Top 50 Blockchain Startup Investors in Australia (August 2026)

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• CryptoSlate — Source for crypto news, predictions & data, reaching 1M+ users each month.
• Saturn — Saturn is a decentralized Bitcoin exchange that enhances peer-to-peer non-custodial orderbooks and provides a secure trading experience.
• Nakamoto — Nakamoto is a newly established Bitcoin-native holding company and a prominent player in the cryptocurrency industry. Nakamoto Company is designed to serve as a global conglomerate focused on accelerating Bitcoin adoption and utility across capital markets.

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• xBacked — xBacked DAO is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization focused on developing decentralized stable assets for the Algorand blockchain. The primary product is xUSD, a permissionless stablecoin fully backed by decentralized collateral. The organization aims to achieve capital efficiency in the stablecoin market on Algorand and beyond. xBacked DAOoperates with a mission to provide a stable and secure financial ecosystem through its innovative blockchain solutions.
• Vitruveo — A Blockchain For Art & Entertainment. The world's first rebasing Layer 1 Blockchain | Re-imagining the Creator Economy https://t.co/8xJmpByHij
• Fluidity Money — Earn yield for trading, holding, swapping, minting NFTs; everything you already do is now yield bearing. Fluid assets change the way you use your money on-chain.

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• Vangrid — Vangrid operates as a decentralized physical infrastructure network.
• Dow Protocol — An E-Commerce Financing RWA Platform on @BNBCHAIN, facilitating assets trusted by the world's largest banks. Lead invested by @mhventures @Maple_block
• Ceramic Network — We've joined @textileio to build the first open intelligence network for AI agents. Follow us there.

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• Bloom — Moved to @bloomsocial
• Lemon Cash — Lemon Cash is digital wallet with FIAT and crypto capabilities. End to end digital ecosystem for Latin America.
• RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization

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• Mevvy Network — Where MEV Happens Discover, create, and capture MEV faster Backed by @multicoincap
• Inference — Inference infrastructure for AI-native teams
• Ceramic Network — We've joined @textileio to build the first open intelligence network for AI agents. Follow us there.

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• Hylo — Liquidation-resistant leveraged tokens. Highest yielding stablecoin on Solana. Backed by @robotventures @colosseum @solanaventures
• Squads — Collaborative infrastructure for web3 native teams
• Exponent Finance — Outperform market rates with Solana's leading yield exchange. Community: https://t.co/tROuLHqyfC

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• V12 — V12 is your security agent for mission critical code.
• THEA-AI — AI that amplifies human performance
• Inversion — Acquiring durable businesses.

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• 3Commas — 3Commas develops a crypto-asset management tool for tracking investments and exchanges in a unified platform. It provides access to a unified dashboard as the central hub for trading and portfolio management execution.
• Fuel Labs — At Fuel, we are building the fastest execution layer for the modular blockchain stack.
• Optim Finance — Optim Finance provides investment tools that optimize yield on digital assets. Their financial primitives enable users to rent ADA delegation rights to power novel use cases such as SPO loans, leverage into ISOs, and initial bonds.

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• RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
• Macropod —
• Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI

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• D3 — D3 - DNS Domains for Web3
• Stablecorp — Stablecorp is igniting a "step-function" improvement in financial services with our suite of products.
• Subzero Labs — Subzero Labs is developing Rialo, a developer-first Layer 1 blockchain built for internet-scale decentralized applications.

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• Alphea — ALPHEA is an AI-native execution OS that awakens intelligence across every surface.
• Dow Protocol — An E-Commerce Financing RWA Platform on @BNBCHAIN, facilitating assets trusted by the world's largest banks. Lead invested by @mhventures @Maple_block
• Fortune Protocol — Fortune Protocol brings the age- old tradition of fortune cookies to the modern prediction market.

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• Zengo — Zengo is the most secure crypto wallet: The only self-custodial wallet with no private key vulnerability. Powered by MPC, always recoverable, never hacked.
• DeepSafe — The world's first Cryptographic Random AI Verification Network for trustless verification of any on-chain and off-chain messages.
• SecondLive — SecondLive is a diversified metaverse focused on building social networks and supporting creator economic activities.

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• Mecka AI — Mecka is the data and deployment layer for Physical AI.
• Spearbit — Spearbit connects independent security experts to Web3 projects that need them.The company offers a range of services, including expert-conducted security reviews and ongoing security reviews through retainer agreements. These services provide clients with an operational layer, freeing them from time-consuming administrative tasks and clientsourcing and due diligence.
• TVL Capital — TVL Capital is a financial infrastructure firm specialising in Chain Traded Products (CTPs).

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• Blockspace — Blockspace is an Ethereum infrastructure company operate out-of-protocol transaction pipelines.
• Blockspace — Connecting the world to Ethereum.
• Ethereum Institutional — Accelerating institutional adoption of Ethereum

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• zkPass — zkPass enables a trust graph where any entity - human or AI agent - can verify claims about any other without exposing raw data.
• B² Network — B² Network is a Bitcoin Layer 2 network that utilizes ZK rollup and on-chain logical gate commitment verification mechanisms. It is a supplementary network that runs on top of the Bitcoin Network. It also introduces smart contracts to Bitcoin, which could open up new possibilities for DeFi, NFTs, and derivatives.
• Konnex World — Building the GDP of autonomous systems. Turning robot labor into on-chain liquidity. $KNX

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• MNX — Trade Anthropic, memory stocks, and H100 prices with leverage on the first AI-focused decentralized futures exchange.
• Alien — Alien develops decentralized digital identity infrastructure focused on privacy-preserving proof of humanity and trust online. It builds a blockchain-based human network that uses biometric verification, cryptographic proofs, and decentralized protocols to authenticate unique humans and AI agents. The platform enables human verification, access tohuman-only spaces, and accountable AI systems.
• HYFIX Spatial Intelligence — HYFIX Spatial Intelligence is a Machinery Manufacturing firm developing IoT-friendl software and hardware.

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• Soter Insure — Reliable insurance for the digital asset ecosystem.
• Ethereum Institutional — Accelerating institutional adoption of Ethereum
• Digital Prime Technologies — Full-Service Institutional-Grade Prime Brokerage for Digital Asset Management. DLCC offers full-service Prime Brokerage solutions for digital assets. Our all-in-one user interface leverages both API and Saas product offerings to connect clients with a growing network of liquidity providers to transact, borrow, and lend digital assets, and managecollateral. Our product suite also offers traditional Prime Brokerage services, such as consultation and capital introduction.

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• MetaZone — MetaZone's mission is to harness and expand the application layer of the metaverse to onboard a billion citizens. MetaZone is the first content distribution platform designed to facilitate the open digital economy. At its core, creators submit Metaverse Enabled Tokenized Applications (METAs) to the marketplace, allowing anyone to own,experience, and deploy them to any virtual world. Anyone connected to the platform can host high-quality functional 3D content on digital lands with the click of a few buttons.
• DigiBuild — Automate your construction supply chain with AI.
• HIFI — HIFI is a next-generation payments infrastructure platform. The company powers a suite of modern payment APIs to enable businesses to move money faster on a global scale for the next chapter of the internet. Our payment rails powers businesses to move money instantly with near-zero cost to enhance cash flow, reduce inefficiencies, increasevisibility, and combat fraud.Zach Walsh and Mohamed Afifi founded the company in New York City in 2022.

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• RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
• Truemarket — Onchain yield-bearing markets
• Rarimo Foundation — Trustless ZK Registries powering identity & verifiable data. Fully client-side, private, sovereign

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• StripChain — StripChain unifies all the blockchains
• Nest Wallet — A Wallet Built for Traders
• Switchboard — Switchboard allows builders to unlock the power of solana by creating high-performance data feeds from any API. They will bring data on-chain that will enable developers to unlock the future of decentralized applications. They enable the SOL community to push any form of data on-chain.

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• Utexo — Instant, private USDT payments on Bitcoin. Move stablecoins the way you move money.
• Wave — Wave is a US blockchain SUI ecosystem that offers DeFi and GameFi products.
• Domin Network — Pioneering the Future of Multi Chain E-Commerce, backed by @animocabrands https://t.co/16gnnhOcLy

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• Greenlane — Full-service, global platform for bringing premium products to market in the burgeoning head shop, smoke shop, dispensary channels and beyond
• Seismic — A privacy enabled blockchain.
• Cluster Protocol — Orchestration layer for autonomous workflows and prompt to dapp browser based IDE on @base all powered by x402 Backed by @daofive and @papervc

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• Kapkap — Kapkap is a web3 platform that uses AI for attention based value distribution in gaming.
• SuperIntent — SuperIntent is a cryptocurrency AI app that streamlines on-chain earning tactics. Developed on a multi-agent framework with abundant yield sources.
• Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI

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• CAEX — CAEX is a crypto asset exchange operator. CAEX builds transparent and secure crypto asset trading platform for investors.
• Coinone — Coinone is the cryptocurrency exchanges. Under the vision to ‘Bring Blockchain into the World,’ they aspires to lead the new world of finance through blockchain technology. They currently operates the third largest exchange. They prioritizes the protection of clients’ assets and is dedicated to providing the most secure investing environment.
• townsquare — Crosschain infrastructure bringing institutional & onchain yields to retail, powering institutional strategies, & RWAs | https://t.co/5glAR6k007

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• Tria — Threely is onboarding billions onto Web3 with universal identities. Threely addresses are blockchain-agnostic identities that can be used across Web3 as a profile, chain-agnostic payment endpoints, logins, zkKYCs, and more. Threely is doing the crucial work of helping the top blockchain protocols, wallets, and dApps cast a wider net to onboard abroader part of the internet to Web3.
• Self Protocol — Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information.
• SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.

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• SeeleTech — Seele is a blockchain 4.0 platform that aims to spearhead development in the Internet of Value era.
• PROPS — PROPS is a new cryptocurrency that grants access to features, content and status across media apps that share a currency and identity layer, and whose users benefit from the PROPS rewards pool.
• TON Telegram Open Network — An ultrafast, scalable blockchain integrated with Telegram

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• Alkane Resources — Alkane Resources (ASX:ALK | TSX:ALK | OTCQX:ALKRY) is an Australia-based gold and antimony producer with three operating mines across Australia and Sweden.
• Westgold Resources — Westgold has laid solid foundations to secure growing gold production, which will ensure the companies status as a major player in the Australian Gold Sector.Westgold has commissioned and operates four production facilities in Western Australia, the Murchison Gold Operations, Fortnum Gold Project, Higginsville Gold Operations and the recentlystarted Cue Gold Operations. Once steady state production is achieved in the near future, Westgold will be significant producer with multiple high quality long life projects.
• Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners — For general queries, please use the contact form to get in touch.

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• MultiversX — Scale across the Multiverse.
• Entangle Protocol — Connect data, assets, and more with Entangle's fast and fully customizable interoperability primitives.
• Hatom Labs — Building Hatom - the pioneering, non-custodial liquidity protocol on #MultiversX

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• RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
• Limitless Labs — Forecast the future on Limitless, financial prediction market
• BIO Protocol — The BIO Protocol (BIO) allows onchain scientific communities to fund, build, and co-own research and products in specific biomedical domains including lifespan, brain health, and rare disorders. BIO, founded by senior VitaDAO members, empowers worldwide communities of scientists, patients, and investors to take science into their own hands andbring solutions to life more effectively than traditional pharmaceutical companies.

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• 0xbow — 0xbow is an Ethereum privacy service provider that primarily offers support for Sky’s USDS stablecoin, delivering secure, confidential, and user-friendly transaction solutions within the decentralized finance ecosystem.
• RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
• Forum Markets — Born from Ethereum. Built for everyone

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• MNX — MNX is a company focused on decentralized futures exchanges in the AI economy.
• HackQuest — HackQuest is a Multichain Web3 developer and founder platform, with education, community events, hackathons, and accelerators at its core. HackQuest helps over 20 leading ecosystems such as Mantle, Solana, Arbitrum, and Linea onboard quality developers and supports developers to jumpstart their careers in Web3.
• Gaia — GaiaNet is a pioneer in decentralized AI technology, committed to transforming the IT industry through user privacy, transparency, and control. The cutting-edge open network infrastructure empowers users by ensuring privacy and censorship resistance in daily AI operations through a dynamic network of peer-to-peer edge nodes.

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• Myco — Myco lets people build digital communities which are co-owned by their members. We make it easy to manage an all-in-one community space for any niche or project, by merging fun social experiences with powerful business tools that can help large groups of people coordinate together online.
• Mycelium — Read up on information about Mycelium DAO.
• Syndicate — Syndicate enables developers to create scalable, atomically composable appchains with complete control over the network, sequencer, and economy.

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• Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
• Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
• Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth

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• TradeGecko — Powerful Automated Inventory Management Software for Wholesale and Multichannel eCommerce with a B2B Ordering Platform, and Mobile plus Shopify, WooCommerce and Amazon Integrations.
• Catapult — Discover Catapult. The cutting-edge sports technology, data analytics, and insights that will unleash your team's and athletes' potential.
• Integrated Portfolio Solutions — Integrated Portfolio Solutions is an independently owned and operated administration platform, built by advisors for advisors.Through incorporating the technology and market reach of our key business partners, IPS provides an end-to-end solution that removes the complexities of dealing with numerous organisations to make the integration betweeninvestment execution and portfolio administration a seamless experience.What you will notice with IPS compared to institutionally owned platforms is a personalised service, a desire to embrace change and take advantage of new technology and a team focused on the efficient administration of advisor portfolios.We understand different advice businesses have different needs and we retain the flexibility to tailor our platform to suit the specific needs of different organisations. The result is an extremely cost effective platform that is unique to the Australian market at this time.IPS was designed with two key drivers in mind. To develop a leading edge platform to help financial advisors run their business more efficiently by removing all client portfolio administration from their workload. Secondly, being mindful of the margin pressures faced by financial advisors, and therefore keeping fees to a minimum and market leading level.IPS offers a truly integrated portfolio administration solution through the incorporation of administration, reporting, SMSF, research, CRM functionality, and instruction management to give advisors, staff and clients a cohesive, branded, genuine fee-for-service solution.

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• prePO — Trade the top pre-IPO companies with PreStocks. Get instant access to SpaceX, OpenAI, Anduril, and more. 24/7 trading, no minimums.
• Tracer DAO — Trace Digital and Real World Markets. Build and trade with Tracer Perpetuals and gain leveraged exposure to any market in the world.
• Mycelium — Read up on information about Mycelium DAO.

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• Stockcoin.ai — An AI-native platform for global stocks and derivatives. Co-built with @ambergroup_io. Effortless to use. Professional by design. Intelligent at its core.
• saviorofhealth — Building an AI powered healthcare platform for daily wellness, preventive care, smart reminders, and reward based health check ins. Backed by @Ambergroup_io
• townsquare — Crosschain infrastructure bringing institutional & onchain yields to retail, powering institutional strategies, & RWAs | https://t.co/5glAR6k007

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• Ta-da — We collect, annotate, and label audio, image, video, and text data to power your AI training. From voice and facial recognition to biometrics and object detection, we build tailored datasets for your needs.
• xMoney — Your unified gateway to the future of payments. Crypto-enabled & Fiat-ready. Built on @MultiversX & @SuiNetwork. Token: $XMN
• Pell Network — Pell Network is a precisely constructed multi-layered restaking network with a great user experience, clear role segregation, and a closed-loop business logic chain.

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• Veera — Veera is an internet browser that gives you rewards every time you browse.
• Liquid — Liquid is a decentralized trading platform that offers non-custodial crypto trading options.
• INIT Capital — Lend, Borrow, and Access Yield Strategies with Liquidity Hook

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• Lygon — Lygon operates as a blockchain banking start-up. The Lygon platform is an industry solution that streamlines the bank guarantee process for everyone.
• Pollination — Pollination is a specialist climate change advisory and investment firm.
• Pacific Commerce — We simplify business processes through EDI solutions, automation and digitalisation, enabling you to trade with more partners quickly and efficiently.

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• Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
• Partly — Auto parts distributors, manufacturers, dismantlers, marketplaces and software providers use Partly's software and API to add fitment and manage parts online.
• Outlier Space — Outlier Space is an aerospace startup that builds a scalable, uncrewed, and reusable satellite platform designed to unlock access to microgravity. The company provides breakthrough infrastructure to safely return orbital payloads back to Earth. This technology allows sectors like pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and advanced materials to manufactureand research products beyond Earth's atmospheric limits.

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• Novastro — Building the PayFi layer for stablecoin-powered payments, settlement, and real onchain financial utility.
• Shiba Inu Coin — Shiba Inu Coin is an Internet Publishing Company.
• 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.

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• Mkind — Mkind builds intelligent robots for high-mix manufacturing, developing advanced automation solutions that can adapt to diverse production requirements, improve operational efficiency, and support manufacturers in handling complex, low-volume, and frequently changing product lines.
• Orbem — Transform biological imaging with AI-powered MRI technology. Non-invasive solutions for poultry, fruits, nuts, and health. Building a sustainable future.
• Transition Metal Solutions — Transition harnesses wild microbial communities to recover copper and other critical metals from low-grade mining resources.

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• Jarsy — Pre-IPO Reimagined. Access + Research + Community.
• Kontigo — We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app.
• Kite AI — Building Agentic Payment Infrastructure Backed by @PayPal Ventures and @Generalcatalyst Kite Agent Passport: https://t.co/qw13oC6l3z

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• Range — The financial control layer for companies operating across stablecoins, crypto and fiat rails.
• THEA-AI — AI that amplifies human performance
• Adjacent Markets — Event indexing and @AdjacentNews

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• OP_NET — OPNET is a Bitcoin Layer 1 metaprotocol that enables smart contracts to function directly on the Bitcoin blockchain, without the use of sidechains or Layer 2 solutions.
• Watch.fun — Luxury watch drops. Win a Rolex for as little as $7, drops weekly. Certified by Wristcheck. Backed by @TheSpartanGroup @SolanaVentures @BigBrainVC and more...
• Space — The first leveraged prediction market on @solana

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• Varden — FILM-FREE BARRIER COATING
• Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.
• Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com

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• Ultrade — Ultrade is a powerful decentralized crypto trading platform with the best DeFi tools, all-in-one app, including: A Decentralized Exchange, Leveraged Perpetuals DEX, Swap Crypto DEX, Crypto Lending and Borrowing.
• QED Protocol — A trustless, scalable, decentralized compute protocol for a fairer internet focused on user privacy and platform transparency.
• Sanctum — Stake SOL and earn optimized LST returns from JupSOL, bbSOL, and more, and launch your own custom LST and Solana validator.

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• Giftbee — Giftbee reshapes gifting for businesses and consumers. Send gifts with flexibility to accept, swap, or give forward. Manage gifting programs, reduce waste, and create meaningful impact.
• Indi — Indi supports parents’ mental well-being and helps them advocate for their children’s health.
• Ovum — Meet Ovum, the intelligent health journal mobile app designed for womankind.

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• Zeller — Leading EFTPOS Terminal provider for thousands of Australian businesses. Zeller helps you accept card payments, manage your finances, cash flow & more.
• Immutable Systems — Zero gas fees, instant trades and scalability for games, applications, marketplaces, without compromise.
• FrankieOne — FrankieOne helps banks and fintechs make better decisions using a single API and dashboard to manage KYC/AML and fraud.

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• Betterx — Trade Securely and Trade for Good with BetterX! Join sophisticated investors in trading hundreds of assets | $BTTX Coming Soon
• Lygon — Lygon operates as a blockchain banking start-up. The Lygon platform is an industry solution that streamlines the bank guarantee process for everyone.
• Giftaway — Giftaway is an eGift platform that makes it easy for businesses to reward and incentivize stakeholders such as employees and customers.