Top 50 Gaming Startup Investors in Vietnam (September 2026)

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• MetaRacers — MetaRacers is a blockchain racing game with a PvP mode between 2 players directly on the track.
• YIN Finance — YIN Finance is an NFT liquidity management platform that allows users to subscribe project strategies to achieve an effective high yield. YIN Finance offers active liquidity management, automatically re-invested, and multi-party yield farming.
• Synergy Land — Synergy Land is a blockchain-based multiplayer action role-playing game (ARPG) developed by Synergy Games.

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• 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
• Vue Protocol — Community-First Layer for AI Memecoins. @solana @pumpdotfun @ton_blockchain Dvo1Fb7FxtUxsLbcQaizftfUT9HtL9P6swaQAScZDeQQ

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• Portal to Bitcoin — The only custody-less interoperability protocol for Bitcoin. Swap native BTC, Ordinals, Runes with L2s and L1s
• Euler — The credit layer for programmable finance
• 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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• Dragon War — Where the world-class of turn-based strategy Game meet the Best NFT game on the Fastest blockchain Solana. Download game: https://t.co/OZmWOACi5c
• Heroes & Empires — Heroes & Empires is the next-gen NFT gaming project.
• Hectagon Finance — The dApp and blockchain for decision-making process.

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• Vangrid — Vangrid operates as a decentralized physical infrastructure network.
• Slinky Network — Slinky Network provides an on-chain marketplace and payment protocol that connects AI agents and applications with third-party APIs. The company offers the SlinkyLayer platform, which wraps developer endpoints as discoverable skills and exposes them through an x402 pay-per-execution interface. Each API call triggers a non-custodial on-chainmicropayment, settling in the same request loop using networks such as Base and BNB Chain. Developers set prices, earn a defined revenue share, and receive instant payouts to their wallets without subscriptions or custodial holds. AI agents authenticate via wallet signatures, enabling autonomous, machine-to-machine access and payment without traditional logins or credit cards. The platform also records call ratings on-chain to provide portable, verifiable reputation for services.
• Ceramic Network — We've joined @textileio to build the first open intelligence network for AI agents. Follow us there.

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• Oh — The OpenAI of the spicy content industry, combining consumer platforms (@ohchatai | @ohdotfun) with infrastructure (https://t.co/BMwDSzAg14)
• Chance Studios — Every Collection Starts With A Chance
• Chance Studios — Every Collection Starts With A Chance

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• Curie — Curie allows shoppers to experience products using AR and a smartphone. Deliver a new and innovative shopping experience, surprising and delighting customers.
• Papaya Insurtech — Papaya Insurtech is an insurance company that specializes in auto, motorcycle, automobile liability, and health insurance services.
• DigiLearning Hub — DigiLearning Hub is an innovative AI-driven edtech startup revolutionizing the education landscape through our advanced AI-powered Learning Management System (LMS). Our mission is to empower educators and learners by leveraging cutting-edge technology to make education more accessible, flexible, and engaging. At DigiLearning Hub, we integrateartificial intelligence into every aspect of our platform, delivering personalized, efficient, and impactful learning experiences with our flagship product, DigiNex V3.1.AI-Powered Solutions in DigiNex V3.1:DigiNex AI Trainer: Experience learning that adjusts to your needs—our AI customizes learning materials to match each learner's pace, enhancing efficiency and enjoyment.DigiNex Insights: Track your learning journey with real-time feedback and personalized progress reports, allowing students and educators to stay on track and achieve better outcomes faster.DigiNex Dashboard: From small schools to large universities, our platform grows with you, providing flexible, scalable tools to meet the needs of any educational institution.DigiNex AI Tutor: Make learning interactive and engaging! Our AI-powered tutor adapts to individual learning styles, keeps learners motivated, and makes education more enjoyable.DigiNex Learning Hub: Foster collaboration between students and educators with integrated tools for group activities, discussions, and collaborative learning.DigiNex Learning Software: Seamlessly integrate with existing systems, ensuring educators can adopt our platform with no disruptions and continue teaching without barriers.DigiNex Knowledge Panel: AI-driven recommendations make learning smarter and faster by streamlining content and focusing on key concepts to accelerate understanding.DigiNex Learning Toolkit: Revolutionize learning with our personalized toolkits powered by AI. Automate assessments, receive feedback instantly, and enjoy an efficient learning journey tailored to individual needs.Our Vision: At DigiLearning Hub, we envision a world where learning is personalized, interactive, and enjoyable. We believe that technology should not only support education but enhance it. Our goal is to create a global community of learners equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in the digital age.Our Impact:Global Reach: Serving a diverse range of learners and educators worldwide, bridging geographical gaps, and fostering a global learning community. Innovative Approach: We create smarter, more effective learning environments by integrating AI and technology, preparing students for success in a rapidly evolving world. Our Commitment: At DigiLearning Hub, we are passionate about continuous innovation. Working closely with educators, learners, and industry experts, we ensure our solutions evolve with the educational landscape. Our mission is to empower future generations to reach their full potential through intelligent, personalized learning experiences.By harnessing the power of AI, DigiLearning Hub is transforming traditional education into a dynamic, inclusive, and future-ready ecosystem. Join us in redefining the way the world learns with DigiNex V3.1.

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• Husk Ventures — Generate new revenue streams for rural communities by upcycling rice husk to create sustainable products that contribute to a circular economy.Husk Ventures aims to increase the incomes of rice farmers’ and rural communities with access to innovative technologies and capacity building to convert rice husk into valuable products for local andinternational markets.The unique characteristics of rice husk (high lignin and silica content) make it an ideal material that benefit from being strong, fireproof, mould, and insect resistant.Some innovations exist in the market to create alternatives to wood by mixing rice husk with plastic or natural resins to create furniture or construction materials using similar technologies to wood plastic composites (WPC).Creating products using Rice Husk Composites is an opportunity to reduce deforestation and plastic consumption.
• Gene Solutions — Gene Solutions is a genetic testing company in Vietnam and the market leader for reproductive health tests, which respond to critical healthcare needs, such as helping parents detect chromosomal disorders during pregnancy, or preventing genetic problems, and helping to conceive a child (in-vitro fertilization – IVF).
• Thai Nguyen International Hospital — Thai Nguyen International Hospital provides healthcare services and offers accommodation, surgery, intensive care, laboratory & drugstore.

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• Aark — Trade crypto perpetuals with up to 1000x leverage, zero gas fees, and an industry-low 0.01% trading fee. Earn payback on losses with VIP rewards. RWA & altcoin perps on Arbitrum. Backed by OKX Ventures.
• Sekuya — Sekuya is an anime gaming metaverse platform that transform the gaming landscape through a community-driven approach in an entirely new anime epic fantasy universe.
• Sidus Heroes — gaming company

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• IWG — IWG is a medical start-up that provides cloud-based solutions for medical resource shortages and work support tools.
• Triangle — We route, produce and promote tours across the region.
• Kita Technologies — Kita Technologies uses computer vision and vision language models to transform unstructured documents into structured underwriting data.

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• Stride — Stride is a forward-thinking renewable energy firm to advance a sustainable future by providing eco-friendly home renovation projects, smart home technology, energy-efficient products, and solar energy access to every household.
• NSpace Technology — NSpace Technology is a language learning platform designed to assist users to develop fluent speaking skills with chatbots.
• N2TP Technology Solution — N2TP builds formally verified AI systems for scientific discovery. Mathematical guarantees for every experiment. Backed by NVIDIA. Making science certain.

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• Saakuru — A bold new Saakuru Labs focused on incubating AI-native companies and game studios.
• Cadenverse — Cadenverse is a Music Multiverse from Amanotes (with 120 million monthly active users) focusing on building casual music distribution and gaming platform.
• GLOBAL GDC EDUCATION ., JSC — GDC EDU specializes in 2D/3D design, digital content, VR, AR, XR, mobile VAS, search engines, and interactive marketing. Global Digital Content (GDC) Group is a group of companies in Vietnam and Myanmar.

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• BitRealms — BitRealms is a unique open metaverse social gaming platform based on Merlin Chain that uses inscriptions to provide a community-driven game experience.
• Zombie Worldz — Zombie World Z is a metaverse combining VR on the BSC, upgraded and developed based on a successful and established Zombie Idle Defense.
• Luna Rush — Luna Rush is an anime-style, blockchain-based idle RPG game where players collect, train, and battle warrior.

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• PRUF — Pruf is an India-focused, science-led skincare brand. The brand develops evidence-based products—initially targeting hyperpigmentation—with an emphasis on transparent formulations, testing, and clinical validation.
• Farmley — Farmley is a direct-from-farm Indian brand delivering the freshest and cleanest dry fruits to the world. Our direct to consumer value chains allow us to deliver : -) High quality, adulteration free products to the end customer at competitive prices -) Drive maximum value to the farmer community by eliminating middlemen
• Triangle — We route, produce and promote tours across the region.

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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 RWA yield infrastructure powering stock tokens, RWAs & institutional strategies | https://t.co/5glAR6k007

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• Qooverse — Qooverse is a Web3 gaming studio that creates fast-paced, win-to-earn mobile card games with a compelling gameplay loop. This involves developing an ecosystem of mid-core and casual social games for Telegram and future social platforms.
• Aria — Next-gen platform combining Entertainment + AI
• Cold River Games — Crystalfall is an upcoming free online action RPG with customizable skills and an endless endgame, set in a steampunk world.

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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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• Derivio — Be early. Trade smarter. One terminal.
• PayGo — One request = one settlement. Pay-as-you-go payments for APIs, AI & agents. x402 on ENI
• 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.

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• Hydraverse — Hydraverse is a metaverse dragon fighting game developer, focusing on the development of a PVP dragon fighting game software.
• Metaxy — METAXY is a decentralized NFT based fighting game, featuring the most diverse anime-inspired characters. https://t.co/C7VEulcsRW
• CryptoVsZombie — CryptoVsZombie is the ultimate crypto tower defence in which players are required to multitask in both offensive and defensive modes.

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• Mowito — Fully automated pick'n'drop for groccery stores
• Fleek — Fleek is a subscription management app that helps you track, manage and split all your subscriptions, in one app. Discover new subscriptions and win cashbacks for renewing. Get The App for Free, Now!
• Peep Beauty — Peep Beauty is a beauty brand focused on expressive, effortless eye beauty for everyday looks and bold transformations.Its range includes coloured contact lenses and liquid eyeshadows, designed to help customers experiment with their personal style.The brand’s philosophy is centered on redefining beauty through a fresh, expressive lens encouragingpeople to look and feel more like themselves.

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• Gamestarter — Full-scale gaming ecosystem for IGOs and NFT pre-sales.
• Algebra DEX engine — Modular DEX infrastructure for launching custom concentrated liquidity exchanges with V4 pools for DeFi, AI, RWAs & onchain trading on EVM.
• Crafting Finance — Synthetic asset issuance and trading protocol @NEARProtocol @auroraisnear https://t.co/K08znhxSSc

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• Every Half Coffee Roasters — Roasting & Brewing finest quality of specialty coffee bean from Vietnam and the world. We believe that every half bean has its soulmate. Let's find yours
• Eunice — Eunice combines extensive on-chain data with powerful off-chain insights to provide a customisable, AI-driven due diligence and monitoring solution
• Video Rebirth — Video Rebirth Limited is a private limited company that is established with shares.

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• Uptopia — Interconnected Internet GameAI Market layer. Build your app on @base effortlessly. Backed by @cbventures and @PanteraCapital https://t.co/pYuYjB6wxl
• Party Icons — Party Icons is a web3 mobile gaming platform. Its mission is to blend the social glue of party games with the intensity of extraction shooters.
• Darkbright Studios — Darkbright Studios is the developer of Smolbound, a Web3 life sim RPG.

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• Tea-Fi — Tea-Fi is an all-in-one decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that turns complexity into opportunity.
• Finceptor — Become an early investor of Web3's top projects with over 250,000 other backers.
• web3intelligence — Build wealth and trust in the world of crypto with intelligent financial tools, data and infrastructure.

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• Yellow — Yellow is a financial services provider of software, analytics, and investments in blockchain startups.
• KIP Protocol — KIP Protocol is a decentralised AI framework unlocking digital property rights of Knowledge Assets in the AI-powered future.
• Alliance Games — Build Beyond Limits. Multiplayer for the Next, Decentralized Era.

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• XOCIETY — XOCIETY, a POP Shooter with RPG progression Jpn X @XOJPofficial | Powered by @suinetwork @hashed_official @unopnd_Official
• The FishVerse — FishVerse combines GameFi, AI, and blockchain technology, allowing players to fish in a dynamic open environment from their own homes.
• NXI — Nexus Interactive gives collective growth and accrued value to its ecosystem.

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• XRADERS — Powering informed decision making for investors XRADERS
• Fantom Maker — Fantom Maker provides an efficient and easy way to invest in the most promising and innovative projects in the Fantom ecosystem.
• The Unfettered — The Unfettered is a blockchain PC game.

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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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• Starbots — Starbots is Solana's first-ever battle NFT game.
• Cadenverse — Cadenverse is a Music Multiverse from Amanotes (with 120 million monthly active users) focusing on building casual music distribution and gaming platform.
• Infinity Arena — The place to connect players who love tactical card games or have passionate about collecting valuable and rare NFT cards.

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• Utexo — Instant, private USDT payments on Bitcoin. Move stablecoins the way you move money.
• Oh Gamers — Gamer-centric, leading Web2 gamers into the Web3 world!
• Ink Finance — Ink Finance is the scalability solution for web3 DAOs, protocols and asset managers, enabling them to customize asset management and governance frameworks through a no-code interface, to effectively establish on-chain credit and financial competence. Ink Finance allows a one-stop and frictionless solution for organized financial activities, with scalability and customizability.

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• Uptopia — Interconnected Internet GameAI Market layer. Build your app on @base effortlessly. Backed by @cbventures and @PanteraCapital https://t.co/pYuYjB6wxl
• Shards — Shards is a free-to-use SDK for game studios that boosts in-game engagement and revenue by allowing players to create, fractionalize and trade in-game guilds.
• Udon Finance — Revolutionizing decentralized lending on @Chromia

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• Allra — Allra is a financial management platform for online SMEs.
• Specter — Specter is a reputation sharing platform for applicants who are sincere and do their job well, but cannot do enough self-PR in interviews.
• METUB Network — Make your passion your paycheck

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• Diffraqtion — Quantum camera platform that enables satellites and machines to see further and think faster with cutting-edge technology.
• Osmo Studio — Osmo is an AI-native video editor for product launch videos and motion graphics. Turn ideas, Figma files, and footage into polished, on-brand animations, built as editable code.
• Switchboard — Switchboard's service design, coaching, and software offerings generate real results for higher ed teams and institutions.

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• AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
• Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
• Albatross Technology — Albatross Technology is a technology company that develops offshore renewable energy devices and floating offshore wind turbines.

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• WeFit — WeFit is founded in 2016, is one of the most potential startups in Vietnam. WeFit is building a mobile application that allows users to sign up for fitness packages to work out at different gym studios and other fitness facilities, much alike to ClassPass.
• Cooky.vn — The community loves food, cooking and baking. Join the community to share recipes and cooking tips.
• Homedy.com — Homedy Incorporation (ref: Homedy Inc.) was established in 2015 by co-founders are highly experienced in the field of internet / mobile marketing, along with a team of professional - passionate editors, leading experts in the field of Real Estate (Real Estate).With the foundation is providing digital marketing solutions for comprehensivereal estate market, They aim to be the leading real estate portal on the Internet / Mobile in Vietnam market & International. Homedy.com creation, They would like to bring to users a perfect experience of finding informations in the field of Real Estate: "easy searching - diverse selections - reliable results."Users coming to Homedy.com will always get the updated, completed, accurate informations about real estate market in local as well as international countries; from details about the types of real estate, the market situations, trend purchases, prices ... Because they commit to always do its best to maintain its role as an effective bridge and reliable choice of not only real estate businesses but also the users - the customers - the most premium in all fields.Slogan "More choice, more life ... "

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• uHoo — uHoo monitors and manages your indoor environment to help you create healthier, safer and more comfortable homes and workplaces.
• Shikho — Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology company on a mission to revolutionise the way Bangladesh learns today and democratise access to a high quality education. It is building a hyper-localised digital learning ecosystem designed specifically for the Bangladeshi national curriculum to serve a growing total addressable market of ~42 millionstudents. "Shikho - The Learning App" is available on the Google Play Store.
• Neocrete — Neocrete is a concrete manufacturing company that is involved in the manufacture of resilient and carbon-neutral concrete.

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• BillionToOne — We are a team at the forefront of disease detection focused on moving Prenatal Screening and Liquid Biopsy forward.
• The Open Network Foundation — A decentralized and open internet designed to onboard 500M people on-chain, built by the community using technology developed by Telegram.

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• Kibo Finance — Kibo Finance provides borderless options trading with fair pricing and better rewards.
• Summoners Arena — Summoners Arena is an idle-RPG blockchain-based game that integrates traditional and blockchain gaming to provide countless opportunities for players to take part in immersive gameplay, experience true ownership over gaming assets whilst earning crypto assets.

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• 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
• QED Protocol — A trustless, scalable, decentralized compute protocol for a fairer internet focused on user privacy and platform transparency.

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• Mykare Health — An end-to-end AI healthcare automation platform for hospitals. Manage patient enquiries, bookings, outbound calls, and CRM updates with intelligent voice AI. Get the platform for scalable hospital growth.
• Story Protocol — Story is AI-native infrastructure for the intellectual property economy.
• Summoners Arena — Summoners Arena is an idle-RPG blockchain-based game that integrates traditional and blockchain gaming to provide countless opportunities for players to take part in immersive gameplay, experience true ownership over gaming assets whilst earning crypto assets.

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• Citics — Citics is to build a comprehensive real estate data platform in Vietnam by digitizing and centralizing data sources to help in real estate transactions, including real estate valuation, sales-purchase, lease, mortgage, among others.
• NoneAway — Find your happy place
• ZUZU Hospitality — Maximize revenue for your independent hotel with our expert Revenue Management service, Channel Manager, and PMS. No fixed costs. Start risk-free today.

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• Ephyra — GameBeast is a multi-chain gaming platform developer in the Solana ecosystem.Gamebeast offers a wide range of games, from minigames to AAA blockbusters, giving consumers more token consumption options.
• Orochi Network — Orochi Network's Verifiable Data Infrastructure is a promising step towards a more secure, scalable, and user-friendly Web3.
• 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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• Obita — Obita provides enterprise-grade borderless payment infrastructure for fiat and compliant stablecoins, supporting global collections, payouts, and treasury operations.
• SignalPlus — SignalPlus is a leading platform for digital asset options trading, providing professional tools and insights.
• Solana Company —

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• Kapkap — Kapkap is a web3 platform that uses AI for attention based value distribution in gaming.
• SuperIntent —
• Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI

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• FR8Labs — FR8Labs offers a practical freight forwarder solution that includes all of the modules required, without the extraneous trappings of overly sophisticated features that may not use but wind up paying for.
• Saladin — Saladin is an online platform that provides life, health, automotive, and travel insurance services.
• Klinik Pintar — Klinik Pintar membantu pasien mendapatkan layanan kesehatan primer terbaik di klinik, rumah, dan kantor.

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• Sei Labs — Accelerating the Future The Fastest Layer 1 Blockchain
• Pine Street Labs — A non-custodial API for managing wallets. Built for enterprises.
• Teahouse Finance — Powered by cutting-edge smart contracts

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• Bluprynt — Bluprynt provides world-class infrastructure solutions for founders, infrastructure providers, and investors seeking to access new data and compliance ecosystems.
• Burwoodland — Building communities over a shared love of music.
• Advanced Machine Intelligence — AMI - Advanced Machine Intelligence - builds world-model-based AI that understands the real world. We develop safe, controllable intelligent systems for industry, robotics, healthcare, and beyond.

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• Ankr — Get faster, more reliable multi-chain development tools
• WOO Network — Discover WOO's ecosystem of centralized and decentralized apps to seize every opportunity in crypto.
• AllianceBlock — AllianceBlock is now Nexera. Follow us on @Nexera_Official

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• IVF Access — IVF Access is a healthcare company which is setting up clinics in India providing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments.
• Warung Pintar — Platform digital terpercaya untuk membantu warung tradisional Indonesia tumbuh bersama teknologi.
• Quantified Energy Labs — Leaders in on-site PV module quality evaluation

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• NAKA — Elly POS is an irreplaceable all-in-one device with multiple payment methods. Accepting cards, crypto and digital payments. Future-proof, transparent and secure.
• Sentinel — Browse your favorite websites safely from anywhere in the world by using the Sentinel dVPN app or any of the other dVPN apps built using Sentinel
• Proof of Impact — Proof of Impact (POI) is the leading B2B SaaS ESG and Impact Data Intelligence Platform. The company incorporates a micro-services architecture to collect, visualize, and analyze ESG and impact data. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.