Top 50 Blockchain VC Funds & Investors in New Zealand (August 2026)

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• Flying Tulip — Better Yield, Better UX
• Fly Media — AI-native IPs at infinite scale. If Disney were created today, it would look more like Fly Media.
• Superstate — Superstate is modernizing investing through tokenized financial products

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• LNT — LNT provides a Bitcoin Taproot-based token system that allows basic asset creation and transfers with limited available details.
• ChimpX AI — ChimpX AI is an AI-powered decentralized finance (DeFi) superapp designed to simplify crypto trading, cross-chain asset management, and blockchain interactions through natural language commands. The platform focuses on making complex DeFi operations accessible to everyday users by combining artificial intelligence, automation, and gaslesstransactions into a single interface.
• ZENi — ZENi is a data intelligence engine that powers autonomous AI agents. The platform transforms real-time on-chain and off-chain signals into actionable insights, enabling agents to make decisions, automate workflows, and execute tasks with high precision. Built as a decentralized data intelligence layer, ZENi supports Web3, fintech, e-commerce ,gaming and enterprise applications that require scalable, intelligent agent operations.

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• Liqwid Labs — Liqwid is a non-custodial liquidity market protocol for lending and borrowing on Cardano, offering fast, affordable, and transparent liquidity solutions.
• Gasp — Trade crypto without gas, front-running & MEV. L1 chain powered by Substrate. Start trading with Mangata X.
• Pontem Network — Pontem lets you find product market fit in a permissionless environment prior to launching on the Facebook-backed Diem Blockchain.

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• AEON — Powering #agenticeconomy #x402 | AEON is settlement layer bridging autonomous AI interactions (A2A & A2M) with real-world value flows. Backed by @yzilabs $AEON
• KOR Protocol — KOR Protocol is a decentralized intellectual property (IP) infrastructure designed to empower creators, protect rights, and enable seamless collaboration and monetization of IP assets across various industries, including music, film, TV, gaming, and art. Backed by notable entities like Animoca Brands, Republic, Niantic, Sfermion, Solana, andprominent creators such as Black Mirror, Disclosure, deadmau5, and Richie Hawtin, KOR leverages blockchain, AI, and DeFi to offer a transparent, efficient, and scalable environment for IP expansion.
• Limited — Secure your treasury and scale your business globally with a truly self-custodial account that only you control. No banks. No middlemen.

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• SQR3D — Transform your idea into 3D assets at scale. Smart Contract Automation for 3D Designs with SQR3D.
• Reitio Protocol — We’re creating an effortless way for everyone to create custom metaverse assets visually via an intuitive and codeless templates-based design toolkit, introducing reitio protocol.
• Genesis Shards — Crafting a whole new suite of NFT powered products across multiple blockchains

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• Lumoz — Opside is a modern, three-layer infrastructure platform that offers ZK-RaaS (ZK-rollup-as-a-service). The ability to deploy applications on Opside layer 3 without having to manage any infrastructure gives developers more freedom. All transactions and generated data are hashed and kept on the layer 2 Opside chain because layer 2 consensus and dataavailability are handled by Opside. For on-chain apps that require quicker transaction processing and reduced fees, including games and social networks, this ground-breaking method opens up a world of new possibilities.
• Poresi — The AI Micro-Emotion Monitoring System is an intelligent assistant that leverages camera, microphone, typing behavior, and interaction rhythms to detect micro-expressions, tone shifts, typing cadence, and language use. It builds a personalized emotional state profile and provides early interventions to prevent anxiety, burnout, and depressiveepisodes before they escalate.
• Tracknme — TrackNMe.com is the ultimate domain name for startups looking to make a mark in the tracking and monitoring industry. With its short length and easy-to-pronounce two syllables, this brandable name exudes confidence and innovation. It evokes

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• Redpill AI — Access 200+ AI models with privacy-first infrastructure. Private models in GPU TEE, OpenAI-compatible API, zero data retention.
• Rivet.cloud (Formerly OpenRelay) —
• Karmine Corp — Karmine Corp is an esports organization that offers merchandise and competes in games like league of legends, trackmania, and others.

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• OX.FUN — Trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and trending altcoin derivatives on the most FUN exchange around. Join OX.FUN today and earn up to 200% yield. Moo.
• AINN Layer2 — AINN Layer2 is a decentralized Bitcoin Layer2 network development.It promotes large-scale AI applications
• 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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• PeakAI — AI-powered crypto distribution OS. From TikTok to everywhere. Peekaboo early signals. Spark micro-intel. Turn attention into capital.
• SOON — @AiCapitalMarket WIP. Backed by @Jump_, @hack_vc & @anagramxyz https://t.co/EFAKt91B1F
• Infinity Ground — Infinity Ground Technology supports developers in using AI with Web3, making these technologies accessible to all.

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• DAOBase — DAOBase is an AI-powered data and infrastructure platform developed particularly for DAOs. By employing innovative algorithms, the company assists DAOs and voters in establishing on-chain and off-chain data reputation layers, allowing users to intelligently monitor DAO governance, make educated decisions, and investigate future job models.
• Yellow — Yellow is a financial services provider of software, analytics, and investments in blockchain startups.
• Konnex World — Building the GDP of autonomous systems. Turning robot labor into on-chain liquidity. $KNX

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• ZENi — ZENi is a data intelligence engine that powers autonomous AI agents. The platform transforms real-time on-chain and off-chain signals into actionable insights, enabling agents to make decisions, automate workflows, and execute tasks with high precision. Built as a decentralized data intelligence layer, ZENi supports Web3, fintech, e-commerce ,gaming and enterprise applications that require scalable, intelligent agent operations.
• aZen Protocol — aZen transforms computing resources & apps into dynamic fractional NFT, scheduled by smart contracts to build #DePIN for ubiquitous AI
• Zerobase — Trust layer of global finance. A proving network for real yield, with verifiable execution for capital, settlement, and risk. https://t.co/Y71G4wo3H9

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• Kapkap — Kapkap is a web3 platform that uses AI for attention based value distribution in gaming.
• Almanak — Almanak is a decentralized finance (DeFi) smart agent platform that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to automate, optimize, and intelligently manage a wide range of DeFi investment strategies. It enables users to create and deploy automated DeFi trading and risk-management strategies through coordinated AI agents. It provides anenvironment where AI handles strategy coding, backtesting across thousands of Monte Carlo simulations, optimization, risk monitoring, deployment via non-custodial Safe-based multisig accounts, and real-time performance monitoring with alerting capabilities. The platform supports seamless interaction with multiple blockchains and protocols via an LLM-powered interface.Almanak targets active DeFi participants, developers building financial applications, investment professionals, and users seeking automated portfolio insights. It emphasizes enhanced automation, continuous strategy execution, and adaptive automation driven by emerging AI techniques to respond to evolving market conditions.
• Open Campus — The Open Campus is a community-driven protocol that leverages the power of blockchain and invites all to build the future of education by putting the power of learning back in the hands of educators, students, and the community.

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• Axis — Turning market inefficiencies into tokenized alpha. Backed by @galaxyhq, @FalconXGlobal, @okx.
• Zoo Finance — Zoo Finance is a pioneering DeFi protocol focused on unlocking liquidity from locked assets, empowering users to access capital more efficiently while maximizing the utility of their on-chain holdings.
• Hypernova — The onchain prop firm, built to back traders.

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• Rilla — Demonstrating 90% reduction in cost-to-serve for live-streaming, Rilla is rewiring the content economy, directing the value generated back to creators and their communities.By leveraging audience bandwidth and rewarding them with ownership in the network, the savings are equivalent to a free month subscription every year for a moderate level ofviewership.Founded by the technical founders behind Altered State Machine, acquired for 214m. Together for 5+ ventures, collectively raising 130m+ and valued at 1b+.
• Osmo — Osmo is a payment company that helps people to send and receive money immediately.
• Uniblock — Uniblock helps connect developers with Web3 using our APIs and services. Our developers use Uniblock because of how easy it is to integrate into exciting applications. Try it for free today!

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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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• Portal to Bitcoin — The only custody-less interoperability protocol for Bitcoin. Swap native BTC, Ordinals, Runes with L2s and L1s
• ether.fi — EtherFi is a non-custodial decentralized ETH staking method that distributes staking to node operators in exchange for rewards.
• Azuro — Powerful tooling, oracle & liquidity solutions for any EVM predictions & gaming ecosystem

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• Wizzwoods — 1st pixel farm game integrates interchain capabilities with a SocialFi twist.
• SuperIntent — SuperIntent is a cryptocurrency AI app that streamlines on-chain earning tactics. Developed on a multi-agent framework with abundant yield sources.
• SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.

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• Hatom Labs — Building Hatom - the pioneering, non-custodial liquidity protocol on #MultiversX
• Analog — Analog is the world’s first layer-0, Omni-chain platform that leverages proof-of-time (PoT) to validate time data (events). With PoT, all nodes have a fair chance of being selected to validate time data and participate in the consensus process on the Timechain (an ordered sequence of immutable verified time data). This contrasts with proof-of-work(PoW)-powered networks that require computationally-intensive resources to mine blocks or proof-of-stake (PoS)-enabled networks where nodes must stake enough coins. The Analog network is the first realistic attempt in helping the world to move from a “timeless mess” to a “time-driven” environment via PoT consensus. Besides solving the problem of verifiability of time data, the Analog network also prioritizes interoperability. It establishes a radically decentralized, secure, and trustless layer-0 where multiple networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum can anchor their transactions. Most importantly, the Analog Timegraph leverages zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to create a validated pipeline of time data that businesses can privately leverage to power the next generation of time-dependent applications. Unlike other Blockchain application programming interface (API) models that involve the use of third-party oracles, Analog’s Timegraph API allows data providers to become their own oracles on the Timechain. This creates an entirely new marketplace of time data that is set to power the next generation of decentralized applications (DApps).
• Balthazar NFT Gaming — Balthazar is on a mission to empower the biggest community of gamers to create a self-sustaining,

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• Subsquid — An open-source framework for building powerful and tailored GraphQL APIs for your blockchain state history.
• Joystream — JoyStream is a blockchain powered decentralized media distribution, curation, discovery, and monetization platform.
• Tapio Protocol — The stability of native DOT, with the yield of LDOT.

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• XRADERS — Powering informed decision making for investors XRADERS
• Root Protocol — ISME is building an operating system with the composition of an intent-centric aggregator of digital identity, virtual accounts, social graphs, and more to enable unified access to Web3.
• TON Strategy Company — VERB Technology Company is a software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, applications platform developer. Its platform is comprised of sales enablement business software products marketed on a subscription basis. The applications are available in both mobile and desktop versions. It includes verbCRM, Customer Relationship Management application, verbLEARN,Learning Management System application, and verbLIVE, its Live Broadcast Video Webinar application.

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• JuniGo — JuniGo is a financial technology company that provides a digital wallet and payment platform for micro, small, and medium enterprises.
• Takenos — Takenos provides the best way to get paid in LATAM for freelancers and contractors.
• SuperIntent — SuperIntent is a cryptocurrency AI app that streamlines on-chain earning tactics. Developed on a multi-agent framework with abundant yield sources.

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• BetHog — BetHog is a new crypto sports book that brings home the bacon.
• Trove — Trove Collectibles is a content and commerce platform focused on sports cards and collectibles.
• Kairos Labs — Kairos Labs is an Ethereum ecosystem interest rate swap protocol

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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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• Bio.xyz — Biotech's new financial layer.
• Recall Labs — Textile is building new digital experiences by focusing on user privacy, transparency, and decentralization.
• Blackbird — We believe the next great hospitality technology platform should connect restaurants and their customers directly, in meaningful and ongoing ways. Blackbird is founded by a team with a passion for restaurants and a track record of using technology to solve problems.

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• Rivalz Network — Join the connectivity infrastructure between AI Agents, DeFAI and Markets.
• The Arena — A next gen SocialFi app redefining how creators connect, engage, and monetize their content.
• Sigma Computing — Sigma is the only BI analytics tool purpose-built for your cloud data warehouse. Uniquely scalable, with an experience you already know: the spreadsheet.

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• Solana — Solana is the high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, and crypto applications. Fast. Decentralized. Scalable. Energy efficient. Solana can power thousands of transactions per second.
• Sumer Money — Sumer Money is a cross-chain synthetic assets protocol that enables composable Defi across blockchains.
• Superform Labs — THE UNIVERSAL INTERFACE FOR YIELD IS FORMING

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• Squid — Buy, swap, and bridge crypto across 100+ chains and 20k tokens. Fast, cheap, reliable. Used by 1M+ users and 1K+ integrators.
• Alliance Games — Build Beyond Limits. Multiplayer for the Next, Decentralized Era.
• Hotstuff Labs — Core Devs behind @tradehotstuff. Accelerating financial infrastructure for the internet.

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• TurboFlow — Trading, made simple. Everyone gets a seat at TurboFlow.
• DePay — DePay is an Argentina-based real-time payments infrastructure startup.
• Ceramic Network — We've joined @textileio to build the first open intelligence network for AI agents. Follow us there.

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• NFTfi — NFTfi allows borrowers to use the NFTs they own to access the liquidity they need - in a safe, secure and anonymous way. Lenders can earn attractive yields efficiently and have the chance to obtain rare assets at a steep discount in case of loan defaults.
• Namcon — Namcon provides blockchain infrastructure services that rely on numerous devices and trusted execution environments for secure computing.
• mmERCH — mmERCH is a blockchain-enabled Web3 fashion startup.

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• PERL.eco — The Planetary Ecosystem Registration Ledger will be a dedicated blockchain for real-world ecological assets through tokenizing carbon credits and biodiversity, NFTs and decentralised (DeFi) rewards.
• A-World — Welcome to Animal World, a battle game based on #BNBCHAIN's super metaverse card tower defense. By setting up a hero tower to destroy monsters.
• NeuronX — The First AI-Driven Lending Protocol on @dfinity

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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.
• PolyTrade — Something new is taking shape. An AI-native world of Polytrade. Coming soon.
• Anima — A new way to play.

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• Altered State Machine — Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS.

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• Transak — Transak offers a simple integration to allow your users to buy more than 100+ cryptocurrencies with credit/debit cards, or bank transfers in more than 120+ countries.
• Agents World — Agents World operates as an web3 AI firm.
• Ooga Booga — Multichain Liquidity Aggregator

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• GMM Music — GMM Music unlocks the value of Thailand's music economy.
• TuStreams — TuStreams allows artists to maintain complete ownership of their intellectual property while delivering music to all major streaming providers. TuStreams streamlines the financial side of music and helps artists at every stage with its clear royalties tracking, real-time statistics, and automated collaborator payouts.
• SKILLBOXES (INDIA) PVT. LTD — SkillBox is an Art Community Platform that is constantly evolving – always conscious of the needs of artists and arts-related businesses.

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• FereAI — Fere AI runs autonomous crypto agents in the web app or inside ChatGPT & Claude via MCP. Chat-to-trade, 24/7 strategies, and Polymarket with an edge.
• Oh — The OpenAI of the spicy content industry, combining consumer platforms (@ohchatai | @ohdotfun) with infrastructure (https://t.co/BMwDSzAg14)
• Share — From subsea cables to last-mile networks, Share coordinates fragmented infrastructure into a single ecosystem.

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• Fuel Labs — At Fuel, we are building the fastest execution layer for the modular blockchain stack.
• Threecolts — The most comprehensive software for Amazon, Walmart, and eBay. Tens of thousands of customers are using Threecolts to grow faster, lower costs, and become more agile.
• Space and Time — Space and Time is the first decentralized data warehouse. Powering low-latency queries and tamperproof Web3 analytics. Web3 analytics at scale. A multichain data platform for dapps needing next-gen Web3 analytics. Connect analytics directly to smart contracts. Join on-chain and off-chain data in a single query.

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• Hybrid — Hybrid is a fintech company that offers a decentralized central AI tool with Web3's ecosystem of AI experts, agents, and data.
• Bitlight Labs — Make Bitcoin Smart
• Pheasant Network — AI-Powered DeFi Super App for Cross-chain Intent.

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• Digard — Digard is a gaming universe that consists of a gaming platform, token launchpad, NFT launchpad, NFT market place, and de-fi elements.
• Larix — Larix is the first metaverse based finance protocol on Solana, that adopts a dynamic interest rate model.
• Lost Worlds — A location based NFT platform and marketplace

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• Roamless — One eSIM, 60+ destinations. No plans, no expirations. Just easy, affordable, reliable mobile connectivity for travelers. Join the Roamless Revolution today.
• SubQuery — SubQuery is a pioneer of fast, flexible, and scalable Web3 data indexing and RPC infrastructure. Supercharge your dApp with SubQuery today.
• No Surrender Studio — NoSurrender is a entertainment experience focused tech company, developing realtime multiplayer games with blockchain technology

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• Swan Chain — FilSwan provides a layer 2 cross-chain infrastructure for Web3 projects by integrating data, computing, and payment into one suite. FilSwan offers a complete solution that enables web3 developers to integrate decentralized storage, edge computing, and payment across multiple chains with ease.
• aZen Protocol — aZen Protocol is a decentralized infrastructure for ubiquitous computing that utilizes blockchain technology to create a shared economy of computing power. It connects and manages resources globally to form a stable, distributed network that can support various applications such as DePIN, AI and Edge Computing.
• Glacier Network — Glacier Network is building a programmable, modular, scalable blockchain for storing, indexing, and querying data from off-chains and on-chains, supercharging AI, DePIN and large-scale DApps. Glacier empowers verifiable computing through GlacierAI, GlacierDA, and GlacierDB.

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• OlaXBT — OlaXBT is an AI-driven market intelligence agent designed to identify high-value trading signals, uncover emerging alphas, and analyze key opinion leader (KOL) sentiment in real time. Leveraging advanced data analytics and machine learning, OlaXBT continuously monitors market movements, providing timely insights that enhance decision-making fortraders and investors. Unlike traditional analytics tools, OlaXBT delivers intelligence with a narrative—transforming raw data into actionable insights with clarity and precision.
• T-Rex — T-Rex is a new blockchain ecosystem intended specifically for consumer-facing applications, with the goal of transforming the Web3 attention layer via its revolutionary Proof of Engagement (PoE).
• Velvet Capital — Velvet Capital is a DeFi operating system that helps launch and manage on-chain funds and structured products. Velvet Capital offers its users a way to gain exposure to digital assets.

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• Rice AI — Rice AI is a decentralized AI smart-contract protocol designed to provide autonomous training and incentive mechanisms for robots.
• Depinsim — DepinSim is a blockchain-based eSIM platform that lets users access global mobile data and earn rewards.
• Block Street — Blockstreet is a multichain platform driving USD1 stablecoin adoption, smart contract deployment, and cross-chain DeFi growth tools.

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• HashPower — HashPower is a professional blockchain expert that provides investors seamless access to blockchain mining.
• aZen Protocol — aZen Protocol is a decentralized infrastructure for ubiquitous computing that utilizes blockchain technology to create a shared economy of computing power. It connects and manages resources globally to form a stable, distributed network that can support various applications such as DePIN, AI and Edge Computing.
• Datagram — Datagram is an AI-driven, decentralized infrastructure platform operating as a DePIN baselayer. The company provides a live, scalable node network for launching custom DePIN networks and real-world decentralized applications, with cost savings over traditional cloud providers.

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• Evertas — Evertas is a cryptoasset insurance company. Evertas focuses on covering institutional holders of cryptoassets including exchanges, custodians, traditional financial institutions, funds, family offices, and ultra-high net worth individuals.
• Fineqia — Fineqia provides a platform to support and manage securities issuances and debt securities. Fineqia brings investors an information advantage as well as access to lucrative and risk-adjusted opportunities. Fineqia contributes to the ongoing democratization of financial services.
• Fluree — Knowledge, security, and trust in a single data system. Fluree combines data governance and semantic knowledge for better apps and AI.

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• GolfN — GolfN is the web3 digital caddie. Play at more than 30,000+ courses worldwide and get rewarded for completing on-course activities. Collect and equip unique NFTs to multiply your rewards on and off the course.
• Rivalz Network — Join the connectivity infrastructure between AI Agents, DeFAI and Markets.
• Usual — Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol.

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• HIFI — HiFi Bridge is a cryptocurrency payments platform that allows customers to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, trade NFT's, borrow loans, and connect their bank accounts all-in-one.The startup offers equity, cryptocurrency, and options trading, as well as cash management accounts. The company provides the accessibility for traditional financialusers to gain access to modern decentralized finance tools through it's mobile and web platform.Zach Walsh and Mohamed Afifi founded the company in New York City in 2021.
• Maestro — Advanced UTxO-indexing data layer to supercharge Defi on Bitcoin, Cardano & Dogecoin.
• Criptonite Asset Management — Criptonite Asset Management's exists to offer qualified & institutional investors a tailored, liquid and proven approach to cryptocurrency investments.

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• Azuro — Powerful tooling, oracle & liquidity solutions for any EVM predictions & gaming ecosystem
• Altitude — Actively managed collateralised loans
• Arkis - DeFi Prime Broker — Arkis facilitates the provision of the most capital-efficient undercollateralized leverage for DeFi financial institutions and traders. Accelerating the maturity of DeFi.

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• OpenPad AI — OpenPad - The 1st AI Decentralized Launchpad
• Stabble — stabble is a protocol revolutionizing liquidity pools by introducing protocol-managed and arbitrage pools. This allows stabble to tackle critical inefficiencies prevalent within Solana's decentralized exchanges.
• AI Cross Matrix — AI Cross Matrix is a DeFi platform that makes the crypto economy simple by streamlining the exchange process with useful solutions.

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• aZen Protocol — aZen Protocol is a decentralized infrastructure for ubiquitous computing that utilizes blockchain technology to create a shared economy of computing power. It connects and manages resources globally to form a stable, distributed network that can support various applications such as DePIN, AI and Edge Computing.

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• Karma3 Labs — Building trust and reputation for the open web
• Alterscope — Solity Network provides the infrastructure for Decentralized Finance to enable real-time processing of risk across chains, protocols, and liquidity pools.
• Token Flow Insights — Contextualized data and analytics for the blockchain ecosystem. The only analytics solution that maps flows and contextualizes blockchain transaction data between protocols.