Semantic Layer
Seed Round in 2024
Semantic Layer develops a platform aimed at mitigating the adverse effects of miner extractable value (MEV) on users. Its solution enables users to regain control over their MEV, empowering developers to build more resilient decentralized applications.
Eywa is a decentralized cross-chain protocol designed to facilitate the transfer of liquidity and data across various blockchains that support smart contracts. By addressing interoperability challenges, Eywa aims to create a seamless ecosystem for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. The protocol serves as a middle layer, enabling developers to build cross-chain decentralized applications and engage in cross-chain farming. This functionality allows users to easily perform cross-chain swaps and bridge assets across different DeFi platforms. Eywa's approach enhances the accessibility and utility of existing DeFi blockchains, fostering innovation and collaboration within the cryptocurrency space.
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.
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.
Zecrey
Angel Round in 2022
Zecrey is a Singapore-based company established in January 2021 that develops a layer 2 cross-chain protocol focused on enhancing privacy and security in blockchain transactions. Utilizing zkRollup technology, Zecrey aims to lower entry barriers for both businesses and consumers by providing an accessible platform for asset management. The company's services facilitate cross-chain transactions, enabling users to manage, swap, and bridge digital assets across multiple blockchain networks while ensuring that their transactions remain private. By prioritizing user ownership and security, Zecrey strengthens the overall integrity of the blockchain ecosystem.
The Graph
Venture Round in 2022
The Graph is an indexing and query protocol for decentralized networks that enables developers to publish open APIs, called subgraphs, which applications can query with GraphQL to retrieve blockchain data. A hosted service is in production to help developers start quickly, while a decentralized network is launching. It currently indices data from Ethereum, IPFS and POA, with more networks planned. Thousands of developers have deployed subgraphs for DApps such as Uniswap, Synthetix, Aragon, Aave, Gnosis, Balancer, Livepeer, DAOstack and Decentraland. The Graph supports a global community of participants, including indexers and curators, to maintain and curate the data network.
Titan
Funding Round in 2021
Titan their software monitors, manages, and optimizes our mining operations at any scale. They are building a smart contract protocol for provable, programmable hashrate, making global mining smarter and more efficient.
CoinList facilitates the launch and growth of innovative digital assets, connecting early adopters with promising projects like Filecoin and Solana. It offers a full-service trading platform for popular cryptocurrencies and provides access to new tokens before they list on other exchanges.
Arcana Network
Venture Round in 2021
Arcana Network operates as a decentralized storage platform tailored for Ethereum and EVM-compatible chains, focusing on enhancing the security and privacy of user data. Its offerings include a comprehensive Privacy Stack that encompasses key management, authentication, identity and access control, and end-to-end encryption. By integrating these features, Arcana empowers developers to create applications that prioritize data protection and user privacy, allowing for the rapid development of secure applications. This approach simplifies the process for developers, enabling them to build privacy-preserving solutions efficiently and effectively.
4Everland
Seed Round in 2021
4Everland is a cloud computing platform that offers website and app design and development services.
Moonbeam Network
Funding Round in 2021
Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.
Blockdaemon
Venture Round in 2020
Blockdaemon facilitates blockchain deployment by offering a node management platform that supports over 30 protocols. It empowers businesses and developers to quickly launch and manage blockchain applications, with tools for exchanges, custodians, and financial institutions.
Keep
Venture Round in 2020
Keep Network, established in 2017 and based in George Town, Cayman Islands, specializes in creating interactive links between public blockchains and private data. The company's core product, tBTC, is a decentralized bridge enabling users to securely and anonymously transfer their Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, facilitating participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Keep Network's technology, an off-chain container for private data, allows smart contracts to leverage the full power of public blockchains while maintaining data privacy.
Keep
Initial Coin Offering in 2020
Keep Network, established in 2017 and based in George Town, Cayman Islands, specializes in creating interactive links between public blockchains and private data. The company's core product, tBTC, is a decentralized bridge enabling users to securely and anonymously transfer their Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, facilitating participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Keep Network's technology, an off-chain container for private data, allows smart contracts to leverage the full power of public blockchains while maintaining data privacy.
LianAn Technology
Venture Round in 2020
LianAn Technology is a blockchain firm dedicated to the creation of a blockchain security ecosystem. VaaS, developed by LianAn Technology, is an automated blockchain formal verification platform that supports both EOS and Ethereum.
BlockApps
Series A in 2019
BlockApps develops an enterprise blockchain platform that enables businesses to build, deploy, and manage Ethereum-based applications. Its flagship product, BlockApps STRATO, facilitates the creation of hybrid private, consortium, and public blockchains. The company serves software startups, IT firms, industry-owned businesses, and Fortune 500 corporations.
AlphaWallet
Seed Round in 2019
AlphaWallet is a developer of a decentralized digital wallet platform that facilitates transactions involving cryptocurrencies. It offers an Ethereum-based wallet that supports various digital assets, allowing users to send, receive, and store digital currencies. AlphaWallet aims to connect businesses and consumers with the evolving digital economic infrastructure through the process of tokenization. This involves the creation of tokenized rights that can be traded on the market and integrated across different systems, fostering a seamless marketplace. For developers, AlphaWallet provides TokenScript, an open framework akin to the "HTML" for tokens, enabling the creation of "smart" tokens. The AlphaWallet app serves as a browser for users to access these SmartTokens, paralleling the function of websites in the Web 2.0 era. The company's vision emphasizes the widespread benefits of technology-enabled free markets.
LianAn Technology
Seed Round in 2018
LianAn Technology is a blockchain firm dedicated to the creation of a blockchain security ecosystem. VaaS, developed by LianAn Technology, is an automated blockchain formal verification platform that supports both EOS and Ethereum.
MakerDAO
Venture Round in 2017
MakerDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that operates a smart contract platform on the Ethereum blockchain to back and stabilize the value of its Dai stablecoin through collateralized debt positions and autonomous governance mechanisms. It issues Dai, a collateral-backed cryptocurrency designed to maintain low volatility, and MKR, a token used for governance and recapitalization of the system. Founded in 2015, MakerDAO is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, with additional offices in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Digix is a Singapore-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in asset tokenization using blockchain technology. It focuses on representing physical gold through digital tokens, allowing individual investors to engage in secure and transparent cryptocurrency transactions. By leveraging the Ethereum blockchain, Digix provides a platform that facilitates the trading of real-world assets, ensuring that these transactions are securely tracked and audited. The company's mission is to create a robust ecosystem of tangible assets represented as tokens, thereby enhancing access to and confidence in asset trading.
Block.one
Seed Round in 2017
Block.one develops EOSIO, an open-source blockchain software renowned for its flexibility and scalability. Headquartered in Grand Cayman with offices globally, the company employs over 300 specialists dedicated to empowering society through secure, transparent digital infrastructures.
Symbiont.io, Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in developing a smart contracts platform tailored for institutional applications of blockchain technology. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Amsterdam, the company provides a comprehensive infrastructure for capital markets. This includes a unified ledger for sharing business logic and market data, as well as the Symbiont Assembly platform, which facilitates the issuance, tracking, and management of financial instruments such as loans, securities, and commodities. By enabling complex financial instruments to exist within a decentralized blockchain network, Symbiont aims to enhance transparency, reduce risk, and lower costs for financial institutions and government entities. The company has established partnerships with industry leaders, including Vanguard and the State of Delaware, to drive innovation and improve operational efficiency in the capital markets sector.
Parity Technologies
Seed Round in 2016
Founded in London in 2015, Parity Technologies specializes in blockchain infrastructure. It develops open-source software for enterprises to securely interact with the Ethereum blockchain.
String Labs
Seed Round in 2016
String Labs Inc. is a Palo Alto-based company that focuses on the development of decentralized protocols and decentralized applications (DApps). Founded in 2014, it operates as a crypto venture studio and incubator, contributing significantly to innovative blockchain projects, including DFINITY, which serves as an open virtual blockchain computer designed to enhance the Ethereum ecosystem for business applications, and the PHI project, intended for decentralized cloud platforms. String Labs is composed of a team of experts, including cryptographers, distributed computing scientists, and economists, and collaborates with prominent organizations like BCG Dvolution to advance enterprise blockchain initiatives while providing essential infrastructure support.