Flori Ventures

Flori Ventures, founded in 2021 and located in San Francisco, California, is a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage investments in the financial technology and blockchain sectors. The firm is dedicated to fostering a more inclusive financial system through its support of innovative companies that leverage blockchain technologies. Flori Ventures aims to accelerate the development of a new financial infrastructure that enhances accessibility and inclusivity, working with entrepreneurs who share this vision.

Maria Alegre

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Tomer Bariach

Co-Founder and General Partner

Sebastian Buenaventura

Senior Associate

Roni Gur

Partner

Ryan Nesbitt

General Partner

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Mento Labs

Venture Round in 2024
Mento Labs is a decentralized platform designed for the creation and management of multi-currency stable assets. The company specializes in developing a stablecoin and digital asset infrastructure aimed at promoting the real-world adoption of digital currencies globally. Its platform features an over-collateralized and transparent protocol that prioritizes stability, sustainability, and diversification of reserve collateral. This approach enables cryptocurrency traders to engage in transactions with a focus on stability and risk mitigation, providing a reliable and varied reserve to enhance the overall user experience in the digital currency market.

Learn.xyz

Seed Round in 2023
Learn.xyz is an innovative learning platform that combines elements of language education and collaborative knowledge sharing, akin to Duolingo and Wikipedia, but specifically focused on cryptocurrency projects. Utilizing artificial intelligence, the platform generates concise "Curiosities" that answer users' questions through engaging slides and quizzes within seconds. Available on both iOS and Android, Learn.xyz provides users with foundational knowledge about various crypto projects, including insights into the underlying technologies and concepts. Additionally, it features reviews from real users and offers incentives such as points that grant access to future airdrops and exclusive educational courses. This approach allows users to effectively discover, discuss, and evaluate different cryptocurrency initiatives.

Kotani Pay

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Kotani Pay is a technology company focused on facilitating the integration of blockchain protocols and fintech applications with local payment channels in Africa. By offering a reliable on-ramp and off-ramp service, Kotani Pay enables blockchain companies to effectively reach a broader customer base, particularly those utilizing mobile money services. The platform is designed to streamline payroll management and enhance the accessibility of digital finance, allowing clients to concentrate on local payment solutions while increasing their operational efficiency in the African market.

Jia

Seed Round in 2023
Jia is a financial platform focused on empowering small businesses in emerging markets by providing blockchain-based financing solutions. The company facilitates access to capital by converting cryptocurrency liquidity into financial resources for entrepreneurs. Through its services, Jia offers loans and investment opportunities that not only support business growth but also grant ownership stakes, allowing entrepreneurs to build wealth and enhance the prosperity of their communities. By leveraging blockchain technology, Jia aims to give small businesses greater control over their financial futures and contribute to economic development.

Releaf

Seed Round in 2023
Releaf is a Nigerian supply chain technology firm established in 2017 that operates as an online marketplace connecting agribusiness buyers and sellers. The company focuses on sourcing ingredients for African food factories, particularly targeting crops such as cassava, palm oil, ginger, cashew nuts, fish, maize, cocoa, kola nuts, yam, and sesame seeds. By utilizing digital technologies, including USSD and open banking, Releaf engages with over 2,000 smallholder farmers, facilitating the supply of high-quality palm kernel nuts to food manufacturers. The firm also provides extension services to these farmers and converts raw materials into factory-grade inputs for the vegetable oil sector. With a vision to create climate-adaptive supply chains in response to Africa's growing population, Releaf aims to enhance efficiency in food production and support the agricultural ecosystem.

Finanex

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Finanex is a finance platform dedicated to providing digital trade finance solutions to small and medium-sized agribusinesses in Latin America. Its primary focus is on supporting underserved food exporters who are engaged in international shipping. The company aims to enhance the export capacity of these agribusinesses while fostering sustainable development in rural communities. By offering personalized financial services that address the challenges of agriculture and production, Finanex facilitates same-day funding and helps clients navigate the complexities of global trade. Through its mission, Finanex seeks to increase export volumes to countries facing food deficits, thereby generating a positive impact on both local economies and the broader agricultural sector.

ValuesCo

Seed Round in 2023
ValuesCo is a developer of a gamified platform aimed at empowering brands to connect with consumers through onchain campaigns that focus on social and environmental impact. The company provides a code-free social token platform tailored for community leaders and members, enabling them to co-create value around shared objectives. By facilitating the launch of curated social tokens, ValuesCo supports organizations and creators in achieving their community, financial, and impact goals. The platform emphasizes the importance of incentivizing contributions by utilizing a rewards infrastructure designed to enhance consumer acquisition and engagement, ultimately fostering deeper connections between brands and their audiences.

Blockfence

Seed Round in 2023
Blockfence is a company that offers an AI-driven security solution tailored for Web3 crypto users. Its platform consolidates expertise from various security providers to simplify the complex landscape of digital security. Blockfence's services include blockchain-based authentication for managing digital identities and assets, a password manager, and a cryptocurrency wallet. By utilizing advanced machine learning algorithms and community-aggregated data, the platform enables users to safeguard themselves against phishing attacks, malware, and other online threats, thus enhancing the overall security of the digital asset ecosystem.

Defy Trends

Seed Round in 2023
Defy Trends is a developer of an artificial intelligence and data-driven crypto intelligence platform designed to assist investors in making informed investment decisions. The platform offers on-chain analysis, actionable data insights, and forecasts, all supported by thorough education and research. By providing comprehensive and intelligently curated information, Defy Trends enables users to understand the cryptocurrency market, effectively trade, compare various crypto assets, and identify coins that may be undervalued or overvalued. Through its innovative approach, the company aims to streamline the research process for investors and enhance their strategic decision-making capabilities in the evolving landscape of digital assets.

Hyphen

Seed Round in 2023
Hyphen is a climate tech startup accelerating climate action with real-time observations. Its automated system for real-time data collection, aggregation, and validation creates an up-to-date, auditable value chain of all data flows. It provides the necessary coordination and infrastructure to facilitate tamper-proof client data to monitor and validate environmental claims ranging from facility operations to nature-based solutions.

Covalent

Seed Round in 2023
Covalent is a forward crediting platform focused on permanent carbon removal. The company has developed an end-to-end investment platform that automates the due diligence process and risk management associated with carbon removal projects. By streamlining the evaluation of these projects, Covalent provides insights into their quality and financial health, enabling better decision-making for investors. The platform also facilitates capital deployment by connecting carbon removal projects with high-potential capital providers. Through its services, Covalent allows clients to access carbon removal credit ratings from independent researchers and organizations, thereby enhancing transparency and trust in the carbon removal market.

Ponto

Venture Round in 2023
Ponto provides regulated payment services for global enterprises to offer financial services to their customers. The company manages and eliminates the risks involved with offering financial services worldwide. This way, new products can deliver on the promise of improving and democratizing access to the economy for everyone.

Kaala

Seed Round in 2023
Kaala is a software that makes it simple, quick, and nearly free to send money to anyone, anywhere.

Carbonpath

Seed Round in 2023
Carbonpath is a company focused on addressing climate change through the closure of old oil and gas wells and the permanent storage of significant quantities of carbon dioxide and methane underground. In addition to its environmental efforts, Carbonpath has developed a carbon credit platform that enables businesses and individuals to offset their carbon emissions. This platform provides a transparent and accessible method for purchasing carbon credits generated from verified projects aimed at reducing and removing greenhouse gases. By facilitating these transactions, Carbonpath allows its customers to engage in effective climate action and contribute to a more sustainable future.

Thrive Protocol

Seed Round in 2023
Thrive is the top protocol for powering ROI-positive decentralized grant-making across crypto ecosystems.

Vana

Seed Round in 2023
Vana is a decentralized platform that empowers individuals to retain control over their personal data while contributing to the development of artificial intelligence. The platform facilitates user-owned data management and monetization, providing tools for users to develop and profit from AI models. By utilizing decentralized autonomous organizations, Vana allows users to share data, such as social media and professional information, in exchange for various benefits. The platform emphasizes data portability, enabling users to log in with digital wallets and access their information across multiple platforms without relying on centralized systems. Vana's infrastructure ensures privacy and security through cryptographic verification, allowing developers to create more personalized applications while maintaining user privacy.

Kolor

Seed Round in 2023
Kolor links Patagonia to the rest of the globe so that anybody can use Web3 to protect lands from anywhere.

Dunia Payment

Seed Round in 2023
Dunia Payment is a fintech company that operates a global payment platform. It facilitates financial transactions such as cryptocurrency exchanges, mobile top-ups, and online payments. The platform's key features include international money transfers, bill payments, and in-store purchases using QR codes via its mobile wallet application.

Ubeswap

Seed Round in 2023
Ubeswap operates a decentralized exchange and automated market maker protocol for Celo assets. Ubeswap's goal is to increase liquidity on Celo. It envisions a world where anyone can trade any asset from their phone or browser without relying on decades-old clearinghouse technology or other centralized systems.

CyberTime Finance

Seed Round in 2023
Two models are common now: primary and secondary market. On the primary market, collectibles are auctioned off for platform tokens. For example, for the CyberTime project, this token will be NFTL. The rest is like at Sotheby's: the highest bidder gets the picture in the end. Auction of the first price. Nothing complicated. The secondary market is simply the secondary market. The price is formed by supply and demand, can increase or decrease, set by agreement between the seller and the buyer. It is also nothing complicated. CyberTime in the future offers the third model: NFT Fantasy League, where you can earn by assembling teams of favorite artists. But that's left out for now, the model has not yet been launched, although it looks promising. Read the Litepaper for yourself if you're interested.

Tradegen

Seed Round in 2023
Tradegen is a company that operates a decentralized trading platform designed to enhance accessibility to financial markets. It specializes in asset management, algorithmic trading, and virtual trading. The platform allows users to invest in actively managed pools, develop synthetic trading bots, create and trade various non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and operate nodes to support the functionality of trading bots. Through these offerings, Tradegen aims to empower individuals to improve their financial situations and engage more effectively with the trading ecosystem.

Loam

Seed Round in 2023
Loam develops an AI-enabled project developer assistant that develops and tests carbon and environmental contribution projects. It simplifies and accelerates the on-ramp to using AI to create insights, execute mission-critical functions, and drive strategic decisions.

IntoTheVerse

Seed Round in 2023
IntoTheVerse is an innovative online platform dedicated to advancing the blockchain, NFT, gaming, and decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystems. The company specializes in developing mobile dungeon role-playing games that aim to replicate real-world experiences within a crypto-native city. By focusing on utilitarian, composable, and accessible mobile-first games for the web3 environment, IntoTheVerse creates engaging experiences that integrate a full suite of DeFi features. Gamers can participate in immersive gameplay that includes collecting loot from chests, discovering sacred artifacts, and unearthing long-forgotten NFT relics. Through its unique approach, IntoTheVerse seeks to enhance the gaming experience while promoting the broader adoption of blockchain technologies.

Thallo

Seed Round in 2022
Thallo is a London-based company established in 2021 by Joseph Hargreaves, focused on creating a transparent carbon offset marketplace. The platform leverages blockchain technology to enhance the transparency, liquidity, and efficiency of the carbon offset market. Thallo democratizes access to on-chain carbon credits certified by reputable authorities, allowing individuals and businesses to freely buy, sell, hold, or retire verified credits. This innovative approach enables a broader range of investors, including small-scale participants, to engage in carbon offsetting, thus facilitating efforts to mitigate carbon footprints in a more accessible manner.

Xternity Games

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Xternity Games, founded in 2022 in Tel Aviv, Israel, develops a no-code platform aimed at web3 game developers, builders, and brands. The platform facilitates the integration of blockchain technology directly into game engines, enabling the minting of NFTs and the issuance of token rewards. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Xternity Games allows clients to create and manage web3 engagement campaigns, launch token collections, and establish custom stores. This approach not only enhances player experiences and fosters user engagement but also supports the development of membership and loyalty programs. By providing data-driven insights based on blockchain transactions, Xternity Games helps clients improve security and achieve their key performance indicators, effectively streamlining game development and unlocking new opportunities in the blockchain gaming sector.

Cryptum

Seed Round in 2022
Cryptum is a web3 development platform focused on integrating blockchain technology into various business applications. The company offers a comprehensive infrastructure that enables enterprises to effectively utilize blockchain through rapid integration of resources and technologies. By leveraging decentralized technology, Cryptum supports scientific research, product discovery, and development, aiming to make decentralized finance more accessible to mainstream users. Additionally, it provides educational resources to enhance the development of the decentralized finance ecosystem, empowering clients to maximize their potential within the web3 finance landscape.

Bitmama

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Bitmama is a cryptocurrency trading platform that facilitates the buying and selling of various digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Celo, primarily serving the African market. The company provides users with the ability to create personalized wallets and trade digital currencies through its exchange and API services. By integrating with bank accounts, credit or debit cards, and mobile money accounts, Bitmama offers a convenient and secure method for traders to manage their cryptocurrency transactions. Additionally, the platform's software is designed to ensure that users can navigate the trading process efficiently and securely within an encrypted network.

Omni

Series A in 2022
Omni is a developer of a multi-chain wallet that focuses on providing non-custodial staking solutions for cryptocurrency. The platform simplifies the process of managing digital assets by allowing users to send, receive, stake, and delegate their cryptocurrencies seamlessly across different blockchains. With its user-friendly interface, Omni enables individuals to effortlessly add funds to staking pools, facilitating access to decentralized finance. Through its commitment to making cryptocurrency staking more accessible, Omni aims to enhance the overall user experience in the rapidly evolving digital asset landscape.

Liquidstar

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of charge stations designed to deploy smart batteries for electrical power distribution. The company's platform gives a category of energy distribution, utilizing waypoint charge stations to deploy smart batteries for beyond-the-grid electrical power distribution stations that offer wireless battery-powered sustainable ecosystems, and uses excess solar energy to power mini AWS like data centers solving the takeoff issue that plagues many micro and mini-grids, enabling clients to have electricity for essential services during grid-destroying disasters.

Greentrade

Pre Seed Round in 2022
GreenTrade.tech is a marketplace platform designed for the forward financing of nature-based carbon credits and impact claims. The company focuses on facilitating the financing of new carbon projects by establishing long-term offtake agreements with project developers. These agreements transform contracts into digital tradable assets, which are accessible to corporate buyers. This approach enables companies to mitigate future pricing and access risks while providing developers with the necessary funding to pursue additional projects. GreenTrade.tech aims to support corporate decarbonization efforts and help meet net-zero goals by offering tailored impact projects that align with their operations. The company is committed to addressing climate change, with a goal to reduce 100 million tonnes of carbon by 2030.

Unergy

Seed Round in 2022
Unergy is a platform that democratizes access to solar energy investment in Latin America. It connects companies seeking funding for solar installations, which typically cost around $500,000, with retail investors interested in financing these projects. This marketplace allows investors to contribute smaller amounts, starting at $1,000, in exchange for equity in solar projects. By facilitating this connection, Unergy helps companies reduce their utility costs by 20-40% while providing investors with the potential for annual returns exceeding 10%. The platform also enables clients to actively participate in the energy transition by tracking project performance in real-time, thereby promoting clean energy investment and profitability.

Nandi Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Nandi Labs is a web3 studio focused on leveraging technology to empower Black culture and its creators. The company aims to create a sustainable ecosystem that fosters talent through innovative platforms for creator payments and content distribution. By utilizing web3 applications and tokens, Nandi Labs seeks to support Black and African creators in building a new digital economy centered around art and culture. Their unique initiative, Digital FESTAC, combines real-world and metaverse experiences, encouraging creativity and collaboration among storytellers. Through this immersive approach, Nandi Labs strives to redefine the landscape of creativity and ownership, enabling Black dreams to thrive.

OppZo

Venture Round in 2022
OppZo is an A.I.-driven lending platform established in 2020 and headquartered in Miami, Florida. The company focuses on providing working capital loans specifically to government contractors operating in Opportunity Zones. By leveraging advanced technology, OppZo aims to democratize access to affordable financing, enabling small and medium-sized businesses to secure various types of loans tailored to their needs. The platform is designed to facilitate quick access to working capital, often allowing clients to receive funding within a day, thereby supporting their financial requirements effectively.

Learn.xyz

Seed Round in 2022
Learn.xyz is an innovative learning platform that combines elements of language education and collaborative knowledge sharing, akin to Duolingo and Wikipedia, but specifically focused on cryptocurrency projects. Utilizing artificial intelligence, the platform generates concise "Curiosities" that answer users' questions through engaging slides and quizzes within seconds. Available on both iOS and Android, Learn.xyz provides users with foundational knowledge about various crypto projects, including insights into the underlying technologies and concepts. Additionally, it features reviews from real users and offers incentives such as points that grant access to future airdrops and exclusive educational courses. This approach allows users to effectively discover, discuss, and evaluate different cryptocurrency initiatives.

CreatorOS

Series A in 2022
CreatorOS is a platform designed to facilitate grant awarding to developers, enabling companies to establish small funds that support local talent and encourage investment in new projects. By utilizing a range of screening tools, including analysis of a developer's on-chain history and GitHub activity, CreatorOS ensures that clients can invest in developers with greater efficiency and transparency. Additionally, the platform promotes the creation of engaging, community-driven courses aimed at enhancing course completion rates, drawing inspiration from successful educational models like that of DuoLingo in language learning. Through its innovative approach, CreatorOS connects companies with developers while fostering skill development and project funding in the tech ecosystem.

Co:Create

Seed Round in 2022
Co:Create is a company that facilitates dynamic growth for NFT projects and Web3 brands. It operates a curated platform designed to connect tattoo collectors with artists, offering exclusive access and premium services. The platform enables customers to engage in detailed scheduling, customization, and placement discussions for their tattoos. Users can request custom work or purchase pre-drawn designs directly from top tattoo artists, benefiting from priority booking times and personalized aftercare. Through its comprehensive approach, Co:Create enhances the experience for both tattoo enthusiasts and artists in the evolving digital landscape.

Masa

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Masa is a decentralized AI platform and data marketplace designed to transform the credit infrastructure landscape. By enabling users to be compensated for their data contributions, Masa aims to disrupt traditional centralized credit systems. Its innovative protocol includes a non-fungible credit report, composable credit primitives, smart contracts, and liquidity pools, all of which facilitate a scalable, interoperable, and standardized on-chain identity infrastructure tailored for the web3 ecosystem. This infrastructure supports developers in building web3 communities by allowing them to acquire, verify, and engage users, while also providing tools to launch advanced credit products that align with existing centralized credit paradigms.

Quipu Bank

Seed Round in 2022
Quipu is building the first digital bank for the informal economy in LATAM. Using proprietary AI algorithms, Quipu assesses informal microbusinesses’ creditworthiness using over 80,000 alternative data points. Quipu leverages this data to provide working capital loans through a local supply chain financing system that allows microbusinesses to buy supplies, ingredients and materials at wholesale price. The company is building an uncollateralized loan protocol to boost their loan operation. Quipu’s goal is to become the one-stop-shop for financial services for micro-businesses in LATAM providing easy, fair and alternative access to working capital.

Solid World

Seed Round in 2022
Solid World is a company focused on revolutionizing the carbon credit market by integrating artificial intelligence and web3 technologies to enhance transparency and accessibility. Founded in October 2021, it aims to address the challenges of underperforming carbon projects and the illiquidity of carbon investments. Solid World facilitates the pre-sale of carbon credits, allowing project developers to secure reliable financing while creating a liquid marketplace that connects carbon suppliers, distributors, and liquidity providers. This marketplace ensures price discovery and mitigates risks associated with carbon investments. By leveraging a specialized blockchain infrastructure and collaborating with leading companies in the sector, Solid World de-risks carbon investments and accelerates capital deployment for carbon projects. The company has established a world-class team with extensive industry and blockchain expertise, positioning itself with a first-mover advantage in developing forward carbon credit infrastructure and innovative financial solutions.

Ribon

Seed Round in 2022
Ribon is a developer of an innovative fund donation application aimed at enhancing charitable giving among millennials and younger generations. The company’s proprietary Reverse Matching Gift technology encourages nonprofit healthcare systems to achieve high employee participation rates in their giving programs, ranging from 60% to 100%. Recognized by the Gates Foundation as one of the top ten most innovative donation technologies globally, Ribon's platform allows large donors to contribute funds that individuals can then allocate to various social projects. This approach enables users to amplify their impact without having to spend their own money, thereby making workplace philanthropy more engaging and scalable. Through its solutions, Ribon aims to popularize the habit of donating and transform the landscape of charitable contributions.

Remox

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Remox is a treasury management platform operator, specializing in assisting on-chain organizations with their financial operations. The company's services include connecting organizational wallets, onboarding contributors, managing payroll across multiple networks, providing real-time financial insights, conducting dynamic risk assessments for DeFi investments, and monitoring community proposals. This enables organizations to maintain transparency and accountability in their financial management.

Numoen

Seed Round in 2022
Numoen is a developer of a derivative blockchain exchange platform that focuses on decentralized trading solutions for cryptocurrency options. The company provides an open-source and audited platform that facilitates liquidation-free trading services. This innovative platform allows traders to engage in transactions involving blockchain derivatives, coins, and various crypto assets, all within a fully decentralized exchange environment. Numoen aims to enhance the trading experience by prioritizing security and transparency in the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency market.

Jambo

Seed Round in 2022
Jambo is a company focused on creating an extensive on-chain mobile network, centered around its flagship product, the JamboPhone, a powerful mobile device designed for the crypto-native market. With a foundation of over 800,000 mobile nodes spanning more than 120 countries, Jambo aims to accelerate decentralization and enhance network effects for various applications, such as validators and peer-to-peer networking. The JamboApp serves as a gateway for millions of users to engage with the on-chain economy, offering innovative earning opportunities, a decentralized application (dApp) store, and a multi-chain wallet. By integrating blockchain technology into its products, Jambo empowers users to participate in gaming, cryptocurrency trading, and decentralized finance, particularly benefiting individuals in emerging markets. Central to Jambo's ecosystem is the Jambo Token, which facilitates rewards, discounts, and other incentives, positioning the company as a key player in the evolving landscape of blockchain technology.

EthicHub

Seed Round in 2022
EthicHub is a platform designed to finance smallholder coffee producers in developing countries by connecting them with global investors and direct buyers. The company leverages blockchain technology to facilitate investments, ensuring that small farmers gain access to affordable loans while providing investors with a potential return on their investments. EthicHub uses the harvested coffee as collateral for these loans, which helps mitigate risks for lenders. By fostering direct relationships between smallholder farmers and coffee roasters, the platform enables farmers to receive fair prices for their crops. This approach not only supports the farmers in breaking free from cycles of poverty and low productivity but also creates a mutually beneficial ecosystem for all parties involved, enhancing financial inclusion and sustainability within the coffee supply chain.

CyberBox

Pre Seed Round in 2022
CyberBox is the first NFT Marketplace with ReFi integration on the Celo blockchain. Our vision is to build a marketplace to support every NFT collection and every ReFi project that looks to create impact with NFTs and build their communities around them and promote the value of sustainability and climate protection.

Moss.Earth

Series A in 2022
MOSS operates a digital environmental platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on the purchase, storage, and offsetting of carbon credits. Established in 2020, the company initially concentrated on the Amazon rainforest, successfully developing innovative approaches to promote sustainability. MOSS aims to tackle global warming by providing users with the means to contribute to environmental preservation through its digitally-driven processes. By sourcing and selling carbon credits, MOSS facilitates efforts to mitigate climate change and foster sustainable actions, ultimately striving for a significant global impact.

Impactmarket

Seed Round in 2022
ImpactMarket is a blockchain-based decentralized financial services provider focused on empowering underprivileged populations globally. The company operates as an application-layer protocol, utilizing Web3 technology to deliver accessible financial solutions, including unconditional basic income, a crypto wallet named Libera, and an educational initiative called Learn and Earn. By functioning as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) on the Celo network, ImpactMarket leverages smart contracts and a governance token to facilitate its operations. Its mission is to offer inclusive financial services and educational tools, thereby fostering social change, economic development, and prosperity for those who are financially unserved or underserved.

Kotani Pay

Seed Round in 2022
Kotani Pay is a technology company focused on facilitating the integration of blockchain protocols and fintech applications with local payment channels in Africa. By offering a reliable on-ramp and off-ramp service, Kotani Pay enables blockchain companies to effectively reach a broader customer base, particularly those utilizing mobile money services. The platform is designed to streamline payroll management and enhance the accessibility of digital finance, allowing clients to concentrate on local payment solutions while increasing their operational efficiency in the African market.

Syro

Seed Round in 2022
Syro is a San Francisco-based company established in 2020 that specializes in providing a global B2B invoicing solution. It utilizes asset-backed stablecoins to facilitate instant access to incoming funds, streamlining the invoicing process. Syro's platform allows businesses to generate and send digital invoices in a single motion, with recipients receiving an email that includes the option for immediate payment. By combining innovative financial technology with a user-friendly interface, Syro aims to simplify the invoicing experience for businesses worldwide.

Cent Finance

Seed Round in 2022
Cent Finance is a mobile application for cryptocurrency and DeFi investments. Their team's goal is to make DeFi widely available. They achieve this by making it more user-friendly, accessible, and understandable for its users. All of this is possible while still allowing users to fully control their cryptocurrency assets. They use DeFi to level the playing field for individuals without access to financial services while also giving those who choose to give up their bank accounts and go cashless an alternative.

The Digital Pets Company

Seed Round in 2022
The Digital Pets Company operates a platform for artificial intelligence-based digital pets, specifically focusing on immersive environments such as virtual reality, social applications, and games. Its flagship product, Digital Dogs, utilizes advanced AI technologies including natural language processing, image recognition, and reinforcement learning to replicate the cognitive abilities of real pets. Users can interact with their Digital Dogs through voice, gestures, and emotions, fostering an emotional connection. The platform allows users to train their pets, teach them tricks, and even enter competitions. Additionally, all Digital Dogs are secured as NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain, enabling users to sell, swap, and share their digital companions with others. This innovative approach combines multi-sensory interaction with detailed visual elements, enhancing the overall user experience.

MRV Collective

Seed Round in 2022
MRV Collective is a foundation based in Sebastopol, California, established in 2021. The organization focuses on advancing the strategic applications of measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) technologies to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. By fostering an industry coalition, MRV Collective aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of MRV technologies in enhancing nature-based decision-making and bridging the nature-finance gap. Through its initiatives, the foundation seeks to promote sustainable practices and facilitate a better understanding of environmental impacts, ultimately contributing to global efforts in addressing pressing ecological challenges.

ETHtrust

Seed Round in 2022
ETHtrust is a developer of a financial protocol based on the Ethereum blockchain, focused on providing modern solutions for custody, transfer, and settlement of various assets. The company emphasizes full transparency in its operations and aims to streamline corporate treasury and cash management processes for its clients. By offering a comprehensive rollout strategy, ETHtrust enables organizations to effectively manage their finances and maintain oversight of their cash flows, thereby enhancing efficiency and accountability in asset management.

Traipse

Seed Round in 2022
Traipse is a developer of a mobile application that facilitates the exploration of streetscapes, historic landmarks, and locally-owned businesses through engaging puzzles and clues. The company collaborates with local tourism agencies and downtown business development organizations to create permanent, gamified tour content for historic business districts, campuses, museums, and other venues. By offering a platform that encourages users to connect with their communities in an interactive and educational manner, Traipse aims to promote local economies and cultural assets. The application also features a digital community currency, developed in partnership with local clients, which acts as a rewards and incentive system, further enhancing user engagement and fostering a sense of community involvement.

Stabiliti

Seed Round in 2022
Stabiliti is a blockchain technology company that specializes in carbon tracing software and services aimed at calculating and offsetting carbon footprints. The company's proprietary technology delivers comprehensive end-to-end transparency and traceability throughout the entire life cycle of carbon offsets. Stabiliti's innovative approach enables fractionalized, real-time offsetting and facilitates complex tracking of carbon debt among multiple stakeholders, incorporating automatic matching features. Through its advanced solutions, Stabiliti seeks to enhance the effectiveness of carbon management and promote sustainable practices.

MaxOS

Seed Round in 2022
MaxOS expertise in blockchain, custom software development and mobile app development with a focus on the financial services industry.

FunCraft

Seed Round in 2022
FunCraft Inc., established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in developing mobile games designed to become daily rituals for its players. The company creates casual games with engaging progression systems, live events, and social interaction features, aiming to provide entertainment and foster friendly competition among users.

Talent Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
Talent Protocol is a web3 professional network that empowers high-potential individuals to establish an on-chain resume and launch a talent token, facilitating investment in their careers. The platform aims to democratize success by transforming traditional career paths into collaborative journeys, where support from a broader community can lead to shared achievements. By allowing users to create branded career coins, it enables the monetization of individual potential and fosters the formation of global networks of supporters. Users can purchase tokens using Bitcoin or credit cards, thereby accelerating the careers of emerging leaders and helping undiscovered talent gain visibility and rewards in a more interconnected professional landscape.

El Dorado

Pre Seed Round in 2021
El Dorado is a company focused on creating a stablecoin-powered payments SuperApp tailored for the Latin American market. It addresses the challenges of the region's fragmented financial ecosystem by facilitating both domestic and cross-border transactions. The company has established connections to over 70 local payment channels, leveraging a network of currency exchange agents to streamline financial operations. Additionally, El Dorado offers a mobile software solution that includes a free multi-currency digital wallet, enabling users to conduct peer-to-peer transactions and swap various currencies efficiently. This comprehensive platform caters to individuals and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), providing a robust alternative to traditional financial services.

Ari Swap

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Ari Swap is a company that provides a loyalty and rewards platform tailored for small- and medium-sized businesses. It enables customers to earn and redeem loyalty rewards through a unique points system based on the existing Ari token. The platform also features an NFT engine that facilitates the creation, distribution, and redemption of NFTs, digital coupons, and promotional offers. By leveraging blockchain technology, specifically built on the Celo network, Ari Swap ensures a secure, transparent, and accessible environment for users to engage in transactions related to both physical and digital assets. This innovative approach aims to enhance customer engagement and build lasting relationships between businesses and their clientele.

Partna

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Partna is a technology company that focuses on making cryptocurrency more accessible, particularly in Africa. It provides a platform that enables businesses to develop user-friendly crypto products without the need for extensive coding knowledge. This infrastructure allows users to quickly launch customizable crypto exchanges in minutes. Additionally, Partna's offerings include tools for sending and receiving money among friends and family, as well as exchanging cryptocurrency for local currency. By simplifying the process of engaging with cryptocurrencies, Partna aims to enhance financial inclusivity and facilitate the adoption of digital currencies in the region.

Aya Holding

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Aya is a curated marketplace for start-ups and mid-level businesses to access vetted web3 digital skilled African talents.

Alpha Fortress Private Limited

Seed Round in 2021
OUR PRODUCTS: KYC DNA - Our AI-powered deep search engine for KYC, KYCC, and KYCCB in near real-time. ID-day - Online in-person verification through facial and voice recognition KYC Block - Document management system using blockchain Payouts - Reverse payment gateway Payment App - Platform for FIs to send & monitor payments FAZRemit - Online remittance services for emigrants to send money from USA to Sub-Saharan countries Since 2018, Alpha Fortress has successfully processed 400,000 transactions worth $135m, and $35m in the 2nd quarter of 2019.'

Aijia

Seed Round in 2021
Aijia is a Web3 ticketing and experience platform that leverages blockchain technology to provide a secure marketplace for event ticketing. The company facilitates access to a wide range of experiences for fans, artists, teams, venues, and brands across various sectors, including music, sports, and entertainment. Aijia's platform allows users to create events and manage ticket sales through an intuitive dashboard, ensuring a seamless and secure booking process. By focusing on enhancing the overall experience for all stakeholders involved, Aijia aims to revolutionize the way events are accessed and enjoyed.

Hedgey

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Hedgey is a company that develops infrastructure for token vesting and a decentralized marketplace focused on custom decentralized finance (DeFi) offerings. The platform facilitates the buying and selling of token deals, incorporating features such as discounts, time locks, and various benefits aimed at financing decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) treasuries. Through its innovative marketplace, Hedgey allows clients to safely generate yield and diversify their treasuries without needing to sell tokens on the open market. The company’s offerings provide teams, investors, and communities with effective tools to manage and optimize their token assets.

DigitalStage.io

Seed Round in 2021
DigitalStage.io is a developer of a live-streaming performance platform that aims to transform the live music industry through digital innovation. The company provides a comprehensive channel that enables artists, venues, and record labels to engage with fans directly. Its offerings include online merchant sales, ticketing services, and promotions for physical products, all designed to facilitate meaningful interactions between artists and their audiences. By digitizing essential elements of live performances, DigitalStage.io enhances the way fans experience and connect with music artists.

BmyBit

Convertible Note in 2021
BmyBit is a company specializing in automated cryptocurrency trading, offering a platform that empowers users through customizable trading strategies. The platform is designed for efficiency, allowing buy and sell orders to be executed in fractions of a second without delays. It features a user-friendly interface that enables users to tailor their trading approaches according to market trends, thereby enhancing their trading experience. In addition to its trading capabilities, BmyBit is committed to improving transparency in off-chain transactions, positioning itself as a significant player in the cryptocurrency market.

HoneyCoin

Pre Seed Round in 2021
HoneyCoin is a cryptographic payment and monetization platform that facilitates peer-to-peer transactions, allowing users to connect with friends and family globally. The company focuses on enabling creators in Africa to monetize their content effectively, providing a means for them to earn and withdraw funds instantly. By bridging the gap between creators and consumers, HoneyCoin empowers individuals to get paid for their talents and engage with their audience seamlessly.

flywallet

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Flywallet is a financial services provider focused on making travel more affordable and accessible. The company offers a personal finance tool that allows users to save money specifically for flight tickets. This tool facilitates automatic monthly transfers and enables customers to reserve seats by initially paying half of the flight price, which is then credited to their balance for future use. Flywallet also provides options such as microloans, crowdfunding, and split payments, all aimed at reducing the up-front costs associated with travel. Through its innovative solutions, Flywallet helps customers secure discounted flight tickets while promoting savings.

Kresko

Seed Round in 2021
Kresko is a company dedicated to making wealth accessible through an innovative online capital platform focused on synthetic stocks, commodities, and cryptocurrencies. The platform offers a unified application for managing various financial assets, including minting, swapping, pooling, and farming. Kresko's technology emphasizes risk management by providing clear insights into portfolio health and risk levels. Built on a protocol that enhances capital efficiency and user experience, the platform facilitates seamless asset listing and integration, making it easier for developers to incorporate crypto assets into their applications and wallets.

CryptoMate

Pre Seed Round in 2021
CryptoMate is a company focused on enabling mass adoption of cryptocurrency business models through its user-friendly, decentralized ecosystem. By providing seamless integration with its Crypto APIs, CryptoMate allows businesses to transition effortlessly into the new economy, regardless of their existing infrastructure. The company also leverages artificial intelligence to offer innovative software solutions, including social network bots that assist users in creating wallets, buying cryptocurrencies, and accessing various decentralized finance protocols. This approach not only enhances user engagement with Web3 technologies but also ensures that businesses can maintain their existing workflows while benefiting from the opportunities presented by blockchain. CryptoMate aims to empower any company to operate effectively within the crypto space, democratizing access to this growing financial landscape.

Akiba Digital

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Akiba Digital is a data and technology company focused on delivering financial intelligence solutions. It develops a financial data aggregator application aimed at assisting users in managing their savings goals and overall financial management. The application provides on-demand insights and visualizations related to savings objectives, along with financial behavioral coaching as part of a premium rewards program. This feature grants users access to personal financial coaching, promoting more efficient utilization of their finances. Akiba Digital's mission is to unlock financial opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society through the use of alternative data.

Flux

Seed Round in 2021
Flux is a mobile application that enables users to send and receive money, as well as make and accept payments across Africa. The platform facilitates cross-border transactions by allowing users to transact in their local currency or opt for cryptocurrency payments. Flux provides access to various financial services, allowing customers to receive cryptocurrency from around the globe and convert it instantly into their preferred currency. This versatility makes Flux a valuable tool for individuals and businesses engaging in cross-border financial activities.

Bitmama

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Bitmama is a cryptocurrency trading platform that facilitates the buying and selling of various digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Celo, primarily serving the African market. The company provides users with the ability to create personalized wallets and trade digital currencies through its exchange and API services. By integrating with bank accounts, credit or debit cards, and mobile money accounts, Bitmama offers a convenient and secure method for traders to manage their cryptocurrency transactions. Additionally, the platform's software is designed to ensure that users can navigate the trading process efficiently and securely within an encrypted network.

Award Pool

Seed Round in 2021
Award Pool is an integrated web-three platform designed to enhance customer engagement by gamifying interactions. It allows users to participate in challenges and competitions, earning points, prizes, and customizable Non-Fungible Token (NFT) rewards through an intuitive interface. The platform facilitates the creation, collection, and trading of experiences and collectibles, enabling brands, creators, and collectors to develop unique engagement challenges on their websites and social media channels. By fostering active participation and excitement, Award Pool aims to strengthen the connection between brands and their audiences within the dynamic landscape of online communities and gaming environments.

Coinprofile

Seed Round in 2021
Coinprofile is a FinTech firm that offers money exchange and cryptocurrency exchange services.

SympliFi

Pre Seed Round in 2021
SympliFi is a financial technology company focused on revolutionizing credit access in emerging markets to stimulate economic growth. By developing a platform that enhances access to affordable credit, SympliFi aims to create economic opportunities and promote financial inclusion for underbanked micro and small businesses. The company’s innovative approach allows clients to directly obtain financial services, benefiting both themselves and their families. Through these efforts, SympliFi seeks to make a significant impact on the financial landscape in regions that traditionally struggle with credit accessibility.

Chainbeat

Seed Round in 2021
Chainbeat is a company that specializes in data analytics and insights for the Web 3.0 ecosystem, focusing particularly on blockchain smart contracts. Its platform provides comprehensive insights into active users, transactions, events, and token transfers. By leveraging real-time data, Chainbeat enables users to receive alerts and generate custom reports, facilitating informed decision-making. The company's offerings are designed to enhance understanding of blockchain activities, allowing users to quickly access critical information related to smart contract usage.

Coco Pago

Seed Round in 2021
Pago is a web3 application that provides access to financial services for individuals who send and receive money in Latin America. This is achieved through a network of P2P financial providers. It is backed by Y Combinator and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Kevin Charles, Francisco Jose Martin Toro, and Victor Charles founded Coco Pago.

Kolektivo

Seed Round in 2021
Kolektivo is a company dedicated to fostering local, regenerative economies. It empowers communities to establish and oversee their own regenerative economic systems, promoting prosperity and sustainability at a grassroots level. Kolektivo achieves this by providing technologies that support ecological regeneration, encourage community engagement, and facilitate the circulation of local value.

Canza Finance

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Canza Finance is a company focused on creating a decentralized finance platform aimed at providing essential financial services to underserved populations in Africa. By leveraging Web3 technology and blockchain, Canza Finance connects users with a network of local money market participants, facilitating access to a range of financial transaction services. This approach aims to establish the world's largest non-institutional-based financial system, enabling users from various emerging markets to engage with an open financial portal tailored to their needs.

Forti

Seed Round in 2021
Forti is a San Francisco-based developer of a social media platform that connects users with friends and creators. The platform empowers creators by allowing them to incorporate cash prizes into their game shows, enhancing user engagement. Additionally, Forti focuses on enabling users to take control of their digital identity, facilitating support for various causes. Users are rewarded for their data, time, and attention, promoting a more equitable digital experience.

Gane

Seed Round in 2021
Gane is a mobile cellular service provider focused on developing countries, where it offers consumers the opportunity to earn free service through interactions with advertisements, skill development, and the use of an embedded multi-currency wallet that rewards user behavior. Founded by an experienced CEO with a history of successful ventures in the telecom sector, Gane is designed to enhance communication accessibility and affordability. The company launched in Mexico in early 2021 and has established significant partnerships, including collaborations with major telecommunications companies and independent media agencies, allowing it to leverage extensive mobile infrastructure and access to a vast network of storefronts. By providing a freemium model for mobile services, Gane aims to transform communication practices in regions where mobile internet has traditionally been cost-prohibitive and educational resources have been limited, ultimately creating value and a positive impact in underserved communities.

DataUnion

Seed Round in 2021
DataUnion is a data union-as-a-service platform that facilitates the creation of collaborative groups aimed at generating artificial intelligence-ready datasets. The platform allows global contributors to upload, annotate, and verify images through various bounty missions, ensuring the data produced is high-quality and suitable for machine learning applications. By enabling contributors to co-own the data and the algorithms developed from it, DataUnion fosters an environment where participants can benefit financially from their contributions. This approach not only enhances the quality of the datasets but also empowers individuals and organizations to engage in the growing field of data-driven insights.

Shareitt

Seed Round in 2020
Shareitt is a marketplace platform based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, that enables members to buy and sell pre-owned items through a mobile application. Founded in 2018, the company has created a social peer-to-peer commerce environment where users can exchange second-hand goods. Rather than traditional currency, transactions within the platform are conducted using a coin system, rewarding users for their participation. This innovative approach allows customers to acquire more products while promoting the sustainability of reusing household items.

Paychant

Seed Round in 2020
Paychant is a payment gateway that facilitates the conversion between African local currencies and cryptocurrencies, enabling users to seamlessly transact within self-custodial wallets, decentralized exchanges (DEXs), or decentralized applications (dApps). It offers a software development kit (SDK) to help Web3 wallets and dApps expand into the African market, providing a compliant and user-friendly on/off-ramp for digital asset transactions.

Mento Research Labs

Venture Round in 2014
Building the science for the new China.
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