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

Boost VC is an early stage venture capital firm with $200m AUM+, investing in deep tech: aerospace, VR/AR, energy, climate, robotics, crypto, bio/health, AI/ML & more. Boost VC leads the first round of $2M or less.

Boost VC

Operative Capital is an early stage investor specialized focused on disruptive financial technology startups.

Operative Capital

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

American Express Ventures is American Express's strategic investment group. They invest in innovative startups in order to enhance American Express’s core capabilities and accelerate the company’s efforts in consumer commerce and B2B services.

American Express Ventures

First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a vibrant community of technology entrepreneurs and companies, including Uber, Square, and Warby Parker. Through custom-built software, incredible in-person experiences, and a host of other unique services, First Round helps tiny companies get big while constantly reimagining the role of venture capital. It offers a growing number of services and products to help founders build companies from scratch. First Round has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

First Round Capital

Lerer Hippeau is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded and operated in New York City. Since 2010, they have invested in entrepreneurs with great ideas who aren’t afraid to do hard things. Their portfolio includes more than 400 enterprise and consumer businesses including Guideline, MIRROR, Blockdaemon, K Health, Allbirds, ZenBusiness, and Thrive. They’re experienced operators who invest early and stay in their founders’ corners as they build iconic companies.

Lerer Hippeau

Silicon Badia is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies globally.

Silicon Badia

Future Perfect Ventures is an early-stage VC firm focused on decentralized technologies including blockchain, crypto, IoT, and AI. The company invests globally with a mission to bring economic opportunities to the underserved on every continent. Future Perfect Ventures partners with mission-driven entrepreneurs who seek to accelerate their ideas through the company's team's international network, passion for inclusive innovation, and decades of domain expertise.

Future Perfect Ventures

We Back Builders. Founded by @Jason  Team behind   This Week in Startups: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisWeekIn  @twistartups    The LAUNCH Accelerator https://launchaccelerator.co/ @launchincubator    The Syndicate https://thesyndicate.com/ @thesyndicate415    Founder university: https://www.founder.university/ @founderuni    Remote Demo Day  https://remotedemoday.com/ @remotedemoday

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Recursive Ventures is a San Francisco based Micro VC fund investing in US and Israeli Pre-seed and Seed Tech Startups disrupting industries through use of Data and Artificial Intelligence. Recursive is a Solo Capitalist fund managed by Itamar Novick with support from a seasoned group of Founders, Operators, and go-to-market experts. We are founders ourselves and partner with you to build momentum and find smart capital to scale your business. As a Solo Capitalist – a VC operating like an Angel – we make decision in days, not weeks, and dedicate our time to support founders.

Recursive Ventures

Arbor Ventures invests in companies that leverage advanced technologies to facilitate, broaden or fundamentally change the way financial services are served, consumed, and managed. The firm's partners bring extensive sector and market knowledge, together with vast strategic networks, creating a unique platform to recruit world-class board members, investors, and strategic partners from across the globe. Arbor’s global perspective allows it to accelerate impact and reach globally.

Arbor Ventures

Jungle Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm focused on early to growth-stage companies in Southeast Asia and India, with a focus on building long lasting businesses. With the most recent close of its $600M fourth fund in 2022, Jungle has $1B of Assets Under Management. Jungle partners with the region's most exciting founders to build high growth, capital-efficient technology businesses, and supports their growth from seed to unicorn, and IPO stage. Its portfolio includes regional and global category leaders like Kredivo Group, Moglix, Livspace, Builder.ai, LEAP Atomberg, and more.

Jungle 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

Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally. Carthona Capital was founded in 2014 when a group of like-minded venture investors came together to invest on a deal-by-deal basis. Since then, Carthona Capital has shifted to a more traditional venture capital fund structure, and is now deploying its third fund with approximately $400m in funds under management from a mix of Institutional (Superannuation), Family Office and High Net-worth investors. Carthona Capital likes to invest very early - their initial investment into a business is usually at the Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A stages. Carthona then likes to follow-on strongly and continue to deploy larger amounts of capital as a business matures.

Carthona Capital

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

IGNIA is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in global entrepreneurs who are developing innovative technology solutions that address fundamental pain points in Latin America. Founded in 2007, IGNIA has a total of three funds, IGNIA Impact Fund, IGNIA VC Fund I and IGNIA VC Fund II, with over US$400 million in AUM. IGNIA invests in sectors such as healthtech, fintech, SaaS, edtech, e-commerce, web3, and AI-Enabled tech platforms, among others.

IGNIA

HCM  is sponsored by Foxconn Technology Group one of the Top 10 Technology companies.

HCM Capital

American Express is a global service company. It's range of products and services includes charge and credit card products, expense management products and services, consumer and business travel services, stored value products, such as travelers chequeens and other prepaid products, network services, merchant acquisition and processing, servicing and settlement, and point-of-sale, marketing and information products and services for merchants, and fee services, including market and trend analyses and related consulting services, fraud prevention services, and the design of customized customer loyalty and rewards programs.

American Express

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

Silver8 Capital is a U.S.-based technology investment manager that seeks to offer concentrated global exposure to innovation within fintech. Silver8 employs fundamental research to select FinTech investment themes with a multi-year horizon. Currently, Silver8 is primarily focused on blockchain technology developments and applications. Silver8 uses a hybrid strategy, investing primarily in liquid markets (digital assets such as crypto-currencies), and selected “opt-in” private investments.

Silver8 Capital

CMT Digital is a venture capital firm engaging in the crypto asset and Blockchain technology industry. The firm focuses on asset trading, blockchain technology investments, and legal and policy. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

CMT Digital

HCM Capital is an investment firm that specializes in the fields of digital assets investments, bitcoin, and cryptos. The firm believes that Bitcoin is going to fundamentally disrupt how value is transacted over the Internet today and evolve as Internet’s native currency.

Accelerator Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in early stage technology companies. Accelerator Ventures works with talented entrepreneurs to create the next generation of great companies.  Accelerator Ventures brings to entrepreneurs its strong understanding of technology, capital, and venture markets. We actively help companies with financing strategy, business development, customer introductions and management team development. Our goal is to invest at the earliest stages of a company's fund raising efforts and to leverage our domain expertise in order to help companies get on the path toward profitability. We leverage our network of angel investors, early stage funds and venture capital firms in order to meet the funding needs of our portfolio companies.  Typically Accelerator Ventures invests in the earliest stages of a company. Investments fall into two categories: - Startups that want to build up and prove their business before getting institutional venture capital - Startups whose capital requirements are too small for institutional venture capital, typically raising less than $2 Million in the life of the company. Both of these are very startup friendly and focus on maximizing the returns for both the entrepreneur and Accelerator Ventures.

Accelerator Ventures

Chainfund Capital is a Global FinTech Fund that invests in the next generation of financial technology. It has made 30 investments in researchers that are tackling problems across scalability, privacy, and formal verification. Chainfund supports its portfolio companies with an accelerator program to scale their technology to millions of users. It is based in San Francisco, California.

Chainfund Capital

Kenetic is a proprietary trading and VC investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain related companies. They have developed technology to facilitate their quantitative trading strategies and offer various digital asset related structured products to counterparts.

Kenetic

Nimble Ventures is a family office that makes venture capital investments. The firm was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, CA.

Nimble Ventures

Disrupt Ventures is an investment firm focused on supporting the great crypto/Web3 companies and protocols of tomorrow. Our approach is flexible, long term, multi-stage, and global. We often get involved at the earliest stages of formation and support our portfolio with additional capital over time.

Disrupt Ventures

Stellar Development Foundation is a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network for financial products and services. It is both a cross-currency transaction system and a platform for digital asset issuance, designed to connect the world’s financial infrastructure. Dozens of financial institutions worldwide issue assets and settle payments on the Stellar network, which has grown to over 4 million accounts.   The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of Stellar. Founded in 2014, the Foundation maintains Stellar’s codebase, supports the technical and business communities building on the network, and serves as a voice to regulators and institutions. The Foundation seeks to create equitable access to the global financial system, using the Stellar network to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology.

Stellar Development Foundation

Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.

Kingsway Capital

Tiga Investments is a private company that provides investment services. It was founded by George Raymond Zage.

Tiga Investments

Founded in 2018, Parallax Ventures is a Fintech-focused top quartile Venture Capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments, baking best-in-class entrepreneurs in the Financial Services industry. The firm invests in Fintechs across all subsectors of Financial Industry, including Open Finance, FMI, Exchanges, BaaS, IaaS, B2B SaaS, Blockchain/Web3, Credit, Wealth Management tech, and Productivity, among others.  Parallax has invested in Fintechs in Brazil, USA, and Europe.

Parallax Ventures

2TM creates an infrastructure for the financial market in blockchain, ensuring efficiency and security in funding and investment operations. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Managers — Sriram Krishnan, Cindy Bi, Jens Lapinski, Anthony Pompliano, Kat Cole, Tim Chen, Julia Lipton, Tommy Leep

Angel Collective Opportunity Fund

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Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

LI.FI offers a software development kit (SDK) that enables users to aggregate bridges and decentralized exchanges. The SDK provides a smart routing feature that identifies the most secure and cost-effective routes for transactions and multi-asset swaps. LI.FI also offers a widget solution that could be implemented by developers to enable their users to swap from anywhere into a chosen decentralized application, smart contract, or asset. As of May 2024, the company supported over 150 partners across 20 blockchains.&nbsp;In August 2023, LI.FI launched a multi-message aggregator that enables DAOs to prevent governance attacks that stem from cross-chain bridges.Funding and financials&nbsp;In April 2023, LI.FI <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17468?industryIds=64">raised USD 17.5 million</a> in Series A funding co-led by CoinFund and Superscrypt, to expand its platform’s interoperability across new blockchains and exchanges, and support go-to-market activities.

Truflation is a data hub providing independent, daily economic data and price indexes for fiat and crypto markets. Truflation aggregates real-market prices from merchants, research institutions, and commercial data providers, to calculate the most accurate and current daily inflation rates. It also offers other indices, including top NFT indexes, all available on-chain for DeFi and web3 applications.

LI.FI builds a DeFi middleware for the application layer. A bridge & DEX aggregation protocol abstracts away the most crucial financial infrastructure to move in and out of any position on any chain — the one gateway to access all DeFi. Whoever (e.g. TradFi) wants to deal with crypto today is forced to deal with a multi-chain environment. Even the most basic liquidity flow requires connecting RPCs, cross-chain bridges, DEXs and DEX aggregators, token lists, gas estimation APIs, and relayer networks. This already complex solution bears the additional need for monitoring, analytics, and fail-safety.

Credix is a next-generation FinTech platform that allows any B2B platform to offer flexible financing options to its business buyers. Embed Credix into your platform to begin offering short-term financing to attract customers, drive volume, and enhance their experience today. With investors such as Valor Capital Group, Motive Partners, and ParaFi Capital, the company has already raised US$100 million in equity and debt financing.

Quadrata is a Passport Network that brings the identity and compliance layer to DeFi across existing public blockchains. The company was founded in 2021 by Lisa Fridman and Fabrice Cheng and is headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California.

United capital finance is a global alternative investment management firm, since its founding in 2010, this firm has operated with a long-term approach to investing, focused on diversifying and uncorrelated alpha strategies. The objective of this firm's discretionary global macro strategies is to produce a high risk-adjusted return over the long term by using a disciplined, repeatable investment process within a strong risk management framework. United believes in integrity, transparency, and alignment of interest are essential, uncompromising parts of your busses model.

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.

Established in 2014, Abra is on a mission to create a simple and honest platform that enables millions of cryptocurrency holders to maximize the potential of their assets. Abra enables both individuals and businesses to safely and securely buy, trade, and borrow against cryptocurrencies – all in one place. Abra’s vision is an open, global financial system that is easily accessible to everyone. Based in the United States, Abra operates in over 150 countries and makes it easy to convert between crypto and a wide variety of local fiat currencies. With over 2MM customers and $9B in transactions processed, Abra continues to grow rapidly. Abra is widely loved and trusted – in April 2022, pymnts.com reviewed and rated Abra amongst the top 5 most popular crypto wallets in the market. Abra is backed by top-tier investors such as American Express Ventures and First Round Capital.

Abra is a financial technology company offering a mobile app that allows users to buy, sell, trade, and earn interest on cryptocurrencies. The app supports over 80 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and popular stablecoins. Abra utilizes a synthetic currency system, providing users direct custody of their Bitcoin holdings through private keys and recovery phrases.

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Truflation

Redbeard Ventures

Laser Digital

Four Seasons Ventures

G20 Ventures

Israeli Blockchain Association

Fundamental Labs

Chainlink

Cogitent Ventures

Modular Capital

Base Ecosystem Fund

C2squared

LI.FI

CoinFund

Superscrypt

Three Point Capital

Theta Capital

Bloccelerate VC

Double Peak Group

Circle Ventures

Perridon Holdings

Factor

WAGMI Ventures

Blockchains and related protocols that allow developers to build DeFi apps

Credix

Motive Partners

ParaFi Capital

Fuse Capital

Victory Park Capital

Valor Capital Group

MGG Investment Group

Claure Group

Quadrata

Dragonfly

August Capital

Franklin Templeton

GreatPoint Ventures

GSR Ventures

Wavemaker Genesis

Fellows Fund

Orange DAO

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

United Capital Finance LLC

Blockchain.com

Goldman Sachs

Stockhouse

Stocktwits

Peoples Bank

UK Financials

UnitedHealth Group

P50 Ventures

American Express integrates with bitcoin wallet Abra, Abra customers fund their Abra wallet using an eligible American Express Card.

Abra is a financial technology company offering a mobile app that allows users to buy, sell, trade, and earn interest on cryptocurrencies. The app supports over 80 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and popular stablecoins. Abra utilizes a synthetic currency system, providing users direct custody of their Bitcoin holdings through private keys and recovery phrases.
Originally launched in 2014 as a peer-to-peer money transfer service, Abra pivoted in 2017 to focus on cryptocurrency services. It discontinued its US retail trading app in 2022 to cater to institutional clients and private wealth management through Abra Prime and Abra Private. These offerings provide asset management, lending, OTC trading, and customized crypto investment solutions for institutions, crypto funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals.
Abra plans to launch Abra Bank in 2023, aiming to be the first US-regulated bank for cryptocurrencies, allowing customers to deposit and bank digital assets alongside fiat currency access. It also intends to establish Abra International in late 2022, providing similar regulated crypto banking services globally.

ProsperUs is a digital investment service that provides access to a wide range of asset classes and global markets through a single account. It enables investors to trade stocks, bonds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds, options, forex, contracts for difference (CFDs), and futures across 30 exchanges in 25 countries. ProsperUs offers a comprehensive multi-asset platform, catering to both entry-level and sophisticated investors.
The platform features two interfaces: Build, designed for long-term investing with a user-friendly interface for searching and filtering investment ideas, and Boost, a more advanced interface tailored for active trading and charting. ProsperUs is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and employs strict measures to safeguard users' funds and assets, which are held in a separate trust account from the company's business assets.
In March 2021, ProsperUs launched a sign-up promotion, offering new customers electronic tokens worth up to USD 880 to offset trading fees based on their initial funding amount. The platform aims to attract 10,000 investors within the first 12 months of its launch.

ProsperUS

Quant is a blockchain operating system that enables interoperability between different blockchains and legacy systems. Its core technology, Overledger, acts as a gateway, allowing communication and data exchange among various blockchain networks, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple. Quant's platform facilitates the creation of multi-chain decentralized applications (mDApps) that can operate across multiple blockchains simultaneously.
Overledger operates through four layers: the Transaction Layer handles transaction storage and consensus across blockchain domains, the Messaging Layer processes data from ledgers, the Filtering and Ordering Layer validates messages and establishes connections, and the Application Layer governs communication rules. This architecture enables developers to build applications that can leverage the strengths of different blockchains and integrate with existing systems.
Quant's ecosystem includes an App Store and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings tailored for enterprises and specific industries like healthcare, supply chain, and financial services. The native QNT token is used for accessing network resources, paying licensing fees, and compensating gateway operators who facilitate transaction traffic on Overledger.

Quant

Uphold is a cloud-based financial platform that enables users to securely hold, convert, and transact various digital assets, including over 200 cryptocurrencies, 27 national currencies, and four precious metals. It operates on an "Anything to Anything" model, allowing direct cross-asset trading without converting to fiat currency first. The platform executes transactions through 29 centralized, decentralized, and Layer two trading venues, providing deep liquidity and minimizing slippage.
One of Uphold's key offerings is its multi-asset debit card, accepted at over 50 million merchants globally, enabling users to spend their crypto, fiat, or precious metal holdings directly. The platform also facilitates automated trading through features like recurring buy/sell orders and limit orders.
Uphold boasts industry-leading transparency, publishing its assets and liabilities in real-time on its website, ensuring a 1:1 reserve ratio. It has obtained licensing from regulatory bodies like FinCEN and the FCA, prioritizing compliance and security measures like cold storage and 24/7 monitoring.
In April 2023, Uphold announced Topper, a new fiat-to-crypto on-ramp designed to provide higher approval rates and generate more revenue for Web3 projects. Additionally, in June 2023, Uphold became the only US crypto trading platform to offer Trailing Stop orders, allowing users to automatically sell if the price falls below a set percentage.

Uphold

Blockchain.com is a leading blockchain technology company that operates a popular online cryptocurrency wallet service. It enables users to conveniently buy, store, and manage various digital assets and tokens instantly through a user-friendly platform accessible via web or mobile app. The company's crypto wallet supports instant purchases using debit or credit cards, providing a seamless experience for users to participate in the cryptocurrency market.
One of Blockchain.com's key offerings is its suite of search tools, statistics, and charts that provide comprehensive insights and analysis of the cryptocurrency market. This data-driven approach empowers users with valuable information to make informed decisions regarding their digital asset transactions and investments.
Blockchain.com has achieved significant growth and recognition within the industry. In 2019, the company participated in Tech Nation's prestigious Future Fifty accelerator program, designed for late-stage tech companies with high potential for rapid growth. Additionally, in November 2021, Blockchain.com expanded its reach to become the largest cryptocurrency platform operating in Latin America through the acquisition of the Argentinian company SeSocio.
With a strong focus on innovation and market leadership, Blockchain.com has raised an impressive total of GBP 356 million in equity funding since its inception in 2014. This substantial investment from renowned investors such as GV (Google Ventures) and Lightspeed Ventures underscores the company's potential and the confidence placed in its technology and business model.

Bithumb is a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2014. It is one of the largest digital asset trading platforms in the country, with over 8 million registered users and over 5 billion active members. Bithumb offers trading services for a wide range of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and various altcoins. The exchange provides spot trading, margin trading, and fiat-to-crypto trading options. Additionally, Bithumb offers services like remittances, staking, and auto-trading bots.
Bithumb's technology facilitates high trading volumes and fast execution speeds, with a robust trading engine capable of handling a substantial number of transactions. The exchange prioritizes security, implementing measures such as network separation, intrusion prevention systems, and comprehensive cyber insurance. Bithumb has also introduced Bithumb Cash, a multi-purpose payment platform designed to promote the use of cryptocurrencies in daily life.

Bithumb

Protocols that issue digital currencies that can be used as a medium of exchange and/or a store of value

Companies and protocols that offer digital tokens pegged to the value of a fiat currency (such as USD and EUR) or a commodity (such as gold)

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

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

All companies within this industry are either blockchain-based platforms or offer blockchain-centric services

Cryptocurrency underpins transactions for the web3 economy

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