• AEON

  Participated · Seed · May 2026

  AEON is developing a settlement layer intended to serve as the financial backbone for an agentic economy where autonomous AI agents exchange value. The company launched its first AI payment product in May, which it says connects AI agents to more than 50 million real-world merchants. AEON has partnered with BNB Chain to release the x402 Facilitator, a native product enabling verifiable transactions, onchain settlement, and immutable receipts for service providers in the BNB ecosystem. The firm cites collaboration with partners such as Coinbase and BNB Chain as part of its go-to-market and integration strategy. AEON raised $8 million in a pre-seed round led by YZi Labs to accelerate development of its settlement layer; the round’s structure and valuation were not disclosed. CEO and co-founder Eddie Li framed the company’s mission as building the financial foundation for an economy powered by autonomous agents.

• Unitas

  Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

  Unitas Labs operates a yield-bearing stablecoin protocol that integrates yield mechanisms into stablecoin products. The project recently secured $13.33 million in seed funding to accelerate its roadmap. Planned uses for the capital include expanding strategic development, improving infrastructure and risk-management systems, and supporting compliant institutional onboarding. The company also intends to promote deeper integration with the broader DeFi ecosystem. No operating metrics, revenue figures, founding year, or location were disclosed in the articles.

• Akave

  Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

  Akave is a decentralized cloud storage solution provider whose flagship offering, Akave Cloud, is built on the Avalanche Layer-1 blockchain. The platform is engineered to handle large-scale, data-intensive artificial intelligence and analytics workloads, giving enterprises a transparent, redundant, and censorship-resistant alternative to traditional cloud services. By leveraging both Avalanche and the broader Filecoin ecosystem, the company seeks to blend blockchain security with scalable storage performance. Newly secured capital will be deployed to expand sales and marketing activities, signaling an emphasis on accelerating customer acquisition and market presence. Although specific revenue, user count, or other operating metrics were not disclosed, the seed round positions the firm for early-stage commercialization. Looking ahead, Akave plans to deepen enterprise integrations and broaden adoption within AI and data-analytics sectors.

• Pod Network

  Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

  Pod Network is building a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain designed to settle transactions in about 200 milliseconds, a speed the team likens to a Google search. By removing the conventional consensus layer, the architecture aims to prevent Miner Extractable Value (MEV) and other bottlenecks that slow existing chains. The company originated as a spin-off of blockchain consultancy Common Prefix and is currently operated from Athens under 24-year-old founder and CEO Shresth Agrawal. Agrawal’s recent visa struggles in Greece underscore the regulatory hurdles the startup faces as it scales internationally. Pod Network has secured USD $10 million in seed financing, giving it runway to accelerate product development and expand its global market reach. Backers include a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, 1kx, Flashbots, Blockchain Builders Fund and Protagonist, providing both capital and deep expertise in crypto infrastructure.

• Levl

  Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

  Levl operates an infrastructure layer that lets businesses collect, store, convert and transfer money across borders in either fiat currencies or stablecoins such as USDC and USDT. The platform replaces the 3–5-day delays of correspondent banking with same-day settlement while beating interbank FX rates and currently supports payouts to more than 75 countries. In its first four months, Levl surpassed an annualized $1 billion in transaction volume and now serves over 1 million end-users through clients like TerraPay, TapTap Send and Nala. Founded in 2023 after being spun out of Galaxy Digital, the company is led by former AQR FX trader Jaisel Sandhu and draws talent from PayPal, Deutsche Bank, BlackRock and other major institutions. Levl is regulated in Switzerland and Canada and maintains offices in London, New York, Canada and Switzerland. Future product expansion will target B2B cross-border transfers, card and stablecoin payment processing, and lending solutions, leveraging the new capital to deepen its feature set and geographic reach.

No current team members are available.