Pathfinder is the early stage investment vehicle of Founders Fund, a venture capital firm investing in science and technology companies solving difficult problems. The firm and its partners have been early backers of some of the most impactful companies of the past decade, including SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook and Airbnb. Founders Fund pursues a founder-friendly investment strategy, providing maximum support with minimum interference.

Pathfinder

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm specializing in investing in seed, start-ups, early, mid-stage, growth, and late-stage. It prefers to invest in the social media business and technology sector with a focus on software, back-end infrastructure, the infrastructure of the Internet, cloud computing, enterprise software and services, consumer, business Internet, mobile-Internet, consumer Internet, cloud computing, data storage, social network browsers data-storage, consumer electronics, networking functions, software related biology, biotech, and medicine companies at the intersection of computer science and life sciences with a focus on digital therapeutics, cloud technology in biology, and computational medicine.

Andreessen Horowitz

Vast Ventures they invest in consumer brands, AI and cloud software, and more.

Vast Ventures

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets. It focuses on seed, early-stage, later-stage, expansion-stage, start-ups, growth companies, and incubation, and specializes in debt financing for start-ups and growth companies. Lightspeed Venture Partners invests in various sectors that include enterprise, consumer, big data, bitcoin, enterprise technology, cleantech, mobile, internet, financial technology, cloud solutions, e-commerce, storage, media, networking, energy, and software, software-as-a-service, information technology, biotechnology, and social.

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Digital Currency Group builds and supports bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging insights, network, and access to capital. Based in Stamford, Connecticut, DCG has been an active seed investor in the digital currency industry with 150+ investments in over 30 countries. In addition, DCG owns and operates CoinDesk, the top media and events platform in the blockchain space, Genesis Trading, the industry's leading bitcoin brokerage firm, and Grayscale Investments, the largest digital currency asset management firm.

Digital Currency Group

All Blue Capital they manage multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, real estate and blockchain, and through their strategic partners, hedge funds. Leveraging the strength of the team's global presence and network they are able to provide differentiated investment themes across asset classes, industries, and geographies. The Group’s focus on its core values of entrepreneurialism, innovation, and institutionalization has led to a history of delivering excellent risk-adjusted returns. B's Partners currently work across several offices including London, New York, UAE, Singapore, Shanghai and Toronto.

All Blue Capital

IDG Capital is an investment firm that funds early- to growth-stage companies in the technology sector. Today they work with private equity and venture capital fund managers, investment advisors, and business entities from around the world. Their limited partners include many internationally reputable investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, institutional investors, major charities, university endowments, family offices, and business luminaries. IDG Capital brings a powerful combination of global perspective and local experience to investment management. As long-term value investors, they are highly skilled at mobilizing global resources to address local needs, especially for Inbound and outbound opportunities in China and the rest of Asia. Their highly skilled team has an in-depth understanding of the Chinese market and enjoys close relationships with many influential business leaders.

IDG Capital

Google Ventures invests in sectors including life sciences, consumer, enterprise, crypto, climate, and frontier technology. With Alphabet as its sole limited partner, Google Ventures focuses on long-term investments. Its operating partners assist startups in design, equity, diversity & inclusion, talent, and engineering and help them connect with Google for technology and expertise. Founded in 2009 as Google Ventures, Google Ventures manages over $8 billion in assets with 400 active portfolio companies in North America and Europe. Some notable investments include Uber, Nest, Slack, GitLab, and One Medical. Google Ventures is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Cambridge, New York, and London.

Google Ventures

Camp One Ventures is a venture capital fund that does investments in early-stage social, mobile, FinTech, and SaaS startups. Camp One Ventures was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Camp One Ventures

Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space. The company believes that Bitcoin has the potential to transform the way people use money and that it will do for payments what the Internet has done for communications and commerce. Until 2014, Pantera focused on global macro hedge fund investments. The firm was founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, who was a chief financial officer and head of Macro Trading at Tiger Management. The firm has since shifted its investment advisory services to focus exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space. Shareholders include Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, and Ribbit Capital.

Pantera Capital

Core Innovation Capital is a fintech venture capital firm investing in companies committed to empowering small businesses and everyday Americans. Their portfolio companies deliver more efficient, well-designed solutions that save people time and money, create upward mobility, and scale broadly — driving both profit margins and consumer value.

Core Innovation Capital

They may have a new flag, but they've been at it for almost a decade now. They’ve learned a lot and they’re a different company than they were in 2009, and they needed a new brand to represent their vision. Venture51 is now H//NGE Capital. They've backed companies like Ripple, Dollar Shave Club, Bird, Getaround, Classpass, eToro and Life360.  H//NGE Capital invests in high technology companies leveraging their new, modern venture platform that supports the most promising founders in high-growth markets. They’re not commodity capital; they’re a platform led by operators, data scientists, designers and engineers, guided by investors, and equipped with patient and flexible capital to make risk-on investments in next-generation vertical technologies. Since the best early-stage companies require more than just capital, their platform utilizes people, data and software, in addition to their capital, to provide a differentiated experience at the seed stage. Their DNA is grounded in technology and product — just like the companies they invest in. They believe that this approach to venture capital is fundamentally different from a traditional seed firm.

Hinge Capital

Avant Global is a relationships-driven private investment firm founded in 1999 to manage assets of a single family. With offices in the USA, Greece and the Philippines, the family office invests in hedge funds, private equity, venture funds, operating companies, direct investments, and other private opportunities, including real estate. The global portfolio has early and later-stage ventures, as well as seed capital, co-investing extensively with other entrepreneurs, venture capital firms and family offices. Since its creation, Avant Global has been bringing together the most promising opportunities with those individuals/ groups most capable of executing on the vision.  Our network is our most cherished asset, developed over 24 years of building trust across industries and geographies through some of the world's most impactful people.   Avant Global does not manage outside capital.

Avant Global

Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm backing entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of financial services. With $400 million in assets under management and supported by Banco Santander, Mouro invests across the fintech value chain in early to growth stage start-ups across Europe, North America and Latin America.

Mouro Capital

Seagate is a data storage and hardware company that offers hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and other storage solutions.. It designs, develops, and manufactures external and internal hard disk drives and associated software products. It sells its disk drives primarily to major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors, and retailers. The company produces a range of disk drive products addressing enterprise applications, where its products are designed for enterprise servers, mainframes, and workstations; client compute applications, where its products are designed for desktop and notebook computers; and client non-compute applications, where its products are designed for a range of end user devices such as digital video recorders (DVRs), personal data backup systems, portable external storage systems, and digital media systems. In addition to manufacturing and selling disk drives, it provides data storage services for small- to medium-sized businesses, including online backup, data protection, and recovery.

Seagate Technology

Knight Enterprise Fund is a venture capital firm based in Florida that finances early stage investments of media and technology companies.

Knight Enterprise Fund

CME Ventures is the corporate venture capital and strategic investment arm of CME Group focused on building and managing a portfolio of external minority equity investments. CME Ventures acts as a bridge between core CME Group businesses and external partners to inform a firm-wide understanding of emerging market structure changes while investing in key areas of opportunity. The team’s primary goal is to drive quantifiable strategic growth and shareholder value across all areas of the firm.

CME Ventures

Ruttenberg Gordon Investments (“RGI”) specializes in equity and debt investments in real estate, private equity, growth equity, and alternative hard assets. To date the firm has made 100+ investments amounting to $3Bn+ of total transaction volume.

Ruttenberg Gordon Investments

SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a ''new industry creator''. SBI Investment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.

SBI Investment

Accenture is a management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company, with approximately 204,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the successful companies. Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.

Accenture

Standard Chartered Bank offers personal and business banking services. Their solutions for companies include transaction banking and financial markets solutions. They also offer current accounts, savings accounts, credit cards, loans, and mortgage services.

Standard Chartered Bank

KG Investments is a private family office fund focused on investing in technology companies through direct investments and secondary loans. This approach is guided by its extensive background of building and investing in technology-related companies over the last 20 years.KG Investments also invests in uncorrelated professionally managed Hedge & Private Equity funds as a Limited Partner looking for unique differentiated opportunities.  It was founded in 2006 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

KG Investments

Blockchain Capital helps entrepreneurs build companies and projects based on blockchain technology. The firm provides founders with capital, domain expertise, partnerships, recruiting, and strategy. Blockchain Capital is an active venture investor in the blockchain industry and has financed 170+ companies and projects since its inception. Blockchain Capital invests in both equity and tokens and is a multi-stage investor.

Blockchain Capital

Abstract is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco with $1.5 billion in assets under management. We are sector-agnostic, focused on seed and early stage founders. Our reputation among founders is built on fierce loyalty, unparalleled connections, and a relentless drive to help them win.

Abstract

SCB 10X is a subsidiary of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) with the mission to create long-term value through investing in exponential technologies, championing passionate entrepreneurs, empowering the long tail underserved, and building successful partnerships. Since its launch, the fund has deployed capital worldwide to expand our know-how in forefront technologies ranging from big data analytics, blockchain, machine learning, location positioning to quantum computing.

SCB 10X

Azure Ventures Group is a sector-agnostic VC fund that accelerates and invests in technology-focused companies. They build on different expertise in running, scaling, and leaving businesses in a variety of industries.

Azure Ventures Group

The K Fund is an investment firm focused on growth equity investments in consumer, technology and healthcare.

The K Fund

RRE Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies across various sectors. RRE Ventures invests in early-stage companies, often participating in Seed and Series A funding rounds. They look for innovative technology solutions and scalable business models.

RRE Ventures

AME Cloud Ventures focuses on seed to later stage companies building infrastructure and value chains around data. It specializes in technology-heavy companies gathering or creating unique data at every stage of the data stack — from infrastructure all the way to applications, mobile, and sensors.  It strives to find, fund, and support true entrepreneurs. The firm provides a unique and genuine set of resources to our founding teams, from strong operational and business experience to networks of amazing mentors and international partners, particularly in China. AME Cloud Ventures is the venture fund led by Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!

AME Cloud Ventures

Route 66 Ventures is a private investment firm focused on helping entrepreneurs shape the financial services landscape of tomorrow by providing Venture Capital and Credit solutions to emerging financial technology and services companies.   Route 66’s Venture Capital team invests globally in early and growth stage disruptors, incumbents and service providers throughout various sectors in the financial services ecosystem.   Route 66’s Credit team seeks to fund alternative lending platforms and business models with balance sheet needs by purchasing whole loans or providing secured debt facilities.

Route 66 Ventures

ThirdStream Partners is an investment firm that invests in venture and strategic opportunities in financial technologies (FinTech) and financial services. They make proprietary investments in a broad spectrum of companies, ranging from early-stage startups to late-stage private companies. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Thirdstream Partners

Tetragon Financial Group Limited, or TFG, is a Guernsey closed-ended investment company traded on Euronext Amsterdam N.V. under the ticker symbol “TFG.NA” and on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “TFG.LN”. TFG's investment objective is to generate distributable income and capital appreciation. It aims to provide stable returns to investors across various credit, equity, interest rate, inflation and real estate cycles. The company’s investment portfolio comprises a broad range of assets, including a diversified alternative asset management business, TFG Asset Management, and covers bank loans, real estate, equities, credit, convertible bonds and infrastructure. TFG’s fair value(i) net asset value as of 30 September 2016 was approximately $1.9 billion. TFG Asset Management consists of: LCM Asset Management – a CLO loan manager. The GreenOak Real Estate joint venture – a real estate-focused principal investing, lending and advisory firm. Polygon Global Partners – a manager of open-ended hedge fund and private equity vehicles across a number of strategies. Equitix – an integrated core infrastructure asset management and primary project platform. Hawke’s Point – a business that seeks to provide capital to companies in the mining and resource sectors. Tetragon Credit Income Partners (TCIP) - TCIP acts as a general partner of a private equity vehicle that focuses on CLO investments relating to to risk retention rules, including majority stakes in CLO tranches. TCI Capital Management LLC (TCICM) - a CLO loan manager.

Tetragon Financial Group Limited

Bossa Invest manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients. It analyzes market trends to inform investment decisions. Bossa Invest serves multiple sectors, including finance, technology, and real estate.

Bossa Invest

Bit.co

Ripple

Giving creators the power of content monetization and audience engagement.

Creator Economy

Mintable is an online marketplace to buy and sell artwork, music, PDFs, and images as NFTs. Creators can promote their NFT listings and stores with ads on the platform priced between USD 15-100. Creators are also offered custom branded store/listing packages starting at USD 100. Mintable is an NFT DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) and claims to be the world’s first platform governed by NFTs. Every user owns a voting NFT that provides their voting power, enabling the user to control the platform’s future and features. Voting power is earned directly through the buying and selling of NFTs on the platform as well as buying votes at a starting rate of 0.005 ETH per vote.The platform takes a transaction fee of 2.5% on normal items (items that are minted via a blockchain transaction), 5% on gasless items (items that have been minted without any blockchain transaction), and 10% on “printable series” (creating NFTs that remain unminted until purchased).Mintable partnered with Geenee, a computer vision-based web-based augmented reality (WebAR) platform (September 2021). Geenee is a no-code platform that enables creators to build and publish WebAR experiences through the mobile browser; no app required. Geenee users can publish AR to the web in a few minutes via Geenee’s no-code, drag-and-drop WebAR Builder, and they can monetize their AR creations by minting them as NFTs for sale on the Mintable marketplace going forward. The buyer of each NFT will have ownership rights of the 3D digital asset and be able to display and interact with it in AR. Buyers can contact @geenee on Mintable to arrange for delivery of the accompanying physical goods.The company raised an undisclosed amount in a March 2021 seed funding round led by Mark Cuban.

New technology allows individuals and organizations to become carbon intelligent

Carbon Management Software

UK-based Thallo uses blockchain technology to enable the efficient trade of carbon offsets. The company provides carbon credits to businesses as one-off purchases or as APIs to incorporate directly into products via a <a href="https://www.thallo.io/carbon-as-a-service/">carbon-as-a-service</a> (Caas) offering.Thallo also specializes in providing a two-way bridge, in collaboration with carbon registries, to tokenize carbon credits securely from a registry onto a public blockchain. The “bridging-as-a-service” is meant to expand access to carbon offset portfolios with transparency and traceability.Thallo is a member of the <a href="https://www.thallo.io/thallo-joins-international-emissions-trading-association-ieta/">International Emissions Trading Association</a> (IETA), the global trade association for GHG reduction organizations.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsIn October 2022, Thallo partnered with <a href="https://www.thallo.io/thallo-biocarbon-registry-launch-worlds-first-two-way-carbon-bridge/">BioCarbon Registry</a>, a nature-based program for the voluntary carbon market, to implement the first two-way bridge between a registry and the blockchain.&nbsp;In January 2023, as its first use of the bridging-as-a-service offering, the company signed a 10-year sourcing deal with <a href="https://www.thallo.io/impt-thallo-carbon-deal/">IMPT</a> to sell carbon credits worth EUR 50 million (~USD 53 million) from the Thallo marketplace. In February 2023, Thallo collaborated with the carbon credit certification body <a href="https://www.thallo.io/gold-standard-selects-thallo-to-digitize-carbon-credits/">Gold Standard</a> to review proposed guidelines for digitization of Gold Standard-issued carbon credits. That same month, the company made a technical integration with <a href="https://www.thallo.io/thallo-announces-puro-earth-integration/">Puro.earth</a> to include Puro-Standard-issued credits on the Thallo platform.&nbsp;In May 2023, Thallo partnered with <a href="https://www.thallo.io/scb-and-thallo-announce-collaboration/">SCB Environmental Markets</a> to issue digital-future-focused carbon credits via the former’s two-way bridge. In August 2023, the company joined with <a href="https://www.thallo.io/thallo-and-socialcarbon-announce-registry-integration/">Social Carbon</a> to establish Thallo’s two-way carbon bridge. Thereafter, Thallo deployed its first carbon credits onto the <a href="https://www.thallo.io/thallo-deploys-two-way-carbon-credit-bridge-to-celo/">Celo</a> blockchain via its two-way carbon bridge.Funding and financialsThe company’s most recent funding round was in November 2022, when it raised USD 2.5 million in a seed round led by Allegory Labs, Arcan Capital, Cerulean Ventures, Flori Ventures, Friendly Trading 2, and Ripple. In <a href="https://medium.com/@ClimateCollective/introducing-the-climate-collectives-new-grants-program-2ec76b97318c">November 2022</a>, Thallo received an undisclosed grant from Celo, a Layer 1 blockchain, through the Climate Collective.

Democratizing financial technology with a suite of API-based solutions

FinTech Infrastructure

Based in Singapore, Nium (formerly known as InstaReM) offers white-label and full stack cross-border payment infrastructure, for financial institutions, financial technologies (FinTechs), payment service providers, and enterprises (particularly SMEs). The platform facilitates transactions, and spending and receiving money across borders, through automated clearing house (ACH) and wire payments, virtual accounts, cards, and e-wallets. In addition, the company also offers card issuing infrastructure for enterprises to offer virtual and physical cards across the globe.The company was also issued licenses by the Monetary Authority of Singapore in July 2021, to conduct account issuance, domestic money transfers, merchant acquisition, and E-money issuance services, in addition to its existing cross border transactions. The company also secured additional regulatory approvals, including a Type 1 Funds Transfer Service Provider (FTSP) license from Japan's Financial Service Agency (FSA) and registration on the Financial Service Provider Register (FSPR) in New Zealand.As of October 2021, the company facilitated fund transfers in over 190 countries (funds can be received in 27 countries), 85 in real-time, and in more than 100 currencies. Although the company initially focused on the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, it has gradually obtained licenses in around 40 countries (claiming to be the only FinTech infrastructure company to do so), including leading non-APAC markets, such as the US, Canada, the UK, and the EU. Moreover, in July 2021, it acquired Wirecard Forex India, including Wirecard’s authorized category II money exchange dealer license, from the Reserve Bank of India.Nium, <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/6187">launched its platform in the US</a> in October 2021, together with an API-based crypto-as-a-service offering. The offering lets financial institutions embed crypto investment solutions, including buying, selling, and holding crypto and will initially support five cryptocurrencies in the US in 2021 with plans to expand to 20 currencies in 35 countries by 2022. Nium also intends to expand its crypto services to include stablecoin wallets and crypto payment acceptances in the future. In April 2022, Nium <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/9941">acquired Socash</a>, a Singaporean alternative payment network, for an undisclosed sum.Nium reported a 50% YoY growth in revenue for 2023.Key customers and partnershipsCryptocurrency payment gateway Alchemy Pay partnered with Nium in January 2022, to enable its clients to make cryptocurrency payments, across Nium’s global network. Nium subsequently <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/14061?industryIds=53">partnered with B2B2C crypto infrastructure platform Zero Hash</a>, in October 2022, to let its US customers accept crypto payments. Zero Hash essentially removed the tech and regulatory barriers for crypto-to-fiat conversions, for Nium’s customers.

Disrupting the traditional financial system using blockchain

Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

Securitize offers a platform that enables enterprises to raise funds by issuing tokens on assets such as equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. Securitize is an SEC Registered Transfer Agent that is integrated with a number of regulated US-based marketplaces. The platform features a blockchain-based decentralized protocol with live issuers and provides users with both primary and secondary marketplaces for purchasing and trading issued tokens. Additionally, the company also offers know-your-customer and anti-money-laundering services (KYC/AML), capital management services, and a number of yield funds for users to invest in.In June 2021, the company also launched an asset management subsidiary, “Securitize Capital” as well as two cryptocurrency yield funds. In June 2023, Securitize announced that it had begun tokenizing equity in Mancipi, a Spanish real estate investment trust, with plans to launch secondary trading on the Avalanche blockchain in September. This was reportedly the first natively tokenized equity issuance under the European Union’s pilot regime for blockchain technology. In September 2023, the company launched tokenized feeder funds for Hamilton Lane's (an investment management firm) direct equity, evergreen senior credit, and secondary funds.To broaden its product offering, Securitize acquired stock transfer agent Pacific Stock Transfer (PST) for an undisclosed sum in February 2022. The company also expected to expand its own tokenization offering to clients of PST. The company went on to <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/21117">acquire Onramp Invest</a>, a wealth management platform for digital assets, for an undisclosed amount in August 2023. Securitize will leverage the acquisition to enable registered investment advisors (RIAs) to offer tokenized investments via the Onramp dashboard.Key customers and partnershipsAs of March 2024, Securitize’s digital platform served over 500,000 users. During the same period, the company partnered with Blackrock to support the development of the latter’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund.In November 2024, the company&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/36325">partnered with Elixir</a>, a blockchain network for crypto exchanges, to launch liquid staking tokens for tokenized securities, including BlackRock's BUIDL. The partnership introduces sToken, built on Ethereum's ERC-4626 standard, allowing institutional investors to convert their real-world assets (RWAs) into deUSD while maintaining yield earnings.Funding and financialsIn April 2024, Securitize <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29051">secured USD 47 million</a> in new funding led by BlackRock, to accelerate product development, expand its global operations, and bolster its partnerships across the financial services industry.

Cryptocurrencies

Bitstamp is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that facilitates trading in various cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and other major altcoins against fiat currencies like USD, EUR, and GBP. Founded in 2011 in Slovenia, Bitstamp is one of the longest-running crypto exchanges globally. It is currently headquartered in Luxembourg and has offices across several countries, including the UK, US, Singapore, and others.
Bitstamp offers a user-friendly platform for buying, selling, and trading cryptocurrencies. Its key product offerings include spot trading and futures trading across multiple crypto trading pairs. The exchange employs advanced security measures, with 98% of digital assets stored in cold wallets for safekeeping. Bitstamp is a regulated entity, licensed as a payment institution by the Luxembourg Financial Industry Supervisory Commission (CSSF).
As of 2024, Bitstamp facilitated over USD 5 billion in daily trading volume across its global operations. The platform serves over 4 million users spanning across 194 countries. In June 2024, Robinhood, a popular stock trading app, announced its acquisition of Bitstamp for approximately USD 200 million, marking a significant expansion into the crypto market.

A decentralized version of the web powered by the blockchain

Web3 Ecosystem

Futureverse, formed through the merger of 11 companies, provides tools for companies and developers to create content for the open metaverse. Its infrastructure consists of four core tools focusing on identity, artificial intelligence, communications, and payments, which are integrated via The Root Network, a layer-1 blockchain platform.The Root Network is a proof-of-stake, EVM-compatible protocol that supports asset interoperability across the open metaverse. The network uses a dual-token system: ROOT (native token) for security and governance and XRP for gas fees, ensuring optimal network efficiency and security.The company offers 1) Pass: a smart wallet SDK to allow companies onboard users to its Web3 apps and games; 2) Digital Object Transformer (DOT) Asset Pipeline: a platform to create 3D characters; and 3) AI Gaming Platform and SDK: a platform to develop AI powered casual strategy games. The gaming platform is powered by the Altered State Machine (ASM) Protocol, which allows developers to own, train, and trade unique AI avatars, games, worlds, and other metaverse applications. In addition, as of August 2023, the company was in the process of developing an asset registry, payment SDK, and NFT marketplace.Key customers and partnershipsApplications launched on its platform include AI League and Muhammad Ali - The Next Legends in partnership with FIFA and ABG (the IP Rights holders of the Muhammad Ali Enterprises), respectively.Moreover, the company partnered with best-selling author Ernest Cline to form <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/25179">Readyverse Studios</a> in January 2024. Its shared goal is to create a definitive destination in the metaverse for fans to engage with their favorite stories and intellectual properties.Funding and financialsIn July 2023, Futureverse raised <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/20212">USD 54 million in Series A </a>funding. The round was led by 10T Holdings, and the company aimed to use the fresh funds to further develop its technology, including its Futureverse Platform and The Root Network.

Skyfire, a financial stack designed to enable autonomous agentic AI commerce, is to establish the first fully autonomous, open agentic AI economy in history.

Girin Wallet will soon be available to Web3 users. Simultaneously access the XRP Ledger and the root network with ease.

Bitnomial was founded in 2014 to create a marketplace connecting native digital asset hedgers with institutional traders. Bitnomial offers improved derivatives exchange technology coupled with new digital asset settlement systems.

The idOS is an open-source, decentralized identity system empowering users with data security, self-sovereignty, and control in web3 applications.

Flowdesk is a regulated, full-service digital asset trading and technology firm that specializes in market making, OTC, and treasury management services.  Company registered in France - no. 883604647 Registered Digital Asset Service Provider with the AMF for digital assets custody, purchase/sale of digital assets for legal tender and trading of digital assets for other digital assets number: E2021-019

Immix engages in scaling web3 trading through next-generation technologies.

Web3 Pro creates enterprise white-label platforms for global brands in order to make NFT campaigns seamless, easy to execute, and on-brand. The company's platform helps global enterprises strategize, creating, selling, and distributing NFT-based digital authentic assets, allowing brands to engage communities, drive new revenue streams, and boost cross-sales of physical products while ensuring complete company control, sustainability, and global regulatory compliance.

Futureverse is a technological and cultural foundation for the open metaverse where creators, companies, and communities can create their future.  seamless portal in and out of all apps in the metaverse, Futureverse allows users to travel with a passport, friends, communications, finances, and content. It was founded in 2022.

Bitstamp is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange established. It offers a platform for individuals and institutions to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies with security, transparency, and reliability.

Keyrock develops crypto asset financial infrastructure. It uses in-house algorithmic trading bots and high frequency trading infrastructure to supply market making and liquidity services to the cryptocurrency ecosystem.  Jeremy De Groodt, Juan David Mendieta, and Kevin de Patoul founded it in 2017. It has its headquarters in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre in Belgium.

Thallo plans to build a transparent carbon offset marketplace. By democratizing access to onchain carbon credits issued by trustworthy certification authorities, firms or people committed to offsetting their carbon footprint can freely buy, sell, hold, or retire verified credits. Additionally, Thallo opens up a market that was previously closed to small-scale investors. Thallo was established in 2021 by Joseph Hargreaves in London, England.

Carbon Title is an end-to-end carbon reduction software platform for the real estate industry. The company is based in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Supermojo is building the embedded customer lending experiences to power the growth of NFTs as a powerful new asset class.

Hex Trust is a fully-licensed and insured provider of bank-grade custody for digital assets. Through our proprietary platform Hex Safe™, we deliver custody, DeFi, brokerage, and financing solutions for financial institutions, digital asset organizations, corporate and private clients. Hex Trust has offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam and is expanding across Europe and the Middle East. Our mission is to provide the infrastructure that enables banks and financial institutions to adopt and integrate digital assets into their business models within a highly secure, scalable and compliant custody framework.   Hex Trust is registered as a Trust Company under the Hong Kong Trust Ordinance and holds a Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) license under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance. In Singapore, Hex Trust holds a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) allowing the company to provide custodial services regulated under Singapore’s Securities and Futures Act.

Chimoney is building infrastructure and an API to make value move between currencies, ledgers, and protocols. They help ambitious businesses and developers unleash the utility of their amazing projects. They handle the payment chain and financial activities.

PDAX is the first order-book based digital currency exchange in The Philippines that enables users to buy, sell, trade and digital assets such as Bitcoin against the Philippine Peso.  Its trade matching engine ensures liquidity and globally competitive prices in a market that has historically been too costly for the average Filipino to access.  For more information please visit pdax.ph.

Axiology provides a tokenized securities depository, leveraging distributed ledger technologies for tokenized sustainable securities.

Mintable is an NFT marketplace where users can create, buy, and sell digital items for the easiest way to earn and get started with crypto and NFTs.

Securitize is modernizing capital markets by enabling digital securities, making it easier for eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities within designated capital markets for equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. Securitize is the only SEC Registered Transfer Agent integrated with multiple regulated US-based marketplaces with a working protocol and live issuers. The company also offers KYC/AML and capital management services. Securitize, Inc. is not a registered broker-dealer and does not make any endorsement of offerings.

Protego Trust Bank is a financial service company that offers regulated crypto services to institutional investors. The company provides clients comprehensive digital asset services including custody, trading, lending, and issuance - all within one vertically integrated partner. Protego Trush Bank was founded in 2017 and is based in Seattle, WA.

MoneyGram is a global payment services company. The company’s products include global money transfers, bill payment solutions, and financial paper products. It conducts its business through its wholly-owned subsidiary MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. (MPSI). MoneyGram operates in two segments: Global Funds Transfer and Financial Paper Products and offers its money transfer services on the Internet through its MoneyGram Online service in the United States, United Kingdom, and through agent Websites in Italy, Saudi Arabia, and Japan. It also offers money transfer services via mobile phone, kiosks, ATM, receive cards, and direct-to-bank account products in various markets worldwide. Effective July 8, 2013, MoneyGram International Inc acquired Latino Services, an Atlanta-based provider of money transfer services.

Money Tap is a planning, development, operation and consulting for various Fintech solutions using blockchain / distributed ledger technology (DLT).

XRP Ledger Foundation an independent non-profit, focusing on the growth, innovation, and development of the XRPL and XRP community.

Coil specializes in providing web content monetization solutions. Its monetization model offers an alternative to the status quo of paid advertisements and selling the public’s attention to the highest bidders. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Keyless is a passwordless authentication company and the world leader in privacy-preserving biometrics for consumers and workforce. It protects financial institutions, governments, and enterprises globally, combating fraud, identity theft, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Its flagship Zero-Knowledge Biometrics technology does not store biometric data anywhere and delivers built-in multi-factor security with just one look at the camera. Keyless is ISO27001 certified and also holds both FIDO Biometrics and FIDO2 certifications, the only company to do so. Privately owned, Keyless holds multiple patents and has 50 employees across three offices worldwide.

Nium is a payments services company. It provides banks, payment vendors, and businesses with access to payment and card issuance services. Their platform, network, and APIs work together to accelerate business growth. They serve travel, marketplaces, financial institutions, payroll industries, and more. For more information, visit: https://www.nium.com

SendFriend provides global payments-as-a-service to banks/FIs, with a focus on $USD for underserved geographies. Through payment processing, compliance automation, and bank partnerships, SendFriend addresses global de-risking by providing safe access to USD clearing for institutions and regions (LAC, APAC, MENA) which struggle to access the US. Since 2011, active correspondents in the US have fallen from 100 to 65. We bring revenue, deposits, and risk mitigation to our US bank partners while serving this market need with unique knowledge and technology.

DCEX is a digital currency exchange based in San Francisco since 2017 has built a modern matching engine, UI by an experienced tech team and has re launched trading operations. Listed coins are paired with USD, USDC, BTC and soon to come DCEX Coin for a flat on ramp. We partnered with a reputable custodian based in SF bay area for storage of excess coins and for fiat custody trust account. We would also be partnering with a FINRA registered broker dealer to offer additional products, stock trading under same account, Digital asset management, e commerce and investing in start ups at our building. Several of the team members hold securities licenses.

Court Innovations develops and implements online negotiation systems for courts and constituents.  The company’s online solutions enable its customers to extend their courts to provide online resolution options for litigants charged with relatively-minor offenses; help litigants with outstanding issues to understand their options and navigate the court online without needing to hire an attorney; and more. Court Innovations is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Mirror operates an integrated platform that connects investors with underserved markets to facilitate price discovery in traditionally non-transparent ecosystems. Mirror allows its clients to construct security-based swaps that enable them to get long exposure into late-stage private companies, or short exposure to hedge current positions in their portfolio. Established in 2011, Mirror’s clientele is comprised of angel investors, venture capital funds, growth and private equity firms, hedge funds, and other institutional asset managers.

Ripple provides one frictionless experience to send money globally using the power of blockchain. It offers a global real-time payment system that enables banks and financial institutions around the world to directly transact with each other without the need for a central correspondent. The company also offers FX Market Making, a solution enabling enterprises to gain access to cross-currency liquidity through a distributed network that allows foreign exchange to be externally sourced from a competitive FX marketplace or an internal FX trading desk. This minimizes FX exposure thereby lowering the volatility and counter-party risk of trades. Ripple Insights features industry updates, insider perspectives, and in-depth market analysis.

Ripple is a blockchain-based payment settlement system and currency exchange network designed to facilitate quick and cost-efficient cross-border transactions. Its native cryptocurrency, XRP, serves as a bridge currency enabling real-time value transfers across different currencies and networks. Unlike Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, XRP was pre-mined at launch, with 100 billion tokens created and distributed between the company, founders, and other parties involved.

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To enable seamless cross-border payments and reduce transaction fees for Amazon's global customer base using Ripple's blockchain technology and XRP digital asset.

Companies and protocols that offer infrastructure solutions for businesses to accept cryptocurrency payments for goods and services

Skyfire Systems

Draper Associates

Neuberger Berman

Circle

FBG Capital

Gemini

Arca

Crossbeam Venture Partners

Redbeard Ventures

Inception Capital

Everyrealm

Intersection Growth Partners

Sfermion

BH Digital

Arrington Capital

Girin Labs

Bitnomial

idOS

Fabric Ventures

Gnosis

Tezos Foundation

Aleph Zero

Radix

NEAR

Kwil

Founderheads,

Arbitrum Foundation

Flowdesk

Cathay Innovation

Isai

Speedinvest

Bpifrance

Eurazeo

Ledger Cathay Capital

IMMIX

MassMutual Ventures

Web3 Pro

P101

SeventySix Capital

Presidio Ventures

VU Venture Partners

Sumitomo Corporation

River Capital Group Holdings

Mastercard

Ripple, a technology company that provides solutions for cross-border payments, crypto liquidity, and central bank digital currency has partnered with Mastercard's  Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) partner program which aimed at fostering collaboration within the digital currency ecosystem.

Companies providing infrastructure solutions for central banks to develop and issue their own digital reserve currencies

Amazon has partnered with Ripple to use XRP for payment transactions, aiming to provide faster and more efficient payment solutions for its global customers.

Futureverse

10T Holdings

Blockchain Founders Fund

Platforms that provide tools such as SDKs, blockchain node infrastructure, and bridges for developers to create, host, debug, and add extra functionality to dApps on one or many blockchains.

Bitstamp

Companies that offer a marketplace for users to buy, sell, and trade a number of cryptocurrencies and other cryptocurrency-linked financial products

Keyrock

Middlegame Ventures

SIX FinTech Ventures

Thallo

Arcan Capital

Flori Ventures

Friendly Trading 2

Allegory Labs

Cerulean Ventures

Carbon trading marketplaces that allow individual and business users to buy and sell carbon offsets.

Ripple

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