IOSG Ventures

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.

Momir Amidzic

Principal

Gökhan Er

Managing Director

Jocy Lin

Partner

Yiping Lu

Associate

Ishanee Nagpurkar

Principal

Deniz Omer

Venture Partner

Jiaping Wang

Venture Partner

Queenie Wu

Partner

Jiawei Zhu

Associate

Xinshu Dong Ph.D

Technical Partner

Past deals in PaaS

Gelato

Series A in 2024
Gelato Network is an innovative company based in Berlin, Germany, that focuses on automating smart contract executions on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2007, Gelato provides a web cloud platform that allows developers to streamline their on-chain processes, enhancing application reliability and performance. Its audited smart contract protocol eliminates the need for developers to manage underlying server infrastructure, thereby saving significant development time and reducing the potential for single points of failure. The platform supports the creation of augmented smart contracts that are automated, gasless, and compatible with all major EVM-compatible blockchains, making it a valuable tool for developers looking to optimize their applications.

AltLayer

Series A in 2024
AltLayer offers a rollups-as-a-service platform that enables developers to deploy on-demand rollups for Web3 projects. The system provides highly scalable, application-dedicated execution layers whose security derives from an underlying base layer, delivering elastic and customizable scaling to transform blockchain infrastructure, speed up time-to-market, and support innovative deployment models for decentralized applications.

Gelato

Series A in 2024
Gelato Network is an innovative company based in Berlin, Germany, that focuses on automating smart contract executions on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2007, Gelato provides a web cloud platform that allows developers to streamline their on-chain processes, enhancing application reliability and performance. Its audited smart contract protocol eliminates the need for developers to manage underlying server infrastructure, thereby saving significant development time and reducing the potential for single points of failure. The platform supports the creation of augmented smart contracts that are automated, gasless, and compatible with all major EVM-compatible blockchains, making it a valuable tool for developers looking to optimize their applications.

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.

Polywrap

Seed Round in 2020
Polywrap is a development platform that simplifies the integration of Web3 protocols into applications across all devices and programming languages. It enables software to read and write data to Web3 networks, allowing developers to embed blockchain functionality directly into their applications without complex native code.

Gelato

Seed Round in 2020
Gelato Network is an innovative company based in Berlin, Germany, that focuses on automating smart contract executions on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2007, Gelato provides a web cloud platform that allows developers to streamline their on-chain processes, enhancing application reliability and performance. Its audited smart contract protocol eliminates the need for developers to manage underlying server infrastructure, thereby saving significant development time and reducing the potential for single points of failure. The platform supports the creation of augmented smart contracts that are automated, gasless, and compatible with all major EVM-compatible blockchains, making it a valuable tool for developers looking to optimize their applications.

Loom Network

Seed Round in 2018
Loom Network Inc. is a platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to create and operate large-scale decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain and other compatible chains. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, Loom Network provides a comprehensive solution for both smart contract and traditional developers, allowing them to build applications without the need to switch programming languages or manage servers manually. The platform supports various blockchain architectures, facilitating high-performance decentralized applications and offering seamless integration with third-party APIs for enhanced functionality. By simplifying user onboarding, Loom Network minimizes the friction typically associated with crypto wallet software, thereby enhancing the overall developer experience.
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