• Aperture Finance

  Participated · Series A · Jun 2024

  Aperture Finance is a decentralized finance platform pioneering AI-powered intents. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. It focuses on applying AI to enable intent-driven DeFi interactions. Aperture announced a $6.7 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Skyland Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund, and Krypital Group, with participation from Alchemy, SNZ, Stratified Capital, Tide, Cipholio, ViaBTC, CatcherVC, and Double Peak. The article does not provide revenue, user metrics, or detailed plans for the use of proceeds.

• Dexilon

  Participated · Seed · Jul 2022

  DEXILON is a next-generation decentralized derivatives exchange running a limit order book on a native blockchain built atop the Cosmos SDK. The platform supports launch of derivative contracts for non-crypto assets including metals, energy, soft commodities, and FX, and combines a decentralized matching engine with proprietary oracles. It targets institutional-grade trading with low costs, no gas for traders (gas covered from taker fees), and features designed for market makers. DEXILON has developed an innovative liquidation pool that lets users bid for liquidated positions rather than selling them into the market, intended to reduce flash-crash risk. The company launched a testnet and plans a mainnet launch later the year, and was founded in 2021.

• AQUANEE

  Participated · Equity · Mar 2022

  AQUANEE is a GameFi title built with Universal 3D (U3D) that combines real-time battles and Simulated Life Game (SLG) mechanics around sea‑creature characters (AQUAs). Players can assemble and cultivate teams of AQUAs, build kingdoms in the AQUANEE universe, and participate in play‑to‑earn gameplay. The game is available on Android, Windows, and MacOS and is described as the first blockchain SLG made with U3D and the first play‑to‑earn game to enable cross‑play between multiple blockchains. AQUANEE entered a strategic partnership with the Binance NFT Marketplace and launched public sales of AQUA NFTs there on February 24. The Binance NFT release sold out all 3,000 listed AQUA mystery boxes within 72 hours, generating $604,124.02 in transaction volume for the first generation of AQUA NFTs. The collection reached the #1 spot in Binance NFT Marketplace’s 'Top Collections' for the previous 7 days and the #1 spot on CoinMarketCap’s 'Top NFT Collections.'

• ArDrive

  Participated · Seed · Feb 2022

  ArDrive is a suite of desktop, mobile and web applications that provides an intuitive way to securely synchronize important files to the Arweave decentralized storage network, also known as the Permaweb. The product is being developed by a community of technologists and evangelists aiming to popularize the storage layer for Web 3.0. The company announced a $17.2M Seed round. That Seed financing was led by the Arweave Team, Blockchain Capital and Sino Global Capital, with participation from a number of other investors. ArDrive is based in Clifton, NJ.

• LEWK

  Participated · Seed · Jan 2022

  LEWK is a blockchain-powered SocialFi content monetization platform that enables creators to monetize content without leaving their preferred social media platforms. The platform positions itself as a one-stop-shop for brands, publishers, creators, and fans and offers features intended to boost user experience and incentives on existing social platforms. Founded by a team of experts in blockchain, social media, and fintech, LEWK emphasizes usability to avoid the complexity that has hindered prior blockchain-social products. LEWK's tokenomics include a total supply of 1 billion tokens and a fully diluted valuation of $36 million following the seed and private rounds. The company closed $3.26M in seed and private funding, with the seed reportedly completed in three hours, and is preparing a public sale expected in March 2022. LEWK is finalizing public-sale details with partners while continuing product development and investor outreach from its Dubai, UAE base.

No current team members are available.