| Cap Labs | Oct 28, 2024 | $1.9m | Pre-Seed | DeFi | CAP Labs is a DeFi protocol offering a stablecoin mechanism designed to generate high, sustainable yields | | | | Kraken Ventures, Robot Ventures, Anagram, ABCDE, SBC Limited, Kain Warwick, Fernando Martinelli, Sandeep Nailwal |
| EarthFast | Sep 25, 2024 | $1.4m | Pre-Seed | Infrastructure | Decentralized frontend hosting | The General Partnership, Nascent | | | Bodhi Ventures, Kain Warwick, Roneil Rumburg |
| EarthFast | Sep 24, 2024 | $1.4m | Pre-Seed | Infrastructure | EarthFast empowers projects to build + host decentralized apps with ease, offering a scalable, secure and performant alternative to traditional cloud platforms | The General Partnership, Nascent | | | Bodhi Ventures, Kain Warwick, Roneil Rumburg |
| Ammalgam | Sep 10, 2024 | $2.5m | Seed | DeFi | On-chain Decentralized Lending Exchange | Faction, Framework Ventures | | | Dewhales Capital, NGC Ventures, Blockchain Builders Fund, Nabais Capital, Robot Ventures, Bodhi Ventures, Moonrock Capital, Selini Capital, Kain Warwick, Anton Bukov, Spencer Noon, Alexander S. Blum, Jordi Alexander |
| Firewall | Mar 6, 2024 | $3.7m | Pre-Seed | Smart contract security | blockchain security infrastructure firm | North Island Ventures, Breyer Capital, Hack VC | | | Finality Capital Partners, Kain Warwick, Smokey The Bera, Tim Ogilvie, Nathan McCauley, Xinsu Dong, Jack Bounce, Pranay Mohan |
| Polynomial | May 11, 2023 | | Seed | DeFi | decentralised finance derivatives | | | | Road Capital, Caballeros Capital, Archetype, Kain Warwick, Jordan Momtazi, Scott Sunarto, Eden Au, Michael Spain |
| Ammalgam | Feb 23, 2023 | $750,000 | Pre-Seed | DeFi | Lending & trading protocol | | | | Kain Warwick, 1inch, Robot Ventures, Santiago Roel Santos, Bodhi Ventures, BootNode, Marin Ventures, Factor Capital, Zeal Capital |
| Exactly | Jan 12, 2023 | $2m | Private Round | DeFi | decentralized, non-custodial and autonomous marketplace for depositing and borrowing crypto assets | Kain Warwick, Esteban Ordano | | | Bodhi Ventures, Newtopia VC, NXTP Ventures, Kaszek Ventures |
| RISC Zero | Aug 9, 2022 | $12m | Seed | | zkVM | Bain Capital | | | Geometry, D1 Ventures, Cota Capital, Jinglan Wang, Meltem Demirors, Lucas Vogelsang, Marvin Ammori, Eva Beylin, Tegan Kline, Kain Warwick, Calvin Liu, Defi Dad |
| Porter Finance | Apr 8, 2022 | $5m | Seed | | DAO Credit Marketplace | | | | Kain Warwick, ParaFi Capital, Nascent, Robert Leshner, Buckley Ventures, Dragonfly Capital, Sam Kazemian |
| DeFrag | Mar 4, 2022 | | Strategic | | Non-custodial NFT lending platform | | | | Michael Dunworth, Kain Warwick, Anton Bukov, Calvin Chu, Brayton Williams, Jordan Lyal, Jiran, Danijel, Meir, Suhail Gangji, 4RC |
| Block Earner | Dec 9, 2021 | $4.5m | Seed | | Block Earner is a blockchain-powered fintech that provides the benefits of decentralised finance. | | | | Blizzard Fund, Coinbase Ventures, DeFi Alliance, Fernando Martinelli, Framework Ventures, Kain Warwick, Longhash Ventures, Luno Expeditions, Santiago Roel Santos, Stani Kulechov |
| xToken | Nov 3, 2021 | $2m | | DeFi | Capital markets and liquidity management platform for Web3 | | | | Lattice Capital, Cygni Capital, Joe Buttram, Origin Capital, Loi Luu, Kain Warwick |
| Element Finance | Oct 19, 2021 | $32m | Series A | DeFi | Element is an open-source protocol that offers BTC, ETH, and USDC at a discount for fixed and variable yield markets. | | | | A.Capital Ventures, Advanced Blockchain, Alex Svanevik, a16z, Anthony Sassano, Cyrus Younessi, Darren Lau, David Hoffmann, Dean Eigenmann, Ethereal Ventures, Femboy Capital, Fernando Martinelli, Hart Lambur, Julian Koh, Kain Warwick, Marc Bhargava |
| Layer3 | Sep 30, 2021 | $2.5m | Seed | Infrastructure | Layer3 is a crypto platform that provides tools for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). | | | | 6th Man Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Electric Capital, Jai Bhavnani, Kain Warwick, Lattice Capital, Mirana Ventures, ParaFi Capital |
| Euler | Aug 25, 2021 | $8m | Series A | DeFi | Euler is a capital-efficient permissionless lending protocol that helps users to earn interest on their crypto assets. | | $50m | | Anthony Sassano, Cluster Capital, CMT Digital, Danilo S. Carlucci, David Hoffmann, Divergence Ventures, DOUBLE TOP, Hasu Fl, Josh Buckley, Kain Warwick, LAUNCHub Ventures, Lemniscap, Luke Youngblood, Manu Andorra, Paradigm, Ric Burton, Ryan Sean Adams, Supriyo |
| Lyra Finance | Jul 26, 2021 | $3.3m | Seed | DeFi | Lyra is the most complete decentralized crypto options trading protocol built on Ethereum. | | | | AllianceDAO, Anthony Sassano, Anton Bukov, Apollo Capital, Divergence Ventures, Framework Ventures, Jinglan Wang, Jordan Momtazi, Kain Warwick, Orthogonal Trading, ParaFi Capital, Robot Ventures, Ryan Sean Adams, Stani Kulechov, Tyler Scott Ward |
| Thesis | Jul 22, 2021 | $21m | Series A | | Thesis is a cryptocurrency venture studio funding and building decentralized products and protocols that enable personal empowerment (company behind Mezo Network). | | | | a16z, Draper Associates, Fenbushi Capital, James Prestwich, Josh Cincinnati, Kain Warwick, Lisa bunin, Nascent, Paradigm, ParaFi Capital, Polychain, Viktor Bunin |
| Blocknative | Jul 14, 2021 | $12m | Series A | | Blocknative is a provider of real-time blockchain transaction management and monitoring solutions for public blockchain networks. | | | | Altonomy, David Hoffmann, Jordan Momtazi, Kain Warwick, Rho Capital Partners, Robot Ventures, Ryan Sean Adams, Stani Kulechov, Taylor Monahan |
| 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 |
| BitDAO | Jun 16, 2021 | $230m | Private | | Decentralized Crypto Investment Fund | Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, Dragonfly Capital | | | Alan Howard, Jump Capital, The Spartan Group, Fenbushi Capital, Kain Warwick, Amber Group |
| Impossible Finance | Jun 3, 2021 | $7m | Seed | DeFi | Impossible Finance uses decentralised financial protocols to give everyone the same access to financial products. | | | | Alameda Research, AngelDAO, Betty Chen, Bitscale Capital, Bobby Ong, BR Capital, Calvin Liu, CMS Holdings, Coin98 Ventures, Divergence Ventures, Genesis Block Ventures, Hashed, Incuba Alpha, IOSG Ventures, Jordan Momtazi, Kain Warwick, Larry Cermak, Lemniscap, Leo Chang |
| Balancer | May 27, 2021 | $24.25m | | DeFi | DEX | Blockchain Capital, FinTech Collective, Longhash Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, Continue Capital, Kain Warwick | | | |
| 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 |
| XMTP | May 5, 2021 | $5m | Seed | | XMTP is a communication protocol and network that connects communities, creators, protocols, applications, and users. | | | | Alexis Ohanian, Anthony Pompliano, Betaworks Ventures, Dan Romero, Fernando Martinelli, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Josh Fraser, Kain Warwick, Meltem Demirors, Nascent, Offline Ventures, Robert Leshner, Roham Gharegozlou, Ryan Selkis, Scott Belsky, Sound Ventures, Stani Kulechov |
| Hashflow | Apr 29, 2021 | $3.2m | Seed | DeFi | Hashflow is a decentralized exchange platform designed for interoperability, zero slippage, and MEV-protected trades. | | | | Alameda Research, Alexander Pack, Balaji Srinivasan, Dragonfly Capital, Electric Capital, Fabric Ventures, gumi Cryptos Capital, Kain Warwick |
| 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 |
| Opyn | Feb 3, 2021 | $6.7m | Series A | DeFi | Opyn allows users to earn a premium or take views on assets by trading options on ETH and ERC20s. | | | | Coinbase Ventures, Dragonfly Capital, Kain Warwick, Paradigm, Stani Kulechov |
| Maple Finance | Dec 21, 2020 | $1.3m | Seed | DeFi | Maple Finance is a capital-efficient corporate debt marketplace. | | | | Alameda Research, Bitscale Capital, Cluster Capital, FBG Capital, Framework Ventures, Kain Warwick, One Block Capital, Stani Kulechov, The Lao |
| PoolTogether | Oct 25, 2020 | $1m | Seed | DeFi | PoolTogether is a no-loss, audited savings game powered by blockchain technology. | | | | Kain Warwick, Metacartel Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Robot Ventures, Stani Kulechov, The Lao |
| Polymarket | Oct 19, 2020 | $4m | Seed | DeFi | Polymarket is a platform for speculators to wager on the world's most hotly contested topics. | | | | 1Confirmation, Balaji Srinivasan, Calvin Liu, Electric Feel Ventures, Jack Herrick, Josh Hannah, Kain Warwick, Kal Vepuri, Marc Bhargava, Meltem Demirors, Naval Ravikant, New Form Capital, ParaFi Capital, Polychain Capital, Robert Leshner, Robot Ventures, Stani Kulechov |
| PowerTrade | Sep 17, 2020 | $4.7m | Seed | DeFi | Mobile crypto options and derivatives platform | | | | 3Commas, BoxOne Ventures, CMS Holdings, Framework Ventures, Kain Warwick, LedgerPrime, Loi Luu, Pantera Capital, QCP Capital, Signum Capital, Taureon |
| BarnBridge | Sep 11, 2020 | $1m | Seed | DeFi | Tokenized risk protocol | | | | Andrew Keys, Blockchain Companies LLC, Centrality, Fourth Revolution Capital, Kain Warwick, ParaFi Capital, Stani Kulechov |
| Zapper | Aug 27, 2020 | $2m | Seed | Infrastructure | Zapper is a fintech platform that manages all DeFi assets from one simple interface. | | | | Anthony Sassano, Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, Coingecko Ventures, Framework Ventures, Kain Warwick, Libertus Capital, Mariano Conti, Meltem Demirors, Metacartel Ventures, Michael Dunworth, Scalar Capital, The Lao, Zee Prime Capital |
