Hashed

Hashed is a venture capital firm founded in 2017, with headquarters in San Francisco and Seoul. It is recognized as the largest crypto asset community builder in South Korea, focusing on empowering networks and innovators to foster the decentralized future. The team comprises experienced entrepreneurs and systems engineers dedicated to promoting the global adoption of blockchain technology through education and impactful initiatives. Hashed operates several platforms, including Hashed Lounge, a prominent blockchain meetup group; Hashed Post, a cryptocurrency blog that features interviews with industry leaders; and Hashed Night, a renowned conference and networking brand. The firm is committed to defining its role as a technology and founder-focused entity within the blockchain ecosystem.

Bonsang Gu

Investor

Timmy Sangwoo Han

Associate

Seok Won Hong

Investor

Sean Hong

CFO and Partner

Hong Seong-wook

Partner

Jake Kim

Associate

Sungho Kim

Founding Partner

Seojun Kim

CEO

Kim Baek-gyeom

Partner

Kim Gyun-tae

Partner

Kim Seo- joon

ceo

Baek Kim

Partner

Ethan Kim

Co-Founder and Partner

Hwisang Kim

CIO, Partner

Daniel Minsu Kim

Venture Partner

Ryan Sung ho Kim

Partner

Seung-yoon Lee

Venture Partner

Tak Lee

Venture Partner

Nathan Lee

Investor

Jongho Daniel Park

Research Associate

Jun Park

Senior Associate

Youngkyun YK Rha

Associate

Edward Tan

Associate

Sungjin Yoon

Investor

Joseph Young

Senior Associate

Past deals in Crypto

Haedal Protocol

Seed Round in 2025
Haedal Protocol is a ecosystem liquidity pledge protocol provider, aiming to provide services to maximize DeFi returns in the ecosystem.

Stat Project

Seed Round in 2024
Stat Project is an investment information platform that provides services to virtual asset investors and issuers.

Infinit

Venture Round in 2024
Infinit is the DeFi Abstraction Layer that removes the enormous friction associated with creating and scaling DeFi ecosystems.

IDA

Seed Round in 2024
IDA is the leading provider of digital asset solutions, allowing trust, transparency, and speed in payments and commerce. By leveraging blockchain technology, IDA opens up a more connected and inclusive global economy.

Splitting Me

Seed Round in 2024
Splitting Me uses NFTs to unlock the benefits of real estate investments with just one cent.

GOMBLE

Series A in 2024
GOMBLE creates blockchain-based casual games that focus on the game's core fun rather than just playing for the money.

Merkle Trade

Seed Round in 2024
Merkle Trade is a developer of a decentralized trading platform that facilitates trading in commodities, currencies, and cryptocurrencies. The platform offers a range of user-centric features, including gamified trading experiences and instant rewards, making it accessible for users. By leveraging advanced technology, Merkle Trade aims to provide a comprehensive and engaging decentralized exchange for traders in various markets.

Taiko Labs

Series A in 2024
Taiko Labs is a cryptocurrency firm focused on developing a zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) scaling solutions platform for the Ethereum Blockchain. The company's platform aims to enhance Ethereum's scalability by closely emulating its functionality, both technically and non-technically. It supports all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) opcodes within a decentralized, permissionless, and secure layer-2 architecture, providing Ethereum developers with the necessary tools to execute blockchain projects effectively.

Humanity Protocol

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Humanity Protocol is developing Proof of Humanity, a novel feature designed to provide developers with unique-human authentication mechanisms and give users complete ownership over their data and identity.

Backpack

Series A in 2024
Backpack is a fully regulated global cryptocurrency exchange that innovates to deliver an engaging, enjoyable, and simple trading environment for both seasoned and new web3 users.

Ethena

Seed Round in 2024
Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.

bbox

Pre Seed Round in 2024
bbox offers professional trading on the Decentralized Perpetual Exchange and hybrid markets.

NAVI Protocol

Seed Round in 2024
NAVI is the first Native One-Stop Liquidity Protocol on Sui. It enables users to participate as liquidity providers or borrowers within the Sui Ecosystem.

Splitting Me

Seed Round in 2023
Splitting Me uses NFTs to unlock the benefits of real estate investments with just one cent.

Bloomingbit

Series A in 2023
Bloomingbit offers a comprehensive 24/7 service dedicated to digital assets and economic content. With a focus on providing timely and insightful information, Bloomingbit strives to keep users informed about developments in the digital asset space and economic trends around the clock.

AnotherBall

Seed Round in 2023
AnotherBall is a startup that combines entertainment and blockchain technologies.

Story Protocol

Series A in 2023
Story Protocol is a technology company focused on revolutionizing the creation of narrative universes in the web3 space. Its platform enables creators to develop, own, govern, and license intellectual property on-chain, fostering an ecosystem where story elements can be remixed and composed.

Dfns

Seed Round in 2023
Dfns offers a wallets-as-a-service (WaaS) platform that enables businesses to efficiently manage digital assets while ensuring high levels of security. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing systems, allowing for secure user onboarding and streamlined transactions across multiple blockchains.

KTX Finance

Seed Round in 2023
KTX Finance operates an online trading platform for digital assets, specializing in decentralized, on-chain trade of perpetuals. Its platform offers margin trading, spot trading, derivatives trading, and token trading, all without requiring users to share personal information or relinquish custody of their assets. This enables efficient and accessible trading, eliminating the need for centralized intermediaries.

Decentralised Gaming Ventures

Seed Round in 2023
Decentralised Gaming Ventures is a web3 game developer committed to assisting the area's top up-and-coming game designers.

Connext

Series A in 2023
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.

Story Protocol

Seed Round in 2023
Story Protocol is a technology company focused on revolutionizing the creation of narrative universes in the web3 space. Its platform enables creators to develop, own, govern, and license intellectual property on-chain, fostering an ecosystem where story elements can be remixed and composed.

Omni Network

Venture Round in 2023
Omni Network is a blockchain that supports applications in functioning across all rollups. The company creates technologies that support personal freedoms and enable global collaboration.

Glip.gg

Funding Round in 2022
Web3 mobile gaming platform

Suberra

Seed Round in 2022
Suberra facilitates crypto payments for businesses. It offers services such as accepting crypto for commerce, one-time payments, and subscriptions, aiming to enhance user experience in crypto transactions.

Satellite IM

Seed Round in 2022
Satellite IM utilizes leading decentralization and encryption technology to provide a platform to build extensible apps.

Halliday

Seed Round in 2022
Halliday automates workflows across systems, enhancing player onboarding and engagement in Web3 games and virtual environments.

Crypso

Seed Round in 2022
Crypso operates as a vertical social networking platform and infrastructure that connects crypto users with communities of investors and creators. The platform curates trending crypto news, influencer videos, and signals from prominent traders, enabling users to learn from collective wisdom and to act on trade ideas. By aggregating content and insights from influencers, Crypso aims to democratize access to crypto information for millions of users in India and around the world.

Line Next

Series A in 2022
Line Next is committed to advancing and expanding the worldwide NFT industry. LINE NEXT seeks to offer innovative digital experiences and pave the road for the future by utilising blockchain and NFT technology.

MoHash

Seed Round in 2022
MoHash is a decentralized finance protocol that facilitates global capital access and liquidity for private debt markets in fast-growing economies by leveraging stablecoin crypto assets.

Liminal

Seed Round in 2022
We are a self custody wallet management solution for digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Real Player DAO

Seed Round in 2022
Real Player DAO is a web3 organization serving the crypto community with a GameFi platform that blends blockchain technology and game-theoretic mechanics to align interests around a blockchain project. The platform features a multi-task launchpad that distributes in-game tokens and NFTs to genuine contributors by connecting real players with quality games across multiple chains, enabling participation in governance and engagement in the metaverse.

Dfns

Seed Round in 2022
Dfns offers a wallets-as-a-service (WaaS) platform that enables businesses to efficiently manage digital assets while ensuring high levels of security. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing systems, allowing for secure user onboarding and streamlined transactions across multiple blockchains.

Community Gaming

Series A in 2022
Community Gaming operates an all-in-one esports competition platform offering blockchain-based payments and scalable tournament management tools for players, guilds, organizers, and game developers; its software enables the creation, facilitation, and participation in automated esports tournaments, featuring built-in wallets and automated, no-fee cryptocurrency rewards; the platform supports Earnings for Everyone by decentralizing rewards through web3 technology; since 2020, it has paid more than 20,000 gamers and created 800,000 wallets, while handling over 50,000 monthly matches.

NEAR

Private Equity Round in 2022
NEAR is a blockchain platform that enables developers to build, deploy, and run decentralized applications. It offers NEAR Protocol, a scalable smart contract platform with decentralized storage and compute capabilities, along with developer tools such as documentation, wallet, studio, and explorer. The platform supports a broad ecosystem of components and aims to bridge the adoption gap for mainstream software by refining the development experience and enabling agents and clients to own assets, make decisions, and transact across networks. NEAR was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in California.

NEAR

Venture Round in 2022
NEAR is a blockchain platform that enables developers to build, deploy, and run decentralized applications. It offers NEAR Protocol, a scalable smart contract platform with decentralized storage and compute capabilities, along with developer tools such as documentation, wallet, studio, and explorer. The platform supports a broad ecosystem of components and aims to bridge the adoption gap for mainstream software by refining the development experience and enabling agents and clients to own assets, make decisions, and transact across networks. NEAR was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in California.

Real Player DAO

Venture Round in 2022
Real Player DAO is a web3 organization serving the crypto community with a GameFi platform that blends blockchain technology and game-theoretic mechanics to align interests around a blockchain project. The platform features a multi-task launchpad that distributes in-game tokens and NFTs to genuine contributors by connecting real players with quality games across multiple chains, enabling participation in governance and engagement in the metaverse.

Aptos

Seed Round in 2022
Aptos is a web3 startup founded in 2021 and based in Palo Alto, California. The company develops a scalable Layer 1 blockchain that allows developers to create future-proof applications. Aptos aims to provide universal access to decentralized assets through its network, utilizing a safe and reliable programming language that facilitates application development. The team at Aptos is composed of skilled engineers, researchers, strategists, designers, and builders, all working towards enhancing the accessibility and scalability of blockchain infrastructure for developers.

Ramper

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Ramper is a company founded in 2022 and based in San Francisco, California, that focuses on simplifying access to blockchain applications. It offers a software solution designed to facilitate the onboarding of users to web3, allowing individuals without any cryptocurrency background to access applications easily. By employing a one-click wallet and login system, Ramper enables developers to streamline the onboarding process, thereby reducing friction and promoting wider adoption of web3 technologies.

BlockOdyssey

Series A in 2022
BlockOdyssey Inc. is a technology start-up based in Daejeon, South Korea, specializing in blockchain-based distribution management solutions. The company focuses on providing industry-specific applications such as anti-counterfeiting systems, data storage, and currency exchange. Its primary offering is a blockchain platform that integrates logistics and distribution history management, enabling reliable data sharing among businesses. This platform employs advanced authentication methods, including digital signature QR codes, to ensure the security and integrity of logistics information. BlockOdyssey has garnered investment from prominent companies, including Asia's largest cosmetic firm, and is actively collaborating with pharmaceutical companies in France to enhance its offerings.

Jambo

Seed Round in 2022
Jambo is a technology company building an on-chain mobile network driven by the JamboPhone, a crypto-native smartphone and ecosystem that combines hardware, software, and decentralized services. It operates a distributed mobile-network foundation with nodes across many countries to enable decentralized use cases such as validators and peer-to-peer networking while reducing connectivity costs. The platform includes the JamboApp, which features a multi-chain wallet, an ecosystem dApp store, and opportunities to earn rewards. It also supports gaming smartphones with integrated blockchain technology and financial software to connect users with the global on-chain economy. Jambo aims to onboard millions into the on-chain economy by enabling access to games, cryptocurrency trading, and decentralized finance, with the Jambo Token powering rewards and ecosystem incentives.

Rift Finance

Venture Round in 2022
Rift Finance operates a decentralized protocol that enhances the growth of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) by restructuring incentive frameworks. It enables DAOs to deploy governance tokens from their treasuries, thereby increasing token liquidity without relinquishing ownership.

Rare Circles

Seed Round in 2022
Rare Circles selects a battle-tested smart contract that meets your brand’s specific engagement objectives. Customize the NFT experience for different target audiences with features like VIP allowlists and loyalty claims. Rare Circles was established in 2021 in Montréal, Quebec.

Sovrun

Series A in 2022
Sovrun specializes in producing high-quality gaming assets for blockchain-based games, focusing on breeding and crafting mechanisms. They enable game developers to integrate player-built economies through a custom API toolkit.

PlotX

Seed Round in 2022
PlotX operates a decentralized market prediction platform designed for the crypto community. The platform supports automated market making, price predictions for crypto assets, rewards settlement, and automated calculation of predictions, with liquidity mining across price feeds. A native utility token acts as the medium of exchange among participants on the PlotX prediction market protocol, supporting high-yield prediction markets. The company focuses on enabling users to participate in forecasting markets through a DeFi protocol that combines price data feeds and incentive mechanisms, aiming to deliver open, permissionless access to prediction trading and reward opportunities.

OnePlanet

Seed Round in 2021
OnePlanet operates as an NFT marketplace and launchpad on the Polygon blockchain, focusing on the gaming sector. It offers a platform for users to buy, sell, and trade NFTs, as well as participate in blockchain gaming experiences. OnePlanet supports creators and gamers by providing tools for launching NFTs and engaging with the community through games like Planet Popper. The platform also features collaborations with various gaming projects, offering users unique NFT drops and rewards in MATIC. OnePlanet aims to enrich the blockchain gaming ecosystem by making it accessible and rewarding for users.

Ledn

Series B in 2021
Ledn is a fintech company that develops financial products for digital asset holders to access liquidity without selling their assets. Its product suite includes Borrow, a bitcoin‑backed loan that provides dollars while keeping bitcoin as collateral; B2X, which enables clients to instantly double their bitcoin holdings through a Ledn loan; and Save, a savings account for bitcoin and USDC that pays interest with no minimums. The platform offers cryptocurrency‑backed financing without the need for traditional credit checks, allowing users to access capital and leverage their holdings while maintaining ownership of their assets.

MetaGods

Seed Round in 2021
MetaGods is a blockchain-based role-playing game that offers play-to-earn action MMORPGs. Players can earn epic NFT loot by exploring dungeons, slaying mythical monsters, and teaming up with friends from various metaverses to earn additional rewards.

MYTY

Seed Round in 2021
MYTY is a decentralized social platform that enables users to express themselves freely and escape physical world limitations through the use of NFT avatars.

Polysynth

Seed Round in 2021
Polysynth is a Polygon-based synthetic asset platform.

World

Venture Round in 2021
World is a technology company specializing in secure digital asset management. It operates the World App, which enables users to securely store their World ID, manage digital assets, and access various Mini Apps within a privacy-focused network.

Elpis Battle

Venture Round in 2021
Elpis Global operates a blockchain-based gaming platform that aims to create a new gaming metaverse for its users. The platform features an open-world role-playing game (RPG) with a play-to-earn model, allowing participants to contribute to the game ecosystem and earn rewards through their gameplay. Elpis Global develops a variety of games tailored to meet the interests of diverse target audiences, enhancing user engagement and satisfaction. In addition to gaming, the company provides solutions related to blockchain, cryptocurrency, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), further enriching the gaming experience and enabling players to benefit economically while enjoying their time in the metaverse.

Nifty Island

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Nifty Island is an open social gaming platform and virtual world developed by Nyft Studios. It serves as the centerpiece of Nyft Studios’ vision, offering interoperable games, an NFT marketplace, play-to-earn protocols, and game developer tools and infrastructure to support a player-owned metaverse powered by web3. The platform focuses on blockchain-based social gaming, enabling users to play, display and trade non-fungible tokens, build communities, and earn cryptocurrency by contributing content, with users maintaining control over their content within the gameverse.

Kokoa Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Kokoa Finance is a Klaytn-based collateralized stablecoin platform that provides interest-free loans and low-risk deposit products.

RECUR

Series A in 2021
RECUR designs & develops on-chain branded experiences for fans to buy, collect, and re-sell NFTs. RECUR is chain agnostic and is fundamentally changing the NFT market by creating and setting the standard for a decentralized recurring royalty, creating the widest distribution and reach for NFTs minted on their platform. It was founded in 2021 and headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Cybertino Lab

Seed Round in 2021
Cybertino Lab is a platform where users can create, own, and play with virtual assets and connect with their communities through NFTs.

CryptoQuant

Seed Round in 2021
CryptoQuant is a leading provider of cryptocurrency market intelligence. It offers on-chain data analytics, empowering investors with insights into transaction volumes, wallet balances, and network activity across major blockchain networks. By visualizing complex data through charts and graphs, CryptoQuant helps clients make informed decisions and optimize investment strategies.

Krystal

Seed Round in 2021
Krystal is a multi-chain platform designed to simplify access to decentralized finance (DeFi) services. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools that allow users to trade and bridge tokens, manage portfolios, and conduct market analysis, all from a single interface known as KrystalGO. The platform integrates with various liquidity protocols across multiple blockchains, enabling users to store digital assets, exchange tokens, and engage in lending and saving activities to earn interest. Krystal emphasizes user control, allowing customers to maintain ownership of their funds and private keys while benefiting from low transaction fees. This streamlined approach to DeFi caters to both novice and experienced users looking to navigate the complexities of the cryptocurrency landscape.

Coin98

Venture Round in 2021
Coin98 is a Crypto-focused software company.

Connext

Series A in 2021
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.

Wavebridge

Series A in 2021
Founded in November 2018, Wavebridge is a leading digital asset company specializing in institutional investments. It offers comprehensive solutions leveraging advanced data processing and AI technology, focusing on both traditional and crypto finance.

Community Gaming

Seed Round in 2021
Community Gaming operates an all-in-one esports competition platform offering blockchain-based payments and scalable tournament management tools for players, guilds, organizers, and game developers; its software enables the creation, facilitation, and participation in automated esports tournaments, featuring built-in wallets and automated, no-fee cryptocurrency rewards; the platform supports Earnings for Everyone by decentralizing rewards through web3 technology; since 2020, it has paid more than 20,000 gamers and created 800,000 wallets, while handling over 50,000 monthly matches.

Unbound Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Unbound Finance is a decentralized finance platform that focuses on unlocking liquidity from automated market-making pools. By allowing users to utilize liquidity pool tokens as collateral, the platform enables the minting of synthetic assets and facilitates a debt-free liquidity provision system. This innovative approach allows users to compound earnings while accessing liquidity from existing platforms, enhancing the efficiency and flexibility of capital in the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Enjin

Venture Round in 2021
Enjin is a prominent blockchain project founded in 2009 by Maxim Blagov and Witek Radomski, recognized for its pioneering role in the NFT and metaverse space. The company has developed a comprehensive technology stack that facilitates the integration of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into various applications, particularly in gaming. Enjin's offerings include the Enjin Wallet 2.0, which allows seamless interaction with NFT-enabled apps, and Beam, a tool for distributing NFTs via QR codes. Additionally, NFT.io serves as a dedicated marketplace for NFT transactions. Enjin is also instrumental in launching Efinity, a specialized NFT chain on the Polkadot network designed for optimal NFT functionality. Since 2019, indie developers have leveraged Enjin's tools to incorporate NFTs without requiring extensive blockchain development skills, thereby fostering innovation in virtual economies and enhancing business strategies related to user acquisition and monetization.

Lithium Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Lithium Finance is a blockchain protocol focused on pricing illiquid assets through a collective intelligence algorithm. The company aims to enhance traditional finance by applying innovative decentralized finance (DeFi) and cryptocurrency tools. Its platform employs a Determinant-based Mutual Information (DMI) mechanism, where participants respond to subjective multiple-choice questions to determine fair pricing for illiquid assets. This approach enables the prediction of pricing information for pre-IPO stocks, private equity, and other assets that lack established market prices.

Set Labs

Series A in 2021
Set Labs develops tools for creating and managing bundled crypto assets, known as 'Sets'. These Sets enable users to create diverse cryptocurrency baskets, including non-fungibles and on-chain securities.

Ledn

Series A in 2021
Ledn is a fintech company that develops financial products for digital asset holders to access liquidity without selling their assets. Its product suite includes Borrow, a bitcoin‑backed loan that provides dollars while keeping bitcoin as collateral; B2X, which enables clients to instantly double their bitcoin holdings through a Ledn loan; and Save, a savings account for bitcoin and USDC that pays interest with no minimums. The platform offers cryptocurrency‑backed financing without the need for traditional credit checks, allowing users to access capital and leverage their holdings while maintaining ownership of their assets.

Hyperithm

Series B in 2021
Hyperithm is a prominent digital asset financial service provider based in Tokyo and Seoul, focusing on cryptocurrency services for institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. The company specializes in algorithmic and high-frequency trading strategies, emphasizing market-neutral approaches. As a fully regulated Virtual Asset Service Provider, Hyperithm also offers comprehensive prime brokerage services, facilitating streamlined crypto trading for a diverse clientele that includes publicly listed companies, family offices, and venture capital firms. The firm is committed to supporting the Web3 ecosystem by investing in Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions, decentralized applications, gaming projects, and asset managers. Co-founded by an ex-Morgan Stanley investment banker and a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur, Hyperithm attracts top talent, consisting of seasoned professionals and award-winning scholars. Through the use of innovative algorithms developed in Rust, the company aims to create a robust digital asset gateway, combining automated trading with advanced risk management techniques.

Solv Protocol

Angel Round in 2021
Solv Protocol is a decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. Its first product, Vesting Vouchers, are fractionalized NFTs representing lock-up vesting tokens, enhancing liquidity and enabling financial scenarios like fundraising and token liquidity management.

Solv Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
Solv Protocol is a decentralized platform for creating, managing, and trading Financial NFTs. Its first product, Vesting Vouchers, are fractionalized NFTs representing lock-up vesting tokens, enhancing liquidity and enabling financial scenarios like fundraising and token liquidity management.

Coin98

Seed Round in 2021
Coin98 is a Crypto-focused software company.

Anchor Protocol

Venture Round in 2021
Anchor Protocol is a savings platform that provides crypto natives, fintech companies, and investors a stable, high interest rate finance. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

BlockOdyssey

Seed Round in 2021
BlockOdyssey Inc. is a technology start-up based in Daejeon, South Korea, specializing in blockchain-based distribution management solutions. The company focuses on providing industry-specific applications such as anti-counterfeiting systems, data storage, and currency exchange. Its primary offering is a blockchain platform that integrates logistics and distribution history management, enabling reliable data sharing among businesses. This platform employs advanced authentication methods, including digital signature QR codes, to ensure the security and integrity of logistics information. BlockOdyssey has garnered investment from prominent companies, including Asia's largest cosmetic firm, and is actively collaborating with pharmaceutical companies in France to enhance its offerings.

RECUR

Seed Round in 2021
RECUR designs & develops on-chain branded experiences for fans to buy, collect, and re-sell NFTs. RECUR is chain agnostic and is fundamentally changing the NFT market by creating and setting the standard for a decentralized recurring royalty, creating the widest distribution and reach for NFTs minted on their platform. It was founded in 2021 and headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Efinity

Series A in 2021
Efinity is a cross-chain NFT blockchain that brings non-fungible tokens to everyone. It was developed by Enjin on Polkadot.

dYdX

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2017 by an ex-Coinbase engineer, dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, and Spot trading on Ethereum. It combines the security of a decentralized exchange with the speed and usability of a centralized one.

Terra

Venture Round in 2021
Terra is a price-stable cryptocurrency designed for mass adoption. It builds financial infrastructure for the next generation of decentralized applications. Terra is backed by Luna, a decentralized asset that derives its value from transaction fees collected on the Terra network. Much like the moon stabilizes the earth’s rotation, Luna is Terra's eternal guardian of stability.

API3

Seed Round in 2020
API3 develops a decentralized infrastructure for connecting blockchain applications to off-chain data providers. Its platform, API3, aggregates data from first-party oracles operated by premier API providers, enabling seamless and secure data exchange without intermediaries.

Injective Labs

Funding Round in 2020
Injective Labs is a software development company specializing in decentralized finance solutions. It is a core contributor to Injective, an open-source blockchain designed specifically for financial applications.

Dune Analytics

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018 by Fredrik Haga and Mats Olsen, Dune Analytics specializes in Ethereum blockchain research. It offers a powerful tool for querying, extracting, visualizing, and sharing vast amounts of on-chain crypto data.

Linear Finance

Seed Round in 2020
Linear Finance is a company that operates a decentralized delta-one asset protocol designed for cross-chain compatibility, facilitating the creation, management, and trading of synthetic assets with unlimited liquidity. The company serves various sectors, including cryptocurrency, commodities like crude oil and coffee, market indices, e-sports, and sustainability. Headquartered in New Territories, Hong Kong, Linear Finance leverages a blend of technical expertise from the cryptocurrency space and financial acumen from traditional asset management, enabling users to engage with assets efficiently and at fair market value.

Screena

Seed Round in 2020
Screena is a platform that hosts animation, movies, and series, offering a blockchain-based content circulation system for viewing non-face-to-face OTT and YouTube video content.

Bounce Finance

Venture Round in 2020
Bounce Finance is a decentralized auction protocol that empowers users to create and participate in diverse types of auctions across multiple blockchain ecosystems, including the real-world collectible marketplace.

Mythical Games

Series A in 2019
Mythical Games Inc. is a game technology studio founded in 2018 and based in Sherman Oaks, California, with an additional office in Seattle, Washington. The company develops blockchain-based games and aims to create a new generation of gaming experiences by enabling true ownership of digital assets, verifiable scarcity, and integrated secondary markets. Its flagship title, Blankos, is a casual multiplayer game where players can buy, trade, and sell their unique designs. Mythical Games also provides tools for content creators and brands, allowing them to customize and own game assets. By fostering a decentralized gaming ecosystem, the company brings players, developers, and content creators together, promoting personalized experiences and driving consumer adoption of distributed ledger technology through innovative gaming products.

NuCypher

Initial Coin Offering in 2019
NuCypher is a cryptography company that specializes in developing a data-centric zero-trust encryption platform aimed at enhancing data privacy and security. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, the company provides solutions for storing, sharing, and managing sensitive data on public blockchains. Its platform allows organizations to implement military-strength encryption to safeguard large and distributed data sets, whether hosted in the cloud or on-premises, while maintaining compliance with internal security policies and regulatory requirements. NuCypher's technology facilitates secure, auditable sharing of data, making it easier for companies to execute big data projects while protecting against internal and external threats.

Vega Protocol

Seed Round in 2019
Vega is a technology protocol and crypto-asset for an open, blockchain-backed public network for fully automated end-to-end financial product trading and execution. Fully automated processes and incentives for trading margined financial products allow for markets that are open and decentralized, with pseudonymous participants. The platform of the company provides open and fair markets in which fees are shared by market makers, not owners, and governance decisions are made by the community, allowing financial institutions to open access, reduce costs, and enable a new wave of financial market innovation.

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.

Dapp.com

Seed Round in 2019
Dapp.com is your trusted platform to discover and analyze thousands of ranked dapps built on Ethereum, EOS, Steem, TRON, TomoChain, IOST, and Blockstack. We know though that many people find the blockchain and decentralized tech to be mystifying and overwhelming. So we have set up Dapp.com to help as many people as we can to understand what it’s all about, why it’s so exciting, and how you can use it - either as a developer or as a user.

Animoca Brands

Post in 2019
Animoca Brands is a venture capital firm focused on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It leverages gamification and blockchain technology to develop, market, and invest in mobile applications, games, and additional products centered around educational learning, ensuring transparency, security, and new business models.

Terra

Seed Round in 2018
Terra is a price-stable cryptocurrency designed for mass adoption. It builds financial infrastructure for the next generation of decentralized applications. Terra is backed by Luna, a decentralized asset that derives its value from transaction fees collected on the Terra network. Much like the moon stabilizes the earth’s rotation, Luna is Terra's eternal guardian of stability.

Handshake

Seed Round in 2018
Handshake, established in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, offers a decentralized naming protocol built on blockchain technology. It provides an alternative to traditional certificate authorities, enabling a peer-to-peer network to manage the root zone file, making it uncensorable and free of gatekeepers.

QuarkChain

Seed Round in 2018
QuarkChain Inc. is a blockchain company based in Palo Alto, California, established in 2018. It specializes in creating a high-capacity peer-to-peer transactional system that leverages blockchain sharding technology to enhance scalability and flexibility. QuarkChain aims to deliver over 100,000 transactions per second (TPS), and has already demonstrated a peak of over 14,000 TPS in its early-stage testnet. The platform is designed to support multiple consensus mechanisms, transaction models, and token economics, making it a versatile solution for enterprises seeking to address various business challenges. With a growing ecosystem of over 50 partners, QuarkChain is committed to making blockchain technology accessible and usable for a broad audience.

NuCypher

Venture Round in 2018
NuCypher is a cryptography company that specializes in developing a data-centric zero-trust encryption platform aimed at enhancing data privacy and security. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, the company provides solutions for storing, sharing, and managing sensitive data on public blockchains. Its platform allows organizations to implement military-strength encryption to safeguard large and distributed data sets, whether hosted in the cloud or on-premises, while maintaining compliance with internal security policies and regulatory requirements. NuCypher's technology facilitates secure, auditable sharing of data, making it easier for companies to execute big data projects while protecting against internal and external threats.

Oasis Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Oasis Labs, Inc. is a blockchain technology company founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It operates a privacy-first cloud computing platform designed for scalable and privacy-preserving smart contracts. The platform enables the development of decentralized applications that prioritize privacy and performance, addressing challenges related to data security and scalability in real-world applications. Oasis Labs offers a suite of tools, including privacy tools, development SDKs, and dashboards, that facilitate the creation and management of smart contracts while ensuring secure data handling across businesses. The company's innovative approach aims to enhance blockchain adoption by overcoming traditional limitations associated with performance and privacy.

Ontology

Seed Round in 2018
Ontology is a high-performance, open-source blockchain focused on decentralized identity and data solutions for Web3. Its platform facilitates the development of smart contracts and the management of data, enabling businesses, individuals, and institutions to establish specialized trust networks tailored to their specific needs. Ontology's infrastructure supports cross-chain collaboration and Layer 2 scalability, providing the flexibility required for diverse applications. Key offerings include ONT ID, a mobile digital identity application, and DDXF, a decentralized data exchange and collaboration framework, both designed to enhance speed, security, and trust within the ecosystem.

Connext

Convertible Note in 2018
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.

EMX

Seed Round in 2018
EverMarkets is a next generation exchange that uses crypto as collateral to trade equity, commodity, and cryptocurrency futures.

NuCypher

Venture Round in 2017
NuCypher is a cryptography company that specializes in developing a data-centric zero-trust encryption platform aimed at enhancing data privacy and security. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, the company provides solutions for storing, sharing, and managing sensitive data on public blockchains. Its platform allows organizations to implement military-strength encryption to safeguard large and distributed data sets, whether hosted in the cloud or on-premises, while maintaining compliance with internal security policies and regulatory requirements. NuCypher's technology facilitates secure, auditable sharing of data, making it easier for companies to execute big data projects while protecting against internal and external threats.

ælf

Seed Round in 2017
aelf, an AI-enhanced Layer 1 blockchain network, leverages the robust C# programming language for efficiency and scalability across its sophisticated multi-layered architecture. Founded in 2017 with its global hub in Singapore, aelf is a pioneer in the industry, leading Asia in evolving blockchain with state-of-the-art AI integration and modular Layer 2 ZK Rollup technology, ensuring an efficient, low-cost, and highly secure platform that is both developer and end-user friendly. Aligned with its progressive vision, aelf is committed to fostering innovation within its ecosystem and advancing Web3 and AI technology adoption.

Pundi X

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Pundi X is a pioneering blockchain company focused on creating a decentralized ecosystem to enhance everyday life. It has developed two innovative devices: the XPOS, a leading blockchain-based point of sale system that facilitates seamless transactions in digital currencies for merchants and customers, and the Blok On Blok (BOB) phone, which enables users to communicate and browse using blockchain technology without relying on centralized service providers. Additionally, Pundi X is building the Function X ecosystem, designed to be open source, scalable, and secure, allowing companies and developers to create applications that empower users to have control over their data. The company aims to simplify cashless payments and provide access to micro-loans through cryptocurrency, promoting safe and efficient digital transactions for both commercial and domestic customers.
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