IOSG Ventures

IOSG Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Hong Kong, focused on the blockchain and crypto sectors. As a research and thesis-driven entity, IOSG Ventures aims to empower founders in creating community-driven protocols that can significantly impact the future of Web3. The firm invests in a diverse array of early-stage projects, including those in decentralized finance (DeFi), gaming (GameFi), and social finance (SocialFi), as well as infrastructure and middleware solutions. Its portfolio features notable investments such as 1inch, Illuvium, Arbitrum, and StarkWare, among others. IOSG Ventures is committed to fostering innovation in the crypto space by supporting developers and founders with a long-term perspective.
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Momir Amidzic

Principal

Xinshu Dong Ph.D

Technical Partner

Gökhan Er

Managing Director

Jocy Lin

Partner

Yiping Lu

Associate

Ishanee Nagpurkar

Principal

Deniz Omer

Venture Partner

Jiaping Wang

Venture Partner

Queenie Wu

Partner

Jiawei Zhu

Associate

Past deals in Crypto

Shaga

Seed Round in 2025
Shaga is a team of experienced professionals specializing in blockchain, gaming, distributed systems, and networking. They develop cloud gaming platforms that integrate play-to-earn mechanics and foster social media engagement.

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.

Superfluid Finance

Seed Round in 2024
Superfluid Finance develops an online cash streaming protocol aimed at revolutionizing asset movement in decentralized finance. The protocol focuses on token standardization and facilitates various financial transactions such as subscription funds, salaries, and rewards. By automating recurring transactions and enabling single on-chain exchanges, Superfluid provides customers with continuous settlement and per-second netting, enhancing capital efficiency in the decentralized finance landscape.

AltLayer

Series A in 2024
AltLayer offers a rollups-as-a-service platform that enables developers to deploy on-demand rollups for Web3 projects. The system provides highly scalable, application-dedicated execution layers whose security derives from an underlying base layer, delivering elastic and customizable scaling to transform blockchain infrastructure, speed up time-to-market, and support innovative deployment models for decentralized applications.

Renzo Protocol

Seed Round in 2024
Renzo Protocol operates a liquid restaking token platform designed for DeFi applications. It aims to provide users with additional yield beyond standard Ethereum staking.

Ingonyama

Seed Round in 2023
Ingonyama specializes in developing high-performance zero-knowledge-proof hardware accelerators. Their innovative chip design, coupled with advanced algorithms and mathematical expertise, enables developers to build cryptographic applications more efficiently.

Lynx Finance

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Web3 Infrastructure for perpetuals trading

Taiko Labs

Seed Round in 2023
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.

MetaZone

Seed Round in 2023
MetaZone facilitates the open digital economy by hosting a marketplace for Metaverse Enabled Tokenized Applications (METAs). Creators submit high-quality functional 3D content, which can be owned, experienced, and deployed across various virtual worlds with ease.

Wallet Guard

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Wallet Guard is a developer of security tools aimed at reducing risks for web3 users. The company offers an open-source browser extension designed to empower end-users with enhanced security features. These include proactive phishing detection and transaction simulation, which provide human-readable insights into every transaction. This tool helps businesses proactively detect and block malicious activity, ensuring a safer online environment.

OneKey

Series A in 2023
OneKey is a developer of a crypto security platform that facilitates the secure storage and management of cryptocurrency assets. The company provides a user-friendly solution for buying and trading a variety of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and decentralized applications. By offering a robust open-source crypto wallet, OneKey enables users within the Web3 ecosystem to safely access and utilize coins such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, thereby enhancing the overall security and convenience of engaging with the digital asset market.

WeaveDB

Pre Seed Round in 2023
WeaveDB is a developer of a web3-based platform that focuses on creating decentralized applications. The company utilizes blockchain technology to deliver persistent database infrastructure services on distributed storage systems like Arweave. Its platform features cross-chain authentication, automatic signatures, a JSON-like API, and data indexing, which collectively facilitate the development of Web 3 applications. By providing these modular database solutions as a smart contract, WeaveDB aims to simplify and enhance the process for clients and developers in the rapidly evolving landscape of decentralized technology.

Alterscope

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Alterscope is a developer of an AI-powered risk infrastructure platform aimed at enhancing risk management within the blockchain ecosystem. Its platform is designed to provide real-time processing of risk across various chains, protocols, and liquidity pools. Key features include customizable risk scores, real-time risk alerting and monitoring, multi-chain risk processing, and integration of on-chain and off-chain data. Additionally, Alterscope utilizes cross-chain data standardization and advanced data modeling techniques, leveraging zero-knowledge proofs and swarm intelligence. This positions the company as a leader in facilitating agent-driven finance, allowing organizations to effectively manage and process Web3 risks in real-time.

Pods

Seed Round in 2022
Pods is a decentralized non-custodial options protocol. Users can create options and trade them through an Options AMM on the Ethereum Blockchain. Pods is the easiest way to hedge crypto in DeFi.

Blocknative

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2018, Blocknative specializes in real-time blockchain transaction management and monitoring solutions for public networks. Its platform enables developers to build applications across multiple blockchains, offering tools like a javascript widget that simplifies complex blockchain codes.

DappBack

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of an all-in-one user engagement platform for decentralized applications, designed to engage a community of token-verified web3 users. The platform rewards consumers with free crypto, cash, products, and NFTs for everyday activities such as browsing the internet, interacting with brands, and making purchases.

OneKey

Venture Round in 2022
OneKey is a developer of a crypto security platform that facilitates the secure storage and management of cryptocurrency assets. The company provides a user-friendly solution for buying and trading a variety of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and decentralized applications. By offering a robust open-source crypto wallet, OneKey enables users within the Web3 ecosystem to safely access and utilize coins such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, thereby enhancing the overall security and convenience of engaging with the digital asset market.

Taiko Labs

Seed Round in 2022
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.

FanTV AI

Seed Round in 2022
FanTV, the leading AI Agent platform for next-gen Content Creation and backed by Multicoin Capital, is where AI meets Crypto on Sui, leading with over 8 million On-chain Users (80k Creators) and 27 million transactions, processing more than 1.2 million hours of AI-powered content monthly. As the largest platform for content creation across all chains, FanTV contributes to more than 22% of active wallets on Sui.

MachineFi

Seed Round in 2022
MachineFi Lab is a company focused on the development of Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technologies. It specializes in creating a software platform that integrates various machines, providing a comprehensive infrastructure suite. This suite includes an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain, a multichain crypto wallet, a blockchain bridge, and an onboarding platform. Additionally, MachineFi Lab offers software development kits (SDKs) that empower developers to build applications and establish machine networks. Through its innovative solutions, the company aims to enhance connectivity and functionality within the IoT ecosystem.

Gasp

Venture Round in 2022
A ZK-rollup L2 with universal connectivity to L1s, enabling cross-chain liquidity of native assets. Powered by Starkware zero-knowledge technology and Eigenlayer's restake finality. In it's core, MEV minimization and gas-free swaps are out of the box.

Liquifi

Seed Round in 2022
Liquifi automates token management for crypto companies, handling security, compliance, vesting, lockups, and cap tables. It enables teams to focus on higher priorities instead of manual processes.

Vovo Finance

Seed Round in 2022
Vovo Finance is a cryptocurrency-based company focused on decentralized finance. It develops a structured platform that offers a range of financial products designed to optimize the risk-reward ratio for users. By utilizing packaged financial instruments, the company enables users to engage in customizable yield collection from leveraged crypto trades. Vovo Finance's structured products incorporate various risk-return profiles, market biases, lockup periods, and token deposits, allowing for tailored investment strategies and enhanced financial opportunities in the cryptocurrency market.

Joyn

Seed Round in 2022
Joyn is a collaborative platform designed to support the large-scale co-creation of Web3 media.

Burrow

Seed Round in 2022
Burrow is a decentralized platform that operates a non-custodial liquidity pool, enabling users to supply and borrow assets for trading. The platform focuses on unlocking liquidity for interest-bearing assets, particularly layer 1 staking derivatives. By allowing users to supply assets, Burrow facilitates the earning of interest and enables borrowing against those assets to enhance liquidity. Additionally, the platform features a governance token staking program, which encourages user participation and investment in the ecosystem. Overall, Burrow aims to provide a streamlined approach to accessing liquidity in the decentralized finance space.

prePO

Private Equity Round in 2022
prePO is a decentralized trading platform that enables users to speculate on the valuation of pre-IPO companies and pre-token projects. The platform provides neutral liquidity, token incentives, and a composable architecture that allows users to take synthetic positions on early-stage assets, supporting a flexible, global market for valuation risk.

Swell

Seed Round in 2022
Swell is the restaking chain, powered by Proof of Restake. The protocol is backed by the industry's best venture capital firms and angels.

Swim

Seed Round in 2022
Swim is a developer of cross-chain infrastructure that simplifies the transfer of tokens across various blockchain networks. By utilizing multi-token liquidity pools and Solana's Wormhole, Swim provides users with tools to swap native assets seamlessly from one chain to another. This approach reduces reliance on centralized bridges and exchanges, enabling clients to efficiently send, receive, and exchange native tokens without delays or the complications associated with wrapped assets. Through its innovative solutions, Swim aims to enhance the overall user experience in the blockchain space by facilitating more straightforward and reliable transactions between different blockchain ecosystems.

Pianity

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2021, Pianity is a Paris-based platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, trading, and collection of limited-edition music NFTs. It connects musicians with their communities, enabling artists to earn independent revenue and fans to grow their digital music collections.

Perion

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Perion is a decentralised organisation that purchases, leases, and manages NFT assets for use in play-to-earn gaming economies. It engages skilled gamers as independent contractors, enabling them to earn exceptional remuneration through their gaming prowess.

Mint Gate

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Mint Gate is a platform facilitating creators and communities to generate unique tokens or keys, rewarding superfans for engagement, and unlocking exclusive digital experiences.

Bribe

Seed Round in 2022
Bribe is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that enhances governance participation by creating an incentivized marketplace for governance voting. The platform allows users to form coalitions and engage in auctions for governance votes, democratizing the process and enabling broader participation beyond major stakeholders. By improving existing DeFi governance models, Bribe establishes a transparent and open marketplace that facilitates coordination among voters, ultimately increasing engagement in governance activities. This innovative approach not only fosters a more inclusive environment but also generates new opportunities for token holders to earn yields through their participation in governance.

DeBank

Series A in 2021
DeBank offers a cryptocurrency wallet that enables users to track their decentralized finance (DeFi) investments across multiple blockchains. It supports over 800 DeFi protocols, allowing users to monitor deposits, earned interest, and perform token swaps.

Interlay

Venture Round in 2021
Interlay develops a decentralized finance platform enabling trustless exchange of wrapped Bitcoin across various blockchains, notably Polkadot. This facilitates cross-chain interactions and usage of digital assets securely.

Aztec

Series A in 2021
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.

izumi Finance

Series A in 2021
Izumi Finance is a liquidity mining platform that specializes in offering concentrated liquidity services across multiple blockchain networks. The platform features non-homogenous liquidity mining protocols, which allow users to stake Uniswap LP tokens and receive rewards tailored to specific price ranges. By optimizing the distribution of incentives, Izumi Finance aims to enhance the earnings of liquidity providers, thereby improving the overall efficiency of the liquidity mining process.

StarkWare Industries

Series C in 2021
StarkWare Industries Ltd is a technology company based in Netanya, Israel, established in 2017. The company specializes in developing software and hardware solutions focused on the generation and verification of computational integrity proofs. Its primary offering, known as STARK, is a zero-knowledge proof protocol that enhances privacy in blockchain applications, increases transaction throughput, and enables off-chain computation. StarkWare Industries aims to create a comprehensive proof stack to facilitate secure and efficient computational processes across various applications.

Aurora

Series A in 2021
Aurora is an Ethereum Virtual Machine developed by the NEAR Protocol team, offering a seamless solution for developers to run applications on an Ethereum-compatible platform. It combines the benefits of Ethereum compatibility with the scalability and low transaction costs of the NEAR Protocol, creating a high-throughput environment for decentralized applications. The platform is designed to deliver an exceptional user experience, enabling Ethereum developers to transition effortlessly by simply changing the RPC endpoint. Aurora aims to facilitate the development of decentralized applications while ensuring affordability and efficiency for users.

Swivel Finance

Series A in 2021
Swivel Finance is a company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2020 that specializes in creating an online lending platform. It offers a decentralized protocol designed for fixed-rate lending and interest-rate derivatives, allowing lenders to secure fixed-rate interest rates on their ERC-20 tokens. The platform is characterized by its low transaction overhead and reduced risk for users, facilitating a more stable lending environment in the decentralized finance space.

DoinGud

Seed Round in 2021
DoinGud is an online marketplace and social platform based in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to empowering artists, creators, collectors, and curators through the use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform leverages blockchain technology to foster a supportive ecosystem that connects artists with their communities, allowing them to promote and sell their work effectively. DoinGud also emphasizes social impact by enabling creators and social organizations to collaborate and support one another, promoting sustainability and positive social change. Through its innovative approach, DoinGud seeks to create a self-sustaining environment where artistic expression and social responsibility coexist.

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.

Zenlink

Series A in 2021
Zenlink is a China-based company founded in 2020 that operates a cross-chain blockchain network designed to facilitate seamless asset trading. The platform allows users to engage in transactions with low fees, low slippage, and high-speed performance, eliminating the complexities associated with multiple chains. Zenlink features the Zenlink DEX Protocol, which standardizes decentralized exchange functionalities, and the Zenlink DEX Module, which empowers parachains with DEX capabilities. Additionally, the Zenlink Token serves as a governance mechanism and provides value capture methods to incentivize ecosystem participation. Through these offerings, Zenlink aims to create a unified trading experience and encourage long-term development within its network.

deBridge Finance

Seed Round in 2021
deBridge Finance is a developer of a cross-chain interoperability and liquidity transfer protocol designed to facilitate decentralized asset transfers between multiple blockchains. The protocol operates on a network of independent oracles and validators, which are elected through deBridge governance. It provides essential infrastructure for cross-chain interoperability, enabling users to transfer assets, including NFTs, across various platforms such as Ethereum, Polygon, Binance Smart Chain, Huobi Ecological Chain, and Arbitrum. By allowing seamless transfers between these blockchains, deBridge Finance enhances accessibility and liquidity in the digital asset space.

Alethea AI

Funding Round in 2021
Alethea AI is a decentralized protocol and multimedia platform for creating intelligent, interactive non-fungible tokens. It originated the iNFT standard and focuses on embedding AI animation, interaction, and generative capabilities into NFTs. The platform enables the creation of expressive, photorealistic avatars and AI-generated characters, backed by a blockchain-based digital rights management framework. Users can publish and monetize AI-driven media by fulfilling requests from buyers, leveraging the combination of advanced AI and secure ownership to enable new forms of digital content creation in a decentralized environment.

Coin98

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

Shipyard Software

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, Shipyard Software develops decentralized exchange (DEX) platforms for crypto traders. Its flagship product, Clipper DEX, caters to retail traders offering competitive pricing for trades under $50k. Longship, another key product, provides access to DeFi-native perpetual contracts with up to 100x leverage while mitigating toxic order flow.

Interlay

Seed Round in 2021
Interlay develops a decentralized finance platform enabling trustless exchange of wrapped Bitcoin across various blockchains, notably Polkadot. This facilitates cross-chain interactions and usage of digital assets securely.

t3rn

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2020 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, t3rn specializes in secure, efficient cross-chain executions. It leverages its modular stack for storage, validation, settlement, and consensus.

SynFutures

Series A in 2021
SynFutures is a decentralized derivatives platform focused on synthetic assets, enabling the creation and trading of diverse asset pairs with a single digital token as margin. It aims to open and democratize the derivatives market by supporting trading on anything with a price feed in a trustless, open environment, thereby increasing liquidity and lowering entry barriers. The platform facilitates free creation of tradable assets to foster a more equitable digital assets exchange for participants.

Subspace Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Subspace Labs is a distributed research and development company behind the Subspace Network. While based in Palo Alto, CA, we are a global, remote-first team of protocol hackers and cryptocurrency enthusiasts. The Subspace Network is a layer zero protocol that is fully interoperable with any layer one, allowing it to serve as an infrastructure layer for the entire Web3 ecosystem. Based on years of original R&D, Subspace is the first protocol to truly resolve the blockchain trilemma, providing an open, scalable platform for both storage and compute. Subspace currently supports Polkadot and Kusama, with more networks coming soon.

SEDA

Seed Round in 2021
SEDA is a multichain, permissionless protocol designed to bridge real-world data with various on-chain networks. It operates a decentralized finance prediction market platform that aims to establish a secure framework for the future of open markets. By providing an open-source JavaScript software development kit, SEDA allows developers to seamlessly integrate their applications with the platform, facilitating easy access to permissionless markets. This approach empowers clients to implement sophisticated market solutions with minimal coding effort, enhancing the accessibility and utility of decentralized finance opportunities.

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.

Arkhivist

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Arkhivist offers a platform that enhances users' yield while ensuring the security of their funds. It provides real-time updates on financial protocol activities and implements safeguards to protect against DeFi scams, promoting safer transactions and trading in decentralized investments.

Subspace Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Subspace Labs is a distributed research and development company behind the Subspace Network. While based in Palo Alto, CA, we are a global, remote-first team of protocol hackers and cryptocurrency enthusiasts. The Subspace Network is a layer zero protocol that is fully interoperable with any layer one, allowing it to serve as an infrastructure layer for the entire Web3 ecosystem. Based on years of original R&D, Subspace is the first protocol to truly resolve the blockchain trilemma, providing an open, scalable platform for both storage and compute. Subspace currently supports Polkadot and Kusama, with more networks coming soon.

Twilight

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Blockchain Privacy

Coin98

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

MCDEX

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Fully permissionless protocol for decentralized perpetual swaps

PureStake

Series A in 2021
PureStake is a blockchain infrastructure company that builds and operates infrastructure, APIs, and tooling for public blockchain networks. It supports networks such as Algorand, offering services and products including the AlgoSigner wallet extension, API-as-a-service, goalseeker block explorer, and infrastructure and consulting services for private and co-chain deployments; and Polkadot, including validators and Moonbeam smart contract support, with consulting services. The company provides a cloud-based platform that offloads infrastructure management and focuses on application development, featuring automated provisioning, globally distributed nodes, and robust security to enable staking and validator activities. Founded in 2019 and based in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Push Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
Push Protocol is a decentralized, blockchain-agnostic communication protocol for Web3 that enables notifications for both on-chain and off-chain activity. It supports the creation of notifications by decentralized applications, smart contracts, and backends, driven by configurable logic and triggered through various events. Notifications travel via an open network of push nodes and are tied to wallet addresses, allowing wallets, frontends, and infrastructure services to display them across supported chains in a gasless, platform-agnostic fashion.

Liquity

Series A in 2021
Liquity is a decentralized borrowing platform operating on the Ethereum blockchain. It facilitates interest-free loans by using Ether as collateral.

Transak

Seed Round in 2021
Transak is a global provider of web3 payment and onboarding infrastructure, designed to facilitate smooth transitions between traditional finance and cryptocurrency assets. The company offers a range of products, including fiat-to-crypto services, a fiat-to-smart-contract solution, and a fiat-to-NFT checkout option. As a regulated and non-custodial payments layer, Transak enables onboarding to over 160 crypto assets across more than 75 blockchains. Its platform allows users to buy and sell crypto assets through bank transfers, settling transactions without taking custody of user data or funds. The integration of Transak's services is streamlined, allowing applications to incorporate its payment solutions with minimal coding. With over 350 trusted applications, including prominent wallets, Transak is committed to enhancing accessibility in the web3 landscape.

Volmex Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Volmex. Finance is the creator of the volmex index-linked products, the BVIV Index, and the EVIV Index. They were supported by top cryptocurrency investors and dealers. Their volmex indices are the market's fear gauge, and EVIV and BVIV capture not only important information about the current market state.

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.

DAOsquare

Venture Round in 2021
DAOSquare is an incubator from the Web3 era. DAOSquare is committed to establishing a Web3 incubator that aspires to be the Web3 equivalent of YCombinator.

Gasp

Seed Round in 2021
A ZK-rollup L2 with universal connectivity to L1s, enabling cross-chain liquidity of native assets. Powered by Starkware zero-knowledge technology and Eigenlayer's restake finality. In it's core, MEV minimization and gas-free swaps are out of the box.

Poolin

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Poolin is a multi-cryptocurrency mining pool that facilitates the mining of various digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Litecoin, Zcash, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, Dash, Monero, Dogecoin, and others. The company operates a platform that supports mainstream cryptocurrency mining and offers a range of services, including blockchain browsers, mining pools, and digital wallets, to enhance the client experience. By providing high computing power and efficient mining solutions, Poolin caters to a diverse clientele within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

0x

Series A in 2021
0x is an open protocol facilitating peer-to-peer token exchange on the Ethereum blockchain.

Artgee Network

Seed Round in 2021
ArtGee is a digital art frontier ecosystem for investment and collection that is transforming the global art market system. They investigate and promote NFT art. They build an ecosystem around digital art transactions, curation, auctions, investment, and other digital assets.

DAOsquare

Seed Round in 2021
DAOSquare is an incubator from the Web3 era. DAOSquare is committed to establishing a Web3 incubator that aspires to be the Web3 equivalent of YCombinator.

Push Protocol

Seed Round in 2020
Push Protocol is a decentralized, blockchain-agnostic communication protocol for Web3 that enables notifications for both on-chain and off-chain activity. It supports the creation of notifications by decentralized applications, smart contracts, and backends, driven by configurable logic and triggered through various events. Notifications travel via an open network of push nodes and are tied to wallet addresses, allowing wallets, frontends, and infrastructure services to display them across supported chains in a gasless, platform-agnostic fashion.

Mask Network

Venture Round in 2020
Mask Network is a technology company founded in 2017 and based in Shanghai, China, that develops a platform enabling users to interact with social networks in a decentralized manner. The platform allows users to post encrypted messages, send and receive cryptocurrencies, and share files directly within existing social media platforms. By bridging Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, Mask Network facilitates decentralized applications (DApps) such as crypto payments, decentralized finance, and e-commerce, all while integrating seamlessly with popular social networks like Twitter. The company also supports funding for Gitcoin grant campaigns and aims to enhance user privacy and security online through its innovative features. Overall, Mask Network is focused on creating a decentralized ecosystem that empowers users without requiring them to migrate from their preferred social media platforms.

Imperii Partners

Seed Round in 2020
Imperii Partners is a global investment bank and advisory firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, established in 2019. It specializes in providing strategic and financial advice to companies within the crypto industry. The firm offers services related to mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and strategic partnerships, positioning itself as a key player in the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. By focusing on purpose-driven solutions, Imperii Partners aims to support the growth and success of promising ventures in the crypto sector.

O1Labs

Series A in 2020
O1Labs, established in 2017, is a blockchain technology company that specializes in zero knowledge cryptography and innovative cryptographic solutions. The company's significant contributions include the development of the Mina Protocol, recognized as the world's first lightweight, scalable, and decentralized zk blockchain. Additionally, O1Labs has created o1js, an intuitive framework designed to assist developers in building zk applications. By leveraging zero-knowledge proofs, O1Labs seeks to enhance blockchain accessibility and facilitate the creation of user-friendly cryptocurrency applications that operate natively in web browsers. The company's vision is to drive the next generation of applications powered by zero knowledge cryptography.

Synthetix

Seed Round in 2020
Synthetix is a blockchain-based protocol facilitating the issuance of synthetic assets for derivatives trading in decentralized finance (DeFi). Established in Sydney, Australia in 2017 by Kain Warwick, it enables exposure to real-world assets like currencies and commodities on the blockchain.

DODO Exchange

Venture Round in 2020
DODO is a liquidity protocol powered by the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm and built for capital efficiency. DODO offers a low barrier-to-entry, pain-free token issuance mechanic for long-tail assets.

Persistence

Initial Coin Offering in 2020
Persistence develops a decentralized liquidity platform that aggregates liquidity and facilitates cross-chain trading. It offers a Bitcoin decentralized exchange for low-slippage swaps and asset bridging across various blockchains.

CryptoLocally

Seed Round in 2020
CryptoLocally is a developer of a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform that serves as a fiat gateway to decentralized finance (DeFi). The platform enables users to trade cryptocurrencies directly with one another, facilitating a seamless exchange of digital assets. In addition to trading, CryptoLocally offers users the opportunity to earn interest on their digital assets through a straightforward setup process, making it an attractive option for individuals looking to invest in cryptocurrencies. By simplifying the trading experience and providing additional earning potential, CryptoLocally positions itself as a user-friendly solution in the evolving landscape of digital finance.

UMA

Seed Round in 2020
UMA is a decentralized platform aiming to facilitate global market access for financial contracts. It functions as an oracle, recording verifiable truths or data onto blockchain technology. The platform encourages dispute-based validation and maintains transparency through decentralized governance.

Oasis Labs

Seed Round in 2020
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.

Aavegotchi

Seed Round in 2020
Aavegotchi is a blockchain-based gaming platform that offers digital collectibles as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). These collectibles, known as Aavegotchis, are game avatars with unique qualities and can be used as collateral in DeFi to earn staking rewards.

DODO Exchange

Seed Round in 2020
DODO is a liquidity protocol powered by the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm and built for capital efficiency. DODO offers a low barrier-to-entry, pain-free token issuance mechanic for long-tail assets.

Brink

Seed Round in 2020
Brink is a trading application for NFTs and DeFi assets. Brink offers composable trading strategies and automated conditional orders that are built on blockchain. It automates order limits for ERC-20s and NFTs as well as monitors the order status.

UMA

Seed Round in 2020
UMA is a decentralized platform aiming to facilitate global market access for financial contracts. It functions as an oracle, recording verifiable truths or data onto blockchain technology. The platform encourages dispute-based validation and maintains transparency through decentralized governance.

dHEDGE

Seed Round in 2020
dHEDGE is a decentralized asset management platform on the Ethereum blockchain that connects investment managers with investors in a non-custodial, permissionless, and trustless manner. The platform enables managers to create pools, deploy quantitative and algorithmic trading strategies, and run actively managed investment pools for crypto assets.

Flux

Seed Round in 2020
Flux is a scalable open market protocol enabling markets on any asset, commodity, or event.

Zenlink

Seed Round in 2020
Zenlink is a China-based company founded in 2020 that operates a cross-chain blockchain network designed to facilitate seamless asset trading. The platform allows users to engage in transactions with low fees, low slippage, and high-speed performance, eliminating the complexities associated with multiple chains. Zenlink features the Zenlink DEX Protocol, which standardizes decentralized exchange functionalities, and the Zenlink DEX Module, which empowers parachains with DEX capabilities. Additionally, the Zenlink Token serves as a governance mechanism and provides value capture methods to incentivize ecosystem participation. Through these offerings, Zenlink aims to create a unified trading experience and encourage long-term development within its network.

DAOfi

Seed Round in 2020
Community Token DEX

NEAR

Series A in 2019
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.

Marlin

Seed Round in 2019
Marlin is a technology company based in Singapore that develops an open-source secure networking platform designed to enhance decentralized communications for decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web 3.0. Founded in 2018, Marlin focuses on optimizing the communication between nodes in peer-to-peer networks, enabling faster block propagation across public blockchains. By providing a decentralized network of relay nodes worldwide, Marlin enhances the performance and scalability of blockchain infrastructure. Its innovative approach incentivizes the operation of full nodes and offers a superior alternative for peer-to-peer networking in decentralized environments, ultimately improving the speed and efficiency of various network chains.

Polkadot

Venture Round in 2019
Polkadot is an interoperability protocol that enables independent blockchains to securely exchange data and assets. It facilitates communication between these chains, enforcing message order and validity, and offers scalability by supporting multiple state machines.

Bitfinex

Initial Coin Offering in 2019
Bitfinex is a digital asset trading platform established in 2012, recognized for its advanced services tailored for cryptocurrency traders and liquidity providers. Initially launched as a peer-to-peer margin trading service, it has evolved into the most liquid exchange for Bitcoin-to-US dollar transactions globally, handling the highest trading volume in the digital asset market. The platform offers a range of features, including margin trading and a lending market, which enable users to engage in real-time trading and financing. Bitfinex's focus is on delivering exceptional support, tools, and innovative solutions for professional traders and institutions in the cryptocurrency sector.

Marlin

Seed Round in 2019
Marlin is a technology company based in Singapore that develops an open-source secure networking platform designed to enhance decentralized communications for decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web 3.0. Founded in 2018, Marlin focuses on optimizing the communication between nodes in peer-to-peer networks, enabling faster block propagation across public blockchains. By providing a decentralized network of relay nodes worldwide, Marlin enhances the performance and scalability of blockchain infrastructure. Its innovative approach incentivizes the operation of full nodes and offers a superior alternative for peer-to-peer networking in decentralized environments, ultimately improving the speed and efficiency of various network chains.

Nervos

Venture Round in 2019
Nervos Network is a blockchain technology company established in 2018 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China. It offers a hybrid solution that integrates a public blockchain with an application chain, enabling enterprises to build and deploy decentralized applications without needing to fully commit their technology stack to the blockchain. The Nervos CKB (Common Knowledge Base) serves as its layer 1, proof-of-work public blockchain protocol, which allows for the secure storage of various crypto-assets while supporting smart contracts and layer 2 scaling solutions. The platform's unique design emphasizes security, immutability, and decentralization, positioning itself as a sustainable multi-asset store of value. It also facilitates the capture of total network value through its native token, CKByte, and a network of interoperable protocols, promoting a robust open ecosystem for developers and enterprises alike.

Kava Labs

Seed Round in 2019
Kava Labs Inc. is a provider of interledger solutions, focusing on enhancing the interoperability of blockchains, wallets, and exchanges. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Kava operates a decentralized platform that offers a comprehensive range of financial services tailored for cryptocurrencies. As digital assets gain wider acceptance, Kava aims to fill the gap in traditional financial offerings by providing products such as money markets, loans, stablecoins, and high-yield accounts for crypto assets. By leveraging autonomous software, Kava's platform eliminates the need for intermediaries, allowing users globally to access financial services without incurring additional fees. This approach enables users to optimize their digital assets and generate returns in an evolving financial landscape.

Kava Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Kava Labs Inc. is a provider of interledger solutions, focusing on enhancing the interoperability of blockchains, wallets, and exchanges. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Kava operates a decentralized platform that offers a comprehensive range of financial services tailored for cryptocurrencies. As digital assets gain wider acceptance, Kava aims to fill the gap in traditional financial offerings by providing products such as money markets, loans, stablecoins, and high-yield accounts for crypto assets. By leveraging autonomous software, Kava's platform eliminates the need for intermediaries, allowing users globally to access financial services without incurring additional fees. This approach enables users to optimize their digital assets and generate returns in an evolving financial landscape.

Ocean Protocol

Initial Coin Offering in 2018
Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data exchange platform founded in 2017 and based in Singapore. The protocol facilitates the sharing and monetization of data through advanced blockchain technology, ensuring that transactions are safe, secure, and transparent. By connecting data providers and consumers, Ocean Protocol creates an accessible marketplace for valuable data. It empowers developers and curators to build innovative data services while maintaining control, transparency, and compliance for all participants, ultimately fostering a collaborative ecosystem for data exchange.

Taxa

Seed Round in 2018
Taxa is a developer of a blockchain-based infrastructure platform aimed at facilitating the creation of interactive Web 3.0 applications. The platform leverages advanced trusted computing technology to enhance performance, privacy, and usability across various applications and frameworks. It provides features such as data confidentiality, resizable off-chain CPU resources, and comprehensive library support, making it easy for developers to integrate with any smart contract network. This infrastructure empowers users to transform innovative ideas into market-ready products while ensuring privacy and efficiency in the development process.

Conflux Foundation

Seed Round in 2018
Conflux Foundation Ltd. is a blockchain technology services provider established in 2018 and headquartered in Singapore. The company has developed a state-of-the-art public blockchain system designed to achieve high transactions per second (TPS) while maintaining decentralization and safety. By integrating a unique algorithm with an innovative structure known as Tree Graph (TG), Conflux addresses performance bottlenecks in consensus mechanisms, facilitating the industrialization of public chains. Currently, Conflux employs a Proof of Work (PoW) consensus mechanism as the foundation for its operations.

Celer Network

Venture Round in 2018
Celer Network is a technology company focused on enhancing the scalability of public blockchains through innovative off-chain scaling techniques. Its layer-two platform facilitates fast, secure, and efficient off-chain transactions, allowing users to develop decentralized applications with ease. By employing advanced economic architectures and incentive-aligned mechanisms, Celer Network aims to empower businesses to quickly build and operate scalable decentralized applications for secure payment solutions. The company's technology is designed to support billions of transactions per second, thereby maximizing the potential of blockchain technology and enabling broader adoption of decentralized applications.
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