New York City · Pre-Seed–Seed · 6 people tracked
Also known as DEFI ALLIANCE LLC
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Investment thesis
Alliance operates as a selective accelerator for early-stage crypto and fintech startups, helping founders reach product-market fit. Its program combines a 2-week in-person onboarding in New York City with an 8-week remote acceleration phase focused on product building, growth, narrative refinement, and pitching. Startups receive funding, mentorship from experienced operators and angels, and access to a founder-only community of over 700 crypto and fintech founders. The program concludes with a demo day where founders present to leading VCs and angels, and graduates join the Alliance DAO member community. The firm emphasizes peer relationships, investor insights, and cross-ecosystem support.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's website & curatedFounder mafia
2 people who came through Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 52 of 186 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×40Fintech ×32Developer Tools ×13Data & Infrastructure ×12AI & Machine Learning ×10Cybersecurity ×6SaaS ×6Enterprise Software ×4
HQs:United States×12Singapore×2Brazil×1Canada×1Switzerland×1Colombia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 23 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×122 founders×93 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 25 founders with education data
Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×3Harvard Business School ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×12Engineering ×8Business & Management ×6Mathematics & Statistics ×4
Where their founders worked beforefrom 29 founders with career history
Morgan Stanley ×3Imperial College London ×2Jufy Projects ×2Lendingkart ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2
3 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 28 with degree data)
Portfolio companies · 186 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really likeBy year:2024 · 12022 · 42021 · 42020 · 110 dated
Passport Protocol is an MPC-based distributed key management network that distributes key shares among network nodes rather than between users and backends.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Keon Kim(Founder)
Co-investorsSignum CapitalFormulate VenturesKommuneSoma Capital
Acala is a Substrate-based cross-chain DeFi hub and stablecoin network secured by Polkadot, with a sister network Karura on Kusama.
Singapore
Ruitao Su(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndromeda CapitalArrington CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsCoinbase VenturesD1 VenturesFigment+10 more
Aevo is a decentralized options and perpetual futures exchange that combines off-chain matching with on-chain settlement on a custom Ethereum Layer 2, offering traders options, perpetual futures, and structured products within a single margin account.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyNascent
Bagel AI is an AI-powered platform that connects product and go-to-market teams by integrating with existing tools to translate customer feedback and product metrics into revenue-driven business decisions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsTachles VC33N
Bluefin is an orderbook-based decentralized derivatives exchange built for both first-time users and professional traders.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Ahmad Jawaid(Founder)in
Co-investorsAltonomyAmber GroupCompoundFBG CapitalHashedLedgerPrime+11 more
Burnt builds AI agents for food distribution and supply chain operations, automating manual workflows and inventory management tasks that have historically relied on legacy tools and spreadsheets.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Joseph Jacob(Founder)inRhea Karimpanal(Founder)inChandru Shanumugasundaram(Founder)inJJ(Co-Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsPenny Jar Capital VentureScribble VenturesY CombinatorAlameda ResearchAnimoca BrandsFigment+6 more
Caldera provides a rollup engine that lets apps and communities launch customizable, purpose-built blockchains that settle on Ethereum, along with Metalayer for cross-chain connectivity and shared liquidity.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investors1k(x)1kxDragonflyLattice CapitalMetastableMH Ventures+3 more
Chainflip is a decentralized cross-chain swap network that settles trades natively across chains including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Polkadot without bridges or wrapped assets.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsBlockchain CapitalCoinbase VenturesHypersphere VenturesMaven 11Pantera Capital
deBridge is a non-custodial execution layer for decentralized finance that enables gasless, cross-chain trading and universal asset movement by abstracting chains, gas, and infrastructure from users.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Co-investorsArrington CapitalIOSG VenturesLemniscapMapleblock CapitalMoonhill CapitalNxGen+5 more
Dinari provides tokenized stocks and ETFs (dShares) that combine traditional equity securities with blockchain-based digital assets, serving financial institutions like neobanks, fintechs, brokerages, and institutional traders across 85+ jurisdictions.
Crypto & Web3FintechPalo Alto, US
Gabriel Otte(Executive Officer, Director)inAltay MalazgirtinJake Timothyin
Co-investors500 GlobalF-Prime CapitalHack VCSancus VenturesSilvermine CapitalBlockchange Ventures+1 more
Blockchain platform underpinning NFTs via the ERC-1155 standard.
Maxim Blagov(Founder)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalDigital Finance GroupGenblock CapitalLBANK LabsArrington XRP CapitalBlockchain.com Ventures+3 more
Fig provides Security Operations Resilience software that detects and repairs "drift" — unplanned upstream changes that break SOC detection rules and automations — and lets teams model and deploy planned SecOps changes with version control and rollbacks.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSNew York City, US
Gal Shafir(Founder)in
Co-investorsTen ElevenTeam8Team8 Capital
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-investorsAdaverseMarin Digital VenturesMirana Ventures6th Man VenturesAlameda ResearchLemniscap+8 more
FreedomGPT is a subscription AI aggregator that bundles access to 250+ third-party AI services—including models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and xAI, plus uncensored models—through a single interface for $5 a month.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCybersecuritySaaS
Freeport is a self-custodial trading platform offering access to stocks, crypto, commodities, FX, and pre-IPO exposure, with market intelligence from social feeds and insider filings.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesCrypto & Web3FintechNew York City, US
Lihong Wang(Founder)inBryan Reed(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorInformed Ventures Advisors, Llc
Genopets is a mobile game that incentivizes physical activity and real-world movement by connecting players' daily steps to gameplay progression and rewards.
ConsumerGamingWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsImpossible FinanceKonvoy VenturesNext VenturesPantera CapitalSamsung NextSWGI Ventures (SWISS GEM INVESTMENTS)
Jambo builds on-chain mobile infrastructure, including the JamboPhone with a built-in multi-chain crypto wallet, hardware security, a dApp store, and gamified earning quests.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Hardware
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesGuanxiDAOLongHash VenturesAlameda ResearchDeFiance CapitalHashed+2 more
Kamino is a DeFi protocol on Solana that combines lending, liquidity provision, and leveraged trading in a single platform.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsFactionHack VCLongHash VenturesMulticoin CapitalParaFi CapitalPlaceholder VC+7 more
Kravata provides APIs and modules that let companies offer secure transactions, multi-currency global accounts, cross-border payments, and compliance-as-a-service, enabling conversion between fiat currencies and digital assets.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Co-investorsIOSG VenturesKoyamaki VenturesMagma PartnersCircle VenturesFramework VenturesSimma Capital+1 more
Krystal is a DeFi platform for liquidity farming that lets users farm multiple pools in one click, with fund splitting, single-token entry, and AI-managed auto-farm vaults.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBitDAOMantle NetworkArrington XRP CapitalCrypto com CapitalHashed+1 more
Lava Network provides decentralized RPC access for interacting with blockchains, handling requests such as trading, swapping, deploying, and staking across multiple chains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
YairGil
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalBlack DragonBreakOrbitCaladanDivergenceNIV+10 more
Token operations platform, now offered as Coinbase Token Manager, automating vesting, lockups and bulk token distributions.
Robin Ji(Founder)in
Co-investorsIOSG VenturesMarin Digital VenturesNascentStruck CapitalVery Serious Ventures
Lucent is an AI-powered session replay and product intelligence platform that automatically detects bugs, identifies UX problems, and surfaces behavioral patterns across user sessions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsY CombinatorHorizonLong Journey VenturesNew Venture Partners
Lulo is a DeFi product that allocates stablecoin deposits across top lending and yield protocols (such as Morpho, Kamino, Maple, and Pendle on Solana and Ethereum) using a rules-based weighting by TVL and rate, with automated smart contract coverage that protects principal if a covered protocol fails.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Manta Network is a modular Layer 2 blockchain platform offering low gas fees and high performance for building decentralized applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainAZDAGGenblock CapitalHypersphere VenturesLongHash VenturesMentha Partners+6 more
Metavoice builds Familiar, an end-to-end duplex speech model that enables voice agents to conduct natural conversations by listening and speaking simultaneously, handling interruptions and reasoning directly over speech.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSales Tech
Siddharth Sharma(Founder)in
Co-investors7percent VenturesBeyond CapitalEntrepreneur FirstLattice Capital
Modulus Labs uses zero-knowledge cryptography to build specialized ZK provers that verify AI model outputs were not tampered with, enabling smart contracts to access AI results in a trustless way.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep Tech
Daniel ShorrRyan Cao
Co-investors1k(x)1kxInflection.xyz
Nestcoin provides financial and banking services designed specifically for creators.
Creator EconomyFintechLagos, NG
Yele Bademosi(Founder)in
Co-investors4DX VenturesAdaverseAlter GlobalElectric CapitalLoftyInc CapitalSerena Ventures+10 more
Ethereum-based DeFi protocol for borrowing and lending crypto assets at fixed rates and fixed terms.
New York City, US
Jeff Wu(Founder)inTeddy Woodward(Founder)inDiana Munoz(Executive Officer, Director)Omar Camargo(Executive Officer, Director)Persis Manfred Sarmiento(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors1confirmationCoinbase VenturesIDEO CoLab VenturesNascentPantera CapitalParaFi Capital
Offline Protocol builds a mesh networking software and network layer that lets apps and devices communicate, authenticate, and coordinate when the internet is unavailable, using BLE and WiFi Direct with encrypted sessions.
CybersecurityDeep TechDefense TechDeveloper ToolsIoTRobotics
Satvik Sethi(Founder)in
Co-investorsPortal VenturesDraper Associates
OpenCover partners with underwriters to offer insurance protecting individuals and institutions against onchain risks such as smart contract exploits, scams, and governance attacks.
Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTech
Jeremiah Smith, PhD(Founder)inYury Oparin(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesNFXJump Crypto
Velora is an intent-based decentralized trading protocol that offers crosschain token swaps, gasless trades, limit orders, on-chain RFQ, and yield optimization, aggregating liquidity from 160+ protocols and market makers across multiple L1 and L2 chains.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsBootNodeGenblock CapitalMorningstar VenturesWintermuteWoodstock FundAlameda Research+3 more
Pawnfi is a decentralized liquidity protocol that lets holders of NFTs and other non-standard assets trade, borrow and earn.
Co-investorsCatcherVCCoinbase VenturesAnimoca BrandsDapper LabsDigital Currency GroupHashkey Capital+1 more
Pendle is a crypto yield trading platform that lets users trade yield — including off-chain rates — with leverage, earn fixed yield, or take long positions on yield.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
TN Lee(Founder)
Co-investorsAndromeda CapitalBitDAOBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCVP NoLimitD1 Ventures+11 more
Pocket Universe develops security tools that protect Web3 and crypto users from breaches and threats.
Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Danor Cohen(CTO & Founder)Alex Katz(CEO & Founder)
Co-investorsAurum Venture Partners
PreStocks offers tokenized economic exposure to private companies, providing investors returns tied to those companies' performance without conferring ownership, voting, or other legal rights.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Xavier Ekkel(Founder)
Co-investorsEquilibrium Ventures
Qiro is a lending platform that uses stablecoins to let fintech borrowers tokenize their asset portfolios and raise debt capital, while stablecoin investors deploy capital into curated private credit deals.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Akshay Poshatwar(Founder)inNishikant Bahalkar(Founder)in
Co-investorsEv3 Ventures LlcGravityX CapitalDruid Ventures
Sherlock provides security services for blockchain protocols, including collaborative audits, bug bounties, and financial coverage to protect smart contracts and decentralized systems.
Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesArchetypeCoinFundLattice CapitalMaven 11
Shipyard Software builds decentralized exchange (DEX) products, drawing on academic research in automated market making.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Mark Lurie(CEO)Abe Othman(Chief Scientist)
Co-investorsBR CapitalRe7 Capital0x LabsPolychain CapitalQuantstampRobot Ventures
Solflare is a self-custodial crypto wallet for the Solana blockchain, letting users hold and control their own digital assets with a focus on security.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Vidor Gencel(Cofounder & Co-CEO)inFilip Dragoslavić(Cofounder & Co-CEO)inDamjan Marković(Chief Operating Officer)in
Co-investorsMarin Digital VenturesParaFi CapitalReciprocal Ventures
Solflare is a self-custody crypto wallet for the Solana blockchain that lets users trade, stake SOL, and manage NFTs, with a hardware wallet and a Mastercard-powered debit card for spending USDC directly from the wallet.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsGenblock CapitalAlameda ResearchJump CapitalParaFi CapitalReciprocal VenturesSkyVision Capital
Space and Time provides blockchain indexing, secure offchain data, and zero-knowledge proofs for onchain financial applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Scott Dykstra(Founder)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalDigital Currency GroupEterna CapitalF-Prime CapitalFactionHivemind Capital Partners+9 more
SpotPay is a financial services platform offering a digital wallet, international money transfer, and a debit card (Calypso Card) for global spending.
FintechSan Francisco, US
Zsika Phillip(Founder)inThomas Cesare-Herriau(Founder)in
Co-investorsSwizzle VenturesY Combinator
SubQuery provides Web3 infrastructure and tooling that enables developers to build and scale decentralized applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSingapore, SG
Ian He(CTO and Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBitDAOD1 VenturesDigital Currency GroupElliptiMantle Network+10 more
Suilend is a decentralized finance (DeFi) suite built on the Sui blockchain, offering lending, token swaps, yield strategies, and bridging.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsFigmentKaratageMechanism CapitalRobot Ventures
Superfluid Labs builds digital credit scoring, customer analytics, and automated machine learning tools that help retail lenders and other businesses reduce losses, segment customers, and make data-driven decisions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsRising Tide Africa (RTA)DeFiance CapitalDivergenceHappiness CapitalMulticoin CapitalSemantic Ventures
Unblock provides banking and payments infrastructure for moving money globally, offering on/off-ramps, virtual accounts, and multi-chain stablecoin wallets.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSão Paulo, BR
Fabio Thiele(Founder)inLucca Freire(Founder)inPedro Henrique Braz Campo(Founder)in
Co-investorsWintermutePRELUDEReverieSignature VenturesTriaxis Capital
Undeniable Health builds AI agents that handle the medical revenue cycle end to end—from charge capture and claim submission through denials, resubmissions, and payment posting—with human oversight.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechWhite Plains, US
Alex Poon(Co-founder)inJason Griffith(Co-founder)in
Velora is an intent-based trading protocol for decentralized finance that enables crosschain swaps, limit orders, and gasless trading across multiple blockchains.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Co-investorsLemniscapWhite Star Capital
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.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Ken Liao(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsBitcoin FrontierDraper AssociatesEdessa CapitalFermionGossamer CapitalMitonC+7 more
Zerion is a self-custodial, multichain wallet and data platform that aggregates assets and positions across 58+ blockchains in real time, offering swap routing, trading, and an API for wallet data access.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Evgeny Yurtaev(Founder & CEO)inAlex Bashlykov(Director)in
BoardToby Coppel(Director)inVadim Koleoshkin(Director)inBrad Burnham(Director)in
Co-investorsBitDAODigital Currency GroupLightspeed Venture PartnersMantle NetworkMosaic VenturesPlaceholder VC+14 more
Zynk is a cross-border payment infrastructure platform that provides APIs for instant global settlements, converting and moving assets across blockchains, banks, and currencies in real time without pre-funding or treasury management.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Prashanth Swaminathan(Founder)inAbhishek Pitti(Founder)inManish Bhatia(Founder)in
Co-investorsHivemind Capital PartnersPolymorphic CapitalCoinbase VenturesHivemind Capital LLCTranspose Platform ManagementTykhe Ventures
Ink Finance is a governance-centric DeFi protocol that lets organizations configure custom workflows, define operating roles, and manage isolated working environments.
Crypto & Web3FintechSingapore, SG
Tony Tang(Founder)in
Co-investorsAegis VentuesDraper DragonLucidBlue Ventures
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Krystal · commonplace.org · Sep 11, 2026

Velora · veloracycling.com · Aug 27, 2026
Pendle · pendlefi.substack.com · Aug 17, 2026
Dinari · prnewswire.com · Aug 4, 2026
Solflare · manilatimes.net · Jul 30, 2026
Caldera · biospace.com · Jul 29, 2026
Fig · theinsurer.com · Jul 15, 2026
Zerion · tradingview.com · Jun 30, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) made?
- Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) has 186 tracked investments, 9 of which have exited.
- What stage does Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) invest at?
- Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)'s typical check size?
- Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) typically writes checks of $400K – $800K.
- What sectors does Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) focus on?
- Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Gaming.
- Where is Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) located?
- Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) is headquartered in New York City, US.
- Who does Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) co-invest with?
- Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance) most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, IOSG Ventures, ParaFi Capital, among 112 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
from their channelAlliance ALL16 Post Demo Day Livestream
Good Game Podcast
Q4 State of the Crypto Market | EP 76
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Launchpad Wars, Market Reversal, Trump Tariff Pause, and The State of AI | EP 75
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Trade War & The Markets | EP 74
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AI & Robotics Stealing Crypto's Thunder? | EP 73
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How Long Will This Bear Market Last? | EP 72
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