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

Past deals in Peer to Peer

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.

Gasp

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

Burrow

Seed Round in 2022
Burrow is a decentralized platform that operates a non-custodial liquidity pool, enabling users to supply and borrow assets for trading. The platform focuses on unlocking liquidity for interest-bearing assets, particularly layer 1 staking derivatives. By allowing users to supply assets, Burrow facilitates the earning of interest and enables borrowing against those assets to enhance liquidity. Additionally, the platform features a governance token staking program, which encourages user participation and investment in the ecosystem. Overall, Burrow aims to provide a streamlined approach to accessing liquidity in the decentralized finance space.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Push Protocol

Seed Round in 2020
Push Protocol, officially known as Ethereum Push Notification Service Private Limited, is a decentralized notification protocol founded in 2020 and based in Allahabad, India. The protocol allows decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts to send dynamic and platform-agnostic notifications directly to user wallets. By facilitating communication between various services and user wallets, Push Protocol enables users to receive important alerts and updates while also allowing them to earn from these notifications. The service aims to enhance user engagement by providing a reliable way for crypto services to inform users about relevant activities and events.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

CRUST

Seed Round in 2020
It supports multiple storage layer protocols such as IPFS, and exposes storage interfaces to application layer. Crust's technical stack is also capable of supporting a decentralized computing layer. It is designed to build a decentralized cloud ecosystem that values data privacy and ownership.

NEAR

Series A in 2019
NEAR Inc. is a company that develops the NEAR Protocol, a scalable blockchain platform designed for creating decentralized applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, NEAR Protocol supports the development of open-source software and aims to facilitate mainstream adoption of decentralized technologies. The platform offers various services, including documentation, a wallet, a development studio, and an explorer, all built to enhance user experience and development efficiency. It is engineered to handle high-value assets securely while providing the necessary scalability for a wide range of decentralized applications. NEAR's focus on ease of use for both developers and end users distinguishes it in the evolving landscape of blockchain technology.

Polkadot

Venture Round in 2019
Polkadot is a protocol that allows independent blockchains to exchange information. Polkadot is an inter-chain blockchain protocol which unlike internet messaging protocols (e.g. TCP/IP) also enforces the order and the validitiy of the messages between the chains. This interoperability also allows the additional benefit of scalability by creating a general environment for multiple state machines.

Nimiq

Seed Round in 2018
Nimiq is a browser-based blockchain ecosystem that focuses on creating an open payment protocol designed to simplify and enhance the payment process. As a developer of an open-sourced platform, Nimiq enables fast and secure transactions using its own cryptocurrency. The platform allows users to send and receive payments efficiently while providing a secure wallet for storing their digital assets. By leveraging cutting-edge blockchain research and web technology, Nimiq aims to lower barriers to entry for users, making digital payments more accessible and transparent.

Loom Network

Seed Round in 2018
Loom Network Inc. is a platform-as-a-service provider that facilitates the development and operation of large-scale decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, Loom Network enables both smart contract developers and traditional developers to create applications seamlessly, without the need to switch programming languages or manage servers manually. The platform supports Ethereum-based Solidity applications and allows for their deployment on main chains as well as private and semi-public chains, providing options for enhanced computing power or cost efficiency. Loom Network integrates third-party APIs, enabling functionalities such as two-factor authentication, and aims to simplify the onboarding process for new users by reducing the barriers typically associated with crypto wallet software. Overall, Loom Network strives to deliver a user experience similar to traditional applications while supporting high-performance decentralized applications across multiple blockchain architectures.

DDEX

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
DDEX is a decentralized trading platform that enables users to trade ERC-20 tokens directly from their wallets without the need for additional registration or deposit requirements. Built on the Ethereum blockchain and utilizing the 0x protocol, DDEX provides a secure environment for cryptocurrency transactions, minimizing the risks associated with asset theft and ensuring that users maintain control over their funds at all times. The platform is compatible with popular wallet-enabled browsers like MetaMask and Brave, allowing for seamless trading experiences. By adopting a hybrid model, DDEX avoids holding users' assets, facilitating direct trades between buyers and sellers while eliminating uncertainties related to deposit or withdrawal lockup periods.

Zilliqa

Seed Round in 2017
Zilliqa Research Pte. Ltd. operates a high-throughput blockchain platform designed to facilitate thousands of transactions per second. Founded in 2017 and based in Singapore, with an additional office in London, Zilliqa enables developers to create decentralized applications, peer-to-peer trading platforms, and marketplaces. The platform utilizes a novel sharding protocol to enhance transaction rates as the network grows, making it suitable for data-driven applications, particularly in machine learning and finance. Zilliqa’s functional programming language, Scilla, allows for static checks and formal verifications, ensuring security and reliability. Additionally, the company employs Proof of Work for miner verification to guard against Sybil attacks and implements Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance to achieve consensus within the network.

Zilliqa

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Zilliqa Research Pte. Ltd. operates a high-throughput blockchain platform designed to facilitate thousands of transactions per second. Founded in 2017 and based in Singapore, with an additional office in London, Zilliqa enables developers to create decentralized applications, peer-to-peer trading platforms, and marketplaces. The platform utilizes a novel sharding protocol to enhance transaction rates as the network grows, making it suitable for data-driven applications, particularly in machine learning and finance. Zilliqa’s functional programming language, Scilla, allows for static checks and formal verifications, ensuring security and reliability. Additionally, the company employs Proof of Work for miner verification to guard against Sybil attacks and implements Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance to achieve consensus within the network.

Raiden

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Raiden is a company that provides the Raiden Network, an off-chain scaling solution designed for efficient ERC20-compliant token transfers on the Ethereum blockchain. This network utilizes bidirectional token payment channels to facilitate direct connections between participants, enabling near-instant, scalable, and secure token transfers. By employing a protocol that relays token transactions through various channels, Raiden optimizes the natural topology of the channel network. The Raiden Network is designed to offer low-fee payments, making it a complementary solution to the Ethereum ecosystem. The project is still under development, focusing on researching state channel technology and defining relevant protocols to enhance its offerings. Raiden is headquartered in the United States.

Polkadot

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Polkadot is a protocol that allows independent blockchains to exchange information. Polkadot is an inter-chain blockchain protocol which unlike internet messaging protocols (e.g. TCP/IP) also enforces the order and the validitiy of the messages between the chains. This interoperability also allows the additional benefit of scalability by creating a general environment for multiple state machines.

Polkadot

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Polkadot is a protocol that allows independent blockchains to exchange information. Polkadot is an inter-chain blockchain protocol which unlike internet messaging protocols (e.g. TCP/IP) also enforces the order and the validitiy of the messages between the chains. This interoperability also allows the additional benefit of scalability by creating a general environment for multiple state machines.

Kyber Network

Seed Round in 2017
Kyber Network PTE. Ltd. operates an online platform that facilitates the exchange and conversion of digital assets through an on-chain liquidity protocol. Founded in 2017 and based in Singapore, Kyber aggregates liquidity from various reserves to provide instant and secure token exchanges for decentralized applications. The platform offers vendors the ability to accept payments in multiple tokens while receiving their preferred token, enhancing e-commerce transactions. Additionally, Kyber provides rich payment APIs and a contract wallet that allows users to receive payments seamlessly. The protocol supports a variety of inter-token use cases, enabling decentralized applications to allow non-token holders to access their services, and allowing decentralized financial projects to rebalance portfolios quickly. Overall, Kyber Network serves as a multi-chain trading and liquidity hub, connecting diverse liquidity sources to optimize trading rates.

Kyber Network

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Kyber Network PTE. Ltd. operates an online platform that facilitates the exchange and conversion of digital assets through an on-chain liquidity protocol. Founded in 2017 and based in Singapore, Kyber aggregates liquidity from various reserves to provide instant and secure token exchanges for decentralized applications. The platform offers vendors the ability to accept payments in multiple tokens while receiving their preferred token, enhancing e-commerce transactions. Additionally, Kyber provides rich payment APIs and a contract wallet that allows users to receive payments seamlessly. The protocol supports a variety of inter-token use cases, enabling decentralized applications to allow non-token holders to access their services, and allowing decentralized financial projects to rebalance portfolios quickly. Overall, Kyber Network serves as a multi-chain trading and liquidity hub, connecting diverse liquidity sources to optimize trading rates.

Filecoin

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Filecoin is a data storage network that enables users to rent disk space for file storage. It operates as a decentralized platform, allowing participants to buy and sell storage services using its native electronic currency, which can also be exchanged for other currencies such as Bitcoin and USD. The company is headquartered in the United States and aims to provide a secure and efficient method for managing data storage needs.

Filecoin

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Filecoin is a data storage network that enables users to rent disk space for file storage. It operates as a decentralized platform, allowing participants to buy and sell storage services using its native electronic currency, which can also be exchanged for other currencies such as Bitcoin and USD. The company is headquartered in the United States and aims to provide a secure and efficient method for managing data storage needs.

Zilliqa

Seed Round in 2017
Zilliqa Research Pte. Ltd. operates a high-throughput blockchain platform designed to facilitate thousands of transactions per second. Founded in 2017 and based in Singapore, with an additional office in London, Zilliqa enables developers to create decentralized applications, peer-to-peer trading platforms, and marketplaces. The platform utilizes a novel sharding protocol to enhance transaction rates as the network grows, making it suitable for data-driven applications, particularly in machine learning and finance. Zilliqa’s functional programming language, Scilla, allows for static checks and formal verifications, ensuring security and reliability. Additionally, the company employs Proof of Work for miner verification to guard against Sybil attacks and implements Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance to achieve consensus within the network.

Filecoin

Seed Round in 2017
Filecoin is a data storage network that enables users to rent disk space for file storage. It operates as a decentralized platform, allowing participants to buy and sell storage services using its native electronic currency, which can also be exchanged for other currencies such as Bitcoin and USD. The company is headquartered in the United States and aims to provide a secure and efficient method for managing data storage needs.

SynFutures

Seed Round in 2012
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.
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