Morningstar Ventures

Morningstar Ventures is a Dubai-based venture capital firm that concentrates on digital assets, blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, and related sectors such as gaming. Founded in 2020, it backs early-stage founders and participates in both token and equity investments. Led by Chief Investment Officer Danilo S. Carlucci, the team combines expertise across technology, marketing, growth strategy, design, and UI/UX to support projects in the Elrond ecosystem and beyond. The firm has launched initiatives such as the Elrond Dubai Incubator to assist projects building with Elrond technology.

Danilo Carlucci

Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer

Arutyun Nazaryan

Co-Founder and CFO

Past deals in Ethereum

Aark

Seed Round in 2024
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.

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.

FARE Protocol

Seed Round in 2023
FARE Protocol is a blockchain platform that provides a protocol for probability-based smart contracts for cryptocurrency.

37xDubai

Seed Round in 2022
37xDubai operates an innovative art gallery and event venue designed to unite art and technology. The company focuses on creating a unique environment where Web3 enthusiasts can come together, facilitating connections among investors, builders, collectors, and artists. Through a carefully curated selection of art and digital experiences, 37xDubai offers various events, workshops, and exhibitions to enhance engagement within the Web3 community. The venue serves as a hub for creativity, fostering interaction and collaboration among its members.

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.

BAYZ

Seed Round in 2021
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.

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.

Ignite Tournaments

Seed Round in 2021
Ignite Tournaments is a technology company developing a mobile application for esports tournaments. Their platform aims to make competitive gaming accessible globally, supporting payouts in 70 currencies across 175 countries. The platform facilitates tournament organization and streaming, enabling mobile-compatible games without existing infrastructure to host web-three enabled competitions.

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

Seed Round in 2021
zkLink is a blockchain infrastructure company offering a multi-chain trading platform that unifies blockchain networks and addresses Ethereum fragmentation through aggregated rollups. Its solutions use zero-knowledge proofs to enable secure cross-chain transactions and to aggregate liquidity from isolated networks, supporting high-throughput decentralized applications. The platform provides customizable rollup architectures, including app-specific options, to unify tokens and liquidity across Ethereum Layer 2s and to give developers cost- and performance-efficient interoperability.

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.

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.

Sator

Seed Round in 2021
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.

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.

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.

RealFevr

Series A in 2021
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.

Ignite Tournaments

Ignite Tournaments is a technology company developing a mobile application for esports tournaments. Their platform aims to make competitive gaming accessible globally, supporting payouts in 70 currencies across 175 countries. The platform facilitates tournament organization and streaming, enabling mobile-compatible games without existing infrastructure to host web-three enabled competitions.
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