Crypto & Web3 Startups

POAP Inc builds digital collectibles on Web3 that serve as proofs of attendance at events and experiences, enabling people to preserve memories and discover communities. The platform allows organizations and individuals to create and distribute NFT-based commemoratives for shared experiences.

9 investors

Polygon provides blockchain-based cross-border treasury settlement using stablecoins, letting institutions convert between US dollars and stablecoins, move funds onchain, and pay out over bank rails like SWIFT, ACH, and RTP. It serves regulated financial institutions and corporate treasury teams handling international payments.

9 investors

Persistence One builds blockchain infrastructure focused on Bitcoin interoperability (BTCfi), using DeFi, IBC interoperability, the Persistence Core-1 Chain, and cross-chain intents to enable BTC movement across chains. It targets users and developers in the decentralized finance ecosystem.

9 investors

Protocol Labs is an innovation network connecting over 750 tech organizations developing breakthrough technologies across web3, AI, AR, VR, BCI, hardware, and related fields. Organizations collaborate to solve shared problems and accelerate R&D across technological frontiers.

9 investors

Rain builds stablecoin infrastructure for financial institutions and partners, providing payment cards accepted at millions of merchant locations, digital wallets, and global settlement rails. The company enables financial services providers to integrate blockchain-based payment capabilities while maintaining existing user experiences.

9 investors

Rainbow is a cryptocurrency wallet application that supports multiple blockchains, NFTs, and decentralized exchanges, offering both mobile and desktop interfaces with hardware wallet integration.

9 investors

RISC Zero provides verifiable computation technology that lets anyone cryptographically confirm a computation's output is correct without recomputing it, while preserving privacy. It targets use cases such as proving financial transactions are performed correctly and compliantly, and helping technology companies close trust gaps in software supply chains.

9 investors

Sei is a high-performance EVM Layer 1 blockchain built for trading and digital asset markets, featuring onchain order books and the Autobahn multi-proposer consensus mechanism. It targets financial firms, funds, and infrastructure providers, and supports developers building payment, trading, and consumer applications onchain.

9 investors

Sharesies is an online investment platform that lets retail customers buy, hold, and sell shares, cryptocurrencies, and managed portfolios, and offers KiwiSaver, savings, and spending accounts. It serves individual investors in New Zealand and Australia.

9 investors

SpruceID provides digital identity systems for governments and regulated industries, enabling secure verification and authentication across legacy and modern infrastructure. The company specializes in integrating identity solutions with existing workflows, using open standards to ensure interoperability and long-term flexibility.

9 investors

Supra is a Layer 1 blockchain with vertically integrated core services, offering a MultiVM environment that supports Aptos Move, EVM Solidity, SVM Rust, and CosmWasm smart contracts. It provides native automation, cross-chain transactions and messaging, oracle price feeds, threshold AI oracles, and verifiable on-chain randomness for blockchain developers.

9 investors

Taiko is an open, community-driven project focused on scaling Ethereum. It positions itself as a global network supporting decentralized applications (dapps).

9 investors

Turnkey provides Wallet-as-a-Service infrastructure that lets developers create and manage secure, non-custodial crypto wallets through a single API across multiple blockchains including EVM, Solana, and Bitcoin. Its products serve consumer apps, businesses, and AI agents, offering embedded wallets, key management in hardware-isolated enclaves, programmatic signing, and policy-based transaction controls.

9 investors

World is a decentralized protocol providing universal proof of human identity for the internet, along with financial infrastructure and a native token called WLD, operated through the World App and World Chain blockchain. The platform serves social platforms, dating apps, games, ticket sales and online communities seeking to verify unique humans and prevent fraud.

9 investors

ZenLedger provides tax and accounting software that automates cryptocurrency tax calculations for crypto traders, investors, and tax professionals. The platform offers a digital workflow to prepare and optimize crypto tax reporting.

9 investors

1Money builds a decentralized payment network for stablecoin and tokenized deposit transfers, designed for global financial settlements. The network emphasizes security, compliance, and transaction speed without smart contract vulnerabilities.

8 investors

Agoric provides an orchestration layer that lets smart contracts coordinate and execute automated workflows across multiple blockchains, secured by its native BLD token and an object-capability security model. Its Ymax product offers a cross-chain DeFi control center for automating yield strategies while users retain custody of their assets.

8 investors

BENQI is a decentralized finance protocol on the Avalanche blockchain offering liquid staking of AVAX (via sAVAX), lending and borrowing of crypto assets, and tools for bootstrapping validators. It serves crypto users who want to earn yield, borrow against holdings, or run Avalanche validators without locking large amounts of AVAX upfront.

8 investors

BlockApps offers an enterprise blockchain platform (STRATO) for tokenizing and managing real world assets such as crypto, precious metals, and tokenized securities. Its consumer-facing product lets users earn variable yield on savings and borrow against their assets.

8 investors

BVNK provides payments infrastructure and cross-border payment technology for fintechs and businesses. The platform supports multi-rail, multi-asset transactions globally with enterprise-grade processing capabilities.

8 investors

Celer is a blockchain interoperability protocol that enables decentralized applications to access tokens, DeFi products, NFTs, and governance across multiple blockchains through a simplified user experience. The platform serves developers building cross-chain applications and end-users of dApps seeking multi-chain asset access.

8 investors

Ceramic provides a decentralized protocol for event streaming and data management that enables interoperable apps and services to share verifiable data at scale. The platform combines blockchain-anchored verification with distributed P2P networking to serve developers building decentralized applications across social, reputation, collaboration, and identity use cases.

8 investors

Coin Metrics provides market and on-chain data, reference rates, and indexes for crypto and digital assets, delivered to institutional investment teams via APIs. Its offerings support research, execution, risk management, and operations across the digital asset investment lifecycle.

8 investors

Connext provides xCall, a developer tool that enables applications to interact with users, tokens, and other applications across multiple blockchains. It serves developers building on multiple chains through a simple, code-first interface.

8 investors