The LAO

The LAO is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in New York, dedicated to supporting the development of Ethereum and its ecosystem. Composed of a global network of Ethereum enthusiasts and experts, The LAO invests in projects that enhance the blockchain sector. By leveraging their collective knowledge and resources, the firm aims to foster innovation and growth within the Ethereum community, facilitating the work of builders and developers in the space.

Sergey Gurkin

Investor

Katya Kovalenko

Investor

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Astaria

Seed Round in 2022
Astaria operates a non-fungible token (NFT) lending platform designed to offer instant liquidity for NFT owners. The platform provides a web application where users can access personalized liquidity terms without the risk of forced liquidations. By creating a streamlined liquidity ecosystem, Astaria enables users to obtain funds quickly and efficiently, eliminating the need for two-sided approvals typically associated with traditional lending practices. This innovative approach addresses a significant challenge in decentralized finance (DeFi) by facilitating immediate access to capital for NFT holders.

Molecule

Seed Round in 2022
Molecule GmbH is a company that has developed a virtual accelerator platform aimed at facilitating the translation of scientific discoveries into new therapeutics. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, with an additional office in Berlin, Germany, Molecule connects scientists with the necessary funding for therapeutic development. This platform also links private investors directly with scientists, promoting the advancement of various treatments for patients. By streamlining the innovation process within the pharmaceutical industry, Molecule seeks to enhance the efficiency of bringing novel therapeutics to market.

Diagonal

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Diagonal is a developer of a non-custodial protocol that facilitates recurring payments on the Ethereum blockchain. The platform enables businesses to manage subscriptions directly through secure smart contracts, offering a straightforward application programming interface for integration. With its tested infrastructure, Diagonal allows companies to implement on-chain subscription services with minimal coding, ensuring that all payment processing and logic are handled through decentralized mechanisms. This approach provides businesses with a reliable and efficient solution for managing subscription-based transactions.

Polymer Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Polymer Labs is building the fabric of web3. We're working on an IBC based multi-cluster routing/roll-up protocol providing E2E IBC connectivity across ecosystems.

3Box

Series A in 2022
3Box Inc., founded in 2018 and based in New York, provides innovative tools for Ethereum users and developers. Its flagship offering, 3box.io, is a social profiles application that enables users to create and manage their online identities within decentralized applications (dApps). The company also offers 3box.js, an API designed for web3 developers to facilitate user onboarding and data management for profiles. Additionally, the 3box-dapp allows users to sign in to various dApps, interact socially, build reputations, and securely store their data. With a focus on simplicity, security, and privacy, 3Box aims to create a more trustworthy environment for applications that manage user data.

BreederDAO

Series A in 2022
BreederDAO is a Philippines-based specialist manufacturer of digital assets for use in blockchain-based games and virtual worlds.

Boto

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a no-code automation platform designed for creating, and sharing bots that automate your crypto, NFT, and other blockchain or DeFi activities. The company's platform allows users to drag and drop blocks using UI to build their automation, enabling non-developers to create their smart contracts through UI, using real-world input data and output actions via Chainlink.

Sound

Seed Round in 2021
Sound connects artists and listeners to take ownership over the culture they create together.

Palm NFT Studio

Series B in 2021
Palm NFT Studio is a collective of entertainment, technology, cryptoart and art industry leaders set up to on-ramp artists, creators and rights owners who want to establish NFT marketplaces and next-generation creative works on Palm.

Solv Protocol

Series A 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.

Snapshot Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Snapshot Labs operates a voting platform designed to facilitate governance for cryptocurrency projects. It offers an off-chain, gasless multi-governance tool that enables users to conduct polls and surveys within decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). The platform is particularly noted for providing results that are easy to verify and difficult to contest, making it a reliable resource for clients in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. By streamlining governance operations, Snapshot Labs supports organizations in engaging their user bases effectively.

nameless

Seed Round in 2021
Nameless is a non-fungible token (NFT) platform as a service software company that empowers businesses, individuals, and digital creators to create, mint, and capitalize on their own custom NFT projects through easy-to-use scalable API solutions.

Immunefi

Seed Round in 2021
Immunefi is a bug bounty platform focused on enhancing the security of decentralized finance (DeFi) projects by addressing vulnerabilities in blockchain technologies. The platform provides a comprehensive solution for crypto projects, enabling effective network hosting, bug triaging, and program management. By offering tools for smart contract review and vulnerability disclosure, Immunefi helps organizations identify and mitigate risks associated with malicious exploits and unknown attacks. This proactive approach aims to create a safer environment for crypto projects, ensuring that developers can secure their applications against potential threats.

Unique Network

Series B in 2021
Unique Network is a scalable blockchain for composable NFTs with advanced economies.

DeHorizon

Venture Round in 2021
With the rapid growth of crypto space, recent developments have greatly facilitated GameFi in going mainstream. "Play to earn" is no longer a mere slogan, but has fully come into reality. Regardless of exponential growth, a common defect in GameFi marketplace is lack of a Metaverse Game Ecosystem to develop, connect and support more and more blockchain-based games even built on different chains. We are still in the early stages of the evolution of GameFi. For the next stage, a Metaverse Game Ecosystem is essential to make GameFi go further. That is why DeHorizon comes.

Tinyman

Seed Round in 2021
Tinyman is a decentralized trading protocol that utilizes the fast and secure framework of the Algorand blockchain, creating an open and safe marketplace for traders, liquidity providers, and developers.

Art Blocks

Venture Round in 2021
Art Blocks is a platform that enables digital artists to create interactive and generative art by utilizing alphanumeric figures generated through the Ethereum blockchain. This innovative approach allows patrons to engage directly with art installations by sending funds, which in turn generate unique, yet repeatable, reactions from the artwork. By merging creative coding with blockchain technology, Art Blocks fosters a community of artists and collectors, facilitating the production of contemporary generative art that offers remarkable experiences. The platform not only enhances user interaction but also provides a transparent revenue model for artists and those hosting the art projects, thereby disrupting the traditional art landscape.

Taker Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
Taker Protocol is a cryptocurrency liquidity protocol for NFTs.

Ondo Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Ondo Finance is a developer of a cryptocurrency trading platform that aims to make decentralized finance (DeFi) accessible to a broad audience. The platform offers users the option to choose between downside protection and enhanced returns, catering to individuals with varying risk tolerances. By providing these choices, Ondo Finance enables users to effectively access DeFi yields while managing their investment risks.

Thales

Seed Round in 2021
Thales is a synthetix ecosystem project building support for trading binary options.

ClayStack

Seed Round in 2021
ClayStack is a blockchain-agnostic staking protocol that provides a platform for users to engage in liquid staking of digital assets. By enabling the conversion of staked tokens into liquid staking derivative tokens, ClayStack allows users to maintain liquidity while participating in decentralized finance (DeFi) activities. This facilitates seamless staking of crypto assets, empowering traders to leverage their investments without sacrificing the opportunity to engage in other DeFi transactions. The protocol is designed to support a decentralized cross-chain experience, making it accessible for a diverse range of digital asset holders.

NFT Oasis

Series A in 2021
NFT Oasis is a platform that merges the decentralized creator economy with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), virtual reality (VR), and decentralized finance (DeFi). It aims to provide a unique virtual space for the NFT artist community, facilitating opportunities for artists to promote and showcase their work. The platform is designed to cater to multi-instrumentalists, offering specialized tools for producing, mixing, and sync licensing, as well as features for updating and enhancing images. Through these offerings, NFT Oasis supports artists in navigating the evolving digital landscape and enhances their visibility in the market.

Zerion

Series A in 2021
Zerion Inc. is a blockchain software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015. It develops an all-in-one platform that enables users to access decentralized finance (DeFi) services, allowing them to invest, earn interest, and borrow crypto assets. The company's primary product, Zerion, provides a comprehensive interface for managing DeFi portfolios across multiple accounts, offering real-time asset tracking and instant notifications. Additionally, Zerion offers CryptoTrader, an application that enables users to monitor the crypto market through charts, news, and alerts. By focusing on user-friendly solutions, Zerion aims to empower individuals with efficient and transparent financial services in the evolving landscape of permissionless finance.

prePO

Seed Round in 2021
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.

Tracer DAO

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Tracer is a decentralized derivatives platform of financial smart contracts.

Impossible Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Impossible Finance uses decentralized financial protocols to give everyone the same access to financial products, which were previously only available to institutions and select individuals.

Zapper

Series A in 2021
Manage all your DeFi assets from one simple interface.

Gitcoin

Series A in 2021
Gitcoin is a platform founded in 2017, based in Boulder, Colorado, that enables open source developers to monetize their work effectively. It allows developers proficient in various programming languages, including Python, Rust, Ruby, JavaScript, Solidity, HTML, and CSS, to receive compensation when their contributions are utilized. Built on the Ethereum network, Gitcoin employs smart contracts to align incentives among participants in the ecosystem, facilitating value creation without reliance on traditional legal mechanisms. The platform fosters collaboration between developers, repo maintainers, and financiers, emphasizing the importance of community in enhancing the success of open source projects. By integrating the local tech community's #givefirst ethos with financial incentives, Gitcoin aims to advance the development of open source software and strengthen community ties.

Consensys

Convertible Note in 2021
ConsenSys is a leading blockchain venture production studio focused on building a robust ecosystem of consumer-oriented products and enterprise solutions, primarily utilizing Ethereum technology. The company aims to facilitate the transition to Web 3.0, which it envisions as a foundation for more open, efficient, and accessible economic systems. ConsenSys identifies opportunities for software development and promotes collaboration among various ventures to enhance innovation and idea exchange. By creating platforms, applications, and tools that support Web 3.0, ConsenSys strives to ensure these solutions effectively meet customer needs. The organization also collaborates with blockchain experts and partners to develop open infrastructure, positioning itself at the forefront of technological advancements that have the potential to disrupt various industries.

Enso Finance

Venture Round in 2021
Enso Finance is a Defi tool for creating permissionless trading strategies. It’s hoping to make Defi more frictionless and accessible.

Overlay

Seed Round in 2021
Overlay is a protocol that enables users to trade streaming data without the need for traditional counterparties. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Pacific Palisades, California, United States.

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.

SubQuery

Seed Round in 2021
SubQuery’s mission is to make the world’s decentralised data more accessible. We’re a data-as-a-service provider that aggregates and organises data from Polkadot projects, serving up well-structured data for developers to use for a wide array of projects. Operating between layer-1 blockchains and decentralised apps (dApp), our service allows developers to focus on their core use case and front-end, without needing to waste time on building a custom backend for data processing. SubQuery allows every Substrate/Polkadot team to process and query their data. The project is inspired by the growth of data protocols serving the application layer and its aim is to help Polkadot/Substrate projects build better dApps by allowing anyone to reliably find and consume data faster. Today, anyone can query and extract Polkadot network data in only minutes and at no cost.

NFTFi

Seed Round in 2021
NFTFi operates a peer-to-peer lending platform that allows NFT holders to leverage their digital assets as collateral for loans. By using NFTs, users can borrow cryptocurrency from lenders, providing liquidity without the need to sell their valuable assets. When a loan is accepted, the NFT is placed in a secure escrow smart contract, and the borrower receives the agreed-upon cryptocurrency directly in their wallet. This model draws on traditional practices from the art world, where collateralized loans are commonly offered by banks and auction houses to artists based on the value of their artworks. NFTFi thus creates a marketplace that facilitates financial transactions for NFT owners, enhancing the utility of their digital assets.

Async Art

Seed Round in 2021
Asynchronous Art, Inc owns and operates an online multi-layer art platform. Its platform async, connects artists and collectors; and allows them to purchase and sell art online. Asynchronous Art, Inc was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Fort Bragg, California.

Async Art

Seed Round in 2021
Asynchronous Art, Inc owns and operates an online multi-layer art platform. Its platform async, connects artists and collectors; and allows them to purchase and sell art online. Asynchronous Art, Inc was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Fort Bragg, California.

Armor

Venture Round in 2021
Armor develops a dynamic cover brokerage protocol for decentralized finance to serve cryptocurrency investors. Founded in 2021, Armor is a DeFi coverage aggregator that makes securing your DeFi assets against hacks as easy as possible. Ease wants to make DeFi as easy and safe as possible. They aim to cover every dollar in DeFi so that users can finally feel at ease.

Parcel

Seed Round in 2021
Parcel enables organizations to run crypto payroll through mass payouts or money streaming in one single transaction.

Maple Finance

Seed Round in 2020
Maple Finance operates a capital-efficient corporate debt marketplace that connects institutions seeking loans with liquidity pools funded by the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. The platform employs a peer-to-pool model, allowing experienced investors to manage these liquidity pools while providing borrowers, such as crypto corporates, market makers, exchanges, and miners, with access to tailored loans. By facilitating this process, Maple Finance enables institutions to efficiently secure capital while offering investors the opportunity to participate in a diversified and high-yielding portfolio of corporate and institutional loans.

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.

PoolTogether

Seed Round in 2020
PoolTogether Inc. operates an Ethereum based application for saving money and playing a game. It offers PoolTogether that provides users to access a decentralized money saving and reward tool on the Ethereum blockchain, that allows participants to use Ethereum assets to transact using smart contracts. Its platform offers an audited savings game where users deposit money that goes into compound protocol to begin earning interest and at the end of the week, one winner receives the collective interest earned and everyone is able to receive their principal back. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Unique Network

Seed Round in 2020
Unique Network is a scalable blockchain for composable NFTs with advanced economies.

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.

Zapper

Seed Round in 2020
Manage all your DeFi assets from one simple interface.
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