Top 50 Blockchain VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Canada in October 2023

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• GoldLink — GoldLink is a decentralized, on-chain undercollateralized lending protocol utilizing a novel and modular lending architecture to offer borrowers powerful, sophisticated investment strategies beyond anything offered in the space today.
• P0x Labs — P0x labs is the team behind Manta Network is a privacy-preserving technology operating on the Polkadot blockchain.
• Connext — Bridge tokens and data across 11+ chains. Earn and build on the most secure interoperability network.

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• GAM3S.GG — Your home of web3 gaming offering game discovery, reviews, guides, news & quests for a full experience.
• Pixion Games — Pixion Games is a studio focused on building competitive esports games for mobile device.
• Portals — Portals is a #DeFi yield and protocol aggregator for transaction bundling, any-to-any swaps, and real-time data

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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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• Sort — Sort: Supercharged collaboration for your database
• Puffer Finance — Puffer Finance operates as a blockchain infrastructure company.
• Stroom Network — Liquid staking protocol in bitcoin lignthning network

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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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• 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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• Alix — Alix streamlines estate settlements with our AI-powered platform. Simplify document management, asset distribution, and legal processes for a smoother, more efficient experience. Explore our innovative solution today.
• Automat AI — Robotic process automation for Chrome using GPT3 guided Computer Vision
• Glass Health — Glass is a knowledge management system tailored to the way doctors learn, organize, and curate medical knowledge.

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• BenchSci — BenchSci is the world leader in AI-Assisted Reagent Selection and Experiment Design. Our preclinical R&D SaaS platform uses machine learning to help pharmaceutical companies increase their research velocity.
• Ideogram — Ideogram: Helping people become more creative.
• Shakudo — Shakudo unites all of the data tools and services you need into a single comprehensive data platform, allowing your team to develop and deploy analytics-based solutions with ease.

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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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• 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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• Nillion — The Secure Processing Layer of Web3
• The Unfettered — The Unfettered is a blockchain PC game.
• Cryption Network — Cryption Network is crypto company. Its can swap, farm, Invest and predict with cryption's unique and user-friendly DeFi 2.0 products. Bringing mass adoption to DeFi. PolyDEX is cryption's flagship product, which is completely gasless, instant, cross-chain AMM DEX with yield farming.

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• Joystream — JoyStream is a blockchain powered decentralized media distribution, curation, discovery, and monetization platform.
• 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.
• Minterest — Minterest is a cross-chain decentralized money market lending protocol for decentralized financial. Its unique design attracts and rewards long-term liquidity with Minterest distributing value captured by the protocol to MNT token holders who actively participate in its governance. Minterest was founded in 2020 and is based in Tallin, Estonia.

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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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• Nuco — Blockchain networks will redefine the structure, process, and business models of most industries. Nuco is developing production-ready infrastructure to power the future of enterprise software.
• ScribbleLive — ScribbleLive is a content cloud provider that helps companies manage the lifecycle of their content. It provides global brands with the services and solutions they need to create premium content at scale. The company's managed services provide clients with program and campaign coverage including dashboards and program reporting. Its servicesoffered includes content strategy, creative services, implementation, integration, and IT support. ScribbleLive was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.
• Figment — Figment: Staking, middleware, and application layer solutions for investors and developers investing in and building on Web 3 technology.

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• Wixpool — Wixpool is a liquidity mining mechanism that is based on the Wixpool Rate Stabiliser (WRS) algorithm. Wixpool, led by WRS, allows anybody to invest in high-yield liquidity pools with a steady interest rate by pooling the assets of private users into an automated ecosystem.
• Thala Labs — Unleash the liquidity of your assets with our Stablecoin, AMM, and Launchpad
• Frontrunner — Frontrunner is a decentralized sports prediction market where users can buy shares of sports propositions and trade them like they would stocks. Unlike traditional sportsbooks where users place a bet and wait, Frontrunner gives users full control over their portfolios, allowing them to dynamically buy and sell positions as the odds change. Byleveraging the power of free markets and the blockchain, we create fully transparent markets and liquid positions which fundamentally change the way that people invest in their sports knowledge and beliefs. The vision is to bring DeFi concepts like AMMs, margin trading, and perpetuals to a marketplace of sports derivatives, creating parity between financial and sports betting markets.

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• ZetaChain — An EVM-compatible L1 blockchain that connects everything: Build interoperable dApps that span any chain including Bitcoin, access all chains from one place.
• Cryptoworth — Cryptoworth is a cryptocurrency solution and consultancy company working hard at the intersection of cryptocurrencies, blockchains, business and people to better-serve the fin-tech industry. Cryptoworth was created to reduce the complexity of cryptocurrency adoption, usage, and management. Cryptoworth provides the best cryptocurrency and blockchainsolutions for use cases spanning from single users to large institutions.
• Trident Digital — Trident Digital is restoring market liquidity by providing the next-generation digital asset platform that addresses issues with access, security, and capital efficiency. It allows lenders and borrowers to connect transparently and not rely on a central counterparty.

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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.
• Connext — Bridge tokens and data across 11+ chains. Earn and build on the most secure interoperability network.
• Alluvial Finance — Building the enterprise-grade liquid staking standard

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• Backd — Backd offers to maximize the power of assets and begin generating yield. Backd is a protocol for reactive liquidity decentralized finance (Defi).
• Cubist — Cubist brings modern software engineering practices and first-class security to web3 builders. Cubist’s toolkit makes it safe and easy to build, test and deploy multi-chain and cross-chain dapps in automated pipelines that handle keys and sequencing.
• Aperture — Aperture is a DeFi cross-chain investment ecosystem.

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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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• VIP3 — VIP3 is the FIRST all-in-one web3 benefits and membership platform, providing users with rewards and discounts.
• Playbux — At Playbux, we believe that the Metaverse is more than just another world; it is indeed a way for us to connect other platforms into our world.
• AlterVerse — Discover AlterVerse, an immersive free-to-play game coming to the Epic Store. Explore endless possibilities in our boundless sandbox environment where survival skills are key. Join the adventure today!

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• GAM3S.GG — Your home of web3 gaming offering game discovery, reviews, guides, news & quests for a full experience.
• Cosmic Wire — Cosmic Wire is the next-gen Internet: connecting worlds, empowering creators and transforming industries through Web3 innovation and blockchain solutions.
• Delabs Games — At Delabs Games, we want to create fun games that last a thousand years.

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• HealNow — HealNow partners with pharmacies to reduce the number of phone calls and payment forms they receive via fax, by allowing patients to pay co-payments online, schedule deliveries or curbside pickup, and answer any onboarding questions seamlessly. HealNow enables pharmacies to offer online payments of prescriptions for a faster onboarding and paymentsprocess. HealNow has built a system that’s specifically tailored to pharmacies of any shape or size, from grocery stores to independent pharmacies and everything in between. It was formed in 2018 and headquartered in New York, United States.
• Topline Pro — Receive a optimized website built for you in 24hrs with online tools to grow your service business. Take your business to the next level.
• TeamSense — Achieve 100% compliance & 0 disputes with TeamSense's text-based call-off solution. Employees love it, managers can't live without it.

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• Metaloop — Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
• Cardino — Cardino - Verkaufen Sie Ihr E-Auto digital zum besten Preis. Entdecken Sie die einfache und bequeme Art, Ihr Elektroauto online zu verkaufen.
• Beckley Waves — Beckley Waves funds, supports, and mentors the emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, and partnerships working to create the operational infrastructure of a global psychedelic ecosystem.

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• Castelion — We are a modern defense production company building the next generation of military hypersonic, vehicle, and strike systems to deter future wars.
• Headway — Headway is a mental healthcare system provider based in New York. It develops a health insurance advisory platform designed to connect patients with therapists and provides administrative support to therapists who don’t typically accept insurance. The company was founded by Andrew Adams, Jake Sussman, Dan Ross, and Kevin Chan in 2019.
• Blackbird — We believe the next great hospitality technology platform should connect restaurants and their customers directly, in meaningful and ongoing ways. Blackbird is founded by a team with a passion for restaurants and a track record of using technology to solve problems.

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• Runway — Explore more than 30+ AI powered creative tools to ideate, generate and edit content like never before.
• Mauve — Fully Compliant, Non-Custodial Exchange
• Pear Bio — Pear Bio uses organ-on-a-chip and computer vision technology to recreate, visualize, and compute the human tumor microenvironment and its effects on cancer progression. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in London.

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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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• Gomu — Gomu supercharge your app, dapp, wallet with actions and data in NFTs, DeFi, DEX, DAO. Built by a team hailing from Coinbase, CoinMarketCap, Chainlink, Zendesk and Millennium. Request for a demo today.
• Fordefi — The MPC wallet platform and Web3 gateway from Fordefi allow institutions to connect to dApps across multiple chains while keeping digital assets secure. Fordefi is the first institutional MPC wallet and security platform designed for decentralised finance. It provides MPC key management, self-service DeFi policy controls, time-of-transaction smartcontract insights, transaction simulation, and risk alerts.
• Suberra — Payment protocol for Web 3.0

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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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• Airstack — Every day there are millions of blockchain transactions. Airstack makes sense of them.
• Jumbo — Jumbo is the solution for a decentralized solution that is ungoverned that seeks to lower the entry point to trade. They develop, tune, and process inherently present on the near blockchain. Their interface is used to configure a set of parameters for the asset. They provide a set of functionalities and interface-embedded constituents that help todetect the pools.
• Liqwid Labs — Liqwid Labs is an on-chain lending protocol on Cardano.

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• GAM3S.GG — Your home of web3 gaming offering game discovery, reviews, guides, news & quests for a full experience.
• Ola — Ola is a ZKVM-based, High-performance, Privacy-focused layer2 platform.
• Earn Network — Onboarding millions to make billions in DeFi economy

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• Hexens — The top-notch cyber security service provider with an essential focus on blockchain technologies
• Ondefy — Ondefy is building infrastructure that enables a simple access to decentralized finance. Integrate multiple DeFi services unders 1 line of code.
• Arcade2earn — Arcade2earn is the GameFi platform that gives its community the opportunity to earn access to the ecosystem.

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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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• Linera — Linera is the power of decentralization for everyone, everywhere.
• DeepNFTValue — Get a live estimate of the market price for any CryptoPunk by its ID or any combination of attributes.
• Informal Systems — Informal Systems offer research and development at the intersection of formal verification and distributed systems.

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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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• GAM3S.GG — Your home of web3 gaming offering game discovery, reviews, guides, news & quests for a full experience.
• Delabs Games — At Delabs Games, we want to create fun games that last a thousand years.
• 0xBoost Finance — Unleash the Power of Multi-Chain Staking and Boost Your Assets. Stake. Earn. Grow. Empowering Crypto Investors Across Multiple Blockchains.

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• Passiv — Passiv makes it easy for you to manage your portfolio so that you can save more for retirement and spend more of your time enjoying life.
• Soricimed — Soricimed is a privately-held, clinical stage company focused on the development and commercialization of applications originally derived from its unique and proprietary family of peptides found in the paralytic venom of the northern short-tailed shrew
• ProcedureFlow — With ProcedureFlow, following company processes has never been easier. Our cloud-based knowledge management software will help you make your employees experts faster.

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• buywith — buywith is an online shopping Livestream marketplace for retailers & brands, where influencers and experts can broadcast online shopping sessions with their followers & make them buy via a highly engaging experience. We help brands generate more revenues from their e-commerce activity and increase their ROI.
• The Edit LDN — Edit LDN is an online marketplace selling limited edition clothing and sneakers. Our business is unique, providing the destination to shop the latest drops from the biggest brands in fashion, and sell your preloved designer clothing via the Edit LDN Marketplace.
• Ovo Automotive — OVO Automotive is providing Cloud based App Delivery Platform for Connected Cars, driving open innovation for in-vehicle interactions, experiences and services.Auto makers, Google and Apple are locked in a battle to control the last unconquered screen - the in-vehicle dashboard - for direct interaction with captive audience and monetizing newconnected vehicle services. OVO Automotive provides a novel platform for delivery of apps to the in-vehicle screen, which enables customer interaction independent of automakers, Apple and Google. Our platform enables fleet owners, car dealers, smart mobility service players and connected car service providers to interact with their customers directly on the go, thus improving customer experience and creating new revenue streams. Our automotive grade cloud platform enables the delivery of any connected car app directly to any in-vehicle interactive touchscreen dashboard in a secure and transparent way, providing drivers and passengers a rich connected vehicle experience.

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• 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.
• 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.
• Conductive.ai — Conductive.ai is an engagement platform for game developers to motivate players to increase player lifetime value.

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• Laevitas — Laevitas is a data analytics platform based on quantitative finance models for the crypto-asset market. The company aims to provide analysis by implementing mathematical models on data from a variety of crypto-asset derivatives markets
• Size — SIZE Markets | On-Chain OTC
• Orderly Network — Orderly Network is a decentralized orderbook protocol designed for DeFi developers and traders in Web3 to experience accelarated trading with low fees and deep liquidity.

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• Rybit — A leading technology platform that connects the last mile delivery industry, optimizing and simplifying day-to-day delivery operations.
• Atinary — Atinary is an end-to-end AI, machine learning, robotics, and cloud computing technology platform for digitizing R&D operations.
• Magic — Onboard users to your dApp with just an email, phone number, or social login. Multi-chain, highly scalable, and battle-tested.

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• Rated — Rated offers data on validators and node operators, which makes it easier for users to compare and contrast their performance.
• Fhenix — End-to-End Encrypted Web3 Fhenix is the first blockchain powered by fully homomorphic encryption to bring Computation Over Encrypted Data to EVM smart contracts Join us Learn more A new, encrypted web is waiting for you Truly functional markets require end-to-end encryption. Fhenix rises to the challenge by unlocking unprecedented encryption capabilities in the public blockchain
• Essential — Essential is building intent-based infrastructure & tooling to accelerate the transition from value extraction to intent satisfaction.

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• ApolloX — ApolloX is one of the top decentralized crypto exchanges. Launched in 2021, ApolloX’s mission is to make crypto accessible to everyone, not just the professional trader. In 2022, ApolloX announced its plan to transition to a DAO governance model.The ApolloX ecosystem is fast-growing and includes its in-built DeFi Wallet, ApolloX NFTs and more.APX is ApolloX’s utility token which can be obtained as trading rewards and used for governance on ApolloX.For more information, please visit ApolloX DEX: www.apollox.finance.
• Apex — ApeX, an innovative derivatives protocol, is launching the ApeX game NFTs to provide Web3 users with a supreme derivatives trading experience.
• Burrow — Burrow is a non-custodial liquidity pool platform that functions as a decentralized money market, allowing users to supply and borrow assets for trading.

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• Kolibrio — Node providers, wallets, and bridges connect to Kolibrio BEV relay to improve user experience and maximize value proposition by returning MEV to back the users.
• NORTHSTAKE — Providing institutional investors with access to future economies through secure and trustworthy investment pathways for digital assets
• Monitaur — Reduce operational overhead, improve security, optimize performance, and deliver amazing customer experiences with our end-to-end, hybrid observability & APM platform built for decentralized apps and infrastructure.

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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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• Gensyn — The Gensyn protocol provides hyperscale, cost efficient, compute capacity for all deep learning workloads.
• 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.

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• 3Commas — 3Commas provides a platform for cryptocurrency investors to trade with minimal risks, limit losses, and increase profits. 3Commas was founded in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.
• Fuel Labs — At Fuel, we are building the fastest execution layer for the modular blockchain stack.
• Optim Finance — Optim Finance provides investment tools that optimize yield on digital assets. Their financial primitives enable users to rent ADA delegation rights to power novel use cases such as SPO loans, leverage into ISOs, and initial bonds.

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• Reach — Reach is the premier ecommerce payments partner connecting you to global consumers. Unlock the true power of in-country payment without the complexities.
• Tribal — Tribal Credit is a corporate charge card specially designed for startups in emerging markets. Using a proprietary AI-driven approval process, the San Francisco based startup provides small and medium companies with access to payments and complete control over their spending. Founded by serial entrepreneurs, data scientists and fintech execs whohave built and led startups in both emerging markets and Silicon Valley, the startup aspires to bridge the business financial inclusion gap between the two. Tribal Credit is backed by BECO Capital, Global Ventures, Endure Capital, 500 Startups, Rising Tide Fund, AR Ventures, Off The Grid Ventures, RiseUp, and Tribe Capital.
• ALICE Technologies — ALICE is a construction optioneering platform that empowers the world's leading contractors to plan, bid, win, and build more profitable projects.

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• Helika — Helika is a web3 product analytics platform that helps projects better understand their users, increase engagement, and drive growth.
• ClearEstate — ClearEstate is a one-stop-shop for all your estate planning and settlement needs. Our platform and experts will handle the entire settlement process.
• Obeo Biogas — Obeo is one of the leading suppliers of renewable energy solutions for dairy farmers. Our innovative anaerobic digestion facilities convert dairy farm waste into renewable energy, while helping farmers reduce their environmental impact and improve their profitability.

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• Thala Labs — Unleash the liquidity of your assets with our Stablecoin, AMM, and Launchpad
• Liqwid Labs — Liqwid Labs is an on-chain lending protocol on Cardano.
• Tapio Protocol — The stability of native DOT, with the yield of LDOT.