| Zircuit | Jul 22, 2024 | | Private | L2 | zk rollup with parallelized circuits and AI-enabled security at the sequencer level | | | | Binance Labs, Mirana Ventures, Amber Group, Selini Capital, Nomad Capital, Robot Ventures, Sandeep Nailwal, DeFiance Capital, Alchemy, Contribution DAO, EthGlobal |
| ARPA Network | May 30, 2024 | $6m | Strategic | Infrastructure | decentralized secure computation network built to improve the fairness, security, and privacy of blockchains | Laser Digital, DeFiance Capital | | | Animoca Brands, Metrics Ventures, ArkStream Capital, Trinito |
| BounceBit | Feb 28, 2024 | $6m | Seed | Liquid Staking Protocol | BTC restaking infrastructure | Breyer Capital, Blockchain Capital | | | dao5, CMS Capital, Bankless Ventures, NGC Ventures, Matrixport, Primitive Ventures, Arcane Capital, IDG Capital, Bixin Ventures, Nomad Capital, Geek Cartel, DeFiance Capital, GMR, OKX Ventures, Mirana Ventures, HTX Ventures, MEXC Ventures, James Parillo, RookieXBT, MacnBTC, Pentoshi |
| Fordefi | Feb 13, 2024 | $10m | Seed+ | Infrastructure | institutional-grade crypto wallet service to retail-facing platforms | Electric Capital | | | Paxos, Alchemy, Pantera Capital, DeFiance Capital, KeyRock, Flare Network |
| Fordefi | Nov 8, 2022 | $18m | Seed | | Institutional MPC wallet & security platform | Lightspeed Venture Partners | | | Electric Capital, Alameda Research, Jump Crypto, Castle Island Ventures, Pantera Capital, Illuminate Financial, Paypal Alumni Fund, Nima Capital, DCG, DeFiance Capital, StarkWare |
| Lava Labs | Oct 20, 2022 | $10m | Series A | | Web3 game development studio | Dialectic | $100m | | Animoca Brands, Dapper Labs, Weak Simp Cap, Santiago Roel Santos, Razer, Merit Circle, DeFiance Capital, Gabby Dizon, Dragonfly Capital |
| Gomu | Oct 12, 2022 | $5m | Seed | Infrastructure | NFT Infrastructure | | | | Coinbase Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Saison Capital, Carylyne Chan, Matthew Tan, Bobby Ong, TM Lee, Mike Dudas, Benedict Chan |
| Suberra | Oct 6, 2022 | $2.7m | Seed | | Payment Platform | | | | DeFiance Capital, Delphi Digital, Terra, The Spartan Group, Hashed, Newman Capital, Arcane Group, TsingTech Ventures, Alex Svanevik, Liu Tanwei, Han Wen Chua, Nicolas Tong, Yenwen Feng |
| Stella Fantasy | Sep 14, 2022 | $6m | Venture Round | Gaming | NFT-based Fantasy RPG Combat Game | Krust Universe | | | GuildFi, PathDAO, DeFiance Capital, Double Peak, Animoca Brands, Dweb3 Capital, Play Ventures, Avocado DAO |
| Tatsumeeko | Jun 9, 2022 | $7.5m | Seed | Gaming | Metaverse Game Studio | DeFiance Capital, Delphi Digital, Bitkraft Ventures | | | Binance Labs, Animoca Brands, Dialectic, Mechanism Capital, Folius Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, Yield Guild Games, Merit Circle, Coinhako, Mintable, Avocado Guild, Kenneth Cron, Chris Lee, Holly Liu, Buddy Marini, Kevin Lin, Kun Gao, Kent Wakeford, Thomas Vu, Zhuo Xun, Tin Nyugen, Ray Chan, Patrick Lee, MH Ventures |
| Amulet | May 17, 2022 | $6m | Seed | DeFi | Insurance Protocol | | | | Republic Capital, Solana Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Animoca Brands, UOB Ventures, Signum Capital, Mirana Ventures, NGC Ventures, Longhash Ventures, SevenX Ventures, Digital Strategies, CMT Digital, Matrixport, a41 Ventures, Solar EcoFund, Daedalus Angels, Cobo, Re7 Captial, NetZero Capital, Acala Network, Project Serum |
| Blast Royale | Apr 13, 2022 | $5m | Seed | Gaming | Battle Royale Game | Animoca Brands, Mechanism Capital | | | Dragonfly Capital, Play Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Double Peak, Polygon, C² Ventures, Morningstar Ventures, DWeb3, Merit Circle, Ancient8, Avocado DAO |
| C2X | Mar 18, 2022 | $25m | Private | Gaming | Blockchain Gaming Platform | FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto, Animoca Brands | $500m | | Hashed, Terra, Transcend Fund, Galaxy Interactive, Skybound, Blockchain Coinvestors, DeFiance Capital, Play Ventures, Crypto.com, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Unanimous Capital, Bowei, Xsolla, Huobi Ventures, Goal Ventures, Concept Art House, Agnitio Capital, Formless Capital |
| LFG | Feb 23, 2022 | $1b | Strategic Private Sale | DeFi | Back-stop UST | Jump Crypto, 3AC | | | DeFiance Capital, Republic Capital, GSR, Tribe Capital |
| So-Col | Feb 7, 2022 | $1.75m | Seed | Social Platform | Decentralized Social Platform | DeFiance Capital, Animoca Brands | | | Mechanism Capital, Global Founders Capital, Anti Fund, Kronos Research, 3AC, Double Peak, Genblock Capital |
| Rift Finance | Feb 7, 2022 | $18m | Seed | DeFi | DAO Liquidity Provider | Pantera Capital | | | Two Sigma Ventures, DeFiance Capital, The Spartan Group, Hashed, Do Kwon, Sandeep Nailwal, Stani Kulechov, Morningstar Ventures, Jump Crypto |
| Secret Network | Jan 20, 2022 | $400m | Ecosystem Foundation raise | | L1 | | | | Alameda Research, Arrington XRP Capital, CoinFund, DeFiance Capital |
| Burnt Finance | Jan 17, 2022 | $8m | Series A | NFT | Decentralized NFT auction protocol | Animoca Brands | | | Multicoin Capital, Alameda Research, DeFiance Capital, Valor Capital Group, Figment, Spartan Capital, Tribe Capital, Play Ventures, HashKey, Mechanism Capital, DeFi Alliance, Terra |
| Friktion | Jan 13, 2022 | $5.5m | | DeFi | Options | | | | Jump Crypto, DeFiance Capital, Delphi Ventures, Sino Global Capital, Alameda Research, Solana Ventures, CMS Holdings |
| Cosmic Guild | Dec 23, 2021 | $1.5m | Seed | Gaming | Guild | Binance Labs | | | Alameda Research, DeFiance Capital, Play Ventures |
| Multichain | Dec 21, 2021 | $60m | Seed | Infrastructure | Multichain is a cross-chain router protocol (CRP) providing a mature real-time CRP system. | | | | Binance Labs, Circle Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Hashkey Capital, Hypersphere Ventures, IDG Capital, Magic Venture Capital, Primitive Ventures, Sequoia Capital China, Tron, 3AC |
| Hubble Protocol | Dec 16, 2021 | $10m | Seed | DeFi | Hubble is a decentralized financial protocol that allows for long-term borrowing, lending, and structured products. | | | | AllianceDAO, CMS Holdings, Decentral Park Capital, DeFiance Capital, Delphi Digital, Digital Strategies, Jump Capital, Mechanism Capital, Spartan Capital, 3AC, DCG, Crypto.com Capital, ParaFi Capital, CMS |
| Atlendis | Dec 8, 2021 | $4.4m | Seed | DeFi | DeFi Undercollateralized Lending | Lemniscap | | | ParaFi Capital, Tioga Capital, White Star Capital, DeFiance Capital, TRUE Capital Management, DCG, Genesis, Divergence Ventures, AngelDAO |
| Platypus | Dec 2, 2021 | $3.3m | Seed | DeFi | Stableswap | Three Arrows Capital, DeFiance Capital | | | 0x Ventures, Avalanche Labs, Avalaunch, Benqi Finance, CMS Holdings, Colony, Genesis Global Trading, Hailstone Ventures, KeyChain Capital, Mechanism Capital, MC Ventures, TPS Capital, Valhalla Capital, Yield Yak |
| Mean DAO | Nov 29, 2021 | $3.5m | Seed | DeFi | MeanFi provides a service that automates payment and banking workflows and allows for flexible payment schedules. | | | | a41 Ventures, Akshay BD, Big Brain Holdings, DeFiance Capital, Gate.io, Gerstenbrot Capital, LPI Finance, MEXC Global, Norbert Bodziony, PetRock Capital, PrimeBlock Ventures, Sesterce, SkyVision Capital, SoftBank, Solanium, 3AC |
| Meta Soccer | Nov 23, 2021 | $1.8m | Private | Gaming | Soccer Metaverse | | | | Play Ventures, DeFiance Capital, ParaFi Capital, DAO Maker, Kyros Ventures, Peech Capital, Metrix Capital, ReBlock |
| ConsenSys | Nov 17, 2021 | $200m | Series C | Infrastructure | ConsenSys builds Ethereum blockchain infrastructure and applications ranging from developer tools to enterprise solutions. | | | | Animoca Brands, BLN Capital, Coinbase Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Electric Capital, HSBC, Marshall Wace, ParaFi Capital, Sanctor Capital, Sterling.VC, The Spartan Group, Think Investments, Third Point Ventures |
| GuildFi | Nov 11, 2021 | $6m | Seed | Gaming | Guild | DeFiance Capital, Hashed | | | Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, Animoca Brands, Dapper Labs, Play Ventures, Coin98 Ventures, SkyVision Capital |
| Syndica | Nov 3, 2021 | $8m | Seed | Infrastructure | Syndica is a web3 developer infrastructure company focused on the Solana ecosystem. | | | | 0x Ventures, Alameda Research, CoinShares, DeFiance Capital, Joe McCann, Jump Capital, Kindred Ventures, mgnr.io, Resolute Ventures, Ryan Selkis, Social Capital, The Spartan Group, Solana |
| Nyan Heroes | Oct 30, 2021 | $2.5m | Seed | Game | Nyan Heroes is an NFT game built on the solana blockchain. | | | | Darren Lau, DeFiance Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Jihan Wu, Kevin Lin, Mechanism Capital, Merit Circle, MrBlock, Sino Global Capital, SkyVision Capital, Solana Capital, Thomas Vu, 3AC |
| Beta Finance | Oct 29, 2021 | $5.75m | | DeFi | Beta Finance is a a decentralized finance startup providing money market protocol for lending, borrowing, and short-selling crypto assets. | | | | DeFiance Capital, Delphi Digital, GSR, Multicoin Capital, ParaFi Capital, Sequoia Capital India, The Spartan Group |
| Sipher | Oct 26, 2021 | $6.8m | Seed | Gaming | Sipher is a blockchain-powered gaming studio in Vietnam. | | | | Alameda Research, Alex Svanevik, Arrington XRP Capital, BITKRAFT Ventures, Coin98 Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Delphi Digital, Dragonfly Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Genesis Block Ventures, Hashed, Hyperchain Capital, Konvoy Ventures, Kyber Network, Merit Circle, Signum Capital, Triblock, Yield Guild Games, CMT Digital |
| XDEFI Wallet | Sep 29, 2021 | $6m | Series A | Infrastructure | One wallet for all your crypto. Join more than 100,000 people that trust XDEFI Wallet! | | | | Alameda Research, Animoca Brands, Coingecko Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Extra Watts, Mechanism Capital, Morningstar Ventures, Sino Global Capital |
| Firefly Exchange | Sep 14, 2021 | $22.8m | | DeFi | Firefly is a decentralized, orderbook-based exchange with sub-second trade settlement. | | | | Alameda Research, Altonomy, CMS Holdings, DeFiance Capital, Divergence Ventures, Hypersphere Ventures, Maven Capital, mgnr.io, Polychain |
| Eden Network | Sep 8, 2021 | $17.4m | Seed | | Eden Network is a priority transaction network that protects Ethereum traders from arbitrary block reordering. | | | | Alameda Research, Andre Cronje, DeFiance Capital, GSR, Jump Capital, Multicoin Capital, Wintermute Trading |
| UXD Protocol | Sep 2, 2021 | $3m | Seed | DeFi | UXD Protocol is an algorithmic stable coin that automatically generates interest and is minted on the Solana blockchain. | | | | Alameda Research, Anatoly Yakovenko, CMS Holdings, DeFiance Capital, Dylan Macalinao, Mercurial Finance, Multicoin Capital, Raj Gokal, Solana Foundation |
| Ape Board | Jul 15, 2021 | $1.2m | Seed | | Ape Board is a decentralized finance (DeFi) sector via crypto-asset aggregator and portfolio dashboard. | | | | DeFiance Capital, Do Kwon, Longhash Ventures, SCB 10X, Spartan Capital |
| ClayStack | Jul 13, 2021 | $5.2m | Seed | DeFi | ClayStack, blockchain-agnostic staking protocol that unlock the power of digital assets in the form of liquid staking derivative tokens. | | | | Adam D'Augelli, Animoca Brands, Ascensive Assets, Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, D64 Ventures, Defi Dad, DeFiance Capital, Genblock Capital, Hashed, Hillrise Ventures, Hypersphere Ventures, Illia Polosukhin, Jack Herrick, Jeffrey Veen, Jon Callaghan, Josh Hannah, Kain Warwick |
| Superfluid | Jul 13, 2021 | $9m | Seed | DeFi | Payment streaming protocol | Multicoin Capital | | | Delphi Digital, DeFiance Capital, Metacartel Ventures, MMC, Fabric Ventures, The Lao, DeFi Alliance, White Star Capital, Roble Venture Capital, Tiny VC, Divergence Ventures, BR Capital, Angel DAO, Stable Node, beToken Capital, Supernova Fund, ID Theory, Happiness Capital, Taavet Hinrikus, Sten Tamkivi, Ryan Selkis, Anthony Sassano, David Hoffmann, Julien Bouteloup, gmoney NFT, Jesus Perez Sanchez, Calvin Liu, Edgar.eth, Francesco Simoneschi, Ana Andrianova, Max Ament, Noah Jessop, Rezo Shmertz, Anthony Chen, Eli Krenzke, Ryon Nixon, Gustav Arentoft, Doo Wan Nam, Märt Kelder |
| Index Coop | Jul 7, 2021 | $7.7m | Seed | DeFi | Index Coop creates and maintains the world's best crypto index products. | Galaxy Digital | | | 1Confirmation, 1kx, Assembly Capital Partners, DeFiance Capital, Laconia Ventures, Wintermute Trading |
| Hummingbot | Jun 9, 2021 | $8m | Series A | Trading | Hummingbot is an open-source crypto trading bot that enables decentralized market making; liquidity mining for centralized exchanges. | | | | Altonomy, Arrington XRP Capital, AscendEX, Ava Labs, Borderless Capital, DeFiance Capital, Initialized Capital, NEM, Slow Ventures, Terra |
| Set Labs | May 28, 2021 | $14m | Series A | DeFi | Set Labs is a crypto-financial platform that allows users to create baskets of cryptocurrency, NFTs, and on-chain securities. | | | | 1kx, Bossanova Investimentos, Coinbase Ventures, Craft Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Eric Conner, Hashed, Mechanism Capital, ParaFi Capital, The Spartan Group, Threshold |
| Zapper | May 17, 2021 | $15m | Series A | | Zapper is a fintech platform that manages all DeFi assets from one simple interface. | | | | Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, Cooley, DeFiance Capital, Distributed Global, Framework Ventures, Kain Warwick, Libertus Capital, Longhash Ventures, Maven 11, Michael Dunworth, Nascent, ParaFi Capital, Scalar Capital, Sino Global Capital, Sound Ventures, Stani Kulechov |
| Defiant Media | Apr 12, 2021 | $1.4m | Pre-Seed | Web3 | Financial Information Platform for Web3 | | | | Ideo Colab, ParaFi Capital, Blockchange Ventures, Metacartel Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Mechanism Capital, GBV Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Mariano Conti, Andrew Keys |
| Firefly Exchange | Mar 13, 2021 | $6.38m | Seed | DeFi | Firefly is a decentralized, orderbook-based exchange with sub-second trade settlement. | | | | Alameda Research, Altonomy, Bixin Ventures, CMS Holdings, DeFiance Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Huobi, Hypersphere Ventures, IOSG Ventures, Kronos Research, LedgerPrime, Mechanism Capital, ParaFi Capital, Pnyx Ventures, Polychain Capital, 3AC, Wintermute Trading |
| Balancer | Feb 10, 2021 | $5m | | DeFi | DEX | DeFiance Capital, 3AC | | | |
| Manta Network | Feb 2, 2021 | $1.1m | Seed | DeFi | Privacy DEX | Polychain Capital | | | Hypersphere Ventures, 3AC, DeFiance Capital, Multicoin Capital, Alameda Research |
| dYdX | Jan 26, 2021 | $10m | Series B | DeFi | dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, & Spot trading, as well as borrow / lend pools on Ethereum. | | | | a16z, DeFiance Capital, GSR, Hashed, Polychain Capital, RockTree Capital, Scalar Capital, The Spartan Group, 3AC, Wintermute Trading |
| Swivel Finance | Dec 10, 2020 | $1.15m | Seed | DeFi | Swivel Finance is a decentralized protocol for fixed-rate lending and interest-rate derivatives. | | | | Alexander Pack, Ash Egan, CMS Holdings, DeFiance Capital, Divergence Ventures, Electric Capital, Imran Khan, Multicoin Capital, Qiao Wang, Stani Kulechov |
| InsurAce Protocol | Oct 20, 2020 | $1m | Seed | DeFi | InsurAce Protocol is the leading multi-chain DeFi insurance protocol, our mission is to make crypto a safer place. | | | | DeFiance Capital, Hashed, Huobi Capital, LuneX Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Signum Capital |
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