Top 10 Finance Startup Investors in Malta (August 2026)

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• CESS — CESS is a blockchain-based, decentralized Layer-1 infrastructure that integrates distributed storage, a high-speed content delivery network.
• Dmail — Dmail Network is a decentralized mailbox that provides a safe and private environment for users' communication, storage, tokens, and NFTs. The company was founded by Mittal S. and Lucas L. in 2021.
• Cumulus Encrypted Storage System (CESS) — CESS revolutionizes AI, DeSci, RWA, Enterprise, and more with secure, transparent, and traceable data solutions. Delivering AI computing and data infrastructure, CESS enables data privacy and sovereignty with a focus on AI Agent applications and frameworks.

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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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• Coinweb — Led by CEO, Toby Gilbert, and CTO, Knut Vinger, Coinweb aims to become the first general-purpose layer-2 platform delivering truly unified interoperability, removing current transactional and computational bottlenecks. Coinweb enables maximum horizontal scalability while still maintaining the consistency and reliability of underlying blockchains’security and decentralized properties. The platform solves many of the problems found in current cross-chain implementations without the unnecessary use of bridges or additional layers of consensus. Utilizing the WebAssembly runtime environment, making it easier to run uniform deployment through all blockchains and parallel execution of smart contracts. 2 DeFi projects, OnRamp and Blockfort, have been built as a proof of concept. Having secured various digital asset licenses all around the world, Coinweb offers multiple-fiat on-ramping and off-ramping solutions within its multi-tenancy wallet. Coinweb’s cross-chain tokenization platform and a simple marketplace help large and established traditional businesses digitize aspects of their businesses.
• THORSwap — THORSwap is the leading multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator powered by SwapKit. Perform cross-chain swaps via THORChain, NEAR Intents, Chainflip, Maya Protocol and more in a permissionless, trustless, and non-custodial manner.
• Thorstarter — Expanding @THORChain and @Maya_Protocol

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• Coinweb — Led by CEO, Toby Gilbert, and CTO, Knut Vinger, Coinweb aims to become the first general-purpose layer-2 platform delivering truly unified interoperability, removing current transactional and computational bottlenecks. Coinweb enables maximum horizontal scalability while still maintaining the consistency and reliability of underlying blockchains’security and decentralized properties. The platform solves many of the problems found in current cross-chain implementations without the unnecessary use of bridges or additional layers of consensus. Utilizing the WebAssembly runtime environment, making it easier to run uniform deployment through all blockchains and parallel execution of smart contracts. 2 DeFi projects, OnRamp and Blockfort, have been built as a proof of concept. Having secured various digital asset licenses all around the world, Coinweb offers multiple-fiat on-ramping and off-ramping solutions within its multi-tenancy wallet. Coinweb’s cross-chain tokenization platform and a simple marketplace help large and established traditional businesses digitize aspects of their businesses.

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• Blue Protein — Blue Protein is a biotechnology company that focuses on the research and development of animal feed or edible insects.
• Five hundred — Five hundred is an e-Commerce platform providing farm fresh fruits and vegetables to customers on a subscription basis.
• Theia Studios — Icons of Theia - a tactical turn based strategy game

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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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• Coinweb — Led by CEO, Toby Gilbert, and CTO, Knut Vinger, Coinweb aims to become the first general-purpose layer-2 platform delivering truly unified interoperability, removing current transactional and computational bottlenecks. Coinweb enables maximum horizontal scalability while still maintaining the consistency and reliability of underlying blockchains’security and decentralized properties. The platform solves many of the problems found in current cross-chain implementations without the unnecessary use of bridges or additional layers of consensus. Utilizing the WebAssembly runtime environment, making it easier to run uniform deployment through all blockchains and parallel execution of smart contracts. 2 DeFi projects, OnRamp and Blockfort, have been built as a proof of concept. Having secured various digital asset licenses all around the world, Coinweb offers multiple-fiat on-ramping and off-ramping solutions within its multi-tenancy wallet. Coinweb’s cross-chain tokenization platform and a simple marketplace help large and established traditional businesses digitize aspects of their businesses.

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• 0G — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
• Yellow — Yellow is a financial services provider of software, analytics, and investments in blockchain startups.
• Mind Network — The 1st Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) Restaking Layer for AI and POS Networks. Mind Network is backed by Binance Labs, Hashkey, Big Brain, Chainlink, etc.

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• Spicenet — Spicenet enables universal access to the top DeFi venues across all networks, creating better financial outcomes for all.
• Real Finance — Real Finance is driven by the mission to revolutionize the financial landscape by integrating real-world assets with blockchain technology, creating a more transparent, secure, and efficient ecosystem that bridges traditional finance with decentralized innovation, enhances asset liquidity, and unlocks new opportunities for global investors.
• WorkQuest — About WorkQuest WorkQuest is a decentralized employment and workforce automation protocol enabling employers and workers to collaborate through smart contracts, stablecoin payments, AI matching engines, and on-chain reputation scoring. The platform transforms global employment into a transparent, verifiable, and borderless digital labor economy.

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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