Polychain Capital

Polychain Capital, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in blockchain technologies and digital assets. The firm is dedicated to advancing the global adoption of cryptocurrencies by actively managing portfolios that include various blockchain-based protocols and companies. As a Registered Investment Adviser, Polychain Capital aims to generate exceptional returns for its investors by leveraging the unique properties of digital assets, which are created and transmitted through cryptographic verification and game-theoretic principles.

Bobby Beniers

Research Partner

Olaf Carlson-Wee

Founder and CEO

Ben Perszyk

Partner

Josh Rosenthal

Partner and Portfolio Manager

Alexa Smith

Beacon Fund Manager

Sven Wellmann

Research Analyst

Past deals in FinTech

Berachain

Series B in 2024
Berachain is a blockchain development company focused on creating an Ethereum-compatible platform designed for financial applications. Its innovative technology allows for the use of staked assets within decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, enhancing on-chain liquidity and capital efficiency. The company employs a proof of liquidity consensus mechanism to ensure sybil resistance, which fosters alignment of network incentives between validators and various projects within its ecosystem. By leveraging staked assets like staked ether, Berachain enables these locked assets to support the network's security while simultaneously facilitating their use in DeFi applications. This approach aims to provide clients with robust blockchain services that promote quality and efficiency in financial transactions.

Tomo

Seed Round in 2024
Tomo is an all-in-one Web3 social wallet that transforms users' online presence into a universal hub, fostering genuine, spam-free interactions and financial incentives. Tomo lets users connect directly with creators, participate in private discussions, and explore the new generation of digital art with Tomoji. Active participation earns users Tomo Points, enhancing your social capital.

Stream Trading

Seed Round in 2024
Stream Trading offers capital-efficient and low-latency software for optimal performance in DeFi.

Monkey Tilt

Venture Round in 2024
Monkey Tilt is a crypto fantasy sports platform. It is a cryptocurrency-enabled gambling platform.

Superform Labs

Seed Round in 2024
Superform is a non-custodial yield marketplace. The protocol enables access to Erc-4626 vaults using any Evmchain.

Squid

Series A in 2024
Squid is a financial software developer that creates a routing protocol facilitating cross-chain liquidity in the cryptocurrency market. Its platform enables users and developers to swap tokens seamlessly between different blockchains and access decentralized applications with ease. By utilizing an application programming interface and a software development kit, Squid allows for native token swaps and messaging across various chains with minimal coding requirements. This functionality empowers investors to engage with composable, cross-chain financial logic, enhancing their experience in the evolving crypto ecosystem.

Connext

Series A in 2023
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.

Thetanuts Finance

Venture Round in 2023
Thetanuts Finance's DeFi structured products and its customizable vaults are the future of generating yield. The platform is designed to provide treasury management for DAOs, as well as help retail traders earn yield on their tokens. Thetanuts' vaults simplify the process of options trading, making previously complex instruments easy for any investor to access, empowering users to monetize volatility in a risk-adjusted manner.

Berachain

Series A in 2023
Berachain is a blockchain development company focused on creating an Ethereum-compatible platform designed for financial applications. Its innovative technology allows for the use of staked assets within decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, enhancing on-chain liquidity and capital efficiency. The company employs a proof of liquidity consensus mechanism to ensure sybil resistance, which fosters alignment of network incentives between validators and various projects within its ecosystem. By leveraging staked assets like staked ether, Berachain enables these locked assets to support the network's security while simultaneously facilitating their use in DeFi applications. This approach aims to provide clients with robust blockchain services that promote quality and efficiency in financial transactions.

Quasar Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Quasar Labs operates a digital asset management platform that simplifies investing within the multi-chain universe. The platform allows users to create and join independent asset containers, known as Vaults, which utilize inter-blockchain communication (IBC) technology to facilitate value capture across different blockchains, particularly in the Cosmos ecosystem. This innovative approach addresses the fragmentation within decentralized finance (DeFi) by providing a streamlined and secure method for investors to manage their digital assets. Quasar Labs empowers investors to efficiently design Vaults and aggregate liquidity, making it easier for them to put their digital assets to work with minimal effort.

Finterest

Seed Round in 2022
Finterest is a financial platform that focuses on decentralized finance and web3 technologies. It operates as a lending protocol that enables users to lend and borrow native Bitcoin, as well as other cryptocurrencies like ICP and stablecoins. The platform also includes a governance feature that allows token holders to vote on potential future tokens for integration, including Ethereum. By facilitating these financial activities, Finterest aims to enhance user engagement and incentivize the utilization of its protocol.

Evertas

Series A in 2022
Evertas is a crypto insurance company that provides regulated insurance and risk mitigation solutions specifically designed for crypto assets. The company targets institutional holders, including exchanges, custodians, traditional financial institutions, funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. Evertas offers a comprehensive suite of services, including compliance and audit, risk assessment, incident management, and asset recovery, all aimed at reducing exposure to risks associated with crypto assets. Their offerings include an underwriting framework, tailored policy forms for crypto assets, and effective claims handling, enabling businesses to secure their crypto holdings and mitigate transaction risks.

Pine Street Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Pine Street Labs specializes in developing enterprise wallet software aimed at expanding and democratizing the use of public blockchains. The company simplifies the complexities associated with accessing various blockchain networks, allowing enterprises to focus on their core business activities. Its walletOS solution enables organizations to manage custody operations in-house and facilitates the introduction of new blockchain initiatives. The platform supports a range of functionalities, including sending and receiving transactions, staking, and executing smart contract calls. It offers a composable developer experience through a well-defined API, which allows seamless integration and minimizes reliance on third-party services. Designed for mission-critical environments, Pine Street Labs empowers customers to execute any transaction efficiently with a single integration.

Uniswap

Series B in 2022
Uniswap Labs is a software company founded in 2018 by Hayden Adams, who created the Uniswap Protocol, a decentralized platform for swapping digital assets. The protocol has facilitated $2.75 trillion in transaction volume since its inception. Uniswap Labs focuses on developing widely used decentralized finance (DeFi) products, including a user-friendly web interface, a self-custody mobile wallet, and an API tailored for professional market participants. The platform empowers liquidity providers and traders by offering a financial marketplace that is open and accessible to all. Utilizing smart contracts, it enables secure and decentralized on-chain conversions of assets, allowing users to trade tokens directly without intermediaries while defining asset prices based on the liquidity staked in the system.

END-Labs

Seed Round in 2022
END-Labs is a blockchain development studio focused on creating Web3 lending infrastructure. The company develops a suite of blockchain-based products aimed at transforming financial interactions by connecting fiat-native borrowers with institutional decentralized finance (DeFi) capital to enhance capital efficiencies. Its platform is designed as an application-specific blockchain that supports a variety of decentralized applications, allowing these applications to work together within the broader blockchain ecosystem. This integration enables borrowers to identify the most cost-effective sources of capital and optimize terms based on the assets they intend to use as collateral.

Aurigami

Funding Round in 2022
Aurigami is a decentralized, non-custodial liquidity protocol that enables users to lend, borrow, and earn interest on their digital assets. The platform emphasizes minimizing risks associated with smart contracts and liquidations, allowing customers to participate in a secure financial environment. Users can earn passive income by providing liquidity, while borrowers can access funds through an over-collateralization model. Aurigami distinguishes itself from similar protocols by incorporating gamification elements, enhancing user engagement and experience within the decentralized finance space.

Bluefin

Venture Round in 2022
Bluefin operates a decentralized leverage trading platform designed to provide universal access to global financial markets. The platform utilizes blockchain technology to merge the security and transparency of decentralized exchanges with the rapid trade settlement and cost efficiency characteristic of centralized platforms. This innovative approach caters to both novice users and experienced traders, offering features such as leverage trading and short selling. Backed by prominent investors including Polychain Capital, Susquehanna, and Brevan Howard Digital, Bluefin is positioned to enhance participation in the derivatives market while ensuring a user-friendly experience.

CoinDCX

Series D in 2022
CoinDCX is a prominent provider of cryptocurrency trading and financial services based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Established in 2018, the company aims to democratize finance by making investments accessible to a broader audience. CoinDCX's platform enables users to trade a variety of cryptocurrencies legally, with features that allow for secure transactions and seamless withdrawals to bank accounts. The company prioritizes user experience, offering industry-first products tailored to different types of traders based on their trading habits and risk tolerances. Additionally, CoinDCX Ventures focuses on investing in Web3 companies globally, with a significant portion of its portfolio expected to originate from India. The fund emphasizes investment in sectors such as DeFi and CeFi, infrastructure development, and Web3 applications, primarily targeting early-stage companies.

Gauntlet

Series B in 2022
Gauntlet is a developer of a financial modeling and simulation platform aimed at enhancing the safety and efficiency of blockchain protocols and smart contracts. The company's platform utilizes agent-based simulation to analyze and optimize key parameters of various protocols, which helps improve capital efficiency, fees, risk management, and incentive structures. By modeling market risk and economic incentives, Gauntlet enables clients to maximize their returns while minimizing potential risks. Its applied research and optimization teams focus on driving sustainable growth for leading crypto protocols, chains, and on-chain treasuries, ultimately enhancing financial performance for businesses in the blockchain ecosystem.

Structure

Seed Round in 2021
Structure financial is a global trading platform that aims to facilitate crypto-based investing and lending for mobile users.

Saddle

Series A in 2021
Saddle Finance is an automated market maker (AMM) optimized for pegged value crypto assets.

Spectral

Venture Round in 2021
Spectral is a New Rochelle, New York-based company founded in 2020 that focuses on programmable creditworthiness through its innovative platform. The company provides valuable credit risk insights to its partners by utilizing on-chain data, thereby enhancing business decisions and offerings. Users can access new financial opportunities through the Multi-Asset Credit Risk Oracle (MACRO) Score, which serves as an on-chain equivalent to a traditional FICO score, allowing individuals to check their on-chain credit scores. Additionally, Spectral offers an AI-powered platform that simplifies the creation and deployment of smart contracts, enabling developers to generate complex contracts using natural language, thus accelerating development time and minimizing errors.

Solend

Seed Round in 2021
Solend is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that facilitates borrowing and lending of cryptocurrency. It primarily serves users within the Solana ecosystem, providing them with diverse opportunities to profit from their assets. The platform enhances capital efficiency by allowing users to earn yields on idle funds and implement various DeFi yield strategies. Users can choose to lend or borrow funds, primarily using stablecoins or SOL, the native cryptocurrency of Solana. By enabling individuals to act as mini-banks, Solend aims to transform the traditional lending process in the cryptocurrency market.

Orca

Series A in 2021
Orca is a decentralized crypto exchange based on the Solana blockchain.

Bluefin

Venture Round in 2021
Bluefin operates a decentralized leverage trading platform designed to provide universal access to global financial markets. The platform utilizes blockchain technology to merge the security and transparency of decentralized exchanges with the rapid trade settlement and cost efficiency characteristic of centralized platforms. This innovative approach caters to both novice users and experienced traders, offering features such as leverage trading and short selling. Backed by prominent investors including Polychain Capital, Susquehanna, and Brevan Howard Digital, Bluefin is positioned to enhance participation in the derivatives market while ensuring a user-friendly experience.

Credora

Series A in 2021
Credora is a company focused on enhancing confidence in credit markets through privacy-preserving technology and real-time credit analytics. It provides a platform that empowers efficient private credit markets by offering comprehensive reports, transparent methodologies, and automated processes for onboarding and information submission. By facilitating over $1 billion in uncollateralized loans across more than 100 borrowers and lenders, Credora enables well-capitalized and risk-managed borrowers to engage in transparent and secure borrowing. Additionally, the company monitors over $4 billion in borrower assets, ensuring extensive coverage across both centralized and decentralized finance venues.

Offchain Labs

Series B in 2021
Offchain Labs, Inc. is a company based in Princeton, New Jersey, established in 2018. It focuses on developing solutions that enhance the scalability and privacy of Ethereum smart contracts, catering primarily to the gaming industry, financial applications, and consortium blockchains. The company offers a decentralized platform that allows for the development of smart contracts capable of handling a higher volume of transactions while ensuring user privacy. This platform combines the benefits of off-chain approaches, such as lower costs, with the security and simplicity associated with on-chain methods, thereby providing a comprehensive solution for developers and users alike.

Nirvana

Series A in 2021
Nirvana is an AI-native financial infrastructure shaping the future of Agentic DeFi. - Redefining DeFi with AI Agents – Nirvana builds AI frameworks for DEFAI agents to maximize capital efficiency - AI-Native On-Chain Protocols – Empowering DEFAI agents with AI-native protocols to autonomously launch innovative financial instruments and optimize strategies

CoinDCX

Series C in 2021
CoinDCX is a prominent provider of cryptocurrency trading and financial services based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Established in 2018, the company aims to democratize finance by making investments accessible to a broader audience. CoinDCX's platform enables users to trade a variety of cryptocurrencies legally, with features that allow for secure transactions and seamless withdrawals to bank accounts. The company prioritizes user experience, offering industry-first products tailored to different types of traders based on their trading habits and risk tolerances. Additionally, CoinDCX Ventures focuses on investing in Web3 companies globally, with a significant portion of its portfolio expected to originate from India. The fund emphasizes investment in sectors such as DeFi and CeFi, infrastructure development, and Web3 applications, primarily targeting early-stage companies.

SynFutures

Series A in 2021
SynFutures is a next generation synthetic assets derivatives exchange focused on creating an open and trustless derivatives market by enabling trading on anything with a price feed. By cultivating a free market and maximizing the variety of tradable assets, SynFutures is lowering the barrier to entry in the derivatives market, creating a more equitable digital assets exchange market.

Umee

Seed Round in 2021
Umee is the most programmable, safety-first lending algorithm built as a blockchain that enables seamless borrowing and lending of digital assets between distinct blockchain ecosystems. Umee is reshaping the global debt markets in Web3.

Nirvana

Seed Round in 2021
Nirvana is an AI-native financial infrastructure shaping the future of Agentic DeFi. - Redefining DeFi with AI Agents – Nirvana builds AI frameworks for DEFAI agents to maximize capital efficiency - AI-Native On-Chain Protocols – Empowering DEFAI agents with AI-native protocols to autonomously launch innovative financial instruments and optimize strategies

Solana

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Solana is a cryptocurrency startup focused on developing a decentralized blockchain platform for applications and marketplaces. The Solana network is supported by thousands of independent nodes, which enhances its security and resistance to censorship. The platform utilizes a unique proof of history mechanism that allows for concurrent parallel processing, resulting in high-speed, low-latency, and cost-effective transactions. This architecture enables users to efficiently scale their operations without the need for sharding, making it suitable for a wide range of decentralized applications.

Gauntlet

Series A in 2021
Gauntlet is a developer of a financial modeling and simulation platform aimed at enhancing the safety and efficiency of blockchain protocols and smart contracts. The company's platform utilizes agent-based simulation to analyze and optimize key parameters of various protocols, which helps improve capital efficiency, fees, risk management, and incentive structures. By modeling market risk and economic incentives, Gauntlet enables clients to maximize their returns while minimizing potential risks. Its applied research and optimization teams focus on driving sustainable growth for leading crypto protocols, chains, and on-chain treasuries, ultimately enhancing financial performance for businesses in the blockchain ecosystem.

Cozy Finance

Series A in 2021
Cozy Finance, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in developing risk management software for the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. Founded in 2020, the company offers a permissionless, peer-to-peer protection solution that enables users to invest in DeFi with safeguards against hacks and exploits. The software is designed for developers to help crypto investors effectively manage their assets, unlocking their full potential. Additionally, Cozy Finance allows users to deposit funds that can be utilized for protected investing, enhancing the security and confidence of participants in the DeFi space.

Greenwood Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Greenwood Finance is a decentralized finance platform that helps crypto borrowers pay less interest on their loans. It reduces the interest that crypto borrowers pay on their loans by automatically borrowing from the lending protocol with the lowest instantaneous APR. They handle the complexity of integrating with, and comparing interest rates across, the ever-growing number of decentralized lending protocols to deliver a simple, protocol agnostic, interface for borrowing crypto.

Connext

Seed Round 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.

River

Series A in 2021
River Financial is a challenger financial institution specializing in Bitcoin financial services. River Financial's flagship product, a Bitcoin brokerage, provides sophisticated retail investors with a high-touch platform to buy and sell Bitcoin. Founded in 2019 by Alexander Leishman and Andrew Benson, River's brokerage product provides its clients with best-in-class security, a world-class client service experience, and investment performance tools such as cost basis tracking.

Parsec Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Parsec Finance is a DeFi and analytics platform focused on technical analysis for traders and datap-focused users. The platform's app represents an attempt to craft an experience in DeFi "similar to that of a professional brokerage account without the friction of custody. Parsec Finance was founded by Will Sheehan in 2020 and is based in Concord, MA.

Saddle

Seed Round in 2021
Saddle Finance is an automated market maker (AMM) optimized for pegged value crypto assets.

Bluefin

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Bluefin operates a decentralized leverage trading platform designed to provide universal access to global financial markets. The platform utilizes blockchain technology to merge the security and transparency of decentralized exchanges with the rapid trade settlement and cost efficiency characteristic of centralized platforms. This innovative approach caters to both novice users and experienced traders, offering features such as leverage trading and short selling. Backed by prominent investors including Polychain Capital, Susquehanna, and Brevan Howard Digital, Bluefin is positioned to enhance participation in the derivatives market while ensuring a user-friendly experience.

CoinDCX

Series B in 2020
CoinDCX is a prominent provider of cryptocurrency trading and financial services based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Established in 2018, the company aims to democratize finance by making investments accessible to a broader audience. CoinDCX's platform enables users to trade a variety of cryptocurrencies legally, with features that allow for secure transactions and seamless withdrawals to bank accounts. The company prioritizes user experience, offering industry-first products tailored to different types of traders based on their trading habits and risk tolerances. Additionally, CoinDCX Ventures focuses on investing in Web3 companies globally, with a significant portion of its portfolio expected to originate from India. The fund emphasizes investment in sectors such as DeFi and CeFi, infrastructure development, and Web3 applications, primarily targeting early-stage companies.

Liquity

Seed Round in 2020
Liquity is a decentralized borrowing protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain that offers interest-free loans to users. By allowing borrowers to use Ethereum as collateral, Liquity issues loans in its own USD-pegged stablecoin. The protocol operates under a minimum collateralization ratio, ensuring that loans are adequately secured. This innovative approach enables users to access capital without incurring interest costs, making it an appealing option for those looking to leverage their Ethereum holdings.

Credora

Seed Round in 2020
Credora is a company focused on enhancing confidence in credit markets through privacy-preserving technology and real-time credit analytics. It provides a platform that empowers efficient private credit markets by offering comprehensive reports, transparent methodologies, and automated processes for onboarding and information submission. By facilitating over $1 billion in uncollateralized loans across more than 100 borrowers and lenders, Credora enables well-capitalized and risk-managed borrowers to engage in transparent and secure borrowing. Additionally, the company monitors over $4 billion in borrower assets, ensuring extensive coverage across both centralized and decentralized finance venues.

KeeperDAO

Seed Round in 2020
KeeperDAO operates as a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that facilitates large-scale arbitrage and liquidation trades across various DeFi platforms. The protocol enables participants to engage in communal liquidity pools, allowing them to pool capital into Ethereum smart contracts. This collective approach provides users with opportunities to profit from activities such as liquidating positions in platforms like Compound or dYdX, managing Maker collateralized debt positions, and executing arbitrage strategies between exchanges like Kyber and Uniswap. By joining KeeperDAO, liquidity providers (LPs) benefit from shared capital and profits, while Keepers are incentivized to collaborate, fostering an environment that reduces competition and enhances overall efficiency in capturing on-chain opportunities.

CoinDCX

Series A in 2020
CoinDCX is a prominent provider of cryptocurrency trading and financial services based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Established in 2018, the company aims to democratize finance by making investments accessible to a broader audience. CoinDCX's platform enables users to trade a variety of cryptocurrencies legally, with features that allow for secure transactions and seamless withdrawals to bank accounts. The company prioritizes user experience, offering industry-first products tailored to different types of traders based on their trading habits and risk tolerances. Additionally, CoinDCX Ventures focuses on investing in Web3 companies globally, with a significant portion of its portfolio expected to originate from India. The fund emphasizes investment in sectors such as DeFi and CeFi, infrastructure development, and Web3 applications, primarily targeting early-stage companies.

StakerDAO

Series A in 2020
StakerDAO is a platform focused on the decentralized, secure, and compliant governance of financial assets. Established in 2019 and based in Palo Alto, California, StakerDAO develops various products for on-chain governance, cross-chain synthetics, and tokenized real-world assets. The platform features STKR, a governance token that enables holders to submit proposals and elect members of the Staker Council, thereby participating in decision-making processes. Additionally, StakerDAO offers BLND, a synthetic token designed to track a basket of proof-of-stake tokens. The governance framework is supported by the Staker Agora process, which allows users to contribute ideas and engage in discussions about project development. With a commitment to decentralized finance, StakerDAO's protocol provides a trustless method for bi-directional token transfers across different blockchain networks, facilitating broader access to financial services.

Matrixport

Venture Round in 2019
Matrixport is a comprehensive financial services platform focused on digital assets, allowing users to invest, trade, and leverage cryptocurrencies. It offers a blockchain-based platform that facilitates trading, custody, lending, and asset management of crypto assets. By providing these services, Matrixport enables users and clients to effectively manage their finances and capital in the evolving digital currency landscape.

Compound

Series A in 2019
Compound is an open-source interest rate protocol designed to facilitate decentralized finance applications for developers. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, it operates on the Ethereum blockchain and has garnered a large user base along with numerous integrating applications. The platform utilizes a series of smart contracts that algorithmically adjust interest rates based on the supply and demand of various assets, ensuring users have access to liquid, transparent, and predictable rates. By creating a robust money market system, Compound seeks to enhance the functionality and accessibility of financial services in the decentralized space.

Founders Bank

Venture Round in 2019
Founders Bank is a corporate challenger bank specifically designed to meet the banking needs of the tech industry, including blockchain and other emerging technologies. The bank aims to deliver its services through a cutting-edge technology platform that prioritizes customer experience, along with robust anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) practices. Currently, Founders Bank is in the process of obtaining a full EU banking license, which will be regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority and the European Central Bank. By focusing on the unique requirements of tech and cryptocurrency businesses, Founders Bank seeks to provide tailored banking solutions that facilitate access to essential financial services in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

StakerDAO

Seed Round in 2019
StakerDAO is a platform focused on the decentralized, secure, and compliant governance of financial assets. Established in 2019 and based in Palo Alto, California, StakerDAO develops various products for on-chain governance, cross-chain synthetics, and tokenized real-world assets. The platform features STKR, a governance token that enables holders to submit proposals and elect members of the Staker Council, thereby participating in decision-making processes. Additionally, StakerDAO offers BLND, a synthetic token designed to track a basket of proof-of-stake tokens. The governance framework is supported by the Staker Agora process, which allows users to contribute ideas and engage in discussions about project development. With a commitment to decentralized finance, StakerDAO's protocol provides a trustless method for bi-directional token transfers across different blockchain networks, facilitating broader access to financial services.

CoinFLEX

Seed Round in 2019
CoinFLEX is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and yield platform that offers innovative trading solutions for crypto assets. It features a physically delivered crypto futures exchange designed to address the challenges associated with cash-settled futures contracts, allowing for high leverage opportunities without risks related to index or settlement manipulation. The platform aims to simplify and secure the trading processes for professional proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency sector. Among its unique offerings are flexUSD, the first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, a capital-efficient automated market maker. CoinFLEX is supported by prominent figures and investment firms in the crypto industry.

Dharma Labs

Series A in 2019
Dharma Labs Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a suite of smart contracts and tools designed for issuing and crowdfunding debt on blockchain technology. Founded in 2017, the company provides a protocol that facilitates decentralized issuance, origination, risk assessment, and underwriting of peer-to-peer loans. This innovative framework enables open and permissionless innovation within the lending industry, allowing entrepreneurs to create diverse lending platforms, including consumer lending, margin lending, and crowdfunding municipal bonds. By leveraging blockchain's capabilities, Dharma Labs aims to streamline the lending process and enhance accessibility for various financial services.

Anchorage Digital

Series A in 2019
Anchorage Digital is a regulated cryptocurrency platform that offers integrated financial services and infrastructure solutions tailored for institutions. Established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company operates as the only federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, with an additional office in Singapore that maintains similar security and service standards. Anchorage Digital specializes in secure custody, regulatory compliance, and a variety of cryptocurrency-related services, including trading, staking, and governance. The platform emphasizes modern security engineering to ensure the safety of digital assets while facilitating streamlined participation in blockchain technology for businesses and institutions. With a valuation exceeding $3 billion, Anchorage Digital has attracted investments from prominent firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, and Visa, among others. The company also supports a remote-friendly work environment, with additional offices located in New York, Porto, and Sioux Falls.

Coinbase Ventures

Series E in 2018
Coinbase, Inc. is a digital currency platform that enables merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a range of services including a user-friendly website for transactions, a digital wallet, and merchant payment processing tools. These offerings facilitate seamless transactions for users and support a variety of online businesses. Coinbase's mission is to create an open financial system accessible to individuals worldwide, fostering the adoption of cryptocurrencies and enhancing the overall digital financial landscape.

Gauntlet

Seed Round in 2018
Gauntlet is a developer of a financial modeling and simulation platform aimed at enhancing the safety and efficiency of blockchain protocols and smart contracts. The company's platform utilizes agent-based simulation to analyze and optimize key parameters of various protocols, which helps improve capital efficiency, fees, risk management, and incentive structures. By modeling market risk and economic incentives, Gauntlet enables clients to maximize their returns while minimizing potential risks. Its applied research and optimization teams focus on driving sustainable growth for leading crypto protocols, chains, and on-chain treasuries, ultimately enhancing financial performance for businesses in the blockchain ecosystem.

LoanScan

Seed Round in 2018
LoanScan provides analytics for loans and other financial instruments issued via open finance protocols on permissionless blockchains (Ethereum). We serve fixed-income investors, borrowers, analysts, crypto funds, financial institutions, and financial application developers. Our team of capital markers analysts and software engineers analyze blockchains and provide accurate real-time information on loan issuances, interest rates, collateral ratios, repayments, loan portfolio composition, etc. for recent and historical transactions.

Origo

Series A in 2018
Origo enables users to create and execute smart contracts without leaking any sensitive information. Origo community firmly believes that privacy is our fundamental need and strives to create a new era with more privacy, security and fairness. Current smart contracts expose all contract details totally public and vulnerable to the whole network. This limits broader blockchain usage by many real-world companies and individuals, because they have concerns about sensitive data and financial information on contracts. At Origo platform, developers can build privacy preserving smart contracts/applications without knowledge of cryptography, since Origo provides a compiler which automatically generates cryptographic protocols, using cryptographic primitives such as Zero-Knowledge Proofs.

Compound

Seed Round in 2018
Compound is an open-source interest rate protocol designed to facilitate decentralized finance applications for developers. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, it operates on the Ethereum blockchain and has garnered a large user base along with numerous integrating applications. The platform utilizes a series of smart contracts that algorithmically adjust interest rates based on the supply and demand of various assets, ensuring users have access to liquid, transparent, and predictable rates. By creating a robust money market system, Compound seeks to enhance the functionality and accessibility of financial services in the decentralized space.

Basis

Initial Coin Offering in 2018
Basis, founded in 2017 and located in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a company that develops an algorithmic cryptocurrency protocol. This protocol operates similarly to a central bank, designed to regulate the supply of cryptocurrency in a dynamic manner. By expanding and contracting supply, Basis aims to stabilize purchasing power, akin to how traditional central banks manage fiscal debt. The cryptocurrency associated with Basis incorporates this algorithmic approach, allowing for adjustments in response to market conditions.

Keep

Venture Round in 2018
Keep Network is a blockchain technology company that focuses on enabling the use of private data on public protocols. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in George Town, Midland, it develops solutions that allow contracts to leverage private information while interacting with public blockchains. One of its key offerings is tBTC, a decentralized bridge that connects Bitcoin to the Ethereum network, allowing users to securely and anonymously transfer Bitcoin for participation in decentralized finance (DeFi) activities. The company's technology incorporates a privacy layer for Ethereum, utilizing secure multiparty computation to store data across multiple locations, enabling decentralized signing and the creation of cryptocurrency wallets. This innovation ensures that users can store files privately with blockchain storage encryption while engaging with the broader blockchain ecosystem.

Ren

Initial Coin Offering in 2018
Ren is an open protocol that enables the movement of value between blockchains. Ren's core product, RenVM, brings interoperability to decentralized finance (DeFi).

StarkWare Industries

Seed Round in 2018
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.

Polkadot

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Polkadot is a protocol designed to facilitate communication between independent blockchains, enabling them to exchange information efficiently. This inter-chain blockchain technology not only allows for the transfer of messages but also ensures their order and validity, thereby enhancing interoperability. Additionally, Polkadot supports scalability by creating an environment that accommodates multiple state machines. The platform is geared towards simplifying cryptocurrency transactions, offering low trading fees and enabling merchants to accept and manage various forms of cryptocurrency payments from customers. Through its innovative approach, Polkadot aims to streamline the exchange of virtual assets, making it easier for users and businesses to engage with digital currencies.

Dharma Labs

Seed Round in 2017
Dharma Labs Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a suite of smart contracts and tools designed for issuing and crowdfunding debt on blockchain technology. Founded in 2017, the company provides a protocol that facilitates decentralized issuance, origination, risk assessment, and underwriting of peer-to-peer loans. This innovative framework enables open and permissionless innovation within the lending industry, allowing entrepreneurs to create diverse lending platforms, including consumer lending, margin lending, and crowdfunding municipal bonds. By leveraging blockchain's capabilities, Dharma Labs aims to streamline the lending process and enhance accessibility for various financial services.

Gauntlet

Gauntlet is a developer of a financial modeling and simulation platform aimed at enhancing the safety and efficiency of blockchain protocols and smart contracts. The company's platform utilizes agent-based simulation to analyze and optimize key parameters of various protocols, which helps improve capital efficiency, fees, risk management, and incentive structures. By modeling market risk and economic incentives, Gauntlet enables clients to maximize their returns while minimizing potential risks. Its applied research and optimization teams focus on driving sustainable growth for leading crypto protocols, chains, and on-chain treasuries, ultimately enhancing financial performance for businesses in the blockchain ecosystem.
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