Crypto & Web3 Startups

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.

3 investors

Yearn is a decentralized finance protocol offering automated yield-generating vaults that allocate deposited crypto assets across DeFi opportunities to produce risk-adjusted returns. It provides an ecosystem of apps and integrations for DeFi users and partner protocols.

3 investors

Yield App was a company that has entered insolvent liquidation proceedings as of July 2024, with Cork Gully LLP appointed as joint liquidators. The current page only concerns the winding-up process and does not describe an active product or service.

3 investors

Zeitgeist is a Layer 1 blockchain protocol for prediction markets, built on the Substrate framework and offering an SDK for others to implement their own prediction market technology. It introduces a governance model called futarchy and supports markets across areas such as sports, politics, cryptocurrency, insurance, and startups.

3 investors

Zentry is building a "Human-Agentic OS" that combines human activity, agentic AI, and user-owned data into a blockchain-based platform, with layers for data (zDATA), AI agents (zAI), and an agentic web terminal (zTERMINAL). Its ZENT token governs the ecosystem, and integrated apps span gaming (RADIANT) and NFT/community IP (ZIGMA) across crypto, AI, and Web3.

3 investors

ZetaChain provides a user-owned, encrypted memory layer for AI, letting people carry their context, files, preferences, and writing style across different models, apps, and agents. Its first consumer product, Anuma, brings leading AI models (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Meta) into one experience with wallet-based identity, permissioned access, and payments settled in its ZETA token.

3 investors

zkMe provides privacy-preserving, reusable KYC/AML credentials using zero-knowledge proofs, letting stablecoin issuers and platforms meet FATF, MiCA, and GDPR compliance requirements without storing or transmitting users' personal data. It targets stablecoin issuers, VASPs, and crypto payment platforms needing regulatory compliance while minimizing data liability.

3 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.

3 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.

3 investors

A Japanese regional development company that builds NFT platforms and digital systems for local governments and municipalities to support local economies. The company combines blockchain technology with traditional funding mechanisms like hometown tax donations and creates DAOs to strengthen rural communities and counter Tokyo-centric economic concentration.

3 investors

Kirifuda develops on-chain finance products and blockchain intelligence services (data analysis, index development, and compliance support) that let businesses embed blockchain-based financial features without specialized expertise. Its blockchain intelligence unit provides transaction graph analysis, address clustering, and fund-flow visualization across chains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polygon, and Solana for law enforcement, tax authorities, and crypto exchanges in Japan.

3 investors

Kreation is a Web3 publisher platform for Japanese creators to go global, offering NFT-based commerce, metaverse fashion collectibles, and free-to-play gaming experiences.

3 investors

Startbahn provides Startrail, a blockchain-based platform for the art market that records the provenance, authenticity, and ownership history of artworks, using NFC tags and NFTs to verify pieces and enable resale royalties for creators. It serves artists, galleries, and art businesses through products including Startrail PORT, a Startrail API for NFT issuance, and QR-to-NFT marketing tools.

3 investors

HashPort builds blockchain solutions for real-world adoption, including its HashPort Wallet non-custodial Web3 wallet used by over one million users, and provides consulting and wallet solutions to businesses, financial institutions, and government bodies. Founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, the company also delivered the EXPO2025 Digital Wallet for the Osaka-Kansai Expo and operates in Japan's crypto and fintech markets.

3 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.

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.

2 investors

0x provides a Cross-Chain API that aggregates 12+ bridges and bridge aggregators into a single integration, handling route discovery, bridging, execution, and progress tracking for cross-chain token swaps. It targets crypto app developers who want to offer multi-chain swaps with a swap-like user experience and reduced vendor complexity.

2 investors

Passport Protocol is an MPC-based distributed key management network that distributes key shares among network nodes rather than between users and backends. It provides developers with programmable authentication, key recovery, and automated transaction infrastructure for noncustodial wallet onboarding.

2 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.

2 investors

1delta offers an API and infrastructure for onchain lending, letting developers integrate borrowing, lending, and leveraged positions across multiple DeFi protocols and blockchain networks. It targets wallets and fintech applications that want to provide yield, borrowing, and capital-efficiency features to their users.

2 investors

1Money is a platform for receiving, buying, selling, converting, sending, and storing stablecoins and fiat currencies, with on/off ramps to bank accounts globally. It offers multi-currency fiat ramps, global pay-ins/outs, stablecoin exchange, regulated digital asset custody, and named virtual accounts for individuals and businesses.

2 investors

21shares is a crypto-focused asset manager that builds regulated crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs), including staking ETPs, backed by an in-house research team. It serves investors seeking exposure to digital assets and is a subsidiary of digital asset prime brokerage FalconX.

2 investors

Mercado Bitcoin (MB) is a Brazilian cryptocurrency and investment platform that gives retail investors access to crypto and other investment opportunities. The page promotes a partnership with financial educator Thiago Nigro to broaden Brazilians' access to investing and financial education.

2 investors

3F is a DeFi protocol for leveraged strategies on tokenized real-world assets and onchain credit, letting users take leveraged exposure to RWA vaults or deposit stablecoins into Morpho-powered lending vaults to earn yield. It serves both retail depositors and institutions, offering permissioned flows for bridge services and liquidation facilitation.

2 investors