Crypto & Web3 Startups

UMA provides an Optimistic Oracle protocol that verifies data and answers natural-language questions through a combination of optimistic claims, challenge periods, and tokenholded voting. The protocol serves builders creating prediction markets and other applications that require decentralized fact verification.

4 investors

Uniblock provides multi-chain RPC infrastructure that aggregates access to blockchain networks through a unified API, offering intelligent routing and automatic failover for teams requiring high uptime and performance.

4 investors

Validation Cloud operates a platform designed to facilitate organizations' integration into Web3 through infrastructure solutions. The company serves businesses seeking blockchain connectivity and deployment capabilities.

4 investors

VeeFriends creates collectible trading cards, digital assets (NFTs), and merchandise featuring character-based intellectual property. The company operates a marketplace and community platform where collectors can acquire, trade, and burn NFTs to unlock exclusive physical collectibles, events, and prizes.

4 investors

Veracity Protocol develops Vision AI-based protocols for product authentication, serialization, and traceability using microstructure fingerprinting without physical tags or invasive methods. The platform serves manufacturers and supply chain operators across all industries to comply with digital product passport regulations and detect counterfeits.

4 investors

Vertalo builds compliance infrastructure for tokenized real-world securities, connecting issuance to trading and maintaining the registry/cap-table records that securities issuers are legally required to keep. Starting as SeriesX, the company completed one of the first compliant on-chain issuances of tokenized real-world equity under Regulation D and now serves securities issuers.

4 investors

VitaDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that funds and coordinates longevity and aging research using AI agents, decentralized governance, and on-chain funding mechanisms such as IP-NFTs. It backs early-stage research projects and companies working on drug discovery and interventions to extend human healthspan and lifespan.

4 investors

W.AI operates a decentralized AI infrastructure network where operators contribute GPU compute cycles and earn W COIN, the network's native protocol token used for value exchange between compute providers and consumers. The token supports permissionless participation in a distributed AI supercomputer.

4 investors

WalletConnect provides wallet connection infrastructure enabling decentralized applications to interact with blockchain wallets across multiple networks and platforms.

4 investors

Wert provides payment infrastructure that lets web3 projects add fiat card payments and DeFi token access into their apps, dapps, and platforms without an exchange listing. It offers a compliant, regulated onramp (and planned offramp) aimed at helping crypto projects onboard non-crypto-native users.

4 investors

WiFi Dabba builds wireless connectivity infrastructure and community solutions. The company operates in the telecommunications and digital inclusion space, with operations in India.

4 investors

XFX operates a liquidity layer that provides unified fiat and stablecoin liquidity with intelligent routing and near-instant settlement, letting institutions trade across fiat and stablecoin pairs without pre-positioning capital. It targets financial institutions and teams building payments and FX infrastructure.

4 investors

XPLA is a blockchain mainnet, transitioning to a rebrand called CONX, focused on connecting value across culture, finance, and technology in the web3 space. It positions itself as a trust-based mainnet for cultural and financial transactions.

4 investors

xTAO operates infrastructure on the Bittensor decentralized AI network, generating revenue through validator operations, staking rewards, and API licensing while holding TAO tokens as treasury assets. The company bridges Bittensor and traditional finance markets.

4 investors

Xterio is a Web3 gaming ecosystem and publishing platform that provides developers with tools for game development and distribution across mobile, PC, and consoles, including onboarding wallets, deployable smart contracts, identity/analytics/LiveOps tooling, and onchain AI agents. Backed by the XTER token, it bridges traditional and Web3 gaming.

4 investors

Zodia Markets provides institutional digital asset trading services, including an OTC brokerage with voice and electronic settlement and a digital asset exchange platform. It serves institutional clients and offers multi-local settlement accounts for cross-border capital movement.

4 investors

Zodl is a privacy-focused mobile wallet built for shielded Zcash (ZEC), offering self-custody, private swaps, private payments, and encrypted messaging. It targets crypto users who want to keep transaction details hidden, with features for paying merchants and funding wallets without exposing financial data.

4 investors

Zynk is a cross-border payment infrastructure platform that provides APIs for instant global settlements, converting and moving assets across blockchains, banks, and currencies in real time without pre-funding or treasury management. It serves businesses such as remittance companies, neobanks, payment service providers, and OTC desks, supporting corridors in USD, INR, AED, EUR, MXN, and PHP.

4 investors

Startbahn provides blockchain-based platforms for creators and artists to authenticate digital and physical artworks, manage collectible provenance, and capture resale royalties. The company serves artists, brands, and businesses seeking to establish verified ownership records and deepen collector relationships through NFT and Web3 technologies.

4 investors

gumi is a Japanese entertainment and blockchain company that develops mobile online games and operates digital asset and blockchain-related businesses through multiple subsidiaries across Japan, Asia, and North America.

4 investors

Bankers operates a loan-based crowdfunding platform where individuals invest from ¥10,000 into funds that lend to companies, receiving distributions from the interest paid. The Japanese service offers fixed-yield, short-term investment products screened by financial professionals.

4 investors

Lava provides instant Bitcoin-backed loans allowing borrowers to access dollar liquidity without selling their cryptocurrency or surrendering self-custody. The platform offers sub-second loan processing, fixed rates starting at 5% for loans from $100 to $1B+, and includes a Visa card for spending loan proceeds.

3 investors

Breez provides an SDK that enables developers to integrate non-custodial Bitcoin payments into any application or service. It allows users to send and receive Bitcoin instantly within existing apps and platforms.

3 investors

1confirmation is an early-stage venture fund that backs founders working on decentralization of the web. Founded in 2017, it focuses on the crypto and web3 space.

3 investors