Brevis is an efficient, verifiable off-chain computation engine that brings limitless computation capacity to existing smart contract blockchains.
Gelato Network is an innovative company based in Berlin, Germany, that focuses on automating smart contract executions on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2007, Gelato provides a web cloud platform that allows developers to streamline their on-chain processes, enhancing application reliability and performance. Its audited smart contract protocol eliminates the need for developers to manage underlying server infrastructure, thereby saving significant development time and reducing the potential for single points of failure. The platform supports the creation of augmented smart contracts that are automated, gasless, and compatible with all major EVM-compatible blockchains, making it a valuable tool for developers looking to optimize their 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.
Gelato Network is an innovative company based in Berlin, Germany, that focuses on automating smart contract executions on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2007, Gelato provides a web cloud platform that allows developers to streamline their on-chain processes, enhancing application reliability and performance. Its audited smart contract protocol eliminates the need for developers to manage underlying server infrastructure, thereby saving significant development time and reducing the potential for single points of failure. The platform supports the creation of augmented smart contracts that are automated, gasless, and compatible with all major EVM-compatible blockchains, making it a valuable tool for developers looking to optimize their applications.
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.
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.
Scroll.io
Venture Round in 2023
Scroll, founded in 2021 and based in Victoria, Seychelles, is focused on developing an EVM-equivalent zk-rollup, which utilizes a robust proving network. The company operates within the technology sector, with an emphasis on enhancing blockchain scalability and efficiency. By leveraging zero-knowledge proof technology, Scroll aims to facilitate faster and more secure transactions on decentralized applications. The firm's innovative approach positions it as a key player in the evolving landscape of blockchain infrastructure.
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.
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.
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.
Gnosis
Venture Round in 2022
Founded in 2015, Gnosis is a decentralized infrastructure provider for the Ethereum ecosystem. Initially focused on prediction markets, Gnosis evolved into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) in late 2020, with a treasury controlling over 150K ETH and 8 Million GNO tokens. In 2021, Gnosis Chain was launched as an Ethereum companion chain for stable transactions using the xDai token. Gnosis incubates products such as Gnosis Safe (a multisig wallet), Cow Protocol (a decentralized exchange), Conditional Tokens (prediction markets), and Zodiac (DAO tooling).
KYVE
Venture Round in 2022
KYVE is a decentralized initiative focused on the storage and validation of data streams, utilizing the Arweave blockchain for permanent data archiving. The company has developed an open-source protocol that standardizes and validates blockchain data, facilitating reliable storage for modern blockchains and decentralized applications. By employing a network of decentralized uploaders and validators, KYVE ensures that data is archived effectively through specialized pools, each dedicated to a particular data stream. This approach not only guarantees the scalability, immutability, and availability of resources but also provides developers with a dependable means to store and verify their data streams. Through its innovative solution, KYVE enhances the integrity and accessibility of blockchain data, addressing the challenges faced by developers in the evolving digital landscape.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hats Finance
Seed Round in 2021
Hats Finance operates a decentralized cybersecurity incentive network governed by stakeholders comprising hackers, projects, and token holders. Its platform enables any project to safeguard smart contracts via security vaults and ecosystem skins, fostering a more secure environment for Ethereum users.
Hats Finance
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Hats Finance operates a decentralized cybersecurity incentive network governed by stakeholders comprising hackers, projects, and token holders. Its platform enables any project to safeguard smart contracts via security vaults and ecosystem skins, fostering a more secure environment for Ethereum users.
Moonbeam Network
Funding Round in 2021
Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.
Liquity is a decentralized borrowing platform operating on the Ethereum blockchain. It facilitates interest-free loans by using Ether as collateral.
Automata Network
Seed Round in 2021
Automata Network is a decentralized protocol that offers middleware-like privacy services for decentralized applications across various platforms, including Ethereum, Polkadot, and Binance Smart Chain. Its focus is on delivering traceless privacy, which enhances user trust in computing systems by ensuring the authenticity of operations on-chain. By facilitating high assurance and frictionless computation, Automata Network aims to empower clients to maintain privacy while engaging in decentralized activities.
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.
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.
0x is an open protocol facilitating peer-to-peer token exchange on the Ethereum blockchain.
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.
Gelato Network is an innovative company based in Berlin, Germany, that focuses on automating smart contract executions on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2007, Gelato provides a web cloud platform that allows developers to streamline their on-chain processes, enhancing application reliability and performance. Its audited smart contract protocol eliminates the need for developers to manage underlying server infrastructure, thereby saving significant development time and reducing the potential for single points of failure. The platform supports the creation of augmented smart contracts that are automated, gasless, and compatible with all major EVM-compatible blockchains, making it a valuable tool for developers looking to optimize their applications.
Phala Network
Seed Round in 2020
Phala Network is a blockchain technology developer focused on providing privacy-preserving services through its interoperable cross-chain confidential smart contract platform. Utilizing Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), the company aims to enhance data confidentiality and privacy computing for users and businesses alike. As a parachain on the Polkadot network, Phala Network serves as the infrastructure for advanced privacy protection. Its innovative approach features a hybrid architecture that combines confidential smart contracts with a decentralized analytics system, enabling secure analytics while ensuring the confidentiality of user data. Through these offerings, Phala Network positions itself as a key player in the evolving landscape of privacy-focused blockchain solutions.
Roll operates a blockchain infrastructure designed for social money, enabling users to mint branded digital tokens that are unique to their online presence. By utilizing the Ethereum blockchain, Roll allows artists and influencers to earn and redeem social money, incentivizing community contributions and facilitating the ownership, control, and coordination of the value they generate across various platforms. This innovative approach empowers users to harness their influence and creativity, fostering a new economy based on social interactions and contributions.
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.
Keep Network, established in 2017 and based in George Town, Cayman Islands, specializes in creating interactive links between public blockchains and private data. The company's core product, tBTC, is a decentralized bridge enabling users to securely and anonymously transfer their Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, facilitating participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Keep Network's technology, an off-chain container for private data, allows smart contracts to leverage the full power of public blockchains while maintaining data privacy.
Loom Network
Seed Round in 2018
Loom Network Inc. is a platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to create and operate large-scale decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain and other compatible chains. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, Loom Network provides a comprehensive solution for both smart contract and traditional developers, allowing them to build applications without the need to switch programming languages or manage servers manually. The platform supports various blockchain architectures, facilitating high-performance decentralized applications and offering seamless integration with third-party APIs for enhanced functionality. By simplifying user onboarding, Loom Network minimizes the friction typically associated with crypto wallet software, thereby enhancing the overall developer experience.
MakerDAO
Venture Round in 2017
MakerDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that operates a smart contract platform on the Ethereum blockchain to back and stabilize the value of its Dai stablecoin through collateralized debt positions and autonomous governance mechanisms. It issues Dai, a collateral-backed cryptocurrency designed to maintain low volatility, and MKR, a token used for governance and recapitalization of the system. Founded in 2015, MakerDAO is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, with additional offices in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Crypterium
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Crypterium is developing a mobile app that allows instant payments in cryptocurrency using existing payment infrastructures such as NFC terminals or QR codes.
It allows its users to issue a virtual VISA card, bind it to their crypto account, link it to Apple Pay, and pay with crypto by simply using a smartphone.
DDEX
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
DDEX is a decentralized application (DApp) that offers a secure cryptocurrency trading platform, leveraging Ethereum blockchain technology and the 0x protocol. It allows users to trade ERC-20 tokens directly from their wallets using popular wallet-enabled browsers like MetaMask and Brave, eliminating the need for additional registration. DDEX operates as a hybrid decentralized exchange, ensuring that users maintain control of their assets throughout the trading process, which mitigates the risk of theft and avoids deposit or withdrawal lockup periods. This model facilitates seamless and immediate trading between buyers and sellers without the necessity of depositing assets into the exchange.
Liquid
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Liquid Global is a developer of a cryptocurrency trading platform aimed at enhancing liquidity within the crypto economy. The platform facilitates trading services for major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, against various fiat currency pairs such as Japanese yen, Singapore dollar, Australian dollar, and Euro. This design allows businesses and individual users to exchange cryptocurrencies in a seamless and efficient manner.
Raiden
Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Raiden offers Raiden Network, an off-chain scaling solution for performing ERC20-compliant token transfers on the Ethereum blockchain. Its Raiden Network uses bidirectional token payment channels to connect participants directly with each other, providing a protocol to relay token transfers through routes of channels for efficient use of network topology.