Adaverse
Venture capitalHong Kong · Pre-Seed–Seed
Investment thesis
Adaverse is a crypto-native venture firm that positions itself close to markets where decentralization has genuine, real-world use cases. Built by a team of founders, technologists, and builders, the firm invests in blockchain projects and aims to unlock the technology's potential. It emphasizes belief in decentralization and supports founders by providing access to markets where decentralized technology is trusted, used, and in demand.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 32 of 53 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×19Fintech ×18AI & Machine Learning ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4SaaS ×4Consumer ×3Enterprise Software ×3Marketplaces ×3
HQs:United States×8Nigeria×3United Kingdom×2Egypt×1Kenya×1Saudi Arabia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×44+ founders×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 53 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12021 · 12014 · 13 dated
6thMan Ventures is a venture firm made up of operators, investors, and builders that partners with founders from an early stage, focusing on crypto, fintech, media, and technology.
Crypto & Web3FintechMedia & EntertainmentSector Agnostic
Co-investorsAnimoca BrandsOssian CapitalSocial Leverage
AfriBlocks is a freelance marketplace that matches clients with vetted African freelancers—including software engineers, designers, and Web3 professionals—for project-based work.
Future of WorkHR TechMarketplacesSaaSLos Angeles, US
Co-investorsTechstars
Afriex provides a remittance service enabling immigrants to transfer money to over 25 countries at low costs with rapid settlement.
FintechSan Francisco, US
Tope Alabi(Founder)inJohn Obirije(Founder)in
Co-investorsBrightstone Venture CapitalDragonflyFoundersMetastableOpen Opportunity FundPrecursor Ventures+2 more
Afropolitan is building a network connecting people across Africa and the diaspora spanning art, finance, tech, health, energy, sports, and media, with a focus on tech and crypto value creation.
Crypto & Web3Media & EntertainmentSocial
Co-investorsCultur3 CapitalMicrotractionPronomos Capital
An online retail marketplace selling consumer goods including smartphones, computers, cameras, home appliances, fitness equipment, cleaning and paper products, and personal care items.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
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.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3New York City, US
Co-investorsFounders FundCoinbase VenturesKindred VenturesMulticoin CapitalNascentNFX+7 more
Bitmama provides cryptocurrency-related financial products and services, offered in partnership with licensed money transmitters in their respective jurisdictions.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsFlori VenturesUnicorn Growth Ventures
BitPool is a competitive multiplayer 8-ball pool platform where players challenge real opponents in online matches, entering free games or cash-stakes games (USD) where eligible.
Crypto & Web3GamingSports Tech
Canza Finance builds a decentralized financial infrastructure using Web3 and DeFi, working with local money market players to distribute financial data and transaction-based services.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Pascal Ntsama IV(Co-founder & CEO)Oyedeji Oluwoye(Co-founder & CMO)
Co-investorsFenbushi CapitalFlori VenturesHyperithmMapleblock CapitalStratified CapitalBixin Ventures+3 more
Co-investorsEmoote
Chekkit provides product authentication and distribution tracking technology, offering labels that verify product genuineness for manufacturers and producers of consumer goods and pharmaceutical products.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSLagos, NG
Co-investorsCo-Creation Hub (CcHUB)
Altify is a regulated investing platform offering access to alternative and traditional assets including private credit, tokenised stocks, cryptocurrencies, crypto bundles, commodities, stablecoins, structured products, and pre-IPO stocks.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechLondon, GB
Sean Sanders(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsFounders Factory AfricaCalm/Storm VCCoastCapCV VCHansmann Family Office
Co-investorsCosmic Venture Partners
Credable (now _able) provides a platform for credit and savings products in emerging markets, serving telcos, banks, fintechs, and other digital platforms.
Fintech
Co-investorsAcasia VenturesVentures PlatformMAGIC Fund
Co-investorsdlabSuperCharger Ventures
Nelly Chatue Diop(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapria VenturesLateral CapitalLoftyInc CapitalMercy Corps Ventures
Co-investorsEast 11 Ventures
Folius Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in, promotes, and helps build Web3 projects, with a focus on founders in the Asia-Pacific region and the Chinese-speaking community.
Crypto & Web3New York, US
Chau Kam(Managing Member of the Issuer.)Mapleleafcap(Founder)Brian Chan(CFO / COO)
Co-investorsMarin Digital VenturesMirana Ventures
Fonbnk converts prepaid mobile payments into stablecoins, enabling frictionless foreign exchange and cross-border treasury flows for businesses in cash-based and mobile-first economies.
Crypto & Web3FintechWashington, US
Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersFrontier Venture CapitalIndustrious VenturesNIVTechstarsTriton Capital+2 more
Real estate virtual siteemap platform enabling remote property interactions and accelerating sales processes
Co-investorsCV VCFuture Africa
Kaya Labs provides a real-time, structured data infrastructure product for data-driven crypto projects, covering on-chain and off-chain data across 20+ L1 and L2 chains along with APIs, SDKs, wallets, authentication, and analytics dashboards.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
LinkedIn is the professional network — profiles, connections, job listings and a feed built around work rather than friendship.
Sunnyvale, US
Reid Hoffman(Co-founder & Chairman)inAllen Blue(Co-founder & VP Product Management)Konstantin Guericke(Co-founder & VP Marketing)Eric Ly(Co-founder & CTO)Jean-Luc Vaillant(Co-founder & VP Engineering)Lee Hower(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesMonolith Venture Advisory Limited
Co-investorsAjim CapitalFounders Factory AfricaFresco CapitalHoaQNairobi Business Angel Network
Nestcoin provides financial and banking services designed specifically for creators.
Creator EconomyFintechLagos, NG
Yele Bademosi(Founder)in
Co-investors4DX VenturesAlter GlobalElectric CapitalLoftyInc CapitalSerena VenturesTimon Capital+4 more
Faction is a venture capital firm that invests in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects at the seed and series A stages, focusing on entrepreneurs building fundamental utility across the technology stack.
BiotechCrypto & Web3New York, US
Oren Harnevo(Executive Officer, Director)Ronald Bianchini, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)Roneil Rumburg(Cofounder)Christina Calvaneso(Executive Officer)Brian Pozesky(Executive Officer)Jeff Fagel(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAccelAlephAxeleo CapitalBluebird VenturesBright Pixel CapitalCapitalG+36 more
Oumla provides interbank settlement infrastructure for Shariah-compliant treasury products, using blockchain to enable same-day Islamic repo settlement with Shariah compliance enforced at the smart contract level.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Mohammed Aljasser(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalPlus VC
Co-investorsBitDAOCastrum CapitalMantle Network
Pravica provides institutional-grade infrastructure that enables banks and enterprises to adopt programmable money for use cases such as digital payments, remittances, and global settlement.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Mohamed Abdou
Co-investors500 GlobalCV VCModus Capital
Reap provides financial infrastructure built on stablecoins, offering business accounts that integrate fiat and digital assets for payments, treasury, and cross-border settlement.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesFresco CapitalK3 VenturesOyster Ventures
Seso Global operates a property marketplace for verified homes in Ghana and Nigeria (and Liberia for financing), letting buyers search, finance, and purchase real estate with end-to-end transaction support.
FintechMarketplacesPropTechCambridge, GB
Co-investorsRising Tide Africa (RTA)TechstarsMoabi Group
Superlayer is a venture studio that builds and launches startups, drawing on the operating experience of its team in the gaming and crypto sectors.
Crypto & Web3
Kevin Chou(Managing Partner)Mahesh Vellanki(Managing Partner)
Co-investorsAstiaMaC Venture CapitalBlack Star
Versus provides consumer research and market insights for brands operating in African markets, using online and offline tools to gather feedback and identify trends across diverse African language-speaking populations.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerData & InfrastructureFintechMarketing TechLagos, NG
Co-investorsExpert DOJOTechstars
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioLinkedInacq. by Microsoft
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMazzuma · allbiohub.com · Aug 11, 2026
LinkedIn · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 3, 2026
Fonbnk · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 15, 2026
Nominal · medicalbuyer.co.in · Jul 14, 2026
Forge · investing.com · Jul 14, 2026
Oumla Ltd · en.sharikatmubasher.com · Dec 25, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Adaverse made?
- Adaverse has 53 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Adaverse invest at?
- Adaverse invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Adaverse focus on?
- Adaverse focuses on Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure.
- Where is Adaverse located?
- Adaverse is headquartered in Hong Kong, HK.
- Who does Adaverse co-invest with?
- Adaverse most often shares deals with Techstars, CV VC, Flori Ventures, among 112 tracked co-investors.
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