Crypto & Web3 Startups

Iron Fish is a zero-knowledge Layer-1 blockchain that provides optional privacy features for cryptocurrency assets across multiple chains. It enables private transactions and multi-asset support across 20+ EVM-compatible blockchains with compliance screening.

5 investors

Jito optimizes transaction execution and MEV (maximal extractable value) rewards on the Solana blockchain network. The platform allows validators and stakers to earn additional rewards while improving network transparency and fairness through its TipRouter consensus mechanism.

5 investors

Kadena was a blockchain company that ceased business operations on October 21, 2025.

5 investors

Kotani Pay provides last-mile payout services that convert digital assets and blockchain-based funds into local payments, such as mobile money accounts, for end users. It serves businesses running blockchain operations that need affordable ways to disburse funds to recipients.

5 investors

Kulipa provides API infrastructure that lets fintechs issue stablecoin-backed payment products, including physical and virtual cards, embedded wallets, and white-labelled virtual accounts. It handles global settlement, fiat-to-stablecoin conversion, and a compliance layer covering KYC, KYB, AML, and VASP licensing for card programs on Visa and Mastercard networks.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

5 investors

Ledn offers bitcoin-backed loans that let holders borrow US dollars against their Bitcoin without selling it, along with savings and trading products across assets like Bitcoin, gold, and stablecoins. It serves retail and institutional crypto holders in over 100 countries, with collateral held in segregated custody.

5 investors

Littio is a mobile app that offers multi-currency accounts in USD, EUR, and COP with international payment capabilities, including a Mastercard for spending across 200+ countries and digital asset holdings in stablecoins. It serves individuals in Latin America who need to receive international payments, transfer funds across borders, and earn yields on their holdings.

5 investors

Lofty is a platform for fractional ownership of U.S. real estate, allowing investors to buy shares in rental properties and access educational resources about real estate investing. The platform serves individual real estate investors and provides marketplace functionality for property share trading.

5 investors

LunarCrush analyzes millions of social media posts in real time across networks like X, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and news to produce sentiment and influence metrics for crypto assets, stocks, brands, and people. It delivers this social intelligence to individuals and teams through API access, MCP-based AI integrations, and a dashboard for use in AI workflows.

5 investors

M0 provides a modular platform for designing and deploying stablecoins, with configurable layers for token behavior, issuance, and partner integrations. The platform serves cryptocurrency projects and financial institutions seeking flexible stablecoin infrastructure.

5 investors

Marlin is a protocol offering TEE-based coprocessors for decentralized compute, letting developers delegate computations to offchain microservices with proofs and attestations verified onchain. Its products include Oyster (a framework to build and deploy applications on trusted execution environments) and Kalypso (a permissionless zero-knowledge proof marketplace) for blockchain developers.

5 investors

MobileCoin operates Sentz, a mobile app that lets people send, receive, hold, and earn on stablecoins using only a phone number, without a bank account. It centers on eUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by other stablecoins such as USDT and USDC, targeting cross-border money transfers and freelancer payments across many countries.

5 investors

Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that manages hedge and venture funds investing in cryptoassets, tokens, and blockchain companies. The firm focuses on reshaping trillion-dollar markets through investments in execution layers, stablecoins, DeFi, payments, DePIN, and the intersection of crypto and AI.

5 investors

MYSO is a non-custodial decentralized application for writing on-chain covered call option strategies, letting users earn upfront stablecoin income on their crypto holdings while setting custom strike prices and tenors. It serves high-net-worth token holders, DAO and foundation treasuries, and asset managers seeking yield on idle or held tokens.

5 investors

N3XT operates a Wyoming-chartered special purpose depository institution providing real-time B2B payments and settlement services for businesses. The platform enables instant, transparent, low-cost transfers backed 1:1 by cash or U.S. Treasuries, without lending.

5 investors

Nifty Island is a gaming platform where users create their own islands, play games, and complete in-game quests to earn on-chain rewards such as NFTs and crypto. Players can use their NFT avatars and engage with various communities to unlock in-game experiences.

5 investors

Threshold Network is a decentralized protocol that enables Bitcoin to be used across multiple blockchain networks and financial markets through its tBTC token, facilitating lending, staking, trading, and yield-generation activities.

5 investors

OpenTrade provides stablecoin yield infrastructure that enables fintechs, exchanges, and other financial institutions to build and offer white-labeled yield products backed by real-world assets and decentralized finance strategies. The platform serves neobanks, crypto exchanges, stablecoin issuers, and treasury managers globally.

5 investors

Opyn provides a permissionless decentralized finance protocol for deploying perpetual futures markets on any ERC-20 token pair, with features including automated market making vaults, portfolio margin, and support for linear, stable, and option-like perps. The platform enables users to trade leverage across various assets while maintaining true decentralization without custodial control.

5 investors

Origin Protocol builds onchain yield products such as automatically-compounding ERC-20 tokens that generate staking and arbitrage returns, along with governance and yield-forwarding mechanisms. It serves DeFi users and liquidity providers within the Ethereum/crypto ecosystem.

5 investors

Parfin builds digital asset infrastructure connecting traditional finance with decentralized finance, including a platform for banks, fintechs, and financial market infrastructures to manage digital assets and an EVM Layer 1 blockchain with built-in privacy and compliance. It serves institutional financial clients in the crypto and blockchain space.

5 investors

peaq provides a blockchain-based stack that lets robots and machines operate as autonomous economic actors, enabling them to be financed, transact, and function as investible assets. It targets developers building robotics and machine-economy applications across multiple chains.

5 investors

Pinata provides developers with IPFS file storage and AI agent hosting, offering decentralized and private storage infrastructure plus tools to deploy and manage agents. It serves software developers building apps that need offchain storage, NFT backup, and content addressability.

5 investors

Pi2 Labs builds Fast, a payment system designed for AI agents to transfer money globally with high throughput, agent-to-agent transparency, and instant finality through parallel settlement. It targets the agentic economy, applying expertise in formal verification and AI systems.

5 investors