Top 50 Blockchain Startup Investors in Europe (October 2023)

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• NFT Metadata Editor — Edit and customize the metadata of your NFTs. Connect your wallet, select the NFT, and this tool will allow you to modify the metadata, charging a fee for the service.
• NFT Exhibition Space — Showcase your NFT collection in a virtual exhibition. Connect your wallet, select the NFTs, and this tool will create a virtual exhibition space for your collection.
• Crypto Wealth Manager — Connect your wallet, input your holdings and financial goals, and this tool will provide portfolio management features and recommendations.

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• D3 — D3 - DNS Domains for Web3
• jiritsu.network — Jiritsu is a decentralized protocol enabling verifiable compute.
• Mythic Protocol — Mythic Protocol is an entertainment company that develops games, media and platforms.

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• Anoma — An intent-centric architecture for decentralized counterparty discovery, solving, information flow control, & multi-chain atomic settlement
• Side Protocol — Side Protocol is a distributed mesh liquidity solution that makes use of cutting-edge inter-blockchain asset trading application protocols. Side Protocol, in contrast to liquidity hubs, intends to decentralize liquidity between various blockchain networks while maintaining interconnection.
• Superchain Network — The Open Index Protocol - By collecting and customising data in minutes, Superchain serves as the layer on top of which builders create applications, faster

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• Itheum — As we enter the web3 and metaverse era; Itheum unlocks data silos and generates new value for your data.
• MeMusic — MeMusic is a blockchain NFT music service platform that uses blockchain technology to provide users with a music ecosystem experience.
• The Unfettered — The Unfettered is a blockchain PC game.

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• OnlyDust — OnlyDust is a contribute to the best StarkNet projects, and get paid in USDC or Tokens.
• SorareData — SorareData is the platform of choice for Sorare players. It features player metrics, market statistics, decision-making tools, side games, and much more to enrich every Sorare manager's experience.
• SphereX — Experience unmatched decentralized security with SphereX, safeguarding your DeFi apps non-stop. Trust in our transparent, ML-based protection.

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• Clozer — Sell experiences & run gamified giveaways to grow your music streams
• move.ai — Move.ai provides motion capture platforms and tools to enable augmented and extended reality productions using AI and computer vision.
• SupraOracles — We're supercharging oracles to provide blockchains better, faster, accurate, and more secure off-chain data.

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• Layer N — Layer N is a layer 2 network designed to hyper-scale financial applications on Ethereum.
• GamePhilos — GamePhilos is to offer player digital ownership to mobile strategy games.
• Pixion Games — Pixion Games is a studio focused on building competitive esports games for mobile device.

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• Risc Zero. — RISC Zero is revolutionizing the internet by creating the infrastructure & tooling for Web3 developers around the globe to build zero-proof software.
• Lens Protocol — Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users.
• Tools For Humanity — Tools For Humanity is a technology company built to ensure a more just economic system.

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• Giza — Giza changes this by using zero-knowledge cryptography to bring model inferencing on-chain, unlocking a new depth for smart contract design.
• P0x Labs — P0x labs is the team behind Manta Network is a privacy-preserving technology operating on the Polkadot blockchain.
• Superstate — Superstate is developing the next generation of legal, blockchain-based financial solutions.

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• FirstMate — FirstMate is a software company that designs and develops software tools for NFT creators.
• Rocket Pool — Your friendly decentralised Ethereum staking protocol
• Mountain Protocol — At Mountain Protocol, we believe that everyone deserves access to the "risk-free rate" through a secure, regulated, and enterprise-grade product that elevates the world finance industry. Our yield-bearing stablecoin, USDM, provides permissionless composability, regulatory compliance, and an enterprise-grade setup with a seamless userexperience. Backed by US Treasuries and custodied by Fidelity in a bankruptcy-remote setup.

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• Pimlico — Leverage Pimlico to get more users by unlocking the full potential of gas sponsorships.
• HyperPlay — HyperPlay is a web3-native game launcher that enables players to carry their wallet, NFTs, tokens, and achievements into every game.
• Intuition — Intuition provides decentralized infrastructure, developer tools, and applications enabling the creation of an open, flexible knowledge graph enhancing the quality and availability of social knowledge.

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• Hook — Hook provides an NFT-native options protocol that enables active traders to earn more with less. For active traders, options allow them to earn multiples of buying the floor for the best trades.
• Risc Zero. — RISC Zero is revolutionizing the internet by creating the infrastructure & tooling for Web3 developers around the globe to build zero-proof software.
• Essential — Essential is building intent-based infrastructure & tooling to accelerate the transition from value extraction to intent satisfaction.

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• Sylvera — Sylvera Carbon offset ratings make offset quality and risks transparent. We make offsets auditable for offset sellers, intermediaries, buyers and investors.
• Outverse — A community platform that's easier to use, better organised and designed for real interaction.
• Dust — Dust is a platform for creating sophisticated processes based on large language models and semantic search.

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• Gensyn — The Gensyn protocol provides hyperscale, cost efficient, compute capacity for all deep learning workloads.
• Anytype — for those who celebrate trust & autonomy.
• Bluesky — See what's next.

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• Nonna Lab — Make the Most. Le laboratoire qui vous rend la vie meilleure.
• Altior — Altior is an IT company that offers cloud industrial management software and ERP solution.
• Umiami — Umiami Technologies is a leader in plant-based meat. Our proprietary technology allows us to create clean-label and incredibly tasty foods.

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• IYK — IYK inspires people to live in the moment by bridging immersive physical and digital experiences.
• fxhash — fxhash is an open platform to mint and collect Generative Tokens on the Tezos blockchain
• Spearbit — Web3 Security At Scale

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• Elusiv — Elusiv offers compliance in mind with next-generation privacy solutions for a better Web3.
• SuiPad — SuiPad is an IDO&INO platform, with selected projects, flexible whitelist, and fair level as the core positioning.
• Arcade2earn — Arcade2earn is the GameFi platform that gives its community the opportunity to earn access to the ecosystem.

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• Axis — axis for Business enables small businesses to seamlessly manage employee payroll, salary advances, and expenses - all from one place.
• Quench.ai — Quench is a tech infrastructure for video creators to deliver exclusive content, engage and reward their true fans.
• Roadie — Easier, scalable and zero-maintenance. With security, scorecards and customizability built-in.

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• OP3N — Founded in 2021 as a subsidiary of EST Media Holdings, OP3N is the global Web3 superapp that serves as a one-stop-shop for all communication, connection and commerce with on-chain interactions in a simple unified interface. With a mission to create a more frictionless, decentralized and democratized creator economy on a global scale, OP3Nconsolidates the tools needed to mint, share and engage with digital goods and digital tokens into one vertical stack. OP3N’s leadership team leverages its cross-industry expertise from the entertainment, gaming and tech ecosystems, to lay the foundations for a new era of community-driven, inclusive entertainment while bringing everyone together on a journey into Web3. OP3N is co-led by media executive, artist, and serial entrepreneur Jaeson Ma, who has a successful track record launching companies including EST Studios, Stampede Ventures, East West Ventures, and 88rising, and who’s raised capital and advised on transactions totaling over $1 billion; and Eric Tu, an award-winning development executive who’s worked with major brands including Nike, Beats by Dre and Google, and as an Executive Producer with Bjork, Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar and more. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. For more information, please visit: https://op3n.world.OP3N’s portfolio of projects includes a partnership with Tokyo fashion label AMBUSH; an intergalactic children’s book from Grimes; a partnership with entertainment icon Simon Fuller to produce an innovative musical film with the global pop group Now United; and the “Maybe You’re the Problem” music video from the singer-songwriter Ava Max, directed by the celebrated music video director Joseph Kahn.
• Risc Zero. — RISC Zero is revolutionizing the internet by creating the infrastructure & tooling for Web3 developers around the globe to build zero-proof software.
• Superplastic — Superplastic is a character-based product and entertainment company. It creates limited edition art toys, apparel, games, and animation based on characters created in collaboration with some of the greatest artists in the world. Superplastic is founded on the principle that effort and scarcity are intrinsic components of value. The companyappropriates the tools of mass media and mass production to create limited edition works of art for a limited audience. It was established in 2017 and is based in Burlington, Vermont.

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• DFlow — DFlow is the protocol powering the first decentralized order flow markets
• Ethena — Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.
• One Trading — Discover an unrivalled trading experience with One Trading. We believe regulation powers user experience, not breaks it. Crypto - But regulated. Buy crypto now, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, DOGE, Solana, Cardano and more.

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• Cube3.ai — CUBE3.AI is a web3 security platform that provides real-time transaction protection for smart contracts, safeguarding against cyber exploits, fraud, and compliance risks.
• Sei Labs — Sei is the first sector-specific Layer 1 blockchain, specialized for trading to give exchanges an unfair advantage
• Tanssi Network — The Tanssi Network is a permissionless appchain infrastructure protocol designed for swift and effortless deployment of application-specific blockchains.

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• Gensyn — The Gensyn protocol provides hyperscale, cost efficient, compute capacity for all deep learning workloads.
• Fair.xyz — Fair.xyz is a no-code platform that allows creators to launch end-to-end NFT collections; secure, accessible and fair.
• Tenderize — Mint validator specific liquid staked MATIC, GRT and LPT that can be swapped, collateralised or used in Defi.

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• Brine.fi — The best onchain spot trading crypto exchange
• Florida Street — PIXEL GG INC.
• Maverick Protocol — Trade. Earn. Any Asset. Stop paying for price discovery. Enjoy higher capital efficiency.

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• IronMill — IronMill is a Web3 infrastructure provider that focuses on offering customized integration solutions to program developers.
• Coinflow Labs — Coinflow is a payment solution that allows Web3 companies to accept traditional payment methods and payout their customers by converting cryptocurrency to USD in their traditional bank account.
• Franklin — Hybrid cash & crypto payroll

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• Axoni — Axoni is a New York-based capital markets technology firm that specializes in distributed ledger infrastructure. Product offerings include blockchain deployments, large-scale data management, bespoke smart contract development, analytics services, and connectivity tools.
• AlloyX — AlloyX makes it simple and accessible for protocols, DAOs, and institutional investors to create diversified RWA investment strategies. We provide lenders with a flexible and efficient platform for managing all of their RWA assets based on their yield, risk, and liquidity preferences.
• Coinflow Labs — Coinflow is a payment solution that allows Web3 companies to accept traditional payment methods and payout their customers by converting cryptocurrency to USD in their traditional bank account.

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• Animaj — Explore the future of storytelling where AI meets creativity at Animaj Lab. Join us on a journey to revolutionize kids' entertainment, crafting captivating content that keeps the digital-first generation engaged and inspired.
• elba — elba is the ultimate experience to secure your team in their daily work.
• Smart Tribune — Smart-platform is a turnkey solution that allows a company / association / e-merchant to establish a conversational space directly with its user community. Present on the entire site of a company / association / e-merchant Smart Platform will enable to gather opinions, suggestions, problems, praise, and exploit them toimprove service, reduce cost of its customer service and increase its conversion rate. In the trend of Social CRM, Smart -tribune is based on a simple and intuitive interface for its users and allows great mastery thanks to an advertiser perspective administration interface. An effective way to better know your community, your customers in order to better the satisfy.

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• Mimbi — Mimbi provides brands and agencies with a platform that allows them to better measure & optimize the impact of retail media campaigns
• OnlyDust — OnlyDust is a contribute to the best StarkNet projects, and get paid in USDC or Tokens.
• Depot — The fastest place to build Docker images.

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• GRVT — Trade on the next-gen hybrid derivatives exchange 100% self-custody. 0% counterparty risk. Traditional finance meets the power of blockchain.
• BHR — Streamline home research and diligence. Real estate data from 30+ industry-leading providers. Powered by an AI real estate copilot. Available for every home in the US.
• Webb Protocol — Welcome to Webb, an ecosystem of infrastructures and applications designed to extend privacy to the blockchain space. We are committed to a future where privacy is accessible for all in the multi-chain world.

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• Risc Zero. — RISC Zero is revolutionizing the internet by creating the infrastructure & tooling for Web3 developers around the globe to build zero-proof software.
• Blocktorch — Blocktorch web3 observability platform provides real-time tracing, logging and monitoring for developers building decentralized applications and smart contracts. Try it for free.
• Xverse — Xverse is the most advanced and user-friendly Bitcoin wallet. Earn BTC, trade Ordinals, and connect to Web3 apps powered by Stacks. Download for iOS, Android and Chrome.

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• Brine.fi — The best onchain spot trading crypto exchange
• Gleen AI — Delight your customers. Get Gleen, the world's most accurate & capable generative AI-based chatbot. Trustworthy answers. Automatic actions. Unify knowledge.
• Catalyst — Contributing to Catalyst, the permissionless liquidity layer for modular chains.

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• Delabs Games — At Delabs Games, we want to create fun games that last a thousand years.
• SupraOracles — We're supercharging oracles to provide blockchains better, faster, accurate, and more secure off-chain data.
• Story Protocol — Story Protocol is building open IP infrastructure to grow the creativity of the internet era.

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• Arcade2earn — Arcade2earn is the GameFi platform that gives its community the opportunity to earn access to the ecosystem.
• HitBox Games — HitBox Games was founded by industry veterans to provide dev teams around the world with a transparent and ethical publishing option.
• Aether Games — Aether Games are the creative talent behind both of the widely expected NFT-based game titles: Gates of Ethernity and Cards of Ethernity. In addition, the studio's creative efforts are up to be represented by the CGI mini-series "Aether" and many more.

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• Nori — Nori helps organizations, companies, and individuals meet their climate goals with high-quality carbon removal offsets. We currently fund farmers that use regenerative agriculture practices to sequester carbon in their soil.
• Rated — Rated offers data on validators and node operators, which makes it easier for users to compare and contrast their performance.
• DRiP — Collectibles every week from your favorite creators. For free.

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• Championfy — Championfy's mission is to empower and unleash everyone's inner champion through Esports and ignite the region with hope, inspiration, respect, strengths, and friendship.
• MetaVersus World — MetaVersus combines gaming with Web3 to provide a hyper-realistic digital environment for brands to build in and for users to discover as MetaCitizens
• REV3AL — Linktree. Make your link do more.

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• DRESSX — Don't shop less, shop digital fashion. First multi brand retailer of digital fashion clothing. Shop digital fashion online at DRESSX.COM. Digital fashion clothes from top designer brands and 3D designers.
• Mangrove DAO — Mangrove is an order book-based DEX that solves the problem of fragmented liquidity of DeFi.
• Stroom Network — Liquid staking protocol in bitcoin lignthning network

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• Degame — Degame is an NFT gaming platform that provides token analytics, tracking, research, gaming strategy, and IGO.
• Tres — Crypto Accounting and Web3 Treasury - Enable financial workflows such as reconciliation, balance calculation, audit and reporting. Now businesses can monitor, manage and account for their Web3 assets from on-ramp to off-ramp.
• Thala Labs — Unleash the liquidity of your assets with our Stablecoin, AMM, and Launchpad

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• MetaFi — MetaFi operates as a Trading Metaverse. Trading Metaverse is a new kind of social trading experience governed by its users.
• Obscuro Labs — Obscuro is a layer 2 solution for Ethereum that brings privacy. It ensures the inputs, ledger state and execution are always encrypted. No changes to Dapps, just migrate and gain privacy.
• Thetanuts Finance — Thetanuts is a multi chain structured products protocol with automated strategies to generate income

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• Mars4 — Mars4 (MARS$) defines itself as a virtual reality platform powered by the blockchain, that allows users to create, experience, and monetize content and applications and earn passive income through revenue generating Mars NFT Land Plots. In this virtual world on Mars, users purchase plots of land that they can later navigate, build upon and monetize.
• Velo Labs — Velo Labs is software company revolutionizing the old correspondent bank system by creating a global settlement network. We are empowering financial institutions with blockchain-based and compliance-friendly solutions to move money across borders.
• Parex Market — Parex Market provides DAO ecosystem that includes a range of solutions.

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• Linera — Linera is the power of decentralization for everyone, everywhere.
• Ledger — Secure your crypto assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Monero and more. Give yourself peace of mind by knowing that your cryptocurrencies are safe
• Earn Network — Onboarding millions to make billions in DeFi economy

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• Pyrpose — Pyrpose is a climate finance platform.
• Sytemap — We are building a blockchain-based property record to help home buyers and financial companies access, view and verify properties starting from digitizing Estate project layouts (Sytemap) Sytemap is a first step that allows us access to a large pool of property data. The end goal can really be described as building Zillow for Africa.
• Natix Network — Earn passive income by owning a part of your favourite city

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• Finoa — Finoa is the leading European crypto-asset management platform, empowering businesses and institutions to engage with crypto safely and intuitively.
• Swaap — We build the market-neutral AMM protocol.
• Frontdoor Labs — Frontdoor is a talent network for world-class web3 builders. Connect, learn and grow with a community of change-makers. Join the club & access our IRL spaces, workshops, working groups & more...

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• Shardeum — Shardeum is an EVM-based, linearly scalable smart contract platform that maintains low gas fees while providing true decentralization and solid security
• Neptune Mutual — Need Crypto Insurance? You don't need to submit loss proof to receive payouts. No need to wait after creating a claim. Get a free price quote now.
• Ready — Compete in mobile games to WIN cash!

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• 0xPass — Frictionless auth and login for your dapp
• D3 Labs — D3 Labs is to simplify and empower finance through seamless blockchain adoption, delivering confidence and benefits to individuals and organizations alike.
• Airstack — Every day there are millions of blockchain transactions. Airstack makes sense of them.

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• Dmail — Dmail Network is a decentralized mailbox that provides a safe and private environment for users' communication, storage, tokens, and NFTs. The company was founded by Mittal S. and Lucas L. in 2021.
• Orbofi — Create and monetize AI-generated images and assets for games, media, and AI NFTs. Create your own finetuned AI models.
• Volare Finance — Volare Finance provides a transparent, trustless, and convenient decentralized option trading without intermediaries.

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• autone — Autone is a SaaS operational platform enabling retail & CPG businesses to make optimal decisions easily and quickly
• Genie — Genie is a productive web development framework in Julia. Build web applications, UIs, backends, integrate with databases, set up web services and APIs.
• Purpose Green — Purpose Green operates as a climatetech company.

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• Nayms — Nayms is an insurance marketplace, utilising smart contracts to code the rules of how insurance can be placed, traded, claimed and settled. Brokers place these digital contracts of insurance between buyers (underwriters and capital markets) and sellers (insureds) of various risk. Our focus is on facilitating the underwriting of digital asset riskas appropriate insurance protection is vital for the health of any liquid, financial market.By allowing cryptocurrencies like BTC and Eth to underwrite BTC and Eth risk, assets match liabilities meaning premiums are reduced, payouts and premiums are paid in native currencies and insurance cover scales as the digital asset space expands. Furthermore, by utilising a stablecoin the Nayms platform can be used to underwrite USD-denominated risk, opening up our product to a whole variety of insurance perils globally.
• Transak — Transak offers a simple integration to allow your users to buy more than 100+ cryptocurrencies with credit/debit cards, or bank transfers in more than 120+ countries.
• PolySign — PolySign develops state-of-the-art, secure, scalable infrastructure for financial institutions to fully leverage their digital assets. The company also develops a secure and scalable infrastructure for financial institutions to fully leverage their digital assets. They aim to integrate with existing financial organizations and global markets, andrigorously embrace the highest standards for regulation.

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• Inovedis — Inovedis offers innovative solutions in medical technology that contribute both to optimized patient care as well as time and cost reductions in the healthcare sector.
• Resourcify — Mein Recycling is developed by Resourcify GmbH from Hamburg. The app is the easiest solution for businesses to easily manage all of their waste, collections, and recyclers in one app, and for waste management companies to seamlessly connect with their customers online. Their vision is zero-waste: enabled with the digital transformation of the wastesector as the foundation for the circular economy.
• traceless materials — traceless materials offer a holistically sustainable alternative to plastics: 100% biobased on plant residues, compostable under natural conditions, and free of toxic chemicals. For a future free of pollution and waste!

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• Ola — Ola is a ZKVM-based, High-performance, Privacy-focused layer2 platform.
• Earn Network — Decentralized platform that unlocks a world of DeFi earnings through easy, automated, and audited blockchain processes. Empower your earning potential with a few clicks.
• SuperDuperSecret — The developer's initial game, Royale Chess, a ten-player battle royale chess game, is the first of many to be released on their meta-game platform, which focuses on multiplayer, evergreen games.

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• GitPOAP — GitPOAP is a decentralized reputation platform that represents off-chain accomplishments and contributions on chain as POAPs.
• Senken — Senken is the world's first on-chain carbon credit exchange based on verified climate projects. Senken is a climate finance portal to the regenerative economy.
• Salsa (prev. Pearl) — Meet & Chat throught POAPs. The app to connect with web3 people and brand you care about.

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• Wyden — AlgoTrader is the global institutional leader in algorithmic trading and execution infrastructure for both digital and traditional assets. With its advanced software solutions, AlgoTrader gives banks, hedge funds, brokers, crypto funds and other financial institutions an end-to-end platform for best execution and event-driven alpha generation. Thecompany's offering includes WIRESWARM, a digital asset trading and connectivity platform for banks and brokers, AlgoTrader QUANT, an end-to-end quantitative trading solution with automated trade signal generation and order execution, and AlgoTrader OEMS, a state-of-the-art Order and Execution Management System for systematic and discretionary buy-side institutions with managed connectivity to over 400 liquidity venues. AlgoTrader’s interdisciplinary team of quantitative strategy developers, senior software engineers and financial and crypto experts is shaping institutional trading. Founded in Switzerland and based in Zurich, New York and Singapore, AlgoTrader operates globally.
• SparkChange — SparkChange is a provider of specialist carbon investment products and data, enabling investors to achieve both financial returns and positive environmental impact. The company was established by experts in environmental products and capital markets technologies to set a new standard in carbon investing. For more information, visit:https://sparkchange.io/
• Timeless — Buy shares in exclusive assets such as rare sneakers, watches & luxury cars from as little as €50 per share (incl. VAT).