Crypto & Web3 Startups

World provides a system for verifying that online users are real, unique humans, combining privacy-preserving proof-of-human identity with financial infrastructure and a digital token. It offers products for individuals and businesses to distinguish humans from AI and access inclusive finance.

12 investors

Xverse is a self-custodial Bitcoin financial platform, built on Bitcoin L1 and L2s (Starknet, Stacks, Spark), that lets users earn yield, borrow against their BTC, and spend or transfer money onchain without an intermediary. It offers a non-custodial wallet with hardware wallet support, virtual accounts, optional transaction privacy, and no identity verification requirements.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

12 investors

Amber Group is a digital assets investment and portfolio management firm that serves institutional and individual investors with trading, liquidity provision, and infrastructure solutions for crypto and Web3 projects.

11 investors

Aptos Labs develops a Layer 1 blockchain platform using the Move programming language and parallel execution technology, serving developers and users building decentralized applications.

11 investors

Bitwise offers professionally managed crypto investment funds and products, including ETFs, separately managed accounts, private funds, and staking. It serves investors seeking managed exposure to cryptocurrency, positioning itself as a crypto-focused asset manager.

11 investors

Blockchain.com is a global infrastructure platform for digital assets that provides cryptocurrency trading, DeFi wallet services, and blockchain exploration tools to millions of users worldwide.

11 investors

Bridge is a stablecoin payments platform that gives businesses infrastructure to receive, store, convert, issue, and spend stablecoins through a single API. It supports use cases such as cross-border payments, global payouts, onchain financial services, and crypto onramps/offramps.

11 investors

Chaos Labs builds AI-driven intelligence and risk-management infrastructure that converts fragmented data into institutional-grade insights, offering risk simulations, parameter tuning, and oracle technology for crypto protocols and financial institutions. Its tools serve DeFi protocols and enterprises to monitor solvency, detect anomalies, and manage AI activity at scale.

11 investors

CoinList operates a platform for token sales, pre-IPO stocks, equities, and funds, serving as infrastructure for financial markets and payments onchain. The platform provides institutional-grade tools for trading and investing in multiple asset classes including cryptocurrencies, company shares, real estate, commodities, and private credit.

11 investors

Handshake is a decentralized, peer-to-peer naming and certificate authority protocol that serves as an alternative to centralized DNS systems and certificate authorities. It enables permissionless domain name registration and cryptographic key management through a blockchain-based network secured by economic incentives.

11 investors

Lava Network provides decentralized RPC access for interacting with blockchains, handling requests such as trading, swapping, deploying, and staking across multiple chains. It serves web3 users and node operators, and reports handling over 160 billion requests across 28+ chains for 1M+ weekly users.

11 investors

Lemon is a digital wallet app offering daily yields on peso and dollar balances, a Visa prepaid and credit card with cashback in Bitcoin, cross-border transfers across Latin American countries, and investing in Bitcoin and over 10,000 stocks such as Apple, Tesla, and Nvidia. It serves retail consumers, with support for payments via QR in Argentina and Brazil.

11 investors

Matter Labs builds Prividium, an Ethereum-secured blockchain platform designed for banks and financial institutions to issue, settle, and manage digital assets with privacy and compliance controls. The company also develops ZKsync, a zero-knowledge scaling solution for Ethereum, and the open-source ZK Stack framework.

11 investors

Ondo builds institutional-grade platforms, assets, and infrastructure for bringing traditional financial markets onchain, including tokenized public securities and US Treasuries usable in DeFi. Its offerings target asset managers and issuers of tokenized assets and stablecoins.

11 investors

Paystand provides a SaaS-based B2B payments platform built on blockchain technology that automates accounts receivable and payable processes for businesses. The platform enables faster, cheaper transactions by eliminating fees and digitizing the cash cycle for enterprises across North America.

11 investors

Pocket Network provides decentralized infrastructure for Web3 applications, enabling developers to access blockchain data without relying on centralized providers. The platform facilitates communication between applications and blockchains while maintaining decentralization principles.

11 investors

Privy provides infrastructure for building crypto wallets and moving digital assets, enabling developers to integrate wallet functionality, stablecoin transfers, and automated payment systems into their applications. The platform serves fintechs, trading platforms, consumer applications, and financial institutions globally across 180+ countries.

11 investors

Renzo Protocol provides liquid staking and restaking infrastructure along with reserve vaults that deploy capital into delta-neutral, RWA-backed, and basis/carry trade strategies. It offers multichain staking of assets like ezETH, ezBTC, and ezSOL, plus a gated enterprise suite with white-labeled treasury and fund deployment tools for institutions.

11 investors

Star Atlas is a space-themed video game set in the galaxy of Galia, featuring ship-to-ship and FPS combat, exploration, crafting, quests, and strategic fleet and territory management. It incorporates a blockchain-based real cash economy.

11 investors

Union is a subsecond messaging protocol for application-specific intents and transfers, providing cross-chain aggregation, interoperability, and chain abstraction. It supports EVMs, SVMs, and altVMs by integrating with multiple blockchain execution environments.

11 investors

Alliance is a selective accelerator and founder community for crypto and AI startups, providing $1M in funding, a 10-week program (in-person in New York City plus remote), mentorship, and connections to investors to help startups reach product-market fit. Its program culminates in a demo day where founders pitch to VCs and become members of the Alliance DAO community.

10 investors

Babylon Labs develops trustless infrastructure that enables Bitcoin to be used as collateral in decentralized finance and through a Bitcoin staking protocol for blockchain validation. The platform allows users to lock native Bitcoin without wrapping or custodial risk.

10 investors

CertiK is a Web3 security platform that provides smart contract audits, penetration testing, compliance solutions, and real-time project evaluation for blockchain projects and institutions. It serves Web3 developers, exchanges, wallets, and institutions building distributed ledger technologies.

10 investors

DCG is an investment and operating firm focused on the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry, managing over 200 equity investments, 50 fund investments, and 30+ token and digital asset holdings across 25+ countries.

10 investors