Top 50 Web3 Startup Investors in United Kingdom in May 2026

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• EigenLabs — Eigen Labs is an engineering and research organization that contributes to protocols like EigenLayer and EigenDA
• Bastion — Bastion blends the best of web2 and web3 technologies to broaden opportunities for organizations and their customers.
• Story Protocol — Story is AI-native infrastructure for the intellectual property economy.

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• Zabo — Zabo is an API for connecting to any crypto exchange, wallet, protocol or account. Sign up for access to free API keys at Zabo.com
• Ballet — Ballet Crypto is a companion mobile app, which enables sending of cryptocurrency, checking market value and activating additional currencies. The use of the mobile app is completely optional, as you do not need it to receive and store your cryptocurrency safely.
• FLock.io — FLock.io aims to build a decentralised privacy-preserving solution for Artificial Intelligence.

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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.
• Blink — Blink is a fintech company creating a blockchain marketplace platform for blockchain analytics and recovering maximum extractable value.
• Intract — Real-time settlement, clean FX rates, and 30+ currencies for businesses on both sides of the transaction.

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• Civil — A starter blog demonstrating what Gatsby can do.
• Trustology — FCA registered & award-winning custodian Trustology safeguards & administers cryptoassets across blockchains, exchanges & DeFi protocols for institutions.
• SharpLink — SharpLink is an online technology company that works with sports leagues, fantasy sports sites, and sports media companies.

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• Factris — We finance your open invoices so that you have the cash flow you need to grow your business. Your invoices, our financing! No more stress!
• Findery — Find and leave notes anywhere in the world, discover local knowledge, hidden secrets, and exciting stories. Share your travel knowledge, geoblog, or local news!
• Toqio — Toqio is a development and orchestration platform where you can build, configure, and launch corporate embedded finance solutions for merchant networks.

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• Utexo — Utexo develops payment infrastructure that enables stablecoin transactions to settle directly on the Bitcoin network. The platform provides an API and related tools that allow payment operators, exchanges, wallets, and financial platforms to process USDT transfers through Bitcoin-based rails. Its system integrates technologies such as the LightningNetwork and the RGB protocol to support instant settlement, encrypted transaction execution, and predictable transaction costs. Utexo also offers cloud infrastructure and developer tools that manage routing, liquidity, and node operations required for stablecoin payments on Bitcoin. These services allow organizations to integrate Bitcoin-based stablecoin settlement into existing applications without operating or maintaining underlying blockchain infrastructure.
• Credit Coop — Leverage Future Cash Flows
• VOID — The framework for building sovereign multi-chain apps. Deploy once, access everywhere.

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• KINO — KINO is a film production company that brings fans behind the scenes of their favorite hollywood films.
• DeepNode AI — DeepNode connects researchers, data scientists, and enterprises into one transparent, verifiable network for building real-world AI. DeepNode AI a technology service provider focusing on decentralized AI infrastructure,
• Renaissance — Renaissance allows artists to amplify their streaming traction and tap into a community of their super fans.

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• Evolv — Evolv is equipping brands with the technology to create immersive experiences for their customers.
• Ceramic Network — Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized and composable data applications. The network decentralizes application databases, making data universally composable and reusable across applications. It consists of three core parts: a highly-scalable, decentralized infrastructure for data availability and consensus, a marketplace ofcommunity-created data models, and a suite of standard APIs for storing, updating, and retrieving data from those models.
• Ignite Tournaments — Ready to take your mobile games to the next level? Join Ignite Tournaments and compete in real money esports tournaments. Download our app now and win big!

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• Gondi — Gondi is a non-custodial decentralized NFT lending protocol designed to build the most effective NFT credit market. The protocol allows for ongoing underwriting and full and partial refinancing of all outstanding loans, resulting in a more dynamic and liquid market.
• Ripio — Ripio, formerly known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company that provides electronic payment solutions for businesses in Latin America. It offers a range of financial services for the emerging markets using blockchain technology to make a more accessible financial system. The company helps merchants process international transactions withcredit cards or bitcoins for a fraction of the cost as well as consumers buy bitcoins instantly with cash. It deals with clients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador.
• Perion — Win Crypto Questing in AAA Games.

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• Raad Labs — We're building the sensory network which the world's authorities have overlooked: unlocking Billions through crowdsourced weather data.
• Ceramic Network — Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized and composable data applications. The network decentralizes application databases, making data universally composable and reusable across applications. It consists of three core parts: a highly-scalable, decentralized infrastructure for data availability and consensus, a marketplace ofcommunity-created data models, and a suite of standard APIs for storing, updating, and retrieving data from those models.
• Tools For Humanity — Tools for Humanity is a technology company building for humans in the age of AI.

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• Perion — Win Crypto Questing in AAA Games.
• Bitlayer — Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin second-layer network, based on BitVM, offering ultra-scalability and L1 security, aiming to be Bitcoin's computing layer.
• 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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• ARX — ARX smart contracts and HaLo chips enable creators build decentralized, immutable and composable physical crypto assets.
• Impossible Cloud — Experience Impossible Cloud Storage: Secure, scalable, performant. Decentralized architecture, S3 API compatibility, 100% durability. Start free trial now.
• Open Game Protocol — Open Game System is a project that helps web games work better on phones, allowing the games to use tools that phones already have.

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• Avail — Avail creates a unified onchain economy by connecting users, apps, and liquidity across chains. Build with Avail and redefine how value moves and scales onchain.
• Mode Network — Mode Network is a DeFi blockchain platform that builds new on-chain economic systems to enable developers to scale their applications.
• Tanssi Network — The Tanssi Network is a permissionless appchain infrastructure protocol designed for swift and effortless deployment of application-specific blockchains.

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• GenLayer — GenLayer is a platform that focuses on intelligent contracts.
• Spicenet — Spicenet enables universal access to the top DeFi venues across all networks, creating better financial outcomes for all.
• YeagerAI — YeagerAI is a pioneering AI research lab focused on developing technology that promotes sovereignty, transparency, and decentralization.

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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.
• Remix — Remix is a platform combining AI and mobile gaming, designed to offer on-chain, AI-powered games.
• Fjord Foundry — Fjord enables teams the ability to openly and fairly generate liquidity by connecting inspired projects with passionate supporters via Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools.

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• 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.
• ZenChain — ZenChain is a Layer-1 blockchain focused on secure, EVM-compatible smart contracts and cross-chain interoperability.

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• Levr Bet — LEVR provides users with a decentralized sports betting platform that combines leveraged DeFi with traditional sports betting.
• TRM Labs — Next Generation Blockchain Intelligence | Monitor, Investigate, and Mitigate Crypto Fraud and Financial Crime
• Rio Network — Rio Network is an operator of a public proof-of-stake blockchain platform intended for the issuance, investment, and life-cycle management of digital securities and crypto assets.

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• Ryder — 60s Setup, Secure Signing, EAL6+ Secure Element, TapSafe Recovery, IP68 Rating, Encrypted NFC.
• Due — Discover our global payment platform. Powered by open, decentralised and interoperable networks.
• Centrifuge — Centrifuge is the platform for tokenized real-world assets, providing the infrastructure and ecosystem to tokenize, manage, and invest into RWAs.

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• Polybase — Payy helps businesses and developers move, store, and spend stablecoins without exposing every transaction to the public internet.
• Randamu — Revolutionizing Real-World Consensus via Threshold Cryptography | drand dcrypter: a modular network for threshold signing
• Impossible Cloud — Experience Impossible Cloud Storage: Secure, scalable, performant. Decentralized architecture, S3 API compatibility, 100% durability. Start free trial now.

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• Fly Media — Fly Media offers an AI-powered platform for automated video production and content adaptation driven by smart workflows. The platform helps creators and brands generate, edit, and localize media at scale, streamlining tasks like scene assembly, formatting, and repurposing across channels. Behind its “generated” media vision, the company maintains aseed-stage pitch room with a deck, business plan, and product videos available via its website.Fly Media emphasizes reducing manual overhead in content creation by applying AI to repetitive tasks and enabling teams to focus on high-level creative decisions.
• Moonbeam Network — Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.
• Tools For Humanity — Tools for Humanity is a technology company building for humans in the age of AI.

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• Galxe — Galxe is an industry-leading web3 growth platform powered by analytics, automation, and engagement solutions.
• PolySign — PolySign develops state-of-the-art, secure, scalable infrastructure for financial institutions to fully leverage their digital assets. The company also develops a secure and scalable infrastructure for financial institutions to fully leverage their digital assets. They aim to integrate with existing financial organizations and global markets, andrigorously embrace the highest standards for regulation.
• Matter Labs — Matter Labs is scaling Ethereum with zero-knowledge proofs to accelerate public blockchain adoption. The company started out of scientific curiosity, the joy of engineering, and a deep conviction, the most impactful way to improve the world today is to provide an open and free alternative to its existing, deeply flawed financial system.Thecompany was founded in 2018 with its head office in Berlin, Germany.

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• Beatcoin — BeatSwap is a Web3 music platform that lets creators tokenize, trade, and earn from music rights and royalties.
• DeepSafe — DeepSafe is a decentralized AI trusted verification network designed to ensure transparency, security, and reliability in the development and deployment of artificial intelligence systems.
• Konnex World — Konnex is building the decentralized coordination, verification, and payment layer for autonomous robots. Powered by Large Behavioral Models and Proof-of-Physical-Work, it connects machines into a single global network where robots can understand, collaborate, and transact.

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• Walnut — Create an interactive product demo easily with Walnut demo creation software! Customize your product demonstrations without coding, collect powerful insights, save time and resources, and master your sales experience. Discover our platform today.
• Hugging Face — Hugging Face is an open-source and platform provider of machine learning technologies. Their aim is to democratize good machine learning, one commit at a time. Hugging Face was launched in 2016 and is headquartered in New York City.
• Goldenset Collective — Create your Goldie; Your Content, Your Knowledge, Your Voice. Turn Your Content into AI-powered Conversations.

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• Adot — Adot is a pioneering decentralized search network for the AI Internet, providing users with privacy, accessibility, and sophisticated AI capabilities while transforming the digital landscape through decentralized architecture and cutting-edge technology.
• Amulet Protocol — DeFi insurance protocol
• Parallax — Parallax offers a cross-border payments platform for freelancers, remote workers, and businesses. The service enables receiving international client payments, holding funds in USD, exchanging currencies, and sending money to domestic bank accounts and mobile wallets. Users manage balances and transfers through a web app with quoted rates anditemized fees. The platform supports global payouts and recurring disbursements to partners and team members. Compliance measures include identity verification and transaction monitoring aligned with regulatory standards. Documentation and support resources guide account setup, funding, and cash-out.

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• Sprive — Sprive is the free app that helps take years off your mortgage and save you thousands of pounds in interest.
• ReBorn® Homewares — ReBorn purpose is to transform the sustainability of the global homewares industry. We are committed to creating the most stylish and planet-friendly homewares, and driving collective change in the UK and beyond .Our five key principles are: 1.Recycling Waste 2.Local production 3.Circular Design 4.Stylish Solutions 5.Collaborative Power
• Kinfolk — Resolve 70% of employee requests, run lifecycle programs on autopilot, gain visibility into service delivery and unlock capacity to scale Workforce Ops.

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• Bourn — Bourn's technology is designed to automate cash flow management, offering SMEs fast access to capital.
• Capsa AI — Providing next-generation investors with a competitive edge.
• Embed — The regulated Payments Platform unifying crypto and fiat rails. Fung has launched early beta. Sign up to secure your spot.

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• GLHF — GLHF is a crypto-native game studio founded by industry veterans. The studio is known for its deflationary NFT collection, GLHFers, on the Ethereum mainnet, and for its Gigaverse ROM collection on Abstract.
• MeebCo — MeebCo manages the Meebits NFT collection and the related intellectual property (IP).
• Keplr — Introducing the first, and leading, IBC-enabled wallet for Cosmos and beyond

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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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• Kapkap — Kapkap is a web3 platform that uses AI for attention based value distribution in gaming.
• BullPerks — BullPerks is a community of like-minded individuals who want to leverage their power and invest together in the best projects on equal terms with VCs.
• Mythic Protocol — The Central Hub for Mythic Operatives to conduct their operations

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• Sylvera — Sylvera Carbon offset ratings make offset quality and risks transparent. We make offsets auditable for offset sellers, intermediaries, buyers and investors.
• Outverse — A community platform that's easier to use, better organised and designed for real interaction.
• Dust — Dust is a platform for creating sophisticated processes based on large language models and semantic search.

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• ZERØTEC — ZERØTEC is an pattern design and nesting software platform for fashion designers and manufacturers
• Sages — Biodegradeable, non-polluting, low-impact and vibrant dyes extracted from food waste.
• Srotas Health — Join thousands of patients, researchers, and healthcare organizations advancing medical breakthroughs. Streamline clinical trials with our cutting-edge platform.

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• Gamium — Gamium is a Web3 and Metaverse technology company building the truly Decentralized Social Metaverse.
• Lympid — We believe that anyone should have access to the amazing opportunities found on the blockchain, from DeFi protocols (aave, compound, yearn…) to Crypto Indexes, there's so much to discover! At Lympid you will be able to do it all easily in the same app, and directly through EUR.
• Alliance Games — Build Beyond Limits. Multiplayer for the Next, Decentralized Era.

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• Tradoor — Tradoor protects traders, LPs, and the protocol against unforeseen market fluctuations by using clever math and safety measures to enable traders to trade with confidence.
• Runes DEX — Swap Runes for BTC seamlessly, enjoy low fees, fast transactions, and earn yield as a liquidity provider.
• Nested — The best decentralized portfolio management & copy trading experiences

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• Rebar Labs — Rebar Labs is a company that offers research services and infrastructure for bitcoin. The company wants to help users in the Bitcoin ecosystem create more effective and better experiences by addressing issues related to maximum extractable value and offering services that guarantee equitable value distribution.
• Yellow — Yellow is a financial services provider of software, analytics, and investments in blockchain startups.
• Tren Finance — Tren Finance: a secure DeFi liquidity protocol offering seamless asset swaps, yield opportunities, and cross-chain compatibility through automated smart contracts, redefining liquidity for users and institutions.

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• Lupa Pets — The all-in-one veterinary operating system
• Layla AI — Layla operates as a travel discovery platform.
• Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.

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• 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.
• RECRD — RECRD is a video community, where users engage content with video responses, Creators monetise immediately through ad revenues and advertisers connect with their audience at no risk.
• Slingshot DAO — Slingshot is a community-powered AI infrastructure network. $SHOT is the utility token powering an ecosystem of AI products on Base.

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• Raiku — Raiku is a Web3 infrastructure startup focused on enhancing the Solana blockchain's reliability and predictability.
• Kapkap — Kapkap is a web3 platform that uses AI for attention based value distribution in gaming.
• Haiku — Haiku is a DeFi platform that lets users execute complex multi-chain trades and strategies in simple, optimized transactions.

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• XWeave — Xweave enables real time & competitive cross-border payments with no pre-funding
• Centrifuge — Centrifuge is the platform for tokenized real-world assets, providing the infrastructure and ecosystem to tokenize, manage, and invest into RWAs.
• Crypto Valley Exchange — The first portfolio risk capable platform for Options & Futures trading in DeFi, offering 1000x+ leverage based on margin offset.

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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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• 375ai — 375ai is an edge data intelligence network on Solana that provides advanced real-time data collection and analysis to power a smarter, more connected world.
• worm.wtf — worm.wtf is the prediction marketplace for the Solana ecosystem.
• Football.Fun — football. Fun is a fantasy football platform that combines the dynamics of cryptocurrency markets with football player trading.

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• CertiK — CertiK, the largest Web3 security service provider, uses AI and formal verification to protect and monitor smart contracts and protocols, securing the Web3 ecosystem.
• Bastion — Bastion blends the best of web2 and web3 technologies to broaden opportunities for organizations and their customers.
• Onboard — Onboard strives to provide the best financial platform and community for on-chain developers and creators.

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• Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
• Sentora — Sentora offers an institutional-grade basis for DeFi and RWA solutions.
• Truvius — Powering systematic investing for digital assets

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• TACEO — TACEO refers to MPC encrypted compute for Web3.
• Due — Discover our global payment platform. Powered by open, decentralised and interoperable networks.
• Freename — Redefining Web3 Naming System. Web3 Registrar: custom TLDs and Domains

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• Pave Bank — The world's first multi-asset and programmable bank
• WOO Network — Discover WOO's ecosystem of centralized and decentralized apps to seize every opportunity in crypto.
• Silicon Data — Silicon Data is a data product that brings essential intelligence and efficiency to markets.

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• MegaFans — MegaFans is a mobile eSports platform and gaming company, that created an integrated software solution for mobile games, enabling them to offer competitive eSports tournaments to their audiences, which increases retention and monetization through a more inclusive experience for 2.5 billion gamers globally.
• Raiinmaker — Multi - Chain Layer 2 Network. Powered by AI, Secured by Bitcoin.
• MetaVersus World — MetaVersus combines gaming with Web3 to provide a hyper-realistic digital environment for brands to build in and for users to discover as MetaCitizens

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• Guild — Guild is a decentralized platform leveraging AI to augment creation, ownership, distribution and monetization of content and digital goods. AI plays a pivotal role in automating tasks, providing data-driven insights, and offering strategic guidance to creators. Whether it's managing marketing campaigns, optimizing release schedules, oridentifying new opportunities, the AI in Guild serves as an invaluable tool for artists, producers, and songwriters. The platform's blockchain integration ensures that all music assets are securely owned and transparently managed, giving creators full control over their work. By combining the practical benefits of AI—like process automation and data analysis—with the security of blockchain, Guild empowers creators to focus on their craft while effectively managing their careers.
• Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
• Symbiotic — Symbiotic is a generalized shared security system enabling decentralized networks to bootstrap powerful, fully sovereign ecosystems.

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• DoubleZero — DoubleZero is developing a global fiber network intended for high-performance distributed systems and blockchains. It seeks to enhance blockchain performance by establishing a dedicated physical infrastructure layer for communication.
• Turnkey — Turnkey is an encryption service provider that offers secure APIs to manage private keys.
• Inversion — Inversion is a technology-first investment company that acquires and transforms legacy businesses with blockchain technology.

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• Celestia — Celestia is the modular blockchain powering unstoppable applications with full-stack customizability.
• Tally — Tally is a DAO operations platform. DAOs use Tally to create and pass proposals, enable delegation, and power voting.
• Astria — The easiest way to deploy decentralized rollups.

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• 0G Labs — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
• Corn — Corn is a new Ethereum Layer 2 network that aims to be the best platform for utilizing Bitcoin.
• Mocaverse — Mocaverse is the Animoca Brands membership NFT collection of 8,888 unique beings: The Mocas. Join the Mocas in the realms to Learn, Play, Do Good, and Build together as we champion our Web3 values!