SkyBridge Capital is a global alternative investment firm with $11.8 billion in assets under management or advisement (as of August 31, 2014). The firm offers hedge fund investing solutions that address a wide range of market participants from individual investors to large institutions.
Dust Labs is building software that helps NFT communities bring more value to their holders.
Aptos is a web3 startup that builds a scalable Layer 1 blockchain that enables developers to design scalable, future-proof apps. The Aptos team consists of a talented group of engineers, researchers, strategists, designers, and constructors. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
Meow Technologies is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by FirstBank, a Tennessee corporation, and by Grasshopper Bank, N.A. and Third Coast Bank SSB; Members FDIC. Meow offers businesses checking accounts with interest, treasury management services, invoicing, bill pay and more.
Hidden Road is the global credit network for institutional investors and provides easy access to both traditional and digital markets.
Soba is a game development company. They develop no-code tools that allow build games, shooters, and platformers for mobile, pcs, and mac.
BlockFi is a secured non-bank lender that offers USD loans to crypto-asset owners who collateralize the loan with their crypto-assets. Their products bring additional liquidity to the blockchain asset sector and meet the needs of both individuals and institutions holding blockchain assets. BlockFi holds clients' Bitcoin and Ether with a registered custodian and issues loans in USD to their bank accounts. Currently operating in beta launch, lending in 35 US states to retail investors and companies. BlockFi’s mission is to provide liquidity, transparency, and efficiency to digital financial markets by creating products that meet the needs of consumers and corporations across the globe. They leverage a sophisticated infrastructure that integrates with multiple blockchains, they plan to expand their product set based on their retail and institutional client's needs.
SecureSave provides a purpose-built emergency savings solution. Emergency savings are the foundation of financial wellness. Help your employees get started. Make an immediate impact on your team for a fraction of the cost of other workplace savings programs.
Delphia believes data is the key to capital formation and economic empowerment. We build products that incentivize the contribution of proprietary data in order to generate an edge in financial markets. We believe that actively managing people’s data can unlock new forms of wealth creation for individual and institutional investors alike.
Chillchat is a game studio based in Bangkok, Thailand. Currently, the studio is building Tearfallen, an online fast-paced rogue-lite action set in a unique "Pantheonpunk" universe. Imagine Hades MMO.
Euler is a capital-efficient permissionless lending protocol that helps users to earn interest on their crypto assets or hedge against volatile markets without the need for a trusted third party.
Vybe Network is a data infrastructure solution that enables the solana community to query, index, and share on-chain data to build web 3.0 dApps and analytics.
Nas means people – and we, as Nas Company, are on a mission to build community products that bring people together! From the early days of Nas Daily, our mission has been to form communities around the world. We believe that people learn better in communities. People can do more together. People can find mentors, coaches, thought leaders, and friends in communities. A strong community is worth a thousand marketing campaigns. Nas.io is building products for Community Builders, Brands, Content Creators, DAO builders, and anyone who also wants to bring people together. We have built tools and integrations that will let you start and manage an engaged community. As a company, we’ve successfully built communities over and over again – and now, we are building tools and integrations that will allow other people to build communities faster than ever before.
DoraHacks is a global hackathon organizer and a multi-chain Web3 developer platform. DoraHacks partners with over 40 Web3 ecosystems, such as Solana, Polygon, and Avalanche, to provide infrastructure for open-source communities and foster blockchain technology innovations. The company offers various tools and services, including hackathons, bounty programs, quadratic funding, and privacy voting mechanisms, all aimed at supporting the development and governance of decentralized applications.
Metatheory Inc. is an interactive technology and entertainment company building Web3 games, interactive content, social experiences, and other community-driven adventures. Metatheory’s mission is to inspire imagination by connecting people worldwide through immersive worlds built on cross-generational IP.
Edge Tradeworks is a marketplace platform that offers an easier and more efficient way to whole loan trading. The platform facilitates whole loan trading via algorithmic counterparty matching, sophisticated loan analytics, and online price negotiation. It also offers an innovative solution to increase profitability, enhance asset-liability management, and expand footprint. Loan Transactions and Technologyreplaces the manual, an opaque, and slow process used by banks and credit unions to buy and sell loans with an automated and transparent platform filled with unparalleled analytical resources. Their mission is to provide their clients with simple control over their own trades.
OneUPI is a Solana-powered 0% commission payment gateway with Instant Settlement. We take no setup fee & no maintenance charges.
Arcana enables institutional investors to understand their portfolio risks, decompose single stock & book performance, drill into crowding, and isolate their idiosyncratic differentiation. Built on our proprietary crowding, ownership, factor risk, and performance datasets.
Anthropic is an AI research company focused on the safety of AI systems. Its research includes natural language processing, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability. The initial product is Claude, an AI assistant for various tasks. The company develops AI systems that prioritize safety, transparency, and alignment with human values.
GamerGains Labs is the first-ever token and cryptocurrency-based play and earn platform serving traditional gamers – a community of hundreds of millions of people around the world that enjoy playing on PCs and consoles such as Xbox and PlayStation. Offering an easy-to-use interface, the innovative platform will allow members to earn crypto with confidence through an automated contest lifecycle, which is impartial, transparent, and features instant payout settlement.
Cogni is revolutionizing digital banking; providing easy, transparent, accessible financial lifestyle services - TradFi, DeFi, NFTs & more.
Bastion is a lending and exchange protocol built on Aurora, the Ethereum-compatible layer of the Near blockchain. Bastion builds an autonomous interest-rate engine with high-quality capital efficiency, quick transactions, low transaction fees, accurate liquidations, and leverages NEAR's underlying UX benefits. Users can deposit assets into the Bastion liquidity pool, and the protocol will generate collateral tokens. These cTokens earn interest based on the underlying asset value and can be used as loan collateral in the future.
Taki Games is on a mission to bring gaming’s 3 billion players and $200 billion in revenues onchain through TAKI. Powered by its unique tokenomics model, Taki Games lets loyal players earn real value and a stake in the TAKI network by earning TAKI rewards. Founded by pioneers in social, mobile, and free-to-play gaming who served as founders and executives of some of the biggest names in gaming, Taki Games is leading the revolution to let players get more from the games they love.
Private Equity Round in 2022
NEAR is decentralized storage and compute platform that is secure enough to manage high-value assets like money or identity. NEAR is a scalable smart contract platform that supports decentralized applications of almost any kind. Leverage an ecosystem of components backed by cutting edge technology. NEAR was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in California.
NEAR is decentralized storage and compute platform that is secure enough to manage high-value assets like money or identity. NEAR is a scalable smart contract platform that supports decentralized applications of almost any kind. Leverage an ecosystem of components backed by cutting edge technology. NEAR was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in California.
Bridge Network enables seamless transactions between blockchain ecosystems. It connects a web3 wallet and funds a virtual or physical debit card with tokens across any supported network. The platform allows the swapping and viewing of all the assets across various networks in one simple and easy-to-navigate interface. They provide all of the tools a user may require to transact cross-chain without having to switch between platforms.
LayerZero Labs is a company focused on blockchain interoperability, providing a protocol that connects decentralized applications (dapps) across different blockchains. Its platform enhances data exchange by utilizing an on-chain light node for validation, which streamlines the process of handling block headers. Instead of storing all block headers in sequence, LayerZero employs decentralized oracles to deliver block headers on demand. This approach not only increases speed and security but also improves cost efficiency, enabling clients to develop cross-chain applications with a simple communication framework. Through its innovative technology, LayerZero aims to facilitate seamless interactions between diverse blockchain networks.
Dave is disrupting the banking business with its innovative financial products. Dave products improve its members' financial wellness by offering banking with no hidden costs, free access to a $250 overdraft, credit building, and access to extra side business options. In less than four years, the company has grown to over 12 million members, making it one of the fastest-growing financial apps ever. Dave, the financial equivalent of David and Goliath battling the big banks, assists its 12 million customers in budgeting, finding work, building credit, and accessing revenue to fund current expenditures. Dave is intended to fill in for a friend or family member who you turn to for instant money or financial advice.
Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Mina is building a privacy-preserving gateway between the real world and crypto — and the infrastructure for the secure, democratic future we all deserve.
Aptos is a web3 startup that builds a scalable Layer 1 blockchain that enables developers to design scalable, future-proof apps. The Aptos team consists of a talented group of engineers, researchers, strategists, designers, and constructors. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
Swim provides a simple way to transfer tokens across chains via multi-token liquidity pools and Solana's Wormhole. No more delays, centralized bridges, or wrapped assets.
Chillchat is a game studio based in Bangkok, Thailand. Currently, the studio is building Tearfallen, an online fast-paced rogue-lite action set in a unique "Pantheonpunk" universe. Imagine Hades MMO.
PlayUp is an online-only Sports Betting and Fantasy Sports Company that owns its own proprietary wagering and fantasy platform and operates its in-house risk and trading team. The PlayUp Group offers legal products in Australia, New Zealand, India and the USA. It has many differentiating products such as Horseracing Products (fixed and pari mutual odds), eSports Betting and Fantasy on Horseracing and even eSports. They company serves as a one-stop-shop for sports fans.
AMINA Bank is a cryptocurrency company that provides a seamless, secure, and easy-to-use bridge between digital and traditional assets. Its services allow customers to secure, trade, and manage cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and conventional securities all in one place. It also allows customers and clients to have access to convenient and transparent investment solutions for their crypto and traditional assets. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Zug, Zug, Switzerland.
Momento NFT is a direct-to-fan non-fungible-token (NFT) social network that is used for a single purpose to provide content creators the opportunity and ability to monetize their work and ensure their fans are able to own a piece of the moments they create.
BetDEX is the decentralized sports betting protocol. BetDEX delivers high speeds and low transaction costs while eliminating counterparty risk. BetDEX is a permissionless protocol allowing anyone to build their own applications on top.
Faraway makes hyper-social blockchain games with player-driven economies. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Miami, Florida.
Chipper Cash is a financial services company that features a software application platform that enables free instant cross-border mobile money transfers in Africa as easy as sending a text message. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Sky Mavis is a technology company that specializes in developing decentralized applications and services, primarily focusing on the gaming sector. As a blockchain studio, it creates virtual worlds that feature player-owned economies, allowing gamers to engage in trading digital assets. Through its innovative approach, Sky Mavis empowers players by providing them with economic freedom, enabling the buying and selling of collectibles within these digital environments. The company's commitment to building practical applications and interactive experiences positions it as a significant player in the intersection of gaming and blockchain technology.
Liquid Global is a developer of a cryptocurrency trading platform designed to provide liquidity to the crypto economy.The company's platform offers trading services for major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum against fiat currency pairs in Japanese yen, US, Singapore and Australian dollar and Euro among the others, enabling businesses and users to exchange cryptocurrencies in a hassle-free manner.
DriveWealth, the global fintech investment rail and pioneer of fractional equities trading, is a visionary technology company that empowers more than 100 partners around the world to engage their customers by placing the markets in the palm of their hands. We believe the future is fractional, transactional, and mobile. Every mobile device should be a gateway to accessing investing and savings products, services, advice, and assistance for global citizens of all ages, wealth stages, and levels of financial expertise. DriveWealth’s consultative support and cloud based, modern technology platform allow partners to seamlessly offer branded investing experiences to drive customer acquisition, loyalty, retention, and revenue growth.
Private Equity Round in 2021
Circle is a financial technology company that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate the sending, receiving, and investing of cryptocurrency assets globally. Founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, Circle offers a user-friendly online platform that simplifies money transfers and includes services such as Circle Pay for peer-to-peer payments. In addition, the company provides Circle Invest, allowing users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, and Circle Trade, which operates a trading desk with a substantial liquidity pool for digital assets, averaging $2 billion in monthly trading volume. With significant backing from investors, including notable firms such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle has established a presence in major cities, including Boston, New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company is dedicated to accelerating global crypto innovation and adoption through its various financial services.
Solidus Labs is an information technology company that provides a machine learning-powered trade surveillance and transaction monitoring infrastructure tailored for digital assets. It features a SaaS web-based dashboard, that enables its clients to detect, investigate, and address suspicious activity in blockchain-based asset trading. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, United States.
Protego Trust Bank is a financial service company that offers regulated crypto services to institutional investors. The company provides clients comprehensive digital asset services including custody, trading, lending, and issuance - all within one vertically integrated partner. Protego Trush Bank was founded in 2017 and is based in Seattle, WA.
Blockfolio offers mobile portfolio tracking and management for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. Blockfolio is the network for mobile cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and management. Millions of people trust Blockfolio to stay connected to the pulse of the industry through market data, news, and direct updates from leaders of top crypto projects. Blockfolio is committed to providing free access to our users and token team partners.
Initial Coin Offering in 2020
Oin Finance is a Defi company building liquidity pool lending platforms on the Ontology blockchain with cross-chain functionality.