Vana
Venture Round in 2025
Vana is a decentralized platform that empowers individuals to retain control over their personal data while contributing to the development of artificial intelligence. The platform facilitates user-owned data management and monetization, providing tools for users to develop and profit from AI models. By utilizing decentralized autonomous organizations, Vana allows users to share data, such as social media and professional information, in exchange for various benefits. The platform emphasizes data portability, enabling users to log in with digital wallets and access their information across multiple platforms without relying on centralized systems. Vana's infrastructure ensures privacy and security through cryptographic verification, allowing developers to create more personalized applications while maintaining user privacy.
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.
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.
Planetarium
Venture Round in 2022
Planetarium is a Web 3 gaming company that focuses on creating community-driven gaming ecosystems. Utilizing Libplanet, its blockchain-based gaming library integrated with the Unity engine, Planetarium enables seamless networking without relying on a central server. This approach leverages blockchain technology and peer-to-peer capabilities, allowing the entire network to update dynamically as changes occur. The company also develops an open-source blockchain platform aimed at transforming the gaming lifecycle and revenue models. By facilitating complex game transactions through its unique native extension methodology, Planetarium empowers developers to extend the longevity of their games and introduces innovative paradigms within the gaming industry.
LayerZero
Series A in 2021
LayerZero Labs is a developer of a blockchain messaging protocol that enables decentralized applications to operate across multiple blockchains. The company's platform facilitates data exchange and interoperability by connecting disparate blockchains, offering a streamlined solution for cross-chain applications. Utilizing an on-chain light node for validation, LayerZero improves speed, security, and cost-efficiency, as it streams block headers on-demand through decentralized oracles rather than maintaining all headers sequentially. This innovative approach allows clients to efficiently implement low-level communication primitives necessary for cross-chain functionality.
Marlin is a technology company based in Singapore that develops an open-source secure networking platform designed to enhance decentralized communications for decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web 3.0. Founded in 2018, Marlin focuses on optimizing the communication between nodes in peer-to-peer networks, enabling faster block propagation across public blockchains. By providing a decentralized network of relay nodes worldwide, Marlin enhances the performance and scalability of blockchain infrastructure. Its innovative approach incentivizes the operation of full nodes and offers a superior alternative for peer-to-peer networking in decentralized environments, ultimately improving the speed and efficiency of various network chains.