FereAI
Pre Seed Round in 2025
FereAI is a technology company specializing in AI-driven crypto trading solutions. It offers an ecosystem of interconnected AI agents, such as Fere Pro and Market Pulse, which provide real-time insights, social sentiment analysis, and automated trading tools. By leveraging multi-agent systems, FereAI empowers users to optimize trading strategies dynamically and interact with diverse AI agents. The company aims to democratize access to advanced trading technologies, enabling investors to stay informed and make data-driven decisions in the rapidly evolving crypto market.
SYNTHR
Venture Round in 2025
SYNTHR is a technology company specializing in cross-chain asset trading. It develops an innovative omni-chain protocol that facilitates seamless, instant, and slippage-free movement of assets between different blockchains. The company's platform offers a range of features, including vaults, options, pools, and atomic swaps, enabling users to create and trade synthetic assets. SYNTHR aims to provide a decentralized, interoperable, and efficient alternative to traditional finance, with a focus on collateral management, risk mitigation, and price stability.
COTI AI Agents
Seed Round in 2024
COTI AI Agents is an AI Agent platform on the COTI network that focuses on privacy and ease of use. Users can launch, train, and trade AI agents with just one click. Co-own agents to earn revenue share while enjoying personalized tools, fun interactions, and rewards.
COTI AI Agents is the first grantee of MomentumX Accelerator - The #1 accelerator for startups exploring Web3 privacy, backed by COTI network & Poolz.
KIP Protocol
Venture Round in 2024
KIP Protocol is a decentralized platform designed to facilitate the deployment, connection, and monetization of artificial intelligence models, applications, and data within the Web3 ecosystem. The company focuses on developing a foundational layer of protocol that provides essential infrastructure for AI, enabling users to build applications, manage data, and create AI models effectively. By safeguarding the digital property rights of AI value creators, KIP Protocol aims to advance the shared objective of decentralized artificial intelligence, ensuring that creators can monetize their innovations while contributing to a collaborative AI landscape.
Sonic's objective is to enhance the existing Solana Gaming Ecosystem to handle millions of requests per second per game and redirect them back to Solana L1.
Mirror World
Series A in 2024
Mirror World is a blockchain-based virtual world, also known as the Metaverse, where they aim to connect Mirror World with different games and experiences, allowing users to move through different game scenarios with interconnected & independent economic systems.
Bondex operates a global talent and human resources platform that leverages artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. This ecosystem is designed to enhance the matching quality between employers and job seekers for permanent, contract, and on-demand work. By providing users with tools to connect opportunities with talent, Bondex incentivizes participation in its network through token rewards. These tokens are earned by users for engaging in various activities such as referrals, community growth, content creation, and work completion. The platform emphasizes decentralized internet hosting to facilitate a more efficient and participatory talent pool.
STYLE Protocol
Seed Round in 2024
STYLE Protocol develops decentralized infrastructure software facilitating licensing and interoperability of assets and NFTs across various virtual environments. It enables users to represent themselves with unique avatars in the metaverse, using their NFTs or collectibles as physical designs or wearable items, opening monetization opportunities.
Tevaera
Seed Round in 2024
Tevaera is a developer of an innovative gaming platform that leverages blockchain technology to create a seamless and fair on-chain gaming experience. It enhances multi-genre game launches and gameplay through its zkStack-based L3 gaming chain, which supports multiplayer features and user-friendly applications. The platform is designed to facilitate the free flow of users, liquidity, and builders within its ecosystem, known as zkNation. By integrating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and promoting a sustainable play-and-earn economy, Tevaera aims to provide gamers with engaging, enjoyable, and socially connected experiences.
Y8U.AI is a native decentralized protocol based on the humans blockchain that integrates content-addressable storage and smart contract-based consent management.
Aark is a decentralized derivatives exchange operating on the Arbitrum network. It specializes in facilitating the trading of perpetual contracts across diverse assets, offering users capital efficiency, collateral alternatives, and substantial liquidity pools. The platform's unique automated market-making architecture ensures liquidity reflection, allowing traders to access a broader range of assets and enjoy greater trading flexibility, comparable to centralized exchanges.
Merkle Trade
Seed Round in 2024
Merkle Trade is a developer of a decentralized trading platform that facilitates trading in commodities, currencies, and cryptocurrencies. The platform offers a range of user-centric features, including gamified trading experiences and instant rewards, making it accessible for users. By leveraging advanced technology, Merkle Trade aims to provide a comprehensive and engaging decentralized exchange for traders in various markets.
XION is a Layer 1 blockchain platform designed to facilitate mainstream adoption through a unique chain abstraction approach. It serves as the first Generalized Abstraction layer specifically tailored for consumer use, enabling users to interact with blockchain technology without the need for traditional wallets. By simplifying the user experience, XION aims to make blockchain more accessible to a broader audience, thereby promoting its integration into everyday applications.
Mystiko.Network
Seed Round in 2024
Mystiko.Network is a developer of web3 solutions focused on enhancing privacy and connectivity in blockchain transactions. The platform enables users to trade on a decentralized exchange (DEX) while ensuring their financial activities remain confidential. By leveraging zero-knowledge technology, Mystiko allows users to deposit assets on one blockchain and withdraw them from another without revealing their payment history. This functionality provides a secure method for transferring assets to a new, private address. Additionally, the Mystiko Wallet SDK empowers any wallet to incorporate these privacy features, thereby broadening access to secure transactions across the blockchain ecosystem.
ZeroLend
Seed Round in 2024
ZeroLend operates a decentralized lending platform that facilitates efficient borrowing and lending of digital assets on various blockchain networks such as Linea, zkSync, Blast, and Manta. Its platform aims to eliminate intermediaries like traditional banks, offering users a secure, transparent, and user-friendly lending experience.
Ultiverse
Initial Coin Offering in 2024
Ultiverse operates an AI-powered gaming platform and Web3 ecosystem that connects global players through integrated gaming, decentralized finance, and digital asset ecosystems. The platform enables multiplayer battles, character creation, and NFT integration, with options to redeem NFTs for real-life replicas and deliverables upon request. It provides tools for game production and publishing, supporting developers to build, publish, and monetize games within an interconnected environment. The ecosystem also supports liquid staking and other blockchain-enabled features to enhance engagement and asset interoperability across titles. By combining AI-driven gameplay with Web3 capabilities, Ultiverse aims to create a seamless bridge between digital entertainment, asset ownership, and real-world deliverables.
Kasu is a distributed platform that connects DeFi Liquidity Providers with Real World Yield Providers.
Ta-da is an AI-powered marketplace that revolutionizes traditional data collection methods by leveraging blockchain technology and crowdsourcing.
Ringfence
Seed Round in 2024
Ringfence is a web-based platform that leverages artificial intelligence to generate digital content or amplify social media presence. It enables creators to verify ownership and mint their AI-generated content (AIGC) on various blockchain networks.
Moove Protocol
Seed Round in 2023
Moove Protocol is a decentralized Web3 initiative aimed at fostering a community of innovators, builders, and creators. The company is focused on developing a protocol that utilizes artificial intelligence for video content generation, enabling participants in the cryptocurrency market to harness the advantages of decentralization. By facilitating collaboration and innovation, Moove Protocol seeks to support the growth of a dynamic ecosystem that empowers its community members.
Arknet
Private Equity Round in 2023
Arknet is a decentralized network designed to create a more open, transparent, and energy-efficient internet. At its core is Ark, a novel alternative to LLMs, community-driven artificial intelligence system that facilitates communication and execution across multiple endpoints, including blockchain transactions, AI model training (snapshots), and inference APIs.
FARE Protocol
Seed Round in 2023
FARE Protocol is a blockchain platform that provides a protocol for probability-based smart contracts for cryptocurrency.
CryptoSimple
Seed Round in 2023
CryptoSimple is a European-based financial advisory firm specializing in bridging traditional investing with crypto markets. They aim to make crypto investing transparent, accessible, and secure. The company offers educational resources, risk-adjusted portfolio generation technology, and soon, a robo-advisor solution for diversified crypto investments tailored to individual risk levels.
Envio is a technology company that specializes in providing a modern, efficient, and developer-friendly blockchain indexing solution. It addresses the challenges posed by latency, reliability, and costs in traditional indexing approaches, giving developers peace of mind. Envio serves as a front door for applications to access, transform, and save real-time or historical data from any EVM smart contract, enhancing the development process and unlocking the potential of Web3 infrastructure.
yoloyolo
Seed Round in 2022
YoloHub is a developer of a gaming platform that facilitates connections between non-fungible token (NFT) owners and brands, particularly in the fashion and lifestyle sectors. The platform aims to bridge the gap between leading NFT intellectual property holders and various brands, enabling them to collaborate on merchandise sales. By doing so, YoloHub provides opportunities for growth and new revenue models for both the brands and the NFT IP holders, fostering an environment where digital currency assets can be effectively monetized. Through this innovative infrastructure, YoloHub seeks to enhance the engagement between NFT creators and brand partners, driving value in the evolving digital marketplace.
XLD is a decentralized fintech company focused on providing financial services to emerging markets. By leveraging blockchain technology, XLD aims to modernize the infrastructure of financial services, enabling users to access simple and reliable financial tools. The platform facilitates the spendability of cryptocurrency, allowing clients to earn tokens and convert their digital assets into fiat currency and other practical applications. Through its inclusive approach, XLD seeks to empower individuals in underserved regions, promoting financial development and accessibility.
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.
Chillchat
Seed Round in 2022
Chillchat is a game studio located in Bangkok, Thailand, focused on developing engaging pixel art gaming experiences for a global audience. The studio is currently working on Tearfallen, an online rogue-lite action game set in a distinctive "Pantheonpunk" universe, reminiscent of an MMO version of Hades. Chillchat's platform empowers players to create and explore virtual worlds, adopt unique identities, and participate in immersive adventures. The company invites players to mint their own worlds, characters, and narratives, allowing for dynamic storytelling and the opportunity to earn while playing.
Cantina Royale
Funding Round in 2022
Cantina Royale is a shooter game that facilitates player-versus-player (PVP) and player-versus-environment (PVE) missions using various NFT collections. Its advanced 3D modeling technology enables interoperability of NFTs within the Cantina universe, allowing owners to lease their digital assets to players and share in-game rewards.
METAMORPH
Seed Round in 2022
Metamorph is a game development company. They offer blockchain development, game development, and game design. Its developers can turn their passion for gaming into real assets.
Jambo is a technology company building an on-chain mobile network driven by the JamboPhone, a crypto-native smartphone and ecosystem that combines hardware, software, and decentralized services. It operates a distributed mobile-network foundation with nodes across many countries to enable decentralized use cases such as validators and peer-to-peer networking while reducing connectivity costs. The platform includes the JamboApp, which features a multi-chain wallet, an ecosystem dApp store, and opportunities to earn rewards. It also supports gaming smartphones with integrated blockchain technology and financial software to connect users with the global on-chain economy. Jambo aims to onboard millions into the on-chain economy by enabling access to games, cryptocurrency trading, and decentralized finance, with the Jambo Token powering rewards and ecosystem incentives.
The Unfettered
Seed Round in 2022
An upcoming action role-playing game built on the Unreal Engine 4, set in a souls-like genre. Players embody a warrior woman tasked by gods to combat underworld monsters that have ravaged the planet.
Skynet EGLD Capital
Venture Round in 2022
Skynet EGLD Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2022 and based in the British Virgin Islands. The firm specializes in investing in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors, with a particular focus on fostering the growth of the Elrond ecosystem. Through its investments, Skynet EGLD Capital aims to support innovative projects and contribute to the development of the digital economy.
Blast Royale
Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Blast Royale is a blockchain-based play-to-earn platform that allows players to earn Craft Spice while playing matches. The game uses two tokens, the primary token Blast (BLST) and Craft Spice (CS), the in-game P2E token of the Blast Royale Metaverse. BLST is used for trading NFTs on the Blast Royale marketplace and crafting new NFTs, whereas CS has numerous utility uses, including crafting and repairing equipment. Players earn CS by taking part in Blast Royale matches.
Embed is a decentralized marketing platform that facilitates connections between brands, creators, collections, and NFT holders within the metaverse. By leveraging its innovative technology, Embed simplifies the process for brands to engage with web3 communities, enhancing their social influence and cultural relevance. The platform acts as a community engine that enables the discovery, tokenization, and activation of metaverse communities, providing brands with a unique avenue to build affinity with their audiences. Additionally, Embed empowers NFT holders by allowing them to transform their assets into yielding opportunities while rewarding them for their participation as brand ambassadors. Through its solutions, Embed fosters collective growth and engagement within shared communities that align with common ideals and passions.
Float Capital
Seed Round in 2022
Float Capital is a blockchain-based financial application made for use in the financial sector. Users can meet their financial needs due to the company's platform, which offers a next-generation synthetic asset protocol for minting synthetic assets without over-collateralization or liquidations.
Metaverse Game Studios
Venture Round in 2022
Metaverse Game Studios is a blockchain-based software development company that specializes in designing and publishing games for digital platforms. The studio focuses on creating narrative-driven multiplayer strategy games, aiming to enhance the gaming experience for players through cross-platform services. By leveraging blockchain technology, Metaverse Game Studios seeks to innovate within the gaming industry, providing unique gameplay mechanics and a seamless user experience.
Arknet is a decentralized network designed to create a more open, transparent, and energy-efficient internet. At its core is Ark, a novel alternative to LLMs, community-driven artificial intelligence system that facilitates communication and execution across multiple endpoints, including blockchain transactions, AI model training (snapshots), and inference APIs.
Bware Labs
Series A in 2022
Bware Labs is focused on addressing the challenges of Web3 and promoting its global adoption by offering robust infrastructure services and development tools. The company specializes in developing decentralized infrastructure tailored for blockchain APIs, providing a reliable interface that includes integrated payment options. This platform facilitates seamless connections between customers and node providers, ensuring verified reliability and efficient service delivery. Through its commitment to enhancing the Web3 ecosystem, Bware Labs aims to empower users and developers with the necessary tools to navigate the evolving landscape of decentralized technologies.
Ethernity
Venture Round in 2022
Ethernity Chain is a pioneering platform focused on digital collectibles, specifically known for being the first authenticated and licensed provider in this space. The company specializes in creating limited-edition, authenticated non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and trading cards that are endorsed by notable figures. Ethernity Chain incorporates decentralized finance applications, which enable token holders to engage in activities such as farming rare NFTs and participating in governance through voting on ecosystem proposals. This approach allows users to access NFT-based digital art in a secure and user-friendly manner, fostering a community-oriented environment for collectors and enthusiasts.
Ethernal Labs
Seed Round in 2022
Ethernal Labs is a multidisciplinary studio that is leveraging the interactivity and utility of web 3 technology. Ethernal Labs is the premier creative and technology studio for NFT Creation, Metaverse Integration, Fan Tokens, P2E Gaming, and Virtual experiences.
Rift Finance
Venture Round in 2022
Rift Finance operates a decentralized protocol that enhances the growth of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) by restructuring incentive frameworks. It enables DAOs to deploy governance tokens from their treasuries, thereby increasing token liquidity without relinquishing ownership.
Sovrun specializes in producing high-quality gaming assets for blockchain-based games, focusing on breeding and crafting mechanisms. They enable game developers to integrate player-built economies through a custom API toolkit.
STEPN is a blockchain-based fitness application that operates a move-to-earn NFT gaming platform, allowing users to earn rewards for their physical activities. By purchasing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that have a limited lifespan, users can engage in specific exercises and accumulate the platform's native tokens as incentives for their efforts. The app combines elements of gaming and fitness, encouraging a healthier lifestyle while providing financial rewards for exercising. Through this innovative model, STEPN aims to motivate users to stay active and integrate fitness into their daily routines.
Itheum is a data infrastructure company that enables the sale and exchange of data for the AI industry through decentralized, blockchain-powered technology. It provides tools for data tokenization, licensing, provenance, creator protection, governance, and data marketplaces, plus decentralized data brokerage across cross-chain environments. The platform offers data collection and analytics tooling, a data exchange, and a data metaverse to bridge valuable personal data from the web, emphasizing consent and provenance to unlock value for data creators and users. By building data infrastructure for an AI-driven data economy, Itheum supports secure, transparent data licensing and governance across data silos.
Exotic Markets
Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Exotic Markets is a company that operates in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, leveraging the Solana blockchain to create innovative financial solutions. It aims to democratize access to investment opportunities by offering structured products that cater to a wide range of investors. The platform provides users with flexible financial instruments, including token-based payoffs, trading ranges, accumulators, and capital preservation options. By focusing on simplicity and sustainability, Exotic Markets helps investors diversify their portfolios and maximize returns through user-friendly products. The company distinguishes itself by bringing wealth management solutions traditionally reserved for banks into the decentralized finance realm.
bitsCrunch
Funding Round in 2022
BitsCrunch specializes in AI-driven decentralized data analytics for digital assets on public blockchains. Its platform offers advanced analytics and forensics tools tailored for NFTs, wallets, and other blockchain-based assets.
Swing.xyz
Funding Round in 2022
Swing is a decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol that operates on both layer one and layer two blockchains. The company focuses on facilitating the exchange of cryptocurrency assets through the use of blockchain smart contracts, relayers, and cross-chain bridges. Swing's platform offers seamless solutions for developers, enabling them to create cross-chain experiences effortlessly. By intelligently routing assets across various decentralized exchanges, aggregators, and cross-chain bridges, Swing enhances liquidity for traders and supports a diverse range of crypto assets. Its innovative approach aims to simplify cross-chain communication and increase accessibility to liquidity across multiple blockchain networks.
BAYZ is a decentralized autonomous organization and online gaming platform that aims to bring people into the metaverse through blockchain-based play-to-earn experiences. It collaborates with publishers, content creators and gamers to connect players with NFT-based games and decentralized titles, enabling participation in titles such as Axie Infinity, The Sandbox, Ember Sword and Big Time and offering opportunities to earn money and NFT prizes. The initiative focuses on content and competition to reward engagement and seeks to build future job opportunities around gaming and web3 participation.
Coinweb
Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2017, Coinweb is a blockchain technology company based in Riga, Latvia. Led by CEO Toby Gilbert and CTO Knut Vinger, the company aims to develop a layer-2 platform that enables unified interoperability among blockchains, removing transactional bottlenecks while maintaining security and decentralization. Coinweb's platform utilizes WebAssembly for uniform smart contract deployment across various blockchains. It has two DeFi projects, OnRamp and Blockfort, as proof of concept. The company offers multi-fiat on/off-ramping solutions through its multi-tenancy wallet and facilitates tokenization via its cross-chain platform.
Nitro League
Funding Round in 2021
Nitro League is a developer of a Play-to-Earn mobile racing game platform that offers an immersive experience in a hyper-realistic 3D environment. Known for its interplanetary hyper-racing events, Nitro League features diverse islands, cities, and vast landscapes, each with unique characteristics. The platform incorporates solid tokenomics and support for nonfungible tokens, allowing players to engage in revenue-generating opportunities while enjoying the game. By blending engaging gameplay with financial incentives, Nitro League aims to create a fun and lucrative metaverse for its users.
Whydah
Venture Round in 2021
Whydah is a company applying block-chain for studio games.
XY Finance
Venture Round in 2021
XY Finance is a technology company specializing in cross-chain financial solutions for decentralized applications (DApps). It offers a customizable widget that seamlessly integrates into various DApps, enabling users to manage cross-chain operations through a unified interface. The company's platform comprises two primary components: X Swap, which facilitates cross-chain transfers and exchanges, and Y Pool, which provides liquidity for efficient asset transfers across different blockchain networks. By leveraging composable APIs, XY Finance optimizes web3 execution services, enhancing accessibility and user experience for individuals engaging with multiple blockchain ecosystems.
Domi Online
Seed Round in 2021
DOMI Online is a blockchain-enabled gaming platform that allows players to embark on treasure-hunting adventures while earning non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and in-game currency known as $DOMI tokens. The platform offers a diverse gaming environment, featuring various landscapes such as forests, mountains, beaches, deserts, ruins, caves, and islands. Through these immersive settings, players can engage in exploration and earn rewards, enhancing their gaming experience.
BlockchainSpace
Seed Round in 2021
BlockchainSpace develops software tools for play-to-earn communities, fostering economic opportunities through educational academies. Its platform offers specialized solutions like YEY, Metasports, Creator Circle, and the Guild Partner Program to enhance digital engagement and community growth.
Axelar Network
Venture Round in 2021
Axelar develops interoperability software connecting blockchain ecosystems, applications, and users. Founded in 2020 by Sergey Gorbunov and Georgios Vlachos, Axelar enables developers to build cross-chain decentralized applications using its protocol suite.
Coin.fyi
Acquisition in 2021
Coin.fyi provides an intuitive and user-friendly portfolio-tracker platform and news-aggregator service that was implemented by a team of remote application developers from Eastern Europe and the Bay Area.
Yield Guild Games Southeast Asia
Seed Round in 2021
YGG SEA is a sub-decentralized autonomous organization (subDAO) of the play-to-earn blockchain game YGG. The YGG SEA will be based on smart contracts built on the Etherum blockchain.
zkLink Labs is a technology company focused on addressing Ethereum fragmentation through its innovative rollup solutions, zkLinkNova and zkLinkX. By harnessing Ethereum's security features, zkLink aims to unify tokens and liquidity across various Ethereum Layer 2 networks. The platform facilitates developers in deploying app-specific rollups with a customizable architecture, which enhances cost and performance efficiency. Additionally, zkLink provides a secure interoperability protocol that connects different blockchains, ensuring a user-friendly environment for both developers and users. This approach allows users to access liquidity and earn yields, making zkLink an essential player in the multi-chain ecosystem.
Ardana
Funding Round in 2021
Ardana is a decentralized stablecoin protocol and liquidity pool ecosystem built on the Cardano blockchain. It offers an on-chain asset-backed stablecoin that is overcollateralized with Cardano native assets, allowing users to borrow stablecoins against locked collateral and providing convenient access to liquidity. Additionally, Ardana features a decentralized exchange designed for efficient trading between stablecoins and identical assets, enabling liquidity providers to earn income from transaction fees while maintaining low-risk exposure. The platform aims to support and manage various economic activities within a decentralized framework.
Blockchain Monster Hunt
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Blockchain Monster Hunt develops an NFT collectible game that operates across multiple blockchains. It connects diverse blockchain communities, allowing users to play, earn, and interact within a vast, varied monster universe.
XDefi Wallet
Series A in 2021
XDefi Wallet is a decentralized, non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet designed to enable users to securely store, send, and swap digital assets across multiple blockchains. It supports over 30 different blockchains, providing a versatile platform for managing a wide range of cryptocurrencies and NFTs. The wallet is engineered to facilitate interactions with various decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, enhancing user engagement in the growing DeFi ecosystem. With features that allow access to NFT marketplaces and applications, XDefi Wallet empowers users to visualize and manage their collectibles effectively. By prioritizing security and user-friendliness, XDefi Wallet has garnered a user base of over 200,000 individuals, establishing itself as a trusted solution for those seeking to navigate the complexities of digital asset management.
Taker Protocol
Seed Round in 2021
Taker Protocol is a cryptocurrency liquidity protocol specializing in Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs).
SolRazr
Seed Round in 2021
SolRazr is the first decentralized developer ecosystem for Solana, offering Launchpad, Accelerator, and Developer Tools.
NGRAVE develops crypto hardware wallets and backup solutions, providing end-to-end secure digital asset management. Its hardware wallet keeps private keys offline from generation to transaction signing, preventing exposure to online threats and safeguarding holdings from theft. The company offers cold storage solutions designed to minimize attack vectors and provide secure key backup, enabling users and businesses to manage crypto safely.
Chainflip
Seed Round in 2021
Chainflip is a decentralized protocol facilitating trustless asset trades between different blockchain networks with minimal slippage. It enables direct cross-chain exchanges of cryptocurrencies without intermediaries, utilizing its native blockchain and ecosystem components built on Rust and other frameworks. This allows investors to transfer funds seamlessly across various blockchains and ecosystems without additional software, collateral, or wrapped assets.
Trace Network Labs
Seed Round in 2021
Trace Network Labs is a metaverse technology company that focuses on fashion and lifestyle applications, delivering shopping experiences within a virtual metaverse. It develops avatars and related tools to help brands explore web3 products and services, enabling the creation of personalized avatars for work, play, and social interaction across multiple virtual realities. Through its platform, users can engage in metaverse shopping powered by blockchain and NFTs, while brands can showcase and test digital fashion and other experiences in a decentralized environment.
Rangers Protocol
Private Equity Round in 2021
Rangers Protocol is a blockchain infrastructure company focused on creating a virtual world that is fully compatible with Ethereum. It specializes in supporting non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and complex applications while enhancing cross-chain capabilities, Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) integration, and distributed network protocols. The company also develops decentralized products and incentive programs within the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, aiming to establish a sustainable economic model. This model enables users to achieve stable profits in the cryptocurrency landscape through various services, including token usage, storage, trading, and staking.
Occam.fi
Seed Round in 2021
Occam.fi is a suite of DeFi solutions tailored for Cardano. Designed to deliver market leading launchpad capabilities, DEX tools, and liquidity pools, Occam.fi is the first and most significant addition to Cardano's rapidly expanding DeFi.
The first component of Occam.fi’s ecosystem is its decentralised funding platform, or launchpad, called OccamRazer. Through this launchpad, the next-generation of disruptive Cardano applications can undertake significant capital raises through OccamRazer's IDO capabilities.
Pontem Network
Venture Round in 2021
Pontem Network is a product studio focused on developing foundational decentralized applications (dApps) for the Aptos blockchain. Its flagship product, the Pontem Wallet, is a secure wallet available on multiple platforms, including Chrome, Firefox, iOS, and Android, allowing users to store and send tokens on the Aptos network. The wallet is integrated with various services, including the Liquidswap decentralized exchange, NFT marketplaces like Topaz and Souffl3, and liquid staking platforms such as Ditto and Tortuga. Additionally, Pontem Network offers tools for developers, including the Move Playground browser code editor, the Move IntelliJ IDE plugin, and ByteBabel, a Solidity-to-Move code translator that enables Ethereum Virtual Machine compatibility on Aptos. Through these products, Pontem Network aims to facilitate innovation and support the growth of the Aptos ecosystem.
Deep DAO
Seed Round in 2021
DeepDAO is a data analytics platform focused on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). It offers extensive analytics and information gathering, presenting a main dashboard that enumerates and ranks DAOs based on key metrics such as membership and assets under management. The platform enhances discoverability and provides comprehensive insights into decentralized governance systems, enabling clients to conduct thorough research. By aggregating relevant data, DeepDAO serves as a valuable resource for those interested in understanding and navigating the landscape of DAOs.
Bware Labs
Seed Round in 2021
Bware Labs is focused on addressing the challenges of Web3 and promoting its global adoption by offering robust infrastructure services and development tools. The company specializes in developing decentralized infrastructure tailored for blockchain APIs, providing a reliable interface that includes integrated payment options. This platform facilitates seamless connections between customers and node providers, ensuring verified reliability and efficient service delivery. Through its commitment to enhancing the Web3 ecosystem, Bware Labs aims to empower users and developers with the necessary tools to navigate the evolving landscape of decentralized technologies.
Sator is an open-source decentralized platform tailored for the international scripted television market. Built on Ethereum blockchain standards, the platform facilitates interactions and transactions among participants in the content ecosystem, aiming to disrupt traditional media models. By creating a shared economy, Sator enhances value creation and distribution for all stakeholders in the global media industry. The platform fosters viewer communities and promotes collaboration, contributing to the evolution of the media landscape towards a more interconnected and equitable framework.
HashMix
Seed Round in 2021
HashMix employs multi-signature and smart contract technologies to generate proofs of specific hash power, issuing NFT tokens to facilitate free circulation while ensuring ownership and yields.
Founded in 2021, NFTify empowers brands to create their own NFT marketplaces quickly and easily, without coding. It enables businesses to sell and grow their NFT platforms at minimal cost.
Polkarare
Seed Round in 2021
Polkarare is a technology company that specializes in Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). It operates an NFT wallet for secure storage of digital assets and offers collateralized loans backed by NFTs. Polkarare's platform hosts collections of art, music, and sports cards, facilitating their exchange through a multichain NFT marketplace. The company aims to simplify the process of creating, trading, and discovering NFTs, providing artists with an easy onboarding experience without requiring technical expertise in blockchain transactions.
TradeStars
Venture Round in 2021
TradeStars Group Corp. is an online fantasy sports platform founded in 2018 and based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It operates on the Ethereum blockchain, allowing users to create and trade digital assets that represent real-life sports performances. This innovative approach enables sports enthusiasts to express their passion for sports while competing against one another. TradeStars emphasizes true digital ownership, transparency, liquidity, and decentralization within the fantasy sports industry. By leveraging blockchain technology, the platform fosters a new way for users to engage with each other and interact with their favorite sports teams and players, ultimately enhancing the sports experience.
NAOS Finance
Series A in 2021
NAOS Finance operates a decentralized finance platform that provides an alternative to traditional financial systems. This platform allows decentralized finance lenders and small to medium-sized enterprise borrowers to engage in a permissionless environment on the blockchain. By facilitating the origination and funding of loans without relying on traditional intermediaries, NAOS Finance enables lenders to achieve stable and recurring income streams. Additionally, the platform bridges the gap between on-chain activities and larger off-chain opportunities, enhancing accessibility and efficiency in financial transactions.
Benqi
Private Equity Round in 2021
BENQi is a developer of a decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity protocol built on the Avalanche blockchain. The company focuses on creating a seamless platform for lending, borrowing, and earning interest on digital assets. By combining elements of traditional finance and decentralized finance, BENQi aims to democratize access to financial products, offering permissionless lending and borrowing options. The protocol is designed to be highly scalable and user-friendly, with an emphasis on low fees. Additionally, BENQi seeks to bridge multiple blockchain ecosystems, including Ethereum, Polkadot, and Binance Smart Chain, through Avalanche's subnets, positioning itself as a cross-chain DeFi solution that enhances liquidity and accessibility in the digital asset space.
XDefi Wallet
Seed Round in 2021
XDefi Wallet is a decentralized, non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet designed to enable users to securely store, send, and swap digital assets across multiple blockchains. It supports over 30 different blockchains, providing a versatile platform for managing a wide range of cryptocurrencies and NFTs. The wallet is engineered to facilitate interactions with various decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, enhancing user engagement in the growing DeFi ecosystem. With features that allow access to NFT marketplaces and applications, XDefi Wallet empowers users to visualize and manage their collectibles effectively. By prioritizing security and user-friendliness, XDefi Wallet has garnered a user base of over 200,000 individuals, establishing itself as a trusted solution for those seeking to navigate the complexities of digital asset management.
Ethernity
Venture Round in 2021
Ethernity Chain is a pioneering platform focused on digital collectibles, specifically known for being the first authenticated and licensed provider in this space. The company specializes in creating limited-edition, authenticated non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and trading cards that are endorsed by notable figures. Ethernity Chain incorporates decentralized finance applications, which enable token holders to engage in activities such as farming rare NFTs and participating in governance through voting on ecosystem proposals. This approach allows users to access NFT-based digital art in a secure and user-friendly manner, fostering a community-oriented environment for collectors and enthusiasts.
ChainGuardians
Funding Round in 2021
ChainGuardians is a player-driven platform that merges traditional gaming concepts with blockchain technology, utilizing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) within its ecosystem. The company offers an anime-themed battle game designed for entertainment, and supports multiple blockchain networks, allowing for greater accessibility and flexibility. Players can engage in a free-to-play NFT Mining platform and a role-playing game, where they can convert their time and efforts into real rewards. By incorporating these elements, ChainGuardians creates a unique gaming experience that empowers players and leverages the benefits of blockchain.
RealFevr is a Portuguese startup based in Lisbon, founded in 2015, focused on fantasy sports platforms. The company operates an online fantasy sports platform that supports classic leagues for beginners and draft leagues for experienced players, with mobile apps that let users assemble teams and compete for rewards such as non-fungible tokens. It positions itself as a market leader in Portugal, with partnerships with Liga Portugal, the Portuguese Football Federation and other entities, and has grown to serve over 1.2 million registered users globally. The team has backgrounds in IT, gaming, betting and blockchain, and employs more than 25 people across Europe, with ongoing plans to expand. RealFevr aims to establish itself in the global sports NFT market and pursue international expansion, leveraging its experience in fantasy leagues to offer an enhanced user experience and new digital collectibles.
Biconomy is a developer of a multichain relayer protocol that aims to enhance the transaction experience in the blockchain ecosystem. By offering a simplified onboarding process for Web3 projects, Biconomy provides a non-custodial, gas-efficient infrastructure that facilitates meta-transactions at scale. The company's platform includes a software development kit (SDK) and a dashboard that help abstract the complexities associated with blockchain interactions, such as managing wallets, storing private keys, and handling gas fees. This innovative approach allows developers to create smoother and more seamless interactions between decentralized applications (DApps) and their users, ultimately reducing friction and enhancing accessibility in the blockchain space.