Top 50 Web3 Angel Investors in Switzerland in October 2023
Top 50 Web3 Angel Investors in Switzerland in October 2023
| Investor | Web3 Switzerland investments |
|---|---|
| Soheila Yalpani | 5 |
| Danny Hayes | 4 |
| Tegan Kline | 2 |
| Sam Lim | 2 |
| Marc P. Bernegger | 2 |
| Adrian Locher | 2 |
| Stani Kulechov | 2 |
| Zand Bank | 2 |
| Joeri van Geelen | 1 |
| John O'Connor | 1 |
| Nicolás Arqueros | 1 |
| Dean Eigenmann | 1 |
| Zaki Manian | 1 |
| Vinny Lingham | 1 |
| Guillaume Lestrade | 1 |
| Private Accredited Group | 1 |
| Ajit Tripathi | 1 |
| Alexander Pack | 1 |
| Waikit Lau | 1 |
| Ross Mason | 1 |
| Aly Madhavji | 1 |
| Vidor Gencel | 1 |
| Lars Seier Christensen | 1 |
| Anatoly Yakovenko | 1 |
| Matias Woloski | 1 |
| Anthony Pompliano | 1 |
| Aaron Choi | 1 |
| Anna Rose | 1 |
| Ryan Selkis | 1 |
| Anatoly Yakovenko | 1 |
| Ben Davey | 1 |
| Mainardo De Nardis | 1 |
| Professor, “Emeritus” Robert Dibble | 1 |
| Griff Green | 1 |
| Jordan Ellis | 1 |
| Hayden Adams | 1 |
| Derek Yoo | 1 |
| Adriant Harrison | 1 |
| Dennis Liu | 1 |
| Sandeep Nailwal | 1 |
| Alexander Salnikov | 1 |
| Mara Schmitman | 1 |
| Phil Rubin | 1 |
| Paul Kim | 1 |
| Christopher Jentzsch | 1 |
| Darian Shirazi | 1 |
| Alex Svanevik | 1 |
| Mike Demarais | 1 |
| Tristan Frizza | 1 |
| Kento Inami | 1 |
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Soheila Yalpani is Co-Founder and COO at TerraScale. She attended The University of British Columbia.
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- Consulting, Sustainability, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- 33 Agency — Strategic advice, unique insights and strong relationships to move your agenda forward. 33 Agency’s experienced team is adept at executing targeted marketing as well as government relations campaigns. We advise and represent clients in areas where business and government intersect. With a focus on sustainability-centric clients whose initiativessupport climate transition efforts. Our team members have led successful careers in infrastructure development, renewables, finance and technology and maintain strong connections with industry relationships and corporate partners. We bring to every engagement deep experience and extensive industry knowledge in order to better deliver on our client’s goals.33 Agency is a U.S. House of Representatives registered Lobbyist (Registrant ID #: 55868).
- TerraScale — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
- TerraScale Systems — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
Danny is the CEO and Co-Founder of TerraScale, a green technology company reinventing the future of global sustainable development models. Danny is committed to developing sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing energy and digital infrastructure challenges. He is currently leading various projects at the bleeding edge of technologicalinnovation and sustainable development, including Project Energos, TerraFinance, Global Vision 33, cybersecurity IP, MedTech, and more. In fact, his work as the developer of TerraScale’s flagship initiative, Project Energos, won the 2020 Platinum Outstanding Property Award London, the 2021 ICONIC Innovative Architecture Award, and the 2021 Golden Novum Design Award.Danny’s previous experience includes advising institutions, governments, corporations, and individual HNW clientele on developing smart, resilient infrastructure, master planning of industry development, large unit global sales, business negotiations with Fortune 500 companies, and lobbying political entities. He was also formerly a Metals Trader at Noble House Metal Trading. Danny’s decades of work in and around sustainable infrastructure, finance, and technology led to his 2021 appointment to the role of Global Program Manager of the United Nations ImPPPact Program within the C.R.E.A.M. European PPP Alliance. He also is a member of the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals, a Managing Partner of Hudson Capital Advisors, and is advised by Goldman Sachs.In 2020, Danny was appointed Director Emeritus of the non-governmental organization Green Cross. Green Cross is a consultative member of the United Nations on Climate Change and the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The Green Cross was founded in 1993 by Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev and boasts honorary board members such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Jane Goodall. Danny serves as an Advisory Board Member of the University of California, Riverside. He serves as a Financial Advisor to Ambri (backed by Bill Gates, Khosla Ventures, KLP Enterprises, and GVB), FlowCell (Founded by Dr. Max Narovlyansky) and Chaired by Dr. Umer Sayeed-Shah (COB of Terrascale)Danny is also a member and the (best) Gold (50,000 USD) Sponsor of Top Tier Impact, a global ecosystem of investors, entrepreneurs, and professionals who are focused on solving the critical issues of our time. Danny is also an (Incoming) Knight of Columbus (Knighted by Dominic Lanaway - Council: 611), a Catholic Fraternal Order founded in 1882, whose ranks have included prominent Americans such as President John F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, MLB Hall of Famer Babe Ruth, Governor Jeb Bush, Justice Samuel Alito, NFL Hall of Famer Vince Lombardi, and more. Committed to providing global charity and service, the Knights of Columbus have contributed $1.55 billion and 691 million volunteer hours to charitable projects over the past decade.
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- Cyber Security, Aerospace, GreenTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Energos — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
- TerraScale — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
- TerraScale Systems — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
Tegan Kline, Co-Founder and Head of Business at Edge & Node (the initial team behind The Graph), helping to ensure a vibrant decentralized future. The Graph is Edge & Node’s first protocol, an indexing and query protocol organizing the world’s open blockchain data and making open data a public good. Tegan helps leaders and innovatorsconnect more deeply with stakeholders across the blockchain ecosystem. Tegan made Forbes 30 under 30’s class of 2022. The Information’s 30 Most Powerful People in Crypto List Tegan Kline is the former International Business Development Manager and Investor Relations Lead for an A16z and Sequoia backed blockchain company that created tools and protocols for users to obtain digital freedom and an open and accessible internet.Tegan began her career on Wall Street in Investment Banking at BAML and, prior to discovering blockchain, worked in Sales and Trading at Barclays.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Swaap — We build the market-neutral AMM protocol.
- EthSign — EthSign is an e-signing platform that utilizes blockchain technology to offer a decentralized, customizable and transparent version of traditional signature service. EthSign aims to tackle data security issues caused by an over-reliance on centralized providers and build back trust in electronic signature services. With its Web3 technology(decentralized Identity, smart contract platforms and decentralized storage networks), the platform enables users to comment on, edit and access each version of an electronic agreement seamlessly and securely.
- Risc Zero. — RISC Zero is revolutionizing the internet by creating the infrastructure & tooling for Web3 developers around the globe to build zero-proof software.
Sam Lim
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- Apps, Blockchain, Recruiting
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- IMPRESSO — The place where recruiters search for authentic career profiles. Job seekers mint and save their career NFT. Save your NFT CV on the blockchain. Meet and connect with verified professionals on the Metaverse. Real identities, jobs and networking on IMPRESSO.
Marc P. Bernegger is a Founding Partner at Maximon - The Longevity Company Builder. Marc previously worked at Crypto Finance Group as a Founding Board Member (acquired by Deutsche Boerse). He attended the University of Zurich.
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- Events, Young Adults, Financial Services
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Altoida — At Altoida, we strive to radically change the method for assessing brain health through our comprehensive cognitive function tests and brain health app.
- Sandbox — We are an eclectic community of nomads, entrepreneurs, journalists, academics, politicians, artists, and indomitable misfits from over 100 countries. Together we seek to develop our authentic selves, form meaningful relationships, discover resources to live fulfilling lives, and to lead significant impact on the world around us.
- Crypto Finance Group — The Crypto Finance Group provides institutional and professional investors a full suite of products and services with a level of quality, reliability, and security that are unique in the digital asset space today. The group includes the holding company Crypto Finance AG and three subsidiaries: the first regulated crypto asset manager for collectiveinvestments authorised by FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Authority; a FINMA-regulated securities firm providing in 24/7 crypto asset trading; and a subsidiary for crypto asset storage infrastructure and tokenisation solutions.By providing the services for professional investors to invest in blockchain technology, the Crypto Finance Group is building a bridge between the traditional financial world and the emerging digital asset markets. CEO Jan Brzezek and his experienced team founded the Crypto Finance Group with the conviction that all market participants will benefit from professional, secure, and stable access to digital asset markets. Their offices are in Zurich and Singapore, with headquarters in Zug, known as the Crypto Valley and home to possibly the world's largest ecosystem of crypto and blockchain organisations.
Adrian Locher is the Founder and CEO at Merantix. Additionally, Adrian Locher has had 4 past jobs including Founder & Investor at Altoida. He attended the University of St.Gallen.
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- Financial Services, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Seed, Series A
- Switzerland, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Altoida — At Altoida, we strive to radically change the method for assessing brain health through our comprehensive cognitive function tests and brain health app.
- Crypto Finance (Asset Management) AG — Unser Asset Management Team bietet qualifizierten und institutionellen Anlegern einen sicheren und transparenten Zugang zum Crypto Asset Markt. Kontaktieren Sie uns!
- Crypto Finance Group — The Crypto Finance Group provides institutional and professional investors a full suite of products and services with a level of quality, reliability, and security that are unique in the digital asset space today. The group includes the holding company Crypto Finance AG and three subsidiaries: the first regulated crypto asset manager for collectiveinvestments authorised by FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Authority; a FINMA-regulated securities firm providing in 24/7 crypto asset trading; and a subsidiary for crypto asset storage infrastructure and tokenisation solutions.By providing the services for professional investors to invest in blockchain technology, the Crypto Finance Group is building a bridge between the traditional financial world and the emerging digital asset markets. CEO Jan Brzezek and his experienced team founded the Crypto Finance Group with the conviction that all market participants will benefit from professional, secure, and stable access to digital asset markets. Their offices are in Zurich and Singapore, with headquarters in Zug, known as the Crypto Valley and home to possibly the world's largest ecosystem of crypto and blockchain organisations.
Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave and ETHLend. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with extensive experience developing technology in the crypto, blockchain, and fintech space. Stani is also a mentor to many founders and advisors of ICOs and blockchain projects and has spoken at numerous FinTech, Blockchain and cryptocurrency events,particularly on topics related to Ethereum Smart Contracts.
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- Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Orb — A community-focused social app for people to connect, interact, and transact in their daily lives on web3 built with Lens Protocol.
- Huddle01 — Building the 1st decentralized real-time communication network. Leverage Huddle01's suite of developer-friendly SDKs to enable live audio & video experiences with just a quick plug-in.
- RedStone — RedStone delivers frequently updated, reliable and diverse data for your dApp and smart contracts.
Zand Bank - Co-Founder @ Asia Finance
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Switzerland, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Zand — Zand is a digital bank to provide both retail and corporate banking
- Pier Wallet — Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Web3 offer great opportunities. To truly access it, you need a wallet. But selecting and investing into digital assets in your own wallet is complex, expensive and often feels unsafe. nobank makes DeFi and Web3 accessible for everyone. We offer the simplest and cheapest way to transact with digital assets by -drastically improving usability - offering financial products that generate yield or diversify your portfolio - building on multiple L2 blockchains - sharing our knowledge
Joeri van Geelen is the managing director of Prysm Group. It is an economic consulting firm led by Harvard PhD economists specialized in distributed ledger and blockchain technology. Taking a first-principles approach, Prysm Group uses the tools of contract theory, game theory, market design, social choice theory, and monetary economics to designcustomized solutions for distributed ledger technology and blockchain-based projects.Prysm Group’s areas of expertise include consortium governance, consensus governance, token economics, incentive design, and market structure. Prysm Group counts among its Senior Advisors former Chief Economist at Microsoft and Nobel Prize-winning Harvard economist; the firm’s research has been presented at DARPA, Federal Reserve, IBM, Microsoft, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Harvard, MIT, NBER, and Stanford.
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- Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Portal — Portal is a financial services company that trades crypto anywhere without putting coins at risk, all from within a controllable wallet. Founded in 2018, Portal is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- IPOR Labs — Enter the Credit Hub of DeFi. Lend and borrow at the best defi rates and earn a competitive yield on your crypto, fixed with on-chain interest rate derivatives.
- Zest — Zest helps create and manage Investment DAOs, backed by a real-world LLC. We're a full-suite concierge, offering DAO tooling alongside back-office and compliance support. We remove the inherent complexities surrounding Investment DAOs so members can form a global community that compliantly coordinates capital to maximize investmentopportunities together.
Director of African Operations at IOHK, the blockchain development company behind Cardano. He previously worked as Head of Strategy and Communications at the Cardano Foundation. Cardano is a leading blockchain platform and cryptocurrency. John graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
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- Computer, Software, Blockchain
- Funding Round
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- IPOR Labs — Enter the Credit Hub of DeFi. Lend and borrow at the best defi rates and earn a competitive yield on your crypto, fixed with on-chain interest rate derivatives.
Nicolás Arqueros is the Co-Founder and CEO of DcSpark. He previously worked as a Chief Executive Officer at BRANDMARK. He attended Federico Santa Maria Technical University.
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- Computer, Software, Blockchain
- Funding Round
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- IPOR Labs — Enter the Credit Hub of DeFi. Lend and borrow at the best defi rates and earn a competitive yield on your crypto, fixed with on-chain interest rate derivatives.
Dean Eigenmann
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- Blockchain, Apps, FinTech
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Squid — Squid is a routing protocol that connects users and developers with cross-chain liquidity. It allows any token to be swapped between blockchains and unlocks access to apps across chains with a single click.
- Notabene — Crypto Compliance for VASPs & Regulators made simple! Notabene is a platform designed to bridge crypto markets with traditional financial systems. Book a demo today.
- DELV (Formerly Element Finance) — Element is an open source protocol for fixed and variable yield markets
Zaki Manian is the co-founder of Sommelier Protocol.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Berachain — Berachain is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain built on Proof-of-Liquidity consensus.
- Squid — Squid is a routing protocol that connects users and developers with cross-chain liquidity. It allows any token to be swapped between blockchains and unlocks access to apps across chains with a single click.
- Capsule Wallets — At Capsule, we thrive on challenging the design of products we use every day. In doing so, we hope to introduce you to a simpler way of living.
Vinny Lingham is Co-Founder & CEO at Civic. He was the founder and CEO of Gyft, a mobile gift card app that allows customers to buy, store, send and redeem gift cards conveniently from their mobile device. He is also the founder of Yola.com, a web development and hosting company that enables users without prior programming knowledge to developwebsites. Vinny is the recipient of numerous awards, including Top Young ICT Entrepreneur in Africa (2006) and was also a finalist for Men’s Health Best Man (2009) and ICT Personality of the Year in South Africa (2008). He also previously founded Clicks2Customers, which also won the Top Technology Company award in South Africa in 2006. He has previously served on marketing advisory boards for Nasdaq listed Valueclick and Yahoo, was also selected as an Endeavor “High Impact Entrepreneur” in 2006. Vinny studied a B.Com (Information Systems) at the University of Cape Town.
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- Blockchain, Internet, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- United States, South Africa, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- TipLink — TipLink helps send crypto with a link. Someone with crypto can create a account and send that link to anyone over any platform. It’s like buying a gift card, connect the client's crypto wallet of choice and create a account by depositing how much they want to send.
- Afterparty — Your favorite creators are here! Get 1 on 1 unfiltered experiences with creators through Afterparty livestreams or chat 24/7 through AI powered conversations
- Collectibles.com — Collectibles.com is a Web3 community and marketplace for collectors and the worldwide collectibles sector.
Guillaume Lestrade is the co-founder of Meero and Leeto.
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- FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- France, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Cryptr — Convert more B2B customers with our authentication SSO solution. A few lines of code to be SSO-ready, and you can start working with enterprise customers
- Abyssale — Abyssale is a banner creation platform enabling you to generate stunning social media & online advertising for your brand.
- Klub — Exclusive investment opportunities, stunning banking services, breathtaking lifestyle experiences: discover Klub.
Private Accredited Group
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- Solar, Energy, Blockchain
- Seed, Convertible Note
- Canada, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Authena — Authena is an IoT and Blockchain platform used for traceability and authenticity protection of brands. With its platform, the company revolutionizes how brands of high-value goods protect their products and reputation against counterfeiting and reach unprecedented levels of end-user engagement. It protects product identity against counterfeit,product diversion, and fraud by gaining access to detailed customer insights and analytics and improving finances by limiting distribution costs and boosting direct-to-consumer sales.
- Pure Energies Group — PNG Info Org is committed to providing practical information pertinent to the finance industry. Click the link to gain insights and ideas.
Ajit Tripathi is a Head of Institutional Business at Aave.
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- Blockchain, Finance, Ethereum
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Singapore, India, France
Portfolio highlights
- Flint — Earn 13% p.a. stable returns by leveraging the power of crypto. Withdraw-able anytime without fees.
- WalletConnect — WalletConnect is the open source web3 standard to connect blockchain wallets to dapps.
- Router Protocol — Router Protocol is a Cross Chain Bridge. Currently live on Ethereum, Polygon, and more. Building an interoperable cross chain future of the blockchain ecosystem.
Alex Pack is a Founding Partner on the deal team at AngelList, the largest platform for early-stage tech investing in the world. Previously he was an investor with Arbor Ventures, an early-stage VC firm in Hong Kong, where he focused on opportunities in cross-border FinTech, EdTech, and blockchain technology.
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- Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, Blockchain
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, China, India
Portfolio highlights
- Zerion — Zerion is an investing app that enables anyone, anywhere in the world, to access a suite of new financial products and services built on the backbone of decentralized finance (DeFi). Simple, user-centered design is combined with a powerful tech stack that aggregates across every major decentralized exchange, offering users a single point of entryfor managing their digital assets with ease. Zerion is non-custodial, which means users never delegate their funds to the platform. This agile approach mitigates centralization risk and has allowed Zerion to operate globally since inception.
- Affine — Alpine Empower Banking offers an exceptional financial solution designed to maximize your financial growth. With secure deposits and high yields, you can rest assured that your funds are protected while earning attractive returns. Additionally, Alpine Empower Banking provides convenient card benefits, ensuring easy access to your funds and a seamless banking experience.
- Non-fungible Technologies — We build financial platforms & infrastructure for the non-fungible asset class.
Waikit Lau is the Founder of RemoteHQ. He Founded and grew 2 startups to successful exits, one acquired for $86M. Helped take the company public. 17+ years of experience in Technology and Finance, across product, marketing, and sales functions. Advisor and/or investor in BladeLogic (NASD: BLOG, acquired by BMC for $800M), Endeca (acquired byOracle for more than $1B), WaveSmith (acquired by Ciena for $178M), Netli (acquired by Akamai for $170M), Berkeley Design Automation (acquired by Mentor Graphics).
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- Software, Analytics, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Squid — Squid is a routing protocol that connects users and developers with cross-chain liquidity. It allows any token to be swapped between blockchains and unlocks access to apps across chains with a single click.
- Axelar Network — Axelar is a cross-chain communication tool developing interoperability software to connect blockchain ecosystems, applications, and users. Axelar Network consists of a protocol suite, tools, and APIs, designed to break down the barriers to cross-chain communication. Axelar enables developers to build on the best platform for their needs whileleveraging the Axelar stack to unlock cross-chain composability and liquidity.The company was founded by Sergey Gorbunov and Georgios Vlachos in 2020.
- Patented.ai — The most powerful AI engine for intellectual property.
Created the Mule Project, Founded MuleSoft, gone public (MULE:NYSE). Work on their product direction, vision and strategy. Active investor and advisor.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- M3O — Explore the cloud as serverless building blocks
- Isometric — Isometric is a carbon removal registry and science platform
- DLT (short for data load tool) — the data loading library for python
Aly Madhavji is the Blockchain Founders Fund's Managing Partner and a Consultant of United Nations. He is a Senior Blockchain Fellow of INSEAD and LP and Venture Partner at Loyal VC.
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- Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- United States, Canada, China
Portfolio highlights
- Yumi — Start selling to China in minutes. Join thousands of brands just like you and reach Chinese millennial consumers via WeChat social commerce.
- Dopamine — Dopamine provides decentralized finance for everybody, everywhere and is the first end-to-end user-centered crypto mobile app.
- Splinterlands — A digital trading card game built on blockchain technology. Collect the cards, level them up, and battle for great prizes!
Vidor Gencel is a Founder/CEO at Solrise Finance. He attended University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering.
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- Blockchain
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Elusiv — Elusiv offers compliance in mind with next-generation privacy solutions for a better Web3.
Lars seier Christensen is the chief executive officer of Saxo Bank, an online trading and investment specialist that enables clients to trade forex, CFDs, stocks, futures, options, and other derivatives.
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- Software, Financial Services, Communities
- Funding Round, Seed, Angel
- Denmark, Japan, France
Portfolio highlights
- Paperflow — Paperflow is a company that developed a cloud-based system that, using artificial intelligence, scans and handles vouchers such as receipts or invoices so that the manual posting is done automatically.
- Concordium — Layer-1 Proof of Stake Blockchain, sustainable and science-proven with an ID layer to ease regulatory compliance. Fast and real finality with stable and low fees. Built for Defi, NFTs, and the metaverse.
- Wikifactory — Wikifactory's product development platform unifies teams in real-time, streamlines workflows, and accelerates time-to-market. Try it today.
Anatoly is the creator of Solana. He led development of operating systems at Qualcomm, distributed systems at Mesosphere, and compression at Dropbox. He holds 2 patents for high performance Operating Systems protocols, was a core kernel developer for BREW which powered every CDMA flip phone (100m+ devices), and led development of tech that madeProject Tango (VR/AR) possible on Qualcomm phones.
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- Blockchain, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, France, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Elusiv — Elusiv offers compliance in mind with next-generation privacy solutions for a better Web3.
- Sec3 — Security is front and center for Web3 projects. sec3 is building scalable software tools and provides launch audit services to secure Solana applications.
- Tensor — Tensor is NFT trading for professionals . Tensor wanted something faster, with better coverage, more data, and advanced order types thus tensor was created.
Matias Woloski is the Co-Founder & serves as Chief Technology Officer of Auth0. Attended University of Buenos Aires.
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- Information Technology, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A
- Spain, Brazil, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Latitud — Build good sh*t with Latitud
- Fidu — Fidu aims to develop a new operating system specifically for LatAm schools enabling institutions to digitally handle everything from finances to school-wide announcements
- Num Finance — Num Network offers businesses a fast way to scale operations in emerging markets with yield, loans and stablecoins.
Anthony Pompliano is a Product Manager at Facebook. Previously, Pompliano successfully founded and sold two software companies in Raleigh, NC.Pompliano's most recent startup, DigaForce, was acquired by Strategic Link Partners in December 2013. Before tech, he played football at Bucknell University and served a tour of duty in support ofOperation Iraqi Freedom.
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- Blockchain, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Spindl — Make more intelligent business decisions in web3 using Spindl’s attribution tooling.
- Zion — Join our mission in creating the last platform you will ever build
- Exponential DeFi — View risk assessment ratings and expert research for 500+ decentralized finance pools from Exponential DeFi.
Aaron Choi
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- Computer, Software, Blockchain
- Funding Round
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- IPOR Labs — Enter the Credit Hub of DeFi. Lend and borrow at the best defi rates and earn a competitive yield on your crypto, fixed with on-chain interest rate derivatives.
Anna Rose is the Co-Founder at zkValidator. She also the Strategic Advisor at Videopath.
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- FinTech, Ethereum, Internet
- Series A, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- Switzerland, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Portfolio highlights
- DeversiFi — DeversiFi gives traders the edge in fast-moving decentralized finance (Defi) markets by allowing them to trade at lightning speed and with deep aggregated liquidity, directly from their privately owned cryptocurrency wallet.Traders can take advantage of more trading opportunities while always preserving control of their assets when they need tomove fast. DeversiFi’s order-books are off-chain, but settlement occurs on the Ethereum blockchain. This means that traders benefit from fast-moving order books and instant execution, without having to trust the exchange and whilst always maintaining control of their assets at all times.
- WalletConnect — WalletConnect is the open source web3 standard to connect blockchain wallets to dapps.
Ryan Selkis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Messari. He was the Managing Director CoinDesk before that. After discovering bitcoin, Ryan became obsessed with the technology’s social and economic potential. That obsession, along with finance and startup experience, helps him lead DCG's investing efforts.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, France
Portfolio highlights
- Demox Labs — Demox Labs develops a decentralized, trustless oracle protocol for the connection of smart contracts to any off-chain data source. The company's data bridge from web2 to web3 unlocks all online data for smart contract development. Demox Labs was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.
- Gateway — Gateway is a decentralized protocol for creating, consuming, and displaying verifiable credentials.
- Ion Protocol — Ion Protocol is a lending protocol that accepts pledged and re-pledged assets, allowing users to deposit any validator-backed asset (including LST and re-pledged holdings, among others).
Anatoly is the creator of Solana. He led development of operating systems at Qualcomm, distributed systems at Mesosphere, and compression at Dropbox. He holds 2 patents for high performance Operating Systems protocols, was a core kernel developer for BREW which powered every CDMA flip phone (100m+ devices), and led development of tech that madeProject Tango (VR/AR) possible on Qualcomm phones.
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- Blockchain, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Ellipsis Labs — Ellipsis Labs is building Phoenix, a decentralized limit order book on Solana that is fully on-chain, non-custodial, and crankless.
- Credibly Neutral — Credibly Neutral is a builder-led early stage venture fund investing $50-250k in protocols, infrastructure, and crypto SaaS.
- Creadibly Neutral — Credibly Neutral is a builder-led early stage venture fund investing $50-250k in protocols, infrastructure, and crypto SaaS.
Ben Davey
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- Software, Blockchain, Travel
- Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, India, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- qiibee — qiibee is a software company that offers a solution for businesses and consumers in its blockchain-based platform. Through qiibee’s plug-and-play solutions, enterprises worldwide are running and operating their loyalty programs on the blockchain in just a few hours. The company is creating a decentralized, Ethereum infrastructure-based loyaltyecosystem by providing a loyalty platform and developer interface on which every loyalty application can be tokenized. qiibee enables companies all around the world to run their loyalty applications on the blockchain. The cutting-edge, easy-to-use solutions set the new global standard for loyalty.
- LawAdvisor — because status quo no longer works
- Flexmoney — Flexmoney is to re-invent consumer credit as an instant digital service at the point of sale for lenders and merchants.
Mainardo de Nardis has been CEO of OMD Worldwide since 2009.OMD Worldwide is a leading global media communications agency, recognized for its global footprint, strategic integration and creative innovation. It has been acknowledged as Most Creative Media Agency by The Gunn Report for nine consecutive years; Adweek Global Media Agency of theYear for 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2014; and the 2002, 2005, 2009 and 2011 Media Agency of the Year by Advertising Age.Prior to joining OMD he was CEO of both Aegis Media and Mediaedge:cia Worldwide. He was a co-founder of one of Italy’s “third wave” ad agencies before moving from advertising to media communications to start Medianetwork, Italy’s first media independent.Mainardo presided over the Cannes Festival’s Media Lions Jury in 2012 and sits on the Boards of Omnicom Media Group and the Ad Council. He resides in NY and London with his family.
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- Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- qiibee — qiibee is a software company that offers a solution for businesses and consumers in its blockchain-based platform. Through qiibee’s plug-and-play solutions, enterprises worldwide are running and operating their loyalty programs on the blockchain in just a few hours. The company is creating a decentralized, Ethereum infrastructure-based loyaltyecosystem by providing a loyalty platform and developer interface on which every loyalty application can be tokenized. qiibee enables companies all around the world to run their loyalty applications on the blockchain. The cutting-edge, easy-to-use solutions set the new global standard for loyalty.
Professor R. W. Dibble is the principal investigator of the Combustion Analysis group. His main area of research is the internal combustion engine. He is also the leading scientist behind the development of the Argon Power Cycle technology.Research Description:Laser diagnostics in turbulent reactive flows, generation of “green” fuels frombiomass, including ethanol and bioDiesel mitigation of greenhouse gases, highest efficiency and lowest pollution combustion of fuels derived from biomass, combustion issues related to global warming, conversion of waste heat to power via Organic Rankine Cycle ( ORC ), spectroscopy, chemical kinetics, turbulent combustion, optics and electronics. Combustion in turbine engines, combustion of oxygenates and biodeisel fuel in diesel engines. Combustion in new engine concept of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI).
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- Aerospace, Consulting, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- TerraScale — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
- TerraScale Systems — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
Griff Green - Co-Founder @ The Commons Stack
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- Blockchain, Finance, Communities
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- DoinGud — DoinGud is an NFT ecosystem focused on inspiring creativity & positive social impact. We empower individuals, communities, and brands to create, curate, collaborate, and connect with one another while generating positive impact for the world.
- PrimeDAO — PrimeDAO is an open finance system based on programmable money that is being realized on Ethereum. The company develops tools that transform Defi into a collaborative ecosystem.
Jordan Ellis
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- Blockchain, Communities, Marketplace
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- DoinGud — DoinGud is an NFT ecosystem focused on inspiring creativity & positive social impact. We empower individuals, communities, and brands to create, curate, collaborate, and connect with one another while generating positive impact for the world.
Hayden Adams is founder of Uniswap, one of the most widely used decentralized applications built on Ethereum. Prior to Uniswap, Hayden was an engineer at Siemens. He graduated from Stony Brook University with a bachelor in engineering in 2016.
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- Ethereum, Internet, Cryptocurrency
- Funding Round
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- WalletConnect — WalletConnect is the open source web3 standard to connect blockchain wallets to dapps.
Derek Yoo
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- Apps, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- DAM — DAM is a protocol for creating purchasing power from cross-chain token portfolios through dPRIME, a Dotsama-based stablecoin.
- Squid — Squid is a routing protocol that connects users and developers with cross-chain liquidity. It allows any token to be swapped between blockchains and unlocks access to apps across chains with a single click.
Adriant Harrison - Sr. Executive Vice President, Office of CEO @ TerraScale
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- Aerospace, Consulting, Cryptocurrency
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- TerraScale — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
Dennis Liu
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- FinTech, Blockchain, Communities
- Pre-Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- SwissBorg — Join thousands of smart users and start investing with the SwissBorg app at the best available price anywhere at any time.
Sandeep Nailwal is the Co-Founder of Polygon. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Scopeweaver. He attended the National Institute of Industrial Engineering.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Rep3 — Rep3 is a Web3 community management application. Rep3 uses gamification methods to assist lps encryption projects in managing communities, members, and contributions.
- Orb — A community-focused social app for people to connect, interact, and transact in their daily lives on web3 built with Lens Protocol.
- Lens Protocol — Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users.
Co-founder and Head of Product at Rarible - The first community-owned NFT Marketplace
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- Ethereum, Internet, Blockchain
- Series A
- Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Upshot — The source for NFT pricing. Upshot uses machine learning to provide deep insight into NFT markets and unlocks a wave of exotic new DeFi possibilities.
- WalletConnect — WalletConnect is the open source web3 standard to connect blockchain wallets to dapps.
Mara Schmitman - Manager @ Schmitman SAS
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- Ethereum, Internet, Cryptocurrency
- Series A
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- WalletConnect — WalletConnect is the open source web3 standard to connect blockchain wallets to dapps.
- Creadibly Neutral — Credibly Neutral is a builder-led early stage venture fund investing $50-250k in protocols, infrastructure, and crypto SaaS.
Phil Rubin is a Founder & Principal at Grey Space Matters.
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- Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- qiibee — qiibee is a software company that offers a solution for businesses and consumers in its blockchain-based platform. Through qiibee’s plug-and-play solutions, enterprises worldwide are running and operating their loyalty programs on the blockchain in just a few hours. The company is creating a decentralized, Ethereum infrastructure-based loyaltyecosystem by providing a loyalty platform and developer interface on which every loyalty application can be tokenized. qiibee enables companies all around the world to run their loyalty applications on the blockchain. The cutting-edge, easy-to-use solutions set the new global standard for loyalty.
VP Product Strategy & Founder at Apvera
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- Blockchain, Lending
- Seed
- Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Elusiv — Elusiv offers compliance in mind with next-generation privacy solutions for a better Web3.
- Ion Protocol — Ion Protocol is a lending protocol that accepts pledged and re-pledged assets, allowing users to deposit any validator-backed asset (including LST and re-pledged holdings, among others).
Christopher Jentzsch
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- Mobile Apps, iOS, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Switzerland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- seventhings — By digitizing all business assets and connecting all relevant data and processes from existing systems into one platform, we help companies to easily track their long-lived assets and to establish a climate neutral inventory management.
- ZenOwn — All your products in one place. Collect invoices, track warranties and sell what you no longer need. Declutter your home with ZenOwn.
- Gelato — Create augmented smart contracts that are automated, gasless & off-chain aware.
Darian Shirazi is the General Partner of Gradient Ventures.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Germany, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Resend — Build, test, and send transactional emails at scale.
- Infisical — Infisical is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted tool that supports developers in managing their teams, devices, and infrastructure's secrets and environment variables. Using an end-to-end encrypted method, it avoids the leakage of confidential information to version control and over insecure channels like email.
- Alongside — Alongside builds indexes for cryptocurrencies.
Alex Svanevik is a Co-Founder & CEO of Nansen.
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- Blockchain, Internet, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Vietnam, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Loop Crypto — Learn how to accept crypto payments. Loop Crypto makes it easy to turn on crypto autopay so that any subscription or SaaS business can accept crypto.
- WalletConnect — WalletConnect is the open source web3 standard to connect blockchain wallets to dapps.
- Lighthouse Labs — Lighthouse is the open metaverse navigation engine. Discover places, friends, experiences and events across the spatial web.
Mike Demarais
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- Ethereum, Internet, Cryptocurrency
- Series A
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- WalletConnect — WalletConnect is the open source web3 standard to connect blockchain wallets to dapps.
Tristan Frizza
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- Blockchain
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Elusiv — Elusiv offers compliance in mind with next-generation privacy solutions for a better Web3.
Kento Inami is the CEO/Founder at UXD Protocol.He attended University of California, Berkeley.
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- Blockchain
- Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Elusiv — Elusiv offers compliance in mind with next-generation privacy solutions for a better Web3.
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