Paradigm is a research-driven investment firm based in San Francisco, specializing in the cryptocurrency sector. Founded in 2018 by Matt Huang and Fred Ehrsam, the company aims to support innovative companies and protocols from their inception, often at the idea stage. Paradigm emphasizes a builder mentality, with many of its team members having experience in developing tools and protocols that play a significant role in the crypto ecosystem. The firm is committed to advancing the frontier of cryptocurrency through both investment and the creation of open-source software. Research is central to Paradigm's approach, as the firm believes that deep understanding fosters innovation and progress. Rather than solely providing financial support, Paradigm actively engages in collaboration, whether it be through producing research papers or offering product and business strategy guidance.
Nous Research develops human-centric language models and simulators, focusing on AI flexibility and adaptability.
Privy
Venture Round in 2025
Privy creates authentication, authorization, and data control tooling to enable developers to create products that keep users safe. It creates simple, powerful APIs for managing user data, allowing them to easily integrate user data into their products. Privy bridges the gap between users' on-chain activity and their off-chain data, allowing users to create delightful experiences without putting themselves or the product at risk.
Mesh
Series B in 2025
Mesh is a company that creates a secure ecosystem for cryptocurrency transactions, facilitating seamless deposits and payments across over 300 exchanges and wallets. It serves as a connectivity layer for various financial services platforms, allowing integration and interaction with multiple currencies and assets. In addition to its focus on cryptocurrency transactions, Mesh's platform supports stock trading and the transfer of crypto across various platforms. The company provides enterprise clients with tools to authenticate access to banks, brokerages, and exchanges, enabling functionalities such as digital asset transfers, crypto payments, account aggregation, and registered securities trading.
Across Protocol
Initial Coin Offering in 2025
Across is a cross-chain bridge secured by UMA's optimistic oracle for L2s and rollups. It also optimized for capital efficiency with a single liquidity pool, a competitive relayer landscape, and a no-slippage fee model.
Irreducible
Series A in 2025
Ulvetanna is an Enterprise Grade Zero-Knowledge Proof Acceleration Platform supporting web3 technologies.
D3
Series A in 2025
D3 its goal is to transform the domain name industry by effortlessly connecting Web 1-3.
Phantom
Series C in 2025
Phantom is a digital wallet specifically designed for decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It functions as a multichain wallet, allowing users to manage their cryptocurrency and NFT assets across various blockchain networks, with a primary focus on Solana. The Phantom wallet is available on multiple platforms, including mobile devices and browser extensions, enhancing accessibility for users engaged in digital finance. The wallet leverages secure and transparent digital ledger technology, enabling users to safely store, buy, send, receive, and swap tokens, as well as collect NFTs, all within a user-friendly interface.
Noble XYZ
Series A in 2024
Noble XYZ is an asset issuance appchain that seeks to communicate and exchange assets directly with each other by using blockchain communication.
Ellipsis Labs
Venture Round in 2024
Ellipsis Labs is building Phoenix, a decentralized limit order book on Solana that is fully on-chain, non-custodial, and crankless.
Ithaca
Venture Round in 2024
Ithaca intends to deal with major difficulties in the bitcoin space by leveraging technologies from existing Layer 2 solutions, such as Optimism and Starkware. The company utilizes the Reth SDK, enabling developers to build with cutting-edge features and facilitate frictionless onboarding, attracting the crypto developer community.
Sorella Labs
Seed Round in 2024
Sorella Labs is developing a solution to solve Ethereum's maximum extractable value (MEV) problems and focuses on mitigating MEV through pattern.
MetaDAO
Initial Coin Offering in 2024
MetaDAO focus on decisions and operations are influenced by market mechanisms and the active participation of stakeholders, rather than relying solely on traditional governance structures like hierarchies or representative democracy.
Conduit
Series A in 2024
Conduit operates as a platform focused on providing crypto native infrastructure aimed at supporting developers in the cryptocurrency space. The company collaborates with leading crypto engineering teams to develop a comprehensive suite of tools that facilitate the creation, deployment, and maintenance of smart contracts, particularly on the Ethereum network. By offering a visual programming environment, Conduit enables developers to build, test, and deploy smart contracts efficiently, utilizing various programming languages and libraries. This streamlined approach enhances the overall development process, empowering builders in the rapidly evolving field of cryptocurrency.
BabylonChain
Series B in 2024
Babylon builds security protocols to enhance the security of decentralized systems by leveraging Bitcoin's established security. The company's solutions include timestamping data on the Bitcoin blockchain and enabling Bitcoin holders to stake their coins on Proof-of-Stake blockchains without needing a custodian.
Farcaster
Series A in 2024
Farcaster is a decentralized social network designed to facilitate connections among users with shared interests, including coders, fitness enthusiasts, and meme makers. The platform enables users to communicate directly without intermediaries, promoting a sense of ownership and control over their social interactions. By creating an open protocol akin to email, Farcaster allows users to claim unique usernames, store their social data off-chain, and move their identities seamlessly between applications. Furthermore, the company emphasizes the importance of increasing daily active users and provides developers with tools to build innovative applications within the network, enhancing the overall user experience.
Monad
Series A in 2024
MONAD is a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain and decentralized computation platform that combines the best of performance and portability.
Ellipsis Labs
Series A in 2024
Ellipsis Labs is building Phoenix, a decentralized limit order book on Solana that is fully on-chain, non-custodial, and crankless.
Succinct
Series A in 2024
Succinct builds zero-knowledge infrastructure for developers.
Axiom
Series A in 2024
Axiom enables smart contracts to securely compute over Ethereum's whole history, including transactions and receipts. Developers can send on-chain queries to Axiom, which are automatically completed with ZK-verified responses delivered back to the developer's smart contract.
Shadow
Seed Round in 2023
Shadow operates as a crypto data platform.
Blast
Venture Round in 2023
Blast is an Optimistic Rollup-based Layer 2 network.
Privy
Series A in 2023
Privy creates authentication, authorization, and data control tooling to enable developers to create products that keep users safe. It creates simple, powerful APIs for managing user data, allowing them to easily integrate user data into their products. Privy bridges the gap between users' on-chain activity and their off-chain data, allowing users to create delightful experiences without putting themselves or the product at risk.
Dzone Finance
Series A in 2023
Dzone Finance is a cross-chain Dex and Bridge aggregator.
Friend.tech
Seed Round in 2023
Friend.tech is a decentralized social media app that allows users to tokenize their friends.
Flashbots
Series B in 2023
Flashbots is a research and development company dedicated to improving the efficiency and transparency of Miner Extractable Value (MEV) in blockchain ecosystems. The company focuses on creating tools for miners and searchers to extract MEV in a more transparent and efficient manner. Flashbots aims to mitigate the negative impacts of current MEV extraction techniques, which can pose existential risks to state-rich blockchains like Ethereum. Their goal is to establish a permissionless, transparent, and fair ecosystem for MEV extraction and redistribution.
EDX Markets
Series A in 2023
EDX Markets operates as a digital asset marketplace. It caters to the needs of both crypto-native firms and large financial institutions. The company trades in various cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash. EDX Markets combines innovative technology with financial services to enable safe and compliant trading of digital assets. It also provides trading resources and a UAT Environment for its users. The company is also known for its focus on hiring crypto talent, as stated by its CEO, Jamil Nazarali.
Utopia
Series A in 2023
Utopia Labs specializes in creating an operating system tailored for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to streamline payment requests, payroll, and reporting processes. The platform enables users to manage invoices and expenses for contributors through a single link, facilitating the automation of recurring salaries for core team members. Additionally, Utopia Labs provides a payment application that allows for free, instant, and global transactions, simplifying the management of contributor payments and expenses. With features that organize transactions through tagging, the system enhances transparency in financial reporting for DAOs.
Conduit
Seed Round in 2023
Conduit operates as a platform focused on providing crypto native infrastructure aimed at supporting developers in the cryptocurrency space. The company collaborates with leading crypto engineering teams to develop a comprehensive suite of tools that facilitate the creation, deployment, and maintenance of smart contracts, particularly on the Ethereum network. By offering a visual programming environment, Conduit enables developers to build, test, and deploy smart contracts efficiently, utilizing various programming languages and libraries. This streamlined approach enhances the overall development process, empowering builders in the rapidly evolving field of cryptocurrency.
Prins Artificial Intelligence
Series A in 2023
Prins Artificial Intelligence is a service platform focusing on AI digital human training. The platform creates digital human identities for companies, brands, stars, celebrities, and everyone.
Irreducible
Seed Round in 2023
Ulvetanna is an Enterprise Grade Zero-Knowledge Proof Acceleration Platform supporting web3 technologies.
PapayaHub
Series B in 2022
PapayaHub is a platform for investing in the Papaya webcam studio network activities with 340 branches throughout Europe: in London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Madrid, and Prague.
Uniswap
Series B in 2022
Uniswap Labs is a software company founded in 2018 by Hayden Adams, who created the Uniswap Protocol, a decentralized platform for swapping digital assets. The protocol has facilitated $2.75 trillion in transaction volume since its inception. Uniswap Labs focuses on developing widely used decentralized finance (DeFi) products, including a user-friendly web interface, a self-custody mobile wallet, and an API tailored for professional market participants. The platform empowers liquidity providers and traders by offering a financial marketplace that is open and accessible to all. Utilizing smart contracts, it enables secure and decentralized on-chain conversions of assets, allowing users to trade tokens directly without intermediaries while defining asset prices based on the liquidity staked in the system.
nxyz
Series A in 2022
nxyz is a developer of a blockchain data platform that aims to empower builders, creatives, and entrepreneurs to enhance the internet experience. The company provides a multi-chain API that transforms blockchain data into real-time, high-performance data streams. This functionality enables engineers to access information across various blockchains, including wallets, transactions, NFTs, and contracts, integrating both on-chain and off-chain data. By offering flexible and reliable indexing and data infrastructure, nxyz supports the development of quality web platforms for a new generation of digital creators and innovators.
Exponential DeFi
Seed Round in 2022
Exponential DeFi platform makes it easy to discover, assess, and invest in DeFi yield opportunities. Anyone can become a lender or market maker with DeFi. Financial freedom is within everyone's reach when individuals have the ability to grow their wealth exponentially. Its platform helps investors assess the risk of DeFi yield opportunities so they can invest with confidence. Exponential DeFi platform was founded in 2021 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Blowfish
Seed Round in 2022
Blowfish develops security software aimed at preventing fraud before it occurs. The company's technology enables businesses to identify and halt malicious transactions in real time, thereby minimizing customer churn, reducing negative reviews, and decreasing the volume of support tickets. By providing clear and actionable insights into transactions, Blowfish helps organizations protect themselves from fraudulent activities and malware, enhancing overall security and user trust.
Limit Break
Venture Round in 2022
Limit Break is a blockchain gaming company focused on transforming the free-to-play gaming experience for Web3 and beyond. Founded by experts in the mobile gaming industry, the company aims to replace traditional IPO-style fundraising with an innovative model that involves free mint games. Their platform allows game creators to monetize their creations through blockchain technology, enabling players to engage in multiplayer games, collect tokens, and generate income. By integrating these elements, Limit Break is positioning itself at the forefront of the evolving gaming landscape.
Tessera
Series A in 2022
Tessera's mission is to curate the most extraordinary collective ownership experiences produced by the greatest creators, builders, and leaders. Tessera's vision is a world where anyone can have the opportunity to collectively own and govern things they value, without reliance on central gatekeepers to execute decisions and actions on their behalf.
SignalPlus
Seed Round in 2022
SignalPlus is an enterprise technology company dedicated to enhancing accessibility in trading options for digital and crypto assets. It offers a fully automated trading system that addresses the infrastructure gap between centralized finance (CeFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Utilizing an AI-powered trading robot, SignalPlus automates market making and risk hedging, enabling traders to manage their risks effectively. The platform features a comprehensive cryptocurrency trading dashboard, which includes a variety of pricing, analytics, and execution algorithms, as well as multi-vendor and direct market access. This setup supports high-touch trading strategies while ensuring there is no cost commitment for users.
SignalPlus
Series A in 2022
SignalPlus is an enterprise technology company dedicated to enhancing accessibility in trading options for digital and crypto assets. It offers a fully automated trading system that addresses the infrastructure gap between centralized finance (CeFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Utilizing an AI-powered trading robot, SignalPlus automates market making and risk hedging, enabling traders to manage their risks effectively. The platform features a comprehensive cryptocurrency trading dashboard, which includes a variety of pricing, analytics, and execution algorithms, as well as multi-vendor and direct market access. This setup supports high-touch trading strategies while ensuring there is no cost commitment for users.
Magic Eden
Series B in 2022
Magic Eden is a community-centric company. They work hard to be responsive, close to the ground, and in service to the best interests of their collections. To prove their commitment to the community, they airdropped Magic Tickets, their own collection, to over 30,000 users. Holding a Magic Ticket gives holders access to their discord-based DAO, MagicDAO, where they deliver interconnectivity via social programs and rewards to the community.
Magic Eden
Series B in 2022
Magic Eden is a community-centric company. They work hard to be responsive, close to the ground, and in service to the best interests of their collections. To prove their commitment to the community, they airdropped Magic Tickets, their own collection, to over 30,000 users. Holding a Magic Ticket gives holders access to their discord-based DAO, MagicDAO, where they deliver interconnectivity via social programs and rewards to the community.
The Wildcard Alliance
Series A in 2022
Wildcard combines elements of arena based action, card collection & real time fan interaction to create the ultimate spectator sport.
Dework
Seed Round in 2022
Dework is a web3-based project management platform designed to enhance collaboration in decentralized environments. It allows users to manage tasks, attract contributor applicants, and integrate with platforms like Discord to boost contributor reputation. The platform enables organizations to create bounties for contributors, facilitating payments using their own DAO tokens. By providing tools for building web3 profiles and managing project-related activities, Dework supports the seamless operation of decentralized autonomous organizations and fosters a more engaged contributor community.
Lightspark
Seed Round in 2022
Lightspark is a company focused on developing a crypto payment platform that aims to enhance the capabilities and utility of Bitcoin. The platform is designed to provide an enterprise-ready infrastructure for open payments, facilitating digital transactions at scale. It enables businesses and developers to accept digital payments and receive fiat currency instantly in exchange, utilizing the lightning network. By doing so, Lightspark seeks to empower organizations to transform existing financial solutions and create new systems and services that are accessible to a broader audience.
Jambo
Series A in 2022
Jambo is a company focused on creating an extensive on-chain mobile network, centered around its flagship product, the JamboPhone, a powerful mobile device designed for the crypto-native market. With a foundation of over 800,000 mobile nodes spanning more than 120 countries, Jambo aims to accelerate decentralization and enhance network effects for various applications, such as validators and peer-to-peer networking. The JamboApp serves as a gateway for millions of users to engage with the on-chain economy, offering innovative earning opportunities, a decentralized application (dApp) store, and a multi-chain wallet. By integrating blockchain technology into its products, Jambo empowers users to participate in gaming, cryptocurrency trading, and decentralized finance, particularly benefiting individuals in emerging markets. Central to Jambo's ecosystem is the Jambo Token, which facilitates rewards, discounts, and other incentives, positioning the company as a key player in the evolving landscape of blockchain technology.
LootRush
Seed Round in 2022
LootRush is a Web3 videogame platform that focuses on creating accessibility in the play-to-earn gaming space. It operates an NFT rental service that aims to eliminate financial barriers for players. By allowing users to rent non-fungible tokens (NFTs), LootRush enables individuals to engage with exclusive digital assets and participate in various games without needing a significant upfront investment. This model provides an affordable pathway for gamers to start playing, earning rewards, and enjoying the advantages of blockchain gaming.
Sky Mavis
Series C in 2022
Sky Mavis is a technology company focused on developing decentralized applications and services, particularly within the realms of blockchain and video gaming. As a blockchain studio, it creates immersive virtual worlds featuring player-owned economies and marketplaces for trading digital assets. This innovative approach empowers gamers with economic freedom, allowing them to buy and sell collectibles, thereby enhancing their gaming experience and engagement. Sky Mavis aims to redefine the landscape of digital gaming through its commitment to creating practical applications that leverage blockchain technology.
Fractal
Seed Round in 2022
Fractal is a blockchain marketplace platform focused on in-game assets and virtual worlds, allowing users to find, purchase, and sell gaming NFTs. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Solana, United States, Fractal provides a digital arcade that enhances the gaming experience while enabling developers to transition in-game assets to non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This shift facilitates real ownership for players and introduces new levels of programmability and interoperability within games. Through its platform, Fractal aims to revolutionize how gamers interact with and own digital assets.
Blur
Seed Round in 2022
Blur aims to solve these problems and move the NFT space toward becoming institutional-grade while increasing decentralization.
Ribbon Finance
Venture Round in 2022
Ribbon Finance creates structured products that deliver sustainable yield using financial engineering for DeFi. The company allows investors to profit when the price of ETH goes above.
Optimism
Series B in 2022
Optimism is a decentralized infrastructure platform focused on enhancing Ethereum's scalability and transaction speed. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, the company operates as a public benefit corporation, balancing the financial interests of shareholders with the broader needs of the community and society. Optimism develops open-source software that enables developers to build on the Ethereum blockchain more efficiently, utilizing zero-knowledge proofs to ensure the validity of state updates. By promoting fair access to public goods on the internet, Optimism aims to create a responsible and sustainable ecosystem that benefits both businesses and the wider community.
Magic Eden
Series A in 2022
Magic Eden is a community-centric company. They work hard to be responsive, close to the ground, and in service to the best interests of their collections. To prove their commitment to the community, they airdropped Magic Tickets, their own collection, to over 30,000 users. Holding a Magic Ticket gives holders access to their discord-based DAO, MagicDAO, where they deliver interconnectivity via social programs and rewards to the community.
Gauntlet
Series B in 2022
Gauntlet is a developer of a financial modeling and simulation platform aimed at enhancing the safety and efficiency of blockchain protocols and smart contracts. The company's platform utilizes agent-based simulation to analyze and optimize key parameters of various protocols, which helps improve capital efficiency, fees, risk management, and incentive structures. By modeling market risk and economic incentives, Gauntlet enables clients to maximize their returns while minimizing potential risks. Its applied research and optimization teams focus on driving sustainable growth for leading crypto protocols, chains, and on-chain treasuries, ultimately enhancing financial performance for businesses in the blockchain ecosystem.
Praxis
Series A in 2022
Praxis is a membership-based platform aiming to build an autonomous city. Cities needed to be built around a source of economic opportunity to attract businesses that would create jobs and entice people to relocate. The platform enables people to live healthier, more purposeful lives. Praxis was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in New York.
FTX
Series C in 2022
FTX Exchange is a cryptocurrency exchange that offers a platform designed for both professional trading firms and novice users. It provides a range of products, including quarterly and perpetual futures for various cryptocurrencies, leveraged tokens, and over-the-counter trading. The exchange was initially developed by Alameda Research, a leading provider of cryptocurrency liquidity, which contributed to its robust market presence from the outset. Additionally, FTX Ventures served as the corporate venture capital arm of FTX, investing in various sectors such as healthcare, information technology, and gaming. Founded in 2022, FTX Ventures aimed to support innovative startups without imposing restrictions on their decision-making processes. However, the company declared bankruptcy in November 2022, marking a significant downturn in its operations.
Phantom
Series B in 2022
Phantom is a digital wallet specifically designed for decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It functions as a multichain wallet, allowing users to manage their cryptocurrency and NFT assets across various blockchain networks, with a primary focus on Solana. The Phantom wallet is available on multiple platforms, including mobile devices and browser extensions, enhancing accessibility for users engaged in digital finance. The wallet leverages secure and transparent digital ledger technology, enabling users to safely store, buy, send, receive, and swap tokens, as well as collect NFTs, all within a user-friendly interface.
FTX US Derivatives
Series A in 2022
FTX US is a bitcoin options exchange designed to assist both individual traders and institutions in trading. FTX US allows users to trade a variety of digital assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Dogecoin. The company was founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Rain
Series B in 2022
Rain is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange based in Manama, Bahrain, that was founded in 2017. It operates a digital currency trading platform specifically designed to facilitate secure and compliant transactions in the Middle East. The platform allows clients to buy, sell, and store digital currencies while adhering to regulatory standards. By functioning within a regulatory sandbox, Rain aims to provide a safe environment for digital transactions, enhancing trust and security for its users.
Citadel Securities
Venture Round in 2022
Citadel Securities is a capital markets firm that utilizes a blend of financial expertise, mathematical modeling, and advanced engineering to facilitate trading and liquidity in the financial markets. The company focuses on providing essential services related to fixed-income investments and equity products, employing sophisticated predictive models and cutting-edge technology to execute trades efficiently. By serving a diverse clientele that includes asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, government agencies, and public pension programs, Citadel Securities aims to reduce transaction costs and address liquidity requirements. Through its innovative approach, the firm plays a significant role in shaping the dynamics of global markets.
OpenSea
Series C in 2022
OpenSea is a peer-to-peer marketplace dedicated to the trading of crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It facilitates the buying and selling of various digital assets, including gaming items and virtual goods, all secured by blockchain technology. Users can engage in transactions through smart contracts, which enhance security and trust in the trading process. The platform aims to streamline the exchange of these digital assets, making it accessible for anyone interested in the world of crypto collectibles. By providing a user-friendly interface and robust infrastructure, OpenSea has established itself as a leading marketplace in the burgeoning NFT space.
Global Illumination
Seed Round in 2022
Global Illumination is a digital product company based in New York that specializes in developing innovative digital gaming experiences. The company focuses on creating a platform that facilitates multiplayer gaming, allowing users to collect, craft, build, and trade with one another. This interactive environment fosters creativity among players by incorporating blockchain technology, which enables users to engage in unique and rewarding creative endeavors. Through its products, Global Illumination aims to encourage collaboration and creativity within the gaming community.
Vana
Series A in 2022
Vana is a decentralized platform that empowers individuals to take ownership of their data and monetize it while contributing to the development of artificial intelligence. By focusing on user-owned data, Vana provides tools for managing and profiting from AI models, ensuring that data contributions are cryptographically verified for privacy. The platform facilitates data portability, allowing users to log in with their wallets and access their information across multiple platforms without centralized control. Additionally, Vana incorporates decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), enabling users to share various types of data, such as social media profiles, in exchange for benefits. This innovative approach encourages personalized applications while maintaining individual data control.
Aztec
Series A in 2021
Aztec is focused on developing a trading protocol for Ethereum that facilitates private transactions on the public blockchain. The company is recognized for its research team, which has been instrumental in creating PLONK, an advanced standard in zero-knowledge technologies. This team has achieved several significant research and development advancements in Layer 2 solutions for Ethereum, leveraging their extensive expertise in implementing complex cryptosystems for the Web3 ecosystem. Aztec also enhances the user experience through its zk.money platform, which exemplifies the capabilities of the Aztec Connect SDK to enable seamless integration with decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols such as Lido and Element. Furthermore, Aztec is committed to building an encrypted blockchain that operates securely on the Ethereum network.
MoonPay
Series A in 2021
MoonPay is a financial technology company that specializes in payment infrastructure for cryptocurrency transactions. Its platform allows users to easily convert fiat currencies into cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) using various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, local bank transfers, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Operating on a non-custodial model, MoonPay does not hold customer funds, which provides users with enhanced control over their digital assets. By connecting cryptocurrency exchange platforms with users, MoonPay aims to streamline the process of cryptocurrency purchases, ensuring a seamless experience for clients.
Royal
Series A in 2021
Royal is a platform that enables fans to buy ownership stakes in songs directly from their favorite artists, allowing them to earn royalties as the music generates revenue. The platform utilizes non-fungible token (NFT) technology, which allows artists to create and sell their music as limited digital assets. By investing in these assets, fans can participate in the financial success of the artists they support. This innovative approach fosters a direct connection between artists and their audience, transforming the way music ownership and royalties are shared.
BetDEX
Seed Round in 2021
BetDEX is a decentralized sports betting protocol that operates on a blockchain-based platform, allowing users to place bets on various sports using cryptocurrency. The protocol is designed to provide high speeds and low transaction costs while eliminating counterparty risk, ensuring a secure betting experience. As a permissionless platform, BetDEX enables developers to create their own applications on top of its infrastructure, fostering innovation in the sports betting space. By granting users control over their betting activities and allowing them to set their own prices, BetDEX offers a unique approach to engaging with sports and prediction markets.
AI Arena
Seed Round in 2021
AI Arena is a developer of play-to-earn games that combines artificial intelligence with gaming experiences. The platform allows users to own and train unique fighters represented as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), each possessing attributes like power, speed, and accuracy. These fighters are enhanced with artificial neural networks, which facilitate the development of AI intuition and literacy among players. Users engage in battles within the Arena, competing for supremacy while earning rewards through their gameplay. AI Arena emphasizes the integration of human and AI collaboration, providing an innovative mode of entertainment that fosters both gaming and technological engagement.
Osmosis Foundation
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Osmosis is a decentralized peer-to-peer blockchain that people can use to create liquidity and trade IBC enabled tokens. The Osmosis blockchain is made up of free, public, and open-source software. - Osmosis is a first-of-its-kind automated market maker (AMM) that marks a foundational shift in how liquidity providers can benefit from Interchain DeFi.
Parallel
Venture Round in 2021
Parallel is a Sci-Fi Card Game based on the Ethereum blockchain. Parallel is an application that provides users with the opportunity to purchase, collect, and showcase digital blockchain collectibles.
CoinSwitch
Series C in 2021
CoinSwitch is a leading cryptocurrency exchange aggregator based in India, designed to simplify the complexities of cryptocurrency trading for everyday users. With over 20 million registered users, CoinSwitch enables individuals to easily invest in a variety of cryptocurrencies through a user-friendly platform. Users can make one-time purchases or set up systematic investment plans, allowing for flexible investment strategies. In addition to trading, CoinSwitch provides educational resources that help users understand the cryptocurrency market and make informed decisions. The platform features the Crypto Rupee Index, which aids users in analyzing market sentiments. Committed to expanding accessibility to cryptocurrency, CoinSwitch aims to establish itself as a comprehensive wealth-tech destination for Indian investors, facilitating a seamless experience for managing all aspects of their crypto transactions.
Sky Mavis
Series B in 2021
Sky Mavis is a technology company focused on developing decentralized applications and services, particularly within the realms of blockchain and video gaming. As a blockchain studio, it creates immersive virtual worlds featuring player-owned economies and marketplaces for trading digital assets. This innovative approach empowers gamers with economic freedom, allowing them to buy and sell collectibles, thereby enhancing their gaming experience and engagement. Sky Mavis aims to redefine the landscape of digital gaming through its commitment to creating practical applications that leverage blockchain technology.
GDA
Private Equity Round in 2021
Genesis Digital Assets is a prominent Bitcoin mining company known for its extensive experience in the industry. Since its inception in 2013, the company has established over 20 industrial-scale mining farms and successfully brought more than 300,000 miners online, resulting in the mining of over $1 billion in Bitcoin. Genesis Digital Assets focuses on developing proprietary mining technology and aims to make its operations profitable. The company provides comprehensive services that include building, managing, and scaling large-scale mining operations, thereby offering clients the necessary infrastructure to support the evolving landscape of the cryptocurrency market.
Royal
Seed Round in 2021
Royal is a platform that enables fans to buy ownership stakes in songs directly from their favorite artists, allowing them to earn royalties as the music generates revenue. The platform utilizes non-fungible token (NFT) technology, which allows artists to create and sell their music as limited digital assets. By investing in these assets, fans can participate in the financial success of the artists they support. This innovative approach fosters a direct connection between artists and their audience, transforming the way music ownership and royalties are shared.
Euler Labs
Series A in 2021
Euler is a non-custodial lending protocol built on Ethereum that allows users to lend and borrow a wide range of crypto assets without relying on a trusted third party. The platform offers a capital-efficient solution for earning interest on crypto holdings and provides mechanisms to hedge against market volatility. By utilizing reactive interest rates informed by control theory, Euler's system adapts in real-time to market conditions, enabling users to manage risk effectively. This innovative approach allows clients to engage with a diverse array of crypto assets while minimizing risk exposure.
TaxBit
Series B in 2021
TaxBit is a cryptocurrency tax and accounting software company that automates tax calculations and reporting for cryptocurrency transactions. Its platform allows users to link their exchanges and wallets to efficiently gather transaction data, which is then processed to generate tax forms automatically. In addition to tax automation, TaxBit offers real-time portfolio tracking and insights for tax optimization, enabling users to make informed, tax-efficient trading decisions throughout the year. The company serves both individual consumers and enterprises, providing a comprehensive solution for managing cryptocurrency tax compliance and accounting needs.
Tessera
Seed Round in 2021
Tessera's mission is to curate the most extraordinary collective ownership experiences produced by the greatest creators, builders, and leaders. Tessera's vision is a world where anyone can have the opportunity to collectively own and govern things they value, without reliance on central gatekeepers to execute decisions and actions on their behalf.
Thesis*
Series A in 2021
Thesis, Inc. is a cryptocurrency venture studio that specializes in developing and funding decentralized products and protocols. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the company aims to bridge the gap between Bitcoin and real-world purchases while facilitating the use of private data on public blockchains. One of its notable developments is the tBTC protocol, which operates on the Keep network. Through its initiatives, Thesis seeks to empower individuals by creating innovative solutions within the cryptocurrency and decentralized technology sectors.
dYdX
Series C in 2021
dYdX is a decentralized exchange that provides traders with a secure and efficient platform for various financial activities. Established in 2017 by Antonio Juliano, a former engineer at Coinbase and Uber, dYdX operates on audited smart contracts on Ethereum, ensuring transparency and security without relying on a central authority. The platform offers a range of trading options, including perpetual, margin, and spot trading, along with borrowing and lending pools. Users can earn interest on deposits or take loans at nominal fees, enabling them to trade on margin with customized leverage. dYdX aims to create an open financial system, granting users access to vital financial tools while facilitating fully collateralized loans for short-selling.
Showtime
Seed Round in 2021
Showtime is a non-fungible token (NFT) social network where people can discover and share NFT art. Showtime aims to provide the crypto community with a social media interface.
Lido
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Lido is a developer of an open-source liquid staking platform that enhances the Ethereum network's block validation capabilities. The platform addresses challenges related to initial cryptocurrency staking by allowing users to stake their assets and receive synthetic native tokens of equivalent value. These tokens can be utilized across various decentralized finance applications, enabling users to earn yield while maintaining liquidity. Lido's middleware operates on the Ethereum blockchain, ensuring perpetual access through multiple interfaces and channels.
Bitso
Series C in 2021
Bitso is a cryptocurrency exchange platform founded in 2014 and headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. The company specializes in facilitating the buying and selling of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, providing users with a marketplace where they can trade fractions of various digital assets. Bitso's platform is designed for ease of use, allowing customers to conduct transactions and make payments via mobile devices. By focusing on the fintech and blockchain sectors, Bitso aims to enhance accessibility to cryptocurrency trading for users in Mexico and beyond.
Gitcoin
Venture Round in 2021
Gitcoin is a platform designed to enable open-source developers to monetize their work, facilitating compensation for contributions in various programming languages, including Python, Rust, Ruby, JavaScript, and Solidity. Founded in 2017 and based in Boulder, Colorado, Gitcoin emerged from the local tech community's collaborative spirit, particularly its #givefirst ethos, which emphasizes support and mentorship. The platform operates on the Ethereum network, utilizing smart contracts to align incentives among stakeholders and streamline interactions without traditional legal mechanisms. Gitcoin connects developers, repository maintainers, and financiers, fostering a symbiotic relationship that enhances the development and sustainability of open-source projects. By combining community values with economic incentives, Gitcoin aims to advance the open-source software ecosystem.
Chainalysis
Series D in 2021
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for cryptocurrency businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore, the company offers a suite of products designed to enhance compliance and security in the cryptocurrency space. Key offerings include REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data; a transaction-based risk scoring API that assesses the source and destination of funds; and various activity monitoring reports and due diligence tools that help financial institutions understand and mitigate risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions. Chainalysis serves a wide range of clients, including government agencies, banks, exchanges, and other financial institutions, providing them with the necessary tools to navigate the complexities of blockchain technology and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
StarkWare Industries
Series B in 2021
StarkWare Industries Ltd is a technology company based in Netanya, Israel, established in 2017. The company specializes in developing software and hardware solutions focused on the generation and verification of computational integrity proofs. Its primary offering, known as STARK, is a zero-knowledge proof protocol that enhances privacy in blockchain applications, increases transaction throughput, and enables off-chain computation. StarkWare Industries aims to create a comprehensive proof stack to facilitate secure and efficient computational processes across various applications.
Zora
Seed Round in 2021
Zora is a crypto-driven marketplace that specializes in the buying, selling, and trading of limited-edition non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company has developed an on-chain social network and protocol that leverages blockchain technology to enhance the secondary market value of digital files, including photos, videos, audio, and music. Zora's platform offers a range of features, such as drop alerts and notifications, which provide artists and businesses with accessible tools to create and sell NFT collections efficiently. This focus on usability and market engagement positions Zora as a key player in the evolving landscape of digital assets.
Fireblocks
Series C in 2021
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in blockchain-based security solutions for digital asset management. Its platform is designed to securely transfer digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties, catering primarily to financial institutions such as banks, fintech companies, and hedge funds. The company employs advanced technologies, including a patent-pending chip isolation security and model predictive control (MPC), to enhance the security of assets in transit. Fireblocks enables its clients to manage and streamline their digital asset operations effectively, ensuring the protection of funds while facilitating their movement across various platforms. Additionally, Fireblocks has an operational presence in Tel Aviv, Israel.
BlockFi
Series D in 2021
BlockFi, Inc. is a New York-based financial services company that specializes in providing wealth management products for cryptocurrency investors. Founded in 2017, it offers interest-bearing accounts that allow clients to earn yields on their Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar holdings. The company also facilitates secured loans in USD, where clients can collateralize their loans with cryptocurrency assets. Additionally, BlockFi provides a trading platform for exchanging various cryptocurrency pairs and customizable lending options for institutions. By leveraging a sophisticated infrastructure that integrates with multiple blockchains, BlockFi aims to enhance liquidity and efficiency in digital financial markets, catering to the needs of both individual and institutional clients.
Opyn
Series A in 2021
Opyn is a decentralized protocol that facilitates options trading on Ethereum and ERC20 tokens. It allows users to earn premiums or express views on assets through the trading of options, specifically offering European, cash-settled options that automatically exercise upon expiry. Opyn's options, known as oTokens, are ERC20 tokens that can be traded on any decentralized exchange adhering to the ERC20 standard. The platform initially launched with Opyn v1, which established the first live ERC20 options protocol, enabling users to create, buy, and sell options for any ERC20 token. Opyn v1 continues to operate on the Ethereum network, providing a venue for American, physically settled options, while ongoing developments aim to expand the range of ERC20 options available. By optimizing capital efficiency and promoting inclusive trading practices, Opyn enhances the overall experience for the trading community.
CoinSwitch
Series A in 2021
CoinSwitch is a leading cryptocurrency exchange aggregator based in India, designed to simplify the complexities of cryptocurrency trading for everyday users. With over 20 million registered users, CoinSwitch enables individuals to easily invest in a variety of cryptocurrencies through a user-friendly platform. Users can make one-time purchases or set up systematic investment plans, allowing for flexible investment strategies. In addition to trading, CoinSwitch provides educational resources that help users understand the cryptocurrency market and make informed decisions. The platform features the Crypto Rupee Index, which aids users in analyzing market sentiments. Committed to expanding accessibility to cryptocurrency, CoinSwitch aims to establish itself as a comprehensive wealth-tech destination for Indian investors, facilitating a seamless experience for managing all aspects of their crypto transactions.
TaxBit
Series A in 2021
TaxBit is a cryptocurrency tax and accounting software company that automates tax calculations and reporting for cryptocurrency transactions. Its platform allows users to link their exchanges and wallets to efficiently gather transaction data, which is then processed to generate tax forms automatically. In addition to tax automation, TaxBit offers real-time portfolio tracking and insights for tax optimization, enabling users to make informed, tax-efficient trading decisions throughout the year. The company serves both individual consumers and enterprises, providing a comprehensive solution for managing cryptocurrency tax compliance and accounting needs.
Fireblocks
Series B in 2020
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in blockchain-based security solutions for digital asset management. Its platform is designed to securely transfer digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties, catering primarily to financial institutions such as banks, fintech companies, and hedge funds. The company employs advanced technologies, including a patent-pending chip isolation security and model predictive control (MPC), to enhance the security of assets in transit. Fireblocks enables its clients to manage and streamline their digital asset operations effectively, ensuring the protection of funds while facilitating their movement across various platforms. Additionally, Fireblocks has an operational presence in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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.
Nebulous
Seed Round in 2020
Nebulous, Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in developing blockchain hardware and software infrastructure for the decentralized internet. The company is known for its flagship product, Sia, a decentralized cloud storage platform that utilizes blockchain technology to create a marketplace for data storage. Additionally, Nebulous offers Skynet, a decentralized content delivery network (CDN) and file-sharing platform aimed at developers, along with SiaStream, which provides affordable storage solutions for media files to enable fast streaming. As a core contributor and maintainer of the open-source Skynet project, Nebulous plays a significant role in advancing the decentralized web ecosystem.
Sia
Seed Round in 2020
Sia is the leading decentralized cloud storage platform. No signups, no servers, no trusted third parties. Sia leverages blockchain technology to create a data storage marketplace that is more robust and more affordable than traditional cloud storage providers.
Uniswap
Series A in 2020
Uniswap Labs is a software company founded in 2018 by Hayden Adams, who created the Uniswap Protocol, a decentralized platform for swapping digital assets. The protocol has facilitated $2.75 trillion in transaction volume since its inception. Uniswap Labs focuses on developing widely used decentralized finance (DeFi) products, including a user-friendly web interface, a self-custody mobile wallet, and an API tailored for professional market participants. The platform empowers liquidity providers and traders by offering a financial marketplace that is open and accessible to all. Utilizing smart contracts, it enables secure and decentralized on-chain conversions of assets, allowing users to trade tokens directly without intermediaries while defining asset prices based on the liquidity staked in the system.
Reflexer
Seed Round in 2020
Reflexer Labs, founded in 2020 and based in the USA, is a decentralized finance project focused on developing low-volatility collateral to enhance the stability of the DeFi ecosystem. The company specializes in creating a volatility-dampened synthetic instrument that leverages control theory within smart contracts. This innovative approach allows for the automatic adjustment of collateral supply, mirroring the price patterns of underlying assets while maintaining reduced volatility. By doing so, Reflexer aims to provide a stable and secure foundation for businesses operating in the decentralized finance space, helping them minimize the risks associated with investment losses.
Yield Protocol
Seed Round in 2020
Yield is building a decentralized lending protocol to bring fixed-term, fixed-rate lending to decentralized finance. Yield was founded by Allan Niemerg in 2020 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
Keep
Initial Coin Offering in 2020
Keep Network is a blockchain technology company that focuses on enabling the use of private data on public protocols. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in George Town, Midland, it develops solutions that allow contracts to leverage private information while interacting with public blockchains. One of its key offerings is tBTC, a decentralized bridge that connects Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, allowing users to securely and anonymously transfer Bitcoin for participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) activities. The company's technology incorporates a privacy layer for Ethereum, utilizing secure multiparty computation to store data across multiple locations, enabling decentralized signing and the creation of cryptocurrency wallets. This innovation ensures that users can store files privately with blockchain storage encryption while engaging with the broader blockchain ecosystem.
Keep
Venture Round in 2020
Keep Network is a blockchain technology company that focuses on enabling the use of private data on public protocols. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in George Town, Midland, it develops solutions that allow contracts to leverage private information while interacting with public blockchains. One of its key offerings is tBTC, a decentralized bridge that connects Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, allowing users to securely and anonymously transfer Bitcoin for participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) activities. The company's technology incorporates a privacy layer for Ethereum, utilizing secure multiparty computation to store data across multiple locations, enabling decentralized signing and the creation of cryptocurrency wallets. This innovation ensures that users can store files privately with blockchain storage encryption while engaging with the broader blockchain ecosystem.
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