Camp Network
Series A in 2025
Camp Network is a technology company that develops a unique, purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain. This blockchain is designed to empower AI agents, enabling them to operate autonomously and generate value on the blockchain. The company's innovative platform collects data from web2 streaming and social platforms, transforming it into on-chain value creation. This allows developers to redefine consumer crypto trading, fostering a new era of decentralized, AI-driven applications.
Tally is a frontend for DAOs running on Ethereum and other EVM blockchains. Tally gives users real power in their decentralized organizations. On Tally, users can delegate voting power, create or pass proposals to spend DAO funds, manage a protocol, and upgrade smart contracts—all onchain.
Yellow Card
Series C in 2024
Yellow Card operates a cryptocurrency platform that enables individuals and businesses to buy, sell, and manage digital assets using local currencies and mobile money across Africa. The platform functions as a crypto exchange and payments solution, offering over-the-counter trading, merchant services, currency exchange, and crypto gift cards. It provides an on/off ramp for stablecoins such as USDT, USDC, and PYUSD through a payments API, supporting secure, cost-effective transfers and borderless transactions. The company serves customers in numerous African countries and has facilitated billions of dollars in transactions, reflecting its role in promoting financial inclusion and access to digital finance. Founded in 2016 and active in the market, Yellow Card aims to simplify crypto access for individuals and businesses through a scalable, local-currency-first approach.
Drift Protocol is a developer of a decentralized derivatives exchange that focuses on providing on-chain, cross-margined perpetual futures trading on the Solana blockchain. The platform aims to enhance the efficiency of trading futures through an upgraded decentralized system that features a new pegging mechanism. This innovation allows users to adjust liquidity based on market demand and open interest, thereby improving the overall trading experience. Drift Protocol's approach positions its exchange as a competitive option for margin trading within the decentralized finance space.
Gameplay Galaxy
Seed Round in 2024
Gameplay Galaxy is a pioneering developer of a decentralized, Web3-based competitive gaming platform focused on esports. Their platform enables players to engage in realistic, dynamic racing games while offering opportunities for game ownership and shared success through features like 'compete', 'buy', 'evolve', and 'trade'.
Solv Protocol
Venture Round in 2024
Solv Protocol is a decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. Its first product, Vesting Vouchers, are fractionalized NFTs representing lock-up vesting tokens, enhancing liquidity and enabling financial scenarios like fundraising and token liquidity management.
QED Protocol
Seed Round in 2024
QED Protocol is a pioneering company specializing in blockchain technology. It operates the world's first zk-Native blockchain, designed to enhance trustless computation and privacy, aiming to drive the next generation of the internet, often referred to as Web3. The company's primary focus is on research and development, creating innovative solutions to address the unique challenges of Web3 development. QED Protocol offers industry-leading products and services, catering primarily to the crypto industry.
Polymer Labs
Series A in 2024
Polymer Labs is building the fabric of web3.
We're working on an IBC based multi-cluster routing/roll-up protocol providing E2E IBC connectivity across ecosystems.
Tack
Funding Round in 2024
Investment company in cryptocurrency and blockchain
Tools For Humanity
Series C in 2023
Tools for Humanity is a software company that develops tools to support the Worldcoin protocol. The company is currently building the tools to bring blockchain and digital identity technologies and products to people by contributing to the development and growth of the Worldcoin ecosystem and other projects.
World is a technology company specializing in secure digital asset management. It operates the World App, which enables users to securely store their World ID, manage digital assets, and access various Mini Apps within a privacy-focused network.
Superchain Network
Seed Round in 2023
Superchain Network focuses on advancing the transition from centralized "Web2" systems to decentralized "Web3" architectures. It aims to establish a decentralized data protocol that prioritizes user needs over technological limitations. The company provides a data storage platform with streaming capabilities that can be tailored through an intuitive interface known as toolboxes. This setup allows developers to create applications more efficiently by fostering a direct and personal connection to data, eliminating the need for centralized intermediaries.
EigenLabs
Series A in 2023
EigenLabs is a blockchain infrastructure startup that enables the restaking of ETH across various decentralized applications. They also provide developers with access to the Ethereum staked capital base and decentralized validator set. Traditionally, staking requires validators to lock up ETH as a security deposit to engage in the network's consensus mechanism, earning rewards for contributing to network security and validating transactions. However, once ETH is staked, it is generally immobilized until withdrawn, restricting validators from utilizing these assets elsewhere.
EigenLayer aims to tackle this challenge by allowing staked ETH to be restaked across diverse decentralized applications and services without removing it from the original consensus mechanism.
Nil Foundation
Venture Round in 2023
Nil Foundation facilitates and supports research in database management systems and applied cryptography.
Quasar Labs
Seed Round in 2023
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.
Tack
Funding Round in 2022
Investment company in cryptocurrency and blockchain
Blocknative
Series A in 2022
Founded in 2018, Blocknative specializes in real-time blockchain transaction management and monitoring solutions for public networks. Its platform enables developers to build applications across multiple blockchains, offering tools like a javascript widget that simplifies complex blockchain codes.
Founded in San Francisco in 2018 by Amy Kalnoki and Patrick White, Bitwave develops financial software that enables companies to integrate digital assets into their accounting records and operations. Its platform offers tax tracking, bookkeeping, DeFi monitoring, and crypto accounts receivable/payable management, streamlining cryptocurrency finance for businesses.
Across Protocol
Venture Round in 2022
Across is a cross-chain bridge secured by UMA's optimistic oracle for L2s and rollups. It also optimized for capital efficiency with a single liquidity pool, a competitive relayer landscape, and a no-slippage fee model.
Matter Labs
Series C in 2022
Matter Labs designs and develops blockchain technology that uses zero-knowledge proofs to scale Ethereum and improve privacy, removing interaction obstacles between untrusted parties. The company builds a scaling decentralized application that provides succinctly verifiable computation, enabling businesses and others to prove integrity without disclosing sensitive data. It aims to accelerate public blockchain adoption by offering an open, scalable alternative to existing financial systems. Founded in 2018, it has been associated with Berlin, Germany, and is based in the Cayman Islands.
Stardust is a software company that offers a platform for game developers to build and manage blockchain-enabled games and metaverse experiences. The platform provides a graphical development environment and APIs that allow Web3 features, including NFT integration, across multiple blockchains with only a few lines of code, enabling developers to ship blockchain-enabled games faster without being required to commit to a single blockchain. Stardust aims to simplify the process of bringing blockchain, finance, and social components into games by offering integrated tools for gameplay, player management, and cross-chain compatibility. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
Pine Street Labs
Seed Round in 2022
Pine Street Labs develops enterprise wallet software aimed at expanding and democratizing the use of public blockchains. The company's platform simplifies the complexities of supporting various blockchain networks, allowing enterprises to concentrate on their core business operations. Pine Street Labs offers walletOS, which enhances custody infrastructure and facilitates the management of custody operations in-house. The software is designed to accommodate new blockchain initiatives while providing functionalities such as sending, receiving, staking, and executing smart contract calls. By creating a composable developer experience with modular integrations and a well-defined API, Pine Street Labs enables businesses to execute transactions seamlessly and efficiently in mission-critical environments.
Community Labs
Series A in 2022
Community Labs is a software development company that specializes in accelerating adoption of Arweave through developer tools, use cases, and ecosystem growth.
Gameplay Galaxy
Seed Round in 2022
Gameplay Galaxy is a pioneering developer of a decentralized, Web3-based competitive gaming platform focused on esports. Their platform enables players to engage in realistic, dynamic racing games while offering opportunities for game ownership and shared success through features like 'compete', 'buy', 'evolve', and 'trade'.
Fuel Labs
Venture Round in 2022
Fuel Labs is a global decentralized group of passionate developers building the future of blockchain scalability technology. As the leader in blockchain scaling innovation, its engineers created the optimistic rollup design paradigm and have contributed to advancing the frontier of rollup, blockchain virtual machine, and safe smart contract programming language research.
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 creation of liquid restacking tokens, where the influence of validators is based on the collateralized staking tokens. This structure allows users to achieve a risk-managed total return while maintaining liquidity. Through its innovative approach, Rio Network aims to enhance the accessibility and efficiency of digital asset management.
RedStone
Seed Round in 2022
RedStone is a next-generation cross-chain data oracle that specializes in providing pricing data for financial protocols. The company develops modular oracles that deliver data feeds compatible with both layer 1 and layer 2 blockchains, including rollups-as-a-service (RaaS) solutions. RedStone's offerings include liquid staking tokens and liquid restaking tokens, as well as an online decentralized finance platform designed to utilize blockchain's permanent storage capabilities. This platform supports cross-chain data services while ensuring an audit trail, which enhances transparency and reliability. Additionally, RedStone enables decentralized finance providers to implement automatic dispute mechanisms, bolstered by insurance through staking, thereby facilitating more secure and efficient transactions.
EigenLabs
Seed Round in 2022
EigenLabs is a blockchain infrastructure startup that enables the restaking of ETH across various decentralized applications. They also provide developers with access to the Ethereum staked capital base and decentralized validator set. Traditionally, staking requires validators to lock up ETH as a security deposit to engage in the network's consensus mechanism, earning rewards for contributing to network security and validating transactions. However, once ETH is staked, it is generally immobilized until withdrawn, restricting validators from utilizing these assets elsewhere.
EigenLayer aims to tackle this challenge by allowing staked ETH to be restaked across diverse decentralized applications and services without removing it from the original consensus mechanism.
Gnosis
Venture Round in 2022
Founded in 2015, Gnosis is a decentralized infrastructure provider for the Ethereum ecosystem. Initially focused on prediction markets, Gnosis evolved into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) in late 2020, with a treasury controlling over 150K ETH and 8 Million GNO tokens. In 2021, Gnosis Chain was launched as an Ethereum companion chain for stable transactions using the xDai token. Gnosis incubates products such as Gnosis Safe (a multisig wallet), Cow Protocol (a decentralized exchange), Conditional Tokens (prediction markets), and Zodiac (DAO tooling).
Gnosis
Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Founded in 2015, Gnosis is a decentralized infrastructure provider for the Ethereum ecosystem. Initially focused on prediction markets, Gnosis evolved into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) in late 2020, with a treasury controlling over 150K ETH and 8 Million GNO tokens. In 2021, Gnosis Chain was launched as an Ethereum companion chain for stable transactions using the xDai token. Gnosis incubates products such as Gnosis Safe (a multisig wallet), Cow Protocol (a decentralized exchange), Conditional Tokens (prediction markets), and Zodiac (DAO tooling).
Chainflip
Venture Round in 2022
Chainflip is a decentralized protocol facilitating trustless asset trades between different blockchain networks with minimal slippage. It enables direct cross-chain exchanges of cryptocurrencies without intermediaries, utilizing its native blockchain and ecosystem components built on Rust and other frameworks. This allows investors to transfer funds seamlessly across various blockchains and ecosystems without additional software, collateral, or wrapped assets.
Allora Labs
Series A in 2022
Allora Labs is a blockchain-based protocol focused on providing reliable appraisals for digital assets, particularly in the realm of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company offers a platform that incentivizes experts to deliver honest insights, facilitating an efficient price-discovery mechanism for NFTs. By compensating these experts for their evaluations, Allora Labs captures the value of truthful information and creates new opportunities within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Its technology employs machine learning to analyze data, enabling crypto builders to optimize strategies, quantify risks, and make informed decisions based on real-time NFT appraisals. Through its innovative approach, Allora Labs aims to enhance the credibility and reliability of information in the digital asset market.
Espresso Systems
Seed Round in 2022
Espresso Systems specializes in providing scaling and privacy solutions for Web 3 applications, focusing on the innovative area of shared sequencing within blockchain technology. This involves the use of sequencers that verify and batch transactions on layer-2 blockchains before sending them to a layer-1 chain, such as Ethereum, for settlement. Additionally, Espresso Systems develops online transaction technology aimed at enhancing the online payment industry, offering infrastructure that facilitates secure and efficient online interactions. Their solutions cater to the needs of clients in the online transaction sector, contributing to the advancement of the third generation of the World Wide Web.
Teller Finance
Venture Round in 2022
Teller is a United States-based blockchain project focused on decentralized lending. It provides a platform that connects to users' bank accounts to offer risk-assessed, unsecured loans, eliminating the need for collateral. By utilizing an algorithmic credit risk protocol, Teller aims to create decentralized lending markets that enhance lending opportunities while minimizing risks. The company's cloud-based system effectively delivers creditworthiness data, enabling users to engage in loans with digital currency. Through this innovative approach, Teller seeks to transform the lending landscape by making access to loans more efficient and secure.
Founded in 2021, Boto is a Delaware City-based no-code automation platform. It enables both developers and non-developers to create and share automation workflows by dragging and dropping blocks using its user-friendly interface.
Solv Protocol
Series A in 2021
Solv Protocol is a decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. Its first product, Vesting Vouchers, are fractionalized NFTs representing lock-up vesting tokens, enhancing liquidity and enabling financial scenarios like fundraising and token liquidity management.
Powerloom Protocol
Seed Round in 2021
The Composable Data Network for Web3
Empowering builders to unlock rich data applications within Web3
Forta Network
Venture Round in 2021
Forta Network is a developer of a security protocol focused on preventing the exploitation of smart contracts within the blockchain ecosystem. The company offers a decentralized, community-based security system that helps to mitigate risks and detect real-time threats. By providing robust security measures, Forta Network enables users to safeguard their smart contracts, ensuring a safer environment for blockchain applications. This initiative comes at a crucial time for the blockchain community, as the growing complexity and programmability of various blockchains increase the need for effective security solutions.
Abra is a cryptocurrency platform established in 2014, designed to provide a straightforward and secure environment for individuals and businesses to buy, trade, and borrow against cryptocurrencies. Based in the United States and operational in over 150 countries, Abra facilitates easy conversion between cryptocurrencies and various local fiat currencies. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, registered investment advisors, and institutions, offering customizable services that allow users to manage their crypto portfolios effectively. With over two million customers and $9 billion processed in transactions, Abra has positioned itself as a trusted solution in the cryptocurrency market, earning recognition as one of the top five crypto wallets. The company is supported by prominent investors, reinforcing its commitment to creating an open and accessible global financial system.
Nirvana is an AI-native financial infrastructure shaping the future of Agentic DeFi.
- Redefining DeFi with AI Agents – Nirvana builds AI frameworks for DEFAI agents to maximize capital efficiency
- AI-Native On-Chain Protocols – Empowering DEFAI agents with AI-native protocols to autonomously launch innovative financial instruments and optimize strategies
Bitwave
Seed Round in 2021
Founded in San Francisco in 2018 by Amy Kalnoki and Patrick White, Bitwave develops financial software that enables companies to integrate digital assets into their accounting records and operations. Its platform offers tax tracking, bookkeeping, DeFi monitoring, and crypto accounts receivable/payable management, streamlining cryptocurrency finance for businesses.
Visor Finance
Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a decentralized platform facilitating active liquidity management. Its tool enables participants to use smart vaults for liquidity mining and asset management across various decentralized finance protocols and exchanges, maximizing returns from fees while minimizing impermanent loss.
TRM Labs Inc. is a blockchain intelligence company that provides a platform focused on token relationship management, utilizing machine learning to assist clients in managing customer relationships and detecting suspicious activities. The platform offers solutions for on-chain anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and relationship management specifically tailored for digital asset firms. Additionally, TRM Labs develops enterprise applications and tools that enable organizations to launch blockchain-based products aimed at identifying fraudulent activities such as money laundering and market manipulation. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves a diverse clientele, including financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies, and has established partnerships with notable organizations such as PayPal, Visa, and federal agencies. TRM Labs is committed to enhancing the safety of the financial ecosystem through advanced data engineering and threat intelligence, backed by a team of experts with extensive experience in law enforcement and technology.
Snickerdoodle
Seed Round in 2021
Snickerdoodle is a blockchain-based platform that aims to create a privacy-preserving data economy by giving data owners control over their information and a pathway to monetize it. It builds infrastructure to own and securely monetize personal and organizational data, and offers an enterprise NFT-based data layer for real-time audience insights. The platform bridges Web2 and Web3, distributing value to data owners, consumers, and creators while protecting privacy. It enables the capture of the collective value of data and attention and supports secure data sharing and monetization. The goal is a transparent, participatory data ecosystem driven by user ownership and value distribution.
Balancer Labs
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Balancer Labs is a decentralized finance company that operates a platform for programmable liquidity and custom automated market makers. The platform enables the creation and management of custom liquidity pools and supports non-custodial portfolio management, liquidity provision, and price sensing. It offers streamlined pool creation and flexible architecture through features such as hooks and vaults, allowing developers to focus on innovation while benefiting from security, scalability, and interoperability within the DeFi ecosystem. The solution emphasizes user protection and open, permissionless access to liquidity markets, replacing traditional order books with automated market making for efficient token exchanges.
Greenwood Finance
Seed Round in 2021
Greenwood Labs operates as a decentralized finance platform that aims to optimize the borrowing experience for cryptocurrency users. The platform helps borrowers reduce their interest payments by automatically sourcing loans from lending protocols with the lowest available interest rates. By integrating and comparing the diverse offerings of various decentralized lending protocols, Greenwood Labs simplifies the borrowing process through a user-friendly, protocol-agnostic interface. Additionally, the company has developed a web application designed to enhance customer support for web3 users. This application replaces traditional communication channels like Discord with a more efficient customer support system that leverages artificial intelligence tools. By consolidating essential support resources into a single platform, Greenwood Labs enables decentralized finance teams to address and resolve customer inquiries more effectively and quickly.
Badger DAO
Venture Round in 2021
Badger is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) building products and infrastructure to accelerate Bitcoin as collateral across other blockchains. It’s meant to be an ecosystem DAO where projects and people from across DeFi can come together to collaborate and build the products our space needs. Shared ownership in the DAO will allow builders to have aligned incentives while decentralized governance can ensure those incentives remain fair to all parties. The idea is less competing and more collaborating.
Anchorage Digital
Series C in 2021
Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that provides institutions with integrated custody, trading, staking, governance, and regulatory-compliance infrastructure for digital asset programs. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, it serves institutional clients globally with a secure, compliant framework and services designed to simplify oversight and asset management.
Nexus Mutual
Venture Round in 2021
Nexus Mutual Limited is a London-based company that operates a decentralized insurance platform utilizing blockchain technology, specifically the Ethereum public blockchain. Founded in 2017, it offers a novel alternative to traditional insurance by enabling users to become members and collectively share insurance risks without the involvement of conventional insurance companies. Members can purchase coverage, and their decisions are governed by smart contracts, which ensure transparency and enforceability. Initially, Nexus Mutual launched with a product focusing on earthquake coverage, allowing participants to manage and mitigate risks collaboratively. The platform aims to recreate traditional mutual insurance models on a broader scale, providing an innovative approach to risk management in the insurance industry.
Chainflip
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Chainflip is a decentralized protocol facilitating trustless asset trades between different blockchain networks with minimal slippage. It enables direct cross-chain exchanges of cryptocurrencies without intermediaries, utilizing its native blockchain and ecosystem components built on Rust and other frameworks. This allows investors to transfer funds seamlessly across various blockchains and ecosystems without additional software, collateral, or wrapped assets.
Blocknative
Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Blocknative specializes in real-time blockchain transaction management and monitoring solutions for public networks. Its platform enables developers to build applications across multiple blockchains, offering tools like a javascript widget that simplifies complex blockchain codes.
Aave
Venture Round in 2020
Aave SAGL operates a decentralized lending and borrowing platform on the Ethereum blockchain, enabling users to earn interest on deposits and borrow assets. The platform facilitates both over-collateralized and under-collateralized borrowing, providing flexibility for borrowers. Aave mints aTokens for lenders at a 1:1 ratio to their supplied assets, allowing interest to compound continuously. This interest can be redirected to different addresses, separating it from the principal. Additionally, Aave offers flash loans, which are uncollateralized loans that must be borrowed and repaid within a single transaction, fostering innovation in decentralized finance. Founded in 2017, Aave originally operated under the name ETHLend and is based in London, United Kingdom, and Chiasso, Switzerland. The platform serves both depositors and borrowers, contributing to market liquidity and supporting various financial transactions within the blockchain ecosystem.
ParaSwap
Seed Round in 2020
ParaSwap is a decentralized finance platform aiming to address liquidity issues in crypto markets. It aggregates multiple exchange protocols onto one platform, empowering users with competitive market prices and high liquidity.
Stardust
Seed Round in 2020
Stardust is a software company that offers a platform for game developers to build and manage blockchain-enabled games and metaverse experiences. The platform provides a graphical development environment and APIs that allow Web3 features, including NFT integration, across multiple blockchains with only a few lines of code, enabling developers to ship blockchain-enabled games faster without being required to commit to a single blockchain. Stardust aims to simplify the process of bringing blockchain, finance, and social components into games by offering integrated tools for gameplay, player management, and cross-chain compatibility. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
Bounce Finance
Venture Round in 2020
Bounce Finance is a decentralized auction protocol that empowers users to create and participate in diverse types of auctions across multiple blockchain ecosystems, including the real-world collectible marketplace.
Securitize
Series A in 2020
Securitize operates a platform for issuing and managing digital securities, offering issuer services (issuance, document handling, investor communications, accreditation), investor services (onboarding, wallet management, investor dashboards, token distribution), and support functions (fiat and crypto escrow, custody). Founded in 2017 and based in Redwood City, California, the company aims to modernize capital markets by enabling ownership, management and trading of digital securities across equities, funds, fixed income and real estate, with a global, compliant framework that increases transparency and liquidity and streamlines processes. It positions itself as an SEC-registered transfer agent integrated with multiple regulated US marketplaces and provides KYC/AML and capital management services.
TRM Labs
Seed Round in 2019
TRM Labs Inc. is a blockchain intelligence company that provides a platform focused on token relationship management, utilizing machine learning to assist clients in managing customer relationships and detecting suspicious activities. The platform offers solutions for on-chain anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and relationship management specifically tailored for digital asset firms. Additionally, TRM Labs develops enterprise applications and tools that enable organizations to launch blockchain-based products aimed at identifying fraudulent activities such as money laundering and market manipulation. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves a diverse clientele, including financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies, and has established partnerships with notable organizations such as PayPal, Visa, and federal agencies. TRM Labs is committed to enhancing the safety of the financial ecosystem through advanced data engineering and threat intelligence, backed by a team of experts with extensive experience in law enforcement and technology.
OpenSea
Seed Round in 2019
OpenSea is a blockchain-based peer-to-peer marketplace for crypto assets and digital collectibles, enabling users to buy and sell non-fungible tokens, gaming items, software licenses, and other virtual goods through smart contracts. The platform supports a wide range of NFT assets backed by blockchain, providing a secure, decentralized environment for trading and transacting in the open Web3 ecosystem.
Bison Trails
Series A in 2019
Bison Trails Co. is a blockchain infrastructure platform that enables operators to run nodes securely across multiple blockchains. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company focuses on providing enterprise-grade security and a multi-cloud, multi-region distribution system, ensuring a 99.99% uptime guarantee for node operators. Bison Trails aims to enhance the overall blockchain ecosystem by offering a robust and secure infrastructure, facilitating activities such as staking, validating, voting, and transacting without the need for customers to develop their own security or operational capabilities. Through its technology, Bison Trails supports the participation of various stakeholders in the blockchain space, promoting transparency and decentralization.
Messari
Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, Messari operates a leading platform for market intelligence products in the cryptocurrency industry. It provides deep analysis, data, news, and powerful tools to enhance transparency and drive smarter participation among professionals, individuals, and institutions.
Nervos
Initial Coin Offering in 2019
Nervos Network is a blockchain technology company established in 2018 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China. It offers a hybrid solution that integrates a public blockchain with an application chain, enabling enterprises to build and deploy decentralized applications without needing to fully commit their technology stack to the blockchain. The Nervos CKB (Common Knowledge Base) serves as its layer 1, proof-of-work public blockchain protocol, which allows for the secure storage of various crypto-assets while supporting smart contracts and layer 2 scaling solutions. The platform's unique design emphasizes security, immutability, and decentralization, positioning itself as a sustainable multi-asset store of value. It also facilitates the capture of total network value through its native token, CKByte, and a network of interoperable protocols, promoting a robust open ecosystem for developers and enterprises alike.
Anchorage Digital
Series B in 2019
Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that provides institutions with integrated custody, trading, staking, governance, and regulatory-compliance infrastructure for digital asset programs. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, it serves institutional clients globally with a secure, compliant framework and services designed to simplify oversight and asset management.
TRM Labs
Seed Round in 2019
TRM Labs Inc. is a blockchain intelligence company that provides a platform focused on token relationship management, utilizing machine learning to assist clients in managing customer relationships and detecting suspicious activities. The platform offers solutions for on-chain anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and relationship management specifically tailored for digital asset firms. Additionally, TRM Labs develops enterprise applications and tools that enable organizations to launch blockchain-based products aimed at identifying fraudulent activities such as money laundering and market manipulation. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves a diverse clientele, including financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies, and has established partnerships with notable organizations such as PayPal, Visa, and federal agencies. TRM Labs is committed to enhancing the safety of the financial ecosystem through advanced data engineering and threat intelligence, backed by a team of experts with extensive experience in law enforcement and technology.
Securitize
Series A in 2018
Securitize operates a platform for issuing and managing digital securities, offering issuer services (issuance, document handling, investor communications, accreditation), investor services (onboarding, wallet management, investor dashboards, token distribution), and support functions (fiat and crypto escrow, custody). Founded in 2017 and based in Redwood City, California, the company aims to modernize capital markets by enabling ownership, management and trading of digital securities across equities, funds, fixed income and real estate, with a global, compliant framework that increases transparency and liquidity and streamlines processes. It positions itself as an SEC-registered transfer agent integrated with multiple regulated US marketplaces and provides KYC/AML and capital management services.
Risk Labs
Venture Round in 2018
Risk Labs is the foundation and core team behind the Across and UMA Protocols.
Circle is a Boston-based fintech company founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville. It specializes in utilizing stablecoins for payments, e-commerce, and investment products. Circle's services include Circle Pay for easy money transfers, Circle Invest for crypto asset trading, and Circle Trade for over-the-counter transactions. The company is backed by prominent investors such as Jim Breyer, Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, General Catalyst, and Accel Partners.
OpenSea
Seed Round in 2018
OpenSea is a blockchain-based peer-to-peer marketplace for crypto assets and digital collectibles, enabling users to buy and sell non-fungible tokens, gaming items, software licenses, and other virtual goods through smart contracts. The platform supports a wide range of NFT assets backed by blockchain, providing a secure, decentralized environment for trading and transacting in the open Web3 ecosystem.
CoinList facilitates the launch and growth of innovative digital assets, connecting early adopters with promising projects like Filecoin and Solana. It offers a full-service trading platform for popular cryptocurrencies and provides access to new tokens before they list on other exchanges.
Messari
Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2018, Messari operates a leading platform for market intelligence products in the cryptocurrency industry. It provides deep analysis, data, news, and powerful tools to enhance transparency and drive smarter participation among professionals, individuals, and institutions.
Civic Technologies
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Founded in 2015, Civic Technologies offers secure identity verification and payment solutions via mobile applications for iOS and Android users. Its blockchain-based ecosystem empowers individuals to control their identities securely across multiple platforms.
Bancor
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Bancor, based in Zug, Switzerland, specializes in the creation and management of cryptocurrencies, known as Smart Tokens™. These tokens are designed with built-in convertibility, allowing users to buy and sell them directly through their wallets using a simple, low-cost process. Bancor's innovative token "Connector" method facilitates continuous liquidity and automatic price discovery for these tokens, eliminating the need for traditional cryptocurrency exchanges. The company's platform enables the creation of user-generated cryptocurrencies, fostering a network of interconnected tokens with standardized liquidity solutions.
Block.one
Seed Round in 2017
Block.one develops EOSIO, an open-source blockchain software renowned for its flexibility and scalability. Headquartered in Grand Cayman with offices globally, the company employs over 300 specialists dedicated to empowering society through secure, transparent digital infrastructures.
ShapeShift
Series A in 2017
ShapeShift is a digital currency exchange platform established in July 2014, designed to facilitate the instant conversion of Bitcoin and various altcoins. The platform distinguishes itself by allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies without the need for user accounts or registration, thereby enhancing privacy and reducing risks associated with personal information and funds. In the summer of 2019, ShapeShift introduced a new platform that empowers users to self-custody their crypto assets while providing functionalities to buy, sell, trade, track, send, and receive cryptocurrencies independently of third-party involvement. Additionally, the company operates CoinCap.io, a real-time crypto market data service, and acquired the hardware wallet company KeepKey in 2017. ShapeShift is led by industry veteran Erik Voorhees.
BitPesa Ltd. is a digital currency exchange based in Karen, Kenya, that facilitates the conversion of Bitcoin to Kenyan Shillings. Founded in 2013, the company operates an online platform that utilizes blockchain technology to streamline business payments and trade between Africa and the global market. BitPesa provides both individuals and institutions with wholesale cryptocurrency liquidity, ensuring fast settlement and a range of currency options. Recognized for its security measures and liquidity, it holds the distinction of being the first blockchain company licensed by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority and adheres to strict Know Your Customer (KYC) practices. The company has successfully traded over $500 million, establishing itself as a leading player in the African cryptocurrency exchange landscape.
SFOX
Venture Round in 2017
SFOX, Inc. is a cryptocurrency prime dealer based in Los Angeles, California, that caters to high-volume traders and institutional investors. Established in 2014, the company utilizes a global integrated order book to facilitate trade execution, ensuring clients receive the best available pricing through smart routing. By sourcing liquidity from a network of exchanges, over-the-counter desks, and market makers, SFOX enables clients to trade large volumes effectively without adversely affecting market prices. Additionally, the platform provides professional-grade tools, including reporting and analytics, to support complex multi-user accounts, further enhancing the trading experience for its users.
WaveBL is a digital platform that employs proprietary blockchain technology to facilitate the electronic transfer of trade documents, specifically electronic Bills of Lading. The platform allows for instant, encrypted, and authenticated transmission of these documents, ensuring compliance with established global processes and regulations. Designed to serve various stakeholders in the trade ecosystem—such as shipping companies, agents, brokers, and banks—WaveBL enhances communication by providing a decentralized and secure network for remote interactions. The company has established strong partnerships with leading players in global trade, aiming to accelerate the digital transformation and adoption of electronic documentation within the industry.
Ripple Labs
Series B in 2016
Ripple Labs operates a global payments network using blockchain technology. It offers RippleNet, connecting banks, payment providers, digital asset exchanges, and corporates for cross-border payments. Key solutions include XRP (a digital asset for payments), xCurrent (for banks), xRapid (for payment providers), and xVia (for corporates). The company is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices globally.
Civic Technologies
Convertible Note in 2016
Founded in 2015, Civic Technologies offers secure identity verification and payment solutions via mobile applications for iOS and Android users. Its blockchain-based ecosystem empowers individuals to control their identities securely across multiple platforms.
Tierion
Seed Round in 2016
Tierion, Inc. is a company that transforms the blockchain into a global platform for verifying data, files, and business processes. Founded in 2015 and based in Hartford, Connecticut, Tierion offers an API and various tools that enable users to collect data and secure it on the blockchain, ensuring an immutable history of transactions. The platform supports the issuance of blockchain-verifiable credentials, ranging from educational achievements to professional awards, thereby enhancing data integrity across multiple sectors, including accounting and healthcare. With its innovative approach, Tierion envisions a future where blockchain technology is utilized for a wide array of verification needs, facilitating trust and transparency in digital interactions.
Parity Technologies
Seed Round in 2016
Founded in London in 2015, Parity Technologies specializes in blockchain infrastructure. It develops open-source software for enterprises to securely interact with the Ethereum blockchain.
Blockstream
Series A in 2016
Blockstream specializes in blockchain technology, offering solutions such as Blockstream Satellite for global Bitcoin access, Liquid Network for faster transactions, Green Wallet for secure non-custodial storage, and APIs for developers. They also focus on cryptographic proofs to enhance privacy and security.
Civic Technologies
Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2015, Civic Technologies offers secure identity verification and payment solutions via mobile applications for iOS and Android users. Its blockchain-based ecosystem empowers individuals to control their identities securely across multiple platforms.
Gem is a developer of next-generation cryptocurrency applications and a blockchain platform that empowers individuals to take control of their wealth through innovative digital solutions. Founded in 2013, Gem offers a secure universal wallet that acts as a single entry point for users to track their cryptocurrency investments and net worth. The platform facilitates the curated discovery of new tokens and decentralized applications, enhancing the participation experience in the evolving digital marketplace. With a team of experienced software architects and blockchain engineers, Gem is dedicated to providing easier and more secure ways for consumers to engage with the growing decentralization movement.
Stampery
Seed Round in 2015
Stampery is a blockchain-based verification and certification platform that generates legal proofs for customers' sensitive documents by anchoring data to public blockchains. It enables the verification of existence, integrity, ownership, and receipt of files and communications, and supports the certification of digital transactions to create auditable trails. The service helps protect intellectual property and prove proprietorship of digital assets by providing immutable, independently verifiable records anchored to Bitcoin and Ethereum. Pricing is monthly and based on the number of file transactions and storage usage.
Ripple Labs
Series A in 2015
Ripple Labs operates a global payments network using blockchain technology. It offers RippleNet, connecting banks, payment providers, digital asset exchanges, and corporates for cross-border payments. Key solutions include XRP (a digital asset for payments), xCurrent (for banks), xRapid (for payment providers), and xVia (for corporates). The company is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices globally.
Paxos, established in 2012 and based in New York, is a regulated financial institution that specializes in blockchain-based solutions for global financial institutions. It operates a blockchain infrastructure platform designed to facilitate the movement, trading, and management of assets between physical and digital forms. Paxos offers services such as custodial services, digital transformation, and fund mobility, enabling enterprises to tokenize, trade, and settle assets efficiently while reducing counterparty risk. The company's strategic approach involves obtaining regulatory designations to access existing financial infrastructure, allowing it to bridge traditional finance with the digital future.
AZA Finance
Seed Round in 2015
AZA Finance is a global fintech specializing in cross-border payments and foreign exchange. Established in Nairobi, the company facilitates currency exchanges, international payments, and settlements for businesses worldwide, supporting major African and G20 currencies, including digital currencies. AZA Finance pioneered direct trading between digital currencies and African currencies using mobile money, serving both frontier market businesses and multinational corporations.
PeerNova develops a blockchain-based distributed ledger technology solution that ensures data immutability and integrity for use in securities exchanges and financial services. Its platform enables financial institutions to manage data, address reconciliation challenges, and enhance compliance. Founded in 2013, PeerNova is headquartered in San Jose, California with offices in New York, London, Beijing, São Paulo, and Belarus.
AlphaPoint
Seed Round in 2014
AlphaPoint is a white-label software company that powers crypto and digital asset exchanges worldwide. Its secure, scalable platform provides exchange technology, liquidity tools, custody, and yield solutions to help operators, brokerages, OTC desks, liquidity providers, market makers, and security token exchanges launch markets and digitize assets. The company supports digital currencies and asset digitization through a suite of products for exchange operations, automatic market-making, and high-volume trading. Since its founding in 2013, AlphaPoint has enabled more than 150 customers in about 35 countries to launch and operate crypto markets and digitize a wide range of assets. Headquartered in New York City, it maintains additional offices in Philadelphia and San Francisco.
Wyre, established in 2013 and based in San Francisco, specializes in blockchain-based international payment solutions. Its platform facilitates real-time, same-day, and direct-to-bank transfers across borders, offering competitive foreign exchange rates and eliminating high fees, complex timings, and currency exchange worries. Wyre also provides onramps and off-ramps, foreign exchange, and crypto liquidity services to various crypto projects and decentralized exchanges.
String Labs
Seed Round in 2014
String Labs Inc. is a Palo Alto-based company that focuses on the development of decentralized protocols and decentralized applications (DApps). Founded in 2014, it operates as a crypto venture studio and incubator, contributing significantly to innovative blockchain projects, including DFINITY, which serves as an open virtual blockchain computer designed to enhance the Ethereum ecosystem for business applications, and the PHI project, intended for decentralized cloud platforms. String Labs is composed of a team of experts, including cryptographers, distributed computing scientists, and economists, and collaborates with prominent organizations like BCG Dvolution to advance enterprise blockchain initiatives while providing essential infrastructure support.
Interstellar
Series B in 2014
Interstellar is a technology company specializing in international payments. It leverages the Stellar blockchain network to deliver faster, cheaper, and more reliable global financial solutions.
Bitaccess
Seed Round in 2014
Bitaccess is an Ottawa-based technology company founded in 2013 that provides access to public blockchain technology and digital assets. It develops software and hardware solutions for fintech infrastructure, including compliance, security, and customer onboarding, and also manufactures Bitcoin ATMs. The company serves clients in multiple countries and emphasizes secure, accessible, and easy-to-use blockchain-enabled financial transactions, leveraging smart contracts and hardware security modules to publish data on blockchains and enable near-instant onboarding.
LedgerX LLC is a developer of an institutional derivatives exchange platform specifically for digital currencies. Founded in 2014 and based in Vail, Colorado, the company operates as a subsidiary of NYBX LLC. LedgerX has applied for registration with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to function as a swap execution facility and derivatives clearing organization. The platform is designed to facilitate smooth trading in cryptocurrency futures and options, offering features such as physical settlement of contracts, block trading, and algorithmic trading. This enables both individual traders and institutions to transact in cryptocurrencies with increased efficiency and regulatory oversight.
BitGo is a leading institutional digital asset financial services company that provides security, custody, and liquidity solutions. It supports over 200 coins and tokens, with over $2 billion in assets under management. BitGo's platform offers multi-signature security-as-a-service solutions for individuals and enterprises, enabling secure transactions and portfolio management. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
Bitfury Group
Series A in 2014
Bitfury Group is a leading full-service blockchain technology company and one of the largest private infrastructure providers in the blockchain ecosystem. It develops and delivers software and hardware solutions that enable businesses, governments, and other organizations to securely move assets across blockchains. The company offers comprehensive blockchain infrastructure, including custom semiconductor chips and mobile data centers, to provide secure, scalable networks and private blockchain deployments.
GoCoin, established in 2013, is a Singapore-based B2B company specializing in digital currency payment solutions. It provides a payment gateway that enables online and retail merchants to accept mobile, bitcoin, litecoin, and dogecoin transactions. GoCoin assumes the risk associated with these transactions and charges a 1% fee. The platform has been adopted by notable companies such as General Electric, Tesla Motors, and BitFury.
Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange that enables spot and futures trading across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more than 40 digital assets. Founded in 2011, it serves millions of clients and promotes broader cryptocurrency adoption by offering a marketplace where buyers, sellers, and traders exchange digital assets against major currencies. The platform provides services for large trades through a principal over-the-counter desk and offers professional charting tools for technical analysis. It supports automated trading via REST and WebSocket APIs, enabling developers and traders to build, test, and execute strategies. Kraken also offers round-the-clock live chat support to assist users at every stage of their journey. The company aims to provide a secure, accessible, and open financial system to foster financial inclusion.
Expresscoin
Seed Round in 2014
Expresscoin is a user-friendly platform for buying Bitcoin and other altcoins. It offers a central dashboard to track cryptocurrency balances and activity, with the option to use your own wallet or theirs.
LedgerX
Seed Round in 2014
LedgerX LLC is a developer of an institutional derivatives exchange platform specifically for digital currencies. Founded in 2014 and based in Vail, Colorado, the company operates as a subsidiary of NYBX LLC. LedgerX has applied for registration with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to function as a swap execution facility and derivatives clearing organization. The platform is designed to facilitate smooth trading in cryptocurrency futures and options, offering features such as physical settlement of contracts, block trading, and algorithmic trading. This enables both individual traders and institutions to transact in cryptocurrencies with increased efficiency and regulatory oversight.