IOSG Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Hong Kong, focused on the blockchain and crypto sectors. As a research and thesis-driven entity, IOSG Ventures aims to empower founders in creating community-driven protocols that can significantly impact the future of Web3. The firm invests in a diverse array of early-stage projects, including those in decentralized finance (DeFi), gaming (GameFi), and social finance (SocialFi), as well as infrastructure and middleware solutions. Its portfolio features notable investments such as 1inch, Illuvium, Arbitrum, and StarkWare, among others. IOSG Ventures is committed to fostering innovation in the crypto space by supporting developers and founders with a long-term perspective.
Shaga is a company focused on bridging the gap between gamers, game developers, and the Web3 landscape through its innovative cloud gaming platform. This platform is designed to integrate play-to-earn mechanics, allowing players to engage with games while unlocking rewards through straightforward social media tasks. By offering a dual approach that includes Node Operator and Quests, Shaga aims to enhance player engagement and create a collaborative gaming ecosystem. The team behind Shaga comprises experts in blockchain, gaming, distributed systems, and networking, which positions the company to effectively address the evolving needs of the gaming community.
Hyperbolic Network
Series A in 2024
Hyperbolic is a software development company that specializes in creating decentralized computing platforms. It operates an open-source platform designed for artificial intelligence development by aggregating idle computing resources. This platform enables the building and deployment of AI models by harnessing collective computing capacity, allowing individuals and organizations to access a GPU network. Users can run AI interfaces and deploy models without the need for centralized infrastructures, promoting a more distributed approach to computing and AI development.
OpenLayer
Seed Round in 2024
OpenLayer is a modular authentic data layer designed to modernize traditional data flows. Contributed to by everyone and every device, OpenLayer offers a modular solution that coordinates data collection, validation, and transformation, catering both web2 and web3 companies.
Brevis
Seed Round in 2024
Brevis is an efficient, verifiable off-chain computation engine that brings limitless computation capacity to existing smart contract blockchains.
Gelato
Series A in 2024
Gelato is web3’s cloud platform empowering builders to deploy their own Ethereum Rollups with a single-click. Designed to be super-fast, incredibly secure, and infinitely scalable, Gelato rollups allow anyone to build and deploy their fully serviced Layer 2 chains on Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Celestia and Eigenlayer at a pace natively integrated with Web3's favorite tools and services like Gelato's industry leading smart contract automation & relaying services, Etherscan, The Graph, Pyth, Layer Zero and many more launching a production-ready web3 development environment.
Essential
Series A in 2024
Essential is focused on developing intent-based infrastructure and tools aimed at facilitating the shift from value extraction to intent satisfaction. The company creates core components of intent-centric infrastructure that promote ecosystem-wide composability, ensuring that the intent paradigm is fully realized. This approach seeks to reduce extractive practices while enhancing user satisfaction. Essential's offerings include a domain-specific language for expressing intent and a blockchain protocol centered on intent. Through these innovations, Essential aims to empower clients to navigate and utilize intent-driven frameworks effectively.
Theoriq
Seed Round in 2024
Theoriq is a platform for unbounded AI innovation with a modular AI agent base layer.
Blade Games
Seed Round in 2024
Blade Games is an on-chain game studio and infrastructure supplier, pioneering decentralized gaming experiences using blockchain technology, enabling creativity and community participation.
GOMBLE
Series A in 2024
GOMBLE creates blockchain-based casual games that focus on the game's core fun rather than just playing for the money.
CARV
Venture Round in 2024
CARV is a technology company founded in 2022 that focuses on enhancing resource management for service-oriented businesses. The company offers an application designed to bridge the gap between sales efforts and project team capacity, enabling agencies to align their sales strategies with resource forecasts effectively. By allowing users to attach high-level project models to sales opportunities before contracts are finalized, CARV helps mitigate potential resource allocation issues. The app features customizable modeling capabilities that consider budget and resource constraints, facilitating improved sales pipeline engineering. As a result, CARV aims to eliminate inconsistent workloads, enhance profitability, and empower more effective sales negotiations for its users.
Superfluid Finance
Seed Round in 2024
Superfluid Finance develops an online cash streaming protocol aimed at revolutionizing asset movement in decentralized finance. The protocol focuses on token standardization and facilitates various financial transactions such as subscription funds, salaries, and rewards. By automating recurring transactions and enabling single on-chain exchanges, Superfluid provides customers with continuous settlement and per-second netting, enhancing capital efficiency in the decentralized finance landscape.
AltLayer
Series A in 2024
AltLayer is a developer of a rollups-as-a-service platform focused on enhancing Web3 projects. The company offers a scalable application-dedicated execution layer system that derives security from underlying blockchain infrastructure. By providing an elastic and versatile scaling protocol, AltLayer aims to transform blockchain deployment, significantly improving time-to-market and allowing for customized application deployment. The platform enables users to utilize on-demand rollups, thereby benefiting from a flexible and scalable infrastructure tailored to their specific application needs.
Kiln
Series A in 2024
Kiln is a Paris-based company established in 2018 that offers a platform for enterprise-level pledge services focused on encrypted assets. The company provides validator-independent APIs that facilitate multi-provider staking, allowing digital assets to be staked across various environments, including wallets, custodians, and exchanges. By streamlining the staking process, Kiln aims to enhance accessibility and efficiency in the rapidly evolving web3 industry. Its innovative platform enables clients to deploy, manage, and monitor blockchain validators programmatically, making it easier for businesses to integrate and operate within the blockchain ecosystem. As the demand for collaboration among multiple stakeholders grows, Kiln is well-positioned to serve as an aggregator, driving forward the integration of diverse players in the digital asset space.
Renzo
Seed Round in 2024
Renzo operates a liquid restaking protocol within the EigenLayer ecosystem, designed to enhance yield generation for users participating in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. By allowing clients to restake both native ether and liquid re-staking tokens, Renzo provides an opportunity to earn rewards that exceed traditional ether staking yields. This third-generation platform focuses on securing Actively Validated Services (AVSs), offering a more efficient and profitable staking experience for its users.
Gelato
Series A in 2024
Gelato is web3’s cloud platform empowering builders to deploy their own Ethereum Rollups with a single-click. Designed to be super-fast, incredibly secure, and infinitely scalable, Gelato rollups allow anyone to build and deploy their fully serviced Layer 2 chains on Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Celestia and Eigenlayer at a pace natively integrated with Web3's favorite tools and services like Gelato's industry leading smart contract automation & relaying services, Etherscan, The Graph, Pyth, Layer Zero and many more launching a production-ready web3 development environment.
BabylonChain
Series A in 2023
Babylon builds security protocols to enhance the security of decentralized systems by leveraging Bitcoin's established security. The company's solutions include timestamping data on the Bitcoin blockchain and enabling Bitcoin holders to stake their coins on Proof-of-Stake blockchains without needing a custodian.
Artifact Lab
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Artifact Lab levels up gamer rewards with universal player profiles.
Ingonyama
Seed Round in 2023
Ingonyama develops advanced zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) hardware accelerators aimed at enhancing cryptographic computations. By integrating innovative chip design with sophisticated algorithms and mathematical expertise, the company provides exceptional performance that facilitates the rapid and efficient development of ZK applications. Ingonyama's vision encompasses a future where ZKP hardware is seamlessly integrated into a wide range of technologies, including data centers, mobile devices, blockchain nodes, gaming machines, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Through its pioneering efforts, Ingonyama aims to establish a foundation for applications that require high-performance ZKP capabilities, thereby positioning itself as a leader in the evolving landscape of zero-knowledge proof technology.
Moonveil Entertainment
Seed Round in 2023
Moonveil Entertainment is a web3 game studio dedicated to developing innovative gaming experiences. By leveraging advanced technology, the company creates a platform that combines casual gameplay with rich, engaging content. This approach allows players to enjoy deeply immersive games while also receiving ongoing rewards and recognition for their participation. Moonveil Entertainment aims to transform the gaming landscape by providing authentic experiences that resonate with players.
Neon Media
Series A in 2023
Neon Media LLC is a production company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in the development and design of games and entertainment software. Incorporated in 2020, it focuses on transmedia and virtual production, offering gaming services tailored for the film and television industry. Neon Media produces real-time sets for virtual productions and creates photorealistic, physically-based rendered (PBR) scenes using its proprietary game engine. This enables collaboration among creators in various fields, including television, film, and comics, allowing clients to produce television series, high-budget special effects movies, and independent animations. As of September 2020, Neon Media operates as a subsidiary of The 4D Factory LLC.
RISC Zero.
Series A in 2023
RISC Zero provides a platform enabling users to trust programs run anywhere while allowing developers to use the tools they already know. RISC Zero builds scaling solutions using Zero Knowledge Proofs which will make blockchains accessible. The company was founded by a team of Seattle-based hackers committed to enabling users to control their experience on the internet through the creation of privacy-enhancing decentralization technology.
Lynx Finance
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Web3 Infrastructure for perpetuals trading
Taiko Labs
Seed Round in 2023
Taiko Labs is a cryptocurrency firm focused on developing a zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) scaling solutions platform for the Ethereum Blockchain. The company's platform aims to enhance Ethereum's scalability by closely emulating its functionality, both technically and non-technically. It supports all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) opcodes within a decentralized, permissionless, and secure layer-2 architecture, providing Ethereum developers with the necessary tools to execute blockchain projects effectively.
MetaZone
Seed Round in 2023
MetaZone is a platform aimed at enhancing the application layer of the metaverse, with the goal of engaging a billion users. It serves as a unique content distribution hub where creators can submit Metaverse Enabled Tokenized Applications (METAs) for users to own, experience, and deploy across various virtual environments. The platform simplifies the hosting of high-quality 3D content on digital lands, allowing any connected user to easily deploy or delegate their creations. By facilitating a global economy and offering tools for developers and creators, MetaZone promotes an open metaverse that supports a diverse range of projects and collaborations.
Wallet Guard
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Wallet Guard is a security tool designed to reduce risks for web3 users through its advanced open-source browser extension. This tool offers a multi-layered defense system that includes proactive phishing detection and transaction simulation. By providing human-readable insights into every transaction, Wallet Guard empowers users to make informed decisions and enhances their online safety. The extension aims to proactively detect and block malicious activities, making it a valuable resource for individuals and businesses navigating the complexities of web3 environments.
Scroll.io
Venture Round in 2023
Scroll.io provides a native zkEVM scaling solution for Ethereum. The company upholds the Ethereum network's high-security features while offering users nearly instantaneous, inexpensive transactions.
OneKey
Series A in 2023
OneKey is a developer of a crypto security platform that enables users to securely store and manage various crypto assets, including cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and decentralized applications (dapps). The platform provides an open-source crypto wallet, allowing users to buy and trade popular digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. With a focus on safety and convenience, OneKey aims to enhance the experience of all Web3 users by offering a reliable solution for managing their digital assets.
WeaveDB
Pre Seed Round in 2023
WeaveDB is a decentralized modular database designed as a smart contract, focusing on the development of a web3-based platform for creating decentralized applications. The platform leverages blockchain technology to offer persistent database infrastructure services on distributed storage solutions like Arweave. It incorporates features such as cross-chain authentication, automatic signatures, a JSON-like API, and data indexing. These capabilities provide clients and developers with the tools necessary to build Web 3 applications efficiently and effectively.
Alterscope
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Alterscope specializes in providing real-time risk management solutions for blockchain ecosystems. Its AI-powered platform processes risks across various chains, protocols, and liquidity pools, offering customizable risk scores, real-time alerts, and multi-chain processing capabilities. The platform integrates both on-chain and off-chain data, standardizes cross-chain data, and employs advanced techniques like zero-knowledge proofs and swarm intelligence for accurate risk assessment. This enables businesses to effectively manage web3 risks in real-time, empowering the future of agent-driven finance.
Pods
Seed Round in 2022
Pods is a decentralized non-custodial options protocol. Users can create options and trade them through an Options AMM on the Ethereum Blockchain. Pods is the easiest way to hedge crypto in DeFi.
Blocknative
Series A in 2022
Blocknative is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in real-time blockchain transaction management and monitoring solutions for public blockchain networks. Founded in 2018, it offers a decentralized application development platform that enables developers to access data across multiple blockchains. The platform features an embedded JavaScript widget that simplifies complex blockchain codes, enhancing user experience and facilitating informed decision-making through pre-chain insights. By streamlining the development process, Blocknative aims to empower clients with the tools necessary to navigate the complexities of blockchain technology effectively.
DappBack
Seed Round in 2022
DappBack is a next-generation crypto rewards platform designed to enhance user engagement within decentralized applications. It offers an all-in-one solution for connecting with a community of token-verified web3 users. The platform allows consumers to earn free cryptocurrency, cash, products, and NFTs by participating in everyday activities such as browsing the internet, interacting with brands, and making purchases. Through these rewards, DappBack enables users to gain benefits while engaging in their regular routines, thus promoting a more active participation in the web3 ecosystem.
Hexens
Seed Round in 2022
Hexens is a cybersecurity software developer focused on securing digital assets and data. The company offers a range of services, including blockchain security, cyber investigations, and security advisory, aimed at providing comprehensive analysis and consulting in the cybersecurity realm. By prioritizing exceptional service and results, Hexens strives to exceed industry standards and deliver an unparalleled experience for its clients.
OneKey
Venture Round in 2022
OneKey is a developer of a crypto security platform that enables users to securely store and manage various crypto assets, including cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and decentralized applications (dapps). The platform provides an open-source crypto wallet, allowing users to buy and trade popular digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. With a focus on safety and convenience, OneKey aims to enhance the experience of all Web3 users by offering a reliable solution for managing their digital assets.
ChainML
Seed Round in 2022
ChainML has created Council, an open-source platform that facilitates the rapid development of customized generative AI applications through the collaboration of various agents. This platform focuses on the effective deployment and monitoring of generative AI models, allowing clients to operate them with confidence and precision. ChainML collaborates with its clients throughout the process, providing support in ideation, education, adoption, and implementation, thereby transforming AI product ideas into scalable and cost-effective Web3-enabled solutions. The platform leverages machine learning to support data-driven decision-making, offering robust deployment, hosting, and consulting services to empower businesses in their AI endeavors.
Treasure
Funding Round in 2022
Treasure is developing a decentralized gaming platform aimed at connecting various metaverses and fostering community engagement through a unified ecosystem. The platform features a decentralized game console that integrates games and communities by utilizing a common set of resources. By adopting an open and composable approach, Treasure enables the convergence of non-fungible tokens, decentralized finance, and gaming, allowing players to earn and utilize currency while engaging with different games. Central to the Treasure ecosystem is a fair launch token that powers essential infrastructure and serves as a reserve asset across partner game integrations.
Taiko Labs
Seed Round in 2022
Taiko Labs is a cryptocurrency firm focused on developing a zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) scaling solutions platform for the Ethereum Blockchain. The company's platform aims to enhance Ethereum's scalability by closely emulating its functionality, both technically and non-technically. It supports all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) opcodes within a decentralized, permissionless, and secure layer-2 architecture, providing Ethereum developers with the necessary tools to execute blockchain projects effectively.
Space and Time
Seed Round in 2022
Space and Time is a decentralized analytics platform designed to facilitate low-latency queries and tamperproof analytics across the Web. It serves as a multichain data solution for developers and decentralized applications in sectors such as gaming and decentralized finance. The platform enables the integration of on-chain and off-chain data, allowing users to conduct complex queries through a single interface. By transforming major blockchains into advanced databases, Space and Time provides companies with enhanced analytics capabilities, ensuring faster and more reliable insights at an enterprise scale. This innovative approach positions Space and Time as a vital resource for projects requiring next-generation analytics in a decentralized environment.
Safe
Venture Round in 2022
Safe is a leading provider of digital asset storage solutions, specializing in Ethereum-based multi-signature smart contract wallets. As a spin-out from Gnosis, a decentralized infrastructure provider, Safe offers a secure and programmable account abstraction platform, serving as the account abstraction leader on Ethereum and the EVM. Its flagship product, Gnosis Safe, enables secure and transparent management of digital assets, fostering collaboration and tracking within the decentralized ecosystem.
Redpill AI
Seed Round in 2022
Redpill's objective is to make the best AI resources accessible to everyone. The platform functions as a permissionless LLM router network, providing seamless integration across several AI models.
KYVE
Venture Round in 2022
KYVE is an initiative focused on the decentralized archiving and validation of data streams, utilizing the Arweave blockchain for permanent storage. The platform comprises decentralized uploaders and validators organized into pools, each dedicated to archiving specific data streams. This open-source protocol aims to standardize and ensure the reliability of data storage for blockchain networks and decentralized applications. By leveraging permanent data storage tools, KYVE provides scalability, immutability, and availability, which helps developers create dependable backups and verify their data streams effectively. The initiative is supported by funding from KYVE tokens, which incentivize participation in the network's operations.
FanTV AI
Seed Round in 2022
FanTV, the leading AI Agent platform for next-gen Content Creation and backed by Multicoin Capital, is where AI meets Crypto on Sui, leading with over 8 million On-chain Users (80k Creators) and 27 million transactions, processing more than 1.2 million hours of AI-powered content monthly. As the largest platform for content creation across all chains, FanTV contributes to more than 22% of active wallets on Sui.
Ancient8
Seed Round in 2022
Ancient8 is a company focused on developing the infrastructure for GameFi, emphasizing community engagement and software solutions. It operates Vietnam's largest blockchain gaming guild and aims to democratize access to social and financial opportunities within the Metaverse. Ancient8 is building products such as GameFi Identity and a Launchpad to facilitate the onboarding of millions of users to GameFi and Metaverse projects. Through a combination of blockchain software development, guild scholarships, education, and institutional-grade research, Ancient8 empowers individuals to participate in play-to-earn video games. The company's vision is to create a platform where users can enjoy gaming while also earning rewards, ultimately contributing to the growth of the Metaverse.
MachineFi
Seed Round in 2022
MachineFi Lab specializes in designing Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technologies. The company has developed a comprehensive software platform that connects machines, providing a full infrastructure suite. This includes an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain, a multichain crypto wallet, a blockchain bridge, and an onboarding platform. Additionally, it offers software development kits (SDKs) to facilitate the creation of applications and machine networks. By integrating these technologies, MachineFi Lab aims to enhance connectivity and functionality within the IoT ecosystem.
FanTiger
Seed Round in 2022
FanTiger operates a music NFT marketplace that aims to empower independent artists and foster connections with their fans. The platform utilizes blockchain technology to facilitate the creation, buying, and selling of digital collectibles, enabling artists to build decentralized communities. By purchasing song NFTs, fans can actively support their favorite artists and contribute to their growth, thereby helping artists capture more value from their work. This innovative approach allows for a more interactive relationship between artists and fans, enhancing the overall music experience.
CyberConnect
Series A in 2022
CyberConnect is a decentralized social graph protocol with identity sovereignty for mass adoption and network effects.
Ready Maker
Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Ready Maker Inc. is a cross-platform programming environment designed for personal robotics, aimed at users without coding experience. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, the company allows individuals to program games, Arduino projects, and various software applications. Its platform is compatible with major robotics systems and enables the creation and sharing of Unity3D games that can be played across different devices. Ready Maker offers a range of customizable, professional-grade features, including various movement behaviors, a physics engine that simulates gravity and force, and user interface elements such as input fields and timers. Additionally, it incorporates a visual coding language that simplifies the programming process, making it accessible to a wider audience.
Gasp
Venture Round in 2022
A ZK-rollup L2 with universal connectivity to L1s, enabling cross-chain liquidity of native assets. Powered by Starkware zero-knowledge technology and Eigenlayer's restake finality. In it's core, MEV minimization and gas-free swaps are out of the box.
LiquiFi
Seed Round in 2022
LiquiFi is a digital crypto management platform that assists cryptocurrency companies in automating their token vesting, lockups, and cap table management. By offering a streamlined solution for token management, LiquiFi allows teams to focus on their core activities instead of the complexities associated with building smart contracts, conducting audits, and manually transferring tokens. The platform also facilitates tax compliance and reporting, thereby enhancing the efficiency of managing token equity ownership in a rapidly expanding market. Trusted by leading crypto teams, LiquiFi addresses the security and compliance challenges of token management effectively.
Vovo Finance
Seed Round in 2022
Vovo Finance is a cryptocurrency company that focuses on developing a decentralized finance platform offering structured financial products. The platform is designed to enhance risk-reward ratios for users by providing various investment options that include different risk-return profiles and payoff structures. Through innovative packaged financial instruments, Vovo Finance allows users to engage in leveraged crypto trades while also offering customizable yields based on market conditions, lockup periods, and token deposits. This approach aims to cater to investors seeking tailored financial solutions in the cryptocurrency market.
Joyn
Seed Round in 2022
Joyn is a collaborative platform designed to support the large-scale co-creation of Web3 media.
Polemos
Seed Round in 2022
Polemos is a global gaming company that provides information, education, and asset management solutions to the strategy gaming industry. Founded in 2020 by a team of international co-founders with expertise in gaming, finance, and technology, Polemos offers proprietary asset management solutions, non-collateralized lending, learning management systems, and advanced game/player data analytics. Led by CEO Richard McLaren, a renowned technology executive, and Hal Crawford, former Chief Editor and Publisher at Microsoft NineMSN, the company is expanding into global markets. Polemos' co-founders include gaming industry pioneers such as Tom Hall, former CEO of Playtech and Asian Logic, and Zac Rosenberg, Managing Partner at Capzed. The company aims to leverage the experience of sophisticated gamers, offering technical and competitive games on the blockchain, enabling players to play and earn with non-fungible token games.
Burrow
Seed Round in 2022
Burrow is a decentralized platform that operates a non-custodial liquidity pool, enabling users to supply and borrow assets for trading. The platform focuses on unlocking liquidity for interest-bearing assets, particularly layer 1 staking derivatives. By allowing users to supply assets, Burrow facilitates the earning of interest and enables borrowing against those assets to enhance liquidity. Additionally, the platform features a governance token staking program, which encourages user participation and investment in the ecosystem. Overall, Burrow aims to provide a streamlined approach to accessing liquidity in the decentralized finance space.
prePO
Private Equity Round in 2022
prePO is a decentralized trading platform that enables users to speculate on the valuation of pre-initial public offering companies and pre-token projects. The platform provides a space for users to take synthetic positions, allowing them to engage with the financial potential of emerging companies before they go public. By offering features such as neutral liquidity provision and token incentives, prePO aims to facilitate a transparent and accessible trading environment. This innovative approach allows individuals from various backgrounds to participate in the financial ecosystem surrounding pre-IPO opportunities.
Swell
Seed Round in 2022
Swell is the restaking chain, powered by Proof of Restake. The protocol is backed by the industry's best venture capital firms and angels.
Swim
Seed Round in 2022
Swim is a developer of cross-chain infrastructure that facilitates the seamless transfer of tokens across multiple blockchain networks. By utilizing multi-token liquidity pools and Solana's Wormhole technology, Swim offers tools that allow users to exchange native assets from one blockchain to another without the delays associated with centralized bridges or the complications of wrapped assets. This innovative approach reduces the dependence on traditional bridges and centralized exchanges, enabling clients to efficiently swap, send, and receive native tokens, thereby enhancing the overall user experience in the blockchain ecosystem.
Pianity
Seed Round in 2022
Pianity is a music NFT platform founded in 2021 and based in Paris, France. It facilitates the creation, sharing, trading, and collecting of limited-edition tracks, allowing musicians to engage with their communities. The platform enables artists to sell their music as unique digital assets, certified by blockchain technology. This innovation provides musicians with an independent revenue stream while allowing fans and collectors to buy, sell, and showcase their music collections. Pianity serves as a hub for both artists and music enthusiasts, fostering a vibrant ecosystem centered around music and digital ownership.
ar.io
Seed Round in 2022
ArDrive is a company that offers permanent and secure data storage solutions, allowing users to safely store documents, photos, and videos for a lifetime. Founded in 2020 by Phil Mataras, the platform ensures true data ownership through a decentralized network, enabling clients to maintain control over their information. ArDrive's services emphasize data permanence and reliable record-keeping, providing users with an indelible vault for their digital assets. The company's innovative approach aims to revolutionize how individuals and organizations manage and preserve their data over the long term.
ArtGee Finance
Seed Round in 2022
Artgee Finance focuses on digital asset financial settlement on a global scale. They leverage AI-driven smart contracts and algorithms to enhance cross-border payments and improve asset liquidity. Their services include cross-border payment and settlement, real-world asset financial services, and supply chain financial services, integrating traditional finance with the Web3 environment.
MixMob
Seed Round in 2022
MixMob is a play-to-earn (P2E) game developed by Encore Studios, leveraging blockchain technology and operating on the Solana network. The game draws inspiration from various cultural elements, including music, art, fashion, and movies, to foster a unique Remix Culture. It features a card game strategy within a comprehensive gaming ecosystem reminiscent of Fortnite's virtual environment. Players can socialize and earn rewards while engaging with non-fungible token (NFT) based masks, enhancing their experience in the metaverse.
Footprint Analytics
Seed Round in 2022
Footprint Analytics is an analytical platform designed to facilitate the discovery and visualization of blockchain data. It aims to make decentralized finance (DeFi), GameFi, and non-fungible token (NFT) analytics accessible to a broad audience, including analysts, data scientists, developers, educators, and executives. The platform features an intuitive drag-and-drop interface that allows users to perform interactive data queries without the need for coding experience, thereby simplifying the exploration and analysis of complex blockchain portfolios. Through its user-friendly design, Footprint Analytics enhances the ability of individuals and organizations to engage with blockchain data effectively.
Perion
Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Perion is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on empowering the gaming community by investing in and managing non-fungible token (NFT) assets within play-to-earn economies. The organization connects skilled gamers with advanced technology and training programs, fostering a high-achieving player base. By engaging gamers as independent contractors, Perion allows them to leverage their skills for significant earnings. The platform aims to enhance brand recognition and create a strong network effect, positioning itself as a leading representative of the competitive play-to-earn gaming sector. Through its expertise in metagame analysis and resource allocation, Perion seeks to unlock the potential of the gaming community while driving exceptional returns for its dedicated members.
Mint Gate
Pre Seed Round in 2022
MintGate is a platform that helps creators communities make their superfans feel special. It enables creators and communities to create a token or key specific to them, reward them to their fans for engagement, and have their top fans unlock new digital experiences.
Bribe
Seed Round in 2022
Bribe is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that enhances governance participation by creating an incentivized marketplace for governance voting. The platform allows users to form coalitions and engage in auctions for governance votes, democratizing the process and enabling broader participation beyond major stakeholders. By improving existing DeFi governance models, Bribe establishes a transparent and open marketplace that facilitates coordination among voters, ultimately increasing engagement in governance activities. This innovative approach not only fosters a more inclusive environment but also generates new opportunities for token holders to earn yields through their participation in governance.
DeBank
Series A in 2021
DeBank is a cryptocurrency wallet designed to facilitate access to decentralized finance (DeFi) services, enabling users to manage and track their DeFi investments effectively. The platform supports over 800 DeFi protocols across more than 15 blockchains, including Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. Users can monitor their asset portfolios, compare interest rates, and analyze risks associated with their investments. DeBank also offers features for token swapping and discovering new investment opportunities through detailed real-time data, allowing users to gain insights into their financial activities and optimize their returns in the DeFi space.
Interlay
Venture Round in 2021
Interlay is building an open system backed by top-tier research, which allows any user to invest, earn and pay with Bitcoin on any blockchain. Through decentralized insurance collateral and cryptographic proofs users are protected against theft and censorship.
Aztec
Series A in 2021
Aztec specializes in developing privacy-focused technologies for Ethereum-based transactions. It is renowned for creating PLONK, a leading standard in zero-knowledge proofs, enabling fast, private interactions on the public blockchain. The company's research team has made significant contributions to Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and possesses extensive expertise in deploying intricate cryptosystems within Web3 environments. Aztec Network recently unveiled an advanced version of zk.money, showcasing its Aztec Connect SDK's ability to facilitate seamless integrations with prominent DeFi protocols like Lido and Element Finance. The company is currently working on building a secure, encrypted blockchain secured by Ethereum.
izumi Finance
Series A in 2021
Izumi Finance is a non-homogenous liquidity mining protocol to provide Uniswap lp token staking rewards in different price ranges. Izumi Finance improves the efficiency of incentive distribution for reward providers and enhances the earnings of liquidity providers in Uniswap.
StarkWare Industries
Series C in 2021
StarkWare Industries Ltd is a technology company based in Netanya, Israel, established in 2017. The company specializes in developing software and hardware solutions focused on the generation and verification of computational integrity proofs. Its primary offering, known as STARK, is a zero-knowledge proof protocol that enhances privacy in blockchain applications, increases transaction throughput, and enables off-chain computation. StarkWare Industries aims to create a comprehensive proof stack to facilitate secure and efficient computational processes across various applications.
Aurora
Series A in 2021
Aurora is an Ethereum Virtual Machine created by the team at the NEAR Protocol, delivering a turn-key solution for developers to operate their apps on an Ethereum-compatible, high-throughput, scalable and future-safe platform, with low transaction costs for their users. Aurora was founded in 2021 and is based in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Swivel Finance
Series A in 2021
Swivel Finance is a decentralized protocol that specializes in fixed-rate lending and tokenized cash flows, allowing lenders to secure fixed-rate interest rates on their ERC-20 tokens. Founded in 2020 and based in Austin, Texas, the company has developed an online lending platform that minimizes transaction overhead and reduces associated risks for users. By providing a mechanism for locking in interest rates, Swivel Finance aims to enhance the stability and predictability of returns in the decentralized finance sector.
DoinGud
Seed Round in 2021
DoinGud operates an online marketplace and social platform centered on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), based in Zug, Switzerland. It serves a diverse range of users, including artists promoting their works, collectors seeking new products, and businesses pursuing sustainability goals. The platform leverages blockchain technology to foster a collaborative ecosystem that connects artists with their communities, enabling them to sell their creations while simultaneously supporting social impact organizations. Through this model, DoinGud encourages creators and social enterprises to collaborate, aiming to establish a self-sustaining environment that generates positive social change.
RECUR
Series A in 2021
RECUR designs & develops on-chain branded experiences for fans to buy, collect, and re-sell NFTs. RECUR is chain agnostic and is fundamentally changing the NFT market by creating and setting the standard for a decentralized recurring royalty, creating the widest distribution and reach for NFTs minted on their platform. It was founded in 2021 and headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Zenlink
Series A in 2021
Zenlink is a cross-chain blockchain network based in China, founded in 2020. It serves as a central hub for asset trading, enabling users to engage in seamless cross-chain transactions. The platform offers features such as the Zenlink DEX Protocol, which provides a unified trading framework, and the Zenlink DEX Module, allowing parachains to integrate decentralized exchange capabilities. Users benefit from low fees, low slippage, and high-speed trading, all within a single platform that minimizes the complexities associated with multiple chains. Additionally, the Zenlink Token facilitates governance and incentivizes participation in the ecosystem, supporting long-term network development.
deBridge Finance
Seed Round in 2021
deBridge Finance is a cross-chain interoperability and liquidity transfer protocol designed to facilitate the decentralized transfer of assets across multiple blockchains. The protocol operates through a network of independent oracles and validators, which are elected by deBridge governance, ensuring a secure and efficient transfer process. It supports interoperability between major blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Polygon, Binance Smart Chain, Huobi Ecological Chain, and Arbitrum. This infrastructure enables users to seamlessly access and transfer various digital assets, including NFTs, across different platforms, enhancing the overall flexibility and utility of blockchain technology.
Hats Finance
Seed Round in 2021
Hats Finance is a decentralized cybersecurity incentive network that aims to enhance security within the web3 environment. It operates a platform that allows projects to safeguard their smart contracts through a security vault and an ecosystem skin, thereby providing a more secure future for users of Ethereum. The network is governed by its stakeholders, which include hackers, project developers, and token holders, creating a collaborative approach to cybersecurity. This structure enables Hats Finance to address the evolving challenges of digital security in a decentralized manner.
Alethea AI
Funding Round in 2021
Alethea AI is a decentralized protocol focused on the development of intelligent and interactive non-fungible tokens (NFTs) powered by advanced artificial intelligence technologies. The company has pioneered the iNFT standard, which allows for the creation of photorealistic avatars capable of animation and interaction. Through its multimedia platform, Alethea AI enables users to generate high-quality synthetic media while ensuring digital rights management through blockchain technology. This framework empowers creators to publish AI-generated characters and monetize their content by fulfilling requests from buyers, positioning Alethea AI at the forefront of the evolving intersection of AI and digital assets.
Coin98
Venture Round in 2021
Coin98 is a Crypto-focused software company.
Shipyard Software
Seed Round in 2021
Shipyard Software is focused on creating a variety of decentralized exchanges and tools for the cryptocurrency market, catering specifically to retail traders. Its flagship product, Clipper DEX, is designed to deliver optimal pricing for crypto trades valued under $50,000, while its latest offering, Longship, serves as a derivatives DEX that mitigates toxic order flow and allows experienced traders to access DeFi-native perpetual contracts with leverage up to 100 times. The company operates within a broader decentralized finance ecosystem governed by AdmiralDAO, which aims to promote equitable trading environments globally. Founded in 2021 and based in San Francisco, Shipyard Software seeks to enhance the trading experience for self-directed cryptocurrency traders.
Interlay
Seed Round in 2021
Interlay is building an open system backed by top-tier research, which allows any user to invest, earn and pay with Bitcoin on any blockchain. Through decentralized insurance collateral and cryptographic proofs users are protected against theft and censorship.
Runtime Vеrification
Venture Round in 2021
Runtime Vеrification is a dynamic software analysis technique to automatically detect bugs and errors in a software system. Founded in 2010, Runtime Vеrification is headquartered in Urbana, Illinois, United States.
SynFutures
Series A in 2021
SynFutures operates a decentralized derivatives platform that facilitates the trading of synthetic assets, allowing users to create and trade various digital asset pairs using a single digital token as margin. The platform aims to establish an open and trustless derivatives market by enabling trading on any asset with a price feed. By promoting a free market environment and increasing the diversity of tradable assets, SynFutures seeks to lower the barriers to entry in the derivatives market, thereby fostering a more equitable exchange for digital assets.
t3rn
Seed Round in 2021
t3rn is a blockchain-based hosting platform founded in 2020 and based in Lisbon, Portugal. The company focuses on providing fast, secure, and cost-efficient solutions for cross-chain executions by utilizing its modular stack for storage, validation, settlement, and consensus. Its platform allows for interoperable execution and composable collaboration, featuring smart contracts stored in a public registry that can be accessed by any user. Developers who contribute to this open-source repository have the opportunity to receive compensation whenever their smart contracts are utilized, promoting an ecosystem that rewards innovation and collaboration within the blockchain community.
Stake Technologies
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Stake Technologies is a company focused on developing essential decentralized protocols for Web3.0. Its primary objective is to create infrastructure that enables individuals to maintain ownership of their data, rights, and overall digital autonomy. The firm provides a multi-virtual machine smart contract platform, which assists businesses in implementing blockchain solutions that address scalability challenges. By offering systems that enhance scalability, privacy, and interoperability, Stake Technologies aims to support enterprises in effectively integrating advanced technologies into their operations.
Subspace Labs
Seed Round in 2021
Subspace Labs is a distributed research and development company behind the Subspace Network. While based in Palo Alto, CA, we are a global, remote-first team of protocol hackers and cryptocurrency enthusiasts. The Subspace Network is a layer zero protocol that is fully interoperable with any layer one, allowing it to serve as an infrastructure layer for the entire Web3 ecosystem. Based on years of original R&D, Subspace is the first protocol to truly resolve the blockchain trilemma, providing an open, scalable platform for both storage and compute. Subspace currently supports Polkadot and Kusama, with more networks coming soon.
SEDA
Seed Round in 2021
SEDA is a multichain, permissionless protocol designed to connect real-world data to various blockchain networks. It operates a decentralized finance prediction market platform that aims to establish a secure framework for open markets. The platform is user-friendly, allowing developers to integrate it easily using an open-source JavaScript software development kit. This accessibility enables clients to engage with permissionless markets efficiently, requiring minimal coding efforts. SEDA's innovative approach seeks to enhance the interaction between real-world information and blockchain technology, promoting transparency and accessibility in decentralized finance.
ar.io
Seed Round in 2021
ArDrive is a company that offers permanent and secure data storage solutions, allowing users to safely store documents, photos, and videos for a lifetime. Founded in 2020 by Phil Mataras, the platform ensures true data ownership through a decentralized network, enabling clients to maintain control over their information. ArDrive's services emphasize data permanence and reliable record-keeping, providing users with an indelible vault for their digital assets. The company's innovative approach aims to revolutionize how individuals and organizations manage and preserve their data over the long term.
Solv Protocol
Angel Round in 2021
Solv Protocol is a decentralized platform focused on the creation, management, and trading of Financial NFTs, which represent fractionalized ownership of various financial assets. Its primary product, Vesting Vouchers, allows users to unlock liquidity from lock-up vesting tokens, facilitating fundraising, community building, and token liquidity management for cryptocurrency projects. The platform serves as an on-chain marketplace for a new category of crypto assets, enabling the establishment and transaction of investment allocations, including investment funds and debt and equity instruments. By issuing semi-fungible tokens, Solv Protocol provides blockchain institutions with essential access to liquidity, enhancing the efficiency and functionality of financial transactions in the digital asset space.
Solv Protocol
Seed Round in 2021
Solv Protocol is a decentralized platform focused on the creation, management, and trading of Financial NFTs, which represent fractionalized ownership of various financial assets. Its primary product, Vesting Vouchers, allows users to unlock liquidity from lock-up vesting tokens, facilitating fundraising, community building, and token liquidity management for cryptocurrency projects. The platform serves as an on-chain marketplace for a new category of crypto assets, enabling the establishment and transaction of investment allocations, including investment funds and debt and equity instruments. By issuing semi-fungible tokens, Solv Protocol provides blockchain institutions with essential access to liquidity, enhancing the efficiency and functionality of financial transactions in the digital asset space.
Arkhivist
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Arkhivist is a cybersecurity platform designed to enhance the safety of decentralized investments and transactions. The company provides a user-friendly platform that keeps investors informed about important developments within financial protocols and alerts them to any suspicious activities that could jeopardize their funds. By implementing security safeguards before engaging with various money protocols, Arkhivist aims to protect users from potential decentralized finance scams. This commitment to transparency and security allows users to trade and invest in decentralized assets with greater confidence.
Subspace Labs
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Subspace Labs is a distributed research and development company behind the Subspace Network. While based in Palo Alto, CA, we are a global, remote-first team of protocol hackers and cryptocurrency enthusiasts. The Subspace Network is a layer zero protocol that is fully interoperable with any layer one, allowing it to serve as an infrastructure layer for the entire Web3 ecosystem. Based on years of original R&D, Subspace is the first protocol to truly resolve the blockchain trilemma, providing an open, scalable platform for both storage and compute. Subspace currently supports Polkadot and Kusama, with more networks coming soon.
Twilight
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Blockchain Privacy
Hats Finance
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Hats Finance is a decentralized cybersecurity incentive network that aims to enhance security within the web3 environment. It operates a platform that allows projects to safeguard their smart contracts through a security vault and an ecosystem skin, thereby providing a more secure future for users of Ethereum. The network is governed by its stakeholders, which include hackers, project developers, and token holders, creating a collaborative approach to cybersecurity. This structure enables Hats Finance to address the evolving challenges of digital security in a decentralized manner.
Coin98
Seed Round in 2021
Coin98 is a Crypto-focused software company.
zCloak Network
Seed Round in 2021
zCloak Network is a privacy-focused infrastructure provider that specializes in decentralized identity (DID) and verifiable computation. The company seeks to empower users by decentralizing the storage and computation of personal data, ensuring that this information resides on user devices rather than centralized servers. Utilizing a STARK-based zero-knowledge virtual machine (ZK-VM) integrated into a browser extension, zCloak Network ensures the integrity of user computations. Its World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)-compatible DID system reflects real-world legal status and reputation within decentralized social frameworks. This allows individuals to leverage their real-world data for applications in decentralized finance, identity verification, and biometric solutions without compromising their privacy. Furthermore, zCloak Network is chain-agnostic, offering its identity and zero-knowledge proof services across multiple public blockchains.
MCDEX
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Fully permissionless protocol for decentralized perpetual swaps
Moonbeam Network
Funding Round in 2021
Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.
PureStake
Series A in 2021
PureStake, Inc. is a company that develops infrastructure and services for public blockchain networks, focusing primarily on the Algorand and Polkadot ecosystems. Founded in 2019 and based in Burlington, Massachusetts, PureStake offers a range of products and services including the AlgoSigner wallet extension, APIs, a block explorer called goalseeker, and infrastructure solutions for both private and co-chain environments. Additionally, the company provides validator services for the Polkadot Network and supports smart contract development on the Moonbeam platform. PureStake aims to facilitate secure and reliable participation in blockchain networks through its cloud-based platform, which employs an automated multi-pop and multi-cloud approach for enhanced user experience.
Push Protocol
Seed Round in 2021
Push Protocol is a decentralized communication platform designed for the web3 ecosystem, enabling users to receive notifications related to both on-chain and off-chain activities. The protocol facilitates notifications from various decentralized applications (dApps), smart contracts, and backend services, all linked to users' wallet addresses. This allows for a flexible and open communication network where notifications can be triggered by diverse on-chain or off-chain logic. Push Protocol operates in a gasless, multichain, and platform-agnostic manner, ensuring that any crypto wallet or infrastructure service can display these notifications to users. By leveraging this system, users can engage with notifications and potentially earn cryptocurrency rewards through their interactions.
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