Polychain Capital

Polychain Capital, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in blockchain technologies and digital assets. The firm is dedicated to advancing the global adoption of cryptocurrencies by actively managing portfolios that include various blockchain-based protocols and companies. As a Registered Investment Adviser, Polychain Capital aims to generate exceptional returns for its investors by leveraging the unique properties of digital assets, which are created and transmitted through cryptographic verification and game-theoretic principles.

Bobby Beniers

Research Partner

Olaf Carlson-Wee

Founder and CEO

Kevin Ding

Seed Investor

Ben Perszyk

Partner

Josh Rosenthal

Partner and Portfolio Manager

Tekin Salimi

General Partner

Alexa Smith

Beacon Fund Manager

Jing Sun

LP Investor

Dovey Wan

Investor

Sven Wellmann

Research Analyst

Past deals in Finance

Warlock

Seed Round in 2025
Warlock Labs specializes in developing an omni-chain liquidation engine that enhances the safety and profitability of decentralized protocols. By recapturing maximum extractable value, the company's technology systematically removes intermediaries from the liquidation process. This approach allows miners to improve safety and efficiency while also increasing user retention and engagement with the protocols. Warlock Labs' innovative solutions aim to optimize the performance of decentralized finance applications, making them more secure and effective for users.

Biton

Venture Round in 2025
Biton is a full-chain ecology trading platform that offers services to simplify the trading process and mitigate cross-chain risks.

Seismic

Seed Round in 2025
Seismicy enables developers to establish innovative financial partnerships and investment instruments.

Ethena

Funding Round in 2025
Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.

StakeStone

Seed Round in 2024
StakeStone is a technology company that develops an omnichannel liquidity protocol for optimizing crypto staking and asset management. Its protocol integrates dynamic staking networks, deep liquidity pools, and adaptive consensus mechanisms to maximize staking yields and ensure secure, transparent transactions. This enables cryptocurrency investors and developers to achieve efficient, scalable, and high-return staking operations across multiple blockchain networks.

Yellow Card

Series C in 2024
Yellow Card is a financial technology company that operates an online cryptocurrency trading platform, facilitating secure and cost-effective transactions across Africa. It specializes in providing on/off ramp services for stablecoins like USDT, USDC, and PYUSD, enabling users to buy and sell these coins using their local currencies. The company partners with local merchants and vendors to sell vouchers that can be redeemed for cryptocurrency, simplifying the money transfer process and promoting e-commerce participation. As of 2021, Yellow Card has facilitated over US$3 billion in transactions across 20 African countries, operating in the United States, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.

Yala

Seed Round in 2024
Yala is a technology company that develops and operates a modular, on-chain infrastructure. This system connects Bitcoin liquidity with a meta-yield stablecoin, enabling users in the decentralized finance (DeFi) market to securely and transparently earn yield on their Bitcoin holdings. The infrastructure is designed to be fully on-chain, permissionless, and capital-efficient, fostering a thriving and interconnected DeFi ecosystem on Bitcoin.

Apro Oracle

Seed Round in 2024
APRO Oracle specializes in providing comprehensive data support for the Bitcoin ecosystem. It is the most widely adopted oracle within this environment, utilizing the Time-Weighted Average Price (TVWAP) method to accurately calculate prices. APRO Oracle achieves this by aggregating data from top-tier institutional data suppliers and exchanges. To ensure security and reliability, the company operates a decentralized network of submitter nodes and collaborates with leading security audit firms. This allows clients to verify multiple data points off-chain, minimizing on-chain transactions and reducing gas costs.

Intensity Labs

Seed Round in 2024
Intensity Labs pioneers Shogun, a breakthrough DeFi protocol based on purpose. Shogun enables users to traverse decentralized finance with purpose-driven interactions, resulting in a dynamic financial ecosystem.

Gasp

Initial Coin Offering in 2024
A ZK-rollup L2 with universal connectivity to L1s, enabling cross-chain liquidity of native assets. Powered by Starkware zero-knowledge technology and Eigenlayer's restake finality. In it's core, MEV minimization and gas-free swaps are out of the box.

Canza Finance

Seed Round in 2024
Canza Finance is focused on creating a decentralized finance platform aimed at improving access to financial services for underserved populations in Africa. By leveraging Web3 technology and blockchain, Canza Finance connects users with a network of local money market participants to facilitate financial transactions. The platform is designed to serve as an open financial portal, making it easier for individuals in emerging markets to access essential financial services without relying on traditional institutional frameworks. Through this innovative approach, Canza Finance aims to build the largest non-institutional-based financial system in the world.

GoldLink

Pre Seed Round in 2023
GoldLink operates a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that facilitates on-chain, leveraged lending to borrowers. It offers risk management tools, real-time data visualization, and access to advanced investment strategies, aiming to enhance profits and transparency in the DeFi market.

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.

Kollider

Seed Round in 2022
Kollider develops tools and services designed to enhance access to financial markets through the use of Bitcoin's Lightning Network. The company offers an online trading platform that simplifies the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies, allowing users to open and close positions directly from their digital wallets. This streamlined approach aims to empower crypto traders by improving their return on investment and making trading more accessible across borders.

Light Protocol

Seed Round in 2022
Light Protocol focuses on enhancing privacy in cryptocurrency transactions, allowing users to send crypto securely and privately. The company has developed a platform that enables developers to integrate private transactions into applications built on the Solana blockchain. By facilitating the deposit of cryptocurrencies into dedicated Light Cash pools and allowing withdrawals through new addresses, Light Protocol ensures that sensitive user data remains protected. This approach aims to support the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency by addressing privacy concerns and providing a scalable solution for developers to incorporate private transactions into decentralized applications.

Juno

Series A in 2022
Juno is a cross-border banking platform that aims to give users across the world a high-yield account to grow their savings. Going live in the US, 2Juno is taking a radical approach towards creating an open and global banking system for everyone, regardless of their location or income. Juno was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Yellow Card

Series B in 2022
Yellow Card is a financial technology company that operates an online cryptocurrency trading platform, facilitating secure and cost-effective transactions across Africa. It specializes in providing on/off ramp services for stablecoins like USDT, USDC, and PYUSD, enabling users to buy and sell these coins using their local currencies. The company partners with local merchants and vendors to sell vouchers that can be redeemed for cryptocurrency, simplifying the money transfer process and promoting e-commerce participation. As of 2021, Yellow Card has facilitated over US$3 billion in transactions across 20 African countries, operating in the United States, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.

Inplay AI

Series A in 2022
Fully automated micro-markets, odds origination, and risk management.

Rio Network

Seed Round in 2022
Rio Network operates a public proof-of-stake blockchain platform designed for the issuance, investment, and life-cycle management of digital securities and crypto assets. The platform facilitates the issuance of liquid restaking tokens, where the weight of validators is based on the amount of staking tokens bonded as collateral. This structure allows users to achieve a risk-managed total return while maintaining liquidity. By providing these services, Rio Network aims to enhance the efficiency and accessibility of digital asset management for its users.

Satori

Seed Round in 2022
Satori is a decentralized financial derivatives exchange tailored for both retail and institutional investors within the Polkadot ecosystem. The platform is designed to accommodate experienced traders, allowing them to leverage the potential of DOT through access to a dedicated derivatives environment. Satori collaborates with parachains, market makers, and retail users, facilitating a comprehensive trading experience that meets the demands of diverse market participants.

Gasp

Venture Round in 2022
A ZK-rollup L2 with universal connectivity to L1s, enabling cross-chain liquidity of native assets. Powered by Starkware zero-knowledge technology and Eigenlayer's restake finality. In it's core, MEV minimization and gas-free swaps are out of the box.

Ponto

Seed Round in 2022
Ponto provides regulated payment services for global enterprises to offer financial services to their customers. The company manages and eliminates the risks involved with offering financial services worldwide. This way, new products can deliver on the promise of improving and democratizing access to the economy for everyone.

Anoma

Series A in 2021
Anoma is a blockchain protocol established in 2021 in Zug, Switzerland, focused on facilitating private and asset-agnostic transactions. It offers an intent-centric and privacy-preserving solution for decentralized counterparty discovery, multi-chain atomic settlement, and secure bartering among multiple parties. By employing advanced cryptography and zero-knowledge proof schemes, Anoma empowers users to engage in cryptocurrency exchanges automatically at market rates, ensuring a user-controlled and secure trading environment. The protocol aims to enhance privacy in transactions, making it easier for users to conduct business without sacrificing security.

AscendEX

Series B in 2021
AscendEX is a global operator of digital asset exchanges catering to a diverse clientele, including both retail and institutional investors. The company has developed a comprehensive trading platform that facilitates the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies. Its offerings include access to financial derivatives, cash trading, margin trading, and later-stage leveraged trading on a variety of tokens. This robust platform enhances liquidity provision and presents growth opportunities within the cryptocurrency ecosystem for its users.

Sommelier

Series A in 2021
Sommelier is a financial platform focused on decentralized finance (DeFi) that caters to traders and liquidity providers. It features a modular protocol, a bi-directional Ethereum bridge, and automated signature management, ensuring a secure environment through decentralized governance. The platform enables users to author and execute complex and automated financial transactions, such as portfolio rebalancing and limit orders. By providing these capabilities, Sommelier aims to bridge the gap between the functionalities offered by centralized finance and those available in the DeFi space, delivering a robust solution for modern financial transactions.

Yellow Card

Series A in 2021
Yellow Card is a financial technology company that operates an online cryptocurrency trading platform, facilitating secure and cost-effective transactions across Africa. It specializes in providing on/off ramp services for stablecoins like USDT, USDC, and PYUSD, enabling users to buy and sell these coins using their local currencies. The company partners with local merchants and vendors to sell vouchers that can be redeemed for cryptocurrency, simplifying the money transfer process and promoting e-commerce participation. As of 2021, Yellow Card has facilitated over US$3 billion in transactions across 20 African countries, operating in the United States, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.

Lore

Seed Round in 2021
community capital network

Ava Labs

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Ava Labs is focused on simplifying the launch of financial applications through blockchain technology. The company offers a smart contracts platform that allows users to create customizable public and private blockchains, facilitating the development of various digital assets. Its innovative probabilistic consensus protocol enhances transaction speed while minimizing costs associated with capital deployment. This approach aims to redefine value creation within the Web3 ecosystem, promoting a more accessible and democratic internet of finance. By providing tools that streamline the creation, trading, and discovery of diverse asset types, Ava Labs empowers individuals and organizations to leverage blockchain for their financial needs.

Kresko

Seed Round in 2021
Kresko is focused on enhancing access to wealth through its innovative online platform for synthetic stocks, commodities, and cryptocurrencies. This platform allows users to manage their assets in a single application, facilitating activities such as minting, swapping, pooling, and farming. Kresko’s synthetic asset protocol emphasizes capital efficiency and an improved user experience, while also providing a clear overview of portfolio health and associated risks. By offering a frictionless listing of assets, Kresko enables developers to seamlessly incorporate crypto assets into their applications and wallets, making it easier for individuals to engage with digital finance.

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.

Maple Finance

Venture Round in 2021
Maple Finance operates a capital-efficient corporate debt marketplace that connects institutions seeking loans with liquidity pools funded by the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. The platform employs a peer-to-pool model, allowing experienced investors to manage these liquidity pools while providing borrowers, such as crypto corporates, market makers, exchanges, and miners, with access to tailored loans. By facilitating this process, Maple Finance enables institutions to efficiently secure capital while offering investors the opportunity to participate in a diversified and high-yielding portfolio of corporate and institutional loans.

Gasp

Seed Round in 2021
A ZK-rollup L2 with universal connectivity to L1s, enabling cross-chain liquidity of native assets. Powered by Starkware zero-knowledge technology and Eigenlayer's restake finality. In it's core, MEV minimization and gas-free swaps are out of the box.

DFX Finance

Seed Round in 2021
DFX Finance is a decentralized finance exchange protocol that specializes in trading non-U.S. dollar stablecoins. The platform facilitates structured trading through an Ethereum-based decentralized exchange, utilizing a bonding curve specifically optimized for fiat-backed stablecoins such as USDC, CADC, EURS, and XSGD. By leveraging real-world foreign exchange price feeds, DFX Finance enables users to engage with decentralized finance applications in a blockchain-driven market, promoting seamless and efficient transactions in a variety of stablecoins.

Anoma

Funding Round in 2021
Anoma is a blockchain protocol established in 2021 in Zug, Switzerland, focused on facilitating private and asset-agnostic transactions. It offers an intent-centric and privacy-preserving solution for decentralized counterparty discovery, multi-chain atomic settlement, and secure bartering among multiple parties. By employing advanced cryptography and zero-knowledge proof schemes, Anoma empowers users to engage in cryptocurrency exchanges automatically at market rates, ensuring a user-controlled and secure trading environment. The protocol aims to enhance privacy in transactions, making it easier for users to conduct business without sacrificing security.

dYdX

Series B 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.

Lore

Seed Round in 2021
community capital network

Notional Finance

Seed Round in 2020
Notional is a decentralized protocol for fixed rate, fixed term lending and borrowing of crypto assets on Ethereum. Users can lend or borrow stablecoins at fixed rates of interest for terms of up to six months using a variety of assets as collateral. Notional achieves fixed rate lending via a primitive called fCash, which is redeemable for an underlying currency like DAI upon the fCash token’s maturity date. Notional operates specialized liquidity pools that allow users to efficiently trade cash for fCash and vice versa. The exchange rate that a user receives on their trade implies a fixed rate of interest from the time of trade until the fCash token’s maturity. Notional is flexible and configurable. The protocol can add additional assets for lending and borrowing, additional collateral types, and additional maturities beyond six months. The community intends to broaden Notional’s scope over time to include a wider array of supported assets and extended available maturities. Notional prioritizes security. The protocol team works with industry leaders to ensure that the smart contracts are technically secure and that the economic assumptions applied in the protocol’s design are sound.

Yellow Card

Seed Round in 2020
Yellow Card is a financial technology company that operates an online cryptocurrency trading platform, facilitating secure and cost-effective transactions across Africa. It specializes in providing on/off ramp services for stablecoins like USDT, USDC, and PYUSD, enabling users to buy and sell these coins using their local currencies. The company partners with local merchants and vendors to sell vouchers that can be redeemed for cryptocurrency, simplifying the money transfer process and promoting e-commerce participation. As of 2021, Yellow Card has facilitated over US$3 billion in transactions across 20 African countries, operating in the United States, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.

Acala Network

Series A in 2020
Acala Network is a blockchain-based platform focused on decentralized finance and stablecoin solutions. Based in the United States, it facilitates cross-blockchain transactions, allowing users to send and receive USD across various blockchains connected to the Polkadot network. The platform offers a range of financial tools, including a multi-collateralized stablecoin backed by diverse cross-chain assets, a trustless staking derivative, and a decentralized exchange. These features are designed to enhance liquidity and support the development of innovative financial applications, making transactions more convenient and secure for users.

DerivaDEX

Seed Round in 2020
DerivaDEX is a community-governed derivatives exchange designed to enhance performance and autonomy while ensuring the security of a decentralized platform. Built on the Ethereum blockchain, it employs a liquidity-mining token model that empowers users to engage actively in the governance and operations of the exchange. Utilizing an open order book and on-chain settlement for trades, DerivaDEX aims to create a next-generation trading environment. Its native token facilitates user participation and supports the exchange's decentralized structure, combining advanced technology with community oversight.

Nuo

Seed Round in 2020
Nuo Bank, founded in 2018 and based in Mumbai, India, operates as a cryptocurrency platform that focuses on managing digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. It offers a decentralized debt marketplace where users can supply capital to a reserve pool, enabling them to earn daily interest through peer-to-peer lending and borrowing without the platform taking custody of their tokens. Nuo serves as a financial control center, allowing users to store, spend, and grow their cryptocurrencies, as well as access global financial products and services. The Nuo app facilitates various transactions, including instant peer-to-peer transfers and payments using a Nuo Card, catering to the needs of users in the evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

Acala Network

Seed Round in 2020
Acala Network is a blockchain-based platform focused on decentralized finance and stablecoin solutions. Based in the United States, it facilitates cross-blockchain transactions, allowing users to send and receive USD across various blockchains connected to the Polkadot network. The platform offers a range of financial tools, including a multi-collateralized stablecoin backed by diverse cross-chain assets, a trustless staking derivative, and a decentralized exchange. These features are designed to enhance liquidity and support the development of innovative financial applications, making transactions more convenient and secure for users.

Amber Group

Series A in 2020
Amber Group Limited is a cryptocurrency financial services provider based in Hong Kong, founded in 2015. The company specializes in facilitating 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. With a global presence that includes operations in Taipei, Seoul, and Vancouver, Amber Group serves over 200 institutional clients and has traded more than $200 billion across multiple electronic exchanges. It aims to optimize investment flexibility and maximize returns for its clients by leveraging advanced technology and quantitative research. Amber Group is dedicated to delivering a streamlined cryptocurrency finance experience, helping clients build and protect their wealth over the long term.

CoinList

Venture Round in 2019
CoinList is a leading platform in the digital finance sector, focused on facilitating the launch and growth of innovative digital assets. The company provides a comprehensive token distribution service that connects blockchain projects with potential investors prior to their asset listings on other exchanges. CoinList supports various stages of crypto investment, including token sales, distribution, trading, lending, staking, and access to decentralized finance opportunities. Users can trade and store a wide range of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, through its mobile app and website, CoinList.co. The platform caters to a diverse clientele, including validators, miners, founders, CEOs, and crypto enthusiasts, ensuring they have access to new tokens and crypto-specific services. CoinList's mission is to be the most trusted brand in digital finance while expanding access for early adopters and fostering innovation within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Juno

Seed Round in 2019
Juno is a cross-border banking platform that aims to give users across the world a high-yield account to grow their savings. Going live in the US, 2Juno is taking a radical approach towards creating an open and global banking system for everyone, regardless of their location or income. Juno was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Altonomy

Seed Round in 2019
Altonomy Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based firm established in 2018 that specializes in digital assets and cryptocurrency. The company offers a comprehensive online platform providing over-the-counter (OTC) trading, advisory, and asset management services tailored for institutional clients. Altonomy's OTC trading desk operates around the clock, facilitating crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto transactions while ensuring optimal execution through its advanced market-making algorithms. Additionally, the firm provides liquidity management and advisory services, assisting token issuers and cryptocurrency exchanges with public listings and market-making needs. Altonomy also offers an institutional cloud mining service, AltMiner, which allows accredited investors to gain exposure to bitcoin without the overhead costs of owning mining technology. With offices in New York and Beijing, Altonomy maintains a strong network of partnerships across the cryptocurrency sector, enhancing its capacity to deliver liquidity solutions and advisory services.

Celo

Venture Round in 2019
Celo is an open platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Its mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions of prosperity for all. The Celo ecosystem includes a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (Celo Platform), a native asset (CELO), a stablecoin (cUSD) and the Celo Alliance for Prosperity, with over 100 organizations around the world, including Andreesen Horowitz, Anchorage, Coinbase, GSMA, Mercy Corps, Grameen Foundation, Prosegur, Abra, and cLabs, a service organization dedicated to growing and developing the Celo ecosystem.

Ava Labs

Series A in 2019
Ava Labs is focused on simplifying the launch of financial applications through blockchain technology. The company offers a smart contracts platform that allows users to create customizable public and private blockchains, facilitating the development of various digital assets. Its innovative probabilistic consensus protocol enhances transaction speed while minimizing costs associated with capital deployment. This approach aims to redefine value creation within the Web3 ecosystem, promoting a more accessible and democratic internet of finance. By providing tools that streamline the creation, trading, and discovery of diverse asset types, Ava Labs empowers individuals and organizations to leverage blockchain for their financial needs.

dYdX

Series A in 2018
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.

Linen App

Seed Round in 2018
Linen Wallet is a signature Wallet for defi and web3. They support ethereum and polygon networks.

Terra

Seed Round in 2018
Terra is a price-stable cryptocurrency designed for mass adoption. It builds financial infrastructure for the next generation of decentralized applications. Terra is backed by Luna, a decentralized asset that derives its value from transaction fees collected on the Terra network. Much like the moon stabilizes the earth’s rotation, Luna is Terra's eternal guardian of stability.

DFINITY

Venture Round in 2018
DFINITY is a foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, focused on developing and providing innovative internet services and software solutions. It is primarily known for the Internet Computer, a secure and tamperproof open cloud platform that allows users to build and host new systems and services. The foundation also offers the DFINITY Canister software development kit, which facilitates the creation of software systems that operate on the Internet Computer. Additionally, DFINITY is instrumental in the development of the Internet Computer Protocol, enabling independent data centers to collaborate and provide serverless cloud functionality while ensuring network security. Its vision includes democratizing application development through AI-driven tools, promoting a decentralized internet where users can easily create and manage web applications without extensive technical skills. Established in 2016, DFINITY operates research centers in multiple locations, including Palo Alto and Shanghai, reflecting its commitment to advancing the next-generation blockchain network and ecosystem.

Celo

Venture Round in 2018
Celo is an open platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Its mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions of prosperity for all. The Celo ecosystem includes a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (Celo Platform), a native asset (CELO), a stablecoin (cUSD) and the Celo Alliance for Prosperity, with over 100 organizations around the world, including Andreesen Horowitz, Anchorage, Coinbase, GSMA, Mercy Corps, Grameen Foundation, Prosegur, Abra, and cLabs, a service organization dedicated to growing and developing the Celo ecosystem.

Agoric

Seed Round in 2018
Agoric is a developer of a framework designed to enhance the programming of smart contracts for the blockchain ecosystem. The platform facilitates the creation and deployment of smart contracts using JavaScript, making it accessible to millions of programmers. By emphasizing composability, Agoric enables rapid development and offers a competitive advantage in creating decentralized applications. Its framework allows for secure execution of transactions, the establishment of new markets, and the creation of innovative exchange patterns without centralized control. The Agoric team comprises experienced technologists, economists, and business leaders who have collaborated on smart contracts technology for over three decades. They aim to revolutionize how smart contracts are developed and utilized, fostering unprecedented global cooperation and enabling entrepreneurs to explore new business opportunities with digital assets. Agoric has partnered with notable projects within the blockchain space and received support from various investors, further solidifying its mission to advance smart contract technology.

CoinList

Series A in 2018
CoinList is a leading platform in the digital finance sector, focused on facilitating the launch and growth of innovative digital assets. The company provides a comprehensive token distribution service that connects blockchain projects with potential investors prior to their asset listings on other exchanges. CoinList supports various stages of crypto investment, including token sales, distribution, trading, lending, staking, and access to decentralized finance opportunities. Users can trade and store a wide range of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, through its mobile app and website, CoinList.co. The platform caters to a diverse clientele, including validators, miners, founders, CEOs, and crypto enthusiasts, ensuring they have access to new tokens and crypto-specific services. CoinList's mission is to be the most trusted brand in digital finance while expanding access for early adopters and fostering innovation within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

DFINITY

Venture Round in 2018
DFINITY is a foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, focused on developing and providing innovative internet services and software solutions. It is primarily known for the Internet Computer, a secure and tamperproof open cloud platform that allows users to build and host new systems and services. The foundation also offers the DFINITY Canister software development kit, which facilitates the creation of software systems that operate on the Internet Computer. Additionally, DFINITY is instrumental in the development of the Internet Computer Protocol, enabling independent data centers to collaborate and provide serverless cloud functionality while ensuring network security. Its vision includes democratizing application development through AI-driven tools, promoting a decentralized internet where users can easily create and manage web applications without extensive technical skills. Established in 2016, DFINITY operates research centers in multiple locations, including Palo Alto and Shanghai, reflecting its commitment to advancing the next-generation blockchain network and ecosystem.

dYdX

Seed Round in 2017
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.

MakerDAO

Venture Round in 2017
MakerDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that operates on the Ethereum blockchain, specializing in the development of a stablecoin known as Dai. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, with additional offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, MakerDAO aims to minimize the price volatility of Dai by utilizing collateralized debt positions and autonomous feedback mechanisms. The company enables users to access a low-volatility, collateral-backed cryptocurrency, promoting financial inclusion and stability. In addition to Dai, MakerDAO has introduced MKR, a token that serves multiple purposes within its ecosystem, including governance and system recapitalization. Through its innovative approach, MakerDAO seeks to provide a decentralized digital currency that maintains its purchasing power, making financial services accessible to users worldwide.

Agoric

Agoric is a developer of a framework designed to enhance the programming of smart contracts for the blockchain ecosystem. The platform facilitates the creation and deployment of smart contracts using JavaScript, making it accessible to millions of programmers. By emphasizing composability, Agoric enables rapid development and offers a competitive advantage in creating decentralized applications. Its framework allows for secure execution of transactions, the establishment of new markets, and the creation of innovative exchange patterns without centralized control. The Agoric team comprises experienced technologists, economists, and business leaders who have collaborated on smart contracts technology for over three decades. They aim to revolutionize how smart contracts are developed and utilized, fostering unprecedented global cooperation and enabling entrepreneurs to explore new business opportunities with digital assets. Agoric has partnered with notable projects within the blockchain space and received support from various investors, further solidifying its mission to advance smart contract technology.
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