IOSG Ventures

IOSG Venture is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Hong Kong, focusing on decentralized protocols and innovative companies in sectors such as blockchain, crypto, machine learning, Web 3.0, and fintech. The firm is community-oriented and research-driven, investing in very early-stage ventures that include open finance infrastructure and cross-chain technologies. IOSG Venture has established itself as a significant investor in prominent projects like Polkadot, NEAR Protocol, and Blockstack, while also participating in the staking of various blockchain networks. The team is distributed across key global locations including China, Seattle, Singapore, and Berlin, allowing them to maintain close connections with emerging scientific talent. With a decade of experience in technology investments, IOSG Venture aims to support ambitious teams by combining capital, expertise, and networks to foster innovation in the decentralized ecosystem.

Momir Amidzic

Principal

Gökhan Er

Managing Director

Jocy Lin

Founding Partner

Yiping Lu

Associate

Ishanee Nagpurkar

Principal

Siddharth Rao

Associate

Queenie Wu

Partner

Jiawei Zhu

Associate

Xinshu Dong Ph.D

Technical Partner

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Space and Time

Seed Round in 2022
Web3-native data warehouse. Built from the ground up as a multichain data platform for dapps and developers in Gaming/DeFi, or any project needing next-gen analytics. We deliver fully decentralized yet enterprise-scale SQL + APIs to join on-chain and off-chain data in a single query

Gnosis

Venture Round in 2022
Gnosis offers a decentralized platform for prediction markets, leveraging Ethereum's blockchain technology to facilitate advanced smart contracts. This infrastructure aims to eliminate intermediaries and counterparty risks, supporting a vision of a redistributed future. Gnosis enables the creation of customized forecasting applications that produce conditional tokens, making event outcomes tradable and serving as a valuable tool for information discovery. By prioritizing credible neutrality and resiliency, Gnosis provides a transparent environment for clients to make informed decisions regarding the development and governance of their projects within the blockchain ecosystem.

KYVE

Venture Round in 2022
Developer of decentralized archiving and caching tool intended to standardize, validate, and permanently store blockchain data streams. The company's open-source protocol allows modern blockchains and decentralized applications and by leveraging permanent data storage tools it creates permanent backups and ensures the scalability, immutability, and availability of resources, helping developers in blockchain networks to reliably store and verify their data streams.

Ancient8

Seed Round in 2022
Ancient8 is a decentralized autonomous organization focused on creating the infrastructure for GameFi, emphasizing community development and software solutions. As Vietnam's largest blockchain gaming guild, it facilitates access to the Metaverse through various initiatives, including scholarships, blockchain education, and comprehensive research. Ancient8 aims to democratize social and financial opportunities within the Metaverse, striving to educate and empower a new generation of users. By providing tools and resources, the organization enables individuals to engage in play-to-earn video games while earning rewards, fostering a collaborative environment for the growth of blockchain technology and its applications in gaming.

MachineFi

Seed Round in 2022
MachineFi Lab specializes in designing Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technologies. The company has developed a comprehensive software platform that connects machines, providing a full infrastructure suite. This includes an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain, a multichain crypto wallet, a blockchain bridge, and an onboarding platform. Additionally, it offers software development kits (SDKs) to facilitate the creation of applications and machine networks. By integrating these technologies, MachineFi Lab aims to enhance connectivity and functionality within the IoT ecosystem.

FanTiger

Seed Round in 2022
OMI builds a holistic spiritual wellness platform that using the values of astrology, yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda. It is an astrology app that provides overall holistic wellness using age-old Indian traditions and modern-day scientific methods to solve various problems.

CyberConnect

Series A in 2022
CyberConnect is building the open social graph modular web3 applications. Cyberconnect invest in web3, Cryptocurrency & blockchain.

Ready

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Ready democratizes gaming with The Ready Games- DIY game tournaments- and Ready Maker, a platform for gaming and robotics. Ready opens games creation to the world, with over 1 million makers and players. The Ready Games app delivers three, brand new mobile mini-games every week that anyone can play to win cash prizes. Ready Maker provides a creative platform that builds in the mediums of their client's time - mobile games, robotics, VR/AR.

Gasp

Venture Round in 2022
cross-chain decentralized exchange built on Polkadot

Vovo Finance

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a decentralized finance structured platform designed to secure a much greater risk-reward ratio. The company's platform aims at developing structured products with various risk returns and payoff structures through packaged financial instruments, market bias, lockup periods and token deposits, enabling users to collect customizable yields from leveraged crypto trades.

Joyn

Seed Round in 2022
Joyn is a collaborative platform designed to support the large-scale co-creation of Web3 media.

Polemos

Seed Round in 2022
Polemos is a global GameFi platform that is the first decentralized combination of its own marketplace, educational hub, and community-centric gaming guild. Polemos’ overarching vision is to improve employment and education worldwide by developing a platform that focuses on Metaverse Adoption, Community Engagement and Esports Dominance. Their mission is to become one of the world’s leading Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) and bring tens of millions of global digital Asset Providers and Gamers together inside a unified GameFi ecosystem. By bridging esports and DeFi communities, we will revolutionize gaming and create unique Play To Earn opportunities unlike anything ever seen before!

prePO

Private Equity Round in 2022
prePO is a decentralized trading platform that enables users to speculate on the valuation of pre-initial public offering companies and pre-token projects. The platform provides a space for users to take synthetic positions, allowing them to engage with the financial potential of emerging companies before they go public. By offering features such as neutral liquidity provision and token incentives, prePO aims to facilitate a transparent and accessible trading environment. This innovative approach allows individuals from various backgrounds to participate in the financial ecosystem surrounding pre-IPO opportunities.

Swell

Seed Round in 2022
Swell Network is a permissionless, non-custodial, and liquid ETH staking protocol that is built for stakers, node operators, and the Ethereum ecosystem. A community-driven and open-source protocol backed by the industry’s leading funds and angels.

Swim

Seed Round in 2022
Swim is a developer of cross-chain infrastructure that facilitates the seamless transfer of tokens across different blockchain networks. By utilizing multi-token liquidity pools and Solana's Wormhole, Swim offers a solution that eliminates delays and the need for centralized bridges or wrapped assets. The company's tools empower users to swap native assets from one chain to native assets on another, thereby reducing reliance on existing bridges and centralized exchanges. This innovative approach enhances the efficiency and accessibility of cross-chain transactions for clients, allowing them to easily swap, send, and receive native assets.

Pianity

Seed Round in 2022
Pianity is a music NFT platform founded in 2021 and based in Paris, France. It facilitates the creation, sharing, trading, and collecting of limited-edition tracks, allowing musicians to engage with their communities. The platform enables artists to sell their music as unique digital assets, certified by blockchain technology. This innovation provides musicians with an independent revenue stream while allowing fans and collectors to buy, sell, and showcase their music collections. Pianity serves as a hub for both artists and music enthusiasts, fostering a vibrant ecosystem centered around music and digital ownership.

ar.io

Seed Round in 2022
ArDrive offers permanent, secure, always-on data storage for a simple one-time price. Store documents, photos, and videos in an indelible vault and keep them secure for a lifetime.

MixMob

Seed Round in 2022
MixMob is a play-to-earn (P2E) game developed by Encore Studios, leveraging blockchain technology and operating on the Solana network. The game draws inspiration from various cultural elements, including music, art, fashion, and movies, to foster a unique Remix Culture. It features a card game strategy within a comprehensive gaming ecosystem reminiscent of Fortnite's virtual environment. Players can socialize and earn rewards while engaging with non-fungible token (NFT) based masks, enhancing their experience in the metaverse.

Footprint Analytics

Seed Round in 2022
Footprint Analytics is an analysis platform to discover and visualize blockchain data.The product puts user experience first whether you’re an analyst, data scientist, developer, student, teacher, or executive. It provides an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface for interactive data queries.

Bribe

Seed Round in 2022
Bribe is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that enhances governance participation by creating an incentivized marketplace for governance voting. The platform allows users to form coalitions and engage in auctions for governance votes, democratizing the process and enabling broader participation beyond major stakeholders. By improving existing DeFi governance models, Bribe establishes a transparent and open marketplace that facilitates coordination among voters, ultimately increasing engagement in governance activities. This innovative approach not only fosters a more inclusive environment but also generates new opportunities for token holders to earn yields through their participation in governance.

DeBank

Series A in 2021
Developer of a multi-chain cryptocurrencies portfolio tracker designed for users to manage their DeFi assets. The company's cryptocurrency wallet allows users to track their full portfolio, compare interest rates, manage assets, find DeFi projects, analyze risks and more, enabling users to perform token swaps for token exchange and discover investment opportunities through detailed real-time data.

Interlay

Venture Round in 2021
Interlay is building an open system backed by top-tier research, which allows any user to create assets 1:1 backed by existing cryptocurrencies, e.g. Bitcoin-backed tokens on Ethereum. Through collateralization and cryptographic proofs of protocol adherence, users are protected against theft and censorship.

Aztec

Series A in 2021
The AZTEC protocol uses cutting-edge zero-knowledge proofs to enable private transactions on Ethereum. This enables the logic of transactions to be validated, whilst keeping the values encrypted.

Izumi

Series A in 2021
Izumi Finance is a non-homogenous liquidity mining protocol to provide Uniswap lp token staking rewards in different price ranges. Izumi Finance improves the efficiency of incentive distribution for reward providers and enhances the earnings of liquidity providers in Uniswap.

StarkWare

Series C in 2021
StarkWare Industries Ltd, founded in 2017 and based in Netanya, Israel, specializes in developing software and hardware for generating and verifying computational integrity proofs. The company has created STARK, a zero-knowledge proof protocol that enhances scalability and privacy in blockchain applications. This technology allows for increased transaction throughput and enables off-chain computation while ensuring that sensitive underlying data remains confidential. StarkWare's solutions are designed to improve the efficiency, security, and overall user experience of blockchain systems, making them a key player in the field of cryptographic proof platforms.

Swivel

Series A in 2021
Swivel Finance, founded in 2020 and based in Austin, Texas, operates a decentralized protocol focused on fixed-rate lending and interest-rate derivatives. The platform allows users to secure fixed-rate interest rates on their ERC-20 tokens, providing an opportunity for lenders to lock in a stable yield. Users can sell tokens to earn a fixed yield or purchase tokens to capitalize on high decentralized finance (DeFi) yields. By minimizing transaction overhead and associated risks, Swivel Finance facilitates a more efficient lending process, enabling participants to effectively manage their cash flows through tokenized financial instruments.

DoinGud

Seed Round in 2021
DoinGud operates an online marketplace for companies that use non-fungible tokens. It allows various users to join, from artists that wants to promote their works, collectors that searches for new products, and businesses that aim for sustainable goals. DoinGud is based in Zug, Switzerland.

Zenlink

Series A in 2021
Zenlink is a developer of a cross-chain blockchain network platform based in China, founded in 2020. The platform aims to provide users with a seamless transaction experience by enabling trading across multiple chains without the complexities typically associated with them. It features the Zenlink DEX Protocol, which serves as a unified framework, alongside the Zenlink DEX Module that allows parachains to integrate decentralized exchange capabilities. Additionally, the Zenlink Token facilitates governance and value capture within the ecosystem, incentivizing participation and long-term development. By offering low fees, minimal slippage, and high-speed trading, Zenlink enhances the efficiency and accessibility of asset trading for its users.

Hats Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Hats Finance is a decentralized cybersecurity incentive network that aims to enhance security within the web3 environment. It operates a platform that allows projects to safeguard their smart contracts through a security vault and an ecosystem skin, thereby providing a more secure future for users of Ethereum. The network is governed by its stakeholders, which include hackers, project developers, and token holders, creating a collaborative approach to cybersecurity. This structure enables Hats Finance to address the evolving challenges of digital security in a decentralized manner.

Alethea AI

Funding Round in 2021
Alethea AI empowers creators to create photorealistic AI-generated media with a synthetic media platform. The company was founded in 2020 by Arif Khan.

Coin98

Venture Round in 2021
Coin98 Finance is a Crypto-focused software company.

Shipyard Software

Seed Round in 2021
Shipyard Software is a decentralized exchange for retail crypto traders. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Interlay

Seed Round in 2021
Interlay is building an open system backed by top-tier research, which allows any user to create assets 1:1 backed by existing cryptocurrencies, e.g. Bitcoin-backed tokens on Ethereum. Through collateralization and cryptographic proofs of protocol adherence, users are protected against theft and censorship.

Runtime Verification

Venture Round in 2021
Developer of formal methods and formal verification techniques intended to improve the safety, reliability, and correctness of computing systems for aerospace, automotive, and blockchain industries. The company engages in applies formal methods to enhance computing safety for aerospace, automotive, and blockchain industries, enabling organizations to ensure accessible trustworthy computing.

SynFutures

Series A in 2021
SynFutures operates a decentralized derivatives platform that facilitates the trading of synthetic assets, allowing users to create and trade various digital asset pairs using a single digital token as margin. The platform aims to establish an open and trustless derivatives market by enabling trading on any asset with a price feed. By promoting a free market environment and increasing the diversity of tradable assets, SynFutures seeks to lower the barriers to entry in the derivatives market, thereby fostering a more equitable exchange for digital assets.

t3rn

Seed Round in 2021
t3rn is a smart contract hosting platform that offers an innovative solution to interoperable smart contract execution. It offers circuit & gateways for blockchain projects, on-chain contract repository for developers, open execution platform, and more.

Stake Technologies

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Developer of core decentralized protocols designed to deliver infrastructure that allows people to own their data. The company offers a multi-virtual machine smart contract platform developing and delivering systems for companies that want to implement products and technologies that solve scalability problems in their business, providing enterprises with blockchain technology that ensures scalability, privacy, and interoperability.

ar.io

Seed Round in 2021
ArDrive offers permanent, secure, always-on data storage for a simple one-time price. Store documents, photos, and videos in an indelible vault and keep them secure for a lifetime.

SEDA

Seed Round in 2021
Flux is a scalable open data protocol providing on-chain data for any asset, commodity, or event. Easily connect to Flux with the open source SDK to enable scalable, permission-less data.

ar.io

Seed Round in 2021
ArDrive offers permanent, secure, always-on data storage for a simple one-time price. Store documents, photos, and videos in an indelible vault and keep them secure for a lifetime.

Solv Protocol

Angel Round in 2021
Solv Protocol is the decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. As its first Financial NFT product, Vesting Vouchers are fractionalized NFTs representing lock-up vesting tokens, thus releasing their liquidity and enabling financial scenarios such as fundraising, community building, and token liquidity management for crypto projects.

Solv Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
Solv Protocol is the decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. As its first Financial NFT product, Vesting Vouchers are fractionalized NFTs representing lock-up vesting tokens, thus releasing their liquidity and enabling financial scenarios such as fundraising, community building, and token liquidity management for crypto projects.

Subspace Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Subspace Labs is building a decentralized cloud database stored on end-user devices. Like Google Firebase, but decentralized and stored across people's phones, tablets, and computers. Their mission is to make it easy for developers to build decentralized apps so that users can own their data, and the Internet can work without having to rely on servers, data centers, and tech monopolies.

Hats Finance

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Hats Finance is a decentralized cybersecurity incentive network that aims to enhance security within the web3 environment. It operates a platform that allows projects to safeguard their smart contracts through a security vault and an ecosystem skin, thereby providing a more secure future for users of Ethereum. The network is governed by its stakeholders, which include hackers, project developers, and token holders, creating a collaborative approach to cybersecurity. This structure enables Hats Finance to address the evolving challenges of digital security in a decentralized manner.

Coin98

Seed Round in 2021
Coin98 Finance is a Crypto-focused software company.

zCloak Network

Seed Round in 2021
zCloak Network is a developer of a decentralized platform that focuses on creating a confidential computation infrastructure for the Polkadot network. The company offers zero-knowledge proof as a service, allowing users to compute and analyze personal data without transmitting it to third-party servers. This approach enhances data privacy and security, enabling customers to protect their private information from theft or misuse. By leveraging cryptographic technology, zCloak Network aims to provide a secure environment for handling sensitive data, thereby addressing growing concerns over data privacy in digital interactions.

PureStake

Series A in 2021
PureStake, Inc. develops infrastructure and services specifically for public blockchain networks, focusing on Algorand and Polkadot. Founded in 2019 and based in Burlington, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of solutions including wallet extensions, API services, block explorers, and validator services for proof of stake networks. Its platform is designed to ensure secure and reliable participation in blockchain networks, utilizing an automated multi-pop and multi-cloud approach. PureStake aims to address scalability challenges in blockchain technology by promoting open protocols and next-generation networks that leverage proof of stake consensus mechanisms.

Moonbeam Network

Funding Round in 2021
Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.

Liquity

Series A in 2021
Liquity AG operates a decentralized borrowing protocol on the Ethereum blockchain, providing interest-free consumer loans. Founded in 2020 and based in Baar, Switzerland, the platform allows users to obtain loans by using Ethereum as collateral. The loans are issued in a USD-pegged stablecoin, with a specific minimum collateralization ratio required to secure the borrowing. By eliminating interest fees, Liquity aims to offer a more accessible and cost-effective financial solution for users seeking to leverage their Ethereum holdings.

Transak

Seed Round in 2021
Transak is a cryptocurrency payment platform that enables applications to facilitate fiat-to-crypto transactions for users worldwide. By aggregating various fiat on-ramps and simplifying local compliance and payment processes, Transak allows developers to integrate its services seamlessly through a simple widget, requiring only a few lines of code. This integration offers users an efficient way to buy and sell crypto assets, particularly in regions like the UK, Europe, and India, without the need to leave the host application. The platform ensures that transactions are settled without taking custody of users' data or funds, enhancing security and user experience.

Volmex.Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an Ethereum-based volatility and derivatives protocol designed to revolutionize decentralized finance applications and investment opportunities. The company's platform leverages optimism layer-two scaling expertise to make index querying and future buying and selling performance cheap, enabling traders to have a view of the anticipated volatility of the underlying asset.

Bluefin

Seed Round in 2021
dTrade is a decentralised trading platform for options and perpetuals contracts. It is built on a Polkadot Smart Contract Chain and is designed to function as a fully decentralized public utility owned and controlled by the community of token holders. dTrade was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

Illuvium

Seed Round in 2021
Illuvium makes a game that rewards players with the opportunity to explore and capture NFT creatures, known as Illuvials, in combat.

Automata

Seed Round in 2021
Automata Network is a decentralized protocol that provides middleware-like traceless privacy services for decentralized applications on multiple platforms, including Ethereum, Polkadot and Binance Smart Chain, to achieve privacy, high assurance and frictionless computation.

Automata

Seed Round in 2021
Automata Network is a decentralized protocol that provides middleware-like traceless privacy services for decentralized applications on multiple platforms, including Ethereum, Polkadot and Binance Smart Chain, to achieve privacy, high assurance and frictionless computation.

Gasp

Seed Round in 2021
cross-chain decentralized exchange built on Polkadot

Moonbeam Network

Seed Round in 2021
Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.

Poolin

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Multi-Currency Mining Pool. We currently mine: Bitcoin Litecoin Zcash BitcoinCash BitcoinSV Dash Monero Dogecoin Vcash Namecoin

0x

Series A in 2021
0x Protocol operates an open protocol that facilitates peer-to-peer exchange of assets on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the protocol serves as a standard for decentralized exchanges, promoting interoperability among applications that require exchange functionality. The offerings include 0x Instant, which allows for crypto purchasing within apps and websites, and the 0x Launch Kit, which assists in launching relayers. Additionally, ZEIP-23 enables the trading of bundles of assets. The protocol supports developers in building relayers, utilizing networked liquidity, and engaging in market making, catering to a diverse range of markets from gaming items to financial instruments.

keyTango

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a blockchain platform intended to provide requisite infrastructure to the decentralized finance (Defi) space. The company integrates, aggregates, and simplifies such as yield farming and liquidity pools such as yield farming and liquidity pools and offers non-custodial clearing services, enabling retail investors with a simple gateway to popular Defi products and services.

DAOSquare

Seed Round in 2021
Provider of incubation network services intended to coordinate community affairs. The company helps start-ups deal with token economy transactions, technology innovation, and community operations, enabling members to incubate their entrepreneurial projects effectively.

Alliance DAO

Seed Round in 2021
DeFi Alliance connects founders to some of the largest traditional trading firms in the world, successful founders in DeFi, VCs, and legal/compliance experts, and help them build product, growth, and regulatory strategies.

Transak

Seed Round in 2020
Transak is a cryptocurrency payment platform that enables applications to facilitate fiat-to-crypto transactions for users worldwide. By aggregating various fiat on-ramps and simplifying local compliance and payment processes, Transak allows developers to integrate its services seamlessly through a simple widget, requiring only a few lines of code. This integration offers users an efficient way to buy and sell crypto assets, particularly in regions like the UK, Europe, and India, without the need to leave the host application. The platform ensures that transactions are settled without taking custody of users' data or funds, enhancing security and user experience.

Web3API

Seed Round in 2020
Web3API is a development platform that simplifies the integration of Web3 protocols into various applications. By enabling software across different devices and programming languages to interact with Web3 protocols, it addresses the challenges of accessibility and usability in the decentralized web. The platform provides a toolchain that allows developers to download lightweight WebAssembly (WASM) modules from interplanetary file systems at runtime, facilitating seamless execution of GraphQL requests directly within applications. This approach makes Web3 protocols as accessible as traditional web services, enhancing the overall developer experience and promoting broader adoption of decentralized technologies.

Mask Network

Venture Round in 2020
Dimension offers a series of products in advocatory for social liberty in the ever-realistic era of cyberspace, among which the most fundamental ones are Right of Cryptography and Freedom of Interpretation.

Razor Network

Seed Round in 2020
Razor Network PTE. LTD. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in developing a decentralized oracle network for decentralized finance applications. Established in 2019, Razor Network provides a platform that automates the fetching of external data, allowing smart contracts to operate without the risks associated with centralized servers. Its features include a secure and scalable proof-of-stake system, which enhances the reliability of data delivery. By eliminating centralized bottlenecks, Razor Network enables developers to build and manage decentralized applications more effectively. The platform is currently live on the Rinkeby test network and offers free querying of key financial data, such as the ETH/USD price, showcasing its commitment to facilitating access to essential information for the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Centrifuge

Seed Round in 2020
Centrifuge Inc. is a developer of a decentralized blockchain-based platform aimed at transforming the global financial supply chain. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Berlin, Germany, Centrifuge provides a secure and privacy-preserving protocol that facilitates peer-to-peer transactions while allowing businesses to retain ownership of their data. This includes validated company information, business relationships, and transaction history. The platform enables participants to interact within a global network, promoting economic opportunity through the easy creation of applications and functionality by third-party service providers. Centrifuge's team, which has a history of collaborating on successful software ventures, focuses on addressing real business challenges with solutions that handle significant transaction volumes daily.

Razor Network

Seed Round in 2020
Razor Network PTE. LTD. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in developing a decentralized oracle network for decentralized finance applications. Established in 2019, Razor Network provides a platform that automates the fetching of external data, allowing smart contracts to operate without the risks associated with centralized servers. Its features include a secure and scalable proof-of-stake system, which enhances the reliability of data delivery. By eliminating centralized bottlenecks, Razor Network enables developers to build and manage decentralized applications more effectively. The platform is currently live on the Rinkeby test network and offers free querying of key financial data, such as the ETH/USD price, showcasing its commitment to facilitating access to essential information for the decentralized finance ecosystem.

o1Labs

Corporate Round in 2020
O(1) Labs is a software development company working on Mina Protocol, a tiny, portable blockchain. The company uses cryptography and cryptocurrency to build computing systems that put people back in control of their digital lives. It addresses one of the fundamental challenges in cryptocurrency by creating the first succinct blockchain that enables decentralization at scale. O(1) Labs was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California by Evan Shapiro and Izaak Meckler.

o1Labs

Series A in 2020
O(1) Labs is a software development company working on Mina Protocol, a tiny, portable blockchain. The company uses cryptography and cryptocurrency to build computing systems that put people back in control of their digital lives. It addresses one of the fundamental challenges in cryptocurrency by creating the first succinct blockchain that enables decentralization at scale. O(1) Labs was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California by Evan Shapiro and Izaak Meckler.

Synthetix

Seed Round in 2020
Synthetix is a decentralized synthetic asset issuance protocol operating on the Ethereum blockchain, designed for derivatives trading within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Based in Sydney, Australia, the platform enables the creation of on-chain synthetic assets and digital tokens. Synthetix offers various products, including the Synthetix Network Token (SNX), which serves as collateral for synthetic assets like sUSD and sEUR. Additionally, it provides Mintr, a decentralized application for SNX holders, and Swappr, a tool facilitating conversions between SNX and Ethereum. The platform aims to address the challenges of volatility in cryptocurrencies by allowing users to gain exposure to real-world currencies, commodities, and indices through synthetic assets, thereby ensuring liquidity and enabling peer-to-contract trading. Founded in 2018, Synthetix promotes an open and transparent ecosystem, leveraging smart contracts to enhance trading efficiency and accessibility.

DODO

Venture Round in 2020
DODO is a decentralized exchange that utilizes the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm to enhance capital efficiency in liquidity provision. It offers a straightforward token issuance mechanism, which is particularly beneficial for long-tail assets. By focusing on on-chain liquidity provision, DODO enables independent price discovery, allowing users to invest, issue, and trade cryptocurrency assets effectively. The platform operates primarily on Ethereum and the Smart Chain, facilitating liquidity token trading while maintaining a low barrier to entry for users.

DAOHaus

Seed Round in 2020
DAOhaus is an experiment on the frontiers of future work. The development of this platform is promoted by the community and serves the community.

CryptoLocally

Seed Round in 2020
Developer of a P2P(Peer-to-Peer) cryptocurrency trading platform. The company's platform allows users to earn interest on their digital assets through a simple set-up process, providing a good investment opportunity for users.

UMA

Seed Round in 2020
Developer of a decentralized financial contracts platform designed to trade in derivative products. The company's product allows risk to move across the internet without a centralized authority or single point of failure, enabling customers to create their own financial products and benefit from automatic enforcement and instant settlement.

Oasis Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Oasis Labs is a privacy-first cloud computing platform on blockchain technology. They are building a new computing platform that enables cloud-scale, real-world applications with decentralized trust and privacy protection; in short, a privacy-first, high-performance cloud computing platform on blockchain.

Oasis Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Oasis Labs is a privacy-first cloud computing platform on blockchain technology. They are building a new computing platform that enables cloud-scale, real-world applications with decentralized trust and privacy protection; in short, a privacy-first, high-performance cloud computing platform on blockchain.

Gelato

Seed Round in 2020
Gelato Network is an innovative company based in Berlin, Germany, that focuses on automating smart contract executions on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2007, Gelato provides a web cloud platform that allows developers to streamline their on-chain processes, enhancing application reliability and performance. Its audited smart contract protocol eliminates the need for developers to manage underlying server infrastructure, thereby saving significant development time and reducing the potential for single points of failure. The platform supports the creation of augmented smart contracts that are automated, gasless, and compatible with all major EVM-compatible blockchains, making it a valuable tool for developers looking to optimize their applications.

Persistence

Initial Coin Offering in 2020
Persistence operates a platform that enables users to borrow stablecoins by leveraging real-world assets, such as invoices, as collateral. This approach effectively connects decentralized finance with traditional finance, addressing real-world financing challenges. The platform aims to enhance liquidity for users by aggregating resources from crypto investors and lenders. By facilitating the seamless exchange of value, Persistence seeks to improve the speed and efficiency of cross-border trade and financing, ultimately addressing the financing gap faced by many businesses.

Phala Network

Seed Round in 2020
Phala Network is a blockchain technology developer focused on delivering privacy-preserving services through its interoperable cross-chain platform for confidential smart contracts. Utilizing trusted execution environments (TEEs), Phala Network aims to enhance data confidentiality and privacy computing for users and businesses. As a parachain on the Polkadot network, it serves as an infrastructure for next-generation privacy protection. The company has developed a range of products, including a decentralized analytics system and a privacy-preserving layer designed to ensure data confidentiality while allowing for effective analytics. Through its innovative approach, Phala Network seeks to address the growing demand for secure and private data solutions in the digital landscape.

DODO

Seed Round in 2020
DODO is a decentralized exchange that utilizes the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm to enhance capital efficiency in liquidity provision. It offers a straightforward token issuance mechanism, which is particularly beneficial for long-tail assets. By focusing on on-chain liquidity provision, DODO enables independent price discovery, allowing users to invest, issue, and trade cryptocurrency assets effectively. The platform operates primarily on Ethereum and the Smart Chain, facilitating liquidity token trading while maintaining a low barrier to entry for users.

1inch

Seed Round in 2020
1inch Limited is a company that specializes in developing decentralized protocols for cryptocurrency trading. Founded in 2019 and based in the United States, 1inch operates the 1inch Network, which includes several key protocols: the 1inch Aggregation Protocol, the 1inch Liquidity Protocol, and the 1inch Limit Order Protocol. These protocols work together to facilitate efficient and secure trading operations in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, allowing users to execute transactions that are both profitable and fast. Through its innovative technology, 1inch aims to enhance the trading experience for users in the growing cryptocurrency market.

Roll

Initial Coin Offering in 2020
Roll operates a blockchain infrastructure designed for social money, enabling users to mint branded digital tokens that are unique to their online presence. By utilizing the Ethereum blockchain, Roll allows artists and influencers to earn and redeem social money, incentivizing community contributions and facilitating the ownership, control, and coordination of the value they generate across various platforms. This innovative approach empowers users to harness their influence and creativity, fostering a new economy based on social interactions and contributions.
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