Top 50 Cryptocurrency VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Germany in October 2023
Top 50 Cryptocurrency VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Germany in October 2023
| Investor | Cryptocurrency Germany investments |
|---|---|
| coparion | 4 |
| High-Tech Grunderfonds | 4 |
| seed + speed Ventures | 3 |
| Point Nine | 3 |
| Earlybird Venture Capital | 2 |
| Signature Ventures | 2 |
| Venture Stars | 2 |
| Fosun International | 2 |
| TRGC | 1 |
| Barclays Corporate Banking | 1 |
| Hyperchain Capital | 1 |
| Huobi | 1 |
| Digital Currency Group | 1 |
| Kinetic Capital | 1 |
| Antler | 1 |
| GSR | 1 |
| Auxxo | 1 |
| Venrex | 1 |
| w3.fund | 1 |
| Coinbase Ventures | 1 |
| MSM | 1 |
| Hashed | 1 |
| DWF Labs | 1 |
| Motive Ventures | 1 |
| Bixin Ventures | 1 |
| DEWB | 1 |
| Futury Capital | 1 |
| Holvi | 1 |
| Three Arrows Capital | 1 |
| Hypersphere Ventures | 1 |
| Fifty Years | 1 |
| Libertus Capital | 1 |
| Creator Collective Capital | 1 |
| Balderton Capital | 1 |
| D1 Ventures | 1 |
| LD Capital | 1 |
| coinIX | 1 |
| Deutsche Effecten -und Wechsel Beteiligungsgesellschaft | 1 |
| Anthemis Group | 1 |
| Sony Financial Ventures | 1 |
| Signum Capital | 1 |
| Multicoin Capital | 1 |
| J12 | 1 |
| NKB Ventures | 1 |
| Fundamental Labs | 1 |
| Possible Ventures | 1 |
| Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital | 1 |
| Arweave | 1 |
| Sino Global Capital | 1 |
| Blockrocket | 1 |
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Coparion provides venture capital to accelerate momentum and growth. With a currently active fund of EUR 275 million, Coparion has the means to do so.Coparion supports entrepreneurial vision with know-how, but without intervening in daily business operations. Thanks to in-depth experience in venture capital and in building companies, the Coparionteam discerns potential and opens up new perspectives. Coparion has the substance, tenacity, and creativity required to mutually manage difficult situations successfully.Coparion only invests with co-investors. The fund invests up to EUR 15M per company, usually in several financing rounds of EUR 0.5-8M each. The investment focus is on German companies in the start-up and early growth phases. Coparion is based in Cologne and Berlin.
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- Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Finoa — Finoa is the leading European crypto-asset management platform, empowering businesses and institutions to engage with crypto safely and intuitively.
- ContractHero — ContractHero is a leading digital contract management solution for business customers. The smart and easy-to-use software provides an overview of all current contracts, quickly identifies unnecessary costs and reduces risks from missed contract deadlines. As a result, companies have full control over their contracts and avoid missed deadlines andunnecessary costs.
- Finanzguru — Finanzguru is an AI based financial assistant.
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is a seed investor that finances high-potential, tech-driven startups. With EUR 895.5 million in total investment volume across three funds and an international network of partners, HTGF has already helped forge more than 500 startups since 2005. Driven by their expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion, its teamof experienced investment managers and startup experts help guide the development of young companies. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech startups in a range of sectors, including software, media, internet, hardware, automation, health care, chemistry, and life sciences.To date, external investors have injected over EUR 2 billion into the HTGF portfolio via about 1,400 follow-on financing rounds. HTGF has also successfully sold interests in more than 100 companies. Investors in this public-private partnership include the Federal Ministry For Economic Affairs and Energy, the KfW Banking Group, and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V., as well as the companies ALTANA, BASF, BAYER, B.Braun, Boehringer Ingelheim, Robert Bosch, BÜFA, CEWE, Deutsche Post DHL, Dräger, Drillisch AG, EVONIK, EWE AG, FOND OF Haniel, Hettich, Knauf, Körber, LANXESS, media + more venture Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, PHOENIX CONTACT, Postbank, QIAGEN, RWE Generation SE, SAP, Schufa, Schwarz Gruppe, STIHL, Thüga, Vector Informatik, WACKER and Wilh. Werhahn KG.
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- Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 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!
Empowering visionary founders with pre-seed and seed funding for B2B software innovation. Partner with us to turn your aspirations into thriving businesses. Our expert support ensures your journey to success.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- E-mobilio — E-mobilio is a consulting and mediation platform for electromobility.
- happyhotel — The happyhotel revenue and yield management system has a simple dashboard that supports the hotelier in the data analysis of the most important hotel KPI’s. happyhotel is a cloud-based hotel software specially designed for small and medium-sized hotels. Hoteliers can achieve more revenue without a great deal of prior knowledge. The hotelier getpast, current and future values of RevPar, Occupancy, ADR and Revenue. Through the booking pace graph and the on the books evaluation the hotelier can react to the current market conditions. Furthermore the hotelier can review every day the important reports and get an alert if the values do not correspond with the budget. happyhotel use a special formula and an algorithm who gives the hotelier the best price recommendation for his hotel or each of your hotel segments and room types. With an interface to the hotel pms happyhotel get all data to analyze the hotel. happyhotel facilitates the hotelier's life through automatic processes so that he can concentrate on other things.
- Tokenize.it — Tokenize.it are developing non-custodial token-based fundraising methods.
Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages.
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- Software, SaaS, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Sereact — Discover the world's easiest pick-and-pack automation solution. Significant cost savings, productive 24/7, deployment in one day and no training required.
- Grasp — Grasp mission is to increase the rate at which humans learn.
- Amperecloud — ampere.cloud is Renewables & Environment company
Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Binalyze — Binalyze enhances all your digital forensics and incident response processes at max speed.
- ColibrITD — Quantum Computing Software Algorithm
- Re-Fresh Global — Re-Fresh Global brings sustainability innovation into the manufacturing industry. Our patented biotechnology transforms textile waste into recycled raw materials: nanocellulose, ethanol, and sanitized textile pulp.
Signature Ventures is an early-stage Venture Capital fund investing in Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technology and Web3 technology. The fund backs exceptional founders that build the backbone of the next-generation internet: open, secure, and privacy-centered. Founded in 2019, Signature is based in Germany and invests in Pre-Seed to Series Astartups globally with a focus on Europe. The company is headed by Juliane Hahn, Founding Partner, and Dr. Georg Stricker, Tech Partner. Both combine an extensive track record of VC investments with deep Blockchain expertise. Signature's diverse team follows a first principle approach and collaborates closely with an extensive ecosystem of key Blockchain industry players, VCs, corporates, and academia. With their deep expertise in tech, company building and legal matters, Signature is empowering the pioneers that are driving the paradigm shift and shape the decentralized future.
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- Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 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...
Venture Stars is a Munich based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in innovative, digital B2C and B2B business models.
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- E-Commerce, Pet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- biddz — Buy biddz from your favorite artists, support them and participate in your collective financial success!
- Finoa — Finoa is the leading European crypto-asset management platform, empowering businesses and institutions to engage with crypto safely and intuitively.
- Finanzguru — Finanzguru is an AI based financial assistant.
Fosun International Limited is a Hong Kong-based investment holding company engaged in financial, property, steel, and healthcare businesses. The Company has nine segments. Insurance operates and invests in insurance businesses. Investment is engaged in strategic investment, private equity investment, venture capital investment, and secondarymarket investment.Fosun International Limited was founded in 1992.
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- Health Care, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Saphlux — Saphlux develops, manufactures, and supplies semi-polar gallium-nitride (GaN) materials for nitride-based solid-state lighting and power devices. Major applications include high-power blue LEDs, green LEDs, Micro-LEDs, laser diodes, VCSELs, IGBTs, etc. Benefits of semi-polar materials have long been proven in addressing the fundamentalbottlenecks in first generation c-plane GaN materials such as efficiency droop, green gap, and wavelength shift in LEDs and lasers. However, the mass-production of large-area, high-quality and low-cost semi-polar GaN materials has been rather challenging.Based on the research from the Nitride Group at Yale University, Saphlux was founded in 2014 by Prof. Jung Han and Dr. Chen Chen to resolve these problems. The company successfully developed the world's first stacking-fault-free semi-polar GaN-on-sapphire materials. Raised over $11 million from Venture Capitals, Saphlux has now built a dedicated production line to mass-produce 4-inch (20-21) GaN-on-sapphire templates for industry clients.
- Litecore — Litecore is a manufacturer of optoelectronic devices and processors for broadband, large data centers, and information security.
- Lanvin Group — Lanvin group is a fashion industry that oversees the labels lanvin, caruso, wolford, sergio rossi, and st. John knits. It is offering this assistance along with in-depth information about and connection to the fashion markets.
We back visionary teams and companies that are in pursuit of a better global financial system, with an aim to foster the growth of the world’s most promising projects in the emerging technologies sector. Leveraging both our deep understanding of the ecosystem and our extensive industry connections, we are able to put capital to work efficiently,supporting the next wave of trailblazing blockchain, Web3 and DeFi innovators.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Shardeum — Shardeum is an EVM-based, linearly scalable smart contract platform that maintains low gas fees while providing true decentralization and solid security
- Gateway.fm — GatewayFM is the first truly decentralized blockchain infra/node provider, with globally distributed, multichain infrastructure
- Sumi Network — Sumi Network is a decentralized storage solution provider.
Barclays PLC is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide. It is engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, and wealth management with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.The company offers current accounts, savingsproducts, Woolwich-branded mortgages, unsecured loans, general insurance, and banking and money transmission services to small- and medium-sized businesses; investment and insurance products; business lending services; bank assurance solutions; and retail, credit and debit card, and corporate services. It also offers international payments services for consumer and business customers, including credit cards and consumer lending services; investment banking services comprising strategic advisory, financing, and risk management services to large corporate, government, and institutional clients; integrated corporate banking solutions, including cash management, lending, and trade financing services to corporate and financial institutions as well as multinationals; and a range of wealth and investment management services such as international and private banking, investment management, fiduciary, and brokerage services.With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs more than 147,500 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests, and protects money of more than 48 million customers and clients worldwide.The company was formerly known as Barclays Bank Limited and changed its name to Barclays PLC in January 1985. It was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Bink — Upgrade your loyalty programme with card linking technology, or launch a new one in record time.
- WHSmith — Welcome to WHSmith. Here you can find stationery, books, toys and games and many more products. Shop online or find out more about us.
- Air Protein — Air Protein is a startup that aims to develop sustainable protein made from thin air. Using a proprietary probiotic process, Air Protein develops protein-enriched food made from CO2. This revolutionary new protein source can be used to make meat-free burgers, protein-enriched pasta, cereals, beverages, and more.Air Protein has been developed byKiverdi, a California-based biotechnology company.
One of the first in the world, HyperChain is a digital assets management company focused on Blockchain based projects and decentralized protocols.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Funding Round, Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Singapore, Vietnam, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Passage — Passage is a platform designed to revolutionize the 3D web by transforming static pages into immersive, interactive places.
- Assembly — IOTA has re-engineered the principles of existing distributed ledger technology to provide a feeless, open-source, secure data and financial exchange protocol for everyone
- Thetanuts Finance — Thetanuts is a multi chain structured products protocol with automated strategies to generate income
Huobi Global is a global blockchain asset financial services provider including exchange, trade, wallet, and storage. Since its establishment in 2013, Huobi Group has been financed by ZhenFund and Sequoia Capital. Its accumulative turnover has exceeded 1.2 trillion USD and once became the world's largest digital asset exchange with a globalshare of 50%. Currently, Huobi Group has invested in more than sixty upstream and downstream enterprises. Based in Seychelles, Huobi has offices in Singapore, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong to deliver its secure and credible digital asset trading and asset management services to millions of users in over 130 countries.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, China
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- ZKX — ZKX is a permissionless protocol for derivatives built on StarkNet.
- Ethena — Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.
- Fanzee Labs — We develop fan engagement platforms that help sports and entertainment organisations meaningfully connect with their fans through immersive gamifcation experiences
We are the capital engine supporting emerging talent & crypto technology. On its mission to accelerate the development of a better financial system.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Kinetic Capital Limited Partnership targets private equity investments using "Value for Growth" and/or "Break-up Value" approaches. Kinetic Capital Investments Limited Partnership targets occasional specific opportunistic public market investments. Kinetic Capital TNT Limited Partnership makes later stage venture capitalinvestments with explosive upside.
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- Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- BlockApps — BlockApps helps you harness the power of Web3 to unlock the full value of your business assets through transactional transparency.
- CXIP Labs — Welcome to CXIP Labs, makers of Holograph, a multichain digital asset protocol.
- Boba Network — For visionary developers, Boba Network is the only hybrid blockchain that delivers off-chain data and compute, enabling smarter applications for mass adoption.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Singapore, United Kingdom, Australia
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- FitFlo — FitFlo brings to life the connected gym experience for Operators, Trainers and Members.
- Mole — Mole is a digital business card and mobile website software. Connect with your clients, promote your business online and much more. Comes with free customised NFC business card.
- Optacloud — Fostering a global AI powered ecosystem to achieve 100% cloud efficacy-> effortlessly, economically and eco-consciously. Dev tools stack for automating the entire development lifecycle of cloud apps across- Build, Deploy & Optimize.
GSR is the global leader in crypto trading and market-making. We specialize in providing liquidity, trading and risk management solutions.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
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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.
The Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund is a sector agnostic pre-seed and seed stage investors that backs female (co-)founded startups in Europe.
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- Software, Apps, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, United Kingdom, France
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- FINDIQ — FINDIQ is a young company based in the heart of the Ostwestfalen-Lippe industrial zone. We have developed a novel strategy as a software producer to intelligently integrate knowledge management and help solutions for machine service. FINDIQ develops its service solution with the industry, whether for machine makers, operators, or service providers.
- Fermify — We are here to domesticate microorganisms and build simple and fully automated production platform to address the issue of large-scale milk protein production
- Recyda GmbH — All-in-one Packaging Recyclability Management
Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses.
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- E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, France
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- Integral — Compliantly connecting health data as securely and as quickly as possible.
- HUG — Discover new artists, and access innovative creator-friendly education. Earn rewards for celebrating and curating your favorite artists!
- KittyCAD — Infrastructure for hardware design tools.
A vibrant Web3 fund, involved in all things around web3 investments in ventures and digital assets, web3 media and bringing together likeminded people.
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- Bitcoin, FinTech, Software
- Pre-Seed
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Learn.xyz — Use the power of AI to create lessons, share them, and inspire others. How long will your streak be?
- Learn.xyz — Use the power of AI to create lessons, share them, and inspire others. How long will your streak be?
- Tokenize.it — Tokenize.it are developing non-custodial token-based fundraising methods.
Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, India
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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.
MSM is an early-stage generalist impact fund that invests all across Europe.
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- Information Technology, Software, B2B
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal
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- GoParity — GoParity is an online savings and investment platform that uses a P2P business model to simplify investment and allow citizens and companies to get a decent return on their sustainable loans. Citizens and companies invest their funds in projects they believe in to generate economic, social and environmental impact.We are driving the transitiontowards a more sustainable and inclusive economic system, making investment in sustainable solutions accessible to all, from citizens to small enterprises. Join us @ www.goparity.com
- Flecto — Flecto is the rental platform that makes businesses thrive in the circular economy. A flexible rental software for all types of businesses.
- WNWN Food Labs — We're WNWN Food Labs and we love food. We're creating delicious, sustainable and ethical alternatives to unsustainable and ethically dubious foods. We're starting with cacao-free chocolate. Changing chocolate? It's Win-Win #alt-chocolate #altchocolate #alt-universe #altuniverse #alt-protein
Hashed is a global, early stage venture fund focused on backing founders who are pioneering the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Hashed is based in Seoul and San Francisco.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, South Korea, Singapore
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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.
DWF Labs Global digital asset market maker and multi-stage web3 investment firm
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Singapore, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
embedded/capital - builders turned investors fuelling Europe's next generation of fintechs.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Bitcoin
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany
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- TIFIN AMP — Your AI Partner For Modern Distribution. We combine marketing, data science and sales enablement capabilities to drive more intelligent distribution
- Vega — The comprehensive wealth creation platform for high-net-worth individuals and their advisors. Vega bridges the gap between the institutional and private wealth management worlds.
- ThreatFabric — Our Fraud Risk Suite enables safe & frictionless payment journeys by combining our renowned threat intel with device/behavioral/identity risk management.
Bixin Ventures invests in early-stage infrastructure projects that cultivate and facilitate mass adoption of open finance through permissionless and decentralized networks.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Seychelles
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Earn Network — Onboarding millions to make billions in DeFi economy
- Conductive.ai — Conductive.ai is an engagement platform for game developers to motivate players to increase player lifetime value.
As a listed private equity company DEWB provides support for strong growth, medium capitalized technology companies in the form of equity capital, expertise in corporate development and its sector network. The investment focus lies in the areas of photonics and sensor systems as well as their fields of application in automation and industrialengineering and related areas which offer promising prospects for the future. Investors in the DEWB share gain access to the significant potential for added value offered by these key technologies of the 21st Century: Discover the light.Since 1997 we have invested over 360 million Euros in 59 companies and realized more than 465 million Euros through 43 exits, eight of which were IPOs. DEWB’s current investment portfolio covers seven companies from the areas of photonics and sensor systems, as well as biotechnology and IT.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland
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- Cashlink — The financial technology start-up (Fintech) Cashlink has developed one of Europe's leading Tokenization-as-a-Service solutions. A modular, technological infrastructure enables the legally compliant issuance and management of digital securities for banks and investment platforms as an all-in-one solution. Compared to a traditional security,tokenized financial instruments create significant cost reductions and opportunities for opening up new markets and products, giving issuing companies, banks and investment platforms a sustainable competitive advantage. Renowned companies such as the Frankfurt securities specialist Bankhaus Scheich are already successfully using the Cashlink solution today. Cashlink is an official partner of Deutsche Börse Venture Network and completes its comprehensive range of digital securities by cooperating with experienced and specialized partners such as the globally operating law firm Ashurst. Renowned European investment companies such as the listed FinLab AG and the seed + speed-VC of the Maschmeyer Group are invested in the Fintech. As a founding member of the European forum "International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications" (INATBA), the Hesse regional group of the Blockchain Bundesverband and the International Token Standardization Association (ITSA), Cashlink is already shaping tomorrow's capital market today.
- nextmarkets — Nextmarkets is dedicated to `helps private investors to operate in a sustainable and better educated manner on the stock exchange.For this purpose, the company developed a very easy-to-use trading platform in which private investors can trade more than 1,000 CFDs on equities , foreign exchange ( forex , FX ), bonds and commodities veryintuitively - via web and mobile apps . It is scientifically proven that more than 80 percent of all private investors fail on the stock market . This has predominantly behavioral economic reasons.
- Stableton Financial — Challenge the boundaries of conventional investment portfolios. Stableton is a partner for fast-growing companies and founders across FinTech, Consumer, B2B SaaS and Mobility globally, with a focus on Europe and North America.
We are looking for the newcomers, the architects of the future, the movers & shakers.
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- Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, France, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Rail-Flow — Rail-Flow provides purchase and tender management, rail offer management, intermodal transportation management, intermodal capacity brokers, transport management, and automatic order entry. Their customers contact them through phone, email, and online applications.
- seedtrace — Manage, prove and communicate the social and ecological impact along your products' supply chains through our digital platform.
- Digital Spine — Our mission is to disrupt the paradigm that buildings are mainly defined by bricks, concrete & steel. We are enhancing their purpose and definition with digital technology, realtime connectivity & user-centric software applications. We distill 90 years of experience in machinery & engineering into cutting edge cloud-based solutions& services.Our core competency is the digital transformation of vertical mobility & transport within the ecosystem of smart buildings.
Holvi offers small businesses, from solopreneurs and freelancers to micro businesses and growing startups, a home for their finances. With a business account and Mastercard®, invoicing and bookkeeping tools all in one place, Holvi simplifies the time-consuming distractions of financial admin, helping business owners to manage their balance. Holviis a licensed Payment Institution, not a traditional bank. We are authorised by the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) of Finland for operations across the EU.
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- FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Pile — Pile is a cryptocurrency as a service platform for fintechs and neobanks. Founded in 2022 and is based in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Three Arrows Capital is a hedge fund manager that provides risk-adjusted returns. The firm was established in 2012 by Su Zhu and Kyle Davies and is headquartered in Singapore, Central Region, Singapore.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, China
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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.
Hypersphere Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and develops blockchain technology. A Hypersphere is an investment group leveraging on-chain treasuries, decentralized organizations, and governance to increase the utility of the blockchain networks in which we invest.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
WE BACK HEROES using technology to solve the world's biggest problems
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Germany, Canada
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- Gridware — Using remote telemetry and edge AI, Gridware wildfire prevention technology powers a grid that is smarter and more reliable than ever before.
- BIOS — BIOS Health is unlocking the potential of the nervous system in treating chronic disease by using AI-powered neural interfaces that can automatically read and write neural signals.
- Elicit — Elicit is an artificial intelligence research assistant that uses language models to help users automate research workflows. This research assistant finds relevant papers without a perfect keyword match, summarizes takeaways from the papers, and extracts key information from the papers.
decentralized applications, distributed applications, blockchain, early-stage investments, venture capital
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Vietnam
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- GitPOAP — GitPOAP is a decentralized reputation platform that represents off-chain accomplishments and contributions on chain as POAPs.
- BillionToOne — We are a team at the forefront of disease detection focused on moving Prenatal Screening and Liquid Biopsy forward.
- Merkle Science — They are a group of passionate individuals from Paypal, Luno, Bank of America, Instamojo who believe in the promise of decentralized and trustless commerce.
Creator Collective Capital (C3.VC) is a venture capital fund investing alongside some of the most influential creators on earth, including YouTubers, musicians, athletes, streamers, influencers, and TV personalities.
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- B2B, SaaS, Dating
- Seed
- India, France, Germany
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- Tangany — Tangany is a German provider for custody of digital assets and crypto.
- RetainIQ — Mesmerize shoppers with hyper-personalization. Create meaningful 1:1 customer experiences through powerful AI personalization on email and SMS.
- Feels — Not a dating app, just relaxed relationships without rules or labels, without societal pressure, paternalistic injunctions or traditional norms. Because swiping is boring, we've created an experience designed for natural, healthy and pressure-free interactions as easy as on social networks.
In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
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- JOKR — Grocery shopping is easier now with JOKR, your instant delivery app. Order your groceries and favorite products in our online supermarket and get them instantly at your door. Download the app now and make your first grocery order on us. Available in IOs and Android. Access www.jokr.com for more info
- Writer — Accelerate growth across every team with the most secure AI platform. We customize generative AI to your workflows, not the other way around.
- Anytype — for those who celebrate trust & autonomy.
Powering the Future of Open Economy
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
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- t3rn — t3rn is a hosting platform for smart contracts, that enables trustless, interoperable, multi-chain execution and composable collaboration.
- Sumi Network — Sumi Network is a decentralized storage solution provider.
- Tanssi Network — The Tanssi Network is a permissionless appchain infrastructure protocol designed for swift and effortless deployment of application-specific blockchains.
LD Capital is one of Asia's earliest organizations focusing on value investing in blockchain field. Owing to industrial resource advantages and professional investment research teams, LD Capital has successively discovered and invested in projects such as Qtum, Vechain and Eos which all achieved over 100 times return.Their teams spread overChina, the United States, Europe, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, and have accumulated rich experience in areas of traditional internet, Fintech, and advanced blockchain technology. They are committed to the globalization of blockchain and quality investment in the entire industry.LD Capital focuses on blockchain innovation projects within finance, games, content publishing, Internet of Things and other circuits, and we have been propelling broad layout of blockchain technology and infrastructure construction to facilitate the comprehensive development of the global blockchain ecosystem.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
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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
CoinIX manages a portfolio of cryptocurrencies and assets. The investment focus for venture investments is Europe and with a strong focus on companies using distributed ledger technologies.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Israel, Switzerland
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- asvin.io — asvin provides IoT lifecycle management for Software Supply Chains. We comply UNECE W.P29, UNECE R156 and UNECE R155. Contact us!
- Cadeia — Cadeia provides a digital platform for the structuring, issuance and settlement of complex financial products. In addition to enhanced servicing functionalities and a rule-based cash-flow distribution solution, the platform offers reporting, compliance and analytics tools for issuers and investors.
- XVA Blockchain — XVA Blockchain offers B2B data reporting for brokerage, asset management, and custody.
As a listed private equity company DEWB provides support for strong growth, medium capitalized technology companies in the form of equity capital, expertise in corporate development and its sector network. The focus of the investment, which concentrates on the German-speaking countries (D / A / CH), lies in the areas of photonics andsensor systems which offer promising prospects for the future. Investors in the DEWB share gain access to the significant potential for added value offered by these key technologies of the 21st Century: Discover the light.Since 1997 we have invested over 350 million Euros in 55 companies and realized more than 420 million Euros through 36 exits, eight of which were IPOs. DEWB's current investment portfolio covers 11 companies with a total value of more than 40 million Euros from the areas of photonics and sensor systems, as well as biotechnology and IT.Focus on photonics - key industry of the 21st century. Photonics and sensor systems are amongst the most promising growth areas in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.Optical technologies utilise light (photons) as a "tool," information or energy medium. They cover the full range of technologies for light* generation, e.g. lasers, bulbs,* manipulation, e.g. lenses, gratings, * transfer, e.g. optical fibre,* conversion, e.g. solar cells, LED,* storage, e.g. CD, DVD, holograms,* visualization, e.g. displays and * exploitation, e.g. water sterilization using UV rays.As a result of their superior physical properties, optical processes and technologies are increasingly replacing the previously established processes and applications. Examples of this are the use of lasers in material processing, new display technologies and optical storage media. As cross sectional technologies, optical technologies provide a wide range of industries with various applications. This creates a reduced dependency upon the cycles of individual sectors.
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- Semiconductor, Biotechnology, Wireless
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Germany, Austria
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- Cashlink — The financial technology start-up (Fintech) Cashlink has developed one of Europe's leading Tokenization-as-a-Service solutions. A modular, technological infrastructure enables the legally compliant issuance and management of digital securities for banks and investment platforms as an all-in-one solution. Compared to a traditional security,tokenized financial instruments create significant cost reductions and opportunities for opening up new markets and products, giving issuing companies, banks and investment platforms a sustainable competitive advantage. Renowned companies such as the Frankfurt securities specialist Bankhaus Scheich are already successfully using the Cashlink solution today. Cashlink is an official partner of Deutsche Börse Venture Network and completes its comprehensive range of digital securities by cooperating with experienced and specialized partners such as the globally operating law firm Ashurst. Renowned European investment companies such as the listed FinLab AG and the seed + speed-VC of the Maschmeyer Group are invested in the Fintech. As a founding member of the European forum "International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications" (INATBA), the Hesse regional group of the Blockchain Bundesverband and the International Token Standardization Association (ITSA), Cashlink is already shaping tomorrow's capital market today.
- Nanda Technologies — Nanda Technologies was founded in 2006 in Munich. They are an international team of experienced engineers and managers from the semiconductor/high-tech industry. They are in the process of bringing their new product to the market by working together with selected lead customers.
- Sloning BioTechnology — Sloning BioTechnology has developed a unique and patented technology platform to build DNA molecules with exceptional features regarding sequence limitations, reliability and production cost on an industrial scale robotic system the Slonomics technology platform.
digitally native finance
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, France
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- Reserv — We are a premier claims platform, born from state-of-the-art data intelligence and talent management technology.
- TreasurySpring — We search out the best cash investments on the planet and deliver them through a simple digital portal. All you need to do is click some buttons.
- Project Admission — A software solution that integrates with ticketing platforms, Project Admission makes buying, transferring, and reselling tickets simple, intuitive, and effective.
Sony Financial Ventures is the wholly owned investment subsidiary of Sony Financial Holdings Inc.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Japan, Germany, United Kingdom
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- Rest Less — Rest Less is the UK's fastest growing digital community for the over 50s. Join for free. Restless offers content, guidance and resources on a range of topics spanning Work and Careers, Volunteering, Learning, Money, Health, Lifestyle and Relationships.
- FloodFlash — Finding commercial flood insurance can be tough. Control your costs and your recovery with new rapid-payout flood insurance.
- Open Payments — Open Payments connects you to multiple banks through one single unified API. This removes the complexity and frictions of many diverse integrations
They are a Singapore-based firm that exclusively consults in Blockchain-enabled companies. Their mission is to realize the future of Blockchain economy by consulting in game changing projects and companies. They participate in Pre-sale stages of Token Generation Events and Equity investments.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
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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.
Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies reshaping trillion-dollar markets.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Switzerland
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- 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
- Tableland — A 3k generative NFT built from 1,074 handcrafted works of art for the builders and creatives of cyberspace.
- FastLane — FastLane is an easy to integrate protocol that rewards participating validators for protecting the health of the Polygon blockchain.
J12 Ventures invests early in innovative companies in the Nordics.
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- Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Sweden, Germany, Portugal
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- Treyd — Working capital for fast growing brands. Order Now, Pay Suppliers Later
- Ostrom — We make energy fair, smart and green - one flexible monthly plan with no hidden fees, digital-first and 100% renewable energy.
- MVision AI — MVision develops technology that improves the treatment of various types of cancer by using artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company has been built on the idea to be an impactful organisation by bringing AI assisted diagnosis and treatment to whoever needs it, especially in developing countries. This dramatically improves treatmentoutcome and saves money.The founding team consists of AI PhD’s, data platform architects and physicists with experience from companies such as Varian Medical Systems and GE healthcare.
We invest in companies building the infrastructure to enable large-scale adoption of blockchain technology. We back the best teams in the sector and support them with all elements of our business, from the collective experience of our partners to hands-on help with marketing and PR. Our deep domain expertise and in-house technology capabilityenable us to support founders and help them grow their companies from first customers through to transforming an industry.We look to write a first cheque at Seed or Series A stage, with a view to continue investing in successful companies through to exit or IPO
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- Bitcoin, FinTech, Blockchain
- Series A
- Germany, United States
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- Nuri — Discover the app to secure your financial independence.
- Blockfolio — Blockfolio offers mobile portfolio tracking and management for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.Blockfolio is the network for mobile cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and management. Millions of people trust Blockfolio to stay connected to the pulse of the industry through market data, news, and direct updates from leaders of top cryptoprojects. Blockfolio is committed to providing free access to our users and token team partners.
A Web3 specialized VC fund, investing in the fundamental innovations that reshape the economy and the society.
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- Blockchain, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Initial Coin Offering, Funding Round
- Singapore, United States, China
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- NexGami — NexGami is a gamefi platform that empowers the next generation of players by reshaping the gaming landscape.
- HitBox Games — HitBox Games was founded by industry veterans to provide dev teams around the world with a transparent and ethical publishing option.
- Pop Social — Pop Social is the ultimate social gateway to Web3. Experience a multi-chain social ecosystem and discover your online social lifestyle. Connect and engage with a decentralized global community to leverage content and ownership economy.
Possible Ventures backs ambitious teams building frontier technology to positively impact society. We invest globally in the early stages, actively supporting founders via our collective of global entrepreneurs.
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- Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, Australia, United States
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- Automata — Automata is a deep-tech company that creates products that empower people to automate physical work. The company's product, Eva, is a lightweight and affordable robot arm built for professionals in a production line, in a lab, a home workshop or even in a classroom. People don't need to be technical experts to communicate with robots. Theweb-based software platform can be programmed by anyone, anywhere, any time, from any device, making it easy to reconfigure for a wide range of different tasks.Automata was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.
- Eden Brew — Eden Brew is a ground-breaking new way to enjoy dairy products sustainably and nutritiously.
- Pow.bio — Pow.bio provides fermentation services for synthetic biology.
Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital is a Luxembourg-based private equity firm founded in 2019.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Germany, Luxembourg, France
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- 9fin — Everything you need to analyse a credit, or win a mandate in one platform. Our full suite of high yield data products is loved by Investment Banks, Sales & Trading, Law Firms, Asset Managers and Hedge Funds.
- Heimkapital — Heimkapital is a real estate platform that allows homeowners to tap into their home equity to address their important financing needs.
- anybill — We provide technology and infrastructure to create smart added value for the connected POS of the future. anybill develops technology and software solutions based on the digital receipt to establish a contemporary and environmentally friendly alternative for receipt issuance. The aim is to use the receipt as the first digital touchpoint to thecustomer in stationary retail and to offer further smart and interactive added values. The anybill services can be integrated as white label modules into merchant apps, banking apps or used as a stand-alone solution.
Arweave is an information technology company that specializes in data storage, blockchain, and serverless web. It features a software platform thet offers unparalleled levels of data replication and security for users and financial incentives for participants in the network. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, England.
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- Blockchain, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Germany
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- Freatic — We bridge the gap between individuals with untapped knowledge and actors who can take advantage of these opportunities.
- HackerNoon — Hacker Noon is a technology publishing platform serving 4M readers per month. Hacker Noon designed to help creators monetize content and provide a premium experience to consumers.
- WeaveDB LTD — WeaveDB is Firestore on Smart Contract bringing web2 UX to web3 dapps both for users and developers.
Local Insights, Global Impact
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
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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.
- MetaGravity — MetaGravity is a deep-tech startup that is pushing the boundaries of blockchain and the Metaverse. MetaGravity is a deep-tech startup located in London that is pushing the boundaries of blockchain and the Metaverse. They're on a quest to build the next generation of live, breathing digital worlds that will entice gamers and keep them fulfilledand engaged for decades. They are leveraging their significant knowledge in massive-scale processing and engine technologies to create the technical foundation for the Metaverse, a decentralized digital world. MetaGravity is headquartered in London, United Kingdom and was founded in 2021.
- OpenTrade — OpenTrade providers web3 treasurers, institutions, and accredited investors access to on-chain structured financial products backed by investment grade RWAs.
Blockrocket is an early-stage investor in blockchain startups.
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- Blockchain, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Austria, United States
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- asvin.io — asvin provides IoT lifecycle management for Software Supply Chains. We comply UNECE W.P29, UNECE R156 and UNECE R155. Contact us!
- B.A.M Ticketing — B.A.M Ticketing is a ticketing and voucher Platform and Software as a Service for the full control over the whole ticketing lifecycle. We empower the event organizers for the first time with full control over all markets, facilitating new revenue streams from secondary markets, eliminate ticket fraud and ultimately increasing the user experiencewhen buying tickets with the maximum of trust. B.A.M digital ticketing comes with many game changing features for all rightsholders across the ticketing ecosystem – event organizers, venues, attractions, sports franchises, artists and fans – facilitating blockchain technology increasing trust, transparency and security.
- Proof of Impact — Proof of Impact (POI) is the leading B2B SaaS ESG and Impact Data Intelligence Platform. The company incorporates a micro-services architecture to collect, visualize, and analyze ESG and impact data. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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