Brevis is an efficient, verifiable off-chain computation engine that brings limitless computation capacity to existing smart contract blockchains.
Hana Network
Seed Round in 2024
Hana Network is a technology company specializing in blockchain and cryptocurrency software development. It focuses on creating a privacy layer for various blockchains, enabling secure, anonymous transactions. The company's platform facilitates cross-chain transfers, operates on a decentralized network, and offers a staking feature that rewards users for participating in the network's security. This allows users to send and receive cryptocurrency while keeping their personal details and transaction amounts private.
Initia Labs
Series A in 2024
Initia is a network for 0-to-1 omnichain rollups built by fusing a novel L1 with an interwoven application-specific L2 infrastructure system. The Initia Platform provides product ready rollups that enables teams to build scalable and sovereign systems while eliminating the UX complexities end users face when interacting with a modular multi-chain universe. Initia’s ownership of the full tech stack allows for a suite of chain-level mechanisms that align the economic interests across users, developers, L2 app chains, and the L1. Initia's initial launch products include an all-in-one portal for accessing core tools of the ecosystem, a Omnitia-ecosystem focused wallet for navigating between the L2s, a block explorer that supports InitiaVM transactions and developer tooling, and a Market Minitia that allows users to trade NFTs and create AI-generated NFT collections through prompts.
Hemi Labs
Seed Round in 2024
Hemi Labs is a developer of a modular blockchain network that enhances the functionalities of Bitcoin and Ethereum by integrating them into a unified supernetwork. This innovative approach focuses on improving blockchain interoperability and scaling, allowing for seamless cross-chain portability and programmability. Hemi's network offers advanced security features, known as "superfinality," which surpass the security levels of Bitcoin. Co-founded by Jeff Garzik, a former Bitcoin core developer, and Max Sanchez, the inventor of the Proof-of-Proof consensus protocol, Hemi Labs is supported by a team of experienced blockchain engineers and strategic partners. The company's mission is to redefine the interaction between leading blockchain networks, enabling users to move their assets effortlessly while accessing new capabilities.
Solayer Labs
Seed Round in 2024
Solayer Labs operates a re-staking network that builds upon the Solana blockchain, extending its capabilities to secure additional systems and enable horizontal scaling. By leveraging the economic security of SOL tokens and sharing Solana's validator network, Solayer allows application developers to achieve a higher degree of consensus and customize block space, enhancing the efficiency and versatility of decentralized cloud infrastructure.
Vooi is a technology company that operates a trading platform and derivatives marketplace. It specializes in cross-chain functionality, enabling users to swap stablecoins across multiple decentralized exchanges (DEXs) with minimal slippage and earn liquidity rewards. Vooi's platform supports four DEXs and allows users to conduct gas-free transactions on-chain after connecting their wallets.
Corn is a new Ethereum Layer 2 network that aims to be the best platform for utilizing Bitcoin.
Rango Exchange
Seed Round in 2024
Rango Exchange is a multi-chain platform that facilitates seamless token swaps across different blockchains. Functioning as both a Bridge Aggregator and a DEX Aggregator, Rango enables users to exchange native assets efficiently by identifying the safest, cheapest, and fastest routes for on-chain and cross-chain transactions. The platform provides a user-friendly interface and API, simplifying the process of swapping any token from one blockchain to another. By integrating various decentralized exchanges and bridge solutions, Rango Exchange enhances the accessibility and functionality of token trading for its users.
Aevo ()
Seed Round in 2024
Aevo is a decentralized trading platform that enhances users' portfolio risk-return profiles through a unified margin account. The platform integrates various financial instruments, including options, futures, and fixed income, allowing investors to capitalize on price movements of Ethereum. By offering multiple strike prices, Aevo enables users to profit when ETH prices exceed specific thresholds, streamlining the trading process and improving overall investment strategies.
UXUY is a company focused on developing a next-generation decentralized trading platform based on multi-party computation (MPC) technology. It aims to simplify access to cross-chain liquidity through its innovative aggregation protocol. UXUY offers a stablecoin-centric ecosystem that facilitates cross-chain payments, allowing investors to seamlessly transact across multiple blockchain networks. The company provides easy integration options with versatile APIs and libraries, enhancing the user experience and accessibility for a variety of investors.
Renzo operates a liquid restaking protocol within the EigenLayer ecosystem, designed to enhance yield generation for users engaged in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. The platform allows clients to stake both native ether and liquid re-staking tokens, thereby facilitating participation in ether re-staking. By securing Actively Validated Services (AVSs), Renzo offers users the opportunity to earn rewards that exceed traditional ether staking yields. This third-generation protocol aims to provide a more efficient way for users to maximize their returns in the evolving DeFi landscape.
Initia Labs
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Initia is a network for 0-to-1 omnichain rollups built by fusing a novel L1 with an interwoven application-specific L2 infrastructure system. The Initia Platform provides product ready rollups that enables teams to build scalable and sovereign systems while eliminating the UX complexities end users face when interacting with a modular multi-chain universe. Initia’s ownership of the full tech stack allows for a suite of chain-level mechanisms that align the economic interests across users, developers, L2 app chains, and the L1. Initia's initial launch products include an all-in-one portal for accessing core tools of the ecosystem, a Omnitia-ecosystem focused wallet for navigating between the L2s, a block explorer that supports InitiaVM transactions and developer tooling, and a Market Minitia that allows users to trade NFTs and create AI-generated NFT collections through prompts.
Radiant Capital
Venture Round in 2023
Radiant Capital is a technology company that operates a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform. It enables investors to lend and borrow digital assets, such as cryptocurrencies, across multiple blockchain networks. The platform, built on the Ethereum blockchain and leveraging the Arbitrum layer 2 scaling system, facilitates seamless cross-chain borrowing and lending, eliminating the need for intermediaries or extensive documentation.
Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.
DappOS
Pre Seed Round in 2023
DappOS is an innovative company focused on enhancing the usability and accessibility of decentralized applications (dApps) within the blockchain ecosystem. By developing a unified operating protocol, DappOS creates a user-friendly layer that simplifies interactions between users and various blockchain infrastructures, including public blockchains and cross-chain bridges. This approach allows for intuitive user interfaces and streamlined experiences, making dApps as easy to use as mobile applications. DappOS aims to lower the technical barriers associated with blockchain technology, facilitating greater mass adoption of decentralized applications and contributing to a more interconnected and user-centric blockchain environment.
NGRAVE is a company that specializes in providing secure solutions for managing cryptocurrency. It has developed a comprehensive hardware wallet that prioritizes security by ensuring that private keys are never exposed. The device operates entirely offline, from secret key generation to transaction signing, effectively safeguarding digital assets from online threats and malicious hacking attempts. NGRAVE's innovative approach allows users, including businesses, to store their cryptocurrencies with enhanced protection against potential cyber risks.
Symbiosis Finance
Venture Round in 2022
Symbiosis Finance is a decentralized multi-chain protocol that facilitates liquidity across various blockchain networks. Its innovative technology enables users to swap tokens seamlessly with a single click, while retaining sole ownership of their funds. This approach simplifies the often complex and time-consuming process of locating appropriate cross-chain bridges, allowing users to transact without the necessity of holding multiple native assets. By streamlining these operations, Symbiosis Finance aims to enhance user experience in the decentralized finance space.
Automata Network
Venture Round in 2022
Automata Network is a decentralized protocol that offers middleware-like privacy services for decentralized applications across various platforms, including Ethereum, Polkadot, and Binance Smart Chain. Its focus is on delivering traceless privacy, which enhances user trust in computing systems by ensuring the authenticity of operations on-chain. By facilitating high assurance and frictionless computation, Automata Network aims to empower clients to maintain privacy while engaging in decentralized activities.
MOUND is a finance startup that optimizes Binance Smart Chan (BSC) and Ethereum (ETH). The company's products include Pancake Bunny and Smart Vaults. Pancake Bunny is a yield farming aggregator. Using leveraged lending products, Smart Vaults is used to farm single asset yields.
Moonbeam Network
Funding Round in 2021
Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.
Covalent
Venture Round in 2021
Covalent Research & Development Inc. is a technology company based in Vancouver, Canada, focused on enhancing transparency and accountability in the cryptocurrency sector. Established in 2018, Covalent develops a data analytics suite that addresses significant infrastructure challenges obstructing blockchain adoption. Its offerings include on-chain data and analytics for the Ethereum network, as well as APIs that provide visibility and transparency across various blockchain networks. The company aims to bridge centralized databases with decentralized blockchain technologies, thereby facilitating adoption among enterprises and consumers. Covalent supports several leading decentralized finance protocols and is actively building tools like SafeKeeep, which aims to improve data availability and record-keeping in the DeFi space. The company’s team comprises industry veterans with extensive experience in database and distributed systems, underscoring its commitment to driving innovation in blockchain technology.
MathWallet
Series B in 2020
MathWallet is a multi-platform cryptocurrency wallet that supports over 50 public blockchains, allowing users to store Bitcoin and major altcoins, including Ethereum, EOS, and Tron. The wallet is designed to facilitate various functions such as trading, payments, and accessing cryptocurrency news while enabling the secure storage and management of multi-chain tokens and decentralized applications (dApps). MathWallet offers a cross-chain token exchange feature and operates nodes for proof-of-stake chains. It is available across multiple formats, including mobile applications, browser extensions, web interfaces, and hardware solutions, providing users with convenient access to a wide range of cryptocurrency services.
Dapix Inc., established in 2018 and based in Westminster, Colorado, specializes in designing and developing decentralized public blockchain technology. The company's core product is the FIO Protocol, an inter-wallet operability protocol that enhances usability within the blockchain ecosystem. This protocol enables seamless cross-chain transactions, utilizing a single memorable wallet name compatible with any wallet or exchange. Dapix aims to facilitate easier token and coin movement while integrating cross-chain counterparty metadata. Founded by experienced tech professionals and backed by prominent venture capital firms and angel investors, Dapix seeks to revolutionize blockchain usability.
Elrond Ltd is a blockchain technology company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Malta. It develops a public blockchain network that employs adaptive state sharding to achieve high throughput and low latency without compromising security and decentralization. Elrond's platform is designed to handle over 15,000 transactions per second with a latency of just six seconds and a minimal transaction cost of $0.001. The company aims to create a global, transparent, and non-inflationary financial system, providing easy access to anyone, anywhere. By establishing over 60 collaborations and partnerships, Elrond is actively expanding its ecosystem, enhancing its utility, and enabling various applications to utilize its advanced technology.