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Total Investments113
AI16
DeFi12
L111
Infrastructure11
Gaming8
Web36
Social Platform6
Payments6
RWA4
Wallet3
Liquid Restaking Protocol2
NFT2
Cybersecurity2
Banking2
Prediction Market2
L22
Zero Knowledge Industry1
Stablecoin1
Storage1
Insurance1
Custody1
Digital Identity1
Trading1
Privacy Infrastructure1
Betting1
Information services digital assets1
Stablecoin Infrastructure1
| Name | Round | Category | Description | Lead Investor | Chains | Other Investors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probably | 16 Jun 2026 | $9m | Seed | AI | Probably is building a verifiable AI data agent that can ingest, transform, analyze, and visualize raw data while using deterministic checks to reduce hallucinations and methodology errors | a16z crypto, Accel | |||
| Canton Network | 11 Jun 2026 | $355m | L1 | Canton Network is a public Layer-1 blockchain for institutional finance that combines privacy, interoperability, and scalability. Built with DAML smart contracts and governed by major financial institutions through the Global Synchronizer Foundation, it supports atomic cross-application transactions—such as tokenized bonds and cash—while enforcing need-to-know data privacy and regulatory controls. | a16z crypto | $2b | Citadel Securities, Apollo Funds, BNP Paribas, Broadridge, CME Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Hanwha Asset Management, HSBC, S&P Global, SBI Group, SoFi, Tradeweb Markets | ||
| Morpho | 09 Jun 2026 | $175m | DeFi | Lending | Paradigm, a16z crypto, Ribbit Capital | VanEck, Apollo Global Management, Circle Ventures, Ledger Cathay Capital, Variant Fund, Wintermute Ventures, IOSG Ventures, HashKey Capital, SBI Group, BPI France, Mirana Ventures | |||
| Catena Labs | 20 May 2026 | $30m | Series A | AI | Catena Labs is building AI-native financial infrastructure for AI agents and their users. It provides regulated tools for agent identity and payments, including the open-source Agent Commerce Kit (ACK), which helps AI agents identify themselves and transact securely | a16z crypto, Acrew Capital | Breyer Capital, IDG Capital, General Catalyst, Oak HC FT, QED Investors, Coinbase Ventures | ||
| Stitch | 14 May 2026 | $25m | Series A | Infrastructure | Stitch is an API-first financial infrastructure platform that helps banks, fintechs, and enterprises build financial products. It offers modular services for payments, lending, cards, wallets, deposits, and ledger infrastructure, supporting embedded finance and scalable financial operations | a16z crypto | Arbor Ventures, Cotu Ventures, RAED Ventures, SVC | ||
| Arc blockchain | 11 May 2026 | $222m | Private Round | L1 | Arc is a stablecoin-native Layer 1 blockchain developed by Circle for institutional financial applications. It uses USDC-denominated gas, sub-second finality, configurable privacy, and native stablecoin infrastructure to support payments, tokenized assets, capital markets, FX settlement, and autonomous value transfer | a16z crypto | $3b | BlackRock, Intercontinental Exchange, Apollo Global Management, SBI Holdings, General Catalyst, SC Ventures, Marshall Wace, Ark Invest, IDG Capital, Haun Ventures, Bullish | |
| OpenTrade | 06 May 2026 | $17m | Strategic | RWA | Fintechs around the world use OpenTrade to power safe, compliant stablecoin yield products | Mercury Fund, Notion Capital | a16z crypto, AlbionVC, CMCC Global | ||
| OpenGradient | 14 Apr 2026 | $9.5m | AI | OpenGradient is a decentralized AI platform for hosting, deploying, and executing models. It provides tools like NeuroML for integrating AI with smart contracts and a model hub for secure, on-chain and off-chain inference | a16z crypto | Coinbase Ventures, Foresight Ventures, SV Angel, Pragma Ventures, Symbolic Capital, Canonical Crypto, Near, Black Dragon Capital, Celestia Foundation, Thanefield Capital, Salt Fund, Balaji Srinivasan, Sandeep Nailwal, Illia Polosukhin, Bruno Faviero | |||
| The Better Money Company | 31 Mar 2026 | $10m | Seed | Stablecoin Infrastructure | The Better Money Company is a stablecoin clearing and connectivity layer that enables low-cost conversion between USD-pegged tokens like USDT and USDC. It aggregates liquidity and automates exchanges to reduce fragmentation and improve efficiency across stablecoin markets | a16z crypto | BoxGroup, Sunflower Captial, The Fintech Fund | ||
| Kled AI | 10 Mar 2026 | $3.3m | Funding Round | AI | The first data marketplace. Sourcing the largest licensable multimodal datasets on the planet | a16z crypto | Bain Capital Crypto, Everbloom Ventures, Magic Lab Ventures | ||
| Zcash Open Development Lab | 09 Mar 2026 | $25m | Seed | Infrastructure | Zcash Open Development Lab develops core protocol infrastructure and user-facing tools for the Zcash privacy cryptocurrency. Its main product, the Zodl wallet, provides a self-custodial platform designed to expand usability and interoperability across the Zcash ecosystem | Paradigm, a16z crypto, Winklevoss Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Maelstrom, Chapter One, Cypherpunk Holdings Inc | |||
| Kairos | 03 Feb 2026 | $2.5m | Prediction Market | Kairos is a non-custodial prediction market trading terminal offering real-time data, on-chain execution, and composable infrastructure for traders, developers, and exchanges | a16z crypto | University of Illinois, Geneva Trading | |||
| Talos | 29 Jan 2026 | $45m | Series A | Trading | An institutional-grade digital asset trading infrastructure platform offering end-to-end execution, portfolio, risk, and settlement across 60+ exchanges, OTC desks, and custodians via a single interface. It serves banks, hedge funds, and asset managers, with advanced algo execution, DeFi integration, and enterprise-grade security | $1.5b | Robin Hood Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, IMC Crypto, QCP Capital, Karatage, a16z crypto, BNY Mellon, Fidelity Management and Research Company | ||
| Cork Protocol | 21 Jan 2026 | $5.5m | Seed | Insurance | Cork Protocol introduces Depeg Swaps, a DeFi primitive that lets users trade the risk of pegged assets. It provides on-chain tools for managing credit and liquidity risk, supporting more stable and capital-efficient DeFi credit markets | a16z crypto, Road Capital | WAGMI Ventures, IDEO CoLab Ventures, BitGo, Hyperithm, Depo Ventures, Cooley, FunFair Ventures, Stake Capital, Gate Ventures, Peer Venture Partners, G-20 Group, 432 Ventures | ||
| Babylon | 07 Jan 2026 | $15m | L2 | Babylon is a Bitcoin staking infrastructure project that enables Bitcoin holders to stake BTC to help secure Proof-of-Stake networks and applications while earning rewards. | a16z crypto | ||||
| Revolut | 24 Nov 2025 | Banking | Revolut is a global financial app that offers digital banking, payments, foreign exchange, crypto trading, and investing in stocks. Available in 200+ countries, it provides multi-currency accounts, cards, budgeting tools, and international transfers under regulatory licenses in multiple jurisdictions | Coatue, Greenoaks Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Fidelity International | $75b | a16z crypto, Nvidia, Franklin Templeton, T. Rowe Price Investment Management | |||
| Kalshi | 20 Nov 2025 | $1b | Series E | Betting | Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated event derivatives exchange where users trade binary contracts (yes/no) on real-world outcomes | Paradigm, Sequoia Capital, a16z crypto | $11b | Neo, CapitalG, Anthos Capital | |
| Doppel | 19 Nov 2025 | $70m | Series C | Cybersecurity | Doppel is an AI-driven digital risk-protection platform that scans social media, domains, ads, crypto channels and the dark web to detect and dismantle phishing, impersonation, deepfake and fraud infrastructure for brands and Web3 platforms | Bessemer Venture Partners, a16z crypto | George Kurtz, Breanna Stewart, Nneka Ogwumike, South Park Commons, Script Capital, Strategic Cyber Ventures | ||
| Seismic | 12 Nov 2025 | $10m | Privacy Infrastructure | Seismic is an encrypted blockchain platform that uses secure hardware to provide encrypted global state, memory access, and data flow. This design enables developers to build privacy-focused decentralized applications—including exchanges, lending protocols, auctions, stablecoins, and launchpads—by restructuring the blockchain stack around secure enclaves for stronger confidentiality and data protection | a16z crypto | Polychain Capital, Amber Group, TrueBridge, Dao5, LayerZero | |||
| Nemesis | 29 Oct 2025 | Pre-Seed | DeFi | Nemesis is a decentralized exchange on Ethereum and other EVM networks that lets users buy, swap, and short on-chain tokens. Using its Omni-Directional Market Maker (OMM), it enables leveraged trading up to 5x without oracles or intermediaries, combining trading and lending mechanics to give liquidity providers dual yields from fees and interest | District, LYVC | a16z crypto, Initialized Capital | |||
| ZAR | 28 Oct 2025 | $12.9m | Wallet | ZAR is a digital wallet that lets users convert cash into digital dollars, bridging cash-based economies with Web3. Through the app, users can exchange cash with local merchants, access virtual and physical debit cards, and make global transactions securely while protecting against local currency volatility | a16z crypto | Dragonfly Capital, VanEck, Coinbase Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst | |||
| Daylight Energy | 16 Oct 2025 | $75m | Web3 | Daylight is a platform for home energy upgrades, offering a marketplace of local contractors for products like solar panels, heat pumps, battery storage, and weatherization. Users can complete app-based home energy inspections and receive personalized upgrade plans with certified installation. The platform focuses on improving efficiency, reducing energy costs, and enhancing home comfort. | Framework Ventures | a16z crypto, Turtle Hill Capital, M13, Escape Velocity, Lerer Hippeau, Room40 Ventures, Crucible Captial, Coinbase Ventures, Not Boring Capital | |||
| Jito | 16 Oct 2025 | $50m | Strategic | DeFi | Jito Network powers the Solana ecosystem with MEV-optimized infrastructure and deep DeFi integrations, delivering unmatched staking efficiency and liquidity | a16z crypto |