YZi Labs

YZi Labs is a venture firm that focuses on investing in and supporting startups across various stages of development, particularly in the domains of Web3, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology. The company actively seeks out promising blockchain entrepreneurs and projects, offering them necessary financing and resources to foster innovation and growth within the blockchain ecosystem. By identifying ventures with strong fundamentals, YZi Labs aims to empower these startups and contribute to the advancement of cutting-edge technologies.

Max Coniglio

Investment Director

Alex Odagiu

Investment Director

Michael Siu

Investment Director

Past deals in FinTech

Opinion Labs

Seed Round in 2025
Opinion Labs is a decentralized intelligence platform. It has developed O.LAB which provides financial information and intelligence. Its products encompass prediction and opinion markets.

Blum

Seed Round in 2025
Blum is a technology company that operates a decentralized exchange platform for cryptocurrencies. Its platform enables direct trading from third-party crypto wallets, utilizing an off-chain order book and on-chain settlements. This design allows for streamlined listing processes of crypto projects and instant transactions from personal wallets, such as MetaMask or Trust Wallet.

THENA

Seed Round in 2025
THENA is a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on the BNB Chain that uses ve(3,3) mechanics to increase liquidity and incentivize participation. THENA, which focuses on delivering innovative trading solutions, provides users with a smooth DeFi experience that includes spot and perps trading, liquidity pools, and fiat on-ramp.

Perena

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Perena is a startup focused on building fundamental infrastructure to tackle key challenges in the stablecoin sector. Its platform, designed for decentralized finance (DeFi) purposes, facilitates seamless stablecoin exchange, supports multi-token stable swaps, and offers automated position management. This enables users to optimize yield generation, enhance liquidity, and improve the overall usability of stablecoins within the DeFi ecosystem.

Kernel

Venture Round in 2024
Kernel is leading the way in restaking on the BNB Chain, which is intended to speed up innovation and ecosystem expansion while offering decentralized shared security.

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.

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.

Blum

Seed Round in 2024
Blum is a technology company that operates a decentralized exchange platform for cryptocurrencies. Its platform enables direct trading from third-party crypto wallets, utilizing an off-chain order book and on-chain settlements. This design allows for streamlined listing processes of crypto projects and instant transactions from personal wallets, such as MetaMask or Trust Wallet.

Opinion Labs

Seed Round in 2024
Opinion Labs is a decentralized intelligence platform. It has developed O.LAB which provides financial information and intelligence. Its products encompass prediction and opinion markets.

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.

Gamic

Seed Round in 2024
Gamic is a developer of a decentralized messaging application tailored for gamers, creators, and web3 enthusiasts. The platform integrates blockchain technology with traditional web2 community structures, creating a unified space for users to connect, communicate, and transact without the need to switch between multiple platforms. By addressing the challenges faced by online communities in accessing web3 products and services, Gamic aims to enhance user experience and promote blockchain adoption. This is particularly significant in regions like Africa, where increased access to web3 technologies can provide financial freedom and socio-economic opportunities. Gamic's mission is to empower users to engage securely and effectively, fostering inclusive communities while offering improved monetization opportunities.

Zest Protocol

Seed Round in 2024
Zest Protocol is an innovative financial service platform that enhances the utility of Bitcoin by providing a unique borrowing and lending ecosystem. As the first on-chain Bitcoin lending protocol, it enables Bitcoin holders to earn additional BTC or borrow against their assets, thereby facilitating participation in a dynamic market. The platform prioritizes security and minimizes risks associated with traditional lending solutions by utilizing Bitcoin and Layer 2 technologies. Users can engage with the platform through yield pools by using Stacks and Bitcoin addresses, with rewards distributed in USD-denominated tokens. Zest Protocol aims to make Bitcoin more productive, allowing individuals to meet their credit needs while maximizing the potential of their holdings.

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.

UXUY

Seed Round in 2024
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.

Derivio

Seed Round in 2024
Derivio operates a derivatives trading platform designed to streamline trading processes. It specializes in digital options and decentralized finance (DeFi) derivative products, facilitating quick and efficient transactions on a decentralized exchange.

Renzo

Seed Round in 2024
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.

Bracket Labs

Venture Round in 2024
Bracket Labs is a software company that develops innovative financial platforms. Its flagship product, BracketX, is a decentralized exchange for crypto volatility trading, designed for traders indifferent to price direction who wish to complement their perpetual swaps strategies. The platform offers option-spread-like positions and price drop protection policies, enabling investors to apply financial leverage.

Bracket Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Bracket Labs is a software company that develops innovative financial platforms. Its flagship product, BracketX, is a decentralized exchange for crypto volatility trading, designed for traders indifferent to price direction who wish to complement their perpetual swaps strategies. The platform offers option-spread-like positions and price drop protection policies, enabling investors to apply financial leverage.

Pendle Finance

Seed Round in 2023
Pendle Finance is a decentralized finance protocol that allows users to tokenize and sell future yields.

Curve DAO Token

Venture Round in 2023
Curve DAO Token is a token that supports the Curve.fi ecosystem.

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.

Kryptos

Seed Round in 2023
Kryptos provides a comprehensive platform designed to streamline the management of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, including NFTs. The platform caters to individuals, accountants, and tax authorities worldwide by offering tools for monitoring, managing, and reporting on digital assets. With a focus on simplifying Web3 finance, Kryptos aims to maximize tax savings for its users through a suite of services that includes accounting, portfolio management, and tax reporting. The user-friendly interface ensures that managing crypto assets is simple, fast, and secure.

Bracket Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Bracket Labs is a software company that develops innovative financial platforms. Its flagship product, BracketX, is a decentralized exchange for crypto volatility trading, designed for traders indifferent to price direction who wish to complement their perpetual swaps strategies. The platform offers option-spread-like positions and price drop protection policies, enabling investors to apply financial leverage.

Maverick Protocol

Venture Round in 2023
Maverick Protocol is a developer of a decentralized crypto derivatives platform aimed at creating open, transparent, and efficient markets. The protocol is built on a unique automated market maker (AMM) that facilitates highly liquid trading environments. It offers users low fees, rapid execution, and capital efficiency, ensuring a secure trading experience. The platform enables decentralized and permissionless trading and staking of various asset pairs, allowing traders to engage with perpetual contracts backed by mid-cap tokens. Through its innovative infrastructure, Maverick Protocol strives to provide a seamless ecosystem for all participants in the decentralized finance landscape.

Ambit Finance

Seed Round in 2022
Ambit Finance is a decentralized application (DApp) that enhances the utility of BUSD and other selected cryptocurrencies through innovative structured financial solutions. The company develops a fintech suite tailored for web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, offering functionalities such as lending, borrowing, and yield optimization strategies. By focusing on these key areas, Ambit Finance aims to simplify the user experience on decentralized platforms, making it easier for individuals to navigate and utilize various financial services within the blockchain ecosystem.

Velvet Capital

Seed Round in 2022
Velvet.Capital operates as an intent-based decentralized finance (DeFi) operating system that facilitates the launch and management of on-chain funds and structured products. By developing an open-source blockchain protocol, the company aims to streamline on-chain portfolio management and enhance the social aspects of DeFi. Its platform is designed to support hedge funds, asset managers, and other financial institutions in creating and managing decentralized finance offerings, thereby contributing to the broader adoption of DeFi solutions in the financial sector.

Frankieone

Series A in 2022
FrankieOne is a technology company that offers a comprehensive onboarding and fraud-prevention platform, integrating over 350 third-party identity verification and fraud-prevention data sources across 46 countries into a single API. The platform is designed to assist banks, fintech companies, and other regulated entities in managing Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, anti-money laundering measures, and fraud monitoring. By providing a unified interface, FrankieOne enables organizations to efficiently handle regulatory compliance, make informed decisions, and streamline customer onboarding. This flexibility allows businesses to activate necessary geographies and services as needed, thereby enhancing their capacity for innovation and rapid scaling.

OpenLeverage

Venture Round in 2022
OpenLeverage is a developer of a permissionless margin trading protocol that utilizes aggregated liquidity from decentralized exchanges (DEXs) to facilitate long and short trading pairs. The company aims to create a decentralized finance platform that empowers users to launch a leveraged trading marketplace for various buying and selling pairs. By leveraging DEX liquidity, OpenLeverage enables traders to efficiently and securely execute trades on any trading pair, thereby enhancing the accessibility and functionality of margin trading in a decentralized environment.

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.

Solv Protocol

Venture Round in 2022
Solv Protocol is a decentralized platform focused on creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. Its primary product, Vesting Vouchers, are fractionalized NFTs that represent lock-up vesting tokens, which enhance liquidity for various financial scenarios, including fundraising and community building within crypto projects. The platform facilitates an on-chain marketplace for emerging crypto assets, enabling the creation and transaction of investment allocations such as funds, debt, and equity instruments. By offering these capabilities, Solv Protocol aims to provide blockchain projects access to liquidity through the issuance of semi-fungible tokens, thus supporting complex financial transactions in the evolving digital asset landscape.

Multichain

Seed Round in 2021
Multichain is a developer of a cross-chain router protocol that facilitates real-time cryptocurrency transactions across various blockchain networks. It provides a comprehensive platform that enables users to swap cryptocurrencies seamlessly among multiple exchanges, enhancing interoperability within the blockchain ecosystem. By building robust infrastructure that supports leading exchanges, Multichain positions itself as a key player in the blockchain industry, catering to the growing demand for efficient and versatile trading solutions.

Mobox

Seed Round in 2021
Mobox is a developer of a cross-platform gaming metaverse that integrates automated optimized decentralized finance (DeFi) yield farming with gaming non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This innovative platform allows players to actively create content and engage with the creations of others on various devices. By leveraging the intersection of gaming and decentralized finance, Mobox aims to provide a unique GameFi experience, enhancing user interaction and participation in its metaverse ecosystem.

XEND Finance

Venture Round in 2021
Xend Finance is a decentralized finance platform based in Nigeria that caters to credit unions and cooperatives. The company operates as a global crypto bank, providing users with the ability to earn interest on their savings, offering rates of up to 15%. Its innovative platform allows members to exchange crypto or fiat currency for stable cryptocurrencies and stake them to earn interest. Xend Finance features a Cross-Chain High Yield Aggregator, which is designed to automatically identify and secure the highest yields across various blockchain networks. Additionally, the company has developed an online bill payment application that enables users to send money, pay bills, and manage transactions, even without internet access, thereby facilitating both online and offline payments with no fees. Through its comprehensive suite of services, Xend Finance aims to enhance financial accessibility and efficiency for its users.

XEND Finance

Funding Round in 2020
Xend Finance is a decentralized finance platform based in Nigeria that caters to credit unions and cooperatives. The company operates as a global crypto bank, providing users with the ability to earn interest on their savings, offering rates of up to 15%. Its innovative platform allows members to exchange crypto or fiat currency for stable cryptocurrencies and stake them to earn interest. Xend Finance features a Cross-Chain High Yield Aggregator, which is designed to automatically identify and secure the highest yields across various blockchain networks. Additionally, the company has developed an online bill payment application that enables users to send money, pay bills, and manage transactions, even without internet access, thereby facilitating both online and offline payments with no fees. Through its comprehensive suite of services, Xend Finance aims to enhance financial accessibility and efficiency for its users.

Injective

Funding Round in 2020
Injective Labs is a research and software development company that focuses on creating innovative decentralized finance solutions. It is a core contributor to Injective, a blockchain platform specifically designed for the finance sector. Injective operates as an open and interoperable network, enabling decentralized application developers to build on a foundation that is compatible with both Cosmos IBC and Ethereum. The platform offers unique benefits such as zero gas fees, secure transactions, and rapid data transmission, promoting dynamic scalability for its applications. By leveraging cryptographic research, Injective’s decentralized derivatives exchange protocol addresses significant security vulnerabilities and scaling challenges in decentralized exchanges. The overarching mission of Injective Labs is to foster a free and inclusive financial system through the principles of decentralization.

DODO Exchange

Venture Round in 2020
DODO is a liquidity protocol powered by the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm and built for capital efficiency. DODO offers a low barrier-to-entry, pain-free token issuance mechanic for long-tail assets.

1inch Labs

Seed Round in 2020
1inch Labs is a developer of a decentralized finance platform that aggregates multiple decentralized exchanges across various blockchains. Founded in 2019 and based in the United States, the company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of cryptocurrency trading. Its suite of protocols, including the 1inch Aggregation Protocol, 1inch Liquidity Protocol, and 1inch Limit Order Protocol, work together to facilitate cost-effective and secure swap transactions. This integration allows users to access better rates than those available on individual exchanges, thereby optimizing their trading experience in the decentralized finance sector.

Bitsika

Seed Round in 2019
Bitsika is a payment application aimed at facilitating instant money transfers for users across Africa and beyond. The platform allows individuals to receive funds from anyone globally without incurring fees. Designed for ease of use, users can sign up through their Google or Apple accounts and create a unique username that begins with a dollar sign. In addition to enabling social payments, Bitsika functions as a digital wallet, offering features such as virtual card creation and the ability to trade bitcoins. This comprehensive approach simplifies the process of sending and spending money, making it accessible for a wide range of users.

Koi Trading

Seed Round in 2018
Koi Trading is an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk specializing in connecting global cryptocurrency markets. Headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Hong Kong and Europe, the company provides a reliable and efficient trading pathway for institutional investors and high net-worth individuals interested in blockchain assets. Koi Trading facilitates the execution of trades in major cryptocurrencies and fiat currency pairs, earning the trust of brokerage firms, exchanges, miners, and cryptocurrency funds worldwide. Additionally, the company develops a trading platform that bridges liquidity pools, enhancing access to virtual currency exchanges and stablecoins for its clients.
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