Costanoa Ventures

United States of America

Furqan Rydhan

Jon Ma

Investing in the crypto-powered Web3 and creator economy ecosystems

6th Man Ventures

Jack Herrick

Josh Hannah

Luabase

Naval Ravikant is the CEO and a co-founder of AngelList. He previously co-founded Epinions (which went public as part of Shopping.com) and Vast.com. He is an active Angel investor, and have invested in dozens of companies, including Twitter, Uber, Yammer, Stack Overflow and Wanelo.

Naval Ravikant

Polygon aims to transform Ethereum into a multi-chain ecosystem with secured Layer 2 & standalone chains

Polygon

India

Sandeep Nailwal

Nascent is a global, multi-strategy investment firm focused on crypto and open finance.

Nascent

Hack VC

Hong Kong

CMCC Global is one of Asia’s first venture capital funds focused solely on blockchain investments, with offices in North America and Asia.

CMCC Global

FJ Labs

Hart Lambur

Polygon, also recognized for its previous avatar as Matic Network, represents a breakthrough platform dedicated to scaling Ethereum and facilitating the evolution of its infrastructure. At the heart of Polygon is the Polygon SDK, a modular and versatile framework that paves the way for creating and interconnecting Secured Chains such as Optimistic Rollups, zkRollups, Validium and more, as well as Standalone Chains like Polygon POS, each characterized by their own degree of autonomy and adaptability. The aim of Polygon is to solve problems of network congestion on Ethereum, reducing gas fees and improving transaction speed. It introduces a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, offering increased security and faster, low-cost transactions. The platform has been effectively utilized to develop top decentralized applications (dApps), providing an enriched ecosystem that bolsters the progression of blockchain technology. Understanding the Polygon platform unveils an advanced, intricate part of the Ethereum network's scaling solutions

SX Network

Early-stage fund helping founders bootstrap token networks.

Lightspeed is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Andreessen Horowitz, often referred to as "a16z," is a prominent venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, both of whom are well-known figures in the tech industry. Andreessen Horowitz is one of the leading venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and has gained a reputation for its investments in technology companies, particularly in the areas of software, internet, and more recently, blockchain and cryptocurrency.

a16z (Andreessen Horowitz)

Valor is an investment firm that focuses on cross-border financial and investment opportunities. The firm operates across two investment strategies Growth Equity and Venture Capital. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Valor Capital Group

Pantera Capital is a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused investment firm and hedge fund. It was founded in 2013 by Dan Morehead, who is a former Wall Street executive and chief financial officer (CFO) at Tiger Management. Pantera Capital is known for being one of the earliest institutional investors in the cryptocurrency space and has been actively involved in supporting the growth and development of blockchain technology and digital assets.

Pantera Capital

Blockchain.com Ventures is a venture fund anchored and supported by Blockchain.com & Lightspeed Venture Partners

Blockchain.com Ventures

Nima Capital is a single-family office global approach to identifying first mover companies disrupting large industries around the world.

Nima Capital

GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies developing AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and healthcare technology.

GSR Ventures

Blockchange Ventures is an investing firm that invest in early-stage blockchain companies, protocols, and applications.

Blockchange Ventures

Expa supports early-stage startups through expertise, access, and funding.

Expa

Activant is a global investment firm that partners with high-growth companies that are transforming commerce.

Activant Capital

L Catterton is a consumer-focused investment firm that seeks to invest in major consumer segments.

L Catterton

Kilowatt Capital LLC A privately held company in San Francisco

Kilowatt Capital LLC

LionTree Partners is a service provider and investment banking fund that invests in media, technology, and telecommunication.

LionTree

Anthony Pompliano

Ethereum, conceived by programmer Vitalik Buterin in 2015, emerged in the wake of Bitcoin. Buterin expanded the cryptocurrency concept beyond just a payment method or value store, introducing the groundbreaking idea of smart contracts. This innovation opened the door for developers to create new applications, often crypto-related or designed to streamline cryptocurrency transactions, thus revolutionizing the financial landscape. Today, the Ethereum network is home to a multitude of financial innovations like decentralized finance (DeFi), stablecoins, dApps, ICOs, and more. This category encompasses cryptos that leverage Ethereum's blockchain technology, offering a wide variety of digital assets for market participants. From Ethereum Classic to tokens like Shiba Inu, the Ethereum ecosystem continues to grow and evolve

ECOx

Coinbase Ventures is the venture capital arm of Coinbase, one of the largest and most well-known cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. Coinbase Ventures is focused on investing in early-stage companies and projects in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. It provides funding, resources, and support to startups and entrepreneurs working on innovative blockchain and crypto-related technologies and applications.

Coinbase Ventures

Tribe Capital

Digital Currency Group builds and supports bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging insights, network, and access to capital.

Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Slow Ventures is known for its patient and supportive approach to investments. They often take a long-term view and provide guidance, mentorship, and resources to the startups they back.

Slow Ventures

StartX is an educational non-profit that helps Stanford's top entrepreneurs.

StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)

Access Ventures invest across asset classes, with focus on SaaS, operating orgs, and real estate.

Access Ventures

Founders Fund

Early stage investor in fintech and health

Minuscule Ventures

Collab+Currency is an early stage venture investor focusing on web3

Collab+Currency

Distributed Global is an investment firm focused on the blockchain and digital asset ecosystem.

Distributed Global

Winklevoss Capital is the family office and investment firm established by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who are best known for their early involvement in Bitcoin and their legal dispute with Mark Zuckerberg over the creation of Facebook. The Winklevoss twins, often referred to as the Winklevoss brothers or simply the Winklevii, became notable figures in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space due to their significant investments in Bitcoin and their efforts to promote and regulate the cryptocurrency industry.

Winklevoss Capital

Jump Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in Series A and B expansion stage investments in technology and software.

Jump Capital

Lemniscap is an investment firm specializing in investments in emerging cryptoassets and blockchain companies

Lemniscap

United Kingdom

Freddie Farmer

Supernova

Koji.capital

Thomas Bailey

Eswatini

Tomahawk.vc

Richard Dai

David Choi

Ireland

beToken Capital

Bulgaria

LAUNCHub Ventures

Immerse yourself in the innovative world of Automated Market Makers (AMMs), a revolutionary development shaping the crypto trading horizon. Experience the power of decentralized, algorithmic trading within liquidity pools, a feature embraced by the DeFi universe and the decentralized exchanges (DEXs) that forgo traditional order books. Our platform provides assets priced via a cutting-edge algorithm, assuring perpetual liquidity and facilitating smooth trading. Delve into the role of AMMs like Uniswap that employ smart contracts to orchestrate market making and oversee liquidity pools. This section offers a detailed analysis of AMMs, their influence in the crypto market, and the diverse tokens linked to them. A must-read for those keen to understand the intricacies of automated market making, liquidity pool management, and its wider impact on decentralized finance.

Tempus

Divergence Ventures

GSR, founded in 2013, is a global leader in digital asset trading and market making.
GSR is a crypto market maker and ecosystem partner

GSR Markets (GSR)

Wintermute is a leading global algorithmic market maker in digital assets.

Wintermute

Animoca Brands is a global digital entertainment company that specializes in the development and publishing of mobile games, blockchain-based games, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). They are known for creating and publishing a wide range of popular games, including licensed intellectual properties such as Formula 1, Doraemon, and MotoGP. Animoca Brands is also heavily involved in the blockchain gaming space, leveraging the benefits of blockchain technology and NFTs to create unique gaming experiences.

Animoca Brands

CoinFund is a blockchain-focused investment firm and cryptocurrency research company that specializes in supporting and investing in early-stage blockchain and crypto projects. Founded by Jake Brukhman and Alex Felix in 2015, CoinFund has been active in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space for several years

CoinFund

South Korea

Ascensive Asset is a private investment firm focusing solely on digital assets industry

Ascensive Assets

The LAO is a global group of enthusiasts and experts supporting the work of ethereum builders.

The Lao

Hypersphere Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and develops blockchain technology.

Hypersphere Ventures

ParaFi Capital is an alternative investment firm focused on blockchain and decentralized finance markets.

ParaFi Capital

Empowering mass adoption of the decentralized future 
through network building of the protocol economy.

Hashed

Germany

Richard Ma (Quantstamp)

Finland

Stani Kulechov

Backed by some of the top crypto exchanges, we are native blockchain investors with traditional VC experience and a deep network in Silicon Valley and Asia.

Shima Capital

Australia

Kain Warwick

Singapore

The Spartan Group primarily focuses on investments in digital assets, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain-related projects. They actively manage a portfolio of various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as other tokens and blockchain assets.

The Spartan Group

Genblock Capital invests exclusively in blockchain and cryptocurrency, with a focus on decentralized finance.

Genblock Capital

SkyVision Capital promotes new decentralized technology and its development.

SkyVision Capital

D64 Ventures is an early stage investment firm specializing in crypto native assets.

D64 Ventures

LedgerPrime is a quantitative and systematic digital asset investment firm.

LedgerPrime

Robert Leshner

Solana Foundation is to build, support, and grow the Solana network and its community while driving mass adoption for blockchain.

Solana Foundation

Larry Cermak

Tarun Chitra

Stefan George

Tyler Scott Ward

Raj Gokal

Jon Callaghan

Phil Black

Toni Schneider

Adam D’Augelli

Jeffrey Veen

Richard Li

Kevin Rose is a partner at True and serial entrepreneur best known for founding Digg and Revision3

Kevin Rose

DeFi Dad

Defiance Capital is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) focused cryptoasset fund that combines fundamental research with an activist investment approach.

DeFiance Capital

Private investment arm of Hillrise Group. Supporting ambitious Web3 startups with early-stage venture capital.

Hillrise Ventures

Tegan Kline

Illia Polosukhin is a Co-Founder at NEAR.

Illia Polosukhin

Republic is an investment platform providing access to startups, real estate, crypto, and video game investments.

Republic

Meltem Demirors

ClayStack

Galaxy is a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, startups, and qualified individuals shape a changing economy.

Galaxy Digital

Sanctor Capital is a sanctuary where bright minds can find the support they need to maximize their impact on the industry.

Sanctor Capital

ChainLink Capital Management

Recharge Capital

Snow Hill Partners

Switzerland

Sangha Capital

Actai Ventures

The Tezos Foundation’s primary focus is the promotion and development of the Tezos protocol and related technologies.

Tezos Foundation

American Express

Mirabaud AM

Jaeson Ma

Suna Said

Bill Tai

Andromeda Capital operates as an investment firm.

Andromeda Capital

OneOf

Cayman Islands

ChainLink

Crypto Dorm Fund

Mechanism Capital

Santiago Roel Santos is the Partner at ParaFi Capital

Santiago Roel Santos

CMS Holdings may also invest in early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency projects through private investments and strategic partnerships. They provide capital and support to innovative startups in the crypto space.

CMS Holdings LLC

Founder Collective

Traditional VC investor into digital assets. We invest globally into outstanding founders building next generation of financial services.

RockawayX

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is revolutionizing traditional financial systems. Using blockchain technology and smart contracts, DeFi offers decentralized alternatives to banking and financial services, from loans to asset trading. On the page dedicated to DeFi, you'll find a comprehensive list of digital assets that have shown exceptional price performance within the last 24 hours. This dynamic data can be leveraged to understand market trends and make informed decisions on when and what to buy or sell. The list features a range of coins and tokens, including emerging stars in DeFi protocols. Alongside this, you can gain insight into different aspects of DeFi, such as yield farming, DeFi projects, and the capital gains they might yield. It's an indispensable resource for those navigating the exciting world of decentralized finance.

Siren

Robot Ventures primarily invests in projects and companies related to decentralized finance (DeFi), blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, and the broader Web 3.0 ecosystem. They seek to identify promising early-stage projects that are building innovative solutions in these areas.

Robot Ventures

Dialectic is a Swiss capital enterprise focused on deployment of human and financial capital into alternative assets.

Dialectic

QCP Capital is a digital asset trading firm that provides digital payment token (DPT) services.

QCP Capital

Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies reshaping trillion-dollar markets. They manage a hedge fund and several venture funds, investing across both public and private markets.

			Stage	Investors
Luabase	$4.50 M	~$45.00 M	Seed Round	+3	--	Aug 2022
SX SX Network	$9.50 M	~$95.00 M	Venture Round	+7	Polygon Ecosystem	Apr 29, 2022
ECOX ECOx	$60.00 M	$800.00 M	Series B	+14	Ethereum Ecosystem	Jul 2021
TEMP Tempus	$1.90 M	$10.00 M	Seed	+12	AMM	Jul 2021
eco ECO	$60.00 M	~$600.00 M	Series B	+14	--	Jul 2021
ClayStack	$5.20 M	~$52.00 M	Seed Round	+38	--	Jun 2021
OneOf	$63.00 M	~$630.00 M	Seed Round	+13	--	May 2021
SI Siren	$4.00 M	$15.38 M	Seed Round	+7	DeFi	Mar 2, 2021
MINA Mina Protocol	$6.63 M	$250.00 M	Strategic Round (unlocked)	+34	Blockchain	Oct 2020
MINA Mina Protocol	$4.27 M	$150.00 M	Strategic Round (locked)	+34	Blockchain	Oct 2020
AXL Axelar	$3.75 M	$28.00 M	Seed Round	+9	Infrastructure	Sep 2020
Spacemesh	$15.00 M	~$150.00 M	Series A	+7	--	Sep 5, 2018
DYDX dYdX	$2.00 M	~$20.00 M	Seed Round	+18	DEX	Dec 19, 2017
SX SX Network	--	--	Early backers	+7	Polygon Ecosystem	--

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