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.
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.
Blade Games
Seed Round in 2024
Blade Games is a pioneering on-chain game studio that specializes in developing decentralized gaming experiences using blockchain technology. The company's primary focus is to create trustless games and infrastructure, fostering creativity and community participation. Their gaming studio offers titles that blend tower defense and automation gameplay, allowing players to engage in base building, arbitrage, and player versus player (PVP) raiding to earn rewards. The company aims to provide fun and engaging gaming experiences 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Liquity
Series A in 2021
Liquity is a decentralized borrowing protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain that offers interest-free loans to users. By allowing borrowers to use Ethereum as collateral, Liquity issues loans in its own USD-pegged stablecoin. The protocol operates under a minimum collateralization ratio, ensuring that loans are adequately secured. This innovative approach enables users to access capital without incurring interest costs, making it an appealing option for those looking to leverage their Ethereum holdings.
Transak
Seed Round in 2021
Transak is a global provider of web3 payment and onboarding infrastructure, designed to facilitate smooth transitions between traditional finance and cryptocurrency assets. The company offers a range of products, including fiat-to-crypto services, a fiat-to-smart-contract solution, and a fiat-to-NFT checkout option. As a regulated and non-custodial payments layer, Transak enables onboarding to over 160 crypto assets across more than 75 blockchains. Its platform allows users to buy and sell crypto assets through bank transfers, settling transactions without taking custody of user data or funds. The integration of Transak's services is streamlined, allowing applications to incorporate its payment solutions with minimal coding. With over 350 trusted applications, including prominent wallets, Transak is committed to enhancing accessibility in the web3 landscape.
Automata Network
Seed Round in 2021
Automata Network is a decentralized protocol that provides middleware-like traceless privacy services for decentralized applications on multiple platforms, including Ethereum, Polkadot and Binance Smart Chain, to achieve privacy, high assurance and frictionless computation.
RECUR
Seed Round 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.
Gasp
Seed Round in 2021
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.
InsurAce Protocol
Seed Round in 2021
InsurAce is the leading decentralized insurance protocol, providing reliable, robust and secure DeFi insurance services to the DeFi users. InsurAce not only guarantees unbeatable portfolio premiums but also offers sustainable investment returns. We have a unique insurance product, tailored just for your project. From insuring your smart contract against hacks to allowing users to secure their investments against risks. Our community is one of the best in the DeFi space and is a key element to our success. We continue to innovate and improve for them.
0x
Series A in 2021
0x is a developer of an open protocol that enables decentralized exchanging of tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. The protocol serves as a standard framework that facilitates peer-to-peer transactions and promotes interoperability among decentralized applications that incorporate exchange capabilities. By providing a mechanism for users to seamlessly convert a diverse range of assets into cryptographic tokens, 0x aims to enhance the accessibility and efficiency of digital asset trading in a decentralized manner.
Web3API
Seed Round in 2020
Web3API is a company that develops a toolchain to facilitate the integration of Web3 protocols into various applications. It aims to make Web3 as accessible and user-friendly as traditional web services, enabling developers to conduct GraphQL requests within their apps and download lightweight WebAssembly modules from IPFS at runtime. This toolchain is designed to enhance the developer experience and support multiple platforms, addressing the challenge of integrating Web3 protocols.
Push Protocol
Seed Round in 2020
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.
InsurAce Protocol
Venture Round in 2020
InsurAce is the leading decentralized insurance protocol, providing reliable, robust and secure DeFi insurance services to the DeFi users. InsurAce not only guarantees unbeatable portfolio premiums but also offers sustainable investment returns. We have a unique insurance product, tailored just for your project. From insuring your smart contract against hacks to allowing users to secure their investments against risks. Our community is one of the best in the DeFi space and is a key element to our success. We continue to innovate and improve for them.
Razor Network
Seed Round in 2020
Razor Network is a decentralized oracle network that provides essential data to smart contracts without relying on centralized servers. By automating the process of fetching external data, Razor enhances the efficiency of decentralized applications and mitigates risks related to disputes and censorship. Currently operational on the Rinkeby test network, Razor enables users to query the price of ETH/USD at no cost. This approach allows developers to build and operate applications with greater reliability and security, addressing common challenges associated with centralized data sources.
Centrifuge
Seed Round in 2020
Centrifuge, established in 2017, is a technology company that develops a decentralized blockchain-based platform. This platform connects the global financial supply chain, enabling secure and private peer-to-peer exchange of financial documents. It allows businesses to transact while retaining ownership of their data, including company details and transaction history. Centrifuge is headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Berlin.
O1Labs
Series A in 2020
O1Labs, established in 2017, is a blockchain technology company that specializes in zero knowledge cryptography and innovative cryptographic solutions. The company's significant contributions include the development of the Mina Protocol, recognized as the world's first lightweight, scalable, and decentralized zk blockchain. Additionally, O1Labs has created o1js, an intuitive framework designed to assist developers in building zk applications. By leveraging zero-knowledge proofs, O1Labs seeks to enhance blockchain accessibility and facilitate the creation of user-friendly cryptocurrency applications that operate natively in web browsers. The company's vision is to drive the next generation of applications powered by zero knowledge cryptography.
Synthetix
Seed Round in 2020
Synthetix is a decentralized synthetic asset issuance protocol based in Australia, established in 2017 by Kain Warwick. Built on the Ethereum blockchain, it facilitates derivatives trading in decentralized finance (DeFi) by enabling the creation of synthetic assets that provide exposure to real-world currencies, commodities, stocks, and indices. The platform offers unique financial instruments such as perpetual futures and options markets, allowing users to trade synthetic forms of assets with infinite liquidity. Synthetix operates a peer-to-contract trading system and utilizes a distributed collateral pool, ensuring transparency and accessibility for customers seeking on-chain exposure to various decentralized assets.
DODO Exchange
Venture Round in 2020
DODO is a liquidity protocol powered by the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm and built for capital efficiency. DODO offers a low barrier-to-entry, pain-free token issuance mechanic for long-tail assets.
DAOHaus
Seed Round in 2020
DAOhaus is an experiment on the frontiers of future work. The development of this platform is promoted by the community and serves the community.
CryptoLocally
Seed Round in 2020
CryptoLocally operates a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform that facilitates direct transactions between users. The platform serves as a gateway for converting fiat currency to decentralized finance (DeFi) assets, enabling individuals to engage in cryptocurrency trading without intermediaries. Users can earn interest on their digital assets through a straightforward setup process, making it an attractive investment opportunity. By simplifying the trading experience, CryptoLocally aims to enhance accessibility to cryptocurrency markets for a wider audience.
UMA
Seed Round in 2020
UMA is a decentralized platform focused on financial contracts, aiming to provide global market access through innovative technology. It allows users to trade derivative products without reliance on a centralized authority, minimizing risk and eliminating single points of failure. By enabling customers to create customized financial products, UMA facilitates automatic enforcement and immediate settlement of agreements. The platform also features a unique oracle that records verifiable truths or data on a blockchain, enhancing the integrity of the financial contracts. This structure incentivizes participants to challenge and provide evidence against recorded claims, fostering a transparent and robust ecosystem for decentralized finance.
Oasis Labs
Seed Round in 2020
Oasis Labs, Inc. is a company that operates a blockchain platform focused on scalable and privacy-preserving smart contracts. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Oasis Labs provides a privacy-first cloud computing solution that supports the development of decentralized applications. The platform enables the creation of smart contract applications that prioritize privacy while maintaining high performance and scalability. By addressing challenges related to data management and security, Oasis Labs aims to facilitate the adoption of blockchain technology in real-world applications and empower businesses to leverage decentralized trust without compromising privacy.
Gelato
Seed Round in 2020
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.
WOO Network
Seed Round in 2020
WOO Network is a trading platform provider focused on delivering above-average liquidity for spot and futures trading while offering zero or negative trading fees. Its innovative platform connects traders, exchanges, institutions, and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, facilitating democratized access to liquidity and efficient trading execution. By emphasizing user-friendly access to high-quality market liquidity at minimal costs, WOO Network aims to enhance the trading experience for a diverse range of participants in the financial ecosystem.
Phala Network
Seed Round in 2020
Phala Network is a blockchain technology developer focused on providing privacy-preserving services through its interoperable cross-chain confidential smart contract platform. Utilizing the computing capabilities of Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), Phala Network aims to enhance data confidentiality for users and businesses. As a parachain on Polkadot, it serves as a foundational infrastructure for next-generation privacy protection. The company has developed products that include a decentralized analytics system and a network privacy-preserving layer, ensuring that user data remains confidential while enabling effective analytics. Through its innovative approach, Phala Network seeks to address the growing demand for secure and private computing solutions in the digital landscape.
DODO Exchange
Seed Round in 2020
DODO is a liquidity protocol powered by the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm and built for capital efficiency. DODO offers a low barrier-to-entry, pain-free token issuance mechanic for long-tail assets.
Brink
Seed Round in 2020
Brink is a trading application for NFTs and DeFi assets. Brink offers composable trading strategies and automated conditional orders that are built on blockchain. It automates order limits for ERC-20s and NFTs as well as monitors the order status.
1inch Labs
Seed Round in 2020
1inch Limited is the prevalent contributor to 1inch Network. It develops the software, supports it, develops new features for 1inch Network. 1inch Limited works on supporting and improving the Pathfinder – the basis of the Aggregation Protocol and 1inch Network – as a software development company. The API to the Pathfinder is licensed and sold to external parties for commercial purposes under the API License Agreements. 1inch Limited is located at 2nd Floor Ellen L. Skelton Building, Fishers Ln, Road Town VG1110, British Virgin Islands. 1inch Limited also provides the PMM Integration Services, namely the services of integration of the third-party’s API to provide access to the third-party liquidity so that it is discoverable by Pathfinder. 1inch Wallet is a mobile app available in various application stores. Front-end and back-end of the app are developed and run by 1inch Limited.
UMA
Seed Round in 2020
UMA is a decentralized platform focused on financial contracts, aiming to provide global market access through innovative technology. It allows users to trade derivative products without reliance on a centralized authority, minimizing risk and eliminating single points of failure. By enabling customers to create customized financial products, UMA facilitates automatic enforcement and immediate settlement of agreements. The platform also features a unique oracle that records verifiable truths or data on a blockchain, enhancing the integrity of the financial contracts. This structure incentivizes participants to challenge and provide evidence against recorded claims, fostering a transparent and robust ecosystem for decentralized finance.
dHEDGE
Seed Round in 2020
dHEDGE is a decentralized asset management protocol that facilitates connections between investment managers and investors on the blockchain. Operating on the Ethereum blockchain, the platform allows managers to create their own investment pools in a permissionless and non-custodial environment. By leveraging blockchain technology, dHEDGE democratizes the investment experience, enabling managers to implement quantitative and algorithmic trading strategies while managing actively managed investment pools. This approach fosters a trustless relationship between managers and investors, enhancing the accessibility and efficiency of crypto asset management.
Keep
Seed Round in 2020
Keep Network, established in 2017 and based in George Town, Cayman Islands, specializes in creating interactive links between public blockchains and private data. The company's core product, tBTC, is a decentralized bridge enabling users to securely and anonymously transfer their Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, facilitating participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Keep Network's technology, an off-chain container for private data, allows smart contracts to leverage the full power of public blockchains while maintaining data privacy.
ChainSafe Systems
Seed Round in 2020
ChainSafe is a blockchain company based in Toronto that specializes in developing blockchain protocols and infrastructure systems. The firm focuses on providing developers with blockchain-agnostic tools that facilitate the creation of decentralized applications. By utilizing emerging technologies, including blockchain, smart contracts, and machine learning, ChainSafe enables developers to design user-centric systems. This approach allows developers to build adaptable toolkits that can operate across various blockchain ecosystems, catering to organizations of all sizes and objectives.
Avalanche
Seed Round in 2020
Avalanche is an open-source platform designed for the development and deployment of highly decentralized applications, programmable smart contracts, and interoperable blockchains. It serves as a verifiable solution for institutions, enterprises, and governments, enabling them to launch digital assets, build robust applications, and create customized subnets. The platform offers users complete control over their implementations, incorporating compliance and data security measures as foundational elements. This flexibility allows for the creation of new financial primitives and enhances the overall functionality of decentralized applications.
NEAR
Series A in 2019
NEAR Inc. is a company that develops and provides a platform for creating decentralized applications through its NEAR Protocol, a scalable blockchain designed for open-source code. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, NEAR Inc. focuses on bridging the adoption gap for mainstream commercial software by offering tools that facilitate the writing, testing, and deployment of decentralized applications. The platform is engineered to support a wide range of applications, ensuring security for high-value assets such as money and identity. Additionally, NEAR provides essential services, including documentation, wallet, studio, and explorer functionalities, which contribute to a robust ecosystem for developers.
Nervos
Venture Round in 2019
Nervos Network is a blockchain technology company established in 2018 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China. It offers a hybrid solution that integrates a public blockchain with an application chain, enabling enterprises to build and deploy decentralized applications without needing to fully commit their technology stack to the blockchain. The Nervos CKB (Common Knowledge Base) serves as its layer 1, proof-of-work public blockchain protocol, which allows for the secure storage of various crypto-assets while supporting smart contracts and layer 2 scaling solutions. The platform's unique design emphasizes security, immutability, and decentralization, positioning itself as a sustainable multi-asset store of value. It also facilitates the capture of total network value through its native token, CKByte, and a network of interoperable protocols, promoting a robust open ecosystem for developers and enterprises alike.
Ocean Protocol
Initial Coin Offering in 2018
Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data exchange platform founded in 2017 and based in Singapore. The protocol facilitates the sharing and monetization of data through advanced blockchain technology, ensuring that transactions are safe, secure, and transparent. By connecting data providers and consumers, Ocean Protocol creates an accessible marketplace for valuable data. It empowers developers and curators to build innovative data services while maintaining control, transparency, and compliance for all participants, ultimately fostering a collaborative ecosystem for data exchange.
Taxa
Seed Round in 2018
Taxa is a developer of a blockchain-based infrastructure platform that facilitates the creation of interactive Web 3.0 applications. Utilizing advanced trusted computing technology, Taxa enhances the performance, privacy, and usability of various applications and frameworks. The platform provides essential features such as data confidentiality and on-demand resizable off-chain CPU resources, along with library support. This infrastructure is designed to be easily integrated with any smart contract network, allowing users to transform their innovative ideas into functional products while ensuring privacy and security.
Ontology
Seed Round in 2018
Ontology is a high-performance, open-source blockchain focused on decentralized identity and data solutions for Web3. Its platform facilitates the development of smart contracts and the management of data, enabling businesses, individuals, and institutions to establish specialized trust networks tailored to their specific needs. Ontology's infrastructure supports cross-chain collaboration and Layer 2 scalability, providing the flexibility required for diverse applications. Key offerings include ONT ID, a mobile digital identity application, and DDXF, a decentralized data exchange and collaboration framework, both designed to enhance speed, security, and trust within the ecosystem.
IoTeX
Seed Round in 2018
IoTeX is a company based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2017, that develops a scalable and privacy-focused blockchain platform tailored for the Internet of Things (IoT). The company's infrastructure connects smart devices and real-world data to blockchains, enabling developers to integrate Web3 technologies into everyday applications. These include connected smart vehicles, city mapping, green energy initiatives, fitness platforms, environmental data tracking, and proof-of-presence applications. IoTeX offers tools such as GitHub for collaborative software development, an explorer for visualizing key metrics related to its testnet, and a wallet for currency transactions. With a global team of over 60 research scientists and engineers, IoTeX provides a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) technology that ensures trust and privacy in interactions between machines, humans, businesses, and decentralized applications (dApps).
Theta Network
Seed Round in 2018
Theta Network, developed by Theta Labs, is a decentralized video delivery platform that leverages blockchain technology and cryptocurrency to incentivize users to share their excess bandwidth for relaying video streams. This peer-to-peer network operates on top of existing streaming applications and networks, enabling low-latency live content streaming from platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and Twitter. By rewarding users for their contribution, Theta Network reduces content delivery costs and drives incremental revenues for content providers. The company, based in Cupertino, California, operates as a subsidiary of Sliver VR Technologies, Inc. and has attracted strategic investments from prominent corporations and venture capital firms.
Loom Network
Seed Round in 2018
Loom Network Inc. is a platform-as-a-service provider that facilitates the development and operation of large-scale decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, Loom Network enables both smart contract developers and traditional developers to create applications seamlessly, without the need to switch programming languages or manage servers manually. The platform supports Ethereum-based Solidity applications and allows for their deployment on main chains as well as private and semi-public chains, providing options for enhanced computing power or cost efficiency. Loom Network integrates third-party APIs, enabling functionalities such as two-factor authentication, and aims to simplify the onboarding process for new users by reducing the barriers typically associated with crypto wallet software. Overall, Loom Network strives to deliver a user experience similar to traditional applications while supporting high-performance decentralized applications across multiple blockchain architectures.
Crypterium
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Crypterium is developing a mobile app that allows instant payments in cryptocurrency using existing payment infrastructures such as NFC terminals or QR codes. It allows its users to issue a virtual VISA card, bind it to their crypto account, link it to Apple Pay, and pay with crypto by simply using a smartphone.
DDEX
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
DDEX is a decentralized trading platform that enables users to trade ERC-20 tokens directly from their wallets without the need for additional registration or deposit requirements. Built on the Ethereum blockchain and utilizing the 0x protocol, DDEX provides a secure environment for cryptocurrency transactions, minimizing the risks associated with asset theft and ensuring that users maintain control over their funds at all times. The platform is compatible with popular wallet-enabled browsers like MetaMask and Brave, allowing for seamless trading experiences. By adopting a hybrid model, DDEX avoids holding users' assets, facilitating direct trades between buyers and sellers while eliminating uncertainties related to deposit or withdrawal lockup periods.
Theta Network
Funding Round in 2017
Theta Network, developed by Theta Labs, is a decentralized video delivery platform that leverages blockchain technology and cryptocurrency to incentivize users to share their excess bandwidth for relaying video streams. This peer-to-peer network operates on top of existing streaming applications and networks, enabling low-latency live content streaming from platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and Twitter. By rewarding users for their contribution, Theta Network reduces content delivery costs and drives incremental revenues for content providers. The company, based in Cupertino, California, operates as a subsidiary of Sliver VR Technologies, Inc. and has attracted strategic investments from prominent corporations and venture capital firms.
Raiden Network
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Raiden is a technology company based in the United States that develops the Raiden Network, an off-chain scaling solution designed for the Ethereum blockchain. This network facilitates near-instant, low-fee, and scalable token transfers for ERC20-compliant tokens. By utilizing bidirectional token payment channels, Raiden connects participants directly, allowing for efficient and secure transactions. The company's focus includes researching state channel technology, defining relevant protocols, and creating reference implementations to enhance the functionality of token transfers within the Ethereum ecosystem.
Basis
Seed Round in 2017
Basis, established in 2017 and headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, specializes in developing an algorithmic cryptocurrency protocol. This protocol is designed to stabilize purchasing power by automatically adjusting the supply of its cryptocurrency, similar to how central banks manage fiscal debt.
Cosmos Network
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Cosmos is a project with an ambitious mission: To create a network of distributed ledgers that will solve long-standing problems in the cryptocurrency and blockchain communities.
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