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Ulvetanna

Seed Round in 2023
Ulvetanna is an Enterprise Grade Zero-Knowledge Proof Acceleration Platform supporting web3 technologies.

Blowfish

Seed Round in 2022
Blowfish detects and prevents fraud before any fraud occurs.

Tessera

Series A in 2022
Fractional is an NFT platform that unlocks liquidity, reduces entry costs, and allows for synergy with other DeFi primitives. The platform is building a permissionless and decentralized NFT Fractionalization platform to enable greater ownership of the world’s most sought after NFTs. Fractional was founded by Andy Chorlian.

Magic Eden

Series B in 2022
Magic Eden operates as a community-focused decentralized exchange platform that facilitates the buying and selling of cryptographic assets, specifically non-fungible tokens (NFTs), on the Solana blockchain. The company emphasizes its commitment to fostering a strong community by engaging users directly and serving their interests. A notable initiative is the distribution of Magic Tickets to over 30,000 users, which grants access to MagicDAO, a Discord-based decentralized autonomous organization. Through MagicDAO, the platform promotes interconnectivity among users and offers various social programs and rewards, reinforcing its dedication to community involvement and support for digital creators in the NFT space.

The Wildcard Alliance

Series A in 2022
The Wildcard Alliance is a a subsidiary of Playful Studios currently building the Wildcard PVP, collectible card based MOBA and Platform.

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 developer of a crypto payment platform focused on enhancing the capabilities and utility of Bitcoin. The company aims to create an enterprise-ready infrastructure for open payments that can operate at scale on the internet. Its platform facilitates the acceptance of digital payments while allowing users to receive fiat currency immediately in exchange. By leveraging the lightning network, Lightspark enables businesses and developers to transform existing solutions and innovate new financial systems, services, and processes that are accessible to a broader audience.

Jambo

Series A in 2022
Jambo is building the Web3 super app that will educate, bank and entertain the continent. Jambo aims to pioneer the largest, most influential Web3 user acquisition portal across the continent and serve as the bridge between Africa and applications from around the world seeking to tap into the African market. The opportunity here is immense. We have a long-term vision of realizing financial prosperity for Africans.

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.

Argent

Series B in 2022
Argent Labs Limited, established in 2017 and based in London, develops a digital wallet specifically for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications. The Argent application serves as a user-friendly platform that allows individuals to trade digital assets, manage funds, and engage with the token economy securely. It provides features akin to traditional banking, enabling users to earn interest, invest, borrow, store, and send assets without relying on conventional banks. The platform also facilitates access to decentralized finance (DeFi) and decentralized applications (Dapps), promoting a seamless experience in the burgeoning digital financial landscape. By leveraging blockchain technology, Argent aims to enhance security and efficiency in financial transactions.

Sky Mavis

Series C in 2022
Sky Mavis is a technology company that specializes in developing decentralized applications and services, primarily focusing on the gaming sector. As a blockchain studio, it creates virtual worlds that feature player-owned economies, allowing gamers to engage in trading digital assets. Through its innovative approach, Sky Mavis empowers players by providing them with economic freedom, enabling the buying and selling of collectibles within these digital environments. The company's commitment to building practical applications and interactive experiences positions it as a significant player in the intersection of gaming and 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
Developer of a secure decentralized infrastructure platform designed for scaling Ethereum. The company helps to enhance and enshrine fair access to public goods on the internet through the development of open-source software to produce a public benefit and operate responsibly and sustainably, enabling businesses to use zero-knowledge proofs to ensure the validity of every state update.

Gauntlet

Series B in 2022
Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providing transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Magic Eden

Series A in 2022
Magic Eden operates as a community-focused decentralized exchange platform that facilitates the buying and selling of cryptographic assets, specifically non-fungible tokens (NFTs), on the Solana blockchain. The company emphasizes its commitment to fostering a strong community by engaging users directly and serving their interests. A notable initiative is the distribution of Magic Tickets to over 30,000 users, which grants access to MagicDAO, a Discord-based decentralized autonomous organization. Through MagicDAO, the platform promotes interconnectivity among users and offers various social programs and rewards, reinforcing its dedication to community involvement and support for digital creators in the NFT space.

Phantom

Series B in 2022
Developer of a crypto wallet designed for decentralized finance (Defi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company's platform works across multiple cryptocurrencies and blockchain platforms, which are based on transparent and secure digital ledger technology, enabling users a safe and easy to store, buy, send, receive, swap tokens, and collect NFTs on their platform.

FTX

Series C in 2022
FTX Trading LTD is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform caters to both professional traders and novices, offering features such as futures trading, leveraged tokens, and an over-the-counter portal. It supports a variety of financial products, including quarterly and perpetual futures for major cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, and binance coin, as well as various altcoin and midcap indices. FTX was co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang, with initial backing from Alameda Research, which provided significant liquidity from the outset. The exchange aims to enhance the cryptocurrency trading experience and facilitate institutional adoption within the sector.

Rain

Series B in 2022
Rain is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange based in the Middle East, providing a platform for buying, selling, and trading various digital currencies. The company operates within the framework of local regulations, ensuring compliance and security for its users. As a digital currency service provider, Rain aims to facilitate access to the growing cryptocurrency market, catering to both individual and institutional clients. Through its services, Rain supports the adoption of digital assets in the region, contributing to the overall development of the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Citadel Securities

Venture Round in 2022
Citadel Securities is a leading global market maker across a broad array of fixed income and equity securities. Our world-class capabilities position us to meet the liquidity demands of our diverse group of institutional clients in all market conditions. In partnering with us, our clients, including asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, government agencies and public pension programs are able to gain a powerful trading advantage and are better positioned to meet their investment goals.

OpenSea

Series C in 2022
OpenSea operates as a peer-to-peer marketplace specializing in crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). As the largest platform of its kind, OpenSea enables users to buy and sell a wide range of digital assets, including gaming items and virtual goods, all backed by blockchain technology. The marketplace employs smart contracts to facilitate secure transactions, enhancing user trust and safety. OpenSea plays a significant role in the burgeoning Web3 economy, supporting the growth of decentralized applications and digital assets. It also features an investment arm, OpenSea Ventures, which focuses on fostering innovation among new founders in the blockchain space.

Aztec

Series A in 2021
The AZTEC protocol uses cutting-edge zero-knowledge proofs to enable private transactions on Ethereum. This enables the logic of transactions to be validated, whilst keeping the values encrypted.

Royal

Series A in 2021
Royal is a platform where you can buy ownership in songs directly from your favorite artists and earn royalties with them.

MoonPay

Series A in 2021
MoonPay is a financial technology company that specializes in creating payment infrastructure for the cryptocurrency sector. It offers a suite of products designed to facilitate the conversion between fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies, using various payment methods such as debit and credit cards, local bank transfers, and digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay. Operating in over 160 countries, MoonPay is recognized for its non-custodial payment system, which connects cryptocurrency exchange platforms with users, ensuring a streamlined transaction experience. The company is trusted by more than 250 leading wallets, websites, and applications to process payments and mitigate fraud, making it a key player in the crypto payments landscape.

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

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 developer of a sci-fi card game platform that operates on the Ethereum blockchain. The platform allows users to engage in NFT-based gaming, enabling them to purchase, collect, and showcase original 3D art of characters, digital collectible cards, and artifacts. By participating in these activities, users can diversify their cryptocurrency holdings and earn digital currency while playing games. Through its focus on digital blockchain collectibles, Parallel offers a unique opportunity for users to combine gaming with investment in the growing market of digital assets.

CoinSwitch

Series C in 2021
CoinSwitch operates as a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange aggregator platform, offering users a streamlined experience for trading various cryptocurrencies. The platform lists over 250 coins and more than 6,000 currency pairs, allowing investors to easily compare prices and execute trades across multiple exchanges, including notable ones like Bittrex and Changelly. CoinSwitch enhances convenience by enabling users to buy cryptocurrencies with credit cards at competitive rates, consolidating all crypto transactions into a single interface. Since its inception, the platform has demonstrated significant trading volume, facilitating efficient and user-friendly cryptocurrency trading for its clientele.

Sky Mavis

Series B in 2021
Sky Mavis is a technology company that specializes in developing decentralized applications and services, primarily focusing on the gaming sector. As a blockchain studio, it creates virtual worlds that feature player-owned economies, allowing gamers to engage in trading digital assets. Through its innovative approach, Sky Mavis empowers players by providing them with economic freedom, enabling the buying and selling of collectibles within these digital environments. The company's commitment to building practical applications and interactive experiences positions it as a significant player in the intersection of gaming and blockchain technology.

Genesis Digital Assets

Private Equity Round in 2021
Genesis Digital Assets is one of the world's largest and most experienced Bitcoin mining companies. Since 2013, the founders of the company have built over 20 industrial-scale mining farms, brought over 300,000 miners online, and mined over $1 billion in Bitcoin.

Royal

Seed Round in 2021
Royal is a platform where you can buy ownership in songs directly from your favorite artists and earn royalties with them.

Euler

Series A in 2021
Euler XYZ Limited, incorporated in 2020 and based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in developing a lending protocol on the Ethereum blockchain. This non-custodial protocol facilitates the lending and borrowing of a wide range of cryptocurrency assets, allowing users to engage in decentralized finance activities without relinquishing control of their assets.

TaxBit

Series B in 2021
TaxBit is a company that specializes in cryptocurrency tax calculation and compliance services. It offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to assist investors, exchanges, and payment services with tax and accounting needs. The platform automates the collection and validation of financial information, integrates this data with existing financial systems, and supports robust examination processes. By streamlining digital asset accounting, TaxBit helps enterprises and government entities manage their tax obligations more efficiently.

Tessera

Seed Round in 2021
Fractional is an NFT platform that unlocks liquidity, reduces entry costs, and allows for synergy with other DeFi primitives. The platform is building a permissionless and decentralized NFT Fractionalization platform to enable greater ownership of the world’s most sought after NFTs. Fractional was founded by Andy Chorlian.

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.

FTX

Series B in 2021
FTX Trading LTD is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform caters to both professional traders and novices, offering features such as futures trading, leveraged tokens, and an over-the-counter portal. It supports a variety of financial products, including quarterly and perpetual futures for major cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, and binance coin, as well as various altcoin and midcap indices. FTX was co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang, with initial backing from Alameda Research, which provided significant liquidity from the outset. The exchange aims to enhance the cryptocurrency trading experience and facilitate institutional adoption within the sector.

dYdX

Series C in 2021
dYdX Trading Inc. operates a cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform that focuses on derivatives for crypto assets, utilizing the Ethereum blockchain and the 0x protocol. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the platform enables users to engage in peer-to-peer short selling, long positions, and options trading on ERC20 tokens. It also allows for fully collateralized loans, providing essential funding for short sellers. Users can earn interest on their deposits or take out loans for a nominal fee, as well as trade on margin with customizable leverage. dYdX aims to create an open financial system that grants access to powerful financial tools for individuals worldwide.

Drakula

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a social networking application designed to create, claim, and showcase digital collectibles. The company's platform facilitates creators to upload and showcase their NFTs, and digital and crypto arts using an account, enabling creators to monetize their art.

Uniswap

Venture Round in 2021
Uniswap is a decentralized protocol that facilitates automated liquidity provision on the Ethereum blockchain. By utilizing a simple mathematical formula, Uniswap ensures continuous liquidity for a wide range of users and applications. The platform enables developers, liquidity providers, and traders to engage in a financial marketplace that promotes accessibility and openness. Through its user-friendly interface, Uniswap employs smart contracts to facilitate secure, decentralized token exchanges, allowing users to trade without intermediaries. This innovative approach defines asset prices based on the liquidity of the staked assets, making it a vital player in the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Lido

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Lido is a provider of liquid staking solutions for staked assets and Ethereum. The platform lets users stake their assets for daily staking rewards. Users can stake any amount of tokens - no minimum. It issues synthetic native tokens for every Ethereum staked via its protocol, thereby enabling users to stake Ethereum and receive an asset of equal value which can be used in various DeFi applications to earn yield.

Bitso

Series C in 2021
Bitso SAPI de CV is a prominent online trading platform based in Mexico City, founded in 2014, that facilitates the buying and selling of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. As Mexico's first Bitcoin exchange, Bitso allows users to trade Bitcoin with the Mexican Peso, providing a secure and professional environment for cryptocurrency transactions. Users can fund their accounts through various options, including in-person deposits at designated locations across Mexico. The platform operates with a central limit order book, similar to traditional currency exchanges, ensuring efficient trade execution. Additionally, Bitso offers an API that enables third-party applications, such as trading and charting tools, to integrate with its platform, along with a dedicated mobile application for seamless trading activities.

Gitcoin

Series A in 2021
Gitcoin is a platform founded in 2017, based in Boulder, Colorado, that enables open source developers to monetize their work effectively. It allows developers proficient in various programming languages, including Python, Rust, Ruby, JavaScript, Solidity, HTML, and CSS, to receive compensation when their contributions are utilized. Built on the Ethereum network, Gitcoin employs smart contracts to align incentives among participants in the ecosystem, facilitating value creation without reliance on traditional legal mechanisms. The platform fosters collaboration between developers, repo maintainers, and financiers, emphasizing the importance of community in enhancing the success of open source projects. By integrating the local tech community's #givefirst ethos with financial incentives, Gitcoin aims to advance the development of open source software and strengthen community ties.

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, the company offers a range of products aimed at enhancing compliance and mitigating risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions. Key offerings include REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and an API that provides transaction-based risk scoring by analyzing the sources and destinations of funds. Additionally, Chainalysis provides activity monitoring reports and diligence tools to help financial institutions assess emerging threats and estimate criminal revenues. Its services cater to government agencies, banks, exchanges, insurance companies, and cryptocurrency businesses, facilitating safer interactions within the decentralized financial landscape. The company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore.

StarkWare

Series B in 2021
StarkWare Industries Ltd, founded in 2017 and based in Netanya, Israel, specializes in developing software and hardware for generating and verifying computational integrity proofs. The company has created STARK, a zero-knowledge proof protocol that enhances scalability and privacy in blockchain applications. This technology allows for increased transaction throughput and enables off-chain computation while ensuring that sensitive underlying data remains confidential. StarkWare's solutions are designed to improve the efficiency, security, and overall user experience of blockchain systems, making them a key player in the field of cryptographic proof platforms.

Zora

Seed Round in 2021
Zora operates as a crypto-driven marketplace.

Fireblocks

Series C in 2021
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in blockchain-based security services for managing digital assets. The platform provides a secure method for transferring digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties, ensuring the safe transmission of these assets in transit. Focused on financial institutions, Fireblocks utilizes patent-pending chip isolation security and model predictive control technology to enhance the protection of digital assets. Additionally, the company has a presence in Tel Aviv, Israel, further supporting its global operations.

BlockFi

Series D in 2021
BlockFi, Inc. is a financial services company focused on providing wealth management products for cryptocurrency investors. Established in 2017 and headquartered in New York, it offers a range of services including the BlockFi Interest Account, which allows clients to earn interest on their holdings of Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar. The company also facilitates secured loans in U.S. dollars, backed by clients' cryptocurrency assets, thereby enhancing liquidity in the blockchain asset market. In addition to lending and interest-earning accounts, BlockFi provides a trading platform for exchanging various cryptocurrency pairs and offers services tailored for institutional clients. By holding clients' digital assets with a registered custodian, BlockFi aims to deliver transparency and efficiency in digital financial markets. The company's mission is to address the evolving needs of both individual and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency space.

BlockFi

Series D in 2021
BlockFi, Inc. is a financial services company focused on providing wealth management products for cryptocurrency investors. Established in 2017 and headquartered in New York, it offers a range of services including the BlockFi Interest Account, which allows clients to earn interest on their holdings of Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar. The company also facilitates secured loans in U.S. dollars, backed by clients' cryptocurrency assets, thereby enhancing liquidity in the blockchain asset market. In addition to lending and interest-earning accounts, BlockFi provides a trading platform for exchanging various cryptocurrency pairs and offers services tailored for institutional clients. By holding clients' digital assets with a registered custodian, BlockFi aims to deliver transparency and efficiency in digital financial markets. The company's mission is to address the evolving needs of both individual and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency space.

Opyn

Series A in 2021
Opyn is building an insurance marketplace to protect cryptocurrency users against system risks in Decentralized Finance.

CoinSwitch

Series A in 2021
CoinSwitch operates as a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange aggregator platform, offering users a streamlined experience for trading various cryptocurrencies. The platform lists over 250 coins and more than 6,000 currency pairs, allowing investors to easily compare prices and execute trades across multiple exchanges, including notable ones like Bittrex and Changelly. CoinSwitch enhances convenience by enabling users to buy cryptocurrencies with credit cards at competitive rates, consolidating all crypto transactions into a single interface. Since its inception, the platform has demonstrated significant trading volume, facilitating efficient and user-friendly cryptocurrency trading for its clientele.

TaxBit

Series A in 2021
TaxBit is a company that specializes in cryptocurrency tax calculation and compliance services. It offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to assist investors, exchanges, and payment services with tax and accounting needs. The platform automates the collection and validation of financial information, integrates this data with existing financial systems, and supports robust examination processes. By streamlining digital asset accounting, TaxBit helps enterprises and government entities manage their tax obligations more efficiently.

Fireblocks

Series B in 2020
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in blockchain-based security services for managing digital assets. The platform provides a secure method for transferring digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties, ensuring the safe transmission of these assets in transit. Focused on financial institutions, Fireblocks utilizes patent-pending chip isolation security and model predictive control technology to enhance the protection of digital assets. Additionally, the company has a presence in Tel Aviv, Israel, further supporting its global operations.

Synthetix

Seed Round in 2020
Synthetix is a decentralized synthetic asset issuance protocol operating on the Ethereum blockchain, designed for derivatives trading within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Based in Sydney, Australia, the platform enables the creation of on-chain synthetic assets and digital tokens. Synthetix offers various products, including the Synthetix Network Token (SNX), which serves as collateral for synthetic assets like sUSD and sEUR. Additionally, it provides Mintr, a decentralized application for SNX holders, and Swappr, a tool facilitating conversions between SNX and Ethereum. The platform aims to address the challenges of volatility in cryptocurrencies by allowing users to gain exposure to real-world currencies, commodities, and indices through synthetic assets, thereby ensuring liquidity and enabling peer-to-contract trading. Founded in 2018, Synthetix promotes an open and transparent ecosystem, leveraging smart contracts to enhance trading efficiency and accessibility.

Nebulous

Seed Round in 2020
Nebulous, Inc. is a company focused on developing blockchain hardware and software for the decentralized internet. Founded in 2014 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, it operates Sia, a decentralized cloud storage platform that creates a marketplace for data storage by connecting users in need of file storage with hosts offering underutilized hard drive capacity. Utilizing blockchain technology, Sia enhances security and cost-effectiveness, enabling transactions through smart contracts without the need for intermediaries. In addition to Sia, Nebulous offers Skynet, a decentralized content delivery network and file-sharing platform designed for developers, and SiaStream, which provides affordable storage solutions for media files, facilitating quick streaming. Through these initiatives, Nebulous aims to deliver a robust and economical alternative to traditional cloud storage providers.

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.

Gauntlet

Venture Round in 2020
Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providing transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Uniswap

Series A in 2020
Uniswap is a decentralized protocol that facilitates automated liquidity provision on the Ethereum blockchain. By utilizing a simple mathematical formula, Uniswap ensures continuous liquidity for a wide range of users and applications. The platform enables developers, liquidity providers, and traders to engage in a financial marketplace that promotes accessibility and openness. Through its user-friendly interface, Uniswap employs smart contracts to facilitate secure, decentralized token exchanges, allowing users to trade without intermediaries. This innovative approach defines asset prices based on the liquidity of the staked assets, making it a vital player in the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Uniswap

Series A in 2020
Uniswap is a decentralized protocol that facilitates automated liquidity provision on the Ethereum blockchain. By utilizing a simple mathematical formula, Uniswap ensures continuous liquidity for a wide range of users and applications. The platform enables developers, liquidity providers, and traders to engage in a financial marketplace that promotes accessibility and openness. Through its user-friendly interface, Uniswap employs smart contracts to facilitate secure, decentralized token exchanges, allowing users to trade without intermediaries. This innovative approach defines asset prices based on the liquidity of the staked assets, making it a vital player in the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Reflexer

Seed Round in 2020
Reflexer Labs, founded in 2020 and based in the USA, is a decentralized finance project focused on reducing volatility in the financial ecosystem. The company develops a low-volatility collateral designed to create a stable foundation for decentralized finance. Its innovative product employs a volatility-dampened synthetic instrument that utilizes control theory within smart contracts. This technology allows for the automatic adjustment of collateral supply in response to market conditions, maintaining a similar chart pattern to underlying assets while exhibiting lower volatility. By doing so, Reflexer aims to help businesses minimize the risk of investment losses, contributing to a more secure and stable decentralized finance environment.

Keep

Venture Round in 2020
Keep Network, founded in 2017 and headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands, specializes in blockchain technology that bridges public blockchains and private data. The company offers an off-chain container that allows users to store private information securely on public blockchains while maintaining privacy. Its technology employs a privacy layer for Ethereum, utilizing secure multiparty computation to distribute data across multiple locations. This innovative approach features decentralized signing, supports the creation of cryptocurrency wallets, and enables the sale of digital goods, providing users with a robust solution for private file storage through blockchain encryption.

Diem

Seed Round in 2020
Diem is an independent, not-for-profit membership organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, focused on developing a global currency and financial infrastructure. Founded in 2019, Diem aims to empower individuals worldwide by creating a simple and accessible global currency. The organization works to evolve and scale its network while managing a reserve to support its currency. In addition to its financial objectives, Diem is committed to social impact, running a grant-making program that promotes financial inclusion efforts globally. To achieve its mission, Diem collaborates with the global community and partners with policymakers to address the challenges of financial access and promote economic empowerment.

Argent

Series A in 2020
Argent Labs Limited, established in 2017 and based in London, develops a digital wallet specifically for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications. The Argent application serves as a user-friendly platform that allows individuals to trade digital assets, manage funds, and engage with the token economy securely. It provides features akin to traditional banking, enabling users to earn interest, invest, borrow, store, and send assets without relying on conventional banks. The platform also facilitates access to decentralized finance (DeFi) and decentralized applications (Dapps), promoting a seamless experience in the burgeoning digital financial landscape. By leveraging blockchain technology, Argent aims to enhance security and efficiency in financial transactions.

Amber Group

Series A in 2020
Amber Group is a prominent cryptocurrency financial services provider headquartered in Hong Kong, established in 2017 by finance professionals with backgrounds from major institutions. The company facilitates the buying and selling of cryptocurrency products and offers a range of services including yield enhancement, collateralized lending, decentralized finance, execution services, and electronic market making. Operating globally, Amber Group serves over 200 institutional clients, engaging in significant trading activity across numerous electronic exchanges with an average daily trading volume between $100 million and $200 million. The firm is dedicated to optimizing investment flexibility and maximizing returns for its clients by leveraging advanced technology and quantitative research, thereby enhancing the overall crypto finance experience. In 2019, Amber Group secured $28 million in a Series A funding round, attracting investment from notable players in the cryptocurrency sector.

Optimism

Seed Round in 2020
Developer of a secure decentralized infrastructure platform designed for scaling Ethereum. The company helps to enhance and enshrine fair access to public goods on the internet through the development of open-source software to produce a public benefit and operate responsibly and sustainably, enabling businesses to use zero-knowledge proofs to ensure the validity of every state update.

Flashbots

Seed Round in 2020
Flashbots is a research and development company that focuses on miners and searchers for transparent and efficient MEV extraction. The company is working on mitigating the negative externalities of current MEV extraction techniques and avoiding the existential risks MEV could cause to state-rich blockchains like Ethereum. Their primary focus is to enable a permissionless, transparent, and fair ecosystem for MEV extraction.

Matrixport

Venture Round in 2019
Matrixport is a comprehensive platform that facilitates the trading, custody, investment, and borrowing of cryptocurrency assets. Headquartered in Singapore, the company leverages advanced technology and industry expertise to provide a range of services, including digital currency trading, institutional custody, and cryptocurrency lending. Matrixport's mission is to foster a more open and equitable financial system by utilizing blockchain technologies. With a focus on client empowerment, the platform aims to offer innovative financial products to users worldwide, thereby enabling them to take control of their finances and capital.

Compound

Series A in 2019
Compound Labs, Inc. is a company that designs and develops a decentralized finance protocol on the Ethereum blockchain, aimed at creating efficient money markets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the firm offers an open-source software platform that enables individuals, businesses, and developers to engage in borrowing and lending activities. The protocol features a web interface that dynamically adjusts interest rates based on the supply and demand of various assets, ensuring liquid and transparent financial transactions. With a significant user base and numerous applications integrating its technology, Compound serves as a foundation for innovative financial applications, promoting a more open and accessible financial system.

Compound

Series A in 2019
Compound Labs, Inc. is a company that designs and develops a decentralized finance protocol on the Ethereum blockchain, aimed at creating efficient money markets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the firm offers an open-source software platform that enables individuals, businesses, and developers to engage in borrowing and lending activities. The protocol features a web interface that dynamically adjusts interest rates based on the supply and demand of various assets, ensuring liquid and transparent financial transactions. With a significant user base and numerous applications integrating its technology, Compound serves as a foundation for innovative financial applications, promoting a more open and accessible financial system.

o1Labs

Series A in 2019
O(1) Labs is a software development company working on Mina Protocol, a tiny, portable blockchain. The company uses cryptography and cryptocurrency to build computing systems that put people back in control of their digital lives. It addresses one of the fundamental challenges in cryptocurrency by creating the first succinct blockchain that enables decentralization at scale. O(1) Labs was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California by Evan Shapiro and Izaak Meckler.

Numerai

Funding Round in 2019
Numerai, founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, operates as a unique hedge fund that leverages a global network of data scientists. The firm invites these data scientists to contribute by creating predictive models, which are incentivized through the use of its own cryptocurrency. Numerai employs a long/short investment strategy in the public equity markets, aiming to capitalize on the collective intelligence of its contributors. This innovative approach combines finance and data science, allowing for collaboration while maintaining the anonymity of participants.

Nand Capital

Seed Round in 2019
Nand Capital is an Information Theory hedge fund backed by Founders Fund and Paradigm.

Ignite

Series A in 2019
Tendermint brings simplicity, security, and speed to the world’s blockchains.

Tagomi

Venture Round in 2019
Tagomi Trading, LLC is a cryptocurrency trading platform focused on providing institutional clients with enhanced trade execution capabilities. Established in 2018 and headquartered in Albany, New York, with additional offices in New Jersey, Chicago, San Francisco, and London, the company utilizes sophisticated routing techniques and execution algorithms. These tools analyze both real-time and historical data to optimize trading decisions, allowing clients to minimize costs and maximize their returns. By prioritizing better execution, Tagomi aims to support its clients in achieving more efficient trading outcomes in the cryptocurrency market.

Veil

Seed Round in 2019
Veil, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates a peer-to-peer trading platform for prediction markets and derivatives on the Augur protocol. Established in 2018, Veil allows users to bet on a variety of prediction markets and trade various crypto assets, facilitating speculation on a wide range of global assets. The platform employs open protocols to enable trading of derivatives, such as bitcoin futures and gas price futures, leveraging blockchain technology to provide users with access to innovative financial markets.

Cosmos network

Seed Round in 2019
Cosmos is a versatile project focused on creating a network of distributed ledgers aimed at addressing persistent challenges within the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors. It provides a container-first monitoring system that operates independently of specific infrastructures or operating systems, allowing users to connect all containers in their data centers to a unified dashboard. This dual functionality not only enhances monitoring capabilities but also facilitates better integration and communication among various blockchain networks, fostering a more interconnected ecosystem.

Namebase

Seed Round in 2018
Developer of an open-bidding domain marketplace designed to assist users in buying, selling and managing top-level domains and HNS coins. The company's marketplace makes using the next generation of domain names straightforward, enabling users to host their websites and use their names to receive crypto.

StarkWare

Series A in 2018
StarkWare Industries Ltd, founded in 2017 and based in Netanya, Israel, specializes in developing software and hardware for generating and verifying computational integrity proofs. The company has created STARK, a zero-knowledge proof protocol that enhances scalability and privacy in blockchain applications. This technology allows for increased transaction throughput and enables off-chain computation while ensuring that sensitive underlying data remains confidential. StarkWare's solutions are designed to improve the efficiency, security, and overall user experience of blockchain systems, making them a key player in the field of cryptographic proof platforms.

Spacemesh

Series A in 2018
Spacemesh is a company based in North Pole, Alaska, that has developed a blockmesh operating system aimed at creating a decentralized and secure platform for running smart contracts on a global scale. This system operates using a novel consensus protocol that eliminates the need for traditional proof-of-work mechanisms, promoting a more equitable and incentive-compatible environment. Spacemesh enables individuals worldwide to participate in its network by running the software on their personal computers, fostering a highly decentralized peer-to-peer blockchain computer. As a free and open-source platform, Spacemesh aspires to establish itself as a fundamental Internet protocol for blockchain computation.

Spacemesh

Venture Round in 2018
Spacemesh is a company based in North Pole, Alaska, that has developed a blockmesh operating system aimed at creating a decentralized and secure platform for running smart contracts on a global scale. This system operates using a novel consensus protocol that eliminates the need for traditional proof-of-work mechanisms, promoting a more equitable and incentive-compatible environment. Spacemesh enables individuals worldwide to participate in its network by running the software on their personal computers, fostering a highly decentralized peer-to-peer blockchain computer. As a free and open-source platform, Spacemesh aspires to establish itself as a fundamental Internet protocol for blockchain computation.
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