HashKey Capital

HashKey Capital is an institutional asset manager focused on investments in blockchain technology, fintech, and digital assets. The firm offers financial services to startups at various stages, from Pre-Seed to Series B+, providing support in both equity and token investments. As a pioneer in the digital assets space, HashKey Capital plays a significant role in fostering the advancement and adoption of blockchain technology by assisting institutions, innovators, and talent within the industry.

Deng Chao

CEO

Chao Deng

Managing Director, Co-Founder and CEO

Sunny He

Investment Director

Past deals in Crypto

FastLane

Funding Round in 2025
FastLane protocol is designed to generate revenue for validators while increasing the effectiveness of algorithmic traders.

Keplr

Seed Round in 2025
Keplr is a non-custodial blockchain wallet designed for websites that let visitors engage with blockchain applications.

ZKX

Seed Round in 2024
ZKX is a decentralized financial platform established in 2021, focusing on democratizing access to global yields and enhancing trading experiences. It is the first exchange based on StarkNet to offer perpetual futures and complex financial instruments as swaps. The company specializes in developing developer tools and a permissionless protocol for derivatives, facilitating the introduction of sophisticated trading strategies as simple perpetual swaps. ZKX aims to empower users through self-custody and genuine community governance, featuring gamified leaderboards and decentralized order books to elevate engagement in trading activities.

Cysic

Seed Round in 2024
Cysic is a blockchain company that specializes in providing zero-knowledge (ZK) hardware computation. It focuses on delivering real-time ZK proof generation in a manner that is faster, more cost-efficient, and user-friendly. The company develops a hardware design architecture platform aimed at offering hardware acceleration systems for zero-knowledge proof protocols. By utilizing this cryptographic technique, Cysic enables the verification of statements without disclosing their content, thereby facilitating secure transactions. Its innovative solutions are designed to help businesses scale their web-three applications and make advanced blockchain technology more accessible to a wider audience.

Tevaera

Seed Round in 2024
Tevaera is a developer of a gaming platform that leverages blockchain technology to create a seamless and fair on-chain gaming experience. Utilizing a zkStack-based L3 gaming chain, Tevaera enhances multi-genre game launches and gameplay, incorporating multiplayer features and user experience-focused applications. The platform facilitates the free flow of users, liquidity, and builders within its ecosystem, known as zkNation. By integrating NFTs and promoting a sustainable play-and-earn economy, Tevaera aims to provide gamers with enjoyable, equitable, and socially connected experiences.

Puffverse

Seed Round in 2024
Puffverse is a web2 and web3 gaming universe featuring diverse, whimsical NFT characters like Patty the Dinosaur and Claude the Cloud. Players can collect characters with unique costumes, skills, and bonuses for gameplay, earning, or life simulation.

Berachain

Series B in 2024
Berachain is a blockchain development company focused on creating an Ethereum-compatible platform designed for financial applications. Its innovative technology allows for the use of staked assets within decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, enhancing on-chain liquidity and capital efficiency. The company employs a proof of liquidity consensus mechanism to ensure sybil resistance, which fosters alignment of network incentives between validators and various projects within its ecosystem. By leveraging staked assets like staked ether, Berachain enables these locked assets to support the network's security while simultaneously facilitating their use in DeFi applications. This approach aims to provide clients with robust blockchain services that promote quality and efficiency in financial transactions.

Lumoz

Seed Round in 2024
Lumoz is a technology company that provides a three-layer infrastructure platform specializing in ZK-rollup-as-a-service (ZK-RaaS). This innovative solution allows developers to deploy applications on the Opside layer 3 without the need to manage the underlying infrastructure, granting them greater flexibility. The platform handles layer 2 consensus and data availability, ensuring that all transactions and data are securely hashed and stored on the Opside chain. This approach is particularly beneficial for on-chain applications that require faster transaction processing and lower fees, making it suitable for various use cases, including gaming and social networking. Through its software development kit, Lumoz empowers developers to build and scale their applications more efficiently.

Mystiko.Network

Seed Round in 2024
Mystiko.Network enables users to trade on private DEX just like on Uniswap while users' financial privacy is protected. Users could transfer assets to a brand new secret and ultra-safe address with full privacy. Any wallet could provide its user's such features by implementing Mystiko Wallet SDK.

Beoble

Seed Round in 2024
Beoble is a communication infrastructure company that focuses on enhancing the web3 communication ecosystem through its wallet-to-wallet messaging platform. The company offers a web-based chat application that supports most major cryptocurrency wallets, ensuring secure, end-to-end encrypted messaging. This platform enables users to communicate directly through their crypto wallets, fostering a private and decentralized communication experience. Additionally, Beoble provides a toolkit for decentralized applications (Dapps) to facilitate integration, making it easier for developers to incorporate secure messaging features into their platforms. By prioritizing user ownership and privacy, Beoble aims to create a seamless interaction environment within the decentralized space.

Fetcch

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Fetcch operates as a payments and digital rewards network, focusing on the development of a web-three pull payments infrastructure platform. This platform aims to decentralize the connectivity network for payments, allowing for seamless interaction among users, digital wallets, and decentralized applications (dApps) across multiple blockchains. Fetcch introduces a system of cross-chain, composable wallet IDs, which enables users to maintain a single identity linked to various addresses on different chains. This innovation enhances the user experience by simplifying the management of blockchain interactions and addressing common challenges faced by users in the decentralized finance ecosystem.

0xScope

Seed Round in 2024
0xScope specializes in developing graph protocol software that efficiently and cost-effectively organizes data. The platform translates scattered web-three data into a structured knowledge graph, providing users with enhanced due diligence capabilities, advanced address clustering tools, transaction tracking, live event alerts, and financial risk management. This approach allows for improved data accessibility and analysis, facilitating better decision-making in various financial contexts.

MYX

Seed Round in 2023
MYX is a decentralized derivative exchange that "uses intelligent rates and exposure hedging mechanisms to ensure protocol stability and provide sustainable high returns" through a peer-to-pool-to-peer paradigm.

AnotherBall

Seed Round in 2023
AnotherBall is a blockchain startup focused on digital entertainment, specifically through the development of a new VTuber project. The company aims to create a sustainable platform within the Web3 space, allowing users to express their identities and passions. By leveraging VTubing technology, AnotherBall provides opportunities for streamers, illustrators, and music and video producers to earn income from their creative endeavors. This approach fosters a community where participants can thrive while navigating the evolving landscape of digital entertainment and blockchain technology.

SynFutures

Series B in 2023
SynFutures is a next generation synthetic assets derivatives exchange focused on creating an open and trustless derivatives market by enabling trading on anything with a price feed. By cultivating a free market and maximizing the variety of tradable assets, SynFutures is lowering the barrier to entry in the derivatives market, creating a more equitable digital assets exchange market.

MyShell

Seed Round in 2023
MyShell is a decentralized and comprehensive platform for discovering, creating, and staking AI-native apps.

dappOS

Seed Round in 2023
dappOS is a company focused on improving the usability and accessibility of decentralized applications (dApps) and blockchain technology. It develops an operating protocol that simplifies interactions between users and various crypto infrastructures, including public blockchains and cross-chain bridges. By creating intuitive user interfaces and streamlining the user experience, dappOS aims to make dApps as user-friendly as mobile applications. The company's goal is to lower technical barriers, enabling a wider audience to engage with decentralized applications and facilitating mass adoption within a more interconnected blockchain ecosystem.

Mind Network

Seed Round in 2023
Mind Network is a provider of a Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) validation network designed to enhance security for Proof-of-Stake and artificial intelligence platforms. The company offers a decentralized privacy-preserving data lake, which secures information by sealing it into encrypted data ledgers. This innovative framework facilitates decentralized computation and consensus over encrypted data, effectively addressing challenges related to privacy and data verification. Through its offerings, Mind Network aims to enhance data protection for users while ensuring secure and private data interactions.

Catalyst

Seed Round in 2023
Catalyst is an open-source liquidity protocol for modular blockchains, developed by Cata Labs. Catalyst will automatically connect each new chain to other chains of interest, such as other app environments or hubs like Ethereum and Cosmos.

Safeheron

Seed Round in 2023
Safeheron is a platform designed to facilitate open and transparent self-custody of digital assets, specifically targeting small-to-medium enterprises within the Web3 sector. By utilizing multi-party computation and a trusted execution environment, Safeheron enhances the security of asset custody, making it more accessible for crypto-native businesses to implement institutional-grade self-custody solutions. This enables users to maintain complete control over their digital assets while simplifying the adoption of robust security measures.

Halo Wallet

Seed Round in 2023
Halo Wallet is a safe and simple-to-use crypto wallet that supports multi-chain aggregation and aims to give Web3 users a more efficient and in-depth view of investment opportunities via the social web.

Foresight News

Seed Round in 2023
Foresight News is a news content platform that focuses on the crypto and Web3 sectors. It specializes in delivering timely, accurate, and up-to-date information related to these fields. By presenting valuable industry insights in various formats, Foresight News enables users to navigate the complexities of the Web3 landscape effectively. The company combines media and blockchain services to enhance the user experience, providing a comprehensive portal for those interested in the evolving world of decentralized technologies.

insrt finance

Pre Seed Round in 2023
insrt finance is a protocol that acts as a decentralized financial intermediary for non-fungible digital assets. They combine fractionalization, integration with a lending primitive, and a robust risk management system to unlock NFT finance for all.

Digift

Seed Round in 2023
DigiFT Tech intends to offer regulated decentralized finance solutions on the Ethereum public blockchain. operate the first regulatory-compliant digital asset exchange, where asset owners can issue blockchain-based security tokens and investors can trade with continuous liquidity through an Automatic Market Maker mechanism.

Sentio

Seed Round in 2023
Sentio's goal is to hasten the spread of decentralized applications (DApps) by introducing the crypto community to the best and most effective infrastructure, infrastructure, and developer tools.

Thrive Protocol

Seed Round in 2023
Thrive is the top protocol for powering ROI-positive decentralized grant-making across crypto ecosystems.

Aztec

Series B in 2022
Aztec is focused on developing a trading protocol for Ethereum that facilitates private transactions on the public blockchain. The company is recognized for its research team, which has been instrumental in creating PLONK, an advanced standard in zero-knowledge technologies. This team has achieved several significant research and development advancements in Layer 2 solutions for Ethereum, leveraging their extensive expertise in implementing complex cryptosystems for the Web3 ecosystem. Aztec also enhances the user experience through its zk.money platform, which exemplifies the capabilities of the Aztec Connect SDK to enable seamless integration with decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols such as Lido and Element. Furthermore, Aztec is committed to building an encrypted blockchain that operates securely on the Ethereum network.

Ejara

Series A in 2022
Ejara is a mobile investment platform tailored for Africa and its diaspora, allowing users to access a variety of investment opportunities, including fractional shares, commodities, and cryptocurrencies. The app leverages blockchain technology to facilitate global trading and investment in diverse financial products. It also offers features such as interest-bearing accounts, enabling users to save and grow their wealth while monitoring their investment performance. By providing a user-friendly interface, Ejara aims to empower individuals to manage their investments effectively and enjoy greater financial independence.

Evmos

Seed Round in 2022
Evmos is an interoperability platform designed to connect Ethereum-based applications and assets within the Cosmos ecosystem. It enables the discovery and deployment of new blockchain applications, enhancing the functionality of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) by facilitating cross-chain interactions. This approach allows developers to create applications that can operate seamlessly across both EVM and Cosmos-based blockchains, tapping into the liquidity and user bases of various ecosystems. By promoting interoperability, Evmos aims to provide a more unified user experience while introducing innovative token economics and in-protocol incentives, thereby supporting the launch of interoperable contracts.

ChainSafe Systems

Series A in 2022
ChainSafe is a blockchain R&D firm, specializing in protocol engineering, cross-chain interoperability & web3 gaming. Our mission is to enable the world's systems to run on decentralized infrastructure. We take a multi-chain perspective with blockchain engineering experience that spans timezones, cultures, use cases, and protocols. Chainsafe was established in May, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario.

Krypton

Seed Round in 2022
Krypton maintains crypto currencies, as well as tracking and analyzing the portfolio.

Matr1x

Series A in 2022
Matr1x is the first-ever mobile shooting game in the Web3 industry.

.bit

Series A in 2022
.bit provides a globally unique account system with the .bit suffix. The leading technical architecture of .bit allows both blockchain and non-blockchain users to use it without permission. .bit’s “cross-chain” feature is achieved in a way of cryptography-level security. As a DID system, .bit meets the ultimate requirements of Web3.0. .bit makes your asset transfer more convenient and secure. It can serve as the unified username in different Dapps. It can be used as a portal for Dapps. It provides you with a decentralized personal homepage (.bit.cc). It bridges the gap between Web2.0 and Web3.0. Discord:https://discord.gg/did Twitter:https://twitter.com/dotbitHQ Medium: https://dotbit.medium.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/dotbitHQ Forum:https://talk.did.id/

ReadON

Seed Round in 2022
ReadON's mission is to reshape digital reading behaviors in Web3 and Crypto through the use of Game-Fi mechanisms and systems.

Merkle Science

Series A in 2022
Merkle Science is a software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Singapore, specializing in predictive crypto risk and intelligence platforms. It provides tools for businesses, financial institutions, and government agencies to detect, investigate, and prevent illegal activities related to cryptocurrencies. The company utilizes a proprietary Behavioral Rule Engine, which allows compliance teams to exceed traditional blacklists and meet local KYC/AML obligations. Its platform features an intuitive rule management interface that enables users to visualize account activity over time and generate forensic reports. This functionality supports blockchain companies, crypto exchanges, investment funds, banks, and regulators in conducting due diligence and ensuring compliance while addressing the complexities of illicit cryptocurrency activities.

ZKX

Seed Round in 2022
ZKX is a decentralized financial platform established in 2021, focusing on democratizing access to global yields and enhancing trading experiences. It is the first exchange based on StarkNet to offer perpetual futures and complex financial instruments as swaps. The company specializes in developing developer tools and a permissionless protocol for derivatives, facilitating the introduction of sophisticated trading strategies as simple perpetual swaps. ZKX aims to empower users through self-custody and genuine community governance, featuring gamified leaderboards and decentralized order books to elevate engagement in trading activities.

Krypton

Seed Round in 2022
Krypton is the next-generation trading protocol for the DeFi space. It is a Decentralized Exchange Protocol Resistant to Miner Extractable Value.

peaq

Seed Round in 2022
peaq is a blockchain platform that aims to provide transaction infrastructure for a hyperconnected and decentralized world. It focuses on empowering individuals to own and earn from sectors such as mobility, energy, connectivity, and agriculture. The platform serves as a layer-1 blockchain, functioning as a foundational backbone for decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs) and hosts over 25 applications across 11 industries. With more than 500,000 devices, vehicles, machines, and robots operating on its network, peaq facilitates a permissionless and borderless digital environment. By leveraging its hybrid blockchain technology, peaq enables clients to streamline operations, reduce costs, and explore new revenue opportunities while automating their processes to enhance security and efficiency.

PrimeVault

Seed Round in 2022
PrimeVault is a deep-tech crypto infrastructure company focused on enhancing on-chain participation and decentralized finance (DeFi) access for businesses and institutions. It develops innovative tools that combine advanced cryptography, including multi-party computation and homomorphic encryption, with privacy-preserving smart contracts. PrimeVault's offerings include programmable cross-chain wallets, a comprehensive portfolio tracker, and robust solutions for risk mitigation. The company's platform is designed to help organizations manage their tokens and digital assets securely across various blockchain networks, ensuring safe wallet operations and recovery. By facilitating seamless interoperability between centralized and decentralized finance, PrimeVault aims to make digital asset management efficient and secure for entities of all sizes.

Revoland

Angel Round in 2022
Revoland is a web3 game ecosystem. They provide services such as publishing, distribution, promotion, and NFT transactions for web3 games through ecological functions such as gamefi enter, DID, SDK, and DAO.

SeeDAO

Series A in 2022
SeeDAO is a Web-3 network polis that will link lots of nomads. establishing a different type of human habitat in cyberspace that is independent of geographical or national boundaries They are creating public commodities for the network polis and offering global cryptonomads public services.

Flipside Crypto

Series A in 2022
Flipside Crypto, Inc. is a Boston-based company that operates a cryptocurrency information platform delivering business intelligence for blockchain organizations. Established in 2017, it offers a range of services including cryptocurrency management, digital walleting, custody, community tools, and portfolio dashboards aimed at investors. Flipside Crypto provides analytics tools that offer insights into user behaviors, developer activities, and financial trends within the cryptocurrency space. It also features the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), a metric for assessing the health of cryptocurrency projects, which is distributed through partnerships with platforms such as CoinMarketCap and Messari. The company is supported by notable investors, including CoinBase Ventures and True Ventures.

Canza Finance

Seed Round in 2022
Canza is building the world's largest non-institutional-based financial system.

Vibra

Seed Round in 2021
Vibra is an online crypto-currency application that specializes in investments, blockchain, and funding services.

Assembly

Venture Round in 2021
Assembly uses Iota's feeless foundation layer as an immutable trust to alleviate the limits of current scaling methods.

Dmail

Seed Round in 2021
Dmail Network is a Web 3.0-based collaborative platform which integrates the functions of message communication, asset management, data storage, workspace and etc. In the end, Dmail will be a fundamental infrastructure tool and DID for users to come into the Web 3.0 era and a bridge that links Web 2.0 users to easily use blockchain services.

Mara

Seed Round in 2021
Mara is a platform for Africans to learn through, while leveraging, blockchain technology to build digital wealth. The company empowers Africans to develop financial literacy so they can take the greatest possible advantage of the numerous opportunities available in the digital economy. The Mara wallet allows users to easily buy, sell, earn, withdraw, and protect their assets - including cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Mara Token - in real time. Mara was founded in 2021 and is located in Nairobi, Kenya.

CoinList

Series A in 2021
CoinList is a leading platform in the digital finance sector, focused on facilitating the launch and growth of innovative digital assets. The company provides a comprehensive token distribution service that connects blockchain projects with potential investors prior to their asset listings on other exchanges. CoinList supports various stages of crypto investment, including token sales, distribution, trading, lending, staking, and access to decentralized finance opportunities. Users can trade and store a wide range of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, through its mobile app and website, CoinList.co. The platform caters to a diverse clientele, including validators, miners, founders, CEOs, and crypto enthusiasts, ensuring they have access to new tokens and crypto-specific services. CoinList's mission is to be the most trusted brand in digital finance while expanding access for early adopters and fostering innovation within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

CryptoMate

Seed Round in 2021
CryptoMate is a developer of an artificial intelligence-based platform designed to simplify the transition to cryptocurrency for businesses. It offers a guided decentralized ecosystem that enables companies to adopt crypto business models seamlessly. Through its Crypto APIs, CryptoMate allows businesses to leverage blockchain technology and access various financial services, including wallet creation, cryptocurrency purchasing, and protocol engagement. Additionally, the platform features conversational AI that assists and engages users in the Web3 environment, ensuring that company workflows remain unaffected. By providing these tools, CryptoMate aims to facilitate financial inclusion through decentralized finance, enabling any company to operate within the evolving crypto economy.

Zenlink

Series A in 2021
Zenlink is a cross-chain blockchain network based in China, founded in 2020. It serves as a central hub for asset trading, enabling users to engage in seamless cross-chain transactions. The platform offers features such as the Zenlink DEX Protocol, which provides a unified trading framework, and the Zenlink DEX Module, allowing parachains to integrate decentralized exchange capabilities. Users benefit from low fees, low slippage, and high-speed trading, all within a single platform that minimizes the complexities associated with multiple chains. Additionally, the Zenlink Token facilitates governance and incentivizes participation in the ecosystem, supporting long-term network development.

Evrynet

Venture Round in 2021
Evrynet Providing infrastructure that enables developers and businesses to build an unlimited number of Centralised/Decentralised Finance (CeDeFi) applications, interoperable with many of the world's leading blockchains for everyone.

Numio

Seed Round in 2021
Numio is developing a decentralized, hybrid infrastructure designed to provide financial services to the unbanked globally. The company focuses on a non-custodial digital asset and identity management application that empowers users to maintain control over their digital assets. Utilizing Ethereum blockchain technology, Numio offers an automated identity management system that facilitates secure, fast, and low-cost cryptocurrency transactions and trading services. This innovative approach allows users to reliably verify their identities to third-party platforms, enhancing accessibility and security in digital finance.

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.

Assembly

Seed Round in 2021
Assembly uses Iota's feeless foundation layer as an immutable trust to alleviate the limits of current scaling methods.

InsurAce Protocol

Venture Round in 2020
InsurAce is the leading decentralized insurance protocol, providing reliable, robust and secure DeFi insurance services to the DeFi users. InsurAce not only guarantees unbeatable portfolio premiums but also offers sustainable investment returns. We have a unique insurance product, tailored just for your project. From insuring your smart contract against hacks to allowing users to secure their investments against risks. Our community is one of the best in the DeFi space and is a key element to our success. We continue to innovate and improve for them.

WOO Network

Seed Round in 2020
WOO Network is a trading platform provider focused on delivering above-average liquidity for spot and futures trading while offering zero or negative trading fees. The platform facilitates connections between traders, exchanges, institutions, and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, thereby democratizing access to liquidity and trading execution. By prioritizing market efficiency, WOO Network aims to enhance trading experiences for its users, enabling them to achieve optimal market conditions at minimal or no cost.

BoringDAO

Seed Round in 2020
BoringDAO is an inter-blockchain hub that facilitates the transfer of assets across various blockchain networks in a cost-effective and efficient manner. The platform creates decentralized asset tunnels, allowing non-ERC20 assets to enhance their utility and generate yield. This enables users to mint, convert, and redeem cryptocurrency tokens quickly, typically within minutes. By connecting different blockchain-related assets, BoringDAO aims to streamline cross-chain interactions and improve the overall functionality of digital assets.

Nervos

Initial Coin Offering in 2019
The Nervos Network is an open source public blockchain ecosystem and collection of protocols solving the biggest challenges facing blockchains today. The Nervos CKB (Common Knowledge Base) is the layer 1, proof of work public blockchain protocol of the Nervos Network. Any crypto-asset can be stored, with the security, immutability and permissionless nature of Bitcoin, while enabling smart contracts, layer 2 scaling, and the capture of total network value through a unique crypto-economic "store of value" design and native token, the CKByte. The design of the Nervos Network is a sustainably secure, permissionless and decentralized Layer 1 blockchain that is built to scale with Layer 2 solutions, making Nervos the only PoW, multi-asset, store of value, smart contract platform.

Karmaverse

Karmaverse is a GameFi multiverse that encompasses various themed environments, including the Old West, cyberpunk, fantasy, and zombie worlds. It operates as a decentralized platform focused on entertainment, allowing users to engage in multiple game worlds created by the company. Karmaverse also provides tools for the community, enabling users to develop their own games within the platform. This structure facilitates the use of NFTs, allowing gamers to transfer assets between different games or sell them to other players, enhancing the interactive and social aspects of the gaming experience.
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