Participated · Equity · May 2026

Squid operates a connected multi-chain platform that reaches ecosystems without contracts, including Bitcoin and XRPL, and supports more than 100 networks. Its execution layer, Squid Intents, routes cross-chain transactions to market makers for fulfillment and settles them using Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) rather than deploying contracts on every chain. The platform supports over 20,000 tokens across major ecosystems and has facilitated more than $6B in lifetime volume since its January 2023 launch. Squid plans to use the new funding to accelerate expansion into consumer products. The company is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2024

Superform operates a decentralized marketplace where projects can list vaults linked to yield opportunities on Ethereum and scaling solutions such as Arbitrum and Base. It launched SuperUSDC and the SuperVault product line to provide automated, non-custodial yield management for USDC, using an algorithm optimized on platform data to allocate assets. The platform has seen interaction from over 100,000 digital wallets and currently hosts 768 vaults, and Superform says the SuperVaults feature was built in response to user demand for a more curated selection. Superform is not available to U.S. residents and positions its product roadmap around expected growth in stablecoins and evolving on-chain utility. The company emphasizes verifiable on-chain products and alignment with established stablecoin issuers to address user caution about yield-bearing stablecoin products. Superform Labs operates a universal yield marketplace that enables users to discover vaults, manage positions, and get instant access using any token from any chain. Protocols can distribute vaults omnichain by supplying just a contract address, with no additional code or deployments required. The product is live in Early Access across seven chains: Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Avalanche, Polygon and BNB Chain. The company positions itself as a cross‑chain infrastructure layer for vault distribution and yield aggregation. Financially, Superform recently closed a $6.5M seed round led by Polychain Capital, indicating early investor traction. More information is available at www.superform.xyz.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2022

Tatsumeeko is an "MMORPG-lite" role‑playing game built by the team behind Tatsu.GG and designed to run through Discord as well as iOS, Android and the web. The game is set in a world called Ielia where players fight monsters, build communities, progress characters, complete quests and earn in‑game token rewards. It integrates NFTs and crypto behind the scenes to give players optional control over assets; players can start without creating a wallet or buying NFTs. An introductory version reached about 60,000 monthly active users and 4.5 million in traded items, and Tatsu.GG (the underlying ecosystem) claims 60 million users and 1.4 million Discord communities. Product plans include a broader launch with main and side story quests, co‑op raids, dimensional invasions, PvE combat with token rewards, an initial sale of Aethereal Parcels in July, and expansion to other social platforms and communities. The company has raised seed funding to continue development and to support integrations for NFT projects and brands to bring their communities into the game.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2022

Nomad is a security-first cross-chain messaging protocol that leverages an optimistic mechanism allowing off-chain watchers to challenge cross-chain messages via fraud proofs. Unlike validator-based bridges, Nomad does not rely on a large set of external parties and requires only one honest actor to keep the system safe. The protocol lets developers securely build cross-chain applications (xApps) and bridge data and assets between chains. CEO and Co-founder Pranay Mohan and CTO and Co-founder James Prestwich emphasize a security-first design to protect users and unite DeFi ecosystems. Nomad announced approximately $22.4 million in seed funding led by Polychain Capital, with a broad group of additional investors. The company aims to accelerate adoption of cross-chain communications to bridge siloed DeFi ecosystems and unlock combined value.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2022

CoWDAO is the steward organization for CoW Protocol, a batch-auction-based trading infrastructure that enables trustless, peer-to-peer settlement and MEV protection on EVM chains. The protocol was incubated inside GnosisDAO for four years and was autonomously spun out via a governance proposal and community deployment that created CoWDAO and a vCOW token airdrop. CoW Protocol powers a network of traders and solvers and aims to become a core settlement layer for decentralized trading across Web3 by delivering better prices through P2P execution and co-shared costs. The recent $23M raise will fund ecosystem development, hires, expansion into new chains where MEV protection is needed, and marketing. Token distribution and the fundraising process emphasized decentralization: no single holder has >1% of vCOW supply except GnosisDAO, and more than 5,000 CoWmunity participants took part alongside 57 private investors. The community investment mechanism allowed protocol users to exercise options to receive vCOW tokens at a set price, vested linearly over four years. High take-up rates were reported: 90.9% of Ethereum-allocated options and 50.2% of Gnosis Chain-allocated options were exercised.