Top 50 Blockchain Startup Investors in Italy in July 2025
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Blockchain startups based in Italy. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Blockchain companies from Italy. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Blockchain Startup Investors in Italy in July 2025
Investor | Blockchain Italy investments |
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EIT Urban Mobility | 3 |
CDP Venture Capital | 3 |
United Ventures | 3 |
Hack VC | 2 |
Azimut Holding | 2 |
Pietro Invernizzi | 2 |
Rosario Bifulco | 2 |
Luca Ascani | 2 |
Sygnum | 2 |
Max Ciociola | 2 |
CRiF | 2 |
FoolFarm | 1 |
Urania | 1 |
Algorand Foundation | 1 |
Trinityventures | 1 |
Unreal Capital | 1 |
SOVO | 1 |
Moon Capital | 1 |
Absoluta Digital | 1 |
BlackDragon | 1 |
Cryptosociety | 1 |
Roham Gharegozlou | 1 |
Offbeat Ventures | 1 |
ParaFi Capital | 1 |
Coinbase Ventures | 1 |
OKX Ventures | 1 |
Speedinvest | 1 |
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti | 1 |
Polygon Ventures | 1 |
Sandeep Nailwal | 1 |
Protocol Labs | 1 |
OKX Ventures | 1 |
Stakez Capital | 1 |
Crédit Agricole Italia | 1 |
Polymorphic Capital | 1 |
Wintermute | 1 |
Mentat Group | 1 |
Coinvision Research | 1 |
MetaVenture Holding | 1 |
SBI Ven Capital | 1 |
Polymorphic Capital | 1 |
Valhalla Capital | 1 |
Spartan | 1 |
Jump Crypto | 1 |
Banca Sella Group | 1 |
Danu Ventures | 1 |
Black Alpha Capital | 1 |
DEXT Force Ventures | 1 |
Majinx Capital | 1 |
Karatage | 1 |
EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union.
Europe’s leading community for impact-driven start-ups and scale-ups in urban mobilityWe want to move cities toward a more sustainable future by partnering up with start-ups and scale-ups like yours. Our Impact Venturesdivision gives you access to funding and support channels to deliver financial, environmental and social impact on the urban landscapes around us. Our tools are: Funding through grants and equity investments, Knowledge and training through partner-led programmes, networking and introductions through dedicated support to our equity portfolio companiesOur investments provide you with a boost on your growth journey, and our network connects you with the right stakeholders in the public policy sector — on a regional, national and European-wide scale — to put your company on the map and bring your urban mobility services to the people who need it the most.If you’re like us and have a drive to shape the cities of our future, join our community of engaged and esteemed impactful ventures by applying for one of the many different programs we offer.
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Investment focus
- Software, Transportation, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Spain, Sweden, France
Portfolio highlights
- Smart Point — We are entering the age of convenience and immediacy. A Smart Point automates the reception of any product you shop online, and any service available in your city, from pharmaceuticals, to flowers and dry cleaning. All delivered in 1 hour and available to pick up at your convenience.
- Parabol — As Parabol, we use our innovative power for smart mobility systems and traffic safety all over the world.
- Fastlane — Discover seamless logistics control with our cutting-edge transport management software. Streamline operations, optimize routes, and enhance efficiency effortlessly. Try our solution for comprehensive control today!
CDP Venture Capital Sgr - National Innovation Fund aims to make venture capital a cornerstone of the country's economic development and innovation, creating the conditions for an overall and sustainable growth of the venture capital ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- PhotonPath — Enabling seamless integration between Photonics and Electronics for a faster, more connected and sustainable future
- Tulum Energy — Tulum Energy is a cutting-edge energy business developing a unique methane pyrolysis approach for low-cost, scalable clean hydrogen production that does not require CCS infrastructure.
- Multiverse Computing — World leaders in quantum computing for the financial industry. The first quantum & quantum-inspired toolbox for finance.
We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Italy, United States, United Kingdom
Hack VC is a web3 venture capital firm.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- TAC — TAC is a TON network extension that allows the EVM community to access Telegram users, and it enables Ton wallet holders to easily interact with EVM dApps deployed on TAC.
- Donut — Donut is the first crypto agentic browser that uses the finest crypto in-domain model and a swarm of browsing agents.
- Hyperdrive — Hyperdrive delivers investment growth strategies utilizing a portfolio-centered approach.
Azimut Holding is an independent financial company that offers investment solutions to develop excellent levels of experience. The company's business model is based on the vertical integration between asset management and distribution. It has portfolio managers and analysts based in major hubs around the world and a network of client-facingfinancial advisors operating to deliver quality advice to clients.Azimut Holding was founded on 1989 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Information Technology, Blockchain
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Italy, China, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Sneaks Up — Sneaks Up is an e-commerce platform for buying branded footwear, apparel for men and women.
- Jakala — JAKALA is a MarTech company driving digital transformation by combining a human-centric touch with data analytics and technology.
- Colossus — Colossus Digital - Spearheading the evolution of Web3 with robust validation services and tailored decentralised solutions.
Pietro Invernizzi - Founding Partner @ firedrop
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom, France, Italy
Portfolio highlights
- qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
- Omnea — The all-in-one procurement platform. Request purchases, automate approvals, and streamline your procurement process in one centralised solution.
- Dimension — Dimension is an all-in-one ecosystem for product development built for a better developer experience, enabling developers to plan, build, and deploy their project in one place.
Rosario Bifulco, president of the auction house Finarte S.p.A.
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Investment focus
- Art, Medical, Blockchain
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- I-VASC — I-VASC has developed the VELEX device using new technology to treat CVI and varicose veins.
- Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.
Luca is founder and CEO of Lambda Alpha, an investment company focused on early stage investment. Its portfolio includes Bear, the Apple Design Award winner notes app, Fintechs as Lendable and Emma App in London, Mansa in Paris and ScalaPay as well as autonomous robots Gideon Brothers and automated pasta restaurant Cala. Recent investmentsincludes Dishpatch, Airbank and RVVUP. Luca started his entrepreneurial career aged 20 when he launched BuyCentral.it, the first Italian shopping comparison site, in 2000. It was sold to Lycos in 2004. In 2002 he founded ADVance which became the leading digital agency in Italy, subsequently sold to NetBooster. In 2004 he cofounded GoAdv, later rebranded Populis, one of the largest vertical digital publishing groups in Europe and Brazil, listed on the Paris Alternext stock exchange. In 2011 Populis was named the fastest growing company in Ireland and part of the top ten in Europe by Deloitte. In 2012 and 2013 he has brought the TechCrunch conference to Italy with the aim of connecting the Italian industry with international investors. For this same purpose he was co-hosting the 2017 Founders Forum in Rome.From 2010 Luca was in the board of IlSecoloXIX, an Italian north west leading newspaper, then acquired by LaStampa in 2014 and he was in the board of the new group, ITEDI, until it was acquired by Gruppo Espresso in 2017.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- France, Italy, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Fence — Fence is a SaaS platform to automate debt facility operations like reporting and payments between lenders and borrowers.
- qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
- ReportAId — ReportAId is an AI-powered software that breathes life into medical reports to make healthcare more organized, customized, and accessible.
Sygnum is an international digital asset banking organization, rooted in Swiss and Singaporean traditions. The company provides professional and institutional investors, banks, corporations, and DLT foundations with the means to invest in digital assets with utmost confidence. Sygnum's team facilitates this through our top-tier security,personalized expert service, and regulated services in digital asset banking, asset management, tokenization, and B2B offerings.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Canada, Switzerland, Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Ledn — Ledn offers a suite of credit and savings products for you to make the most of your digital assets.
- Colossus — Colossus Digital - Spearheading the evolution of Web3 with robust validation services and tailored decentralised solutions.
- Neptune Digital Assets — Neptune Digital Assets (TSX: NDA) powers the future of finance with cryptocurrency, Bitcoin mining, staking, blockchain nodes, and decentralized finance (DeFi).
Product-focused, balance-sheet driven entrepreneur with a 20+ year track record in pioneering, launching and growing profitable businesses in the mobile and media space with broad experience in product, business, and content development for the digital space.
Max is founder and CEO of Musixmatch, the World's Largest Lyrics Catalog and MusicAI Company with +70 Mln of users in the world.
Musixmatch uses Deep Learning and AI techniques to provide lyrics and language data to most of music digital streaming companies.
As first mover in the mobile space Max started in early 1998 with Wireless Solutions, a multi media mobile gateway platform for delivering contents in more than 100 countries over 300 mobile carriers. He then sold his company to Dada, an italian media company, and he spent 7 years with Dada first as CEO Dada Iberia & Latam e then as EVP Mobile Services, leading a team of +100 people and +80 mln yearly turnover.
Max is the co founder of AI Labs, an R&D AI Lab in Italy active on Technology Transfer on AI.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, FinTech, Consumer
- Funding Round, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Italy, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
- Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
- Young Platform — Il crypto exchange italiano dove puoi acquistare e vendere Bitcoin e le migliori altcoin del mercato. Accumula criptovalute e costruisci il tuo futuro finanziario giorno dopo giorno.
CRIF offers credit bureau services, business information, analytics and decisioning, consultancy to support finance, insurance, utility and service companies of the customer relationship cycle.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Italy, Ireland, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- BKN301 — Scopri tutti i servizi dedicati a privati, aziende ed esercenti. Accedi all'area riservata.
- Agrobit — Agrobit develops digital farming solutions based on imaging (smartphone, drones) to help farmers getting better decision in agro-inputs management. The flagship product is the mobile app iAgro, the first quantitative Decision Support System to optimize pesticide treatments and digitize crops (digital twin) quickly and easily just using asmartphone. The competitive advantages are to provide information unobtainable from other technologies (field sensors, satellites), the use of proprietary AR, AI and computer vision algorithms and the possibility to reach a huge number of users that cannot make high investments but are the majority in Europe (small/medium farms). The app uses AR to 3D-scan plants (tree crops) and in-cloud AI and computer vision algorithms to re-create the 3D model (digital twin) of the scanned plant, in order to calculate its biometrics (canopy thickness, height, volume), vigor parameter (LAI) and field parameters (LWA, TRV). Finally, a mathematical model estimates the correct pesticide doses to be distributed.
- Latitudo40 — Empower sustainable growth with AI-driven satellite insights from Latitudo 40. Unlock precise, real-time data for smarter urban planning, climate risk management, and industry innovation. Enhance resilience and lead with confidence.
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Investment focus
- Software, Biometrics, Blockchain
- Pre-Seed
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- IIO — IIO is the open B2B2C VaaS (Voice-as-a-Service) platform that enables and improves the dialogue between people and devices through voice.It offers the possibility to create new applications through APIs and SDKs and allows to build new verticals in ecosystems that require a personal, close and secure experience.IIO Marketplace, will enablecollective intelligence to develop and share new “low / no-code” modular applications based on Voice (“VERSA”).Tech IP: Adaptive Conversational Engine (“A.C.E.”) allows you to adapt to the channel, emotions and discussion by managing exceptions with fall back logic;Conversational Editor, voice editing that will allow every developer to build and compose conversational applications: VERSAs.Secure Voice based on FoolFarm data “pulverization” patent, guarantees security and privacy of data, making users the owners of their information.A unique voice for your products and services: Proactive and dynamic It recognizes the speaker and intervenes only when necessaryIntuitive and empathetic Recognize emotions in words for personalized responsesContextual Always brings the flow back to the main topicMultichannel and Interoperable Manages handover on different channels and devices by integrating third-party services.Open and collaborative Expand the knowledge base thanks to the involvement of a Collective Intelligence.Low / No code Creation, modification, publication and use of new voice CX.
- VoiceMe — SaaS solution of Voice Customer Authentication - a platform allowing electronic payments, single-sign-on and secured digital signing.
Urania is a private equity and private investment in public equity investment management firm. They create cutting-edge business models based on a perfect synergy of identifying talents in the tech sector and actively engaging investors.
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Investment focus
- Art, Blockchain
- Seed
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.
Fulfilling the global promise of blockchain technology by leveraging the Algorand protocol and open source software for an inclusive ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Parcision — Parcision revolutionizes the hiring process on Wall Street by introducing a crucial element: quantifiable skill. The current Wall Street hiring practice puts too much emphasis on alma mater and network connection, which deters many candidates. We aim to establish a quantitative approach that enables individuals from all backgrounds to assess theirskills and demonstrate their accuracy in analyzing critical market events, such as company earnings and economic announcements. We firmly believe that regardless of identity, sex, race, location, or educational background, everyone deserves an equal opportunity to pursue a rewarding career in the financial industry. Through our blind hiring and skills-first approach, we hope to change the DNA of Wall Street.To achieve this, we harness the power of Web 3 technology, specifically smart contracts, to facilitate and oversee tamper-proof tests that quantify candidates' analytical capabilities. By leveraging this advanced technology, we ensure a transparent, auditable, and provable performance metric for participants. The most accomplished participants are duly acknowledged financially and reputationally based on their exceptional proficiency. This recognition is facilitated through participants' undeniable track records on Parcision.Parcision is chess for financial analysts.
- PlanetWatch — We leverage advanced technologies of the population to improve environmental monitoring worldwide and help protect public health
- Kilde — Hands-off regular income with up to 11.5% returns per year. Invest in consumer and SME loans with the leading lending firms.
Trinityventures is a venture studio firm looks for breakthrough ideas and tech startups.
Start-Up Services and Consulting.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Blockchain
- Series A
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
Unreal Capital is an international fund focusing on investments in innovative and promising crypto projects.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3
- Seed, Series A
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- InceptionLRT — InceptionLRT is a standalone liquid restaking protocol designed specifically for Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs).
- Mind AI — Mind AI is a trading insights platform that offers elite insights to the investors for a competitive edge in the fast-moving crypto markets.
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
SOVO is a dynamic and multifaceted organisation with a focus on spearheading innovation, supporting entrepreneurs, and driving growth in the business landscape.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Blockchain
- Series A
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
Moon Capital invests all its energy in researching new projects to detect their potential for success, thus giving the community the opportunity to invest in them. The team firmly believes in collective growth and progress as the basis for healthy investment.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Blockchain
- Series A
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
Absoluta Digital is a strategic advisory and investment firm focus on supporting blockchain startups.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Blockchain
- Series A
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- HeyElsa — Harness the power of AI in Crypto with Elsa, your crypto co-pilot. Uncover opportunities, trade smarter, and maximize returns, all with unparalleled ease and safety.
- InceptionLRT — InceptionLRT is a standalone liquid restaking protocol designed specifically for Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs).
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
BlackDragon is a decentralized blockchain-native fundraising group with dedicated in-house marketing, development, and research teams. We support the projects we invest in by providing invaluable resources in marketing, advisory, community growth, and access to our expansive, yet exclusive industry network.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- France, Singapore, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Zizle — Zizle wants to use the Solana blockchain to transform social networking: better data privacy, decentralized governance, and more efficient revenue streams for consumers and producers. the platform's goal is to make social networking a more entertaining, healthy, and profitable environment.
- GPU.Net — GPUNet offers a scalable, blockchain-based solution for decentralized GPU computing. Access or rent out GPU resources for AI, data analysis, and scientific research.
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
Cryptosociety actively supports the project through strategy, marketing, design, launchpad introductions, strategic relationship introductions, and active participation on social media. Therefore, it was only a logical step for us to become advisors on some initiatives.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Blockchain
- Series A
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
Roham is founder and CEO of Axiom Zen, an award-winning venture studio that specializes in emerging technology. Axiom Zen’s first public blockchain project, CryptoKitties, is the world’s most successful blockchain game and the first decentralized application to effectively engage a consumer audience. CryptoKitties has been covered by Fortune,Bloomberg, and the BBC, accounting for roughly a quarter of the Ethereum network’s traffic within a week of launch and introducing hundreds of thousands of new users to blockchain technology. Axiom Zen was named first among Canada’s Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business. Their products have touched 200+ million consumers and are used by the world’s leading companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, and NASA, as well as by eminent academic institutions and government organizations. They pride themselves in diversity of talent: a team of ~80+ creatives includes published authors, over a dozen former founders, diversity from 20+ national origins, and decades of collective experience at startups and Fortune 500s alike. Axiom Zen has been working with Bitcoin and various forms of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies since 2014. Axiom Zen is also the team behind ZenHub, the world’s leading collaboration solution for technical teams using GitHub; and the developer of Timeline, named Apple’s Best App of January, Editor’s Choice in 10 countries, and Best New App in 88 countries. Axiom Zen is the creator of Toby, recognized as Top Chrome Extension of the year by both Google and Product Hunt, and the parent company of Hammer & Tusk, a leader in the world of immersive experiences (AR/VR). Axiom Zen's work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, and Fast Company. History Prior to founding Axiom Zen, Roham served with the Rising Tide Fund bas
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Code — Code is a Canadian payment platform provider that makes it simple for web developers to collect modest payments from consumers worldwide.
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
- Open Social — A multi-chain, modular and open-source protocol providing the tools for developers to create the next generation of social apps.
Offbeat Ventures' advantages include access to markets, mentors, advisors, and consultants. and unquestionably facilitate and serve as catalysts that offer comprehensive solutions for both aspiring and seasoned business owners.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Blockchain
- Series A
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
ParaFi Capital is an alternative investment firm focused on blockchain and decentralized finance markets.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Huma — Huma is an Income backed DeFi.
- Meridian — Meridian is a Movement-native decentralized liquidity marketplace and liquid staking system that allows users to trade and earn with their assets smoothly.
- 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.
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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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, India
Portfolio highlights
- Uptopia — Uptopia is the Base Chain ecosystem game startup platform.
- XFX — XFX makes global money movement fast, transparent, and capital-efficient across fiat and stablecoin rails.
- Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
OKX Ventures focus on the discoveries and investments in various aspects, including blockchain basic infrastructures, Layer2, DeFi, WEB3.0, NFT and Metaverse.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Arch — The pioneering network for building bridgeless apps directly on Bitcoin. Arch makes it easy to deploy interoperable smart contract-like programs on the L1, without fracturing liquidity or taking on bridge risk.
- Hyperion — Hyperion is an on-chain DEX that combines an order book and AMM, built for Aptos.
- Camp Network — Camp Network is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain to power AI agents.
Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, United Kingdom, Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Tranched — Introducing real-time on-chain securitisation. Fintech Lenders and Professional Investors can now launch an institutional-grade transaction up to 90% faster than before.
- Firsty — Firsty offers access to messaging, email, and online calling, as well as a basic global data connection, for free.
- Orakl Oncology — Cultivated with love by the Orakl team.
The Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group is the national promotional institution that has supported the Italian economy since 1850
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Investment focus
- CleanTech, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Pre-Seed, Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Italy, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Acea — Acea operates in six business segments. The water segment collects, purchases, transports and distributes drinking water, and manages the sewerage system and the purification of wastewaters. The company serves 9 million residents served in Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Molise and Campania; The energy segment manages the transmission and distributesroughly 9 TWh of electricity, public lighting; commercial and trading segment activities include energy management, sale of electricity and gas, energy efficiency for domestic customers. The company is targeting growth in electricity generation from renewable (photovoltaic) sources and in electric mobility, with a view to effectively contributing more and more to the energy transition and decarbonisation. The environment segment provides laboratory, research and related consultancy services on the environment and control functions within the water cycle; engineering services and overseas operations providing water services in Latin America.
- Involve Space — Involve Space provides solutions for space-based activities via a customizable and cost-effective stratospheric pseudo satellite.
- Italcer Group — Italcer Group is a manufacturer of indoor and outdoor ceramic products.
Polygon Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on early-stage Web3 startups.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Capx — Capx's mission is to accelerate the flow of capital through the private markets, thereby enhancing global capital allocation. With secondary market and enterprise solutions, Capx combines high-quality collections of opportunities with efficient access for institutions and individual investors.
- Beamable — One line of code is all you need to build your own custom server logic via microservices along with a world of LiveOps tools and live services.
- TAC — TAC is a TON network extension that allows the EVM community to access Telegram users, and it enables Ton wallet holders to easily interact with EVM dApps deployed on TAC.
Sandeep Nailwal is the co-founder and COO of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as the Co-Founder and CEO. He attended the Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Defx — Defx is a non-custodial perps venue. We're built on Arbitrum, and will be coming to Solana very soon.
- Veda — Veda is the largest vault infrastructure platform in DeFi, enabling institutions to launch and manage onchain financial products at scale.
- 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
Protocol Labs is building the next generation of the internet.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Akave — Akave is a decentralized data management network that supports the next generation of data-driven apps and marketplaces.
- Randamu — making previously impossible distributed applications DePINdable!
- Glow Labs — Solar farms on the Glow network are paid with GLW tokens for electricity output and stablecoins for carbon credits. According to the business, their incentive model prioritizes incentives for solar farms with the greatest environmental benefit, focusing on places where clean energy can best balance high carbon emissions.
OKX Blockdream Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high quality projects. This fund will invest in blockchain basic infrastructure, layer 2, Polkadot ecosystem, Defi, Filecoin ecosystem etc.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- FUNX — FUNX is a virtual reality game platform for relaxation use. They use a cloud gaming app or web browser to connect remotely to a virtual PC and play the game from there. There isn't any hardware, wires, installation or download time for games, firmware updating, or anything else that is often associated with playing games locally on a PS5, XboxSeries X, or laptop.
- ShareX — ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.
- SignalPlus — SignalPlus is a leading platform for digital asset options trading, providing professional tools and insights.
Stakez Capital: A premier Web3 firm driving innovation in blockchain, GameFi, and fintech. Partnering with groundbreaking startups, we offer expert guidance to shape the future of decentralized technology. Join us at Stakez Capital and empower your vision.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Blockchain
- Seed, Funding Round
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Forward Protocol — Create Blockchains, Subnets, and dApps with A No-Code Interface Wordpress for Web 3.0 Cross-Chain Compatible Industry Agnostic Adoption-Focused Deploy Your dApp Now Join the Community Featured In Deploy and go live in a few minutes. No programming skills required. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07z8cQPQGI&ab_channel=ForwardProtocol Lowest Barrier to Entry Easy to use Open Source Drag and drop Complete control Set
- Enjinstarter — Web 3.0 Entertainment, Sports, Fashion, Metaverse, Social, Gamefi & Gamified Utility
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
Crédit Agricole Italia is a bank that offers loans and financial services.
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- Financial Services, Finance, Water
- Debt Financing, Seed
- Italy
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- Italcer Group — Italcer Group is a manufacturer of indoor and outdoor ceramic products.
- Clessidra — Clessidra Private Equity is an investment firm that invests in the Italian upper-middle markets. Clessidra Private Equity was founded in 2003 and was headquartered in Milan, Italy.
- Generalfinance — Generalfinance is a financial management agency that provides flexible services designed to address the company's debt issues.
It is a venture capital firm that selectively invests in extraordinary teams and emerging paradigms in blockchain and fintech globally.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Gibraltar
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- Airstack — Every day there are millions of blockchain transactions. Airstack makes sense of them.
- Fair Math — Fair Math is a research company with an open-source oriented approach, dedicated to addressing privacy challenges in the modern world.
- Azuro — Powerful tooling, oracle & liquidity solutions for any EVM predictions & gaming ecosystem
A leading algorithmic trading firm focused on building liquid and efficient markets in digital assets.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
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- M^0 Labs — M^0 is money middleware for the digital age. It is a decentralized, on-chain protocol, as well as a corresponding set of off-chain standards and APIs, that allows holders of high-quality eligible collateral to participate in the issuance of a fungible cryptodollar. With M^0, any number of institutions around the world can tap on turnkey middlewareto become their own cryptodollar issuer, upgrading their money tech stack to the digital age.
- Raven — Raven is a proprietary high-frequency algorithmic trading firm specializing in CeFi market making and DeFi liquidity provision.
- 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.
As a crypto-native investment fund and contemporary family office, we focus on resilient, open networks and early-stage opportunities across a range of sectors.
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- Web3, Blockchain, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Italy, Australia, United States
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- EarnOS — EarnOS is the fully remote company that provides Global Ad & Payments Platform powered by Web3.
- TAC — TAC is a TON network extension that allows the EVM community to access Telegram users, and it enables Ton wallet holders to easily interact with EVM dApps deployed on TAC.
- FortyTwo — Fortytwo is a decentralized AI network that employs swarm intelligence by linking consumer devices to execute small AI models. It provides a scalable and cost-efficient alternative to centralized AI systems, enabling users to contribute computing resources while ensuring data privacy. Fortytwo's goal is to create a reasoning engine thatoperates on a planetary scale and is driven by the community.
Coinvision is a community blockchain technology enthusiasts. Not financial advice. Click to read Coinvision Research, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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- FinTech, Software, Blockchain
- Series A
- Italy
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- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
MetaVenture Holding is an investment company.
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- Art, Blockchain
- Seed
- Italy
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- Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.
SBI Ven Capital, founded in 2007 and based in Singapore, is a private equity firm that invests in financial services and technology sectors across Asia.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- India, Singapore, Indonesia
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- Eratani — Eratani is an Agri-tech company is to focus on building a agricultural ecosystem and seeks to provide farmers with easy access to technology to increase the productivity and welfare of the agricultural ecosystem.
- Bang Jamin — Bang Jamin offers all-encompassing services and an AI-powered insurance buying and claims process.
- Colossus — Colossus Digital - Spearheading the evolution of Web3 with robust validation services and tailored decentralised solutions.
It is a venture capital firm that selectively invests in extraordinary teams and emerging paradigms in blockchain and fintech globally.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Gibraltar
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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.
- MANSA — MANSA builds the infrastructure that powers the next evolution of global payments.
- Nevermined — Nevermined helps you monetize AI agents with flexible billing, licensing, payments, and real-time settlement. Get started for free.
Valhalla Capital makes strategic investments and provides long-term support to some of the most promising start-ups in the space. Whether that’s helping with team formation, capital introductions, tokenomics design and review, or go-to-market strategy, we’ll be here, rolling up our sleeves to take our teams to the next level.
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- Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Initial Coin Offering, Series B
- Switzerland, United States, Australia
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- Gora — Goracle is a oracle network built on the Algorand blockchain, designed to bring real world data to smart contracts.
- Decent Labs — We are rebuilding trust in technology. Decent Labs is developing a more transparent and equitable society by creating startups at the cross-section of financial technology and digital rights.
- Sanctum — Sanctum offers the ability to launch millions of new LSTs utilizing solana.
Spartan is an oilfield management company that offers labor support, technology, engineering, construction, and project management services.
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- Blockchain, Gaming, Web3
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Italy, Australia
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- Symmio — Symmio is a platform that facilitates the clearing of derivatives transactions by focusing on the specific intentions of users. It provides easy, permissionless access to both traditional and emerging assets.
- Uptopia — Uptopia is the Base Chain ecosystem game startup platform.
- Optimum — Optimum constitutes a decentralized, high-performance memory infrastructure tailored for use across various blockchains.
Jump Crypto, a division of the Jump Trading Group, is a global leader in Web3 infrastructure development and investment.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
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- Play AI — The Orchestration Layer for Consumer Intelligence
- Nodepay — Nodepay is a network infrastructure that offers decentralized bandwidth for AI training.
- Nexus Interactive — Nexus Interactive gives collective growth and accrued value to its ecosystem.
The Banca Sella Group boasts a history that is now more than a century old, followed by the common thread of the principles and values inspired directly by its founders.
In this section we outline the Group profile and its main stages.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Italy, France, Germany
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- MrCall — Un assistente digitale dedicato al tuo business, che risponde quando non puoi, raccoglie i messaggi e li trascrive in una mail, un SMS o un messaggio Whatsapp.Configurabile e attivo sul telefono in due passaggi. Senza cambiare operatore, senza installare nuovi software, senza nuovi centralini.Nessun investimento o costo di attivazionerichiesto.
- Tot — Meglio di un conto corrente aziendale: scopri Tot, il conto aziendale online per imprese che semplifica la tua gestione amministrativa. Aprilo ora online.
- Young Platform — Il crypto exchange italiano dove puoi acquistare e vendere Bitcoin e le migliori altcoin del mercato. Accumula criptovalute e costruisci il tuo futuro finanziario giorno dopo giorno.
DANU VENTURES provides comprehensive advisory support: attraction of investments, audit, listing, market making, strategic planning etc.
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- FinTech, Software, Blockchain
- Series A
- Italy
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- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
As we stand on the precipice of the next crypto bull market, expertise and strategic investment approach of Black Alpha Capital aim to unlock untapped potential and generate market-beating returns.
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- FinTech, Software, Blockchain
- Series A
- Italy
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- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
DEXT Force Ventures is an investment arm of DEXTools.io. It helps projects from the incubation stage to public listing and beyond.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Italy, Spain
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- Sogni AI — Unleash creativity with the Sogni Supernet: a purpose-built DePIN protocol for Creative AI. Empowering Creative AI apps with unmatched speed and scale.
- Bondex — Join Bondex, a Web3 network with 4M+ users. Monetize connections, build your reputation, and earn $BDXN rewards. Advance your career or discover top talent now.
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
Majinx Capital is an investment fund focused on companies in DeFi, infrastructure, dApps,and other Web3 areas. The firm focuses on (pre-)seed and strategic investment rounds.The main goal of the fund is to find the most promising and ambitious projects, ensure their successful fundraising and boost their growth by using a well-developed innernetwork of connections: + 250 VCs, key opinion leaders from 12 countries and access to crypto communities in 8 countries. The fund scale projects with solid teams with exceptional mindsets, well-developed roadmaps and business strategies that are looking for a financial boost to thrive.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed
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- Zyfi — Zyfi is building the best on-chain user experience by leveraging paymasters and intents, powered by ZKsync
- Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
Karatage is an investment firm.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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- Walrus — Walrus is a decentralized storage network that stores and delivers raw data and media files—like videos, images, and PDFs—without sacrificing performance or accessibility.
- Uranium Digital — Uranium Digital is astartup that uses tokenization to target the uranium market. The business represents uranium ore with blockchain tokens, facilitating smooth transactions in this highly regulated and initially underfunded industry.
- Raise — Raise is a digital prepaid and retail payment platform where consumers save money on every purchase at over 4,000 brands and earn rewards with Raise Pay. As a digital partner to more than 600+ national brands, Raise offers an innovative way for retailers to increase brand loyalty, engagement, and retention by adding value for their core consumers.Raise has saved its millions of members more than $200 million and received $147 million in funding from leading investors including Accel, PayPal, Bessemer Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates. Raise is available on both iOS and Android or at raise.com
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