Web3-native data warehouse. Built from the ground up as a multichain data platform for dapps and developers in Gaming/DeFi, or any project needing next-gen analytics. We deliver fully decentralized yet enterprise-scale SQL + APIs to join on-chain and off-chain data in a single query
Gnosis offers a decentralized platform for prediction markets, leveraging Ethereum's blockchain technology to facilitate advanced smart contracts. This infrastructure aims to eliminate intermediaries and counterparty risks, supporting a vision of a redistributed future. Gnosis enables the creation of customized forecasting applications that produce conditional tokens, making event outcomes tradable and serving as a valuable tool for information discovery. By prioritizing credible neutrality and resiliency, Gnosis provides a transparent environment for clients to make informed decisions regarding the development and governance of their projects within the blockchain ecosystem.
Developer of decentralized archiving and caching tool intended to standardize, validate, and permanently store blockchain data streams. The company's open-source protocol allows modern blockchains and decentralized applications and by leveraging permanent data storage tools it creates permanent backups and ensures the scalability, immutability, and availability of resources, helping developers in blockchain networks to reliably store and verify their data streams.
MachineFi Lab specializes in designing Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technologies. The company has developed a comprehensive software platform that connects machines, providing a full infrastructure suite. This includes an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain, a multichain crypto wallet, a blockchain bridge, and an onboarding platform. Additionally, it offers software development kits (SDKs) to facilitate the creation of applications and machine networks. By integrating these technologies, MachineFi Lab aims to enhance connectivity and functionality within the IoT ecosystem.
CyberConnect is building the open social graph modular web3 applications. Cyberconnect invest in web3, Cryptocurrency & blockchain.
cross-chain decentralized exchange built on Polkadot
LiquiFi helps to maximize the capabilities of tokens.
Developer of a decentralized finance structured platform designed to secure a much greater risk-reward ratio. The company's platform aims at developing structured products with various risk returns and payoff structures through packaged financial instruments, market bias, lockup periods and token deposits, enabling users to collect customizable yields from leveraged crypto trades.
Polemos is a global GameFi platform that is the first decentralized combination of its own marketplace, educational hub, and community-centric gaming guild. Polemos’ overarching vision is to improve employment and education worldwide by developing a platform that focuses on Metaverse Adoption, Community Engagement and Esports Dominance. Their mission is to become one of the world’s leading Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) and bring tens of millions of global digital Asset Providers and Gamers together inside a unified GameFi ecosystem. By bridging esports and DeFi communities, we will revolutionize gaming and create unique Play To Earn opportunities unlike anything ever seen before!
Burrow is a decentralized platform that operates a non-custodial liquidity pool, enabling users to supply and borrow assets for trading. The platform focuses on unlocking liquidity for interest-bearing assets, particularly layer 1 staking derivatives. By allowing users to supply assets, Burrow facilitates the earning of interest and enables borrowing against those assets to enhance liquidity. Additionally, the platform features a governance token staking program, which encourages user participation and investment in the ecosystem. Overall, Burrow aims to provide a streamlined approach to accessing liquidity in the decentralized finance space.
Private Equity Round in 2022
prePO is a decentralized trading platform that enables users to speculate on the valuation of pre-initial public offering companies and pre-token projects. The platform provides a space for users to take synthetic positions, allowing them to engage with the financial potential of emerging companies before they go public. By offering features such as neutral liquidity provision and token incentives, prePO aims to facilitate a transparent and accessible trading environment. This innovative approach allows individuals from various backgrounds to participate in the financial ecosystem surrounding pre-IPO opportunities.
Swell Network is a permissionless, non-custodial, and liquid ETH staking protocol that is built for stakers, node operators, and the Ethereum ecosystem. A community-driven and open-source protocol backed by the industry’s leading funds and angels.
Swim is a developer of cross-chain infrastructure that facilitates the seamless transfer of tokens across different blockchain networks. By utilizing multi-token liquidity pools and Solana's Wormhole, Swim offers a solution that eliminates delays and the need for centralized bridges or wrapped assets. The company's tools empower users to swap native assets from one chain to native assets on another, thereby reducing reliance on existing bridges and centralized exchanges. This innovative approach enhances the efficiency and accessibility of cross-chain transactions for clients, allowing them to easily swap, send, and receive native assets.
Pianity is a music NFT platform founded in 2021 and based in Paris, France. It facilitates the creation, sharing, trading, and collecting of limited-edition tracks, allowing musicians to engage with their communities. The platform enables artists to sell their music as unique digital assets, certified by blockchain technology. This innovation provides musicians with an independent revenue stream while allowing fans and collectors to buy, sell, and showcase their music collections. Pianity serves as a hub for both artists and music enthusiasts, fostering a vibrant ecosystem centered around music and digital ownership.
Bribe is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that enhances governance participation by creating an incentivized marketplace for governance voting. The platform allows users to form coalitions and engage in auctions for governance votes, democratizing the process and enabling broader participation beyond major stakeholders. By improving existing DeFi governance models, Bribe establishes a transparent and open marketplace that facilitates coordination among voters, ultimately increasing engagement in governance activities. This innovative approach not only fosters a more inclusive environment but also generates new opportunities for token holders to earn yields through their participation in governance.
Developer of a multi-chain cryptocurrencies portfolio tracker designed for users to manage their DeFi assets. The company's cryptocurrency wallet allows users to track their full portfolio, compare interest rates, manage assets, find DeFi projects, analyze risks and more, enabling users to perform token swaps for token exchange and discover investment opportunities through detailed real-time data.
Interlay is building an open system backed by top-tier research, which allows any user to create assets 1:1 backed by existing cryptocurrencies, e.g. Bitcoin-backed tokens on Ethereum. Through collateralization and cryptographic proofs of protocol adherence, users are protected against theft and censorship.
The AZTEC protocol uses cutting-edge zero-knowledge proofs to enable private transactions on Ethereum. This enables the logic of transactions to be validated, whilst keeping the values encrypted.
StarkWare Industries Ltd, founded in 2017 and based in Netanya, Israel, specializes in developing software and hardware for generating and verifying computational integrity proofs. The company has created STARK, a zero-knowledge proof protocol that enhances scalability and privacy in blockchain applications. This technology allows for increased transaction throughput and enables off-chain computation while ensuring that sensitive underlying data remains confidential. StarkWare's solutions are designed to improve the efficiency, security, and overall user experience of blockchain systems, making them a key player in the field of cryptographic proof platforms.
Aurora is an Ethereum Virtual Machine developed by the NEAR Protocol team, offering a seamless solution for developers to run applications on an Ethereum-compatible platform. It combines the benefits of Ethereum compatibility with the scalability and low transaction costs of the NEAR Protocol, creating a high-throughput environment for decentralized applications. The platform is designed to deliver an exceptional user experience, enabling Ethereum developers to transition effortlessly by simply changing the RPC endpoint. Aurora aims to facilitate the development of decentralized applications while ensuring affordability and efficiency for users.
DoinGud operates an online marketplace for companies that use non-fungible tokens. It allows various users to join, from artists that wants to promote their works, collectors that searches for new products, and businesses that aim for sustainable goals. DoinGud is based in Zug, Switzerland.
Zenlink is a developer of a cross-chain blockchain network platform based in China, founded in 2020. The platform aims to provide users with a seamless transaction experience by enabling trading across multiple chains without the complexities typically associated with them. It features the Zenlink DEX Protocol, which serves as a unified framework, alongside the Zenlink DEX Module that allows parachains to integrate decentralized exchange capabilities. Additionally, the Zenlink Token facilitates governance and value capture within the ecosystem, incentivizing participation and long-term development. By offering low fees, minimal slippage, and high-speed trading, Zenlink enhances the efficiency and accessibility of asset trading for its users.
Hats Finance is a decentralized cybersecurity incentive network that aims to enhance security within the web3 environment. It operates a platform that allows projects to safeguard their smart contracts through a security vault and an ecosystem skin, thereby providing a more secure future for users of Ethereum. The network is governed by its stakeholders, which include hackers, project developers, and token holders, creating a collaborative approach to cybersecurity. This structure enables Hats Finance to address the evolving challenges of digital security in a decentralized manner.
Shipyard Software is a decentralized exchange for retail crypto traders. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Interlay is building an open system backed by top-tier research, which allows any user to create assets 1:1 backed by existing cryptocurrencies, e.g. Bitcoin-backed tokens on Ethereum. Through collateralization and cryptographic proofs of protocol adherence, users are protected against theft and censorship.
t3rn is a smart contract hosting platform that offers an innovative solution to interoperable smart contract execution. It offers circuit & gateways for blockchain projects, on-chain contract repository for developers, open execution platform, and more.
SynFutures operates a decentralized derivatives platform that facilitates the trading of synthetic assets, allowing users to create and trade various digital asset pairs using a single digital token as margin. The platform aims to establish an open and trustless derivatives market by enabling trading on any asset with a price feed. By promoting a free market environment and increasing the diversity of tradable assets, SynFutures seeks to lower the barriers to entry in the derivatives market, thereby fostering a more equitable exchange for digital assets.
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Developer of core decentralized protocols designed to deliver infrastructure that allows people to own their data. The company offers a multi-virtual machine smart contract platform developing and delivering systems for companies that want to implement products and technologies that solve scalability problems in their business, providing enterprises with blockchain technology that ensures scalability, privacy, and interoperability.
Flux is a scalable open data protocol providing on-chain data for any asset, commodity, or event. Easily connect to Flux with the open source SDK to enable scalable, permission-less data.
Hats Finance is a decentralized cybersecurity incentive network that aims to enhance security within the web3 environment. It operates a platform that allows projects to safeguard their smart contracts through a security vault and an ecosystem skin, thereby providing a more secure future for users of Ethereum. The network is governed by its stakeholders, which include hackers, project developers, and token holders, creating a collaborative approach to cybersecurity. This structure enables Hats Finance to address the evolving challenges of digital security in a decentralized manner.
zCloak Network is a developer of a decentralized platform that focuses on creating a confidential computation infrastructure for the Polkadot network. The company offers zero-knowledge proof as a service, allowing users to compute and analyze personal data without transmitting it to third-party servers. This approach enhances data privacy and security, enabling customers to protect their private information from theft or misuse. By leveraging cryptographic technology, zCloak Network aims to provide a secure environment for handling sensitive data, thereby addressing growing concerns over data privacy in digital interactions.
Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.
PureStake, Inc. develops infrastructure and services specifically for public blockchain networks, focusing on Algorand and Polkadot. Founded in 2019 and based in Burlington, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of solutions including wallet extensions, API services, block explorers, and validator services for proof of stake networks. Its platform is designed to ensure secure and reliable participation in blockchain networks, utilizing an automated multi-pop and multi-cloud approach. PureStake aims to address scalability challenges in blockchain technology by promoting open protocols and next-generation networks that leverage proof of stake consensus mechanisms.
Liquity AG operates a decentralized borrowing protocol on the Ethereum blockchain, providing interest-free consumer loans. Founded in 2020 and based in Baar, Switzerland, the platform allows users to obtain loans by using Ethereum as collateral. The loans are issued in a USD-pegged stablecoin, with a specific minimum collateralization ratio required to secure the borrowing. By eliminating interest fees, Liquity aims to offer a more accessible and cost-effective financial solution for users seeking to leverage their Ethereum holdings.
Push Protocol, officially known as Ethereum Push Notification Service Private Limited, is a decentralized notification protocol founded in 2020 and based in Allahabad, India. The protocol allows decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts to send dynamic and platform-agnostic notifications directly to user wallets. By facilitating communication between various services and user wallets, Push Protocol enables users to receive important alerts and updates while also allowing them to earn from these notifications. The service aims to enhance user engagement by providing a reliable way for crypto services to inform users about relevant activities and events.
Transak is a cryptocurrency payment platform that enables applications to facilitate fiat-to-crypto transactions for users worldwide. By aggregating various fiat on-ramps and simplifying local compliance and payment processes, Transak allows developers to integrate its services seamlessly through a simple widget, requiring only a few lines of code. This integration offers users an efficient way to buy and sell crypto assets, particularly in regions like the UK, Europe, and India, without the need to leave the host application. The platform ensures that transactions are settled without taking custody of users' data or funds, enhancing security and user experience.
Developer of an Ethereum-based volatility and derivatives protocol designed to revolutionize decentralized finance applications and investment opportunities. The company's platform leverages optimism layer-two scaling expertise to make index querying and future buying and selling performance cheap, enabling traders to have a view of the anticipated volatility of the underlying asset.
dTrade is a decentralised trading platform for options and perpetuals contracts. It is built on a Polkadot Smart Contract Chain and is designed to function as a fully decentralized public utility owned and controlled by the community of token holders. dTrade was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.
Automata Network is a decentralized protocol that provides middleware-like traceless privacy services for decentralized applications on multiple platforms, including Ethereum, Polkadot and Binance Smart Chain, to achieve privacy, high assurance and frictionless computation.
Automata Network is a decentralized protocol that provides middleware-like traceless privacy services for decentralized applications on multiple platforms, including Ethereum, Polkadot and Binance Smart Chain, to achieve privacy, high assurance and frictionless computation.
cross-chain decentralized exchange built on Polkadot
Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Multi-Currency Mining Pool. We currently mine: Bitcoin Litecoin Zcash BitcoinCash BitcoinSV Dash Monero Dogecoin Vcash Namecoin
0x Protocol operates an open protocol that facilitates peer-to-peer exchange of assets on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the protocol serves as a standard for decentralized exchanges, promoting interoperability among applications that require exchange functionality. The offerings include 0x Instant, which allows for crypto purchasing within apps and websites, and the 0x Launch Kit, which assists in launching relayers. Additionally, ZEIP-23 enables the trading of bundles of assets. The protocol supports developers in building relayers, utilizing networked liquidity, and engaging in market making, catering to a diverse range of markets from gaming items to financial instruments.
Developer of a blockchain platform intended to provide requisite infrastructure to the decentralized finance (Defi) space. The company integrates, aggregates, and simplifies such as yield farming and liquidity pools such as yield farming and liquidity pools and offers non-custodial clearing services, enabling retail investors with a simple gateway to popular Defi products and services.
Transak is a cryptocurrency payment platform that enables applications to facilitate fiat-to-crypto transactions for users worldwide. By aggregating various fiat on-ramps and simplifying local compliance and payment processes, Transak allows developers to integrate its services seamlessly through a simple widget, requiring only a few lines of code. This integration offers users an efficient way to buy and sell crypto assets, particularly in regions like the UK, Europe, and India, without the need to leave the host application. The platform ensures that transactions are settled without taking custody of users' data or funds, enhancing security and user experience.
Web3API is a development platform that simplifies the integration of Web3 protocols into various applications. By enabling software across different devices and programming languages to interact with Web3 protocols, it addresses the challenges of accessibility and usability in the decentralized web. The platform provides a toolchain that allows developers to download lightweight WebAssembly (WASM) modules from interplanetary file systems at runtime, facilitating seamless execution of GraphQL requests directly within applications. This approach makes Web3 protocols as accessible as traditional web services, enhancing the overall developer experience and promoting broader adoption of decentralized technologies.
Razor Network PTE. LTD. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in developing a decentralized oracle network for decentralized finance applications. Established in 2019, Razor Network provides a platform that automates the fetching of external data, allowing smart contracts to operate without the risks associated with centralized servers. Its features include a secure and scalable proof-of-stake system, which enhances the reliability of data delivery. By eliminating centralized bottlenecks, Razor Network enables developers to build and manage decentralized applications more effectively. The platform is currently live on the Rinkeby test network and offers free querying of key financial data, such as the ETH/USD price, showcasing its commitment to facilitating access to essential information for the decentralized finance ecosystem.
Razor Network PTE. LTD. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in developing a decentralized oracle network for decentralized finance applications. Established in 2019, Razor Network provides a platform that automates the fetching of external data, allowing smart contracts to operate without the risks associated with centralized servers. Its features include a secure and scalable proof-of-stake system, which enhances the reliability of data delivery. By eliminating centralized bottlenecks, Razor Network enables developers to build and manage decentralized applications more effectively. The platform is currently live on the Rinkeby test network and offers free querying of key financial data, such as the ETH/USD price, showcasing its commitment to facilitating access to essential information for the decentralized finance ecosystem.
O(1) Labs is a software development company working on Mina Protocol, a tiny, portable blockchain. The company uses cryptography and cryptocurrency to build computing systems that put people back in control of their digital lives. It addresses one of the fundamental challenges in cryptocurrency by creating the first succinct blockchain that enables decentralization at scale. O(1) Labs was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California by Evan Shapiro and Izaak Meckler.
O(1) Labs is a software development company working on Mina Protocol, a tiny, portable blockchain. The company uses cryptography and cryptocurrency to build computing systems that put people back in control of their digital lives. It addresses one of the fundamental challenges in cryptocurrency by creating the first succinct blockchain that enables decentralization at scale. O(1) Labs was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California by Evan Shapiro and Izaak Meckler.
Synthetix is a decentralized synthetic asset issuance protocol operating on the Ethereum blockchain, designed for derivatives trading within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Based in Sydney, Australia, the platform enables the creation of on-chain synthetic assets and digital tokens. Synthetix offers various products, including the Synthetix Network Token (SNX), which serves as collateral for synthetic assets like sUSD and sEUR. Additionally, it provides Mintr, a decentralized application for SNX holders, and Swappr, a tool facilitating conversions between SNX and Ethereum. The platform aims to address the challenges of volatility in cryptocurrencies by allowing users to gain exposure to real-world currencies, commodities, and indices through synthetic assets, thereby ensuring liquidity and enabling peer-to-contract trading. Founded in 2018, Synthetix promotes an open and transparent ecosystem, leveraging smart contracts to enhance trading efficiency and accessibility.
DODO is a decentralized exchange that utilizes the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm to enhance capital efficiency in liquidity provision. It offers a straightforward token issuance mechanism, which is particularly beneficial for long-tail assets. By focusing on on-chain liquidity provision, DODO enables independent price discovery, allowing users to invest, issue, and trade cryptocurrency assets effectively. The platform operates primarily on Ethereum and the Smart Chain, facilitating liquidity token trading while maintaining a low barrier to entry for users.
DAOHaus
Seed Round in 2020
DAOhaus is an experiment on the frontiers of future work. The development of this platform is promoted by the community and serves the community.
Developer of a P2P(Peer-to-Peer) cryptocurrency trading platform. The company's platform allows users to earn interest on their digital assets through a simple set-up process, providing a good investment opportunity for users.
UMA is a decentralized financial contracts platform.
Oasis Labs is a privacy-first cloud computing platform on blockchain technology. They are building a new computing platform that enables cloud-scale, real-world applications with decentralized trust and privacy protection; in short, a privacy-first, high-performance cloud computing platform on blockchain.
Oasis Labs is a privacy-first cloud computing platform on blockchain technology. They are building a new computing platform that enables cloud-scale, real-world applications with decentralized trust and privacy protection; in short, a privacy-first, high-performance cloud computing platform on blockchain.
Gelato Network is an innovative company based in Berlin, Germany, that focuses on automating smart contract executions on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2007, Gelato provides a web cloud platform that allows developers to streamline their on-chain processes, enhancing application reliability and performance. Its audited smart contract protocol eliminates the need for developers to manage underlying server infrastructure, thereby saving significant development time and reducing the potential for single points of failure. The platform supports the creation of augmented smart contracts that are automated, gasless, and compatible with all major EVM-compatible blockchains, making it a valuable tool for developers looking to optimize their applications.
Phala Network is a blockchain technology developer focused on delivering privacy-preserving services through its interoperable cross-chain platform for confidential smart contracts. Utilizing trusted execution environments (TEEs), Phala Network aims to enhance data confidentiality and privacy computing for users and businesses. As a parachain on the Polkadot network, it serves as an infrastructure for next-generation privacy protection. The company has developed a range of products, including a decentralized analytics system and a privacy-preserving layer designed to ensure data confidentiality while allowing for effective analytics. Through its innovative approach, Phala Network seeks to address the growing demand for secure and private data solutions in the digital landscape.
DODO is a decentralized exchange that utilizes the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm to enhance capital efficiency in liquidity provision. It offers a straightforward token issuance mechanism, which is particularly beneficial for long-tail assets. By focusing on on-chain liquidity provision, DODO enables independent price discovery, allowing users to invest, issue, and trade cryptocurrency assets effectively. The platform operates primarily on Ethereum and the Smart Chain, facilitating liquidity token trading while maintaining a low barrier to entry for users.
Roll operates a blockchain infrastructure designed for social money, enabling users to mint branded digital tokens that are unique to their online presence. By utilizing the Ethereum blockchain, Roll allows artists and influencers to earn and redeem social money, incentivizing community contributions and facilitating the ownership, control, and coordination of the value they generate across various platforms. This innovative approach empowers users to harness their influence and creativity, fostering a new economy based on social interactions and contributions.
1inch Limited is a company that specializes in developing decentralized protocols for cryptocurrency trading. Founded in 2019 and based in the United States, 1inch operates the 1inch Network, which includes several key protocols: the 1inch Aggregation Protocol, the 1inch Liquidity Protocol, and the 1inch Limit Order Protocol. These protocols work together to facilitate efficient and secure trading operations in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, allowing users to execute transactions that are both profitable and fast. Through its innovative technology, 1inch aims to enhance the trading experience for users in the growing cryptocurrency market.
Initial Coin Offering in 2020
Roll operates a blockchain infrastructure designed for social money, enabling users to mint branded digital tokens that are unique to their online presence. By utilizing the Ethereum blockchain, Roll allows artists and influencers to earn and redeem social money, incentivizing community contributions and facilitating the ownership, control, and coordination of the value they generate across various platforms. This innovative approach empowers users to harness their influence and creativity, fostering a new economy based on social interactions and contributions.
1inch Limited is a company that specializes in developing decentralized protocols for cryptocurrency trading. Founded in 2019 and based in the United States, 1inch operates the 1inch Network, which includes several key protocols: the 1inch Aggregation Protocol, the 1inch Liquidity Protocol, and the 1inch Limit Order Protocol. These protocols work together to facilitate efficient and secure trading operations in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, allowing users to execute transactions that are both profitable and fast. Through its innovative technology, 1inch aims to enhance the trading experience for users in the growing cryptocurrency market.
Developer of a decentralized financial contracts platform designed to trade in derivative products. The company's product allows risk to move across the internet without a centralized authority or single point of failure, enabling customers to create their own financial products and benefit from automatic enforcement and instant settlement.
Developer of a decentralized crypto asset management platform intended to manage investment activities on the Ethereum blockchain. The company's platform empowers managers to create their own pools in a decentralized manner and connects investment managers with investors in a non-custodial way, enabling managers to deploy quantitative and algorithmic trading strategies and run actively managed investment pools.
It supports multiple storage layer protocols such as IPFS, and exposes storage interfaces to application layer. Crust's technical stack is also capable of supporting a decentralized computing layer. It is designed to build a decentralized cloud ecosystem that values data privacy and ownership.
Zenlink is a developer of a cross-chain blockchain network platform based in China, founded in 2020. The platform aims to provide users with a seamless transaction experience by enabling trading across multiple chains without the complexities typically associated with them. It features the Zenlink DEX Protocol, which serves as a unified framework, alongside the Zenlink DEX Module that allows parachains to integrate decentralized exchange capabilities. Additionally, the Zenlink Token facilitates governance and value capture within the ecosystem, incentivizing participation and long-term development. By offering low fees, minimal slippage, and high-speed trading, Zenlink enhances the efficiency and accessibility of asset trading for its users.
ChainSafe Systems is a blockchain company based in Toronto that focuses on developing blockchain protocols and infrastructure systems. The company aims to empower developers by providing blockchain-agnostic tools designed for decentralized systems. ChainSafe offers user-centric systems that leverage emerging technologies, including blockchain, smart contracts, and machine learning. This approach enables developers to create versatile toolkits for building applications across various blockchain ecosystems, catering to organizations of all sizes and objectives.
Avalanche is an open-source platform designed for creating highly decentralized applications, financial primitives, and interoperable blockchains. It serves as a programmable smart contracts platform, enabling institutions, enterprises, and governments to launch assets and build applications. The platform allows users to create subnets with full control over their implementations, incorporating features such as compliance and data security directly into its framework. This versatility and focus on decentralization make Avalanche a robust choice for users seeking to develop innovative blockchain solutions.
CasperLabs LLC is a company that develops an open-source blockchain platform based on a proof-of-stake consensus protocol. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, CasperLabs focuses on creating a blockchain environment that facilitates real-world applications while ensuring usability, cost-effectiveness, decentralization, and security. Its CBC Casper protocol enables the development of software solutions in WebAssembly, and the company provides services related to network decentralization, consensus, and smart contract security. By removing barriers to mainstream blockchain adoption, CasperLabs aims to create an equitable foundation that empowers individuals and supports future innovations. The platform is designed to meet the operational needs of businesses, enhancing transparency and efficiency in transactions for companies and governments globally.
Blockstack is a decentralized computing network that empowers users to control their data and login credentials while facilitating the development of decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts. Founded in 2013 and based in New York, the company operates an open-source platform that allows developers to create secure, privacy-focused applications. Users can register digital assets, such as domain names and applications, through Blockstack Token LLC, a subsidiary established in 2017. The network enables the creation, trading, and management of digital assets without relying on central authorities. With over 120 independent developer teams building on its platform, Blockstack aims to provide a scalable and user-centric alternative to traditional tech solutions, ensuring privacy, security, and freedom in the digital space.
NEAR Inc. is a company that develops the NEAR Protocol, a scalable blockchain platform designed for creating decentralized applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, NEAR Protocol supports the development of open-source software and aims to facilitate mainstream adoption of decentralized technologies. The platform offers various services, including documentation, a wallet, a development studio, and an explorer, all built to enhance user experience and development efficiency. It is engineered to handle high-value assets securely while providing the necessary scalability for a wide range of decentralized applications. NEAR's focus on ease of use for both developers and end users distinguishes it in the evolving landscape of blockchain technology.
Polkadot is a protocol that allows independent blockchains to exchange information. Polkadot is an inter-chain blockchain protocol which unlike internet messaging protocols (e.g. TCP/IP) also enforces the order and the validitiy of the messages between the chains. This interoperability also allows the additional benefit of scalability by creating a general environment for multiple state machines.
Initial Coin Offering in 2019
Bitfinex is a digital asset trading platform founded in 2012 that caters to cryptocurrency traders and liquidity providers. Initially established as a peer-to-peer margin trading service, it has evolved into one of the most liquid exchanges for Bitcoin trading globally. The platform offers a variety of advanced trading services, including margin trading and a lending market, allowing users to engage in real-time transactions within the cryptocurrency market. Bitfinex has gained a reputation for its high trading volume and commitment to providing exceptional support and innovative tools, making it a preferred choice for both professional traders and institutions seeking efficient digital asset trading solutions.
Nervos Network, founded in 2018 and based in Hangzhou, China, offers a hybrid blockchain solution that integrates a public blockchain with an application chain to facilitate the development and deployment of decentralized applications. The core component of the Nervos Network is the Common Knowledge Base (CKB), a layer 1 proof-of-work blockchain that allows for the secure storage of any crypto-asset while supporting smart contracts and layer 2 scaling solutions. This design ensures the security, immutability, and permissionless nature akin to Bitcoin while providing a unique crypto-economic model that captures the total network value. Nervos aims to provide enterprises with a robust framework of interoperable protocols within a public blockchain ecosystem, enabling secure and efficient management of decentralized applications.
DFINITY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization based in Zurich, Switzerland, established in 2016. It is dedicated to developing the Internet Computer, a groundbreaking platform that enhances the functionality of the internet by providing a public computing environment for developers and entrepreneurs. This platform allows for the creation and hosting of decentralized applications and services, promoting a new, open method for building websites and enterprise systems. DFINITY employs a decentralized protocol known as Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), which enables independent data centers worldwide to collaborate and deliver scalable, secure, and serverless cloud computing resources. The foundation operates research centers in several global locations, including Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Tokyo, and aims to restore the internet's original open nature, challenging the dominance of major tech companies. Through its innovative technologies and approach, DFINITY seeks to enhance the overall internet experience and empower users in the digital landscape.
VeChain Foundation develops information transformation platform based on blockchain technology. It offers product lifecycle management, supply chain process control, data deposit, data certification, and process certification. The company offers its products for luxury, alcohol, agriculture, automotive, and other multi-sector. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Singapore with additional offices in Shanghai, China; Paris, France; Luxembourg, Palo Alto, California; Tokyo, Japan; and Hong Kong.
VeChain Foundation develops information transformation platform based on blockchain technology. It offers product lifecycle management, supply chain process control, data deposit, data certification, and process certification. The company offers its products for luxury, alcohol, agriculture, automotive, and other multi-sector. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Singapore with additional offices in Shanghai, China; Paris, France; Luxembourg, Palo Alto, California; Tokyo, Japan; and Hong Kong.
Taxa Foundation PTE. LTD. is a Singapore-based company founded in 2018 that operates a decentralized computing network. Its infrastructure is designed to support blockchain applications, providing essential functionalities such as computing power, privacy protection, and flexibility for smart contracts. By leveraging advanced hardware-based technology, Taxa enhances the performance, privacy, and usability of various applications and frameworks, creating a robust environment for developers to build and deploy their solutions. The company's blockchain-agnostic approach allows it to cater to a diverse range of blockchain ecosystems, making it a versatile player in the decentralized computing space.
Taxa Foundation PTE. LTD. is a Singapore-based company founded in 2018 that operates a decentralized computing network. Its infrastructure is designed to support blockchain applications, providing essential functionalities such as computing power, privacy protection, and flexibility for smart contracts. By leveraging advanced hardware-based technology, Taxa enhances the performance, privacy, and usability of various applications and frameworks, creating a robust environment for developers to build and deploy their solutions. The company's blockchain-agnostic approach allows it to cater to a diverse range of blockchain ecosystems, making it a versatile player in the decentralized computing space.
Mainframe Group, Inc. is a decentralized finance platform that enables users to borrow against their cryptocurrency holdings. Founded in 2013 and based in Lehi, Utah, the company offers several products, including Onyx, a messaging tool designed for decentralized workplace communication, and Mainframe OS, which assists developers in launching decentralized applications (dApps). Additionally, the Mainframe Credit Protocol facilitates fixed-rate lending and borrowing through a decentralized framework. The platform emphasizes privacy and security, providing a censorship-resistant network for messaging and data routing, which addresses the growing concerns over centralized control and surveillance in the digital age. With its focus on creating a reliable and secure communications ecosystem, Mainframe aims to empower users by ensuring their data remains protected from external threats.
Celer Network is a coherent technology and economic architecture to enable Internet-scale public blockchains through off-chain scaling techniques. It can scale out to billions of secure and trust-free off-chain transactions per second, and will fully unleash the power of blockchain and decentralized applications.
Ontology is an integrated, distributed trust network that serves as a foundational infrastructure for building a trust ecosystem. It provides a low-cost blockchain platform designed to facilitate decentralized identity and data alternatives suitable for Web3 applications. The platform enables the creation of smart contracts and data management while supporting the development of decentralized applications. By allowing projects with varying business scenarios and compliance needs to utilize its chain networks, Ontology fosters trust cooperation among businesses, individuals, and institutions, enabling them to create customized trust networks tailored to their specific requirements.
Nimiq is a browser-based blockchain ecosystem that focuses on creating an open payment protocol designed to simplify and enhance the payment process. As a developer of an open-sourced platform, Nimiq enables fast and secure transactions using its own cryptocurrency. The platform allows users to send and receive payments efficiently while providing a secure wallet for storing their digital assets. By leveraging cutting-edge blockchain research and web technology, Nimiq aims to lower barriers to entry for users, making digital payments more accessible and transparent.
IoTeX is a blockchain platform focused on the Internet of Things (IoT), emphasizing privacy and user data ownership. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company provides a decentralized infrastructure that allows users to maintain control over their data while adhering to global privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. IoTeX offers various tools for developers, including a collaborative GitHub environment, a visualization tool for monitoring key metrics on its testnet, and a wallet for currency transactions. The platform supports a wide range of applications, from smart vehicles and city mapping to environmental data tracking and fitness solutions. With a governance foundation based in Singapore and a research and development team operating globally, IoTeX aims to create innovative solutions that enhance interaction between machines, humans, and businesses while ensuring trust and privacy.
Theta Labs, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Cupertino, California, is the developer of the Theta Network, a decentralized blockchain-powered video streaming platform. The network enables users to share their bandwidth in a peer-to-peer manner, facilitating efficient video delivery while rewarding them with cryptocurrency. By leveraging existing streaming applications, Theta Network allows users to stream live content from popular platforms with reduced latency, thereby lowering content delivery costs for video providers. The company has attracted strategic investments from notable corporate entities, including Samsung NEXT and Sony Innovation Fund, as well as various media and venture capital firms. Theta Labs operates as a subsidiary of Sliver VR Technologies, Inc.
Loom Network Inc. is a platform-as-a-service provider that facilitates the development and operation of large-scale decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, Loom Network enables both smart contract developers and traditional developers to create applications seamlessly, without the need to switch programming languages or manage servers manually. The platform supports Ethereum-based Solidity applications and allows for their deployment on main chains as well as private and semi-public chains, providing options for enhanced computing power or cost efficiency. Loom Network integrates third-party APIs, enabling functionalities such as two-factor authentication, and aims to simplify the onboarding process for new users by reducing the barriers typically associated with crypto wallet software. Overall, Loom Network strives to deliver a user experience similar to traditional applications while supporting high-performance decentralized applications across multiple blockchain architectures.
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Mainframe Group, Inc. is a decentralized finance platform that enables users to borrow against their cryptocurrency holdings. Founded in 2013 and based in Lehi, Utah, the company offers several products, including Onyx, a messaging tool designed for decentralized workplace communication, and Mainframe OS, which assists developers in launching decentralized applications (dApps). Additionally, the Mainframe Credit Protocol facilitates fixed-rate lending and borrowing through a decentralized framework. The platform emphasizes privacy and security, providing a censorship-resistant network for messaging and data routing, which addresses the growing concerns over centralized control and surveillance in the digital age. With its focus on creating a reliable and secure communications ecosystem, Mainframe aims to empower users by ensuring their data remains protected from external threats.
MakerDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that operates on the Ethereum blockchain, primarily focused on creating a stable cryptocurrency known as Dai. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, the organization seeks to minimize price volatility by backing Dai with collateralized debt positions and utilizing autonomous feedback mechanisms. This stablecoin system is designed to maintain its value against a basket of international currencies, providing users with a reliable digital currency for various financial services. MakerDAO also offers MKR, a governance token that plays a role in the utility and recapitalization of the Maker system, thereby enabling participants to have a say in its operations and future development.
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Crypterium is developing a mobile app that allows instant payments in cryptocurrency using existing payment infrastructures such as NFC terminals or QR codes. It allows its users to issue a virtual card, bind it to their crypto account, link it to Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or Android Pay, and pay with crypto by simply using a smartphone.
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Stacks is a mobile communications company based in Melbourne, Australia, that specializes in branded contact sharing solutions. The company provides innovative business cards for iPhone users, enabling them to share contact information seamlessly via iOS 7 and AirDrop. Users can efficiently organize the business cards they receive into customized stacks based on categories such as company, profession, or event. Additionally, any updates made to contact details are automatically synchronized with their contacts, ensuring that information remains current and accessible. Stacks focuses on enhancing the way individuals manage and share their professional connections.
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
DDEX is a decentralized trading platform that enables users to trade ERC-20 tokens directly from their wallets without the need for additional registration or deposit requirements. Built on the Ethereum blockchain and utilizing the 0x protocol, DDEX provides a secure environment for cryptocurrency transactions, minimizing the risks associated with asset theft and ensuring that users maintain control over their funds at all times. The platform is compatible with popular wallet-enabled browsers like MetaMask and Brave, allowing for seamless trading experiences. By adopting a hybrid model, DDEX avoids holding users' assets, facilitating direct trades between buyers and sellers while eliminating uncertainties related to deposit or withdrawal lockup periods.
DFINITY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization based in Zurich, Switzerland, established in 2016. It is dedicated to developing the Internet Computer, a groundbreaking platform that enhances the functionality of the internet by providing a public computing environment for developers and entrepreneurs. This platform allows for the creation and hosting of decentralized applications and services, promoting a new, open method for building websites and enterprise systems. DFINITY employs a decentralized protocol known as Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), which enables independent data centers worldwide to collaborate and deliver scalable, secure, and serverless cloud computing resources. The foundation operates research centers in several global locations, including Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Tokyo, and aims to restore the internet's original open nature, challenging the dominance of major tech companies. Through its innovative technologies and approach, DFINITY seeks to enhance the overall internet experience and empower users in the digital landscape.
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Liquid Group Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-based company that develops and operates a cryptocurrency trading platform. Founded in 2014, the platform allows users to buy, sell, and trade major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, against various fiat currency pairs such as Japanese yen, US dollar, Singapore dollar, Australian dollar, and Euro. By facilitating these transactions, Liquid aims to provide liquidity to the cryptocurrency economy, making it easier for businesses and individuals to engage in cryptocurrency exchanges.
Zilliqa Research Pte. Ltd. operates a high-throughput blockchain platform designed to facilitate thousands of transactions per second. Founded in 2017 and based in Singapore, with an additional office in London, Zilliqa enables developers to create decentralized applications, peer-to-peer trading platforms, and marketplaces. The platform utilizes a novel sharding protocol to enhance transaction rates as the network grows, making it suitable for data-driven applications, particularly in machine learning and finance. Zilliqa’s functional programming language, Scilla, allows for static checks and formal verifications, ensuring security and reliability. Additionally, the company employs Proof of Work for miner verification to guard against Sybil attacks and implements Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance to achieve consensus within the network.
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Zilliqa Research Pte. Ltd. operates a high-throughput blockchain platform designed to facilitate thousands of transactions per second. Founded in 2017 and based in Singapore, with an additional office in London, Zilliqa enables developers to create decentralized applications, peer-to-peer trading platforms, and marketplaces. The platform utilizes a novel sharding protocol to enhance transaction rates as the network grows, making it suitable for data-driven applications, particularly in machine learning and finance. Zilliqa’s functional programming language, Scilla, allows for static checks and formal verifications, ensuring security and reliability. Additionally, the company employs Proof of Work for miner verification to guard against Sybil attacks and implements Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance to achieve consensus within the network.
Theta Labs, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Cupertino, California, is the developer of the Theta Network, a decentralized blockchain-powered video streaming platform. The network enables users to share their bandwidth in a peer-to-peer manner, facilitating efficient video delivery while rewarding them with cryptocurrency. By leveraging existing streaming applications, Theta Network allows users to stream live content from popular platforms with reduced latency, thereby lowering content delivery costs for video providers. The company has attracted strategic investments from notable corporate entities, including Samsung NEXT and Sony Innovation Fund, as well as various media and venture capital firms. Theta Labs operates as a subsidiary of Sliver VR Technologies, Inc.