• Thallo

  Participated · Seed · Nov 2022

  Thallo operates a flagship blockchain carbon exchange designed to connect buyers and high-quality project developers directly, aiming to make the voluntary carbon market more efficient, traceable and democratic. The company uses tokenization and web3 tooling to enable buying, selling and retiring of credits with full transparency, and is developing the world’s first two-way carbon bridge with BioCarbon Registry to move credits on and off the blockchain. Thallo plans to accelerate development and marketing of its marketplace following an oversubscribed seed raise. The team combines climate‑tech and blockchain expertise (including co‑founders Ryan Gledhill, Joe Hargreaves and Adam Dry) and includes Hayley Moller leading marketing; the company has ten full‑time staff. Thallo has formed technical and ecosystem partnerships with Ripple, Celo, Polygon and Chainlink and works with project developers such as Biofix, InPlanet, TrendCO2e, UNDO and Ventree Innovations.

• Solid World

  Led · Equity · May 2022

  Solid World DAO builds blockchain- and Web3-based infrastructure to tokenize pre-purchase agreements for future carbon credits, aiming to de-risk projects and make forward carbon markets liquid and collateralisable. The protocol enables high-quality carbon projects to access financing before certification by pre-selling a portion of their future credits. The company is community-held and led by founder and chairman Stenver Jerkku. Solid World says it will use its tokenized infrastructure to realign economic incentives across the carbon markets and address transparency and predatory practices. Following the recent funding, the startup plans to build liquidity pools by pre-purchasing carbon credits and to launch a team and community rewards programme. The company presents its solution as a means to bring capital efficiency to institutions and create a liquid forward market for carbon credits.

• Partna

  Participated · Seed · Dec 2021

  Payourse provides core Web3 infrastructure and tools focused on wallets, remittances, and liquidity to help African businesses build user-friendly crypto products. The company offers no-code products such as Simpa, which lets users launch a fully customizable crypto exchange within minutes. Payourse has chosen a liquidity-partner model (partnering with entities that provide liquidity) rather than peer-to-peer, enabling transactions to complete within minutes. The startup announced a parent company that will house all current and future products and is developing additional use cases to power crypto-enabled businesses. According to the firm, over 5,000 people are currently using the platform to transact millions of dollars; the payments platform grew by 15,000% in 2021 and showed a 150% growth rate. Founded in 2019 by Bashir Aminu and John Anisere and based in Lagos, Payourse plans to scale its products and expand into new markets.

No current team members are available.