Tess Hau is an investor and advisor to high-performing startups, deep tech companies, and extraordinary founders across the world.

Tess Ventures

XPLA

South Korea

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

Hashed

Singapore

Play Ventures is a venture funding that invests globally in games and game services startups.

Play Ventures

Innovating, venturing, and catapulting forward the next generation of teams/companies

Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC)

Big Brain Holdings Invests in Seed, Pre-Seed and Early Stage Startups

Big Brain Holdings

United States of America

Polychain Capital is a cryptocurrency-focused investment management firm and hedge fund. It was founded in 2016 by Olaf Carlson-Wee, who was the first employee at Coinbase and is known for being one of the earliest advocates of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Polychain Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and is considered one of the prominent players in the cryptocurrency investment space.

Polychain Capital

Hong Kong

IOSG Venture is an early-stage fund for decentralized protocols and companies. Early-stage algorithm-based ventures.

IOSG Ventures

Mexico

Griffin Gaming Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing across the broad gaming ecosystem.

Griffin Gaming Partners

United Kingdom

Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP is an investment manager authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the United

Brevan Howard

Franklin Templeton

Shrapnel

Dragonfly Capital Partners, commonly referred to as Dragonfly Capital, is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Dragonfly Capital is known for its active involvement in the blockchain and crypto industry and its commitment to supporting innovative projects and companies.

Dragonfly Capital

RW3 Ventures invests in the infrastructure, protocols, and applications that are driving growth in blockchain technologies, decentralized finance, and the long-term development of web 3.

RW3 Ventures

Three Arrows Capital

HashKey Capital is a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused venture capital and investment firm based in Hong Kong. They specialize in funding and supporting early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency projects, startups, and companies.

HashKey Capital

Merit Circle

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

Momentum 6 architect momentum for crypto and blockchain projects.

Momentum 6 (M6)

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

Sanctor Capital

Managed by the family office of Arthur Hayes (co-founder, BitMEX), Maelstrom is building a long-term portfolio of infrastructure companies that will serve as the foundation of the next wave of trustless decentralization.

Maelstrom

Mirana Ventures

Citizen X is a thesis-driven venture fund investing in Web 3.0 and decentralized technologies.

CitizenX Crypto Ventures Fund, L.P.

Builder Capital

Aethir

Framework Ventures is a cutting-edge venture capital firm deeply immersed in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain technology. Founded by Michael Anderson and Vance Spencer, Framework Ventures stands out as a key player in the rapidly evolving landscape of digital assets and blockchain-based financial innovations.

Framework Ventures

Sfermion

The CMT Group has acted as a valued collaborator to numerous exchanges, clearing firms, and trading and investment teams, generating edge by pairing market insight with early adoption and innovation of nascent technologies.

CMT Digital

The premier, one-stop fund accelerator since 2017.

LucidBlue Ventures

Facilitating a hotbed of digital culture.

Polygon Studios

MHC Digital Finance

MetaZone

Puzzle Ventures is dedicated to helping early-stage blockchain startups grow and reshaping the future of crypto.

Puzzle Ventures

SevenX Ventures provides insights and operational expertise to help blockchain startups in growing.

SevenX Ventures

China

SNZ Holding is a crypto fund founded by a group of engineers, blockchain evangelists and entrepreneurs passionate about disruptive blockchain technologies.

SNZ Holding

Mask Network is the Portal to the New, Open Internet.

Mask Network

Alliance

Sky9 Capital is a leading venture capital fund dedicated to supporting disruptive technologies and outstanding innovators.

Sky9

Smrti Lab operates as a venture studio and investment fund.

Smrti Lab

Formless Capital is a cross-border investment fund that invests in the future of blockchain and technologies.

Formless Capital

Redline DAO

DWeb3 Capital is a digital fund focused exclusively on digital assets related to Decentralized Finance, WEB 3.0 and NFT.

DWeb3 Capital

GGV Capital

Qiming Venture Partners

Clique

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

Santiago Roel Santos is the Partner at ParaFi Capital

Santiago Roel Santos

Balaji S. Srinivasan is the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. He was previously CEO at Earn.com, which was recently sold to Coinbase. Prior to taking the CEO role at Earn.com, Dr. Srinivasan was a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joining a16z, he was the cofounder and CTO of FoundersFund-backed Counsyl, where he won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine and was named to the MIT TR35. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013 which reached 250,000+ students worldwide.

Balaji Srinivasan

Scott Moore

Kenneth Ng

Calvin Liu

Philippines

Gabby Dizon is the Chairman and co-founder of Alto.io, a Singapore-based game platform that connects games to the blockchain. He helped pioneer the Philippine game industry as part of the team that released the first Filipino-made game in 2003. Gabby is also CEO of game developer Altitude Games and former President of the Game DevelopersAssociation of the Philippines. Gabby helps champion the game development industry in Southeast Asia and is an active member of the Philippine startup community.

Gabby Dizon

Puerto Rico

George Lambeth

Niraj Pant

Eunice Giarta

Yi Sun

Bankless

Keone Hon

Sandy Peng

Jia Yaoqi

Smokey The Bera

Yuki Yuminaga

gumi Cryptos Capital is a blockchain and cryptographic asset fund that invests in the crypto native stack from L1 to the application layer, as well as in traditional businesses supporting the ecosystem.

gumi Cryptos Capital

LD Capital is an VC investors in the blockchain field in Asia.

LD Capital

Taureon is an investor in the distributed ledger technology ecosystem

Taureon

Wemade

IndiGG

Casper Johansen

Metaverse Magna

Galaxy Interactive is a venture capital firm focused on interactive content and technology companies.

Galaxy Interactive

Vietnam

Ancient8 develops the infrastructure layer for GameFi, with a focus on community and software

Ancient8

Malaysia

PathDAO is a developer of gaming platform to create value in the growing blockchain metaverse.

PathDAO

Anthos Capital

Y2Z Ventures is a long-term venture mainly focused on Metaverse and Web 3.0.

Y2Z Ventures

Eureka Capital Management

YGG Southeast Asia

UniX Gaming

Zonff Partners

The first compliant and inclusive blockchain financing & investment platform by Republic in partnership with CoinList

Republic Crypto

Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets.

Alameda Research

Delysium

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

Blockchain Coinvestors

Antalpha

Australia

Immutable provides a blockchain infrastructure that transforms digital asset ownership in the video-gaming industry.

Immutable

United Arab Emirates

Morningstar Ventures

Kosmos Ventures is an Australian investment firm founded in early 2017, focused on helping blockchain startups scale and integrate their technology into our future.

Kosmos Ventures

Taiwan

Founded in 2014, Cherubic Ventures is the only early-stage venture capital firm that's active in both US and the Greater China Area.

Cherubic Ventures

Vespertine Ventures

Cryptobuddy

Kliff Capital

Kyoko

Yield Guild Games (YGG)

NGC Ventures is one of the largest institutional investors of blockchain technologies, and has been a key contributor to a number of leading projects.

NGC Ventures (NEO Global Capital)

They invest and build together with entrepreneurs on blockchains.

Axia8 Ventures

Red Building Capital invests in early-stage tech startups.

Red Building Capital

BlockchainSpace is a guild hub for play-to-earn communities.

BlockchainSpace

Vespertine Capital

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

Hypersphere Ventures

Samsung NEXT is the innovation arm of the Samsung Group, a global conglomerate. Samsung NEXT is known for its role in identifying, investing in, and developing cutting-edge technologies and startups. The primary focus of Samsung NEXT is to explore and invest in emerging technology trends that align with Samsung's broader business strategies.

Samsung NEXT

LongHash Ventures is a global blockchain accelerator and VC fund.

LongHash Ventures

As part of Tendermint’s mission to build an internet of blockchains, Tendermint Ventures supports the Cosmos Ecosystem through strategic investments in promising projects working towards that vision.

Tendermint Ventures

Netherlands

Venture Capital Fund in Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

Maven 11 Capital

Chorus One is building validation and staking infrastructure for Proof-of-Stake networks.

Chorus One

Figment supports the adoption, growth and long term success of the Web 3 ecosystem.

Figment

We work with early-stage startups solving meaningful problems—and help founders turn great ideas into market disruption at scale.

Unanimous Capital

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)

Hustle Fund

Akash Network

Alex Shin

Zaki Manian

Nick Tomaino

Saga

Placeholder is a venture capital firm that invests in decentralized protocols and web3 services. Partners Joel Monegro and Chris Burniske manage the firm with Brad Burnham as venture partner. Mario Laul is our head of research. Shelly Gogol and Crystal Kwan manage operations.

Placeholder

Com2uS is a developer and publisher of mobile games that covers content development and server operation.

Com2uS

Redbeard Ventures builds, invests, and advises startups that help to gain a keen sense of what really matters when building a company.

Red Beard Ventures

Tykhe Block Ventures

Dispersion Capital

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

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

Canada

Dapper Labs is a consumer-focused flow blockchain product made for fun and games and supports digital collectables.

			Stage	Investors
XPLA XPLA	--	--	Funding Round			Entertainment	Feb 26, 2024
SHRAP Shrapnel	$20.00 M	~$200.00 M	Series A	+3		Gaming	Oct 25, 2023
ATH Aethir	$9.00 M	$150.00 M	pre-Series A	+8		Blockchain Service	Jul 26, 2023
MetaZone	$3.00 M	~$30.00 M	Seed Round	+5		NFT	May 31, 2023
Clique	--	--	Seed Round	+12		Infrastructure	Oct 18, 2022
Metaverse Magna	$3.20 M	~$32.00 M	Seed Round	+6		--	Sep 2022
AGI Delysium	$4.00 M	$39.90 M	Private Round	+12		Gaming	Mar 2022
KYOKO Kyoko	$3.60 M	$60.00 M	Strategic Round	+5		Gaming	Mar 1, 2022
KYOKO Kyoko	$3.00 M	$30.00 M	Private Round	+9		Gaming	Jan 2022
SAGA Saga	$2.00 M	~$20.00 M	Pre-seed	+14		Protocol	Dec 2021
WND Wonder	$2.50 M	~$25.00 M	Seed Round	+6	--	--	Nov 16, 2021
AAG AAG Ventures	$12.50 M	$120.00 M	Private Round	+16		Metaverse	Nov 2021
DEVT DeHorizon	$8.50 M	~$85.00 M	Seed Round	+22		Gaming	Oct 2021
REVV Animoca Brands	$65.00 M	~$650.00 M	Funding Round 3	+15		--	Oct 2021
NYN Nyan Heroes	$500,000.00	$10.00 M	Angel Round	+18		Gaming	Feb 2021
EMON Ethermon	--	--	Seed Round	+21		Polkastarter IDO	Jan 2021
REVV Animoca Brands	$4.10 M	~$41.00 M	Strategic Round	+29		--	Jul 2020

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