Rakurai
Seed Round in 2025
Rakurai is a developer of blockchain software focused on enhancing the scalability of blockchain networks. The company creates a platform that utilizes established networking and algorithmic trading technologies to construct validator nodes for layer-1 blockchains. This innovative approach allows businesses to increase transaction throughput on blockchain systems while ensuring security, decentralization, and neutrality. Through its solutions, Rakurai aims to deliver scalable performance for web3 infrastructure, addressing the growing demands of the digital economy.
WalletConnect
Series B in 2025
WalletConnect Association is a Switzerland-based company that develops an open-source protocol designed to facilitate secure connections between decentralized applications and mobile wallets. By utilizing end-to-end encryption and a QR code scanning mechanism, WalletConnect enables users to interact with decentralized applications without the need for browser extensions or the exposure of private keys. This innovative approach allows for seamless communication and transaction signing, enhancing user experience within the blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem. The protocol empowers application developers to integrate multiple wallets through a single implementation, thereby broadening their reach and improving accessibility for users.
Orion Principals
Acquisition in 2024
Orion Principals is a brokerage firm specializing in investment services for high net-worth individuals, active traders, and funds. It facilitates access to international financial markets, offering a range of products including derivatives, swaps, structured products, foreign exchange, and equities. Clients can utilize an intuitive trading platform or engage with the firm's 24/5 active trading desk for assistance.
Charterprime
Acquisition in 2024
Charterprime is specializing in providing international financial services, brokerage of financial products, & foreign exchange.
Fintek Securities
Acquisition in 2024
Fintek Securities is a financial services firm specializing in cryptocurrency trading. It offers a platform enabling users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, Contracts for Difference (CFDs), and Foreign Exchange (FX).
Watchdog Capital
Acquisition in 2024
Watchdog Capital specializes in retail and institutional-oriented securities and exchange commission-related services.
SecondLive
Seed Round in 2024
SecondLive is a digital ecosystem designed for Metaverse users, providing a platform for creating avatars and exploring virtual spaces. It facilitates a wide range of activities, including social interactions, gaming, online work, and shopping, all driven by user-generated content and artificial intelligence. The platform supports various tasks, such as virtual exhibitions, personal spaces, art galleries, game rooms, and concert venues, allowing users to create and monetize their digital content. By enabling creators to engage in economic activities within the Metaverse, SecondLive fosters a vibrant community where individuals can connect, collaborate, and profit from their digital creations.
GoPlus Security
Seed Round in 2024
GoPlus Security is a user-driven security service platform tailored for blockchain users. It focuses on providing comprehensive security solutions through advanced technologies that include token detection, real-time risk warnings, contract security, and interaction security. By enabling clients to access third-party application platforms, GoPlus Security helps users effectively manage security risks associated with blockchain transactions and activities. The platform aims to enhance the overall safety and reliability of blockchain interactions for its diverse user base.
Arcade2earn
Initial Coin Offering in 2024
Arcade offers a GameFi Platform that allows crypto enthusiasts, institutions, game developers, and those interested in the metaverse to play and earn with access to the ecosystem. The company was established in 2021.
Kiln is a Paris-based company established in 2018 that offers a platform for enterprise-level pledge services focused on encrypted assets. The company provides validator-independent APIs that facilitate multi-provider staking, allowing digital assets to be staked across various environments, including wallets, custodians, and exchanges. By streamlining the staking process, Kiln aims to enhance accessibility and efficiency in the rapidly evolving web3 industry. Its innovative platform enables clients to deploy, manage, and monitor blockchain validators programmatically, making it easier for businesses to integrate and operate within the blockchain ecosystem. As the demand for collaboration among multiple stakeholders grows, Kiln is well-positioned to serve as an aggregator, driving forward the integration of diverse players in the digital asset space.
ZKM is a technology company specializing in blockchain interoperability. It develops an Ethereum scaling platform designed to unite diverse blockchains, creating a unified settlement layer on Ethereum. The platform's core innovation is a verifiable computing solution, which uses zero-knowledge proofs (ZK proofs) to confirm computations performed by untrusted users. This enables secure, native asset sharing across different blockchains without additional security assumptions.
Radius
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Radius is a trustless shared sequencing layer that provides rollups with sequencing-as-a-service and cross-rollup interoperability solutions. Rollup blockchains are specialized blockchains that have off-chain executions to improve transaction processing speed and overall blockchain performance.
Kairos Loan
Seed Round in 2023
Kairos Loan is an innovative lending protocol that enables users to borrow instantly by using non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as collateral. The platform is designed to unlock the value of NFTs rapidly, providing competitive loan-to-value (LTV) ratios and favorable borrowing terms. By leveraging NFTs, Kairos Loan allows investors to capitalize on their digital assets, facilitating an efficient way to earn additional income from their investments. This approach not only streamlines the borrowing process but also enhances the accessibility of capital to a broader range of users in the evolving digital asset marketplace.
Magic Square
Venture Round in 2022
Magic Square is a discovery and engagement platform focused on enhancing user experience in the Web3 ecosystem. It operates a Web3 App Store that features community-vetted applications and games, allowing users to explore decentralized applications with confidence. The platform incorporates unique Use2Earn capabilities, which add tangible value to the projects listed and contribute to the overall ecosystem. By bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3, Magic Square aims to create a secure and integrated environment where users can access a variety of crypto apps, facilitating active community engagement and user-base expansion.
DoraHacks
Series B in 2022
DoraHacks is a global hacker organization and community that connects developers and innovators from around the world. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Beijing, China, with additional offices in San Francisco, South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, India, and Switzerland, the company focuses on organizing hackathons that engage universities, researchers, and technology professionals. As a multi-chain Web3 developer platform, DoraHacks partners with over 40 Web3 ecosystems to support open-source communities and advance blockchain technology. The company provides a range of tools and services, including hackathons, bounty programs, quadratic funding, and privacy voting mechanisms, all designed to foster the development and governance of decentralized applications while assisting developers in fundraising and collaboration.
PnLink
Acquisition in 2022
PnLink provies payment services.
Ok-Bit
Acquisition in 2022
Ok-Bit is a company based in Jeju, South Korea, specializing in virtual assets and crypto security solutions. It operates a platform designed to enhance the security of cryptocurrency accounts, ensuring that users can securely manage their digital assets. The platform allows users to quickly access and verify information related to their cryptocurrencies, providing a seamless experience while prioritizing account protection. Through its robust security measures, Ok-Bit aims to foster trust and confidence among users in the increasingly complex landscape of digital currencies.
Nomad
Venture Round in 2022
Nomad is a novel approach to blockchain interoperability that leverages an optimistic mechanism to increase the security of cross-chain communication.
ZKX is a pioneering financial technology company established in 2021, specializing in decentralized finance solutions. It operates the first perpetual futures exchange on StarkNet, offering advanced financial instruments such as swaps. The company focuses on democratizing access to global yields through a self-custody model and authentic community governance. ZKX develops a permissionless protocol for derivatives, allowing users to engage in complex trading strategies via simplified perpetual swaps. Additionally, it creates modular DAO software and developer tools based on zero-knowledge technology, enhancing the trading experience with features like gamified leaderboards and decentralized order books.
Floor is a mobile application focused on enhancing the accessibility and understanding of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform allows users to track their NFT portfolios and cryptocurrency investments by providing features such as price alerts, live activity updates for collections, and real-time listings. Additionally, Floor offers rewards in monetary terms and tokens, enabling users to stay informed about market trends and manage their digital asset collections effectively.
Cantina Royale
Funding Round in 2022
Cantina Royale is a blockchain gaming platform that combines play-to-earn mechanics with NFT technology, offering players a unique gaming experience. As a shooter game, it allows users to utilize various NFT collections in both player-versus-player and player-versus-environment missions. The platform integrates advanced 3D modeling technologies to ensure NFT interoperability within its gaming universe. Additionally, it provides NFT owners the ability to lease their digital assets to other players, facilitating automatic division of in-game rewards. By merging traditional gaming elements with innovative technological advancements, Cantina Royale aims to make the gaming experience accessible to a broader audience without requiring significant initial investment.
DoraHacks
Series B in 2022
DoraHacks is a global hacker organization and community that connects developers and innovators from around the world. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Beijing, China, with additional offices in San Francisco, South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, India, and Switzerland, the company focuses on organizing hackathons that engage universities, researchers, and technology professionals. As a multi-chain Web3 developer platform, DoraHacks partners with over 40 Web3 ecosystems to support open-source communities and advance blockchain technology. The company provides a range of tools and services, including hackathons, bounty programs, quadratic funding, and privacy voting mechanisms, all designed to foster the development and governance of decentralized applications while assisting developers in fundraising and collaboration.
Hodooi
Venture Round in 2022
Hodooi is a NFT Marketplace providing multiple payment options to buyers and sellers.
LimeWire
Initial Coin Offering in 2022
LimeWire is a digital collectibles marketplace focused on the music, art, and entertainment industries. The platform has been relaunched to transform the way fans and artists interact, providing a framework for direct fan membership that helps artists generate a recurring revenue stream. LimeWire enables users to explore, collect, and trade unique digital collectibles, including NFTs, while keeping them informed with timely announcements within the art and entertainment space. Fans gain access to exclusive content and a private community, allowing them to connect directly with their favorite artists and participate actively in their journeys.
Bastion is a lending and exchange protocol built on Aurora, the Ethereum-compatible layer of the Near blockchain. Bastion builds an autonomous interest-rate engine with high-quality capital efficiency, quick transactions, low transaction fees, accurate liquidations, and leverages NEAR's underlying UX benefits. Users can deposit assets into the Bastion liquidity pool, and the protocol will generate collateral tokens. These cTokens earn interest based on the underlying asset value and can be used as loan collateral in the future.
GoPlus Security
Venture Round in 2022
GoPlus Security is a user-driven security service platform tailored for blockchain users. It focuses on providing comprehensive security solutions through advanced technologies that include token detection, real-time risk warnings, contract security, and interaction security. By enabling clients to access third-party application platforms, GoPlus Security helps users effectively manage security risks associated with blockchain transactions and activities. The platform aims to enhance the overall safety and reliability of blockchain interactions for its diverse user base.
Eizper Chain
Seed Round in 2022
Eizper Chain is a developer of a blockchain-based gaming platform that focuses on creating action multiplayer role-playing games. The platform emphasizes adventure and arena battles, allowing players to explore a dynamic world filled with an engaging narrative. Through its unique gameplay, Eizper Chain provides players with opportunities to earn rewards and recognition, enhancing their overall gaming experience. The company aims to merge entertainment with the innovative aspects of blockchain technology, offering a novel approach to online gaming.
Thetanuts Finance
Seed Round in 2022
Thetanuts Finance is a developer of a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform focused on providing users with access to crypto-structured products across multiple blockchain networks. The company's offerings include customizable vaults and simplified options trading, which make it easier for both retail traders and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to manage treasury and earn yield on their assets. By democratizing access to complex financial instruments, Thetanuts empowers investors to monetize market volatility in a risk-adjusted manner, creating competitive yield opportunities and facilitating the development of new options markets for native tokens.
Heroes of Mavia
Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Heroes of Mavia is an NFT based MMO Strategy game developed by Skrice Studios. The game takes place in a fantasy-themed island called Mavia, where players build bases on plots of land and battle neighboring bases and armies to earn in-game resources, such as RUBY.
Hubble Protocol
Venture Round in 2022
Hubble Protocol is a decentralized financial platform that facilitates long-term borrowing, lending, and the creation of structured financial products. It aims to democratize access to decentralized finance by offering a range of sustainable financial services. The protocol's software supports multi-asset collateral and enables zero-interest borrowing, allowing users to leverage yield-bearing assets for loans. Additionally, Hubble enhances yield generation on deposits of various tokens, providing clients with optimized financial opportunities while minimizing costs associated with loans.
DeBank is a cryptocurrency wallet provider that facilitates access to decentralized finance (DeFi) services, enabling users to manage their DeFi assets effectively. The platform supports over 800 DeFi protocols across more than 15 blockchains, including Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. DeBank allows users to track their entire portfolio, monitor deposits and interest earnings across various DeFi protocols, and perform token swaps for exchanging cryptocurrencies. Additionally, the platform offers tools for comparing interest rates, analyzing risks, and discovering investment opportunities through real-time data. By providing these functionalities, DeBank empowers users to efficiently manage their DeFi investments and make informed financial decisions.
The Small Exchange
Acquisition in 2021
The Small Exchange is a financial services company based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2017. It operates a futures exchange platform aimed at simplifying and enhancing access to financial markets through smaller and more straightforward futures products. The company focuses on facilitating the trading of standardized futures contracts and options for a diverse range of market participants, particularly retail customers. By offering proprietary cash-settled indices and an individual subscription model, The Small Exchange reduces exchange and market data fees, making it easier for investors of all sizes to engage in trading. Its platform is designed to bridge the gap in futures products, creating new trading opportunities and promoting broader participation in the financial markets.
Nadex, the North American Derivatives Exchange, is a regulated exchange in the United States that focuses on providing retail traders with simplified derivatives contracts, including binary options and spreads across various markets. The exchange offers a diverse range of trading opportunities, allowing clients to engage in multiple markets through innovative and secure methods. Nadex is overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, ensuring a level of regulatory compliance that promotes a safe trading environment. By offering a wider selection of binary options than other exchanges, Nadex aims to facilitate accessible and straightforward trading for retail participants.
BlockchainSpace
Seed Round in 2021
BlockchainSpace develops tools aimed at empowering play-to-earn communities within the Metaverse. The company provides a platform that serves as a guild hub, offering specialized solutions that include YEY, Metasports, Creator Circle, and the Guild Partner Program. These tools are designed to enhance digital engagement and facilitate community growth, allowing users to focus on scaling their guilds and improving performance. Additionally, BlockchainSpace operates educational academies that identify and explore economic opportunities in play-to-earn games, sharing valuable insights to help new guilds enter this evolving space.
Axelar
Venture Round in 2021
Axelar is a company focused on developing interoperability software that facilitates communication between various blockchain ecosystems and applications. Founded in 2020 by Sergey Gorbunov and Georgios Vlachos, Axelar Network offers a suite of protocols, tools, and APIs aimed at overcoming the challenges of cross-chain interactions. The company's solutions leverage Byzantine consensus, cryptography, and mechanism design to enable decentralized applications to operate across different blockchains seamlessly. By providing developers with the necessary resources, Axelar empowers them to select the most suitable platforms while enhancing cross-chain composability and liquidity.
WOO Network
Series A in 2021
WOO Network is a trading platform provider focused on delivering above-average liquidity for spot and futures trading while offering zero or negative trading fees. Its innovative platform connects traders, exchanges, institutions, and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, facilitating democratized access to liquidity and efficient trading execution. By emphasizing user-friendly access to high-quality market liquidity at minimal costs, WOO Network aims to enhance the trading experience for a diverse range of participants in the financial ecosystem.
PlaceWar
Seed Round in 2021
PlaceWar is a developer of a strategic play-to-earn gaming platform that operates within a decentralized, multi-chain environment. The company focuses on creating an engaging artillery gameplay experience, allowing players to shape and define the in-game world through activities such as building, battles, and forming alliances. By drawing inspiration from popular concepts like Worm and r/place, PlaceWar aims to foster a gamified and open Internet culture metaverse, empowering users with control over their virtual environments.
Mines of Dalarnia
Funding Round in 2021
Mines of Dalarnia is a dynamic blockchain gaming platform that offers an adventure-based mining experience for both single and multiplayer modes. The game allows players to guide their characters through various levels to collect rare relics and artifacts, which can be used to upgrade gear and reveal hidden secrets. Players can engage in the NFT marketplace to purchase cosmetics and minerals, enhancing their gaming experience. Additionally, Mines of Dalarnia owns in-game land plots, enabling them to collect rental fees by leasing these plots to other players. The platform also incorporates a governance system where holders of its digital token can vote on proposals related to land economics and game policies, fostering community involvement in the development of the game.
Alethea AI
Funding Round in 2021
Alethea AI is a pioneering company that specializes in the development of a decentralized protocol for creating intelligent and interactive non-fungible tokens (NFTs) using advanced artificial intelligence technology. As the originator of the iNFT standard, Alethea AI focuses on embedding AI capabilities into NFTs, allowing for photorealistic avatars that can engage users in dynamic interactions. Their platform enables individuals to produce high-quality synthetic media while ensuring digital rights management through blockchain technology. This innovative approach empowers users to create, publish, and monetize AI-generated characters, fulfilling various requests from buyers and enhancing the overall experience within the digital content ecosystem.
Frax Finance
Venture Round in 2021
Frax Finance is a pioneering company in the cryptocurrency space, known for creating the fractional stablecoin and the first crypto-native Consumer Price Index, referred to as the Frax Price Index (FPI). The company has developed a unique fractional cryptocurrency protocol aimed at providing highly scalable and decentralized monetary solutions as an alternative to fixed-supply digital assets. Its stablecoins are designed to be partially backed by collateral and partially stabilized through algorithmic mechanisms. This structure allows users to access an open-source, permissionless stablecoin that operates on the Ethereum platform, facilitating greater flexibility and adaptability in the digital financial landscape.
Krystal
Seed Round in 2021
Krystal is a multi-chain platform designed to simplify access to decentralized finance (DeFi) services. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools that allow users to trade and bridge tokens, manage portfolios, and conduct market analysis, all from a single interface known as KrystalGO. The platform integrates with various liquidity protocols across multiple blockchains, enabling users to store digital assets, exchange tokens, and engage in lending and saving activities to earn interest. Krystal emphasizes user control, allowing customers to maintain ownership of their funds and private keys while benefiting from low transaction fees. This streamlined approach to DeFi caters to both novice and experienced users looking to navigate the complexities of the cryptocurrency landscape.
TokenScript
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
TokenScript is a new tokenization standard that will deliver a more integrated web. A token-centric middleware that connects the scale of Web2 with the promise of Web3.
RabbitX
Seed Round in 2021
RabbitX is a decentralized finance platform that simplifies investment opportunities by offering access to a variety of asset classes including global stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, and digital assets without charging commissions. Utilizing advanced Zero-Knowledge decentralized scaling technology, RabbitX facilitates interest rate swaps through decentralized exchanges, allowing users to engage in trading, speculation, and risk hedging related to interest rates in the cryptocurrency market. The company is supported by notable investors, including Sequoia and Fabric Ventures, positioning it at the forefront of modernizing finance in the digital age.
Enjin
Venture Round in 2021
Enjin is a prominent blockchain project founded in 2009 by Maxim Blagov and Witek Radomski, recognized for its pioneering role in the NFT and metaverse space. The company has developed a comprehensive technology stack that facilitates the integration of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into various applications, particularly in gaming. Enjin's offerings include the Enjin Wallet 2.0, which allows seamless interaction with NFT-enabled apps, and Beam, a tool for distributing NFTs via QR codes. Additionally, NFT.io serves as a dedicated marketplace for NFT transactions. Enjin is also instrumental in launching Efinity, a specialized NFT chain on the Polkadot network designed for optimal NFT functionality. Since 2019, indie developers have leveraged Enjin's tools to incorporate NFTs without requiring extensive blockchain development skills, thereby fostering innovation in virtual economies and enhancing business strategies related to user acquisition and monetization.
The Card Group Pty
Acquisition in 2020
The Card Group, founded in 2012 by Peter Colbert and based in Sydney, specializes in developing wearables, prepaid cards, and mobile solutions for its clients. The company's primary offering consists of chip-enabled prepaid cards that help customers manage their finances by preventing overdrawing. Additionally, The Card Group has created a software as a service platform designed to provide a variety of customized prepaid products, which allows customers to access funds, make purchases, and complete payments conveniently. This innovative approach enables clients to enter the financial mainstream in a flexible and cost-effective manner.
Global Strategic Alliance
Series A in 2019
Global Strategic Alliance specializes in stock market investments, foreign payroll management, and global trade. We are committed to excellence, innovation, and fostering a dynamic work environment where our employees thrive. Our company culture is built on collaboration, professional growth, and a strong sense of community. We believe in work-life balance and offer flexible, remote work opportunities that empower our team members to achieve their best, both professionally and personally. At Global Strategic Alliance, we invest in our people just as much as we do in our ventures, ensuring a fulfilling and rewarding career path for all our employees.