Crypto & Web3 Startups

Seed Club Ventures is a venture DAO that invests in early-stage founders building at the intersection of web3 and community, with a membership of crypto investors and innovators. It was launched in partnership with Seed Club and offers portfolio projects support on community/DAO problems, product guidance, partnerships, and user acquisition.

2 investors

Seel is an AI-powered platform that helps global e-commerce brands and marketplaces manage post-purchase risks and returns through compliance-first solutions. The platform serves online merchants worldwide and aims to convert customer support and returns operations into revenue drivers.

2 investors

SELF provides decentralized identity infrastructure enabling users to store and manage their own credentials in a non-custodial wallet, eliminating the need for companies to maintain centralized identity databases. The platform offers passwordless authentication and privacy-preserving verification for KYC, AML, and age verification across industries.

2 investors

Sender Wallet is a wallet application that gives users control of their private keys and funds with security features including malicious address detection and fraud prevention.

2 investors

Sentiment was a leverage lending protocol on blockchain that allowed permissionless creation of isolated lending pools with customizable risk management. The protocol has wound down operations.

2 investors

Sequence provides developer infrastructure for blockchain applications, including smart crypto wallets, 1-click cross-chain payments, and real-time multi-chain data indexing. It serves web3 developers and ecosystems building onchain apps across EVM chains.

2 investors

Shade Protocol is an ecosystem of open-source DeFi applications built in the Cosmos ecosystem, offering trading, lending, borrowing, asset wrapping, omnichain bridging, and on-chain data privacy. Its core product is Silk, a privacy-focused stablecoin pegged to a basket of global currencies and commodities.

2 investors

Shaga operates a decentralized cloud gaming network that connects gamers to shared computing power from underutilized PCs, removing the need for expensive hardware upgrades. It targets gamers worldwide seeking access to high-end gaming.

2 investors

Shares is a neobroker and social investing app that lets individuals buy stocks, ETFs, and crypto-assets, with a mobile app launched in France. It also offers Shares Pro, an end-to-end and white-label wealth management platform for financial advisors and businesses.

2 investors

Lore is an on-chain search engine that lets users query blockchain data in natural language, interpret results in plain English, and track events across multiple chains. It serves traders, analysts, Web3 users, protocols, NFT communities, and developers seeking easier access to on-chain data.

2 investors

SIMBA Chain provides a blockchain-based connected data fabric for enterprise and government supply chains, integrating public, internal, and OEM data to improve traceability, predict disruptions, and support regulatory compliance. It serves defense and manufacturing customers, including the U.S. Air Force and battery manufacturers, and enables EU Digital Product Passport compliance.

2 investors

SingularityDAO offers a DeFi platform with AI-driven portfolio management tools, including token bridging, swapping, and automated on-chain yield optimization strategies. It targets crypto users seeking non-custodial DeFi products within the SingularityNET token ecosystem.

2 investors

Smape Capital is a venture capital fund investing in tokenized economies and internet-native ecosystems built by value-driven founders. The fund focuses on digital asset sustainability and decentralized technologies.

2 investors

Smart Token Labs builds infrastructure for tokenization, including TokenScript (a smart token interface standard for composable tokens), AlphaWallet (an open-source EVM mobile wallet), and Smart Layer (a blockchain-based service network that executes token logic and integrates web services with token functionality). It serves token issuers and web service developers seeking to create and manage programmable smart tokens.

2 investors

Solsniper is an AI-powered trading terminal for Solana memecoins, offering features like MemeScope, trending and holdings tracking, and QuantGPT to help crypto traders. The product is now part of Phantom.

2 investors

Soarchain operates a DePIN (decentralized physical infrastructure) network that turns vehicles into connected, real-time data hubs via a plug-in device (Soarchain Mini) and app, letting drivers securely share anonymized vehicle data and earn crypto rewards. The network applies this data to use cases such as route optimization and predictive maintenance, supporting AI and connected mobility applications.

2 investors

Sodot provides self-hosted key management infrastructure based on MPC (multi-party computation) and TEE (trusted execution environment) for securing crypto assets and transactions. It offers B2B self-custodial wallets and key management for banks, trading operations, and stablecoin/payment providers, with security audits and enterprise policy controls.

2 investors

Solidity is an open-source, object-oriented programming language for writing smart contracts that run on the Ethereum Virtual Machine. It is developed as a community-driven project under Ethereum, serving blockchain developers building decentralized applications.

2 investors

Soluna builds data centers co-located with wind, solar, and hydro plants to convert surplus renewable energy into computing capacity for AI and Bitcoin mining, managed by its MaestroOS software. It offers Bitcoin hosting infrastructure and Soluna Cloud, which helps businesses train and tune generative AI models.

2 investors

Soter provides institutional-grade insurance products for the digital asset and Web3 ecosystem, covering risks such as theft and loss, crime, slashing, smart contract vulnerabilities, and D&O. Its offerings target institutional crypto investors and offer token-native yield while protecting assets against market volatility.

2 investors

Sovereign SDK is a blockchain development framework that enables developers to customize rollups with flexible configuration options, including transaction prioritization and custom authenticators. The platform prioritizes performance with sub-millisecond transaction confirmations and supports switching between different data availability layers and zero-knowledge virtual machines.

2 investors

Sovrun (formerly BreederDAO) builds on-chain gaming infrastructure, digital asset creation tools, and Autonomous Worlds, including a Parallel EVM L2 rollup, NFT generation technology, and questing/distribution platforms for web3 games. It also operates a $17M fund investing in web3 gaming projects and has produced digital assets across games like Axie Infinity, Pegaxy, and Apeiron.

2 investors

Space Nation Inc. develops Space Nation Online, a space opera MMORPG that combines Play-4-Earn and Play-2-Earn mechanics using blockchain and AI, alongside a transmedia franchise spanning animated content and television. The company creates interactive entertainment for global audiences.

2 investors

Spartan Group is a Web3-focused firm that provides venture investment, M&A advisory, and capital raising services to crypto companies and networks. Founded in 2017 and active in the APAC region, it works with crypto founders as an investor and advisor.

2 investors