Azra Games
Series A in 2024
Azra Games is a blockchain-based game development company founded in 2022 in Sacramento, California, by Sonny Mayugba. The company focuses on creating collectible combat role-playing games (RPGs) specifically tailored for core gamers. By leveraging blockchain technology, Azra Games enables players to engage in a new paradigm of gaming, allowing them to create, play, collect, trade, and socialize around unique characters within their games. The company's innovative approach aims to redefine the gaming experience through unique online strategy game platforms that emphasize collectible and combat elements.
Waterfall
Seed Round in 2022
Waterfall is a company that specializes in developing a trading protocol for rare non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and collectible digital art, focusing on live on-chain pricing. The company aims to enhance the liquidity and composability of NFTs by creating innovative infrastructure and auction mechanisms. Its platform offers financial derivatives strategies and tools that enable users to trade tokens effectively, predict price movements, and receive real-time updates on market valuations. Through these advancements, Waterfall seeks to facilitate a more dynamic and productive environment for NFT trading.
Sender Wallet
Seed Round in 2022
Sender Wallet is a NEAR ecological encrypted wallet that manages, exchanges, and displays crypto assets and collectibles. It is now possible to connect to two hardware wallets, Ledger and Keystone, and it is integrated with fiat-to-cryptocurrency service providers Moonpay, Banxa, and Transak. This enables users to buy cryptocurrency in over 140 countries. It builds its own pledge nodes, giving wallet users higher returns and more convenient pledge services. Sender Wallet was launched in 2022 and is based in Singapore.
MakersPlace
Series A in 2021
MakersPlace is a digital creation platform based in San Francisco, California, that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate the sale and protection of authentic digital artworks. Founded in 2016, the company provides a marketplace where digital creators can connect with fans and collectors globally. Through its platform, creators can sign their works and establish limited editions, ensuring proof of authenticity, ownership, and scarcity. This system empowers artists to capture the true value of their digital creations while offering collectors access to unique and rare digital art. MakersPlace plays a significant role in the evolving landscape of digital art by fostering a direct relationship between creators and their audience.
Codex Protocol
Seed Round in 2018
Codex Labs, Inc. operates Codex Protocol, a decentralized blockchain platform designed for the title registry in the arts and collectibles ecosystem, which is valued at approximately $2 trillion. The platform enables users to track the provenance and verify the authenticity of diverse items, including art, fine wine, collectible cars, antiques, and jewelry. Codex Protocol is open source, allowing third-party developers to create applications that leverage its title system. Notable applications include Biddable, which facilitates auction processes by addressing issues such as non-performing bidders and privacy concerns, and Sellable, aimed at helping collectors enhance the value of their titles. Established in 2018, Codex Labs is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.