Top 40 Blockchain Startup Investors in Italy in October 2023

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• Picosats — PicoSaTs envisages a new generation of telecommunication systems for space applications dedicated to CubeSat pico-satellites. The key technologies at the core of this system are a software defined radio and a highly directive and configurable antenna, operating at higher frequencies (Ka band), and providing very high data rates.
• Leaf Space — Leaf Space aims to become a global leading service provider in the new, emerging microsatellite market by developing a technology platform providing all basic services required by microsatellite operators.
• Energy Dome — Energy Dome | Groundbreaking Long Duration Energy Storage. Using CO2 against climate change. Our Technology enables to store renewable energy efficiently.

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• Fiscozen — Apertura partita IVA, fatturazione, F24, contributi, dichiarazione dei redditi. Tutto in un unico piano. Richiedi una consulenza gratuita.
• Babaco Market — Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste!
• Electra Vehicles — Control, Analyze, & Design Innovative Battery Packs using Electra Vehicles' EVE-Ai 360 Adaptive Controls and Analytics and EnPower Design.

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• Uncapped — Uncapped is a provider of revenue-based financing that enables founders to raise growth capital without interest or equity.
• Typedream — Everything you need to create and sell online - websites, link in bios, forms, blogs, and payments - in one simple creators tool.
• Young Platform — Il crypto exchange italiano dove puoi acquistare e vendere Bitcoin e le migliori altcoin del mercato. Accumula criptovalute e costruisci il tuo futuro finanziario giorno dopo giorno.

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• I-VASC — I-VASC has developed the VELEX device using new technology to treat CVI and varicose veins.
• Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.

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• BKN301 — Scopri tutti i servizi dedicati a privati, aziende ed esercenti. Accedi all'area riservata.
• STEP 4 Business — STEP is the answer to the key needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, with a complete digital ecosystem of financial products and services chosen and designed for the customer, using the best technologies and the most innovative solutions on the market. Founded in 2021 and is based in Milan, Lombardia, Italy.
• Know Your Customer — Build the perfect automated KYC, KYB and AML process for your business with Know Your Customer. Discover how our Modular Compliance solutions can help.

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• Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
• Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
• Young Platform — Il crypto exchange italiano dove puoi acquistare e vendere Bitcoin e le migliori altcoin del mercato. Accumula criptovalute e costruisci il tuo futuro finanziario giorno dopo giorno.

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• Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
• Futura — Futura makes high quality education accessible to everyone. Our AI-based platform uses Deep Learning to optimize your study time and test scores by learning from your past mistakes and targeting weak points with extra attention. We completely personalize learning, using a data-driven approach and modular classes that adapt to students’ individualneeds.
• Superlayer — Superlayer drives better performance for sales teams, leveraging and automating best practices to close more deals in less time.

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• BioMadre — BioMadre is an artisan bakery that manufactures veggie burgers.
• Way Experience — Way Experience operates in all the entertainment B2C sectors, using augmented and virtual reality technology. They also work in the B2B area by applying their technologies for customized consultancy projects in the following sectors: design, fashion, medical, events, and training.
• Istituto De Filippi — L'Istituto Alberghiero De Filippi a Varese propone due diverse offerte formative: la Scuola Superiore e i percorsi di Alta Specializzazione.

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• Scuter — NEXT GEN SHARING MOBILITY Introducing the ultimate sharing mobility service, designed to be much better than all the rest. The all-new website. Available so ...
• Newarc srl — With the help of technology, we simplify and improve the home buying and selling process.
• Green Independence — Green Independence is a startup committed in developing disruptive energy technology solutions, gradually leading the transition to a sustainable zero-emission-world powered by renewable sources. Our main technology is the New Artificial Leaf (NAL). NAL is a new technology that is able to efficiently store solar energy into chemical bonds,similarly to what happens in natural photosynthesis, converting water, CO2 and many other waste products. Currently, its main products are Green Hydrogen and Syngas (H2 + CO). NAL can guide the conversion of current energy production plants into low / zero emissions power-plants, without dismissing the current infrastructure.

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• Jada Ai — Jada Ai develops human-level artificial intelligence technology for collaboration between humans and machines.
• Seedify — Seedify is a blockchain gaming-focused incubator and launchpad ecosystem empowering innovators and project developers through access to funding, community, and partnership building, and a full support system to help drive the future of gaming and blockchain. It is an investor in the blockchain games, NFTs, and metaverses
• SKY Play — Creating a revolutionary new blockchain ecosystem with our own unique and innovative SKYPlay platform and SKP Token

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• albo — albo is the leading mexican challenger bank which helps you manage your money, and it can adapt to your lifestyle bringing you an honest service that cares about you. albo offers you a mobile banking app, a banking account, and a Mastercard card, allowing you to easily spend, save and invest your money. You can open your account in 60 secondsfrom your phone, having at your disposal personalized financing tools to help assist you in making better financial decisions. You can also be able to make free money transfers to whichever bank 24/7. albo includes many other innovating functions besides the ones mentioned above.
• Ivy — We are building a global API for instant bank payments
• 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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• 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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• Outmin — Outmin is an online accountant offering financial services for businesses, eliminating the need for salaries and management. Our automated solution handles all your finance, tax, and accounting needs.
• Kayna — Kayna is an insurance distribution company that collaborates with vertical SaaS platforms and utilises data to offer insurance services.
• 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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• Biorfarm — Adotta il tuo Albero, crea il tuo Campo Digitale e ricevi a domicilio la tua frutta biologica. Solo con Biorfarm puoi seguire la crescita dei tuoi frutti!
• EvenFi — Criptalia uses blockchain technology to connect businesses that have projects to be funded with people and organizations who are looking for high-yield investments. We offer an online platform where companies publish their innovative ideas and industrial improvement projects. Investors, people, and institutions can fund these projects by lendingmoney in exchange for a higher interest rate.
• Latitudo40 — We transform satellite images into useful insights, using AI & ML.

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• Hale — Hale is the digital solution supporting people with genito-pelvic pain, helping them live better with their condition. Download our app now!
• Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.

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• Traent — The Web3 enterprise blockchain. Traent is the blockchain fact-driven enterprises. A network of hybrid functional blockchains. Ready for tomorrow, available now.

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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.
• Kapital DAO — Kapital DAO connects individuals and contributors to the metaverse. With a focus on sustainable income, technological scalability, and e-sports talent cultivation, Kapital DAO sits at the epicenter of web3 gaming.
• 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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• KFOBIX — KFOBIX offers nano-composite materials to prevent freezing and contamination of solar panels, wind turbines, and automobile glass.
• DRONEQUBE — DRONEQUBE provides an innovative SaaS solution that empowers drones to monitor and defend vineyard health autonomously, addressing pressing concerns brought about by the climate crisis and increasing labor challenges.
• Our Next Energy — ONE is a Michigan-born energy storage company focused on battery technologies that will accelerate the adoption of EVs and expand energy storage solutions.

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• Capitual — Capitual is an FIU Licensed, global leader in fiat and digital money solutions for both personal and business use. It's the world's first Hybrid Digital Bank where finances and blockchain technology merge into an inclusive future. It helped connecting the financial world of LATAM with EUROPE by bringing the saving, transferring andinvesting on a reliable and stable system, which gives a completely secure environment that allows the full management to be done seamlessly , privately and instantaneously.
• MICROTECH — Microtech provides technical support for electro-medical equipment used in public and private healthcare organizations. Their services include preventive maintenance,corrective maintenance,electrical safety,creation and assistance,and  testing. They created QMS and meticulously inspected every component of it.
• Alps Blockchain — Alps Blockchain is a company specialized in research and development in the sectors of blockchain and data mining.

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• Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.

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• AideXa — La fintech progettata per le piccole e medie imprese e le partite IVA italiane.
• Tot — Meglio di un conto corrente aziendale: scopri Tot, il conto aziendale online per imprese che semplifica la tua gestione amministrativa. Aprilo ora online.
• Young Platform — Il crypto exchange italiano dove puoi acquistare e vendere Bitcoin e le migliori altcoin del mercato. Accumula criptovalute e costruisci il tuo futuro finanziario giorno dopo giorno.

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• Toket — Toket provides user-friendly APIs & no-code tools that empowers teams with no blockchain experience to easily create NFT-based applications
• Kibo Finance — Kibo Finance provides borderless options trading with fair pricing and better rewards.
• Folks Finance — Folks Finance is the innovative DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade and manage digital assets.

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• Shield — Shield is a holistic user security engine for web3 platforms and communities. Our system secures 250,000+ crypto users via discord bot and API integration.
• Rand — Distributed Finance is a distributed financial services provider driving NFTs and DAOs on Algorand, setting the gold standard for others.
• New Computer Corporation — New Computer Corporation provides an application program interface for web3 infrastructure. The agency is a potent combination of emerging media, radical new content and interaction design, technology innovation, and product design defining the look and feel of digital marketing.

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• Parcision — Parcision revolutionizes the hiring process on Wall Street by introducing a crucial element: quantifiable skill. The current Wall Street hiring practice puts too much emphasis on alma mater and network connection, which deters many candidates. We aim to establish a quantitative approach that enables individuals from all backgrounds to assess theirskills and demonstrate their accuracy in analyzing critical market events, such as company earnings and economic announcements. We firmly believe that regardless of identity, sex, race, location, or educational background, everyone deserves an equal opportunity to pursue a rewarding career in the financial industry. Through our blind hiring and skills-first approach, we hope to change the DNA of Wall Street.To achieve this, we harness the power of Web 3 technology, specifically smart contracts, to facilitate and oversee tamper-proof tests that quantify candidates' analytical capabilities. By leveraging this advanced technology, we ensure a transparent, auditable, and provable performance metric for participants. The most accomplished participants are duly acknowledged financially and reputationally based on their exceptional proficiency. This recognition is facilitated through participants' undeniable track records on Parcision.Parcision is chess for financial analysts.
• PlanetWatch — We leverage advanced technologies of the population to improve environmental monitoring worldwide and help protect public health
• Quantum Temple — Quantum Temple is the Web3 platform that enables equitable exchanges between conscious collectors and ancestral communities. Our goal is to protect and share the knowledge, traditions, and art forms of cultures around the world in perpetuity through blockchain technology.

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• Ironblocks — Ironblocks is a cybersecurity solution that protects contracts with a tailor-made coverage suit.
• Catalyst — Contributing to Catalyst, the permissionless liquidity layer for modular chains.
• Argus Labs — Argus is a game developer and publisher built around a collective of hackers and designers in pursuit of the next great paradigm shift in the video game industry. Our mission: Build the Internet of Games.

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• SolanaFM — SolanaFM provides blockchain indexing and analytical services to quickly capture and analyze data.
• Young Platform — Il crypto exchange italiano dove puoi acquistare e vendere Bitcoin e le migliori altcoin del mercato. Accumula criptovalute e costruisci il tuo futuro finanziario giorno dopo giorno.
• T&B Media Global — T&B Media Global is the Home of Happy - where creativity and happiness meet. Championed by storytellers and creatives with innovation extraordinaire Dr. Jwanrat Ahriyavraromp at the helm, T&B Media Global finances and curates exceptional and innovative content from around the world. Equipped with an extensive and integrated network withinChina and Thailand, and a pool of creative talents around the world, T&B Media Global strives to become a main proponent in vibrating happiness globally by investing in family-friendly content and groundbreaking technologies, while also supporting global societal development programs that create positive change for the environment, children and all of mankind.

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• Volvero — Drive the power of sharing with Volvero. Set up an account in minutes and start sharing vehicles with our community of users.

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• KlayCity — KlayCity is a P2E virtual world where district NFT owners can govern, explore and earn while enjoying the gaming experience.
• LiveArtX — LiveArtX is a premium NFT platform that connects the art world with web3. Built by art industry leaders, LiveArtX brings creators, collaborators, and collectors into the metaverse.
• Ajuna Network — Ajuna Network is a decentralized ecosystem for gamers and creators.

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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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• Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.

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• Econia Labs — Say hello to Econia: the high-performance on-chain order book for the Aptos blockchain. Built for equitable, global market access and engineered for composability, Econia is the settlement layer for Aptos DeFi.
• 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.
• Crossover Markets Group — Crossover Markets Group, Inc is a digital asset exchange designed to meet the liquidity needs of institutional clients trading cryptocurrencies.

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• Lambda256 — Founded in 2012, Dunamu (CEO Lee Seok-woo) is currently providing services as the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Korea, 'Upbit'​ and stock trading platform based on social network, ‘Kakao Stock'​. Both services are leading in the industry and ecosystems. (Upbit launched in Oct. 2017, Kakao Stock launched in Feb. 2014) Dunamuprovides the best service in the fields of cryptocurrency, securities, and asset management. Dunamu is getting much attention in both domestic and global market with professional specialists, innovative services and excellent technology. Recently, it announced to make investment of 100 billion dollars in the blockchain industry, leading the way in creating blockchain ecosystem.
• Openknowl — OPENKNOWL is an online career management system, offering mentoring facilities and careers camps for those wanting to develop a career in the IT sector.
• Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.

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• IIO — IIO is the open B2B2C VaaS (Voice-as-a-Service) platform that enables and improves the dialogue between people and devices through voice.It offers the possibility to create new applications through APIs and SDKs and allows to build new verticals in ecosystems that require a personal, close and secure experience.IIO Marketplace, will enablecollective intelligence to develop and share new “low / no-code” modular applications based on Voice (“VERSA”).Tech IP: Adaptive Conversational Engine (“A.C.E.”) allows you to adapt to the channel, emotions and discussion by managing exceptions with fall back logic;Conversational Editor, voice editing that will allow every developer to build and compose conversational applications: VERSAs.Secure Voice based on FoolFarm data “pulverization” patent, guarantees security and privacy of data, making users the owners of their information.A unique voice for your products and services: Proactive and dynamic It recognizes the speaker and intervenes only when necessaryIntuitive and empathetic Recognize emotions in words for personalized responsesContextual Always brings the flow back to the main topicMultichannel and Interoperable Manages handover on different channels and devices by integrating third-party services.Open and collaborative Expand the knowledge base thanks to the involvement of a Collective Intelligence.Low / No code Creation, modification, publication and use of new voice CX.
• VoiceMe — SaaS solution of Voice Customer Authentication - a platform allowing electronic payments, single-sign-on and secured digital signing.

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• Zencey — Zencey's platform is a one-stop destination to help patients with chronic conditions manage their health. They use our virtual medical assistant to evaluate their symptoms and get personalized guidance on the most adequate care option for their situation. If necessary, they can book a visit with one of our doctors and specialists for an onlineconsultation at their convenience. We also enable them to order prescription and over-the-counter medications right from the app.
• Quibble — Price Optimization and Revenue Management Software and Consulting For Vacation Rentals & Alternative Accommodations - We created Quibble to address the gap in the market between the simple rules-based software applications currently available and a truly science-based optimization. Quibble bundles our software with a full service offering togive our clients complete Pricing Ease of Mind. With many years of revenue management experience in the travel and hospitality industries, we know the pains and uncertainty revenue management brings. At Quibble, we aim to increase your revenue performance by engineering and implementing your custom pricing strategy while developing long-lasting partnerships.
• Radbutter Health — Radbutter Health saves employers 60-80% on diagnostic imaging costs equating to 10% of total health benefits spending, using the largest database, price lists, and network of imaging centers on its AI-driven care navigation platform.

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• Huma — Huma is an Income backed DeFi.
• M^ZERO Labs — M^ZERO Labs intends to create a decentralized network that will let large users securely connect resources to a decentralized infrastructure. MZERO strives to establish itself as the decentralized money middleware that enables on-chain interaction between actors of significant scale and sophistication.
• Superstate — Superstate is developing the next generation of legal, blockchain-based financial solutions.

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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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• ZTX — ZTX is a web-3 virtual world that supports communities and creators. ZTX is a blockchain project that jump crypto and ZEPETO, the largest avatar social network, have collaborated on.
• OpenCover — Cover $5,000 from $1.14 per week on leading protocols including Curve, Uniswap, Aave and more. As seen on CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Block, Coin Telegraph.
• Lumina — Lumina is a zero-knowledge, KYC-enabled, enterprise-ready DEX on Mina.

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• Wayru — Wayru is a decentralized Internet service provider for the urban development world aiming to democratize Internet access
• Folks Finance — Folks Finance is the innovative DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade and manage digital assets.
• Fluidity Money — Fluidity Money is the blockchain incentive platform that rewards with yields to people for using their crypto.

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• Rise — We make it easy for you to find, hire, pay, and manage contractors internationally while ensuring full compliance. Pay your team in fiat or crypto.
• Interface Labs — Mobile companion for your Ethereum journey.
• 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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• CEBG Studio — CEBG Studio is a gaming studio.
• TreasureLand — Treasureland is a multi-chain NFT aggregation protocol that supports NFT mint, issuance, auction, and socialization. It aims to connect NFT creators, users, and consumers in a decentralized way, building the eBay of the blockchain world.
• 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.