OKX

OKX is a prominent global cryptocurrency exchange, recognized as the second largest by trading volume and a key player in the Web3 ecosystem. The platform serves over 50 million users worldwide and provides a secure, efficient environment for trading more than 350 tokens with over 100 local currencies. OKX offers a robust trading app tailored for professional traders, featuring tools that allow users to replicate the strategies of top industry traders with ease. Additionally, the OKX Wallet empowers users to manage their crypto, NFTs, and digital assets effectively. With a strong commitment to innovation and transparency, exemplified by its monthly Proof of Reserve releases, OKX envisions a future where blockchain technology enhances financial access and the potential of decentralized finance.

Jay Hao

CEO

Star Xu

Founder

Past deals in Smart Contracts

Hyperion

Funding Round in 2025
Hyperion is an on-chain DEX that combines an order book and AMM, built for Aptos.

SignalPlus

Series B in 2025
SignalPlus is an enterprise technology company dedicated to enhancing accessibility in trading options for digital and crypto assets. It offers a fully automated trading system that addresses the infrastructure gap between centralized finance (CeFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Utilizing an AI-powered trading robot, SignalPlus automates market making and risk hedging, enabling traders to manage their risks effectively. The platform features a comprehensive cryptocurrency trading dashboard, which includes a variety of pricing, analytics, and execution algorithms, as well as multi-vendor and direct market access. This setup supports high-touch trading strategies while ensuring there is no cost commitment for users.

Up Network

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Up Network develops intelligent solutions for the management of decentralized physical systems.

Usual

Series A in 2024
The new playbook for financial freedom.

0G Labs

Seed Round in 2024
0G Labs is a technology business that specializes in blockchain technology, emphasizing decentralization for a range of industries and societal issues.

StakeStone

Seed Round in 2024
StakeStone is the best yield-bearing ETH with a decentralized yield optimizing service ready for mass adoption on layer2s.

Multiple Network

Seed Round in 2024
Multiple Network is a web3 DePIN project that uses SD-WAN technology to create a network layer that allows for high-speed transfer of digital assets and data.

zkLink

Seed Round in 2024
zkLink Labs is focused on addressing Ethereum fragmentation through its innovative rollup solutions, zkLinkNova and zkLinkX. The platform enhances interoperability among various Ethereum Layer 2 networks by unifying tokens and liquidity, leveraging Ethereum's inherent security features. Developers can utilize zkLink's customizable architecture to create app-specific rollups, optimizing both cost and performance. Additionally, zkLink provides a secure chain-to-chain interoperability protocol, facilitating seamless connections between blockchains. This approach not only simplifies the experience for developers and users but also enables users to access liquidity and earn yields on the platform, making blockchain technology more efficient and user-friendly.

Monad

Venture Round in 2024
MONAD is a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain and decentralized computation platform that combines the best of performance and portability.

Rage Trade

Seed Round in 2024
Rage Trade operates a decentralized trading protocol on the Ethereum and Arbitrum mainnets, focusing on double-legged trading. This platform enables users to engage in eternal swaps of ETH with leverage of up to 10 times. By addressing liquidity challenges commonly encountered in perpetual trading, Rage Trade provides a yield-farming product that allows users to earn additional returns from trading fees. The protocol employs a mechanism designed to maintain a neutral position amid asset price fluctuations, facilitating the use of liquidity provider tokens from other protocols as liquidity for perpetual traders. Through various vault strategies, Rage Trade aims to recycle underutilized tokens, thereby enhancing overall liquidity in the market.

BlockBooster

Seed Round in 2024
BlockBooster is a venture studio facilitating the development of next-generation protocols and software infrastructure in Web3.

Bedrock

Seed Round in 2024
Bedrock is a pioneering liquid restaking mechanism in the decentralized infrastructure.

Movement Labs

Series A in 2024
Movement Labs is a modular framework platform that builds and deploys move-based blockchains and applications in distributed settings. Its platform offers a composable and horizontally scalable network that provides unparalleled smart contract security and asset portability to help users solve the cold start problem with unprecedented interoperability.

Thruster

Seed Round in 2024
Thruster is a DEX for the builders, yield seekers, and traders on Blast.

Aark

Seed Round in 2024
Aark is an Arbitrum-based decentralized derivatives exchange. It provides capital efficiency, collateral alternatives, and liquidity pool size while offering users a comparable to centralized exchanges.

BitSmiley

Venture Round in 2024
BitSmiley is a cryptocurrency platform that focuses on addressing the gaps in stablecoin and lending infrastructure within the Bitcoin ecosystem. The company specializes in providing an over-collateralized stablecoin, enabling users to utilize Bitcoin as collateral through its BitSmileyDAO and Mint BitUSD services. In addition to its stablecoin offerings, BitSmiley facilitates peer-to-peer lending and has developed insurance and credit default swap (CDS) derivatives based on its lending framework. This diverse range of services allows users to engage in various financial activities, enhancing the overall functionality and accessibility of the Bitcoin ecosystem.

FLock.io

Seed Round in 2024
FLock enables decentralised and privacy-preserving machine learning, coordinated by smart contracts We work to make user data collection obsolete, and widespread governance participation guaranteed by code we propose to use distributed ledger technology (DLT) to achieve FLock, a secure and reliable decentralized {F}ederated {L}earning system built on B{lock}chain. Or, in plain words, we build TensorFlow Federated (TFF) for Web 3.0

StakeStone

Seed Round in 2024
StakeStone is the best yield-bearing ETH with a decentralized yield optimizing service ready for mass adoption on layer2s.

Nubit

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Founded by UCSB professor Yu Feng, Nubit is building the Trustless World Computer for Bitcoin, enabling open scaling and programmability of Bitcoin through Bitcoin-native technology (BitVM, OP_CAT, DA, etc). Nubit lets developers build any native application, onboarding the world to Bitcoin. Backed by Polychain. Learn more at Nubit.org.

DLC.Link

Seed Round in 2024
Bitcoin has proven itself as a store of value. But to earn yield on their Bitcoin, users have to first send it to a centralized custodian. This is extremely risky, as over $40Bn has been lost to date due to custodial hacks and failures. The DLC.link platform lets users lock their Bitcoin in escrow, directly in their wallet. Users can supply their Bitcoin as collateral and earn a yield while maintaining full ownership. Currently only 2% of Bitcoin is utilized. Escrow will unlock the remaining 98%, making over $1 Trillion in Bitcoin liquidity available for lending on Ethereum and other blockchains.

UXLINK

Seed Round in 2024
UXLINK is a social infrastructure comprised of social protocols and a collection of Dapps.UXLINk creates groundbreaking landing sceneries for web3 groups.

Shentu Chain

Seed Round in 2024
Shentu Chain is a software company focused on enhancing security and trust in decentralized systems through its blockchain platform. It offers a security infrastructure that helps developers create more secure smart contracts and decentralized applications, thereby preventing attacks on cryptocurrency. By providing critical security insights, Shentu Chain aims to foster a safer environment for blockchain technology and its users.

Eclipse

Series A in 2024
Eclipse is building Ethereum's first Solana Virtual Machine Layer 2. While other L2 networks on Ethereum focus on providing Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility, Eclipse leans into performance improvements developed by the Solana Layer 1 and adds additional verification features to deploy the blockchain as a rollup. The Eclipse team includes veterans from dYdX, Uniswap, Citadel, and Airbnb. Eclipse Labs is backed by top investors including Polychain, Placeholder, and DBA.

Taiko Labs

Series A in 2024
Taiko Labs is a cryptocurrency firm focused on developing a zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) scaling solutions platform for the Ethereum Blockchain. The company aims to enhance Ethereum's scalability by closely emulating its functionalities, both technically and non-technically. Its platform supports all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) opcodes within a decentralized, permissionless, and secure layer-2 architecture. This design enables Ethereum developers to efficiently run blockchain projects, thereby contributing to the overall growth and efficiency of the Ethereum ecosystem.

ether.fi

Series A in 2024
EtherFi is a company that offers a decentralized and non-custodial Ethereum staking solution. Its platform allows users to maintain control of their keys while delegating staking responsibilities to node operators in exchange for rewards. This approach ensures that investors retain ownership of their keys in a secure location, independent of the node operators. EtherFi's innovative software facilitates a transparent and secure staking process, empowering users to participate in Ethereum staking without relinquishing control of their assets.

Delphinus lab

Seed Round in 2024
Delphinus lab provides solutions for trustless computation and application SDK based on ZKWasm virtual machine.

AltLayer

Series A in 2024
AltLayer is a developer of a rollups-as-a-service platform focused on enhancing Web3 projects. The company offers a scalable application-dedicated execution layer system that derives security from underlying blockchain infrastructure. By providing an elastic and versatile scaling protocol, AltLayer aims to transform blockchain deployment, significantly improving time-to-market and allowing for customized application deployment. The platform enables users to utilize on-demand rollups, thereby benefiting from a flexible and scalable infrastructure tailored to their specific application needs.

Merlin Chain

Seed Round in 2024
Merlin Chain offers a native scaling solution.

BitSmiley

Initial Coin Offering in 2024
BitSmiley is a cryptocurrency platform that focuses on addressing the gaps in stablecoin and lending infrastructure within the Bitcoin ecosystem. The company specializes in providing an over-collateralized stablecoin, enabling users to utilize Bitcoin as collateral through its BitSmileyDAO and Mint BitUSD services. In addition to its stablecoin offerings, BitSmiley facilitates peer-to-peer lending and has developed insurance and credit default swap (CDS) derivatives based on its lending framework. This diverse range of services allows users to engage in various financial activities, enhancing the overall functionality and accessibility of the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Orbiter Finance

Series A in 2024
Orbiter Finance operates a decentralized cross-rollup bridge platform designed to facilitate the transfer of blockchain-native assets. The company focuses on enabling cross-Layer 2 (L2) composability, allowing users to customize transfer types, quantities, and environments. Through its innovative technology, Orbiter Finance supports the development of decentralized applications that leverage cross-environment capabilities, thus providing clients with decentralized liquidity solutions. Additionally, the company is advancing its product offerings by incorporating zero-knowledge (ZK) technology, enhancing privacy and security in asset transfers. By eliminating the need for minting assets, Orbiter Finance streamlines the process for users, positioning itself at the forefront of blockchain interoperability solutions.

Polyhedra Network

Series A in 2024
Polyhedra Network is an infrastructure company that develops a Web3 infrastructure platform using zero-knowledge-proof protocols. Its platform offers a bridge for cross-chain communication that allows developers to build secure and interoperable applications across layer-1 and layer-2 blockchains.

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.

Kakarot

Seed Round in 2023
Kakarot is a developer of a blockchain virtual machine focused on enhancing the scalability of the Ethereum ecosystem through its zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) written in Cairo. The platform utilizes layer two scaling technology, specifically validity rollups, to improve transaction efficiency while ensuring compatibility with existing Ethereum applications. By leveraging stark proofs, Kakarot facilitates provable transactions and blocks, allowing developers to execute smart contracts with a high level of transparency and security. This innovative approach positions Kakarot as a significant contributor to the ongoing evolution of blockchain technology.

ZKM

Seed Round in 2023
ZKM is a Unified Native Liquidity across all blockchains by utilizing the power of zkMIPS.

Celestia

Series B in 2023
Celestia is a modular blockchain network provider that facilitates the deployment of decentralized blockchains without the complexities of establishing a new consensus network. Founded in 2019 and based in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, the company offers a scalable data availability layer designed for decentralized applications and trust-minimized sidechains. This platform allows application developers to optimize data storage efficiently while enabling collective storage of block data. Through its innovative approach, Celestia aims to simplify blockchain development and enhance the scalability of decentralized solutions.

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.

Aark

Venture Round in 2023
Aark is an Arbitrum-based decentralized derivatives exchange. It provides capital efficiency, collateral alternatives, and liquidity pool size while offering users a comparable to centralized exchanges.

Shutter Network

Venture Round in 2023
Shutter Network is a technology agency that deals in Preventing front-running and malicious MEV on Ethereum.

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 aims to enhance Ethereum's scalability by closely emulating its functionalities, both technically and non-technically. Its platform supports all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) opcodes within a decentralized, permissionless, and secure layer-2 architecture. This design enables Ethereum developers to efficiently run blockchain projects, thereby contributing to the overall growth and efficiency of the Ethereum ecosystem.

HUG

Seed Round in 2023
HUG is a social marketplace that links artists with current and prospective collectors by allowing them to sell digital and tangible goods. HUG highlights various creators, including and especially those from underprivileged and marginalised populations, through a community-driven, decentralised selection process, it offers educational and advisory programs for Web3 startup founders and creative entrepreneurs.

Diva

Seed Round in 2023
Diva is a community-driven Liquid Staking protocol.

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 aims to enhance Ethereum's scalability by closely emulating its functionalities, both technically and non-technically. Its platform supports all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) opcodes within a decentralized, permissionless, and secure layer-2 architecture. This design enables Ethereum developers to efficiently run blockchain projects, thereby contributing to the overall growth and efficiency of the Ethereum ecosystem.

Ajuna

Seed Round in 2022
Ajuna Network is a decentralized ecosystem for gamers and creators.

SSV Network

Venture Round in 2022
SSV Network develops a distributed validator technology designed for ETH staking.

Infinity Force

Seed Round in 2022
Infinity Force is a platform designed for blockchain game players, enabling them to create new guilds, recruit members, and manage performance effectively. It offers a web3 transformation solution that focuses on financial tools tailored for the blockchain gaming industry. The platform facilitates the reconciliation of blockchain transactions, provides real-time reporting, and utilizes crypto invoices. Additionally, it automates accounts payable and receivable through cross-chain smart contracts. By leveraging these features, Infinity Force empowers businesses to build and manage their own guilds, enhancing their operational efficiency and helping them reach their full earning potential.

Folks Finance

Seed Round in 2022
Folks Finance is a cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that addresses liquidity fragmentation by enabling users to deposit and borrow across different blockchain networks without the need for bridging or wrapping assets. It operates as a non-custodial platform, providing financial tools for digital assets, including strategies for earning yield and securing loans. Folks Finance has established itself as the largest application on the Algorand blockchain, offering a comprehensive hub for lending, trading, and liquid staking. The protocol has achieved significant growth, reaching an all-time high of $400 million in total value locked (TVL) in November 2024, making it one of the fastest-growing DeFi applications in the market. Users can earn yield on their deposits, utilize them as collateral for loans, and engage in governance activities within the Algorand ecosystem.

Clover Finance

Funding Round in 2022
Clover Finance (CLV), or simply Clover, is a blockchain operating system. It provides a one-stop, easy‑to‑use blockchain infrastructure and an ethereum virtual machine (EVM) compatible framework for Substrate‑based applications. Clover Finance, another offspring of the Substrate-based Polkadot parachain aims at bridging the compatibility gap when building and operating across blockchains. The project was founded in May 2020 and the mainnet of Clover Finance launched in July 2021.

Matter Labs

Series B in 2021
Matter Labs is a company that focuses on developing blockchain solutions to enhance the scalability and privacy of decentralized applications. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, the firm utilizes zero-knowledge technologies to facilitate interactions between untrusted parties on its network. By implementing zero-knowledge proofs, Matter Labs aims to accelerate public blockchain adoption and provide a more efficient alternative to existing financial systems. Their innovations are rooted in a commitment to improving access to financial services through open and transparent technology.

RabbitX

Series A in 2021
RabbitX is a decentralized finance platform that simplifies investment in global stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, and digital assets without charging commissions. The platform leverages advanced Zero-Knowledge decentralized scaling technology to enhance user experience and security. It offers unique features such as interest rate swaps, enabling users to trade, speculate, and hedge interest rates in cryptocurrency transactions. Supported by prominent investors, RabbitX aims to modernize finance by integrating traditional financial instruments into the digital landscape.

DeHorizon

Venture Round in 2021
DeHorizon is a gaming platform that aims to enhance the gaming experience by integrating blockchain technology within a metaverse game ecosystem. This ecosystem supports the development and interconnection of various blockchain-based games, addressing the current limitations in the GameFi marketplace. By focusing on a "play to earn" model, DeHorizon enables players to earn cryptocurrency while enjoying their gaming experience, promoting both engagement and mastery. The company is positioned to be a key player in the evolving landscape of GameFi, which is still in its early stages, and seeks to drive further growth by creating a comprehensive environment for gamers and developers alike.

MonoX Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
MonoX Protocol is a blockchain-based platform that facilitates the listing of tokens without requiring significant capital investments. It employs a unique single liquidity pool model, which groups deposited tokens into a virtual pair with its own stablecoin, vUSD. This innovative structure allows users to trade with lower fees and enhances capital efficiency by eliminating the need for multiple token pairs. By simplifying the trading process and reducing barriers to entry, MonoX Protocol aims to make decentralized finance more accessible to a wider audience.

Domination Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Domination Finance is a developer of a non-custodial financial instrument that allows traders to speculate on market dominance metrics within the cryptocurrency sector. Its platform operates as an Ethereum application and is built on the UMA protocol, enabling users to take long or short positions on Bitcoin Dominance. Additionally, the platform is accessible on Polygon and Boba networks, providing a versatile trading environment. By offering synthetic tokens tied to market dominance, Domination Finance facilitates innovative trading strategies for participants in the cryptocurrency market.

Connext

Series A in 2021
Connext, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017 by Arjun Bhuptani, Layne Haber, and Rahul Sethuram. The company specializes in developing software that facilitates the purchase and management of blockchain applications. It offers features such as direct card purchases for tokens, access to existing vaults, decentralized compliance, and walletless signature capabilities. Additionally, Connext operates as an interoperability protocol, enabling fast and trustless communication between different blockchains. This innovation supports the creation of a more interconnected blockchain ecosystem.

Yieldly

Seed Round in 2021
Yieldly is a protocol focused on developing a dynamic suite of non-custodial smart contracts on the Algorand blockchain. Its primary offering is a no-loss lottery that allows participants, including holders and projects, to engage in various prize pools. This innovative approach gamifies the saving and holding of cryptocurrency, providing users with the opportunity to win rewards while maintaining their assets. Yieldly aims to democratize liquidity in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space through its unique applications, fostering a community-oriented environment for cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

Gitcoin

Venture Round in 2021
Gitcoin is a platform designed to help open source developers monetize their work by facilitating payments when their contributions are utilized. Established in 2017 and based in Boulder, Colorado, Gitcoin leverages the Ethereum network and smart contracts to align the interests of various stakeholders within the ecosystem. This innovative approach allows for direct programming of rights, incentivizing participants to deliver value while minimizing reliance on traditional legal mechanisms. The platform supports a range of programming languages, including Python, Rust, Ruby, JavaScript, and Solidity, fostering collaboration among developers and project maintainers. Gitcoin embodies the #givefirst philosophy of the Boulder tech community, which emphasizes mutual support and collaboration, thereby strengthening both the community and the open source projects it nurtures. Through its services, Gitcoin aims to enhance the sustainability and growth of open source software development.

Equilibrium

Seed Round in 2021
Equilibrium is a software service with a consensus based governance system. EQ token, EOSDT, and Native Utility Token (NUT) are not a security or a regulated instrument.

Porta Network

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Everyone deserves great experiences driven by seamless software. Porta makes blockchain products accessible to everyone. Porta means “gateway” in Latin. It is a blockchain project built on Substrate with the goal of giving everyone access to Web 3.0 products with a seamless and easy to understand experience for both new and seasoned blockchain users. Products such as decentralised finance, non-fungible tokens, peer-to-peer lending and also less common use-cases like social, business organisation, decentralised creator economies and more.

ChainSwap

Venture Round in 2021
ChainSwap is a cross-chain asset bridge & application hub for smart chains. ChainSwap allows projects to seamlessly bridge between ETH, BSC, and HECO.

Octopus Network

Seed Round in 2021
Octopus is a cryptonetwork for launching and running Web3.0 application specific blockchains, aka appchains. By decreasing the capital expenditure for bootstrap an appchain by two orders of magnitude, from several million dollars to less than one hundred thousand dollars, Octopus Network is committed to unleash an innovation wave of Web3.0.

Red Kite

Seed Round in 2021
Red Kite is a community-focused launchpad that specializes in vetting and launching innovative blockchain projects. It offers investors a streamlined token sale process, ensuring access to credible and unique investment opportunities. The company supports all aspects of Web3 projects, from initial concept through development and launch, facilitating sustained growth within the ecosystem. Red Kite's review process emphasizes legality and efficiency, making it a preferred choice for project launches. In addition to its primary function as a token sale launchpad, Red Kite provides early-stage incubation, marketing, community support, and tailored trading strategies. Its global user base and successful track record highlight its commitment to fostering diverse collaborations and enhancing project success, allowing investors to confidently engage with promising early-stage initiatives in the blockchain space.
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