| Self Protocol | Nov 13, 2025 | $9m | Seed | Digital Identity | Self is a digital identity and trust platform that uses privacy-preserving technologies like verifiable credentials and reusable KYC to verify identities without exposing sensitive data. It lets users control what they share while giving businesses instant, regulatory-grade verification for onboarding, authentication, age checks, and fraud prevention across fintech, Web3, and other digital services. | | | | Greenfield Capital, Spearhead, Verda Ventures, Fireweed Ventures, Starup Capital Ventures x SBI Fund, Sreeram Kanan, Sandeep Nailwal, Julien Bouteloup, Jill Gunter, Hart Lambur, Casey Neistat |
| Raiku | Sep 23, 2025 | $2.25m | Pre-Seed | Infrastructure | Raiku is a coordination layer and infrastructure protocol built on Solana that enhances network performance, reliability, and scalability | Figment, Big Brain Holdings | | | Reciprocal Ventures, Anagram, Anatoly Yakovenko, Austin Federa, Julien Bouteloup |
| Giza | Jul 11, 2023 | $3m | Pre-Seed | Web3 | A verifiable, extensible framework to superpower web3 & ML | CoinFund | | | Arrington Capital, StarkWare, LambdaClass, TA Ventures, Rand Hindi, Julien Bouteloup |
| Request Finance | Jun 8, 2022 | $5.5m | Seed | DeFi | Salaries, payments, billing protocol | | | | Animoca Brands, Sebastien Borget, Michael Kong, XAnge, Jim Baldy, Balderton Capital, Julien Bouteloup, Stani Kulechov, DSHV, Lyrik Ventures |
| Angle | Sep 28, 2021 | $5m | Seed | DeFi | Derivatives-backed Stablecoins | a16z | | | Julien Bouteloup, Global Founders Capital, Wintermute Ventures, Fabric Ventures, Alven, Frédéric Montagnon |
| 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 |
| Dexguru | Apr 20, 2021 | $1m | Seed | Trading | Trading Terminal | ParaFi Capital | | | The Lao, Lemniscap, Divergence Ventures, Bitscale Capital, Loi Luu, Evgeny Yurtaev, Julien Bouteloup, Calvin Chu |
| Centrifuge | Feb 23, 2021 | $4.3m | | DeFi | Defi Lending | Galaxy Digital, IOSG Ventures | | | HK Trading Limited, Rockaway Blockchain Fund, FinTech Collective, Moonwhale, Fenbushi Capital, TRGC, HASH CIB, Mariano Conti, Stani Kulechov, Kain Warwick, Julien Bouteloup, Brian Crain |
| Dfns | Dec 1, 2020 | $1.09m | Pre-Seed | | Crypto custody as an API | | | | ABN AMRO, Bpifrance, Chris Adelsbach, Figment, Julien Bouteloup, Rand Hindi, SGH CAPITAL |
| Nansen | Oct 27, 2020 | $1.2m | Seed | Analytics | Nansen is a blockchain analytics platform for crypto professionals and investors. | | | | Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Ana Andrianova, Anthony Yoon, BlockRock Capital, Christian Arita, Christian Printzell Halvorsen, CTF Capital, Eric Conner, Fabric Ventures, Henrik Langeland, Julien Bouteloup, Kevin Hu, Mechanism Capital, Nikolai Heum, Nisa Amoils, Robot Ventures, Sergei Chan |
