Participated · Equity · Oct 2025

Berachain is building a layer-one blockchain whose core innovation, dubbed “Proof of Liquidity,” compensates participants that generate real economic activity within its ecosystem. The network’s native BERA token functions as the fee and reward currency, and the project intends for BERA to accrue revenue derived from applications deployed on the chain. The team is launching an initiative called “BeraStrategy” to position BERA as the primary treasury asset supporting future development and liquidity. A newly appointed Chief Investment Officer, Ben Isenberg, will oversee this treasury program. Financially, the company has just secured a large capital infusion (split between cash and tokens) to seed its treasury, signaling strong institutional interest. Although specific revenue, user, or adoption metrics were not disclosed, the scale and investor profile of the raise highlight expectations for meaningful future growth.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2025

Verb Technology was previously an AI-powered SaaS company and has pivoted to the TON ecosystem, repositioning itself as a crypto AI infrastructure provider. The company now operates under the strategy of TON. It raised $558 million in venture capital, attracting major institutional backers including Kingsway Capital, Blockchain.com, and SuperDAO. The large infusion reflects a strategic shift toward blockchain-based infrastructure and deeper integration of AI with the TON network. This move comes amid heightened institutional interest in crypto infrastructure and signals confidence in TON as an infrastructure platform.

Participated · Seed · May 2024

Humanity Protocol is a decentralized identity project that verifies users using palm scans. The protocol aims to rival Sam Altman's Worldcoin, which uses iris scans. Humanity plans to develop a Proof of Humanity consensus mechanism and integrate it into leading Web3 platforms. The project closed a $20 million funding round that lifted its valuation to $1.1 billion. It previously raised $30 million at a $1 billion valuation in May 2024. The new capital is intended to accelerate development of the consensus mechanism and platform integrations. Humanity Protocol is a zero-knowledge decentralized identity project that verifies user uniqueness using palm scans and a consensus mechanism called Proof of Humanity. The protocol aims to compete with Worldcoin, which uses iris scans, and positions its approach as less invasive. The team says the $30 million seed financing values the company at $1 billion and will fund hiring and product development. Humanity Protocol previously received about $1.5 million from angel investors and key opinion leaders in early March. A public testnet launch is planned for the second half of the year. The project emphasizes protecting user privacy and self-ownership of data while solving verifiable uniqueness.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2024

Omega is a Miami, FL–based Web3 infrastructure provider focused on enabling the collateralization of idle bitcoin for yield generation in DeFi. Led by CEO Wes Cowan and COO Eric Ryklin, the company is building decentralized infrastructure to allow Bitcoin holders to utilize the value of Layer 1 Bitcoin for yield. Omega raised $6M in funding to support the development and launch of this infrastructure. The company intends to use the funds to launch the first decentralized infrastructure that enables Bitcoin holders to utilize Layer 1 Bitcoin for yield generation, and expects to launch its public beta within the next 60 days. The funding round included participation from Lightspeed Faction, Borderless Capital, Wormhole Cross-Chain Ecosystem Fund (operated by Borderless Capital), Bankless Ventures, Wave Digital, Blockchain.com, Blockchain Founders Fund, Kronos Ventures, XTBO Humla, Cadenza, Psalion Ventures, AlphaLab Capital, Side Door Ventures, MH Ventures, and others. COO Eric Ryklin described the funding as a testament to the team’s vision and said the company’s focus now turns to delivering the public beta to empower Bitcoin holders and contribute to Bitcoin DeFi.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2023

ZetaChain is a public EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain with built-in cross-chain interoperability that connects smart-contract and non-smart-contract chains, including Bitcoin and Dogecoin. Its Omnichain toolkit lets developers build omnichain dApps from a single point of logic while enabling users to access assets, data, and liquidity in one place. The ecosystem includes more than 47,000 dApp contracts and the project’s testnet has seen roughly 1.7 million users and over 13 million transactions to date. ZetaChain’s team comprises close to 150 contributors worldwide, including contributors and former employees from Coinbase, Brave, THORchain, 0x, Cosmos, Ignite, Consensys and other projects; named contributors include Ankur Nandwani, Panruo Wu, and Brandon Truong. The company plans to use the new capital to expand operations and accelerate development efforts.