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Fortunafi is an innovative on-chain financial institution focused on providing tailored solutions for stablecoin issuers, protocol treasuries, and traditional entities. The company specializes in the tokenization of real-world, cash-flowing assets through a yield and lending protocol that enhances efficiency for asset originators. Fortunafi offers a diverse range of investment products, including private and public debt funds, allowing investors to leverage stablecoins as collateral for passive, asset-backed fixed-return investments. This approach significantly reduces risk and eliminates impermanent loss, thus creating a more secure investment environment.

Utila is an institutional digital asset operations platform that enables organizations to securely manage and transact across digital assets. It is chain-agnostic and non-custodial, providing an enterprise-grade wallet powered by multiparty computation key management and a granular policy engine. The platform supports asset management across multiple blockchains, wallets, and teams from a single interface, with robust APIs and integrations for developers to build customized offerings on top of the multi-chain wallet infrastructure. Utila aims to simplify institutional crypto operations while prioritizing security and usability.

An Omnichain Liquidity Protocol that connects fragmented liquidity across chains for greater capital efficiency.

Quasar Labs operates a digital asset management platform that simplifies investing within the multi-chain universe. The platform allows users to create and join independent asset containers, known as Vaults, which utilize inter-blockchain communication (IBC) technology to facilitate value capture across different blockchains, particularly in the Cosmos ecosystem. This innovative approach addresses the fragmentation within decentralized finance (DeFi) by providing a streamlined and secure method for investors to manage their digital assets. Quasar Labs empowers investors to efficiently design Vaults and aggregate liquidity, making it easier for them to put their digital assets to work with minimal effort.

MSafe develops a multi-signature, non-custodial digital asset management solution built on Move. The platform pursues true decentralization, enhanced security, and full interoperability across blockchain ecosystems. By enabling multi-party control and client-side safeguarding, MSafe reduces single points of failure in treasury management and supports secure collaboration for organizations handling digital assets. The solution enables organizations to manage, govern, and move digital assets without reliance on a centralized custodian, promoting trust and resilience in on-chain operations.

Liqwid Labs is a decentralized finance protocol designed for the Cardano blockchain, focusing on non-custodial lending and borrowing services. The platform enables users to earn interest on their idle cryptocurrency assets and borrow assets at competitive rates, facilitating a peer-to-peer financial ecosystem. With access to a global liquidity pool, Liqwid Labs provides a secure and efficient means for lenders, borrowers, and developers to engage in crypto transactions. Additionally, users can earn yield on their ADA from multiple streams, enhancing their ability to optimize financial returns within the Cardano ecosystem.

Spice Finance is a financial services company that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of non-fungible token (NFT) lending markets. The company has developed a liquidity deployment infrastructure designed to optimize yields and facilitate liquidity routing. Its platform enables lenders to passively allocate capital to NFT lending marketplaces, simplifying the lending process that is often complex and time-consuming. By aggregating outstanding loans, Spice Finance provides users with the ability to create straightforward and transparent vaults that generate yields from NFT lending, thereby streamlining access to this emerging financial landscape.

Magna develops a platform for managing token equity distribution and DeFi investment. Its first product, Carta for Web3, enables companies to manage cap tables and distribute tokens securely to employees, advisors, or investors. Magna aims to use these locked tokens as building blocks for collateralized lending and liquid secondary markets.

Omni is a developer of a multi-chain wallet that focuses on providing non-custodial staking solutions for cryptocurrency. The platform simplifies the process of managing digital assets by allowing users to send, receive, stake, and delegate their cryptocurrencies seamlessly across different blockchains. With its user-friendly interface, Omni enables individuals to effortlessly add funds to staking pools, facilitating access to decentralized finance. Through its commitment to making cryptocurrency staking more accessible, Omni aims to enhance the overall user experience in the rapidly evolving digital asset landscape.

Parcl is a blockchain-based platform facilitating fractional ownership in physical real estate. It enables users to invest in digital representations of square feet, providing access to the real estate market previously unavailable.

VALK is a London-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in developing a software platform designed to manage, invest, and trade unlisted assets such as private company shares, fund shares, real estate, and infrastructure. By digitizing the asset management and investment workflows, VALK centralizes and automates processes traditionally performed manually, thereby improving efficiency for asset managers, investment banks, and funds. The platform supports over 70 financial institutions, including investment banks, hedge funds, and family offices, across more than 15 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, and South America. In the past year, VALK has facilitated transactions exceeding 4 billion USD. The company has received recognition in the form of awards for sell-side technology and asset management, and it participates in the FCA Sandbox and Tech Nation's fintech cohort.

Wombat Exchange is a multi-chain stableswap platform native to BNB Chain. It enables efficient stablecoin swapping with minimal slippage and offers single-staking pools for optimal yield.

Tribal Capital Markets, LLC is a full-service broker-dealer firm based in New York City and affiliated with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. As a Certified Minority Business Enterprise, TCM offers a wide range of financial services, including mortgage-backed securities trading, municipal debt, and investment banking. The firm specializes in debt capital markets, equity and fixed-income trading, and provides clearing services. TCM serves a diverse clientele that includes banks, corporations, asset managers, pension plans, municipalities, and hedge funds, addressing their liquidity and execution needs in today's market environment. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tribal Capital Partners, LLC and is staffed by experienced professionals dedicated to delivering tailored investment solutions.

GOGO Protocol is developing an open-source digital finance platform aimed at simplifying asset management and savings for users. The platform is designed to provide a seamless user experience through innovative technology, including on-chain automation and one-click interactions for decentralized finance (DeFi). GOGO Protocol enhances security with features like NFT Smart Vaults, which allow users to manage their assets more effectively. By focusing on user-friendliness and advanced security measures, GOGO Protocol empowers individuals to earn higher yields and take control of their savings, while mitigating the limitations typically associated with centralized financial systems.

Wombat Exchange is a multi-chain stableswap platform native to BNB Chain. It enables efficient stablecoin swapping with minimal slippage and offers single-staking pools for optimal yield.

Affine is a Web3 protocol that simplifies engagement with multi-chain cryptocurrency markets. It offers liquid restaking for instant entry and withdrawals, along with various cross-chain yield baskets to optimize returns on digital assets.

Archimedes is a decentralized finance platform founded in 2022 and based in Los Angeles, California. It utilizes the Ethereum blockchain to facilitate a lending and borrowing marketplace that enables users to supply and borrow assets for yield generation. The platform is designed to empower decentralized actively managed funds and allows users to take leveraged positions on leading stablecoin farming protocols. Archimedes aims to enhance the DeFi experience by offering an easy-to-use and interoperable system that incorporates NFTs and other industry practices. Through its innovative approach, the company provides liquidity management solutions by packaging highly leveraged positions as tradable tokens.

MyCointainer is a technology-driven company specializing in the cryptocurrency sector, focusing on creating accessible solutions for users. The company operates a digital wallet that simplifies entry into the crypto economy, allowing users to earn rewards through methods such as staking, master nodes, and airdrops. MyCointainer aims to enhance the user experience in the decentralized economy by providing a platform that is both easy to navigate and secure. With a commitment to transparency, the company has obtained the necessary financial licenses to foster a safe environment for its users and partners. By connecting communities globally, MyCointainer plays a pivotal role in promoting the adoption of cryptocurrency and related technologies.

Parcl is a blockchain-based platform facilitating fractional ownership in physical real estate. It enables users to invest in digital representations of square feet, providing access to the real estate market previously unavailable.

KlimaDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization focused on enhancing the efficiency and impact of carbon markets through transparent and publicly accessible infrastructure. Established in 2021 by Takeshi Nojima, KlimaDAO offers a unique carbon-backed cryptocurrency and real-time carbon offset technology to promote climate positivity. The organization issues tokens that facilitate investment in pro-climate projects globally, validated by locking Verified Carbon Units into its treasury. Through the sale of bonds and the distribution of rewards to KLIMA holders, KlimaDAO builds a growing green treasury while improving liquidity for essential environmental assets. This approach aims to maximize value creation for the community and foster a sustainable cycle of growth in the carbon markets.

PolyTrade is a blockchain-based trade finance platform that brings insured real-world assets into the crypto ecosystem. It provides access to financing to unlock working capital by connecting investors with liquidity from crypto lenders, with the aim of lowering financing costs. The platform tokenizes and aggregates a range of real-world assets, including tokenized government securities such as T-bills, credit, stocks, real estate, commodities, art, collectibles, intellectual property, creator royalties, and luxury goods, across multiple blockchains. It supports cross-chain access, fractionalization, and various trading and leveraging features, enabling users to discover, trade, and manage RWAs on a single platform, while helping investors diversify and reduce the cost of finance in crypto-enabled markets.

TeraBlock is a developer of a trade automation exchange platform that simplifies the process of buying and managing cryptocurrency assets. Utilizing machine learning, the platform personalizes each user's experience and automates trading activities. TeraBlock enables investors to purchase cryptocurrencies using various payment methods, including bank cards, and provides secured wallets for asset storage. Additionally, the platform offers automated portfolio management, allowing users to efficiently manage their trading and exchange between preferred digital assets.