Top 10 Web3 Startup Investors in Hungary (July 2026)

At SBX, we invest in transformative technologies, and the companies and communities leveraging them, through capital, media, and education.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
Geography: United States, Kuwait, Egypt

Investor stats

Total investments: 11
Round size: Seed $700k–$1.2M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.8M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Ryder — 60s Setup, Secure Signing, EAL6+ Secure Element, TapSafe Recovery, IP68 Rating, Encrypted NFC.
SOKNA — SOKNA is Egypt’s first end-to-end funeral service providing your loved ones with care and respect at the completion of their life’s journey.
DLC.link — We are building a bridge that will let Clarity contracts settle on Bitcoin, unlocking a trillion dollars of Bitcoin to be used for DeFi (Decentralized Finance).

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Trevor Owens is a Managing Partner at Stacks Accelerator.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
Geography: Egypt, India, Hungary

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Round size: Pre-Seed $50k–$2M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

GoSats — Earn bitcoin rewards when you shop online at your favourite brands in India.
DLC.link — We are building a bridge that will let Clarity contracts settle on Bitcoin, unlocking a trillion dollars of Bitcoin to be used for DeFi (Decentralized Finance).
BlockSurvey — Privacy-focused surveys, polls & forms

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OKX Ventures focus on the discoveries and investments in various aspects, including blockchain basic infrastructures, Layer2, DeFi, WEB3.0, NFT and Metaverse.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

Total investments: 227
Round size: Seed $2M–$15M; Series A $3.5M–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $5M–$50M
Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

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 — TownSquare is a DeFi platform for cross-chain lending, leveraged yields, and on-chain asset strategies.

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Comma3 is a team of blockchain experts based in Taipei

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
Geography: Singapore, United States, Canada

Investor stats

Total investments: 65
Round size: Seed $2M–$9M; Pre-Seed $2M–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$50M
Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

Ferra — Ferra is a Sui-based decentralized liquidity protocol using DLMM/CLMM for efficient spot trading and customizable liquidity.
Shrapnel — Shrapnel is an AAA Extraction FPS powered by next-gen community-driven tools, built on the blockchain to offer true ownership.
Mill City Venture III — Building the world's leading Sui treasury.

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Chainlink is the most widely used oracle network for powering hybrid smart contracts, enabling any blockchain to securely access off-chain data & computations.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Information Technology, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, Estonia, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 17
Round size: Seed $2M–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $1.9M–$2M; Series A $2.4M–$44M
Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

MAIGA — MAIGA platform leverages AI to automate and optimize DeFi trading and compliance operations using technologies such as MCP, trusted execution environments (TEE), and multimodal AI.
ThirdFi — ThirdFi specializes in providing a comprehensive suite of tools and services designed to facilitate the development, trading, investment, and management of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. With a focus on multi-chain interoperability, ThirdFi offers an API, SDK, and developer tools aimed at enhancing the DeFi ecosystem. The platformsupports liquidity provision and token reward earning through its Earn API, catering to developers looking to build in the Web3 space. ThirdFi's infrastructure is tailored for the evolving needs of web3 finance, enabling seamless integration and operation across various blockchain networks.
Pharos — Pharos incorporates effective blockchain technology into real-world asset verticals and decentralized finance. Pharos Network is promoting trustless innovations that benefit asset markets and underprivileged communities, bolstering the global economy of the future and facilitating the widespread use of Web3 technologies.

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ABCDE | We invest in transformational founders.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Singapore, United States, Hungary

Investor stats

Total investments: 41
Round size: Seed $3M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1.9M–$3M; Series A $10M–$11M
Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

t54 Labs — t54 Labs provides AI-driven financial services, facilitating agent-initiated transactions and comprehensive other services.
SOON — SOON is building the highest throughput stack that allows for any SVM L2 to be deployed on any L1.
ChainOpera AI — The Blockchain and Protocol for Co-owning and Co-creating Decentralized AI Apps and Agents for Humanity. Backed by Federated AI OS and Platform

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Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 190
Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5.5M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Skrap — Skrap is an on-demand mobile marketplace for skip hire and other waste collection services.
Hyphen SCS — Find and rent verified warehouses across 992+ cities in India. Compare 65,000+ listings on Hyphen SCS.
Uncovr — Uncovr is an AI-powered surgical intelligence and documentation platform that automatically transforms operating room videos into structured clinical reports and billing codes.

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Waterdrip capital invests in blockchain industries.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Singapore, United States, China

Investor stats

Total investments: 88
Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$50M
Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

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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Wintermute Ventures is the investment arm of Wintermute, a global algorithmic trading firm, liquidity provider, and leading OTC desk in digital assets. Drawing from Wintermute's expertise in pioneering DeFi trading and powering liquidity across the entire ecosystem, Wintermute Ventures is uniquely positioned to back early-stage Web3 projectswith hands-on support. Focused on long-term growth, the company takes a flexible approach, investing from early ideation to later-stage expansion. Committed to developing strategic relationships and driving positive outcomes, Wintermute Ventures prioritizes decentralized ownership, ensuring its investments align with the company’s broader vision of a decentralized future. Since 2020, it has invested in over 100 projects.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 111
Round size: Seed $2.7M–$20M; Series A $7.6M–$50M
Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

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Morpho Labs — Morpho is an open credit network that connects lenders and borrowers to the best possible opportunities worldwide.
Crossover Markets Group — Crossover Markets Group, Inc is a digital asset exchange designed to meet the liquidity needs of institutional clients trading cryptocurrencies.

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