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Franklin Templeton — 2023 Investments

8 investments dated 2023 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Betterdatabetterdata.aiinApr 2023 · $1.6M✓ verified

Betterdata builds synthetic data generation technology that produces tabular, relational, and time-series datasets for enterprises, using proprietary generative models (GANs and transformers) with privacy and differential-privacy guarantees.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSingapore, SG

Uzair Javaid(Founder)inKevin Yee(Founder)inUzair Javaid Kevin Yee(Founder)Dr. Uzair Javaid

Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstPlug and Play VenturesSUTD Venture Holdings Pte. Ltd.Tenity

agoloagolo.comMar 2023

Implicit is an AI-powered knowledge platform that aggregates technical content from manuals, tickets, and procedures to provide cited answers to both human workers and AI agents.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Alan Jacobson(Chief Executive Officer)Mohamed AlTantawy(Founder)Sage Wohns(Founder)

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Basecamp FundCerity Partners VenturesDentsu VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Point72 Ventures+8 more

Kresuskresus.comin𝕏Mar 2023 · $25M

Kresus Labs builds blockchain infrastructure and security solutions designed to make digital assets accessible to consumers while enabling enterprises to launch tokenization platforms.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US

Trevor Traina(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsJetBlue VenturesCraft VenturesLiberty City VenturesSKY VCWinklevoss Capital

Lytical Ventureslyticalventures.comin𝕏Mar 2023

Lytical Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityNew York City, US

Co-investorsIronGate Capital AdvisorsGV (Google Ventures)Tensility Venture PartnersThomson Reuters Ventures

Mysten Labsmystenlabs.comin𝕏Mar 2023

Mysten Labs builds infrastructure and tools for web3, focusing on making decentralized systems secure, reliable, and ready for mass adoption.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US

Adeniyi Abiodun(Founder)inKostas Kryptos Chalkias(Founder)inSam Blackshear(Founder)inEvan Cheng(Founder)inGeorge Danezis(Founder)Kostas Chalkias(Founder)

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzArrington CapitalBasecamp FundBig Brain Holdings+39 more

Shrapnelshrapnel.comOct 2023

Gaming studio building a AAA first-person extraction shooter

Mark Long(Founder)inKen Rosman(CEO)inKenneth RosmaninAaron Nonis(Founder)Colin Foran(Founder)Don Norbury(Founder)

Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCVP NoLimitDragonflyIOSG VenturesMetastable+15 more

Xversexverse.appin𝕏Aug 2023 · $5M

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-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Bitcoin FrontierDraper AssociatesDraper DragonEdessa CapitalFermion+13 more

Xverseambientcrypto.ai𝕏Aug 2023 · $5M

Ambient provides cryptographically verifiable AI inference through an open network that runs models like Kimi K2.7 Code and GLM 5.2 with proof of which model executed each output.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools

Co-investorsEdessa CapitalJump CryptoRockawayX

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