Developer of a decentralized blockchain cryptocurrency ecosystem designed to tackle the trilemma of scalability, decentralization, and security. The company's platform offers crypto payments, smart contracts innovations, and designed coin distribution to give full control to the community and keep the database safe, enabling clients with the multithreaded technology.
Sumi Network operates in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors, focusing on enhancing communication and data storage solutions. The company offers a decentralized storage system called Sumi SILK (Storage Integrated Learning Knowledgebase), which transforms data into vector database files, allowing for quicker searches. Additionally, Sumi Network provides a wallet-to-wallet messaging service, known as Sumi, designed to facilitate effective communication within the Web3 environment. Their offerings also include products like Sumi Notes and Storage, which further contribute to the blockchain service industry. By utilizing a substrate-based blockchain system, Sumi Network aims to improve community interactions and streamline data transmission among users.
RedStone is a next-generation cross-chain data oracle that specializes in providing pricing data for financial protocols. The company develops modular oracles that deliver data feeds compatible with both layer 1 and layer 2 blockchains, including rollups-as-a-service (RaaS) solutions. RedStone's offerings include liquid staking tokens and liquid restaking tokens, as well as an online decentralized finance platform designed to utilize blockchain's permanent storage capabilities. This platform supports cross-chain data services while ensuring an audit trail, which enhances transparency and reliability. Additionally, RedStone enables decentralized finance providers to implement automatic dispute mechanisms, bolstered by insurance through staking, thereby facilitating more secure and efficient transactions.
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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.
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Developer of a fiat-to-crypto onramp technology designed to integrate all the major fiat gateways in a single, decentralized, turnkey technology. The company's technology implements a single major gateway that helps businesses to get global coverage of supported countries, payment methods, cryptocurrencies, and fiat currencies and allows them to earn their fees on every user transaction, enabling clients with a technique that connects users with fiat to crypto conversion services.
Aleph.im is a distributed cloud platform that offers serverless computing services, file storage, and database hosting. It is designed to securely access trusted off-chain data and computation through its blockchain-enabled application. The platform is open-source and operates on a decentralized network, allowing users to manage data storage and business logic without reliance on centralized services. Aleph.im enables customers to utilize a single identity, controlled by a single wallet, to read and write data across various supported blockchain networks.
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.
DeepDAO is a data analytics platform focused on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). It offers extensive analytics and information gathering, presenting a main dashboard that enumerates and ranks DAOs based on key metrics such as membership and assets under management. The platform enhances discoverability and provides comprehensive insights into decentralized governance systems, enabling clients to conduct thorough research. By aggregating relevant data, DeepDAO serves as a valuable resource for those interested in understanding and navigating the landscape of DAOs.
Pocket Inc. is a software development company based in Tampa, Florida, founded in 2017. It specializes in creating software development kits (SDKs) for blockchain and decentralized application (DApp) developers. The company offers a decentralized infrastructure that simplifies the development process for peer-to-peer applications, allowing developers to connect easily to various blockchains. Its Pocket Developer Plugin provides a single interface for accessing blockchain networks, enabling users to create custom plugins that streamline interactions with the underlying technology. This approach aims to enhance accessibility and efficiency for developers working with blockchain technology, ultimately facilitating the growth and adoption of cryptocurrencies.
Private Equity Round in 2021
BENQi is a liquidity protocol built on the Avalanche platform, designed to facilitate the seamless lending, borrowing, and earning of interest with digital assets. By integrating elements of decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance (TradFi), BENQi aims to enhance accessibility to financial products. Its infrastructure focuses on scalability, decentralization, and user-friendliness, offering low fees and permissionless access to a shared liquidity market. Additionally, BENQi seeks to bridge various blockchain ecosystems, including Ethereum, Polkadot, and Binance Smart Chain, through the use of Avalanche's subnets, positioning itself as a cross-chain DeFi solution. This approach enables traders to quickly supply and withdraw liquidity, democratizing access to financial services.
Developed by an experienced team of blockchain designers, BENQI is a protocol to unlock greater liquidity within the defi market. BENQI enables defi users to make their assets work harder to generate additional yield. Built on Avalanche’s high speed smart contract network, BENQI will evolve into a cross-chain defi hub that’s positioned at the heart of decentralized finance.
Private Equity Round in 2021
BENQi is a liquidity protocol built on the Avalanche platform, designed to facilitate the seamless lending, borrowing, and earning of interest with digital assets. By integrating elements of decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance (TradFi), BENQi aims to enhance accessibility to financial products. Its infrastructure focuses on scalability, decentralization, and user-friendliness, offering low fees and permissionless access to a shared liquidity market. Additionally, BENQi seeks to bridge various blockchain ecosystems, including Ethereum, Polkadot, and Binance Smart Chain, through the use of Avalanche's subnets, positioning itself as a cross-chain DeFi solution. This approach enables traders to quickly supply and withdraw liquidity, democratizing access to financial services.
SubQuery’s mission is to make the world’s decentralised data more accessible. We’re a data-as-a-service provider that aggregates and organises data from Polkadot projects, serving up well-structured data for developers to use for a wide array of projects. Operating between layer-1 blockchains and decentralised apps (dApp), our service allows developers to focus on their core use case and front-end, without needing to waste time on building a custom backend for data processing. SubQuery allows every Substrate/Polkadot team to process and query their data. The project is inspired by the growth of data protocols serving the application layer and its aim is to help Polkadot/Substrate projects build better dApps by allowing anyone to reliably find and consume data faster. Today, anyone can query and extract Polkadot network data in only minutes and at no cost.
Boson Protocol is a decentralized marketplace that addresses the challenge of trading physical assets through smart contracts. It eliminates the need for intermediaries, allowing for fully automated transactions that manage payment, expiry, and complaints without human intervention. The protocol facilitates reliable transactions that are executed simultaneously, ensuring trust and efficiency. Additionally, Boson Protocol incorporates a Web3 data marketplace to gather customer feedback, enhancing its service offerings. The platform also tokenizes reward vouchers as NFTs, providing a means for customers to store, transfer, or sell these vouchers, thereby integrating real-world products and services into a blockchain framework. Founded in 2019 and based in Taunton, United Kingdom, Boson Protocol represents a significant opportunity to establish a universal system for non-monetary value exchange and a comprehensive product data marketplace.
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Defi wizard is a dashboard for building Defi (decentralized finance) smart contracts with a few clicks. It offers real-time programmer analytics and allows users to create smart contracts for ERC20 / BEP20 / EDST, staking, yield farming, governance, cross-chain bridge, gasless relayer baked in.
Cere Network is a company that specializes in developing a blockchain-based customer relationship management (CRM) ecosystem aimed at enhancing data integration and collaboration. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a platform that extracts customer data from various traditional CRM and customer data systems. By leveraging blockchain technology, Cere captures the entire customer journey and securely stores key user data, including purchases and achievements, in user wallets. This approach enables businesses to gain valuable customer insights while allowing clients to maintain control over their data. The platform also incorporates a token system, which facilitates payment for services within the ecosystem.
Biconomy is a technology company that develops a multichain relayer protocol aimed at simplifying transactions and onboarding for Web3 projects. Its infrastructure network serves as a transaction highway that reduces friction between blockchain applications and end-users. By providing an SDK and dashboard, Biconomy abstracts the complexities associated with wallet setup, private key management, gas fees, and cryptocurrency purchases. The platform facilitates gas-efficient meta-transactions at scale, enabling developers to create seamless interactions between decentralized applications (DApps) and users. Through its innovative approach, Biconomy enhances the overall user experience within the blockchain ecosystem.
Centrifuge Inc. is a developer of a decentralized blockchain-based platform aimed at transforming the global financial supply chain. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Berlin, Germany, Centrifuge provides a secure and privacy-preserving protocol that facilitates peer-to-peer transactions while allowing businesses to retain ownership of their data. This includes validated company information, business relationships, and transaction history. The platform enables participants to interact within a global network, promoting economic opportunity through the easy creation of applications and functionality by third-party service providers. Centrifuge's team, which has a history of collaborating on successful software ventures, focuses on addressing real business challenges with solutions that handle significant transaction volumes daily.
Persistence operates a platform that enables users to borrow stablecoins by leveraging real-world assets, such as invoices, as collateral. This approach effectively connects decentralized finance with traditional finance, addressing real-world financing challenges. The platform aims to enhance liquidity for users by aggregating resources from crypto investors and lenders. By facilitating the seamless exchange of value, Persistence seeks to improve the speed and efficiency of cross-border trade and financing, ultimately addressing the financing gap faced by many businesses.
Sifchain is an innovative omni-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) designed to enhance liquidity across multiple blockchain networks, thereby reducing transaction fees and improving trading efficiency. Built on the Cosmos Software Development Kit (SDK), Sifchain is compatible with various Cosmos Network blockchains, allowing seamless interactions through the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol. This interoperability enables Sifchain to offer a trading experience that combines the advantages of liquidity pools and order books, ensuring optimal order execution. By focusing on cross-chain liquidity, Sifchain aims to address fundamental challenges in the blockchain industry, positioning itself as a key player in the evolving landscape of decentralized finance. The platform’s design prioritizes efficiency, claiming to be significantly more cost-effective and faster than traditional Ethereum-based exchanges.
Private Equity Round in 2020
Kira Core is a decentralized finance technology company that focuses on Blockchain and cryptocurrency. The company builds a full-stack DeFi ecosystem and truly distributed applications and offers deployment of private validator nodes on any distributed network as well as trusted setup for its own delegators. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic.
DIA (Decentralised Information Asset) is an open-source, data and oracle platform for the DeFi ecosystem. DIA leverages crypto-economic incentives to drive supply, share and use transparent, crowd-verified price data and oracles on financial and digital assets.
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Covalent Research & Development Inc. is a technology company based in Vancouver, Canada, focused on enhancing transparency and accountability in the cryptocurrency sector. Established in 2018, Covalent develops a data analytics suite that addresses significant infrastructure challenges obstructing blockchain adoption. Its offerings include on-chain data and analytics for the Ethereum network, as well as APIs that provide visibility and transparency across various blockchain networks. The company aims to bridge centralized databases with decentralized blockchain technologies, thereby facilitating adoption among enterprises and consumers. Covalent supports several leading decentralized finance protocols and is actively building tools like SafeKeeep, which aims to improve data availability and record-keeping in the DeFi space. The company’s team comprises industry veterans with extensive experience in database and distributed systems, underscoring its commitment to driving innovation in blockchain technology.
StakerDao, Inc. develops platform for governing financial assets in a decentralized, secure, and compliant manner. The company builds and manages products for on-chain governance, cross-chain synthetics, and tokenized real-world assets. It offers STKR that governs financial asset decision making and BLND, a synthetic token that tracks a governed basket of proof-of-stakes tokens. StakerDao, Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
StakerDao, Inc. develops platform for governing financial assets in a decentralized, secure, and compliant manner. The company builds and manages products for on-chain governance, cross-chain synthetics, and tokenized real-world assets. It offers STKR that governs financial asset decision making and BLND, a synthetic token that tracks a governed basket of proof-of-stakes tokens. StakerDao, Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
Shyft Network Inc, founded in 2017 and based in Barbados, operates a blockchain-based digital identity network aimed at enhancing regulatory compliance and data security. As a subsidiary of Bitfury USA, Inc., Shyft focuses on aggregating existing protocols to create a standardized approach to anti-money laundering verification. The network offers robust data protection and features such as a bridge watcher system to detect and deter threats. It provides users with granular control over their information, allowing them to decide what data to share, with whom, and for what purposes. Shyft also facilitates incentivized data exchange, enabling businesses to improve personal information security while accessing valuable compliance-satisfying data.
Initial Coin Offering in 2019
Cere Network is a company that specializes in developing a blockchain-based customer relationship management (CRM) ecosystem aimed at enhancing data integration and collaboration. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a platform that extracts customer data from various traditional CRM and customer data systems. By leveraging blockchain technology, Cere captures the entire customer journey and securely stores key user data, including purchases and achievements, in user wallets. This approach enables businesses to gain valuable customer insights while allowing clients to maintain control over their data. The platform also incorporates a token system, which facilitates payment for services within the ecosystem.
Initial Coin Offering in 2019
Kava Labs Inc. is a developer of the Kava DeFi Platform, which offers decentralized finance services such as stablecoins, bonds, and lending across multiple blockchain networks. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Kava focuses on enhancing interoperability and liquidity for blockchains, wallets, and exchanges through its cross-chain collateralized debt position platform. The platform is secured by over 100 professional validators, ensuring the safety of users' assets. Kava Labs leverages its blockchain expertise, having previously collaborated with notable projects like Ripple, Tendermint/Cosmos, Tezos, and MakerDao, to deliver innovative solutions in the rapidly evolving crypto landscape.
Initial Coin Offering in 2019
Raven Protocol is a decentralized platform designed for the efficient training of deep neural networks. By harnessing idle computing resources from a network of nodes, it offers a cost-effective solution that accelerates the training process for artificial intelligence models. The protocol facilitates a distributed approach to deep learning, allowing users to leverage available compute power while minimizing costs associated with traditional training methods. This innovative model aims to enhance the accessibility and effectiveness of AI training, catering to the growing demand for advanced machine learning capabilities.