Metaverse HQ
Seed Round in 2024
Metaverse HQ is a Web3 technology company dedicated to supporting founders and advising leaders in the evolving landscape of the third generation of the World Wide Web. The company focuses on incubating innovative ideas and developing engaging products while providing educational resources through events and informative content. Additionally, Metaverse HQ offers advisory services, strategic partnerships, and investment opportunities in the Web3 sector, enabling users to make informed decisions in their endeavors. By fostering a deeper understanding of Web3 technologies, the company aims to empower its clients to navigate this new digital frontier effectively.
Entangle Protocol
Seed Round in 2024
Entangle is a developer of a cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that focuses on enhancing liquidity provision and yield access through the use of synthetic assets. The platform enables connections between Ethereum virtual machine and non-Ethereum virtual machine chains, facilitating seamless interactions across different blockchain ecosystems. By employing a messaging layer to replicate states, Entangle aims to improve liquidity retention through various utility mechanisms. This allows users to borrow against their synthetic collateral in native stablecoins, thereby increasing the overall efficiency and accessibility of liquidity in the DeFi space.
Pimlico
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Pimlico is an infrastructure platform focused on the development of Ethereum smart accounts. The company's platform provides tools that facilitate various financial transactions, such as sponsoring transactions, subsidizing user minting fees, and accepting credit card payments for blockchain-related services. By emphasizing flexibility and security, Pimlico aims to enable businesses to create user-friendly decentralized applications.
Hydra Ventures
Seed Round in 2023
Hydra Ventures, established in 2022 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in supporting decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) within the web3 ecosystem. It offers investment solutions, incubation services, and strategic guidance tailored to DAO companies, fostering their growth and success in the rapidly evolving blockchain landscape.
Connext, Inc. is a software development company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017 by Arjun Bhuptani, Layne Haber, and Rahul Sethuram. The company specializes in creating an interoperability protocol that facilitates fast and fully-trustless communication between different blockchains. Its innovative technology aims to foster the formation of an interconnected network of blockchains, commonly referred to as the internet of blockchains. Additionally, Connext provides users with tools to purchase and manage blockchain applications, offering features such as direct card purchases for token acquisition, access to current vaults, decentralized compliance, and walletless signature capabilities.
ChainSafe Systems
Series A in 2022
ChainSafe is a blockchain company based in Toronto that specializes in developing blockchain protocols and infrastructure systems. The firm focuses on providing developers with blockchain-agnostic tools that facilitate the creation of decentralized applications. By utilizing emerging technologies, including blockchain, smart contracts, and machine learning, ChainSafe enables developers to design user-centric systems. This approach allows developers to build adaptable toolkits that can operate across various blockchain ecosystems, catering to organizations of all sizes and objectives.
Neon DAO
Venture Round in 2022
Neon DAO is a for-profit DAO for the Metaverse
Veridise
Funding Round in 2022
Veridise is a comprehensive blockchain security company founded by a team of renowned researchers. Specializing in auditing Zero-Knowledge Circuits and MetaMask Snaps, the firm possesses extensive expertise in smart contracts, blockchains, Layer 2 solutions, DeFi protocols, cryptocurrency wallets, tokens, and NFTs. Veridise has established a reputation for uncovering critical vulnerabilities that other auditing firms often overlook, identifying over 100 high-severity bugs in the first half of 2023 alone. The company's approach combines traditional auditing methods with advanced automated Web3 security tools, allowing them to tackle complex blockchain security challenges effectively. Through this innovative hybrid methodology, Veridise provides clients with detailed and actionable audit reports, enhancing the overall security of blockchain applications.
Aligned
Seed Round in 2022
A technology-focused investment firm anticipating civilization-scale transformations. They specialize in blockchain, AI, and health technologies.
MyCrypto
Acquisition in 2022
MyCrypto, Inc. is a technology company based in Redondo Beach, California, founded in 2015. It develops an open-source, client-side platform that allows users to securely store, send, receive, and trade digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and ERC-20 tokens. The platform provides a desktop application that enables users to manage their crypto wallets without relying on online services, thereby enhancing security against phishing attacks and malicious extensions. By focusing on user privacy and control, MyCrypto aims to simplify the interaction with blockchain technology for traders and investors.
Telos is a third-generation blockchain platform that facilitates the development of fast and scalable distributed applications with no transaction fees. Designed to support the economies of the future, Telos offers a decentralized and eco-friendly network that addresses global challenges through human-scale solutions. The platform eliminates gas fees and front running, making it an ideal choice for real-world applications across various industries. With a focus on mass adoption and open finance, Telos is driven by a community dedicated to increasing practical use and accessibility in everyday scenarios.
Matter Labs
Series B in 2021
Matter Labs designs and develops blockchain technology that uses zero-knowledge proofs to scale Ethereum and improve privacy, removing interaction obstacles between untrusted parties. The company builds a scaling decentralized application that provides succinctly verifiable computation, enabling businesses and others to prove integrity without disclosing sensitive data. It aims to accelerate public blockchain adoption by offering an open, scalable alternative to existing financial systems. Founded in 2018, it has been associated with Berlin, Germany, and is based in the Cayman Islands.
Nftfy
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Nftfy is a decentralized platform enabling users to buy, sell, and trade fractions of NFTs. It enhances portfolio liquidity and diversification, facilitates pricing discovery, and fosters community growth.
Neon DAO
Venture Round in 2021
Neon DAO is a for-profit DAO for the Metaverse
Coinshift
Seed Round in 2021
Coinshift is a platform that enables businesses and decentralized organizations to manage their crypto assets efficiently. It offers cash management, asset management, risk management, and reporting features, empowering users to collaborate on transactions and execute mass payouts securely.
FingerprintsDAO
Venture Round in 2021
FingerprintsDAO is a collective that acquires and commissions artworks based on smart contracts, demonstrating the artistic potential of blockchain technology. They support artists in creating such works and generate revenue through these efforts.
Boto
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2021, Boto is a Delaware City-based no-code automation platform. It enables both developers and non-developers to create and share automation workflows by dragging and dropping blocks using its user-friendly interface.
Connext, Inc. is a software development company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017 by Arjun Bhuptani, Layne Haber, and Rahul Sethuram. The company specializes in creating an interoperability protocol that facilitates fast and fully-trustless communication between different blockchains. Its innovative technology aims to foster the formation of an interconnected network of blockchains, commonly referred to as the internet of blockchains. Additionally, Connext provides users with tools to purchase and manage blockchain applications, offering features such as direct card purchases for token acquisition, access to current vaults, decentralized compliance, and walletless signature capabilities.
Umee is the most programmable, safety-first lending algorithm built as a blockchain that enables seamless borrowing and lending of digital assets between distinct blockchain ecosystems. Umee is reshaping the global debt markets in Web3.
Adhara is a software company that provides real-time, multi-currency liquidity management and cross-border payments solutions for banks, central banks, and banking consortia. It develops advanced liquidity management, foreign exchange and payments platforms built on tokenized money and smart contracts over a blockchain-enabled distributed ledger. The company offers a CBDC suite for issuing digital currencies and financial infrastructure that orchestrates international, cross-currency payments and settlement processes, including delivery-versus-payment and capital markets workflows, leveraging tokenized money and CBDCs. Adhara operates a global, decentralized liquidity network designed to improve transaction traceability and regulatory compliance for financial institutions and their clients. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in the United Kingdom.
Gitcoin
Venture Round in 2021
Gitcoin, established in 2017 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, operates a platform that connects open-source developers with funding opportunities. The platform, built on the Ethereum network using Solidity, enables developers to monetize their work in various programming languages, including Python, Rust, Ruby, JavaScript, and Solidity. Gitcoin fosters a symbiotic relationship between developers, maintainers, and financiers, promoting the growth of open-source projects and the community. The company's grants management platform offers decentralized allocation infrastructure and smart contract-based funding mechanisms, facilitating efficient capital distribution and community-driven innovation within blockchain ecosystems.
Cryptio
Seed Round in 2021
Cryptio is an enterprise-grade back-office platform for cryptocurrency businesses that converts on-chain activity into auditable records for accounting, financial reporting, treasury management, and tax filings. Its software automates bookkeeping for digital assets by linking blockchain transactions, wallets, exchanges, and custodians with existing accounting systems, enabling users to manage, report, and monitor day-to-day accounting tasks. The platform covers activities across DeFi and NFTs, providing integrated support for automated accounting, audit preparation, and regulatory-compliant reporting.
Transak
Seed Round in 2021
Transak is a global provider of web3 payment and onboarding infrastructure, designed to facilitate smooth transitions between traditional finance and cryptocurrency assets. The company offers a range of products, including fiat-to-crypto services, a fiat-to-smart-contract solution, and a fiat-to-NFT checkout option. As a regulated and non-custodial payments layer, Transak enables onboarding to over 160 crypto assets across more than 75 blockchains. Its platform allows users to buy and sell crypto assets through bank transfers, settling transactions without taking custody of user data or funds. The integration of Transak's services is streamlined, allowing applications to incorporate its payment solutions with minimal coding. With over 350 trusted applications, including prominent wallets, Transak is committed to enhancing accessibility in the web3 landscape.
Secured Finance
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Secured Finance is a decentralized finance protocol that provides secured lending and derivatives with inter-bank-grade quality. It seeks to bring institutional finance practices to decentralized finance by using smart contracts. The platform supports collateral-backed borrowing and offers middle and back-office functions on top of blockchain, including automatic collateral management and mark-to-market mechanisms. It enables peer-to-peer lending, OTC derivatives, fair price discovery, and structured products, with lending markets offering fixed interest rates and maturities spanning from a few months to several years. By combining blockchain-based automation with traditional risk controls, Secured Finance aims to deliver lower-risk, transparent access to credit for individuals and small businesses.
Truffle Suite
Acquisition in 2020
Truffle Suite is a leading provider of a comprehensive development framework designed for blockchain decentralized applications (dapps). The company offers a suite of tools that facilitates the development process for developers by supporting custom deployments, library linking, and the creation of complex Ethereum applications. Its offerings include automated contract testing, scriptable deployment, migration tools, and network management features, all aimed at streamlining and accelerating the application development lifecycle. By providing these resources, Truffle Suite empowers developers to build and manage blockchain applications more efficiently and effectively.
Mint Gate
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Mint Gate is a platform facilitating creators and communities to generate unique tokens or keys, rewarding superfans for engagement, and unlocking exclusive digital experiences.
Fluidity
Acquisition in 2020
Fluidity Operations LLC, founded in 2017 and based in Brooklyn, New York, specializes in developing and marketing a decentralized token trading platform aimed at brokers, issuers, and financial institutions. As a subsidiary of ConsenSys Inc. since May 2020, Fluidity provides technology services that facilitate asset tokenization, issuance, and trading through blockchain technology. The company caters to asset managers and capital market participants by offering solutions for tokenized securities and portfolios, which enable access to cost-effective credit facilities and yield enhancement strategies.
Atomic Loans
Seed Round in 2020
Atomic Loans Inc. is a Toronto-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in facilitating the borrowing and lending of cryptocurrency assets through a decentralized protocol. By leveraging atomic swap technology, Atomic Loans allows users to create trustless, cross-chain debt agreements without the need for intermediaries. This innovative approach enables individuals to manage their crypto-backed loans on their own terms, ensuring that their funds remain secure and free from the risks associated with centralized custodianship. The company's unique model promotes a permissionless and trustless environment for users seeking to engage in crypto lending and borrowing.
ChainSafe Systems
Seed Round in 2020
ChainSafe is a blockchain company based in Toronto that specializes in developing blockchain protocols and infrastructure systems. The firm focuses on providing developers with blockchain-agnostic tools that facilitate the creation of decentralized applications. By utilizing emerging technologies, including blockchain, smart contracts, and machine learning, ChainSafe enables developers to design user-centric systems. This approach allows developers to build adaptable toolkits that can operate across various blockchain ecosystems, catering to organizations of all sizes and objectives.
Transak
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Transak is a global provider of web3 payment and onboarding infrastructure, designed to facilitate smooth transitions between traditional finance and cryptocurrency assets. The company offers a range of products, including fiat-to-crypto services, a fiat-to-smart-contract solution, and a fiat-to-NFT checkout option. As a regulated and non-custodial payments layer, Transak enables onboarding to over 160 crypto assets across more than 75 blockchains. Its platform allows users to buy and sell crypto assets through bank transfers, settling transactions without taking custody of user data or funds. The integration of Transak's services is streamlined, allowing applications to incorporate its payment solutions with minimal coding. With over 350 trusted applications, including prominent wallets, Transak is committed to enhancing accessibility in the web3 landscape.
Cryptio
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Cryptio is an enterprise-grade back-office platform for cryptocurrency businesses that converts on-chain activity into auditable records for accounting, financial reporting, treasury management, and tax filings. Its software automates bookkeeping for digital assets by linking blockchain transactions, wallets, exchanges, and custodians with existing accounting systems, enabling users to manage, report, and monitor day-to-day accounting tasks. The platform covers activities across DeFi and NFTs, providing integrated support for automated accounting, audit preparation, and regulatory-compliant reporting.
Idle DAO
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Idle is a decentralized protocol specializing in automatic asset allocation and aggregation within the interest-bearing tokens economy. It bundles crypto-assets into tokenized baskets that automatically rebalance funds according to various management strategies, aiming to optimize users' digital asset allocation across leading DeFi protocols.
PoolTogether
Seed Round in 2020
PoolTogether operates an Ethereum-based platform that offers users a no-loss savings game. Users deposit funds into the platform's smart contract, earning interest weekly. At the end of each week, one winner receives the collective interest earned, while all other participants retain their principal.
Idle DAO
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Idle is a decentralized protocol specializing in automatic asset allocation and aggregation within the interest-bearing tokens economy. It bundles crypto-assets into tokenized baskets that automatically rebalance funds according to various management strategies, aiming to optimize users' digital asset allocation across leading DeFi protocols.
Cryptio
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Cryptio is an enterprise-grade back-office platform for cryptocurrency businesses that converts on-chain activity into auditable records for accounting, financial reporting, treasury management, and tax filings. Its software automates bookkeeping for digital assets by linking blockchain transactions, wallets, exchanges, and custodians with existing accounting systems, enabling users to manage, report, and monitor day-to-day accounting tasks. The platform covers activities across DeFi and NFTs, providing integrated support for automated accounting, audit preparation, and regulatory-compliant reporting.
Compound is an open-source protocol operating a decentralized finance lending platform. It facilitates real-time money markets by algorithmically adjusting interest rates based on asset-specific supply and demand. Compound enables users to deposit crypto assets as collateral, borrow base assets, and earn interest on their deposits within the DeFi ecosystem.
Rocket Pool
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Rocket Pool is a decentralised Ethereum proof-of-stake infrastructure provider that enables individuals and businesses to stake ether through a scalable pool architecture. The platform combines smart contracts, smart nodes, and minipools to create a network that can automatically scale and load balance across cloud providers worldwide, supporting flexible staking and withdrawals. It offers an integrated API for registered partners, allowing exchanges, wallet providers, and other Ethereum services to offer staking to their users via partner networks. Founded in 2016 and based in Brisbane, Australia, Rocket Pool focuses on making staking accessible by reducing entry barriers and providing dependable infrastructure for earning interest on ether holdings over a fixed term, with emphasis on decentralization and third-party integration.
Connext
Seed Round in 2019
Connext, Inc. is a software development company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017 by Arjun Bhuptani, Layne Haber, and Rahul Sethuram. The company specializes in creating an interoperability protocol that facilitates fast and fully-trustless communication between different blockchains. Its innovative technology aims to foster the formation of an interconnected network of blockchains, commonly referred to as the internet of blockchains. Additionally, Connext provides users with tools to purchase and manage blockchain applications, offering features such as direct card purchases for token acquisition, access to current vaults, decentralized compliance, and walletless signature capabilities.
SKALE Labs
Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2015, SKALE Labs develops a scalable blockchain platform that enables high-speed consensus for decentralized applications (dApps). It empowers dApps to run smart contracts at millions of transactions per second on platforms like Ethereum and EOS. The SKALE Network is a fully decentralized, open-source P2P network supported by the SKALE utility token.
Aztec specializes in developing privacy-focused technologies for Ethereum-based transactions. It is renowned for creating PLONK, a leading standard in zero-knowledge proofs, enabling fast, private interactions on the public blockchain. The company's research team has made significant contributions to Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and possesses extensive expertise in deploying intricate cryptosystems within Web3 environments. Aztec Network recently unveiled an advanced version of zk.money, showcasing its Aztec Connect SDK's ability to facilitate seamless integrations with prominent DeFi protocols like Lido and Element Finance. The company is currently working on building a secure, encrypted blockchain secured by Ethereum.
Adhara is a software company that provides real-time, multi-currency liquidity management and cross-border payments solutions for banks, central banks, and banking consortia. It develops advanced liquidity management, foreign exchange and payments platforms built on tokenized money and smart contracts over a blockchain-enabled distributed ledger. The company offers a CBDC suite for issuing digital currencies and financial infrastructure that orchestrates international, cross-currency payments and settlement processes, including delivery-versus-payment and capital markets workflows, leveraging tokenized money and CBDCs. Adhara operates a global, decentralized liquidity network designed to improve transaction traceability and regulatory compliance for financial institutions and their clients. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in the United Kingdom.
Sooho.io
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Sooho.io Inc. is a blockchain security platform based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2018. The company specializes in automating the contract audit process throughout the entire development lifecycle, providing robust security assessments. Its platform aids blockchain-based companies in enhancing security and compliance by utilizing API and IDE plugins to identify bugs, detect vulnerable code, and verify safety. Additionally, Sooho.io employs machine learning algorithms to analyze on-chain transactions, filtering out unreliable activities and incorporating anti-fraud and anti-money-laundering compliance measures. This comprehensive approach enables clients to identify flaws in their codebase earlier, ultimately saving time and resources.
Aztec specializes in developing privacy-focused technologies for Ethereum-based transactions. It is renowned for creating PLONK, a leading standard in zero-knowledge proofs, enabling fast, private interactions on the public blockchain. The company's research team has made significant contributions to Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and possesses extensive expertise in deploying intricate cryptosystems within Web3 environments. Aztec Network recently unveiled an advanced version of zk.money, showcasing its Aztec Connect SDK's ability to facilitate seamless integrations with prominent DeFi protocols like Lido and Element Finance. The company is currently working on building a secure, encrypted blockchain secured by Ethereum.
Atomic Loans
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Atomic Loans Inc. is a Toronto-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in facilitating the borrowing and lending of cryptocurrency assets through a decentralized protocol. By leveraging atomic swap technology, Atomic Loans allows users to create trustless, cross-chain debt agreements without the need for intermediaries. This innovative approach enables individuals to manage their crypto-backed loans on their own terms, ensuring that their funds remain secure and free from the risks associated with centralized custodianship. The company's unique model promotes a permissionless and trustless environment for users seeking to engage in crypto lending and borrowing.
Truffle Suite
Venture Round in 2019
Truffle Suite is a leading provider of a comprehensive development framework designed for blockchain decentralized applications (dapps). The company offers a suite of tools that facilitates the development process for developers by supporting custom deployments, library linking, and the creation of complex Ethereum applications. Its offerings include automated contract testing, scriptable deployment, migration tools, and network management features, all aimed at streamlining and accelerating the application development lifecycle. By providing these resources, Truffle Suite empowers developers to build and manage blockchain applications more efficiently and effectively.
Sooho.io
Convertible Note in 2019
Sooho.io Inc. is a blockchain security platform based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2018. The company specializes in automating the contract audit process throughout the entire development lifecycle, providing robust security assessments. Its platform aids blockchain-based companies in enhancing security and compliance by utilizing API and IDE plugins to identify bugs, detect vulnerable code, and verify safety. Additionally, Sooho.io employs machine learning algorithms to analyze on-chain transactions, filtering out unreliable activities and incorporating anti-fraud and anti-money-laundering compliance measures. This comprehensive approach enables clients to identify flaws in their codebase earlier, ultimately saving time and resources.
Founded in 2018, Ligero specializes in designing and implementing a platform for secure, decentralized collaboration both on and off blockchain. Their offerings include confidential transactions, private smart contracts, distributed threshold cryptography, secure auctions for decentralized exchanges, and private verifiable machine learning.
Blok-Z
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Blok-Z is an energy sector software provider based in Germany with an office in Turkey. The company develops enterprise‑grade blockchain solutions to advance a distributed, decarbonized energy future. Its white‑label platform enables energy companies to sell green electricity, create new revenue streams from energy services, and attract new customers. The solution automates settlement, auditing and back‑office processes and prevents double‑counting through smart contracts, reducing operational costs and increasing transparency for energy companies, customers and prosumers.
Alkemi
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Alkemi provides data access services for AI development, offering a platform that securely provisions specific data segments to AI developers without requiring local downloads and includes data slicing, personalized recommendations, pricing optimization, and demand analysis to connect data providers with AI developers and support the creation of tailored AI applications in a regulated environment.
Aztec specializes in developing privacy-focused technologies for Ethereum-based transactions. It is renowned for creating PLONK, a leading standard in zero-knowledge proofs, enabling fast, private interactions on the public blockchain. The company's research team has made significant contributions to Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum and possesses extensive expertise in deploying intricate cryptosystems within Web3 environments. Aztec Network recently unveiled an advanced version of zk.money, showcasing its Aztec Connect SDK's ability to facilitate seamless integrations with prominent DeFi protocols like Lido and Element Finance. The company is currently working on building a secure, encrypted blockchain secured by Ethereum.
Expercoin
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Expercoin designs and develops a blockchain-based platform that enables decentralized marketplaces and learning communities to support the digital economy. Instructors can create courses and quizzes, and the platform provides integrated marketplaces for learning, career, and mentorship, as well as an assessment system, corporate academy functionality, and financial aid marketplace, along with certifications and micro-credentials. It aims to build one of the world’s largest decentralized networks of marketplaces called Republics, empowering communities to host training, assessments, mentorship, and job opportunities. The platform leverages AI-powered tools and governance features to help businesses create learning environments with integrated training, mentorship, and employment options.
Expercoin
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Expercoin designs and develops a blockchain-based platform that enables decentralized marketplaces and learning communities to support the digital economy. Instructors can create courses and quizzes, and the platform provides integrated marketplaces for learning, career, and mentorship, as well as an assessment system, corporate academy functionality, and financial aid marketplace, along with certifications and micro-credentials. It aims to build one of the world’s largest decentralized networks of marketplaces called Republics, empowering communities to host training, assessments, mentorship, and job opportunities. The platform leverages AI-powered tools and governance features to help businesses create learning environments with integrated training, mentorship, and employment options.
Adhara
Venture Round in 2018
Adhara is a software company that provides real-time, multi-currency liquidity management and cross-border payments solutions for banks, central banks, and banking consortia. It develops advanced liquidity management, foreign exchange and payments platforms built on tokenized money and smart contracts over a blockchain-enabled distributed ledger. The company offers a CBDC suite for issuing digital currencies and financial infrastructure that orchestrates international, cross-currency payments and settlement processes, including delivery-versus-payment and capital markets workflows, leveraging tokenized money and CBDCs. Adhara operates a global, decentralized liquidity network designed to improve transaction traceability and regulatory compliance for financial institutions and their clients. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in the United Kingdom.
Expercoin
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Expercoin designs and develops a blockchain-based platform that enables decentralized marketplaces and learning communities to support the digital economy. Instructors can create courses and quizzes, and the platform provides integrated marketplaces for learning, career, and mentorship, as well as an assessment system, corporate academy functionality, and financial aid marketplace, along with certifications and micro-credentials. It aims to build one of the world’s largest decentralized networks of marketplaces called Republics, empowering communities to host training, assessments, mentorship, and job opportunities. The platform leverages AI-powered tools and governance features to help businesses create learning environments with integrated training, mentorship, and employment options.
Adhara is a software company that provides real-time, multi-currency liquidity management and cross-border payments solutions for banks, central banks, and banking consortia. It develops advanced liquidity management, foreign exchange and payments platforms built on tokenized money and smart contracts over a blockchain-enabled distributed ledger. The company offers a CBDC suite for issuing digital currencies and financial infrastructure that orchestrates international, cross-currency payments and settlement processes, including delivery-versus-payment and capital markets workflows, leveraging tokenized money and CBDCs. Adhara operates a global, decentralized liquidity network designed to improve transaction traceability and regulatory compliance for financial institutions and their clients. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in the United Kingdom.
DADA is the world’s only visual conversation network where artists and audiences speak to each other through drawings and collaboratively create art. It uses blockchain technology to channel art created on the platform into a decentralized marketplace governed by smart contracts, providing IP protection for creators and proof of ownership for collectors. The service enables artists to post content and connect to develop collaborative art projects through blockchain and non-fungible tokens.
Ink Protocol
Seed Round in 2018
Ink Protocol is a decentralized reputation and payment protocol powered by the Ethereum blockchain and XNK, an ERC20 compatible token.
XNK is the underlying currency used in all Ink Protocol transactions. As a result, all transactions and feedback are backed by proof of payment on the blockchain.
XNK is also earned by mediators for the mediation services that they provide on transactions.
XNK is already used on the Listia marketplace as the primary virtual currency for all transactions.
Rocket Pool
Seed Round in 2018
Rocket Pool is a decentralised Ethereum proof-of-stake infrastructure provider that enables individuals and businesses to stake ether through a scalable pool architecture. The platform combines smart contracts, smart nodes, and minipools to create a network that can automatically scale and load balance across cloud providers worldwide, supporting flexible staking and withdrawals. It offers an integrated API for registered partners, allowing exchanges, wallet providers, and other Ethereum services to offer staking to their users via partner networks. Founded in 2016 and based in Brisbane, Australia, Rocket Pool focuses on making staking accessible by reducing entry barriers and providing dependable infrastructure for earning interest on ether holdings over a fixed term, with emphasis on decentralization and third-party integration.
Civil
Venture Round in 2017
Civil is a decentralized marketplace that enables citizens to directly sponsor journalists and newsrooms, fostering sustainable journalism globally. Based in Brooklyn, New York, the company operates a blockchain-based media platform designed to protect journalists from censorship and intellectual property issues. By employing a model that incentivizes collaborative editing and fact-checking, Civil aims to significantly reduce misinformation. This platform allows journalists to produce various forms of content, including articles, videos, and podcasts, while empowering audiences to actively support their work.
The Bounties Network
Venture Round in 2017
The Bounties Network is a decentralized platform designed to facilitate a peer-to-peer economy by enabling individuals to incentivize and self-organize across various domains, including freelancing and grassroots social initiatives. The company develops interoperable smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain to streamline the creation and management of bounties. This platform allows freelancers to collaborate on projects and receive compensation for their work in fields such as research, content translation, and video production. By providing tools for effective project management and payment, The Bounties Network fosters an environment where individuals can collectively drive initiatives and support each other's efforts.
Gnosis
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Founded in 2015, Gnosis is a decentralized infrastructure provider for the Ethereum ecosystem. Initially focused on prediction markets, Gnosis evolved into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) in late 2020, with a treasury controlling over 150K ETH and 8 Million GNO tokens. In 2021, Gnosis Chain was launched as an Ethereum companion chain for stable transactions using the xDai token. Gnosis incubates products such as Gnosis Safe (a multisig wallet), Cow Protocol (a decentralized exchange), Conditional Tokens (prediction markets), and Zodiac (DAO tooling).