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Black Dragon

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BlackDragon operates a community-driven fundraising platform centered on its native BDT token. Members buy and hold BDT to gain access to early-stage deals, with allocation determined by a fair pro-rata model tied to the percentage of tokens staked, avoiding gas wars. The platform emphasizes a premium user experience, minimal transaction fees, and a supportive community of serious investors who share insights, research reports, and actionable information provided by a dedicated team.

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Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2017
Last 12 months
2 investments
Tracked investments
211
Unicorns
1
Acquisitions
2

What they invest in

from 114 of 211 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×96Fintech ×51AI & Machine Learning ×33Data & Infrastructure ×26Gaming ×21Developer Tools ×12Cloud Computing ×10Consumer ×9

HQs:United States×12Netherlands×2Singapore×2Australia×1Estonia×1United Kingdom×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 39 portfolio companies
56%
solo founders
22 of 39 mapped founding teams
57%
repeat founders
of 30 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×222 founders×123 founders×14+ founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with education data

University of California, Berkeley ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 31 founders with field-of-study data

Business & Management ×10Engineering ×9Computer Science ×4Finance & Accounting ×4

Where their founders worked beforefrom 30 founders with career history

Google ×3

2 hold an MBA (of 34 with degree data)

Investments · 211 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 22024 · 12021 · 12018 · 12015 · 16 dated

Aark Digitalaark.digital𝕏

Aark Digital is a non-custodial perpetual DEX built on Arbitrum, offering up to 1000x leverage across 25+ trading pairs with low trading fees, zero gas fees, and no KYC.

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS

Co-investorsHashkey CapitalArkGrowArrington CapitalCrit VenturesArrington XRP CapitalOKX Ventures

Affynaffyn.comin𝕏

Affyn operates a multichain metaverse ecosystem powered by its $FYN token, offering NFT collections, virtual land, and a world viewer that link virtual and real-world experiences.

Crypto & Web3Gaming

Co-investorsArcanum VenturesLPI FinanceOIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group)Avalon Wealth ClubVespertine Capital

Airstackairstack.xyzin

Airstack offers an AI-based quant engineer tool that codes trading strategies and identifies issues ("leaks") in them, aimed at quantitative trading users.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechMiami Beach, US

Jason Goldberg(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsDelta BlockchainFenbushi CapitalLecca VenturesRed Beard VenturesResolute VenturesWWVentures+16 more

Aleph Zeroalephzero.org

Proof-of-Stake public blockchain with private smart contracts.

Co-investorsBlock54 CapitalCogitent VenturesGenblock CapitalNxGenRana Capital

Alkemialkemi.networkin𝕏

Alkemi Network provides DeFi lending and borrowing infrastructure for digital asset allocators, exchanges, custodians, and individuals, offering both permissioned and permissionless liquidity pools with institutional-grade risk management and compliance features.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsARC Angel FundAuxano

Ampleforthampleforth.org𝕏

FORTH DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that governs the AMPL token and manages treasury assets through community voting, including protocol-owned liquidity and ecosystem grants in the elastic finance space.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

Brandon Iles(Founder)inAguilar Gestany(Executive Officer)Karen Lasso(Executive Officer)Emilio Mc Entosh(Executive Officer)Evan Kuo(Founder)

Co-investorsBlock54 CapitalCollab+CurrencyFounder CollectiveMagnus CapitalPantera CapitalSlow Ventures+3 more

Ampnetampnet.io

ampnet is a provider of blockchain-based digital asset solutions for entrepreneurs across real estate, renewable energy, sports technology, and decentralized finance sectors.

AgTechCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechZagreb, HR

Ankrankr.com𝕏

Ankr provides Web3 infrastructure through a decentralized network of bare-metal nodes, offering RPC API access to 70+ blockchains, blockchain scaling services (rollups and sidechains), and staking solutions for developers and enterprises.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Stanley W.(Founder)in

Co-investorsBitDAOBlock54 CapitalBorderless VentureLD CapitalMantle NetworkMapleblock Capital+4 more

Apertureaperture.finance

Aperture Finance is a decentralized finance platform that uses AI-powered, intent-based architecture, letting users express financial strategies in natural language through a chatbot that translates them into a domain-specific language for execution.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSunnyvale, US

Gao Han(Founder)inLian Zhu(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndromeda CapitalArrington CapitalCatcherVCLD CapitalParaFi CapitalParafi General Fund+2 more

Avalonavalon.online𝕏

Avalon is a multiplayer game and creation platform where players build their own worlds using natural-language tools and carry a persistent character across a shared universe.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGamingOrlando, US

Sean Pinnock(Founder)in

Co-investors6th Man VenturesAndromeda CapitalBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCastrum CapitalCoinbase Ventures+15 more

B Cubeb-cube.ai

A web portal for unstaking BCUBE tokens, allowing users to connect an Ethereum wallet and manage staked token balances on Ethereum Mainnet.

Crypto & Web3

Guruprasad Venkatesha(Founder)in

Beoblebeoble.io

Singapore, SG

Chanhyeok Yim(Founder)

Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupImpossible FinanceSamsung Next

Beraborrowberaborrow.com𝕏

Beraborrow is a decentralized protocol on Berachain that lets users deposit collateral to mint NECT, an over-collateralized stablecoin, and use auto-compounding vaults ("Dens") and onchain leverage tools.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsBorderless VentureFounderheads,Optic CapitalSMAPE Capital

Bitspawnbitspawn.io𝕏

Bitspawn is a blockchain gaming protocol built around the SPWN token, offering NFTs, a Proof-of-Respawn reward mechanism, and a gaming data oracle that lets developers build gaming applications.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Gaming

Co-investorsOIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group)

Bloktopiabloktopia.com

A decentralized metaverse providing an unprecedented VR experience for the crypto community.

Co-investorsGenblock CapitalMagnus CapitalOIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group)ZBS CAPITALAnimoca Brands

Boson Protocolbosonprotocol.ioin𝕏

Boson Protocol is a decentralized agentic commerce protocol using non-custodial escrow, slashable seller bonds, and on-chain dispute resolution so agents, APIs, apps, and humans can trade any asset with untrusted counterparties.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3E-commerce

Co-investorsBR CapitalG1 VenturesNarcissus VenturesWhite Paper CapitalOutlier Ventures

Buildonhybridbuildonhybrid.com𝕏

Hybrid is a platform for building custom AI agents and running AI on-chain, offering a Web3 copilot called Atlas for on- and off-chain data insights, along with a mixture-of-experts framework and decentralized storage.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools

Co-investorsNxGen

Centrifugecentrifuge.ioin𝕏Feb 2018

Centrifuge enables investors to access tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) such as Treasury Bills, Asset Backed Securities, and Real Estate on a blockchain infrastructure.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US

Bhaji Illuminati(Founder)inMartin Quensel(Executive Officer, Director)inMarkus Ament(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Stehlik(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsArrington CapitalAtlanticBloccelerate VCBlockchain CoinvestorsBlueYard CapitalBorderless Venture+21 more

Cere Network Data Cloudcere.networkin𝕏

Cere Network is a decentralized data infrastructure protocol that uses edge clusters and AI agents to enable secure, real-time data automation for Web3 and AI applications.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Co-investorsAlphabit FundArrington CapitalElliptiLD CapitalRed Building CapitalZMT Capital+1 more

Chain Guardianschainguardians.io

Anime-themed blockchain collectible game powered by NFTs.

Co-investorsGenblock CapitalSkyVision Capital

Chainlinkchain.linkin𝕏

Chainlink is an oracle platform that connects onchain applications with offchain data and external systems, serving major financial institutions and DeFi protocols with standards for data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Sergey Nazarov(Founder)inSteve Ellis(Founder)

Co-investorsAZDAGBig Candle CapitalBitDAOBlock InfinityBlock54 CapitalCogitent Ventures+16 more

Chirpchirptoken.io𝕏

Chirp Token develops network infrastructure for decentralized connectivity and IoT applications.

Crypto & Web3Deep TechIoT

Co-investorsAcacia Digital HoldingsStakez Capital

Coinspaidcoinspaid.comin𝕏

Coinspaid provides blockchain-based payment systems that enable businesses to integrate cryptocurrency payment solutions into their operations.

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS

Colonycolonylab.io

Colony (Colony Lab) is a crypto project on the Avalanche blockchain offering a governance token (CLY), staking contracts, and an index token (CAI) built on Phuture.

Crypto & Web3

Co-investorsBorderless VentureFirestartrMC Ventures (Muhabbit Capital)OIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group)Stakez CapitalBixin Ventures+2 more

Commonwealthjoincommonwealth.xyzin𝕏

Commonwealth (WLTH) is a platform that lets individuals invest in private companies starting at $20, with holdings backed 1:1 by verified equity and the ability to buy and sell without long lock-up periods.

FintechMarketplaces

Co-investorsParaFi CapitalParafi General FundBreakthrough Energy VenturesCoatue ManagementEquinor VenturesFootPrint Coalition+11 more

Concordiumconcordium.comin𝕏

Concordium is a blockchain platform that issues stablecoins as protocol-level tokens with built-in identity verification and zero-knowledge proofs, enabling compliant, secure digital currencies for both humans and AI agents.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Lars Seier Christensen(Founder & Chairman)inBoris Bohrer-Bilowitzki(CEO)inPeter Marirosans(Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsDigital StrategiesG1 VenturesMorph CapitalSeier Capital

Covalentcovalenthq.comin𝕏

Blockchain data infrastructure firm whose decentralized Covalent Network indexes multi-chain data served via the GoldRush API.

Ganesh Swami(Founder)in

Co-investors1k(x)1kxBitDAOCoinbase VenturesIOSG VenturesMantle Network+10 more

Credoracredora.ioin𝕏Acquired

Credora provides risk ratings for decentralized finance markets, including tokens, lending pairs, and vaults.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupBreedCoinbase VenturesDigital Currency GroupWintermuteAmber Group+1 more

CUDOScudos.org

Decentralized cloud computing network uniting cloud and blockchain.

Co-investorsBorderless VentureMetrix CapitalRana Capital

DAO Makerdaomaker.com

Crypto consultancy, accelerator, market maker and launchpad.

Co-investorsChronos VenturesLD CapitalMagnus CapitalMapleblock CapitalPentos VenturesRana Capital

Decentrawebdecentraweb.orgin𝕏

Decentraweb provides decentralized domain registration and web3 identity services, allowing users to claim and register top-level domains on blockchain networks.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsGaming

Michael Calce(Co-Founder & CEO)inAdam Barlam(Co-Founder & CTO)

Co-investorsSynapse Ventures

Defactordefactor.comin

Defactor provides a platform for tokenizing and managing real-world assets across the full investment lifecycle, covering asset issuance, capital deployment, and ongoing management with built-in compliance and live reporting.

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS

Co-investorsG1 Ventures

Definitydefinity.networkin

DeFinity operates an institutional electronic communication network (ECN) for trading digital assets and FX, offering liquidity across major cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and fiat currencies with FIX API access, custody-agnostic settlement, and embedded AML/KYC compliance.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech

Dfistarterdfistarter.io𝕏

This page is a Vietnamese-language online gambling/betting portal promoting the "W88" brand, offering sports betting, card games, lottery, slot machines, and fish-shooting games.

Gaming

Co-investorsOIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group)

Digicoldigicol.io

The page is an online gambling/slot-game ("nổ hũ") betting platform in Vietnamese, offering slot games, card games, and fish-shooting games with jackpot payouts.

Gaming

Edu3Labsedu3labs.comin𝕏

Edu3Labs is an ecosystem for traders and investors combining a trading education academy (211 modules across TA, macro, DeFi, derivatives and algo trading), a multi-asset proprietary trading platform (ProPayout) offering Forex, crypto and US equities capital, an AI-native publishing arm (Edu3Press), and NFE token staking on BNB Chain.

Crypto & Web3EdTechFintech

Co-investorsAnimoca Brands

Egorasegoras.com

Egoras is a Naira-settled super-app for Nigerian users that combines ride-hailing, a local marketplace, encrypted messaging and calls, a short-video feed, and a wallet with asset/commodity trading under a single account.

ConsumerFintechMarketplaces

Co-investorsOIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group)VBC Ventures

EPNSepns.io𝕏

Push Chain (formerly Push Protocol/EPNS) is a Layer 1 blockchain designed for "universal apps," letting developers build and deploy once while onboarding users from any chain without bridges and with gas payable in any token.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

Richa Joshi(Founder)in

Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesBR CapitalNarcissus VenturesRyze LabsA.Capital Ventures+25 more

Farcanafarcana.com𝕏

Farcana operates a blockchain-based game with a token economy built around its $far token, offering staking, vesting, airdrop, and Web3 bridge features.

Crypto & Web3Gaming

Co-investorsAnimoca BrandsFenbushi CapitalMerit CirclePolygon Ventures

Fetcchfetcch.xyzin𝕏

Fetcch labs is a research firm that builds tools and infrastructure for decentralized, autonomous applications, including projects across DeFi, onchain loyalty systems, and prediction markets.

Crypto & Web3Deep TechFintech

Mandar D.(Founder)in

Co-investorsAppWorks VenturesCompute VenturesGravityX CapitalHashkey CapitalLD CapitalMulana Capital

Fetchfetch.aiin𝕏

Fetch.ai offers a personal AI assistant that fulfills user requests in natural language — such as booking flights, making reservations, and planning trips — by coordinating multiple specialized AI agents from trusted brands.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCrypto & Web3

Humayun Sheikh(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlockwallDTA Capital Advisors, LLCDWF LabsIncrypt BlockchainRR2 CapitalSpark Digital Capital+8 more

Fintropyfintropy.io

Fintropy is a platform for creating tokenized ETFs from aggregated crypto assets and investing in existing portfolio strategies.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Fluidaifluidai.comin𝕏

Fluid AI offers an enterprise agentic AI platform for regulated industries, letting organizations deploy AI agents across voice, chat, email, and WhatsApp.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Raghav Aggarwal(Founder)inAbhinav Aggarwal(Founder)in

Co-investorsEckuityGhaf Capital Partners

Flurryflurry.finance𝕏

Flurry is a DeFi protocol that automates yield farming across multiple blockchains using rhoTokens, cross-chain tokens pegged 1:1 to underlying stablecoins (rhoUSDC, rhoUSDT, rhoBUSD) that earn interest automatically.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsAU21 CapitalCrosslink CapitalDutch Crypto InvestorsGenblock CapitalShima Capital

Folks Financefolks.financein𝕏

Folks Finance is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that lets users supply crypto assets to earn rewards and use those assets as collateral to borrow other digital assets.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Benedetto Biondi(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsBorderless VentureCoinbase VenturesDanu VenturesMajinx CapitalMapleblock CapitalParaFi Capital+13 more

Frax Financefrax.finance

Decentralized stablecoin protocol issuing FRAX, the Frax Price Index and frxETH, plus lending, AMM and L2 infrastructure.

Co-investorsDeepTech VenturesElectric Capital

Gaimingaimin.io

GAIMIN operates a gaming platform and launcher that lets players monetize unused computing resources while maintaining digital ownership of in-game assets.

Cloud ComputingConsumerCrypto & Web3Gaming

Martin Speight(Co-Founder)in

Co-investors4WARDAlphabit FundFOMO VenturesGhaf Capital PartnersMapleblock CapitalStakez Capital

Gameoffthegridgameoffthegrid.com𝕏

Off The Grid is a battle royale video game featuring PVE story missions set on the fictional Teardrop Island, with customizable cyberlimbs and 3D-scanned weapons.

Gaming

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures

GameSwiftgameswift.io𝕏

GameSwift operates a Layer2 modular blockchain built on Optimism's OP Stack within the Superchain ecosystem, optimized for gaming and powered by the $GSWIFT gas token.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3GamingTallinn, EE

Wojciech Gruszka (Pan Paragraf)(Founder)inWojtek Pan Paragraf(Founder)in

Co-investorsMoonhill CapitalThe Hypera Group

Gpugpu.netin𝕏

GPU.NET provides access to high-performance GPU computing resources for users and organizations.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3

Suraj Chawla(Founder)in

Grinderygrindery.com

Grindery offers an AI wallet that lets users pay per use for AI agents and assistants across web, mobile, Telegram, and WhatsApp using cryptocurrency instead of subscriptions.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech

GT Protocolgt-protocol.ioin𝕏

GT AI Fund is a public, fully autonomous trading showcase by GT Protocol in which five frontier AI models (Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok) each manage part of a $50,000 vault trading crypto and stocks with no human portfolio manager.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsCastrum CapitalCoinvestor VenturesMagnus Capital

Havenscompasshavenscompass.com𝕏

Havens Compass is a content journal publishing articles and guides on home design, wellness routines, and slow living for people who want to create calmer, more intentional living spaces.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentWellness & Fitness

Co-investorsCastrum CapitalSWGI Ventures (SWISS GEM INVESTMENTS)

Hololoothololoot.io

The site is a crypto casino affiliate guide that reviews and ranks Bitcoin and no-KYC crypto casinos, comparing bonuses, payout speeds, game libraries, and licensing for players.

Crypto & Web3GamingMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsStakez CapitalSynapse VenturesEnjinstarter

Hoprhoprnet.orgin𝕏

HOPR operates a decentralized network where participants run nodes to relay data privately and earn HOPR tokens, with rewards tied to the amount staked and data relayed.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & Infrastructure

Co-investorsChronos VenturesDCV CapitalSpark Digital CapitalTRGCZMT Capital

Idexoidexo.comin𝕏

Idexo provides a no-code SaaS app and low-code SDK/API that let developers and brands create, deploy, and manage smart contracts and full-stack NFT applications using API keys.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsSaaS

Sam Williams

Co-investorsCSP DAODAO CapitalFloem CapitalHeat CapitalOutlier Ventures

Impermaximpermax.finance𝕏

Impermax is a decentralized finance lending protocol that lets liquidity providers borrow against their LP positions and offers lenders low-risk yield.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Inceptionlrtinceptionlrt.com𝕏Defunct

InceptionLRT is winding down operations effective December 31, 2025; its web interface will be shut down and withdrawals will remain available through the associated chain's block explorer.

Crypto & Web3

Co-investorsCastrum Capital

Insuredinsured.finance𝕏

Insured Finance is a two-sided digital asset insurance marketplace built on Polygon that enables users to request and provide insurance coverage for cryptocurrency and decentralized finance assets.

Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTech

Co-investorsChronos Ventures

Interswapinterswap.io

InterSwap is an omnichain liquidity layer and automated market maker built on Axelar with unified liquidity.

Co-investorsCastrum Capital

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AdaxAlterverseArcherdaoAsvalabsAxenaiBeamswapBeyondfinanceBlockbankBloodloopCashmereCheezeCodedestateCryptomedaDefielevenDreamsEarn GuildElixirFerrumFidiraFinanceFoundationGaiaworldGamiworldGenius XGlacierGlitterHappyfansIbetyouInsrtItsmyneJigstackLabsgroupLayerLeprLexerLogarithmManga TokenMantradaoManufactoryMarginswapMeldMetabrandsMultiPadMylingoNfractionNFTFYOinOracle on PolkadotOrangelayerOxyaoriginPaid NetworkParalink NetworkPlaybuxPlaycentPlenaPolinatePolygenPublicmintRadarRailgunRainfallRAMP DeFi DerivativesRidottoShibatokenSilent Protocol InfrastructureSolstormSportsSugarbounceTotemTrailblazeTriallTrustpadUnboundVerida

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Black Dragon made?
Black Dragon has 211 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Black Dragon invest at?
Black Dragon invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Black Dragon focus on?
Black Dragon focuses on Crypto & Web3.
Who does Black Dragon co-invest with?
Black Dragon most often shares deals with OIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group), Arrington Capital, Mapleblock Capital, among 232 tracked co-investors.

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