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Abstraction builds a code comprehension layer that compiles source code into a universal semantic model to generate auto-validated wikis, process graphs, system maps, and semantic PR reviews.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Co-investorsINInception Fund202048 Ventures2525MadisonALAlumni VenturesANAntlerBABankless Ventures+11 more

Ammalgam is a decentralized lending exchange (DLEX) that combines trading and lending in a single DeFi protocol, letting users lend, trade, and leverage any asset without oracles through Dual Purpose Pools.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsHYHyperithmMAMarin Digital Ventures

Blaze provides a platform that monitors online signals to identify and target potential customers at the moment they demonstrate purchase intent, using AI-powered automation.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

LRLauren Rothwell(Founder)inCMChirag Mahapatra(Founder)in

Co-investorsBLBling CapitalDIDigital Currency GroupTRTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y Y CombinatorACAct One Ventures

Blockskye operates a platform that connects corporations directly with travel suppliers, eliminating intermediaries and creating a unified system for bookings, payments, and data management.

B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSTravel & HospitalityBoston, US

MSMichael Share(Co-CEO, Co-Founder)inBABrook Armstrong(Co-CEO, Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsLALasagnaLILightspeed Faction

Coinflow provides global payment processing infrastructure enabling businesses to accept payments, settle funds, and expand internationally with instant settlement and fraud protection.

B2B MarketplacesFintechChicago, US

DLDaniel Lev(Founder & CEO)inBMBenjamin Meeder(Founder)in

Co-investorsBUBuilder CapitalCOCoinbase VenturesDIDigital Currency GroupDRDraper DragonPAPantera CapitalREReciprocal Ventures+4 more

Onchain structured finance protocol that turns business cash flows into programmable collateral for secured lines of credit.

Thomas Hepner(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOCoinbase VenturesDLdlabMAMaven 11SISignature VenturesTRTRGCLILightspeed Faction+2 more

Crossmint operates a stablecoin orchestration platform that coordinates cryptocurrency payments pegged to the US dollar across multiple blockchains through a unified API.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

RFRodri Fernández Touza(Founder)in

Co-investorsFIFinancial Venture StudioNYNycaNYNyca PartnersPAPathlight VenturesRERestive Ventures6T6th Man Ventures+2 more

Ethena operates a crypto protocol offering USDe, a digital dollar, and sUSDe, a reward-accruing asset backed by collateralized assets with third-party attestations.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

GYGuy Young(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsALAlphaLab CapitalBIBitDAOBRBreedCACaladanCVCVP NoLimitF-F-Prime Capital+17 more

Faction develops a hybrid autonomous vehicle platform called DriveLink that combines autonomy with remote human assistance (TeleAssist) for driverless fleet operations.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationRoboticsSan Francisco, US

AMAin McKendrick(Founder)in

Co-investorsFIFifty YearsKUKube VCY Y CombinatorLILightspeed FactionTDTDK Ventures

Figure is a lending platform that offers residential and commercial loan products including home equity lines of credit, cash-out refinances, DSCR loans, and crypto-backed loans for borrowers.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechCharlotte, US

MCMike Cagney(Co-Founder, Executive Chairman)inJOJune Ou(Co-Founder, Advisor, Board Member)inJin Woo Park(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAAAAF Management Ltd.ALAlpha Square GroupB3B3 CapitalBLBlockchange VenturesBLBlue Lion GlobalCHChaos Ventures+26 more

Flashbots is a research and development organization that mitigates negative externalities from Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) on blockchains, primarily Ethereum, through infrastructure and tools for block building, transaction protection, and MEV distribution.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsBIBig Brain HoldingsBLBlueYard CapitalDRDragonflyETEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.FAFabric VenturesFEFenbushi Capital+12 more

FLock.io is a decentralised AI training platform that combines federated learning with blockchain-based verification, letting enterprises and communities build privacy-preserving AI models without moving or exposing raw data.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Jiahao Sun(Founder)in

Co-investorsARARKN venturesCACandaq Fintech GroupDIDigital Currency GroupHYHyperithmINInception Capital (ex OP Crypto)TRTRGC

Creating the first DeFi layer for compute assets.

KKKony Kwong(Founder)in

Co-investorsHAHack VCHAHashed

GAIB is an AI infrastructure capital partner that originates, underwrites, and manages financing for compute assets such as GPUs, data centers, and robotics.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech

KKKony Kwong(Founder)in

Co-investorsAEAegis Ventues28280 CapitalAMAmber GroupANAnimoca BrandsCMCMCC GlobalHAHack VC+6 more

Hyperbolic operates an AI cloud platform that provides developers and researchers with affordable, on-demand access to GPU compute and AI models, in part by tapping underutilized consumer-grade hardware.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

JZJasper Zhang(CEO & Co-Founder)inYJYuchen Jin(CTO & Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsAMAmbush CapitalBIBig Brain HoldingsGSGSRLOLongHash VenturesSASamsung NextVAVariant Fund+4 more

INIT Capital is a DeFi money market offering 'Liquidity Hooks' that let dApps and protocols source on-chain liquidity.

Tascha P(Founder)

Co-investorsBIBitDAOMAMaelstromMAMantle NetworkELElectric Capital

Kamino is a DeFi protocol on Solana that combines lending, liquidity provision, and leveraged trading in a single platform.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsALAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)HAHack VCLOLongHash VenturesMUMulticoin CapitalPAParaFi CapitalPLPlaceholder VC+7 more

Latitude provides a Global Fiat Payouts API that sends funds from USD or stablecoins (USDC) to recipients worldwide, handling currency conversion, compliance, and last-mile delivery through local payment networks.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechSpring, US

BWBrian Wrightson(Founder)in

Co-investorsNENew Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Orb is a web3 social application built on the Lens Protocol for social networking and content sharing on blockchain infrastructure.

Crypto & Web3Social

Co-investorsA.A.Capital VenturesBLBlockchain CapitalTITioga Capital PartnersWIWintermuteVAVariant Fund

LO:TECH is a trading business providing institutional-grade liquidity, execution, and market data services across centralized and decentralized (DeFi) venues.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsBLBlockchain CoinvestorsLILightspeed Faction1313books Capital

MagicBlock builds blockchain infrastructure, including a modular stack and ephemeral rollups, for developers creating high-performance on-chain applications on Solana.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechGaming

AFAndrea FortugnoinGPGabriele Piccoin

Co-investorsEQEquilibrium VenturesMAMaven 11RORobot Ventures

ZKsync provides blockchain infrastructure and deployment services for enterprises, helping them build and launch production-ready solutions on the ZKsync network.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise Software

AGAlex Gluchowski(Founder)in

Co-investorsDEDeepTech VenturesFIFigmentIOIOSG VenturesLOLongHash VenturesMIMirana VenturesOKOKX Ventures+4 more

Medallion FM is an app that lets music fans track the artists they follow, concerts and shows, and their listening activity in one place.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsBEBetaworksCOCoinbase VenturesTHThird PrimeACAcrew Capital

Meld operates a network for onboarding users to stablecoins and digital assets, offering onramp/offramp orchestration, multi-chain token support, and KYC/bank-linking tools accessible via API.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechSan Francisco, US

PBPankaj Bengani(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOCoatue ManagementK9K9 VenturesYOYolo InvestmentsLILightspeed Faction

Monad is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain designed for fast, low-cost transactions.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

KHKeone Hon(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsALAlphaLab CapitalAMAmbush CapitalARArchetypeBABankless VenturesBIBig Brain HoldingsBLBloccelerate VC+23 more

Narya.ai builds voice-first AI assistants that turn spoken conversations into actions.

AI & Machine LearningSan Francisco, US

Oriol Plazas(Founder)

Co-investorsARArca FundsBLBlocktower Capital

Nous Research develops and trains open source language models and builds infrastructure for distributed AI training.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

JQJeffrey Quesnelle(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsBRBreedCOCollab+CurrencyFOForerunner VenturesMOMozilla VenturesNINIVPAParadigm+4 more

OpenFX operates a real-time settlement network for cross-border payments that replaces traditional international payment systems, enabling businesses to move money across borders significantly faster and cheaper.

Fintech

PRPrabhakar Reddy(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsACAccelFLFlybridge Capital PartnersHAHash3 CapitalM1M13MAMARKHAM VALLEY VENTURESNONorthzone+4 more

Jan Liphardt(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOCoinbase VenturesDIDigital Currency GroupPAPantera CapitalPEPebblebed

Pharos is a Layer-1 blockchain for real-world asset finance and AI agents, using modular architecture, deep-parallel execution, and dual VM (EVM + WASM) to provide sub-second finality and high throughput.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

AZAlex Zhang(Founder)in

Co-investorsHAHack VCFLFlow TradersGEGenerative VenturesMHMH Ventures

Plume is a crypto-native platform that distributes real-world assets (RWA) as blockchain-based financial instruments.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

CYChris Yin(Founder)in

Co-investorsA.A.Capital VenturesBRBreedHAHaun VenturesHYHyperithmREReciprocal VenturesSESerafund+5 more

Pontem is a product development studio building blockchain products using the Move language on Aptos and other Layer 1 networks.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

Alejo Pinto(Founder)inArman Manukyanin

Co-investorsALAlphaLab CapitalCACaladanPAPantera CapitalWIWintermuteWWWWVenturesANAnimoca Brands+1 more

Puffer Finance is an Ethereum-native liquid restaking protocol where users stake ETH to receive pufETH and earn staking plus EigenLayer restaking rewards.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

JVJason Vranek(Co-Founder & CTO, Puffer Labs)inAmir Forouzani(Founder)in

Co-investorsELElectric CapitalBIBinance LabsBRBreedCOCoinbase VenturesF-F-Prime CapitalLBLBANK Labs+12 more

Rena Labs provides a TEE (trusted execution environment) data exchange for confidential AI training and inference on proprietary data, with encryption, on-chain logging, and compliance features.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Cybersecurity

Co-investorsETEterna CapitalPAPaper VenturesLILightspeed FactionMAMapleblock Capital

Hel.io (MoonPay Commerce) provides crypto checkout, deposit, and subscription tools that let merchants accept payments in thousands of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, with instant settlement or auto-conversion to fiat.

Co-investorsRORockawayX

Schuman Financial issues EURØP, a regulated, fully-backed euro stablecoin that lets businesses and global users transact on-chain in euros.

Crypto & Web3FintechZug, CH

ASAmrita Srivastava(Co-Founder & Head of Banking and Payments)inEMEduardo Morrison Gómez(Founder)inMartin Bruncko(Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inEMEduardo Morrison(Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer)inNPNicholas Pouzin(Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer)in

Co-investorsDEDelta BlockchainRORockawayXTRTriton Capital

Cosmos provides enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure and products designed for financial institutions and governments to build, launch, and scale tokenization, payments, and digital currency systems with interoperability and regulatory compliance.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech

Co-investorsBABain Capital CryptoFIFigmentPIPicks and Shovels (Picks & Shovels)

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-investorsALAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)ARArrington CapitalDIDigital Currency GroupETEterna CapitalF-F-Prime CapitalHIHivemind Capital Partners+9 more

Stork is a blockchain oracle that delivers real-time and historical crypto and real-world-asset price feeds to onchain finance (DeFi) applications.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsLALattice CapitalWIWintermute

Taiko is an open, community-driven project focused on scaling Ethereum.

Crypto & Web3Developer Tools

DWDaniel Wang(Founder)in

Co-investorsBOBollinger Investment GroupGEGenerative VenturesIOIOSG VenturesMAMapleblock CapitalSASancus VenturesTOToken Bay Capital+7 more

TransCrypts is a blockchain-based platform for verifying and sharing employment, health and educational credentials.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechNewark, US

ZZZain Zaidi(Founder)inZain Z(Founder)

Co-investorsALAlpha EdisonALAlumni VenturesATAtland VenturesBEBeyond CapitalCACALIFORNIA INNOVATIONINInformed Ventures Advisors, Llc+9 more

TRES provides on-chain risk and treasury management software for self-custodied, EVM-based crypto treasuries, serving funds, trading firms, market makers, DAOs, foundations, exchanges, and custodians.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech

Co-investors3C3cubed VenturesAMAmbush CapitalBOboldstart venturesMAMantis CapitalNENew Form Capital

Turnkey provides operational wallet infrastructure that lets companies coordinate crypto payments across internal custodial wallets with role-based policies, transaction limits, approval rules, and gas sponsorship.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech

BFBryce Ferguson(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsARArchetypeBABain Capital CryptoFIFigmentMIMirana VenturesPAPathlight VenturesSESequoia Capital+6 more

WeatherXM operates a community-powered decentralized (DePIN) weather network where owners deploy solar-powered weather stations and earn $WXM token rewards for contributing data.

Climate TechCrypto & Web3IoT

STStratos Theodorou(Founder)in

Co-investorsPLPlaceholder VCLILightspeed FactionBOBorderless VentureCOConsenSys MeshDLdlabGRgrowX Ventures+6 more

Wintermute is a digital asset trading firm that provides liquidity, OTC spot and derivatives trading, market making, and DeFi services for token issuers, protocols, and institutional market participants globally.

Crypto & Web3FintechLondon, GB

EGEvgeny Gaevoy(Founder & CEO)inYoann T.(Founder)in

Co-investorsDRDraft Ventures LlcFAFabric VenturesPAPantera CapitalRORockawayX

XMTP is an open source, decentralized messaging protocol that uses quantum-resistant encryption to let developers build secure, programmable chat apps, mini-apps, and AI agents with native support for payments and digital assets.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools

SMShane Mac(Founder)in

Co-investorsIDIDEO CoLab Ventures

Zerobase provides zero-knowledge proof generation infrastructure, offering real-time zero-knowledge circuits and privacy-preserving authentication (zkLogin) for building zero-knowledge-based applications.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & Infrastructure