Crypto & Web3 Startups

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

zkVerify is a verification layer for zero-knowledge proofs, designed to verify proofs quickly and at scale across different ecosystems and proving schemes. It targets developers building systems that require proof verification, offering integration with existing infrastructure and multiple ZK proving schemes.

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

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

Good Luck 3 Inc. develops blockchain products, smartphone games, and digital entertainment applications, with a focus on connecting the metaverse to the real world using AI and blockchain technologies. The company serves global audiences interested in games and character-driven content.

3 investors

0x provides infrastructure for decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, offering the underlying technology used to build trading and swapping functionality.

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

1Delta offers a suite of DeFi (decentralized finance) services for builders and end users, making advanced lending and related financial services more accessible on blockchain networks.

2 investors

1Token provides infrastructure for hedge fund and DeFi vault platforms, offering omni-asset coverage across crypto and traditional assets with trade reconciliation, portfolio and risk management, and institutional-grade reporting capabilities.

2 investors

3iQ is a digital asset investment management firm offering crypto-focused funds and products, with distribution across North America, Europe (DACH region), the Middle East (MENA), and the US. It is affiliated with Monex Group.

2 investors

A digital asset investment platform providing access to alternative investments through blockchain technology and tokenization. The platform enables fractional ownership and transparent transactions for investors.

2 investors

4Pillars is a research-driven blockchain company operating three brands covering digital asset research, validator/node infrastructure, and advisory services, with particular focus on the Asian markets of Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. It serves founders, funds, regulators, banks, asset managers, exchanges, and corporates working in the blockchain and digital assets space.

2 investors

ABEX builds machine learning-based execution algorithms and an ultra-low-latency, high-frequency C++ trading engine for digital asset markets, offering agency best-execution and Transaction Cost Analysis tools. It serves institutional buy-side and sell-side clients such as hedge funds, asset managers, OTC desks and brokers, as well as partners like exchanges and prime brokers, and is registered with the FCA as a cryptoasset business in the UK.

2 investors

Abstract is a web3 platform for building, deploying, and scaling onchain applications, offering an ecosystem portal for users to discover apps, communities, and earning opportunities. It supports categories such as decentralized exchanges and trading tools, games, AI agents, and social networks.

2 investors

Adhara delivers blockchain and enterprise software solutions for regulated financial markets, including treasury, payments, and capital markets infrastructure. The company serves commercial and investment banks with cryptography, blockchain engineering, and platform development expertise.

2 investors

AERGO is a blockchain platform positioned for broad, general-purpose use. The page provides no further detail about specific products, customers, or use cases.

2 investors

Affine DeFi offers stETH-based liquid restaking with instant entry and fast withdrawals, delegating to top operators and onboarding AVS while sharing airdrops. It also provides cross-chain yield baskets (Affine Earn) for USDC, ETH, and MATIC with strategies from AAVE/Compound lending to recursive staking positions.

2 investors

AgentLayer is a decentralized, permissionless blockchain network for autonomous AI agents, using a Byzantine fault-tolerant blockchain to register AI services, agents, and models and enable them to collaborate with minimal human intervention. It offers developer tools including AgentStudio (a visual, zero-code agent builder), Python/TypeScript SDKs, smart contract integration, and Telegram/TON bot deployment, along with the $AGENT token that powers node incentives, agent transactions, governance, and staking.

2 investors

Agio Ratings provides on-chain risk monitoring and modeling for the digital assets market, helping financial institutions track counterparty risks and evaluate probability of default. The platform serves market makers, funds, regulators, banks, and insurers.

2 investors

AgreeWe offers customizable, user-friendly agreements that can perform automated tasks such as payments, signatures, and revenue splitting, ranging from casual promises to legally binding business contracts. Its template library serves individuals, creators, and businesses with use cases like roommate agreements, freelance work, NDAs, SAFE/SAFT agreements, NFT revenue splitting, and document signing.

2 investors

Ajuna Network provides blockchain gaming infrastructure built on Polkadot, operating as a parachain that handles on-chain transactions, transfers, and accounts. It targets game builders and developers working with decentralized, on-chain gaming.

2 investors

Algofi develops financial infrastructure designed to lower entry barriers and increase accessibility in financial services.

2 investors