Orange DAO

Orange DAO is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that focuses on crypto and web3 technologies. It backs past, present, and aspiring Y Combinator founders who are building the future of the crypto ecosystem and seeks to spark and distribute opportunities for a fairer future.
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Alex Bass

Partner

Patrick Deem

Investor

Anh-Tho Chuong Degroote

Partner

Alejandro Garcia-Amaya

Partner

Gabe Horwitz

Partner

Ben Huh

General Partner

Berk Ozer

Venture Partner

Orion Willow Parrott

General Partner

Raymond Wang

Partner

Past deals in Pre-Seed Round

Juice Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Powerful infrastracture to engage your community with blockchain token rewards

Sapien

Pre Seed Round in 2023
At Sapien, we are passionate about building a social network that truly serves the user. For too long perverse incentives have created big tech kleptocrats that have morphed into data brokers who hoard value generated from a trillion-dollar data mining industry. Surveillance capitalism has undermined autonomy and democracy, while users have become a commodity. Sapien intends to change this. Our mission is to restore power to users by creating a decentralized social platform that enables meaningful conversations, data sovereignty, and economic empowerment.

Nine Suns

Pre Seed Round in 2023
The safest way to access users' private data

Kontigo

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Kontigo is a financial technology company focused on integrating over 1.5 billion people into the financial system, particularly targeting small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America. The company provides a non-custodial and fully decentralized banking solution based on USDC, a stablecoin. Each user is equipped with a USDC wallet designed to safeguard against local inflation while also earning yield through saving circles, known as ROSCAs. Kontigo facilitates a "Save now, buy later" marketplace where users can spend or invest their savings. Additionally, the company has developed an AI-driven credit-building feature accessible via WhatsApp, which tracks and reports users' saving circle activities to local credit bureaus, enhancing their credit profiles.

Privy Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Privy Labs develops a decentralized anti-piracy protocol designed to safeguard creative content for creators and platforms. Its platform protects against leaks, AI threats like catfishing, and unauthorized use, providing on-chain certificates for ownership traceability.

Eulith

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Founded in 2022, Eulith is a New York-based company that develops a financial platform specializing in digital asset trade execution and automated trading strategies. It aims to facilitate participation in decentralized financial transactions.

Neynar

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Neynar is a platform that empowers developers to build web3 social applications. It offers APIs, webhook services, data indexing, hosted SQL environments, custom data tables, and developer tools, simplifying application creation and user onboarding for decentralised protocols.

Jutsu

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Jutsu is a technology company that operates a developer platform designed to streamline the process of building, launching, and hosting decentralized frontends. Its platform provides a serverless environment for deploying applications, allowing developers to concentrate on their core product without the burden of infrastructure management. This enables Web2 developers to deploy and manage their applications efficiently in the Web3 space.

Herald

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Unlocking Institutional Intelligence with AI

Timbre

Pre Seed Round in 2023
https://www.timbre.network

eth.id

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Eth.id is a developer of a universal Web3 platform that allows users to create personalized websites without any coding skills. The platform offers a unique domain that functions seamlessly across both Ethereum and traditional web environments. Users can easily set up their sites using just an email and a wallet, and they are empowered to manage their digital assets effectively. Additionally, Eth.id enables the minting of non-fungible tokens, providing a comprehensive solution for businesses looking to establish an online presence and manage various digital resources in one place.

SimpleHash

Pre Seed Round in 2023
SimpleHash develops a SaaS-based platform offering real-time multi-chain data access for tokens and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Its platform provides comprehensive insights including prices, metadata, media, sales, listings, bids, and automatic metadata refreshing, enabling efficient management and integration of token and NFT data across various blockchain networks.

Proper Subset

Pre Seed Round in 2023
A platform that brings best in class trading strategy to investors.

Rayy

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Rayy is a decentralized platform that empowers individuals to create their own rental marketplaces. By utilizing blockchain technology and distributed computing, Rayy has developed a community-powered protocol aimed at maximizing the potential of the sharing economy. This innovative approach allows users to establish a decentralized operating system for various sharing platforms and marketplaces, ensuring that all stakeholders benefit from its transparent and efficient structure. Through its focus on fostering collaboration and community engagement, Rayy is positioned to transform how rental and sharing services operate.

Perspectus

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Cracking your code before hackers do. Made for Web3. Built with cutting-edge AI.

Once Upon

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Once Upon develops an online tool that monitors blockchain activity.

Blockus

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Blockus is a technology company that specializes in providing an all-in-one ecosystem for Web3 gaming. It offers a seamless, fully compliant platform that enables game studios to build and launch games quickly, reduce operational costs, and focus on game development and user experience. The company's platform includes a first-party NFT marketplace, integrated fiat and crypto payment solutions, and wallet management services. Blockus is backed by notable investors and is recognized for elevating gaming on the Sei network.

Cred Protocol

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Cred Protocol is a decentralized credit scoring system that assesses risk efficiently across various blockchain networks. It aims to improve access to DeFi lending for underserved communities by enabling lenders and crypto wallet providers to make informed credit decisions.

Plex Labs (acquired by MoonPay)

Pre Seed Round in 2023
The seamless way to discover, manage, and engage web3 users on & off the blockchain. Acquired by MoonPay - May 2023.

Terracotta AI

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Terracotta AI develops an AI-powered infrastructure review platform that automates analysis of Terraform code, state files, and cloud infrastructure. The platform integrates with GitHub repositories and cloud environments to provide real-time, context-aware feedback on pull requests by evaluating changes against the actual and desired infrastructure state. It helps teams detect misconfigurations, drift, security vulnerabilities, blast radius, and other risks, enabling consistent environments across development and production and accelerating Infrastructure as Code deployments from days to minutes through AI-powered PR reviews that offer visibility into upcoming changes.

Coco

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Coco is a Venezuelan company that specializes in food delivery services while also focusing on reinventing remittances. By integrating innovative solutions to facilitate the transfer of funds, Coco aims to enhance the experience of users who rely on remittances for their daily needs. The company's dual approach addresses the growing demand for convenient food delivery alongside the critical need for efficient financial transactions in the region. Through its services, Coco seeks to improve accessibility and convenience for its customers in Venezuela.

ZeroDev

Pre Seed Round in 2022
ZeroDev is a smart wallet as a service company that provides in-app smart contract wallets, enabling Web3 experiences with simplified authentication and transaction management. The company develops smart contract wallet technology that supports account abstraction, including private keys, OAuth, and biometrics, and offers features such as gas sponsoring with ERC20 payments, transaction bundling, programmable wallets, and configurable rate limits and policies accessible via API or dashboard. It also provides reliable bundler access with failover, helping developers and businesses build user-friendly Web3 applications with flexible wallet control.

Lines

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Lines is a new crypto messaging platform.

Caddi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Caddi.fi operates a crypto trading platform designed to simplify the management of diverse cryptocurrency portfolios. The platform addresses the challenges posed by a fragmented ecosystem of exchanges, wallets, and decentralized applications, enabling users to effectively navigate this complex landscape. Caddi.fi offers features such as portfolio management, a personalized feed, and a browser extension that supports fast charting and trading functionalities. By facilitating seamless trading and tracking across both centralized and decentralized exchanges, the platform allows users to manage their investments in thousands of tokens, thereby enhancing accessibility and organization within the crypto space.

Immuna

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Immuna offers risk mitigation for digital asset investors. They monitor and defend investors’ digital asset investments from unexpected exploits and undesirable economic situations. They track on-chain and mempool events in real-time and notify institutional investors about various exploits and economic risks.

Nucleus

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Nucleus' intelligent flows provide the accurate data required to make a verification decision without involving the customer. They detect errors such as incorrect business names and EIN mismatches in real time, allowing customers to onboard more quickly. It reduces the internal ops load needed for KYB. They involves in a business like business identity verification and onboarding service.

Data Lake

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Data Lake operates a medical data donation system and maintains a transparent, value-driven database of international medical data donors, enabling hospitals and clinics to turn medical data into an asset while providing incentives to stakeholders and supporting research and development.

Sonic Wallet ( SonicWallet )

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Sonic Wallet, your comprehensive solution for seamless global payments and the opportunity to earn high interest. Experience the ease of international transactions coupled with the financial advantage of high-yield accounts—all in one user-friendly app, designed to elevate your financial experience.

Toku

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Toku is a remote hiring firm that focuses on facilitating human resource distribution for startups and technology companies. The company provides a range of services, including token payroll, token grant administration, and employment and tax compliance. Toku offers a unique set of employment and compensation solutions specifically designed for decentralized autonomous organizations. This enables employers to hire globally with confidence, mitigating risks associated with international workforce management. By streamlining processes related to contributor experience and facilitating compliance, Toku supports the operational needs of organizations in the evolving digital landscape.

Polybase

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Polybase develops a web3 database platform that leverages blockchain technology and zero-knowledge cryptography to provide decentralized, secure storage and management of data. The platform handles various data types, including user profiles and transaction histories, with a focus on privacy, data integrity, and decentralized storage for developers and organizations.

The Collectors

Pre Seed Round in 2022
NFT collectible built around utility and NFT products, user customization, and exploration of NFT owner IP.

Slashauth

Pre Seed Round in 2022
SlashAuth provides components for low-code development, making it the go-to solution for web developers looking to save time and effort. They help to build web-based authentication and authorization into the app.

Finnt

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Finnt is a developer of automated financial analysis software designed to enhance the efficiency of corporate finance operations. The company leverages artificial intelligence to improve analytical capabilities and streamline workflows for financial teams. By removing manual and repetitive tasks, Finnt's software accelerates decision-making processes for financial firms. Additionally, it enables users to establish shared savings goals and track spending habits, facilitating effective savings for family members both domestically and internationally. Through its innovative approach, Finnt aims to help finance professionals focus on strategic initiatives rather than tedious administrative functions.

Harpie

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Harpie is a pioneering cybersecurity company specializing in blockchain protection. It offers the first on-chain firewall, actively monitoring and intercepting potential threats in pending transactions across multiple blockchains. Harpie's platform provides real-time security, aiming to safeguard users' crypto assets from hacks, scams, and theft by recovering stolen assets as a last line of defense.

Hatchfi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Hatchfi will be going open source and the team has pivoted into the Web3 observability space -- Monitaur.xyz Hatchfi is a crypto integration platform that supercharges fintech applications with the power of their users' crypto financial data. Our platform provides the most secure way for consumers to connect crypto accounts across exchanges and wallets to any app, just like an online bank account. For builders, instant access to their users' crypto financial data means they can quickly and easily create seamless crypto-powered fintech apps in hours rather than months.

Bingo Insurance

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Bingo is a company that specializes in providing dog insurance through a personalized mobile app. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence and big data to offer tailored coverage, allowing pet owners to obtain quotes, purchase policies, and manage claims efficiently. This innovative approach ensures that customers receive fair insurance options for their dogs, regardless of age or breed, addressing the unexpected circumstances that may arise in pet ownership. By streamlining the insurance process, Bingo aims to enhance the experience for pet owners while ensuring their dogs are adequately protected.

ILUMA

Pre Seed Round in 2022
ILUMA is a developer of an AI-powered platform designed specifically for C-level executives and team leaders. The company's technology serves as a copilot that integrates various team data, conversations, and tasks to identify bottlenecks, misalignments, and essential action items in real time. By providing insights into team dynamics and decision-making processes, ILUMA helps leaders stay informed about ongoing discussions, access information swiftly, and monitor team intelligence, sentiment, and engagement. This approach aims to prevent significant operational issues, enabling executives to enhance their organizational performance effectively.

View Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2022
ViewLabs specializes in the development of autonomous robots that capture immersive video content for virtual reality experiences. These in-house designed and programmed robots can film both indoor and outdoor environments, producing seamless, interference-free footage. The captured visual content is enhanced through the integration of data, analytics, and augmented virtual reality (AVR), allowing businesses to engage their audiences with interactive virtual experiences. ViewLabs also offers a custom technology stack that includes five web-based product lines tailored for various applications such as collaboration, conferencing, touring, and e-commerce.

Smashverse

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Smashverse is a developer of a next-generation battle royale and esports game that emphasizes true in-game ownership. The company offers a multiplayer wrestling experience where players are rewarded for their participation and have a significant role in community decision-making. Gamers can influence the game by voting on fighter selections and other changes, which enhances their engagement and investment in the gameplay. Through its focus on combat, clan battles, and dynamic interactions, Smashverse aims to create an immersive environment that combines competitive gaming with a sense of ownership and community involvement.

Sort

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Sort offers a unified interface for exploring databases, sharing queries, applying changes, and more, simplifying complex database interactions akin to using a spreadsheet.

Buildspace

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Buildspace is a New York-based learning platform focused on educating crypto developers. The company provides resources and training to help developers create smart contract systems, enabling them to establish NFT trading centers and build applications on the web3 framework. Through its platform, Buildspace empowers developers to design and deploy customized projects, fostering innovation in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space.

Wallchain

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Wallchain specializes in optimizing blockchain transactions by offering an efficient MEV (Miner Extractable Value) rebate solution for EVM chains. It has successfully recovered users' MEV in over 24,000 transactions and is recognized as the top choice on the BNB chain, with notable mentions on TechCrunch.

Aya Holding

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Aya is a curated marketplace for start-ups and mid-level businesses to access vetted web3 digital skilled African talents.

Littio

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Littio is a financial technology company focused on enhancing the financial well-being of individuals in emerging economies. It offers a secure application that enables users to manage their finances in a stable currency, facilitating seamless international payments while protecting their money from hidden costs. By providing access to dollar-denominated financial products, Littio empowers users to mitigate the risks of currency devaluation and offers opportunities for wealth growth through digital dollar investments. The company's innovative approach aims to improve financial access and stability for its users, ultimately transforming their financial lives.

Cardashift

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Cardashift is a community-run launchpad that raises funds, builds, and accelerates startups solving social and environmental issues. Cardashift uses blockchain technology to give society the tools it needs to change the economy. It creates mission-driven NFTs, which are the new engagement contracts of entire ecosystems that enable the structuring, financing, promotion, and delivery of a new impact economy. Cardashift's mission is to shake up society in order to transform it, making it fairer and more appealing.

Update

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Update is a comprehensive tool that simplifies integrating authentication and billing into your applications. It seamlessly connects services like Supabase with Stripe, enabling you to monetize, implement paywalls, and support multi-tenancy with confidence.
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