supercluster of computing resources. This protocol connects various machine learning-capable hardware, including GPUs and CPUs, making them accessible to engineers, researchers, and academics worldwide. By uniting these computing resources, Gensyn enables users to perform deep learning tasks efficiently and securely. The company’s technology also addresses data privacy concerns by allowing confidential queries to be answered using artificial intelligence without relocating sensitive data, thus ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Through its innovative approach, Gensyn aims to facilitate advanced data analysis and foster collaboration in the field of machine learning.

Tableland

Series A in 2023
Tableland is a decentralized relational database specifically tailored for web3 developers. Built on the widely used SQLite engine, it enables the creation of complex relational data models suitable for decentralized applications, including games and NFTs. The platform facilitates secure and tamper-proof storage and retrieval of data, allowing developers to store, synchronize, and share digital assets without dependence on centralized servers. By leveraging a decentralized web protocol, Tableland empowers app developers to regain control over their data through digital wallets, positioning itself as a vital tool in the evolving landscape of decentralized technologies.

LI.FI

Series A in 2023
LI.FI is a developer of DeFi middleware that offers a comprehensive solution for navigating the complexities of a multi-chain environment. Its platform serves as a bridge and decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregation protocol, facilitating seamless cross-chain transactions and liquidity flows. By abstracting the essential infrastructure needed to move assets across different blockchain networks, LI.FI enables users, including traditional finance entities, to engage effectively with cryptocurrency. The platform simplifies the process of connecting various components such as RPCs, cross-chain bridges, DEXs, and token lists, while also providing critical features like analytics and fail-safety measures. This allows developers to enhance user experience and focus on their core value propositions, thereby driving innovation within the DeFi space.

Ghost Message

Seed Round in 2023
Ghost Message enables users to send an anonymous message to pals in a group chat to flirt, make jokes, or pose queries.

Intu

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Intu is a technology company that develops decentralized protocols for shared ownership of digital assets on EVM-compatible chains. Its core product is a protocol that enables users to easily share, recover, or change ownership of their assets while maintaining high levels of security and account integrity. Intu's distributed externally-owned-accounts (dEOA) marry the composability of smart contract wallets with the security of an EOA, providing a robust and user-friendly solution for blockchain developers. The company's toolkit also includes a simple SDK for developers to create progressive onboarding experiences for web3 dApps and wallets, streamlining user onboarding and enhancing security.

Rainmaker Games

Seed Round in 2022
Rainmaker Games is a play-to-earn gaming company that gives players free access to play hundreds of P2E games, explore in-game content, receive coaching from top international players, connect with other players globally, and gain access to a cutting-edge NFT lending and borrowing marketplace. Gamers of all skill levels can benefit from Rainmaker Games' ability to switch between games, learn the rules of each one, manage their money, and gain exclusive access to the NFT vault.

Earn Alliance

Seed Round in 2022
Earn Alliance is a developer of a metaverse and gaming platform focused on empowering gamers to realize their full potential in the realm of web3. The company aims to build vibrant communities and provide essential tools that inspire and nurture the web3 gaming movement. Founded by a group of individuals passionate about merging blockchain technology with video games, Earn Alliance has positioned itself at the forefront of a rapidly evolving sector that has generated significant economic activity. The platform serves as a catalyst for gamers to explore new opportunities, forge connections, and enhance their gaming experiences within blockchain-powered universes. Through its initiatives, Earn Alliance strives to shape the future of gaming, fostering an environment where players can engage and thrive in innovative digital landscapes.

Moon Mortgage

Seed Round in 2022
Moon Mortgage is a crypto lending platform that allows investors to use their cryptocurrency as collateral for real estate investments. By leveraging digital assets, Moon Mortgage finances 100% of both owner-occupied and investment properties, enabling borrowers to obtain loans based on the value of their crypto holdings. This innovative approach allows investors to purchase cash-flowing properties while benefiting from the appreciation of both real estate and cryptocurrency. Additionally, borrowers can take advantage of tax benefits, such as writing off depreciation and income. The company prioritizes security, storing crypto assets with Anchorage Digital to ensure the highest possible protection for its clients' investments.

Sherlock

Seed Round in 2022
Sherlock Protocol is a company that operates an audit marketplace and smart contract coverage protocol on the Ethereum blockchain. Its primary focus is on safeguarding Decentralized Finance (DeFi) users from smart contract exploits. The platform offers security reviews conducted by top auditors, complemented by smart contract coverage for the audited contracts. By leveraging blockchain technology, Sherlock Protocol assesses the fundamental risks associated with DeFi platforms and provides affordable, reliable protection against smart contract vulnerabilities, thereby enhancing the security of Web3 projects within the decentralized ecosystem.

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.

GoGoPool

Seed Round in 2022
GoGoPool is a developer of a decentralized staking protocol platform that focuses on simplifying the launch of subnets on the blockchain. The company offers tools designed to facilitate the creation of the subnet economy, addressing the challenges entrepreneurs encounter when establishing the necessary infrastructure. By enabling users to stake their tokens, GoGoPool allows them to participate in the verification of transactions on the network, while also earning rewards for their contributions. Through its innovative platform, GoGoPool aims to enhance accessibility and efficiency in the decentralized ecosystem.

Comm Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Comm Technologies is focused on enhancing end-to-end (E2E) encryption through the development of a crypto-native messaging platform. This platform allows users to acquire non-fungible tokens (NFTs) while maintaining their online anonymity. By utilizing personal private servers and key servers, Comm Technologies offers a web3 chat solution that ensures secure communication and adheres to specific notification restrictions. This approach enables clients to manage their communications effectively through a unified inbox, while also facilitating the scaling of E2E encryption for enhanced privacy.

Wincast

Seed Round in 2022
Wincast is a company that offers infrastructure software as a service (SaaS) and advertising technology designed for sports organizations and sponsors. Its primary focus is to create real-time branded gaming experiences for fans. Additionally, Wincast has developed a non-fungible token streaming platform that aims to enhance entertainment experiences and facilitate ownership of digital collectibles. This platform allows users to engage with their favorite sports players and teams by bidding, collecting, and trading unique digital assets on the blockchain, ensuring authenticity and true ownership. Through these innovative offerings, Wincast enhances fan engagement and participation in the sports entertainment landscape.

Datawisp

Seed Round in 2022
Datawisp is a developer of a no-code data analysis and exploration platform tailored for the metaverse and gaming industries. The company provides a user-friendly interface that enables both developers and non-developers to interact with data effectively. By utilizing Wispy, an AI agent, users can pose questions in plain English and receive prompt responses, facilitating the discovery of insights that drive key performance indicators. Datawisp aims to empower decision-makers to uncover critical factors affecting their business by simplifying the process of data exploration and analysis.

OnChain Studios

Series A in 2022
OnChain Studios is a software company focused on enhancing ownership within interactive digital experiences. The company specializes in creating non-fungible token (NFT) based digital toys that users can buy, sell, and collect. OnChain Studios' platform allows consumers to engage with these toys in an immersive world built on blockchain technology, offering unique digital experiences.

Certora

Series B in 2022
Certora is a technology company specializing in blockchain security, focusing on the detection of vulnerabilities in smart contracts. Its platform utilizes advanced technology to verify compliance with specified security rules at compile-time, ensuring that all executions of a smart contract are secure. By offering independent and language-agnostic solutions, Certora helps clients manage security verification processes effectively, minimizing the risk of false interruptions. The company’s unique approach enables automatic detection of security vulnerabilities both prior to code deployment and during operation, providing mathematical proofs of correctness on a daily basis. This capability allows for the assurance of security in software development, helping to eliminate potential risks associated with vulnerabilities.

Socket Supply

Seed Round in 2022
Socket Supply is a company focused on developing tools that facilitate cloud deployment for web developers. Its platform leverages blockchain technology to create applications compatible with various operating systems, including desktop and mobile. By providing a suite of tools that enable developers to build native apps, Socket Supply aims to simplify the connection between app users while minimizing costs and complexity associated with traditional cloud services. The company's offerings are designed to support a smooth transition to web3 decentralization, ensuring that developers have access to affordable, secure, and user-friendly resources.

Leap Wallet

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Leap Wallet is a developer of a non-custodial wallet that provides users with access to decentralized applications (dApps), staking, decentralized finance (DeFi), and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on a single platform. The company offers a web3-based wallet accompanied by a web extension, allowing users to perform various functions such as sending, receiving, swapping, and staking tokens. Additionally, Leap Wallet enables users to explore NFT and DeFi opportunities, streamlining the experience of engaging with blockchain technology.

PILabs

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

Phi Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Phi Labs is a company dedicated to developing blockchain tools and protocols that empower developers, creators, and entrepreneurs. It contributes to the Archway protocol, which incentivizes blockchain developers for their contributions. With a global team of web pioneers, Phi Labs focuses on creating open-source solutions that enhance the accessibility of application development, fostering innovation within the blockchain ecosystem. Through its efforts, the company aims to simplify the process of building decentralized applications, thus supporting the growth of the blockchain community.

WorldCoin

Series B in 2022
WorldCoin is a company that focuses on creating a privacy-centric digital currency platform designed to enhance global connectivity and trust among users. It offers a secure digital identity solution through its iris-scanning device, which generates a unique World ID, allowing individuals to manage their biometric information and digital assets securely. The platform operates on a permissionless blockchain, ensuring transparency and privacy in transactions. Additionally, the World App facilitates easy access to various Mini Apps while enabling users to store their World ID and digital assets effectively. By prioritizing user privacy, WorldCoin aims to discourage fraudulent activities and promote a trustworthy environment for digital interactions.

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.

Crypto Unicorns

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Crypto Unicorns is a Web3 game development and research and development studio.

HAL

Seed Round in 2022
HAL specializes in providing blockchain monitoring services that facilitate the integration of decentralized technologies with centralized applications. The company offers a no-code web3 infrastructure designed to connect various smart contracts seamlessly with systems such as APIs, CRMs, ERPs, e-commerce platforms, and social networks. This capability allows businesses to automate and query blockchain data efficiently, streamlining operations and enhancing connectivity between blockchain networks and traditional applications. By creating centralized lighthouses, HAL empowers companies to harness the potential of Ethereum while maintaining compatibility with existing technologies.

Solvo

Seed Round in 2022
Solvo is a developer of a cryptocurrency investment platform that aims to simplify the process of trading digital assets. The company's iOS application enables users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies without the complexities often associated with such transactions. Solvo's platform streamlines the account opening and money transfer processes, making them hassle-free. It provides a user-friendly interface designed to assist both learners and seasoned investors in understanding cryptocurrencies while offering access to a diverse range of investment opportunities.

SPACE Metaverse

Seed Round in 2021
SPACE Metaverse is a virtual commerce platform that enables users to create and inhabit a highly realistic 3D environment. It serves as a user-owned immersive social platform where individuals can design their own virtual spaces, including shops, galleries, and music venues. The platform provides various tools that facilitate the display and sale of virtual goods, allowing creators to represent themselves through avatars and engage with clients in real-time using spatial audio. Users can build businesses, find work, and collaborate within this vibrant ecosystem, empowering them to monetize their art, music, and other creations.

Tibles

Seed Round in 2021
Tibles is a developer of a digital collecting ecosystem that operates on the Flow blockchain, focusing on ownership and the experience of collecting. The company provides a trading platform that serves as a marketplace for buying and selling digital non-fungible tokens (NFTs). By partnering with various brands, Tibles creates a diverse array of collectibles, including cards, comic books, sticker books, and multimedia objects. This platform not only facilitates transactions but also fosters a community for collectors, enhancing the overall engagement and value of digital collectibles in this evolving market.

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.

Rainmaker Games

Seed Round in 2021
Rainmaker Games is a play-to-earn gaming company that gives players free access to play hundreds of P2E games, explore in-game content, receive coaching from top international players, connect with other players globally, and gain access to a cutting-edge NFT lending and borrowing marketplace. Gamers of all skill levels can benefit from Rainmaker Games' ability to switch between games, learn the rules of each one, manage their money, and gain exclusive access to the NFT vault.

Holaplex

Seed Round in 2021
Holaplex is a developer of an enterprise-grade platform that empowers independent artists, musicians, and creators to create and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) easily and at no cost. The company offers a no-code solution that allows creators to quickly establish their own NFT stores and marketplaces. By leveraging the Metaplex protocol, Holaplex facilitates fast and low-cost NFT creation on the Solana blockchain. Additionally, the platform serves as a decentralized NFT storefront creation tool, utilizing an open-source social graph to connect creators with collectors. With over 2,000 stores available, Holaplex provides buyers and collectors with opportunities to discover emerging projects and rising artists in the NFT space.

Hxro

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Hxro is a company that specializes in crypto trading, offering an online platform where users can take option positions on various cryptocurrencies. The platform is designed to simplify the trading experience, allowing users to express their views on price movements, hedge risks, and engage in digital asset markets. Hxro includes trading automation tools that facilitate the execution of profitable trades, catering to both novice and experienced traders. By providing decision support tools and resources, Hxro aims to enhance the trading capabilities of its users in the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency.

OnChain Studios

Seed Round in 2021
OnChain Studios is a software company focused on enhancing ownership within interactive digital experiences. The company specializes in creating non-fungible token (NFT) based digital toys that users can buy, sell, and collect. OnChain Studios' platform allows consumers to engage with these toys in an immersive world built on blockchain technology, offering unique digital experiences.

WorldCoin

Venture Round in 2021
WorldCoin is a company that focuses on creating a privacy-centric digital currency platform designed to enhance global connectivity and trust among users. It offers a secure digital identity solution through its iris-scanning device, which generates a unique World ID, allowing individuals to manage their biometric information and digital assets securely. The platform operates on a permissionless blockchain, ensuring transparency and privacy in transactions. Additionally, the World App facilitates easy access to various Mini Apps while enabling users to store their World ID and digital assets effectively. By prioritizing user privacy, WorldCoin aims to discourage fraudulent activities and promote a trustworthy environment for digital interactions.

Bridgesplit

Seed Round in 2021
​Bridgesplit is an specialty asset-based lending platform that enables marketplaces, custodians, and other asset management platforms to offer financing to their customers. Business and consumers use Bridgesplit to access flexible and affordable financing collateralized by assets underserved by banks like high-grade spirits, IP, climate assets, collectibles, and more.

Wincast

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Wincast is a company that offers infrastructure software as a service (SaaS) and advertising technology designed for sports organizations and sponsors. Its primary focus is to create real-time branded gaming experiences for fans. Additionally, Wincast has developed a non-fungible token streaming platform that aims to enhance entertainment experiences and facilitate ownership of digital collectibles. This platform allows users to engage with their favorite sports players and teams by bidding, collecting, and trading unique digital assets on the blockchain, ensuring authenticity and true ownership. Through these innovative offerings, Wincast enhances fan engagement and participation in the sports entertainment landscape.

Fuel Labs

Seed Round in 2021
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.

Blockdaemon

Series B in 2021
Blockdaemon Inc. is a blockchain node management platform that enables businesses, enterprises, and developers to efficiently deploy and manage blockchain applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with additional offices in New York and Ireland, the company provides tools that allow users to manage nodes across more than 30 blockchain protocols, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polkadot. Blockdaemon's solution is designed to be fully portable, enabling users to easily switch between networks and chains without the need for extensive configuration. The company also supports the blockchain developer ecosystem by offering expert dev-ops advice, facilitating smoother integration and deployment in the rapidly evolving blockchain landscape.

Livepeer

Series B in 2021
Livepeer, Inc. is a technology company that operates a decentralized live video broadcasting platform designed to support user-generated content. Founded in 2017 by Eric Tang and Douglas Petkanics, the company is headquartered in New York City. Livepeer combines blockchain technology with economic incentives and an open media server, enabling broadcasters, developers, and users to easily distribute content over the Internet. The platform utilizes peer-to-peer networks to enhance video live streaming capabilities, providing tools, APIs, and resources for integrating live video into various applications. By fostering an open-source environment, Livepeer encourages contributions from individuals with diverse skills, ultimately aiming to improve and secure its network.

BlockArt

Pre Seed Round in 2021
The BlockArt protocol and ecosystem empower creators with NFT tooling for blockchain-generated data art.

Republic

Debt Financing in 2021
Republic is an equity crowdfunding platform based in New York City, founded in 2016. It provides individuals the opportunity to invest in startups, real estate, cryptocurrencies, and video games, thus enabling a diverse range of investment options for the general public. With a commitment to promoting a sustainable and connected world, Republic has facilitated over $500 million in investments from more than one million members worldwide. The company serves a broad client base that includes venture capital firms, family offices, and high net-worth individuals. Supported by prominent backers such as Galaxy Digital and The Motley Fool, Republic operates with a global team across six countries, reflecting its international reach and influence in the investment landscape.

Rarible

Series A in 2021
Rarible is a community-centric marketplace specializing in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which enables users to create, buy, and sell digital collectibles secured by blockchain technology. The platform facilitates the trading of digital assets and intellectual properties through the use of NFT tokens, allowing for the licensing of various digital content. Rarible also provides a range of tools, including a custom community marketplace builder and an API, to assist users in developing NFT functionalities tailored to their needs. This focus on community engagement and user empowerment distinguishes Rarible in the rapidly evolving NFT landscape.

Solana

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Solana is a blockchain technology company, established in 2021, specializing in the development of a decentralized, scalable blockchain platform. The platform, validated by thousands of independent nodes, ensures robust security and resistance to censorship. It leverages proof of history and concurrent GPU parallelization to deliver high-speed, low-latency, and inexpensive transactions, enabling users to scale without sharding or specialized hardware.

Hxro

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Hxro is a company that specializes in crypto trading, offering an online platform where users can take option positions on various cryptocurrencies. The platform is designed to simplify the trading experience, allowing users to express their views on price movements, hedge risks, and engage in digital asset markets. Hxro includes trading automation tools that facilitate the execution of profitable trades, catering to both novice and experienced traders. By providing decision support tools and resources, Hxro aims to enhance the trading capabilities of its users in the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency.

Dynasty Studios

Seed Round in 2021
Dynasty Studios is a venture capital-backed gaming company focused on developing next-generation blockchain games aimed at mainstream players. The company seeks to facilitate the widespread adoption of blockchain technology through innovative gameplay that offers unique player-driven experiences. Its established team of professional game developers is dedicated to creating engaging gaming environments that bridge the gap between traditional gaming and blockchain communities. By prioritizing player experiences, Dynasty Studios aims to redefine the landscape of Web3 gaming and introduce players to the benefits of blockchain integration in their gaming endeavors.

Tibles

Seed Round in 2021
Tibles is a developer of a digital collecting ecosystem that operates on the Flow blockchain, focusing on ownership and the experience of collecting. The company provides a trading platform that serves as a marketplace for buying and selling digital non-fungible tokens (NFTs). By partnering with various brands, Tibles creates a diverse array of collectibles, including cards, comic books, sticker books, and multimedia objects. This platform not only facilitates transactions but also fosters a community for collectors, enhancing the overall engagement and value of digital collectibles in this evolving market.

dClimate

Seed Round in 2021
dClimate is a decentralized marketplace designed to standardize, monetize, and distribute climate data, forecasts, and models. By connecting data publishers directly with consumers, dClimate enhances the accessibility and reliability of climate information. The platform scores data for reliability when providers share their forecasts, allowing users to make informed decisions based on trustworthy information. This innovative approach creates a straightforward distribution mechanism that enables data providers to monetize their work while supporting a uniform architecture that ensures data immutability. dClimate serves a diverse range of users, including businesses, farmers, multinational corporations, and governments, facilitating timely, data-driven decision-making in the face of climate challenges.

Fold

Series A in 2021
Fold, Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, that offers a platform enabling users to earn bitcoin as cashback when shopping at various retailers. Founded in 2014 and rebranded in 2018, Fold operates an application that integrates personal finance management with Bitcoin, allowing users to buy, sell, and manage both Bitcoin and traditional currency seamlessly. The platform allows users to sync their credit or debit cards or transfer Bitcoin from their wallets to purchase digital gift cards, with the added benefit of earning up to 1.5% cashback on eligible transactions. Fold also caters to premium members by providing a no-fee transaction experience, making it an attractive option for cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Additionally, the company facilitates the conversion of retail gift cards into cryptocurrency, enhancing the usability of Bitcoin in everyday purchases.

Delta Exchange

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Delta Exchange is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange that specializes in a diverse array of trading products, including futures, perpetual contracts, options, interest rate swaps, and calendar spreads. With a strong emphasis on options trading, Delta Exchange holds a prominent position in the global market, boasting a market share exceeding 25%. The platform supports USDT-settled options for various cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ether, solana, BNB, and Matic. Delta Exchange caters to both retail and institutional traders by providing advanced trading features such as multiple margin modes, a strategy builder, and basket orders, thereby facilitating a comprehensive and user-friendly trading experience.

Shyft

Venture Round in 2021
Shyft Network Inc, founded in 2017 and based in Barbados, operates a blockchain-based digital identity network aimed at enhancing regulatory compliance and data security. As a subsidiary of Bitfury USA, Inc., Shyft focuses on aggregating existing protocols to create a standardized approach to anti-money laundering verification. The network offers robust data protection and features such as a bridge watcher system to detect and deter threats. It provides users with granular control over their information, allowing them to decide what data to share, with whom, and for what purposes. Shyft also facilitates incentivized data exchange, enabling businesses to improve personal information security while accessing valuable compliance-satisfying data.

NFTFi

Seed Round in 2021
NFTfi is a peer-to-peer lending marketplace that specializes in NFT collateralized loans. It allows NFT holders to leverage their digital assets as collateral to secure cryptocurrency loans from lenders. When an NFT holder accepts a loan offer, the NFT is placed in a secure escrow smart contract while the corresponding cryptocurrency, such as wETH, DAI, or USDC, is transferred directly to the borrower's wallet. This innovative platform provides liquidity to NFT owners, enabling them to access cash without the need to sell their valuable digital assets. By utilizing a valuation approach similar to that of traditional art financing, NFTfi helps users determine the worth of their NFTs for loan purposes.

Balancer

Series A in 2021
Balancer Labs, Inc., established in 2018, is a U.S.-based company that operates a decentralized finance exchange. It specializes in providing a platform for programmable liquidity, enabling users to create and manage self-balancing index funds or invest in others' without the need for deposits, bids/asks, or order management. Balancer Labs also functions as a non-custodial portfolio manager, liquidity provider, and price sensor within this decentralized ecosystem.

Rarible

Seed Round in 2021
Rarible is a community-centric marketplace specializing in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which enables users to create, buy, and sell digital collectibles secured by blockchain technology. The platform facilitates the trading of digital assets and intellectual properties through the use of NFT tokens, allowing for the licensing of various digital content. Rarible also provides a range of tools, including a custom community marketplace builder and an API, to assist users in developing NFT functionalities tailored to their needs. This focus on community engagement and user empowerment distinguishes Rarible in the rapidly evolving NFT landscape.

Compass Mining

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Compass Mining is a bitcoin mining and hosting platform that facilitates profitable bitcoin mining for its users. The company is dedicated to supporting the decentralized growth of hash rate and enhancing network security. It provides a comprehensive platform that includes details such as miner purchase prices, monthly hosting fees, estimated online dates, miner efficiency, current bitcoin prices, and network difficulty. This information enables users to make informed decisions regarding their mining investments. By promoting accessibility to bitcoin mining, Compass Mining aims to educate and empower individuals in the cryptocurrency space.

API3

Seed Round in 2020
API3 is a company that specializes in decentralized API infrastructure, designed to link blockchain applications with off-chain data providers. It addresses the challenges of API connectivity by utilizing decentralized APIs, which are formed from first-party oracles. This innovative approach allows data providers to serve as their own blockchain oracles, eliminating the need for third-party intermediaries. API3's platform aggregates data feeds from leading API providers, ensuring secure and quantifiable data delivery for decentralized applications. By leveraging its decentralized governance model, the company empowers data providers to maintain control over their data while facilitating seamless integration with blockchain technologies.

NIFTEX

Seed Round in 2020
NIFTEX is a platform that facilitates fractional ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). It provides a self-service interface for investors to purchase fractions of various NFTs, including artwork, game assets, and personal brands. By enabling NFT owners to convert their assets into fungible fractions, NIFTEX allows them to sell portions of their NFTs, thereby increasing liquidity and making valuable assets more accessible to a wider audience in the NFT market.

Boardroom Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Boardroom Labs Inc is a New York-based company that specializes in developing an integrated governance management platform tailored for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and crypto networks. Founded in 2020, the company aims to facilitate faster, smarter, and more informed decision-making for stakeholders by providing tools that allow users to interact, signal, and vote on governance proposals. Boardroom Labs focuses on enhancing distributed decision-making, enabling token holders, issuers, and delegates to participate seamlessly in governance processes across various protocols. The organization is committed to high standards in code quality and architecture while fostering an inclusive environment that values positive energy and continuous learning.

Manta

Series A in 2020
Manta Software, Inc. specializes in developing metadata management solutions that focus on data lineage and governance. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Prague, the company offers a platform that allows organizations to visualize data flows and enhance understanding of how data moves within their systems. This self-service platform provides actionable intelligence that aids in accelerating development, reducing time-to-market, and modernizing processes. Manta’s solutions support digital transformation initiatives, improve IT transparency, and facilitate self-service access for businesses, while ensuring data quality and security. By enabling comprehensive visibility and control over data pipelines, Manta helps corporate clients strengthen their data governance strategies.

Path

Venture Round in 2020
Path is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor that allows anyone to access automated crypto portfolios. After completing a suitability assessment, Path builds your portfolio and manages it for you. You can also buy, hold, and swap cryptos directly from the app. Regulated, safe, trusted. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

ParaSwap

Seed Round in 2020
ParaSwap is a decentralized finance platform designed to address liquidity challenges in cryptocurrency markets by aggregating multiple decentralized exchanges into a single interface. This approach empowers users to access competitive market prices and enhanced liquidity for trading Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens, with aspirations to expand its services to include major blockchains. By providing a transparent trading environment, ParaSwap aims to facilitate easier and more efficient transactions for cryptocurrency traders.

Rarible

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Rarible is a community-centric marketplace specializing in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which enables users to create, buy, and sell digital collectibles secured by blockchain technology. The platform facilitates the trading of digital assets and intellectual properties through the use of NFT tokens, allowing for the licensing of various digital content. Rarible also provides a range of tools, including a custom community marketplace builder and an API, to assist users in developing NFT functionalities tailored to their needs. This focus on community engagement and user empowerment distinguishes Rarible in the rapidly evolving NFT landscape.

Serum

Venture Round in 2020
Serum is a pioneering decentralized cryptocurrency ecosystem that offers trustless trading through its innovative platform, developed in collaboration with a consortium of experts in cryptocurrency trading and decentralized finance (DeFi). Built on the Solana blockchain, Serum is designed to facilitate fast and efficient transactions while enabling trustless cross-chain trading. The platform aims to enhance the decentralized finance landscape by providing low transaction costs and improved returns for users. Serum operates on a permissionless basis, empowering the crypto community to leverage its capabilities without centralized control.

Polkadot

Secondary Market in 2020
Polkadot is a pioneering blockchain protocol that facilitates communication and data exchange between independent blockchains. By enabling interoperability among various blockchain networks, Polkadot enhances the efficiency and scalability of decentralized applications. Its unique architecture not only ensures the orderly and valid transfer of messages but also simplifies the exchange of cryptocurrencies. This capability allows merchants to accept and manage diverse cryptocurrency payments with ease, while benefiting from low trading and transactional fees. Polkadot's innovative approach positions it as a significant player in the evolving landscape of blockchain technology, promoting a more interconnected and versatile ecosystem.

Polkadot

Initial Coin Offering in 2020
Polkadot is a pioneering blockchain protocol that facilitates communication and data exchange between independent blockchains. By enabling interoperability among various blockchain networks, Polkadot enhances the efficiency and scalability of decentralized applications. Its unique architecture not only ensures the orderly and valid transfer of messages but also simplifies the exchange of cryptocurrencies. This capability allows merchants to accept and manage diverse cryptocurrency payments with ease, while benefiting from low trading and transactional fees. Polkadot's innovative approach positions it as a significant player in the evolving landscape of blockchain technology, promoting a more interconnected and versatile ecosystem.

Opyn

Seed Round in 2020
Opyn is a decentralized protocol focused on optimizing options trading for users interested in Ethereum and ERC20 assets. The platform allows users to earn premiums or express views on assets by trading options, specifically offering European, cash-settled options that automatically exercise upon expiry. As a pioneer in decentralized finance (DeFi), Opyn initially launched the first live ERC20 options protocol, enabling users to create, buy, and sell options on any ERC20 token. Its innovative offerings include the ability to trade option spreads and combos, enhancing capital efficiency for traders. Opyn v1 continues to operate on the Ethereum network, providing a venue for American, physically settled options while the company expands its range of ERC20 options. Through its commitment to inclusivity, fairness, and transparency, Opyn aims to enhance the trading experience within the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Numerai

Funding Round in 2020
Numerai, LLC is a hedge fund firm founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. It operates a unique investment approach by leveraging a global network of data scientists to develop predictive models for the stock market. The company transforms and regularizes financial data into machine learning challenges, allowing participants to engage in data science tournaments focused on stock market predictions. This innovative platform not only facilitates the creation of sophisticated investment strategies but also promotes a collaborative environment where data scientists can contribute to the firm's investment decisions. Through this model, Numerai aims to enhance investment returns and foster profitable outcomes for its investors.

Delta Exchange

Corporate Round in 2020
Delta Exchange is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange that specializes in a diverse array of trading products, including futures, perpetual contracts, options, interest rate swaps, and calendar spreads. With a strong emphasis on options trading, Delta Exchange holds a prominent position in the global market, boasting a market share exceeding 25%. The platform supports USDT-settled options for various cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ether, solana, BNB, and Matic. Delta Exchange caters to both retail and institutional traders by providing advanced trading features such as multiple margin modes, a strategy builder, and basket orders, thereby facilitating a comprehensive and user-friendly trading experience.

NEAR

Initial Coin Offering in 2020
NEAR Inc. is a company that develops and provides a platform for creating decentralized applications through its NEAR Protocol, a scalable blockchain designed for open-source code. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, NEAR Inc. focuses on bridging the adoption gap for mainstream commercial software by offering tools that facilitate the writing, testing, and deployment of decentralized applications. The platform is engineered to support a wide range of applications, ensuring security for high-value assets such as money and identity. Additionally, NEAR provides essential services, including documentation, wallet, studio, and explorer functionalities, which contribute to a robust ecosystem for developers.

PROPS

Initial Coin Offering in 2020
PROPS is a new cryptocurrency that grants access to features, content and status across media apps that share a currency and identity layer, and whose users benefit from the PROPS rewards pool.

Aragon

Seed Round in 2020
Aragon, established in 2017, is a technology company that develops blockchain-based tools to facilitate the creation, management, and governance of decentralized organizations, known as Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). Headquartered in the United States, with a presence in Germany, Aragon's platform enables users worldwide to launch and manage DAOs, empowering them to organize and create value in a borderless, permissionless manner. The company's suite of products, including Aragon PM, AragonOS, and Aragon App, provides flexible, secure, and user-friendly tools for DAO creation and management. Aragon's innovative solutions have powered the creation of over 5000 DAOs, securing billions in value for leading projects. The company's mission is to enable everyone to experiment with governance at the speed of software, aiming to build a hyperstructure for governance.

Messari

Venture Round in 2019
Messari, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2018 that operates a platform dedicated to providing comprehensive market intelligence for crypto assets. It offers a distributed data library that includes detailed information on various crypto projects, including their funding, development history, governance structures, and supply schedules. Messari aims to enhance industry transparency by combining qualitative and quantitative analytics, along with a global research database. Its tools and resources are designed to support researchers, investors, and regulators in making informed decisions within the crypto and Web3 space. By delivering deep analysis, news, and data visualization capabilities, Messari helps professionals navigate the complexities of the cryptocurrency market with greater confidence.

NuCypher

Initial Coin Offering in 2019
NuCypher is a cryptography company that specializes in developing a data-centric zero-trust encryption platform aimed at enhancing data privacy and security. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, the company provides solutions for storing, sharing, and managing sensitive data on public blockchains. Its platform allows organizations to implement military-strength encryption to safeguard large and distributed data sets, whether hosted in the cloud or on-premises, while maintaining compliance with internal security policies and regulatory requirements. NuCypher's technology facilitates secure, auditable sharing of data, making it easier for companies to execute big data projects while protecting against internal and external threats.

Fold

Seed Round in 2019
Fold, Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, that offers a platform enabling users to earn bitcoin as cashback when shopping at various retailers. Founded in 2014 and rebranded in 2018, Fold operates an application that integrates personal finance management with Bitcoin, allowing users to buy, sell, and manage both Bitcoin and traditional currency seamlessly. The platform allows users to sync their credit or debit cards or transfer Bitcoin from their wallets to purchase digital gift cards, with the added benefit of earning up to 1.5% cashback on eligible transactions. Fold also caters to premium members by providing a no-fee transaction experience, making it an attractive option for cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Additionally, the company facilitates the conversion of retail gift cards into cryptocurrency, enhancing the usability of Bitcoin in everyday purchases.

3Box Labs

Seed Round in 2019
3Box Labs is a technology company based in New York that specializes in decentralized identity and data management solutions for web3 applications. Founded in 2018, it offers a suite of products including 3box.io, a social profiles application tailored for Ethereum users, and 3box.js, an API that facilitates user onboarding and data management for developers. Additionally, 3Box provides the 3box-dapp, which enables users to create and manage their social profiles, interact with decentralized applications, build reputations, and securely store data. The company's platform is designed to enhance user experience by ensuring that applications are lighter, more trustworthy, and carry reduced data management liabilities, thereby fostering a sustainable ecosystem where users have greater control over their data.

Livepeer

Series A in 2019
Livepeer, Inc. is a technology company that operates a decentralized live video broadcasting platform designed to support user-generated content. Founded in 2017 by Eric Tang and Douglas Petkanics, the company is headquartered in New York City. Livepeer combines blockchain technology with economic incentives and an open media server, enabling broadcasters, developers, and users to easily distribute content over the Internet. The platform utilizes peer-to-peer networks to enhance video live streaming capabilities, providing tools, APIs, and resources for integrating live video into various applications. By fostering an open-source environment, Livepeer encourages contributions from individuals with diverse skills, ultimately aiming to improve and secure its network.

Republic

Seed Round in 2019
Republic is an equity crowdfunding platform based in New York City, founded in 2016. It provides individuals the opportunity to invest in startups, real estate, cryptocurrencies, and video games, thus enabling a diverse range of investment options for the general public. With a commitment to promoting a sustainable and connected world, Republic has facilitated over $500 million in investments from more than one million members worldwide. The company serves a broad client base that includes venture capital firms, family offices, and high net-worth individuals. Supported by prominent backers such as Galaxy Digital and The Motley Fool, Republic operates with a global team across six countries, reflecting its international reach and influence in the investment landscape.

Editional

Seed Round in 2019
Blockchain infrastructure has set the stage for a new generation of digital ownership that better connects and empowers both creators and owners

GEO Protocol

Seed Round in 2019
GEO Protocol is a financial technology company based in Estonia that specializes in creating a decentralized peer-to-peer network for asset exchange, bridging the gap between cryptocurrency and traditional finance. The company develops an open-source overlay protocol that enables the creation of a universal ecosystem for value transfer, facilitating global payments and IoT micropayments. GEO Protocol's infrastructure supports a variety of applications, including payment solutions, cross-chain decentralized exchanges, and loyalty programs, all while ensuring cost-efficiency and scalability. The platform is designed to automatically handle complex transactions involving multiple assets and incorporates post-quantum cryptography to ensure long-term sustainability. Through its innovative approach, GEO Protocol aims to empower the Internet of Value and enhance interoperability within the financial landscape.

Archax

Seed Round in 2019
Archax Ltd is a London-based digital securities exchange that specializes in trading asset-backed tokens, including digital securities and security tokens. Established in 2018, it is recognized as the UK's first regulated digital securities exchange, broker, and custodian, having received authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority. Archax aims to serve institutional investors by providing a secure platform for trading various digital assets, from cryptocurrencies to digital securities. The exchange is designed to integrate seamlessly with existing institutional trading workflows and operates on high-performance infrastructure hosted in top-tier data centers. By bridging the gap between the blockchain-centric technology community and traditional investment sectors, Archax facilitates safe trading among recognized participants in a regulated environment.
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