Participated · Series A · Jan 2022

Web3Auth builds non-custodial key management and authentication infrastructure for web3 applications and wallets, enabling password-less auth and OAuth logins (Google, Twitter, Discord, Reddit) to simplify blockchain onboarding. It is powered by the open-source Torus Network and aims to eliminate seed phrases by leveraging social accounts and devices users already own. The company supports familiar login flows while still allowing advanced users to connect traditional wallets or key management systems. Web3Auth plans to use new funding to accelerate expansion into decentralized gaming, NFTs and social applications and to increase headcount. Financially, it closed a $13M Series A and has raised $15M total since its 2019 inception. Operatively, more than 300 apps and wallets had selected Web3Auth in 2021 to secure over four million users' private keys, and its user base grew 30x year-over-year.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2021

Kudo Money builds Unomi identity passports, a decentralised scoring protocol that aggregates on-chain activity across Ethereum, Polygon, BSC and Solana to produce programmable scores (0–100) like Credit, Airdrop, Hodler and Power‑user. These passports let users batch wallets, sync multi‑chain activity, and enable protocols to profile users for rewards, undercollateralized lending, airdrops and improved UX. The company says scores will help DeFi protocols assess creditworthiness and allow addresses with higher reputation to access borrowing, airdrops and farming opportunities. Kudo is developing an ecosystem of Web3 products (including Unomi and Bitquity) aimed at mainstream crypto adoption. Financially, Kudo closed a $4 million strategic funding round to accelerate development of the passport ecosystem. The company plans to decentralise identity infrastructure by launching a native token, $KUDO, with a public sale planned for Q1 next year.

Led · Equity · May 2021

Privi is presented as the first DeFi-based social economy and an end-to-end crypto ecosystem built for the creator economy, combining NFTs, social tokens and DAOs. The platform allows creators and communities to tokenize virtually any asset, including videos, music, blogs and photography, and aims to return monetization to content creators. Privi unites decentralized finance and social tools and highlights a hybrid-agnostic blockchain, decentralized social capabilities, decentralized finance capabilities, asset streaming, and decentralized advertising. The company states its ultimate goal is to give creators complete ownership and control of their content and to reward users for every contribution. In May 2021 Privi announced a $3.5 million private funding round. Privi positions itself as an approachable combination of social, new finance and crypto tools to help creators monetize at scale.

Led · Equity · May 2021

KnitFinance is the first Polkadot-based cross-chain wrapped protocol that brings multiple assets to every compatible blockchain network. It enables real-world insured wrapped tokens so digital and lockable assets can be stacked for yield, lent, borrowed, margin traded, and farmed. KnitFinance locks assets with custodians that are insured up to $350 million, aiming to bring real-world insurance into DeFi and unlock large pools of idle assets. The beta version has been live since December and already supports wrapped assets on five chains; the project says 30 additional renowned projects have partnered and will announce partnerships soon. The team is preparing for a Dao Maker SHO on May 17 and plans to list Knit tokens on top-tier centralized exchanges including Binance, Huobi Global, OKEx, KuCoin, and Gate.io. Knit raised $1 million in its latest fundraising round and says investors are helping bootstrap liquidity on Uniswap and support global and regional marketing efforts.

Led · Equity · Jan 2021

Eligma creates payment infrastructures to accept instant crypto payments at local and online stores through its Go Crypto network. The company connects with major payment processors to offer a combined solution that can process card, other digital, and crypto payments. It aims to remove the need for additional hardware in offline retail and provide a seamless, all-in-one payment experience for merchants and shoppers. Eligma plans to introduce a tokenomics model tied to payments, including converting part of card and digital payment fees into the GoC token. Founded in 2017, the startup says more details on the tokenomics and related developments will be revealed in the coming weeks. The company recently raised funding that supports its expansion of the Go Crypto network.