Cinch Tech
Series A in 2025
Cinch Tech is a subscription service that offers technology products like computers, phones, tablets, and gaming equipment. Users can choose from different payment plans. The service includes damage cover for the devices. It is intended to help users access and maintain technology without paying full price upfront. The service provides an alternative way to obtain and use tech devices.
Slingshot DAO
Venture Round in 2025
SlingShot DAO is a dynamic and community-driven platform to empower creatives around the globe. SlingShot DAO is a community-driven gaming ecosystem platform that allows members to cooperate using the slingshot APP to turn ideas into game experiences. SlingShot DAO values "community first" and encourages an action-oriented approach.
Ligero, Inc. is a technology company based in Pittsford, New York, specializing in the development of a privacy platform for secure and confidential collaboration on and off blockchain. Incorporated in 2018, Ligero's offerings include a lightweight and scalable protocol that facilitates secure multiparty computation and zero-knowledge proofs. This enables clients to execute private smart contracts, engage in decentralized exchanges, and utilize private machine learning, thereby enhancing the security and privacy of transactions and collaborations in various digital environments.
Altius Labs
Pre Seed Round in 2025
Altius Labs is focused on developing a modular execution stack that works without depending on virtual machines (VMs).
Glim
Pre Seed Round in 2025
Glim is a company that focuses on revolutionizing the financial services industry through cryptocurrency, particularly targeting Latin America. Glim's platform operates on a B2B2C model, enabling employers to provide valuable financial benefits to their employees. These benefits include multi-currency salary collection, yield generation, and a debit card with automatic exchange and settlement in both fiat and crypto currencies. Additionally, the platform offers financial education and other services, all accessible through Glim’s mobile app. The company aims to reduce financial stress for employees while helping businesses attract and retain top talent by offering economic benefits.
TaoFi is an AI-driven decentralized social-fi platform.
StarTower
Seed Round in 2025
StarTower is a resource company built specifically for fully decentralized physical infrastructure and shared interaction. Based on the exclusive RIP encryption technology, StarTower realizes the interactive sharing of multiple resources with zero loss on mobile devices, thereby providing efficient resource transmission for terminal facilities. It provides more efficient, secure and reliable solutions in the fields of Internet of Things, smart cities, industrial automation, healthcare, etc.
Stakpak
Pre Seed Round in 2025
Stakpak is a technology company that develops an AI-powered platform for software developers. This platform serves as an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), assisting developers in building and maintaining production-ready infrastructure. It offers a free command line interface (CLI) that generates and manages configurations, analyzes applications to identify dependencies, enforces global policies, tracks ownership, and facilitates debugging. The platform also includes self-driving development and operation agents, enabling clients to make complex infrastructure changes with ease.
SkorLife
Seed Round in 2025
SkorLife Platforms is a financial wellness company that offers a platform designed to assist users in enhancing their financial lifestyles. The platform provides free access to credit scores and credit history, along with personalized advice and tools. Users can monitor their credit status, manage installment payments, and explore various financial products, including loans and credit cards. By delivering these resources, SkorLife aims to empower individuals to improve their credit scores and make informed financial decisions.
FLock.io
Venture Round in 2024
FLock.io is a developer of a decentralized platform that focuses on machine learning and data privacy. The company aims to resolve the conflict between the increasing demand for data and the associated risks of data breaches. Its innovative platform utilizes a federated learning approach, leveraging blockchain technology to facilitate coordination among data holders. This system allows machine learning to occur while keeping data local and private, effectively eliminating the need for a central entity to collect and manage data. By empowering users to retain control over their information, FLock.io enables individuals to extract insights from their data and monetize it according to their preferences, all while ensuring privacy and security.
Masa
Venture Round in 2024
Masa is a decentralized AI platform and data marketplace designed to transform the credit infrastructure landscape. By enabling users to be compensated for their data contributions, Masa aims to disrupt traditional centralized credit systems. Its innovative protocol includes a non-fungible credit report, composable credit primitives, smart contracts, and liquidity pools, all of which facilitate a scalable, interoperable, and standardized on-chain identity infrastructure tailored for the web3 ecosystem. This infrastructure supports developers in building web3 communities by allowing them to acquire, verify, and engage users, while also providing tools to launch advanced credit products that align with existing centralized credit paradigms.
Hub2.Io is a system for digitizing ongoing transactions. Services like cash out, to pay, manage, and others are offered by them. Connecting businesses to their infrastructure will enable them to accept and process payments quickly and safely.
Rise is an innovative payroll and compliance provider. It is a Web3-enabled platform that helps businesses onboard, manage, and pay local and international contractors while ensuring full compliance and alleviating burdensome tax processes. Rise provides an all-in-one compliance and payment platform for companies with global workforces, streamlining onboarding, payments, and compliance tasks. It allows businesses to hire, onboard, and pay international contractors compliantly.
Barter enables decentralized applications by ensuring efficient transaction routing and optimization.
Spire a zk appchain system with atomic adaptability.
Regfyl
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Regfyl is a technology company that specializes in compliance management. It offers a comprehensive platform designed to simplify and streamline regulatory processes for businesses. The platform covers the entire compliance journey, from initial customer onboarding to ongoing monitoring and regulatory reporting. It features tools for identity verification, risk assessment, and automated case management, aiming to enhance compliance efficiency, reduce costs, and simplify audits while maintaining robust security.
Aviva is an innovative digital bank focused on providing financial services to underbanked communities in Latin America, particularly targeting Mexico's population of over 40 million individuals. By leveraging artificial intelligence and video technology, Aviva aims to bridge the gap for those living in remote areas through physical onboarding kiosks. These nano-branches facilitate a seamless onboarding process, allowing customers to complete a documentless, three-minute video application for credit. Aviva’s unique approach includes using natural language processing to analyze spoken responses and assess emotional cues, which enhances its ability to evaluate thin-file customers. By employing these advanced risk models, Aviva is committed to offering unsecured credit products at competitive interest rates, thereby supporting the financial inclusion of underserved individuals and nano-businesses.
Caliza is focused on creating a global financial infrastructure that facilitates seamless commerce by removing borders. The company enables businesses to provide instant cross-border settlement and regulated digital dollar accounts to their customers. By leveraging stablecoins, Caliza's platform allows for efficient and cost-effective transactions, supporting various use cases such as international supplier payments and corporate fund transfers. This infrastructure empowers merchant settlement providers to move funds across borders with ease, thereby enhancing access to the US economy for its clients.
Moffin is a fintech company that offers an integration platform for Know Your Customer (KYC) data providers, allowing businesses to efficiently collect and assess customer financial information. Its platform enables users to access and aggregate credit data through APIs, streamlining the processes of authorization, consultation, and evaluation. By providing a no-code option alongside API integration, Moffin caters to a diverse range of customer needs, ultimately helping companies save time and enhance operational efficiency in managing KYC compliance.
dvts.network
Series A in 2024
dvts.network is an ethereum liquidity staking protocol that reduces the initial capital requirements for ethereum validators.
Tensorplex Labs
Seed Round in 2024
Tensorplex Labs is a technology company specializing in Web3 and artificial intelligence. It develops infrastructure for decentralized AI networks, focusing on finance and intelligence. The company's platform integrates decentralized finance (DeFi) principles and proof-of-stake mechanisms, fostering open-source AI innovation. It provides tools to make decentralized, AI-powered applications more accessible, transparent, and financially rewarding.
Zone is a regulated blockchain network that facilitates the acceptance and payment of digital currencies. As a blockchain services company, it provides a secure and efficient infrastructure for transactions, promoting the use of digital assets in various applications. By leveraging blockchain technology, Zone aims to enhance financial transactions through increased transparency and reduced costs, catering to businesses and consumers looking to integrate digital currencies into their operations.
Beoble is a communication infrastructure company focused on enhancing the Web3 experience through its wallet-to-wallet messaging platform. The company offers a web-based chat application that supports most major cryptocurrency wallets and ensures that all messages are sent with end-to-end encryption, prioritizing user privacy and security. Additionally, Beoble provides a toolkit designed for decentralized applications (Dapps) to easily integrate this communication solution, fostering a seamless and secure interaction within the decentralized ecosystem. By enabling users to connect directly through their crypto wallets, Beoble aims to create a user-friendly environment for private communication in the evolving world of decentralized finance.
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.
Masa is a decentralized AI platform and data marketplace designed to transform the credit infrastructure landscape. By enabling users to be compensated for their data contributions, Masa aims to disrupt traditional centralized credit systems. Its innovative protocol includes a non-fungible credit report, composable credit primitives, smart contracts, and liquidity pools, all of which facilitate a scalable, interoperable, and standardized on-chain identity infrastructure tailored for the web3 ecosystem. This infrastructure supports developers in building web3 communities by allowing them to acquire, verify, and engage users, while also providing tools to launch advanced credit products that align with existing centralized credit paradigms.
Andalusia Labs
Series A in 2023
Andalusia Labs is focused on creating foundational digital infrastructure tailored for internet markets, particularly in the realm of digital assets. The company develops a comprehensive risk management infrastructure that includes a security platform and a risk management marketplace. This infrastructure is designed to assist the blockchain market in effectively managing substantial amounts of digital assets, thereby supporting innovative companies worldwide. Through its offerings, Andalusia Labs aims to enhance the security and stability of digital asset transactions and management.
TAPPI
Pre Seed Round in 2023
TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
Tappi
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Tappi is a SaaS company focused on empowering small businesses in Africa to acquire customers online. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including messaging, payments, and AI-driven customer profiling, to help these businesses enhance their online presence, engage with customers, and build reputation.
Beoble
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Beoble is a communication infrastructure company focused on enhancing the Web3 experience through its wallet-to-wallet messaging platform. The company offers a web-based chat application that supports most major cryptocurrency wallets and ensures that all messages are sent with end-to-end encryption, prioritizing user privacy and security. Additionally, Beoble provides a toolkit designed for decentralized applications (Dapps) to easily integrate this communication solution, fostering a seamless and secure interaction within the decentralized ecosystem. By enabling users to connect directly through their crypto wallets, Beoble aims to create a user-friendly environment for private communication in the evolving world of decentralized finance.
Neutral Exchange
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Neutral is an exchange for environmental assets. We combine tokenized carbon credits, renewable energy credits, and carbon forwards with specialized market infrastructure to deliver efficiency, transparency, and trust in environmental asset markets.
AlloyX
Pre Seed Round in 2023
AlloyX is a company that simplifies the creation of diversified real-world asset (RWA) investment strategies for protocols, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and institutional investors. It offers a flexible and efficient platform for managing RWA assets, allowing lenders to tailor their investments according to yield, risk, and liquidity preferences. Additionally, AlloyX develops a decentralized crypto loan protocol that facilitates liquid staking for crypto loans, integrating with prominent credit protocols to enhance the management of diversified portfolios. By focusing on accessibility and adaptability, AlloyX aims to meet the evolving needs of its clients in the investment landscape.
Arkham Intelligence
Series A in 2023
Arkham Intelligence is a blockchain intelligence company that specializes in providing detailed insights into cryptocurrency networks and the entities involved in market activities. Its platform caters to a diverse clientele, including traders aiming to forecast market trends, journalists requiring accurate information for reporting, and government agencies investigating criminal activities. By delivering sophisticated data and analysis, Arkham Intelligence enables its clients to navigate the complexities of the cryptocurrency market effectively.
Fleek is an open web platform that installs anything on a computer or deals with the command line. The platform is helping to build the tools necessary to make the Open Web available to anyone, and easy to build on. It makes it easy to build websites and apps on the new open web: permissionless, trustless, censorship-resistant, and free of centralized gatekeepers. Using Open Web protocols that make a decentralized, trustless, and permissionless infrastructure native to the web. This stack is ever-shifting and open-source.
Daylight Energy
Seed Round in 2022
Daylight Energy is a renewable energy platform focused on creating a decentralized and sustainable energy grid. The company aims to transform the electricity utility landscape by encouraging consumers to adopt modern home energy solutions. Through its innovative platform, Daylight Energy provides cashback incentives for using energy stored in battery systems and generated from rooftop solar installations. This approach not only promotes individual and small business participation in energy storage but also contributes to the development of a distributed community energy network. By facilitating residential storage installations, Daylight Energy seeks to enhance energy independence and stability for its users.
React Network
Seed Round in 2022
React Network aims to modernize the national power grid by creating a community owned network connecting energy storage assets.
Fordefi
Seed Round in 2022
Fordefi is a pioneering company that specializes in a multi-party computation (MPC) wallet platform tailored for decentralized finance (DeFi). Its innovative Web3 gateway allows institutions to securely connect to decentralized applications (dApps) across various blockchain networks. Fordefi's platform is designed to enhance the security of digital assets while providing essential features such as MPC key management, self-service DeFi policy controls, and insightful tools for smart contract transactions. Additionally, it offers transaction simulation and risk alerts, enabling market participants to navigate the DeFi landscape with greater confidence and security. As the first institutional MPC wallet and security platform in the DeFi sector, Fordefi is committed to making the interaction with digital assets both efficient and secure for its users.
Volare Finance
Seed Round in 2022
Volare Finance specializes in decentralized finance, offering innovative trading tools specifically designed for exotic options. The company's platform enables users to engage in transparent and trustless option trading without the need for intermediaries. By providing a decentralized mechanism, Volare Finance allows investors to create standard or customized option strategy portfolios, facilitating hedging, speculation, and yield enhancement. This approach effectively addresses credit risk issues commonly associated with options trading, making it a valuable resource for investors seeking to navigate the complexities of the options market.
NFTBank is a developer of a portfolio and analytics platform that focuses on the management of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company provides tools that allow users to centralize their scattered NFT holdings, facilitating the buying, selling, and management of these digital assets in one place. By addressing the illiquid nature of NFTs, NFTBank aids users in better managing their liquidity risk. The platform is designed to enhance asset management, offering in-depth analytics and a streamlined experience for NFT holders.
Permian Labs
Venture Round in 2022
Permian Labs, established in 2021, specializes in consumer financing for advanced computing power. Its platform facilitates the acquisition of high-performance GPUs, enabling customers to access cutting-edge technology for innovation. Since inception, the company has facilitated $400 million in loan volume and operates $60 million in compute-oriented hardware globally through its Tactical Compute arm.
Arch is a decentralized finance (DeFi) asset manager that facilitates exposure to cryptocurrencies and digital assets for passive investors.
Kwil is a company that specializes in developing a decentralized, community-owned SQL database solution. This system is designed to facilitate the creation of advanced decentralized applications (dApps) and protocols by combining the robust capabilities of traditional databases with the permissionless nature of blockchains. Kwil's infrastructure supports data storage and retrieval for next-generation Web3-enabled applications, making it easier for developers to build scalable and efficient dApps that can seamlessly integrate with data from other applications.
Higlobe is an international payment platform established in 2020 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The company specializes in providing money transfer services primarily for overseas freelancers, contractors, and independent workers who work with U.S. business clients. Higlobe distinguishes itself by offering zero transaction fees for its services, with the mission of completely eliminating transaction costs for its users. The platform features an account secured by blockchain technology and includes services to combat money laundering and fraud. This allows non-U.S. freelancers and companies to quickly and efficiently withdraw payments from their U.S.-based clients without encountering hidden charges or fees. Higlobe aims to streamline international payments and enhance the financial experience for independent workers globally.
Halborn is a cybersecurity company focused on safeguarding blockchain organizations from cyber threats. It offers a comprehensive platform that includes a range of products and services aimed at identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities in Web3 applications. These services encompass advanced penetration testing, security advisory, DevSecOps, automation, and smart contract audits. By serving as a third-party partner, Halborn continuously assesses critical assets and facilitates maximum automation, providing expert consulting and execution throughout the security process. The company is dedicated to helping clients protect their data and financial resources against potential cyber attacks.
Safe
Venture Round in 2022
Safe is a leading provider of digital asset storage solutions, specializing in Ethereum-based multi-signature smart contract wallets. As a spin-out from Gnosis, a decentralized infrastructure provider, Safe offers a secure and programmable account abstraction platform, serving as the account abstraction leader on Ethereum and the EVM. Its flagship product, Gnosis Safe, enables secure and transparent management of digital assets, fostering collaboration and tracking within the decentralized ecosystem.
Safe
Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Safe is a leading provider of digital asset storage solutions, specializing in Ethereum-based multi-signature smart contract wallets. As a spin-out from Gnosis, a decentralized infrastructure provider, Safe offers a secure and programmable account abstraction platform, serving as the account abstraction leader on Ethereum and the EVM. Its flagship product, Gnosis Safe, enables secure and transparent management of digital assets, fostering collaboration and tracking within the decentralized ecosystem.
Safe is a leading provider of digital asset storage solutions, specializing in Ethereum-based multi-signature smart contract wallets. As a spin-out from Gnosis, a decentralized infrastructure provider, Safe offers a secure and programmable account abstraction platform, serving as the account abstraction leader on Ethereum and the EVM. Its flagship product, Gnosis Safe, enables secure and transparent management of digital assets, fostering collaboration and tracking within the decentralized ecosystem.
Bitmark Inc. is a technology company that focuses on creating a digital property system aimed at securing ownership claims for personal data. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with additional offices in Cupertino, California; Reykjavík, Iceland; and Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, Bitmark leverages specialized blockchain technology to transform personal data into property that can be sold, licensed, and transferred directly between individuals. This innovative approach facilitates the establishment of digital property rights and ensures the secure provenance of data without relying on trusted third parties. Bitmark's solutions are utilized across various sectors, including healthcare, music, and art, by notable organizations such as UC Berkeley, Pfizer, and KKBOX, thereby restoring trust in data and enhancing users' safety and independence online.
Rigor is a company that specializes in decentralizing lending and coordinating payment flows within the construction industry. Its platform offers lenders access to home construction deal flow, providing transparency into project status and financial transactions at a task level. By reducing risk and enhancing opportunities, Rigor facilitates collaboration between lenders and home builders, allowing them to secure project capital more efficiently. The company's innovative approach integrates decentralized lending and payments technology with construction logistics, streamlining the overall process of home building.
ScienceMagic.Studios
Pre Seed Round in 2022
ScienceMagic.Studios is a digital asset venture studio provider.
Voyager Digital operates as a crypto-asset broker, catering to both retail and institutional investors. Founded in 2017 and based in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company provides a comprehensive solution for trading crypto assets. Voyager's platform includes execution, data, wallet, and custody services, all delivered through an institutional-grade open architecture. This enables users to navigate the complexities of cryptocurrency trading with greater ease and security.
Elwood Technologies
Series A in 2022
Elwood Technologies is a prominent fintech firm that specializes in developing digital asset trading infrastructure tailored for institutional clients. The company offers a comprehensive platform that facilitates connectivity to global cryptocurrency exchanges, custodians, and liquidity providers. Its solutions encompass advanced execution management, portfolio analytics, and risk management tools, enabling financial institutions to efficiently navigate the complexities of digital asset markets. Founded by experts with extensive experience in both traditional finance and digital technology, Elwood Technologies is committed to enhancing the efficiency and security of financial operations in the rapidly evolving landscape of digital assets.
Stakes is a New York-based social wagering platform that enhances the experience of sports betting by incorporating elements of social interaction. The company has developed a game prediction and chat application that allows users to make predictions on real-time sports events. Its platform features options for users to join or create public chat groups, facilitating discussions around sports predictions. Additionally, Stakes rewards users for accurately predicting the outcomes of sports matches, thereby engaging them in a community-oriented betting experience.
NFTBank is a developer of a portfolio and analytics platform that focuses on the management of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company provides tools that allow users to centralize their scattered NFT holdings, facilitating the buying, selling, and management of these digital assets in one place. By addressing the illiquid nature of NFTs, NFTBank aids users in better managing their liquidity risk. The platform is designed to enhance asset management, offering in-depth analytics and a streamlined experience for NFT holders.
Tribal Capital Markets
Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Tribal Capital Markets, LLC is a full-service broker-dealer firm based in New York City and affiliated with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. As a Certified Minority Business Enterprise, TCM offers a wide range of financial services, including mortgage-backed securities trading, municipal debt, and investment banking. The firm specializes in debt capital markets, equity and fixed-income trading, and provides clearing services. TCM serves a diverse clientele that includes banks, corporations, asset managers, pension plans, municipalities, and hedge funds, addressing their liquidity and execution needs in today's market environment. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tribal Capital Partners, LLC and is staffed by experienced professionals dedicated to delivering tailored investment solutions.
MSquared
Venture Round in 2022
MSquared (M²) develops a network that allows metaverses to be used together. It uses blockchain and cryptocurrency to connect digital assets to various organizations. MSquared is based in London, United Kingdom.
Coin Metrics
Series C in 2022
Coin Metrics Inc. is a provider of blockchain and cryptocurrency data analytics, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 2017, the company specializes in delivering market and network data, analytics, and research to various industries and institutions involved in crypto-assets. Its offerings include the CM Network Data Pro, which provides comprehensive historical data on top cryptocurrency assets, and the CM Market Data Feed, which standardizes trade, candle, and order book data from multiple exchanges. Additionally, Coin Metrics offers CM Reference Rates, which present fixed asset pricing in U.S. dollars. By focusing on transparency and actionable data, Coin Metrics aims to empower individuals and organizations to make informed financial decisions related to cryptocurrencies.
OXIO is a pioneering telecom-as-a-service (TAAS) platform that specializes in unbundling mobile telecom infrastructure for brands and enterprises. By leveraging a 100 percent cloud-based solution, OXIO integrates the wireless infrastructure of multiple providers, allowing for the creation of customized, asset-light networks that can be deployed rapidly. This innovative B2B SaaS platform empowers brands with comprehensive control over their wireless experiences, providing actionable intelligence that enhances customer engagement and drives tangible results. OXIO's approach enables brands to access mobile data previously confined within telecom silos, fostering closer connections with their customers. The company is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in Mexico City and Montreal, Canada.
Provenance
Venture Round in 2022
Provenance is a technology company that specializes in promoting sustainability and transparency in the consumer goods industry. It operates a platform that validates and communicates the sustainability credentials of consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands, enabling consumers to make informed, eco-friendly purchasing decisions. The platform tracks products from their origin to the point of sale, providing real-time, verifiable data that enhances brand trust and sales. Over 200 leading CPG businesses, including Cult Beauty, The Ordinary, and Shiseido, use Provenance to showcase their sustainability efforts. As a mission-driven, independent B Corp, Provenance aims to empower consumers to make choices that positively impact both people and the planet.
Your Juno
Seed Round in 2022
Your Juno is a financial education platform dedicated to empowering women and non-binary individuals with essential financial knowledge. The company focuses on providing accessible and comprehensive financial education through workshops and resources, addressing topics that are often overlooked in traditional educational settings. By embracing an open and global financial system, Your Juno aims to help users improve their financial health regardless of their location or income level.
SSV Network
Venture Round in 2022
SSV Network is focused on developing a distributed validator technology specifically for Ethereum staking. In addition to this, the company offers a crypto-based financial trading platform that caters to investors and traders in the cryptocurrency market. This platform provides features such as portfolio management and trade automation, enabling users to effectively manage their cryptocurrency investments and make informed trading decisions. By combining innovative staking technology with robust trading tools, SSV Network aims to enhance the trading experience for its users.
Trust Machines
Seed Round in 2022
Trust Machines is a developer of blockchain technology focused on transforming Bitcoin into a comprehensive web3 platform. The company aims to expand Bitcoin beyond its traditional role as a store of value by creating an ecosystem of applications and platform technologies. This initiative seeks to position Bitcoin as the final settlement layer for various computing platforms and applications, thereby facilitating a broader range of use cases. By fostering a diverse ecosystem of Bitcoin applications, Trust Machines endeavors to enhance the Bitcoin economy and unlock its full potential.
NALA Incorporation Company Limited is a FinTech firm based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, founded in 2017. The company develops a mobile payments application that facilitates various financial transactions, including bill payments, peer-to-peer transfers, and airtime top-ups, all without requiring an internet connection. NALA's platform is designed to enhance financial inclusion by providing services that cater to users in regions with limited internet access. The application incorporates bank-grade security encryption and multi-factor authentication to ensure the safety of transactions. Additionally, NALA offers budgeting tools and transaction history tracking, enabling users to manage their finances effectively. Through its services, NALA aims to simplify mobile money transfers for Africans worldwide and support international payments.
Hubble Protocol
Venture Round in 2022
Hubble Protocol is a decentralized financial platform that facilitates long-term borrowing, lending, and the creation of structured financial products. It aims to democratize access to decentralized finance by offering a range of sustainable financial services. The protocol's software supports multi-asset collateral and enables zero-interest borrowing, allowing users to leverage yield-bearing assets for loans. Additionally, Hubble enhances yield generation on deposits of various tokens, providing clients with optimized financial opportunities while minimizing costs associated with loans.
Spritz Finance
Seed Round in 2022
Spritz Finance operates a financial utility platform focused on decentralized finance. The company enables users to pay their bills using cryptocurrency, allowing them to select the source of their funds, whether from investment holdings or stablecoin yield farms. With the capability to link existing cryptocurrency wallets, users maintain control and custody of their assets while managing expenses through their crypto portfolios. Spritz Finance offers extensive integration with various billing accounts, utilizing secure connections to assist users in making payments according to their preferences. The platform supports over 1,000 integrations in the United States, providing a versatile solution for cryptocurrency users to seamlessly manage their financial obligations.
Livepeer, Inc. is a technology company that operates a decentralized live video broadcasting platform designed to support user-generated content. Founded in 2017 by Eric Tang and Douglas Petkanics, the company is headquartered in New York City. Livepeer combines blockchain technology with economic incentives and an open media server, enabling broadcasters, developers, and users to easily distribute content over the Internet. The platform utilizes peer-to-peer networks to enhance video live streaming capabilities, providing tools, APIs, and resources for integrating live video into various applications. By fostering an open-source environment, Livepeer encourages contributions from individuals with diverse skills, ultimately aiming to improve and secure its network.
SPACE Metaverse
Seed Round in 2021
SPACE Metaverse is a virtual commerce platform that enables users to create and inhabit a highly realistic 3D environment. It serves as a user-owned immersive social platform where individuals can design their own virtual spaces, including shops, galleries, and music venues. The platform provides various tools that facilitate the display and sale of virtual goods, allowing creators to represent themselves through avatars and engage with clients in real-time using spatial audio. Users can build businesses, find work, and collaborate within this vibrant ecosystem, empowering them to monetize their art, music, and other creations.
JellyFi
Seed Round in 2021
Most DeFi applications require institutional borrowers to over-collateralize their loans using crypto as collateral, limiting the wide range of use cases possible with crypto lending. Collateralized loans not only restrict borrowers from using capital how and when they want, but also limit the potential for enhanced return for lenders. JellyFi is a capital-efficient DeFi lending protocol that enables crypto loans without collateral, where institutional borrowers can obtain competitive loan terms, and lenders get access to higher returns while having more granular control over their investment portfolios. Zero-collateral loans are similar to a revolving line of credit where the borrower only has to pay a liquidity fee on unused capital in their own liquidity pool.
Atlendis
Seed Round in 2021
Operator of an online lending platform intended to offer a capital-efficient lending protocol. The company creates a more capital-efficient environment for uncollateralized crypto loans through its Defi lending protocol using blockchain technology, enabling clients to access flexibility for recurrent and short-term liquidity needs.
BBS Network
Seed Round in 2021
BBS Network is a SocialFi project that allows sharing content to reward creators, curators, and other stakeholders with their own native testimony. The revenue generated by the platform is shared among all participants in the BBS ecosystem in a fully automated, transparent, and market-driven way.
Matrix One
Seed Round in 2021
Matrix One is a machine intelligence company that focuses on bridging the gap between physical and digital realms. It is renowned for its innovative Internet of Things devices tailored for both consumer and business applications. The company launched the MATRIX Creator, a development board packed with sensors, in 2016, facilitating rapid and cost-effective hardware application development. Following this, in 2017, it introduced MATRIX Voice, designed to support an open-source voice platform for makers and industrial IoT applications. Matrix One envisions democratizing the creation and use of AI-powered characters, aiming to make digital interactions immersive and interactive. Additionally, it develops a three-dimensional non-fungible token marketplace that optimizes original 3D files for various metaverse environments, enabling creators to produce art that can easily transition across virtual spaces while allowing collectors to acquire NFTs for diverse uses.
C3 is a self-custodial exchange that combines the advantages of self-custody and decentralization with the performance and accessibility expected from traditional trading platforms. It is designed to facilitate trading in both spot and derivatives markets. The platform features a sophisticated clearing engine that supports cross-margin and cross-collateralization, allowing traders to manage their capital more efficiently by calculating margin requirements globally based on their open positions. With its focus on enhancing user experience, C3 aims to provide a secure and efficient environment for trading digital assets.
Blockchain Association
Venture Round in 2021
Blockchain Association is dedicated to improving the public policy environment for crypto networks.
NYM Technologies SA
Series A in 2021
NYM Technologies SA is a Swiss company based in Neuchâtel that specializes in designing and developing private Internet infrastructure. The company focuses on creating solutions that utilize anonymous authentication credentials, which facilitate privacy-enhanced data transfer and support decentralized identity management. By addressing the vulnerabilities of existing Internet protocols that expose sensitive data at both the network and application levels, NYM Technologies aims to prevent data leakage and enhance user privacy, offering individuals a more secure online experience.
Polarise Protocol
Seed Round in 2021
Polarise Protocol combines the new NFT standard of ERC-1000 with the protocol's proprietary financial tools, establishing a new liquidity facilitation mechanism in the Web3 - NFT domain.
WeMeta is a digital real estate platform focused on the buying, selling, and trading of non-fungible token (NFT) land. The platform provides features such as community leaderboards and activity feeds, facilitating user engagement and interaction. It also offers a digital trading interface that enables users to analyze and access insights on blockchain real estate. By allowing users to establish ownership of digital assets, WeMeta aims to simplify participation in the evolving landscape of digital real estate transactions.
WorldCoin
Venture Round in 2021
WorldCoin is a company that focuses on creating a privacy-centric digital currency platform designed to enhance global connectivity and trust among users. It offers a secure digital identity solution through its iris-scanning device, which generates a unique World ID, allowing individuals to manage their biometric information and digital assets securely. The platform operates on a permissionless blockchain, ensuring transparency and privacy in transactions. Additionally, the World App facilitates easy access to various Mini Apps while enabling users to store their World ID and digital assets effectively. By prioritizing user privacy, WorldCoin aims to discourage fraudulent activities and promote a trustworthy environment for digital interactions.
Arcana Network
Venture Round in 2021
Arcana Network operates as a decentralized storage platform tailored for Ethereum and EVM-compatible chains, focusing on enhancing the security and privacy of user data. Its offerings include a comprehensive Privacy Stack that encompasses key management, authentication, identity and access control, and end-to-end encryption. By integrating these features, Arcana empowers developers to create applications that prioritize data protection and user privacy, allowing for the rapid development of secure applications. This approach simplifies the process for developers, enabling them to build privacy-preserving solutions efficiently and effectively.
Elliptic Enterprises Limited is a London-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in blockchain analytics and compliance solutions for cryptocurrencies. Its platform aims to enhance transparency and accountability in cryptocurrency transactions by identifying and addressing illicit activities that could compromise the integrity of digital currencies. Elliptic offers services such as Elliptic Vault for secure storage of bitcoins and provides valuable insights to cryptocurrency companies, financial institutions, and government agencies to help them manage financial crime risks and comply with regulatory requirements. Through its efforts, Elliptic fosters a safer environment for cryptocurrency use and promotes the principles upon which digital currencies were established. The company's focus is on combating suspicious and criminal activities, thereby contributing to a more secure and trustworthy cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Tinyman
Seed Round in 2021
Tinyman is a decentralized trading protocol built on the Algorand blockchain, providing a secure and efficient marketplace for traders, liquidity providers, and developers. The company focuses on creating an open platform that facilitates asset trading and swapping, including tokens and currencies, at market rates. By leveraging blockchain technology, Tinyman acts as a market maker, ensuring that users can engage in secure trading activities while benefiting from the speed and reliability of its underlying framework. This innovative approach positions Tinyman as a significant player in the decentralized finance space.
BitOasis is a cryptocurrency trading platform established in 2015 by co-founders Ola Doudin and Daniel Robenek. The company provides a digital asset wallet and exchange that facilitates the buying, selling, and trading of cryptocurrencies. It focuses on cash-based emerging markets, offering a multi-signature wallet and exchange service that enhances asset protection and security for users. BitOasis aims to create a secure and regulated infrastructure for cryptocurrency trading, catering to both retail and institutional clients in the region. By ensuring a safe environment for transactions, BitOasis seeks to simplify access to crypto assets for investors.
Ripio, formerly known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company based in Latin America that focuses on providing electronic payment solutions for businesses. Leveraging blockchain technology, Ripio aims to create a more accessible financial system in emerging markets. The company facilitates international transactions for merchants using credit cards or bitcoins at lower costs and allows consumers to purchase bitcoins instantly with cash. Operating in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador, Ripio's platform accepts various payment methods, including bitcoin and credit cards, and offers services such as local currency payouts for merchants, a digital wallet, and financing options for installment payments. Through these services, Ripio seeks to strengthen the digital economy by offering alternatives to traditional banking.
Taker Protocol
Seed Round in 2021
Taker Protocol is a cryptocurrency liquidity protocol focused on non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company has developed a unique approach to optimize the liquidation of NFT assets through a quote-by-lock-in pricing mechanism. This allows asset holders to borrow stablecoins, enhancing their liquidity options. Additionally, Taker Protocol is dedicated to building cross-chain bridges, facilitating connections between various public blockchain networks. This capability improves the efficiency of asset transfers and expands the potential application scenarios for NFTs, making it a significant player in the evolving cryptocurrency landscape.
SubQuery is a data-as-a-service provider focused on making decentralized data more accessible, particularly from Polkadot projects. The company aggregates and organizes data, delivering well-structured information that enables developers to streamline their projects without the need to create custom backends for data processing. By operating between layer-1 blockchains and decentralized applications, SubQuery allows teams working with Substrate and Polkadot to efficiently process and query their data. The platform is designed to support the growth of data protocols that serve the application layer, facilitating the development of improved decentralized applications. SubQuery’s services enable users to query and extract data from the Polkadot network quickly and at no cost, promoting ease of access and utilization for developers in the blockchain ecosystem.
Ondo Finance
Seed Round in 2021
Ondo Finance is a developer of a cryptocurrency trading platform aimed at making decentralized finance accessible to a broader audience. The platform provides users with the flexibility to choose between downside protection and enhanced returns, catering to various risk tolerances. By offering these options, Ondo Finance enables individuals to participate in decentralized finance yields while aligning their investment strategies with their personal financial goals.
Horizen
Seed Round in 2021
Horizen Labs, established in 2019 and based in Austin, Texas, specializes in providing a Sidechain-as-a-Service platform. This platform empowers businesses to create distributed ledger solutions, focusing on privacy, security, and scalability. It offers a privacy-focused public infrastructure and a proprietary sidechain deployment tool, enabling applications in payment systems, record keeping, and supply chains. Horizen Labs leverages the Horizen blockchain, a massively scalable, general-purpose system that facilitates a decentralized sidechain ecosystem. The company aims to create a fully distributed, secure, and privacy-preserving blockchain architecture, enabling real-world applications and sharing the use of ZEN, a tradable token with real value.
Livepeer, Inc. is a technology company that operates a decentralized live video broadcasting platform designed to support user-generated content. Founded in 2017 by Eric Tang and Douglas Petkanics, the company is headquartered in New York City. Livepeer combines blockchain technology with economic incentives and an open media server, enabling broadcasters, developers, and users to easily distribute content over the Internet. The platform utilizes peer-to-peer networks to enhance video live streaming capabilities, providing tools, APIs, and resources for integrating live video into various applications. By fostering an open-source environment, Livepeer encourages contributions from individuals with diverse skills, ultimately aiming to improve and secure its network.
Visor Finance
Seed Round in 2021
Visor Finance is a developer of a decentralized platform focused on active liquidity management. The company provides a platform that enables participants to utilize smart vaults for liquidity mining and the management of assets across various decentralized finance protocols and exchanges. By allowing users to create strategies, reinvest fees, and distribute protocol revenue, Visor Finance aims to help users maximize returns from fees while minimizing impermanent loss. Through its innovative approach, the company contributes to the evolving landscape of decentralized finance, enhancing the user experience in liquidity management.
Coinme
Venture Round in 2021
Coinme Inc. is a prominent bitcoin exchange and ATM operator based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 2014. The company operates the largest licensed cryptocurrency cash exchange in the United States, facilitating the buying and selling of bitcoin at thousands of physical locations across 48 states through partnerships with companies like Coinstar and MoneyGram. Coinme provides a comprehensive suite of consumer products, including a digital wallet and solutions for digital currency IRAs and 401(k)s, making it easier for customers to engage with the digital currency economy. Additionally, Coinme offers a proprietary API that enables legacy financial systems and existing ATMs, kiosks, and merchants to integrate cryptocurrency capabilities, thus promoting broader access to virtual currencies and secure transactions.
Flare Network
Venture Round in 2021
Flare Networks is a blockchain network that utilizes the Flare Consensus Protocol, which is the first Turing Complete Federated Byzantine Agreement protocol. It offers a decentralized contract platform aimed at enhancing contract capabilities across various blockchains. By leveraging the Ethereum Virtual Machine, Flare Networks can access and utilize information from other blockchains and real-world data sources, effectively addressing the oracle problem. This functionality facilitates cross-chain interoperability, allowing users to share contract capabilities with different protocols. Flare Networks seeks to enable a new era of utility within the blockchain ecosystem through its innovative technology.
Circle
Private Equity Round in 2021
Circle is a financial technology firm established in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company leverages blockchain technology to facilitate payments and e-commerce through stablecoins and its Circle Pay platform, streamlining the process of sending money. Circle offers a range of services, including Circle Invest, which allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrency assets, and Circle Trade, which provides over-the-counter trading services with access to one of the largest global liquidity pools for digital asset trading, averaging $2 billion in monthly volume. Backed by prominent investors such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle positions itself as a key player in the global internet finance sector, focused on integrating crypto assets into mainstream financial applications.
Figure Technologies, Inc. is a fintech company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing innovative consumer financial solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics to offer a range of financial products, including home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, and home buy-lease back offerings. Figure aims to address consumer needs related to home improvement, debt consolidation, and retirement planning, allowing customers to access capital in as few as five days. Additionally, the company features Provenance, its blockchain platform designed for business applications, further enhancing its service offerings in the financial sector.
Big Time Studios is a gaming company founded in 2020 by Ari Meilich and Thor Alexander, specializing in the development of multiplayer action role-playing games. The company focuses on creating immersive online adventures that allow players to explore diverse environments and engage in unique challenges. Utilizing Procedural Generation technology, Big Time Studios generates distinctive battle experiences by employing algorithms that draw from human-made assets, resulting in varied objectives and enemies for each gaming session. In addition to its engaging gameplay, the company enables players to acquire, hold, and trade NFT-based virtual items, facilitating greater ownership and control over their in-game assets without the typical barriers found in many blockchain applications.
Wilder World
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Wilder World is a community-owned, decentralized platform based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in the creation and sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for digital artists. Founded in 2019, the company operates an online marketplace that allows artists to sell their work without incurring platform fees. Wilder World's immersive 3D metaverse is powered by a native NFT platform and a dynamic token system that rewards participants, fostering an environment where new artists can effectively monetize their art. Utilizing blockchain technology, Wilder World ensures the uniqueness and authenticity of its digital collectibles, creating a transparent and secure ecosystem for both creators and collectors.
Streami
Venture Round in 2021
Streami, Inc. is a blockchain technology company based in Seoul, South Korea, specializing in solutions that connect and streamline fragmented financial networks worldwide. The firm operates Gofax, a cryptocurrency exchange, and Dask, a cryptocurrency depository. Streami focuses on providing blockchain remittance middleware services designed to establish a robust financial network. Their offerings include secure remittance pathfinding, integration, and risk management, which help financial institutions protect their assets under various conditions while ensuring smooth execution of orders. Through these innovative solutions, Streami aims to enhance the efficiency and security of financial transactions in the digital age.
Lido
Venture Round in 2021
Lido is a developer of a liquid staking platform designed to address challenges related to initial cryptocurrency staking. The company offers open-source middleware that enhances the functionality of Ethereum network block validation. This middleware is permanently deployed on the Ethereum blockchain and is accessible to users through various interfaces and channels. Lido enables users to stake their assets while simultaneously receiving synthetic native tokens of equivalent value, which can be utilized across different decentralized finance applications to generate yield. The platform aims to simplify and enhance the staking experience within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Andalusia Labs
Seed Round in 2021
Andalusia Labs is focused on creating foundational digital infrastructure tailored for internet markets, particularly in the realm of digital assets. The company develops a comprehensive risk management infrastructure that includes a security platform and a risk management marketplace. This infrastructure is designed to assist the blockchain market in effectively managing substantial amounts of digital assets, thereby supporting innovative companies worldwide. Through its offerings, Andalusia Labs aims to enhance the security and stability of digital asset transactions and management.