Crypto & Web3 Startups

AnChain.AI provides an AI-powered platform for cryptocurrency risk management and financial crime investigation, including real-time transaction screening, agentic AML workflow automation, sanctions screening, and cross-chain analytics via crypto data APIs. It serves regulators, government agencies, exchanges, fintechs, law firms, and enterprises for digital asset forensics and regulatory compliance.

2 investors

Andromeda offers aOS, a decentralized on-chain operating system with a suite of multi-chain tools and utilities for building Web3 applications. It uses Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) within the Cosmos ecosystem and provides Andromeda Digital Objects (ADOs) that let creators and developers compose Web3 apps.

2 investors

Another-1 (AN1) offers a zero-code "phygital" toolbox that connects physical products to blockchain-based digital experiences using encrypted NFC tags linked 1:1 to NFTs. It serves brands looking to bring Web3 engagement — such as token-gated content, metaverse games, and IRL events — to their communities, with additional merchandise design, production, and fulfillment services.

2 investors

Ansible Labs offers a single API and unified ledger for building payment products across fiat and stablecoins, supporting multi-rail payments (ACH, FedNow, stablecoin payouts), programmable accounts, real-time reporting, and built-in compliance. It targets teams and platforms that need to launch and scale payment experiences, starting with an integrated PSP and adding direct bank partners as they grow.

2 investors

Anzen operates USDz, an on-chain stablecoin backed by a diversified portfolio of overcollateralized real-world assets, primarily asset-backed private credit securities. The token is composable across DeFi platforms and can be staked, traded, lent, or bridged across chains for yield.

2 investors

Aplo is a digital assets prime brokerage for financial institutions, offering access to liquidity across 300+ crypto assets through a single trading platform with institutional-grade custody. It is an EU MiCA-authorized crypto-asset service provider offering brokerage and custody with execution reporting and no proprietary trading.

2 investors

APRO is a blockchain oracle that aggregates price data from institutional-grade providers and exchanges (using TVWAP) and delivers it to on-chain applications across ecosystems such as RWA, AI, prediction markets, and DeFi. It offers developer tools and node-based data feeds aimed at both startups and enterprises.

2 investors

Arca operates an asset management firm and blockchain innovation division. The company invests in digital tokens and blockchain company equities, and develops investment products leveraging blockchain technology.

2 investors

Arch is a Bitcoin-native chain and execution environment (ArchVM) that lets institutions and users borrow, lend, earn yield, swap, and build financial applications that settle directly to Bitcoin without bridging, wrapping, or leaving self-custody. It uses threshold cryptography (FROST + ROAST) and Taproot wallet compatibility to make balance-sheet Bitcoin productive as collateral for capital markets products.

2 investors

Archblock describes itself as a company working to open access to financial opportunities and global trade. The page provides only mission and culture statements, with no concrete detail on its products or services.

2 investors

Architect Financial Technologies builds proprietary trading technology supporting its affiliated brokerage entities, including a futures and options introducing broker and a registered broker-dealer for securities trading. It serves traders of futures exchange products, virtual currency futures/options, and securities in the United States.

2 investors

Argus Labs builds infrastructure for open, interoperable massively multiplayer online games using distributed systems and protocol engineering. The company aims to enable game worlds to operate on shared protocols rather than proprietary, siloed systems.

2 investors

Arkis provides a unified risk and portfolio margin system through which institutional lenders deploy capital to a curated set of institutional borrowers. The platform offers secured credit, real-time exposure monitoring, and collateral visibility, positioned around capital preservation and risk-adjusted returns.

2 investors

Arrow Markets is a hybrid web3 options trading platform where pricing and hedging run through a network of market makers, with settlement, ownership, and transfers handled on the Avalanche C-chain. It serves DeFi traders of varying skill levels with features like an option recommender engine and competitive quoting.

2 investors

Arx develops secure chips that embed blockchain authentication into physical items like apparel, collectibles, and certificates, enabling decentralized provenance verification and digital experiences without centralized servers.

2 investors

Surf builds bespoke AI intelligence and structured crypto data services for financial institutions and investors, integrating research tools such as chat APIs and onchain data into clients' products and internal workflows. Its offerings include portfolio analysis, DEX/CEX intelligence, and custom crypto research datasets delivered directly within client teams.

2 investors

Aspecta is a blockchain protocol and infrastructure that standardizes illiquid assets (such as pre-TGE shares, locked tokens, private equities, and RWAs) into ERC-20 credentials for on-chain price discovery and trading. It also provides reputation attestation (Aspecta ID) that turns GitHub commits, on-chain data, and work histories into credibility signals for developers and early-stage projects.

2 investors

Atlas Reality operates Atlas: Earth, a mobile game where players buy and sell virtual real estate mapped onto real-world locations, including 3D-modeled landmarks. Players build virtual property portfolios and earn rent payable in US dollars.

2 investors

Atpar provides mechanism design, simulation, and implementation services for decentralized finance protocols on Ethereum, helping teams build and validate complex DeFi mechanisms.

2 investors

Attributes™ provides a blockchain-based digital registry that tracks the origin and ESG attributes of energy from production to end users. It offers a web application for companies to gain visibility into their energy value chain, with features for data upload automation, security, and certification.

2 investors

August provides on-chain prime brokerage infrastructure for institutional crypto clients, including smart contract accounts, pricing and risk engines, and execution for spot, derivatives, and DeFi trading. It also offers automated loan lifecycle and risk management software, institutional reporting and position analytics, and powers Upshift Vaults for retail access to institutional yield strategies.

2 investors

Avenia provides cross-border money movement infrastructure connecting Latin America to global markets, offering a single API and web platform to send, receive, convert, and embed payments using local rails like PIX and SPEI. It serves fintechs, consumer apps, and companies needing treasury operations, FX conversion, and U.S. yield access, and settles transactions via stablecoins such as BRLA (a collateralized digital real).

2 investors

AxiTrader (Axi) is an online trading platform offering CFDs across 650+ assets including forex, crypto, commodities, share CFDs, ETFs, and global indices. It also provides a capital allocation program (Axi Select), trading education, training resources, and coaching for traders.

2 investors

BTC Inc operates a portfolio of Bitcoin-focused brands and organizes conferences serving the cryptocurrency community. The company has been established since 2013 and provides services to clients across the Bitcoin and blockchain ecosystem.

2 investors