Participated · Series A · Jul 2023

LunarCrush provides a tool that allows users to search across all social media and extract the most relevant content tailored to their interests. The company builds its own algorithms rather than relying on traditional social feeds, positioning itself as a more mindful social media experience. It has been an industry pioneer in social media analytics for cryptocurrency and financial industries and is expanding beyond capital markets. LunarCrush is led by CEO Joe Vezzani and COO Evan Kennedy. The company raised $5M in a Series A at a $30M valuation and intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach. It is based in Costa Mesa, California.

Led · Equity · May 2023

Dolomite is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. It focuses on unlocking idle capital by enabling lending in new ways and across new asset types. The platform emphasizes strong integrations across DeFi ecosystems to support those lending strategies. The article reports that Dolomite recently received a $900,000 strategic investment. No operating metrics such as revenue or user counts were provided in the report. The piece frames the funding as strategic relative to Dolomite’s DeFi integrations and lending focus. Leavitt Innovations develops Dolomite, a decentralized money market protocol and DEX that uses a virtual liquidity system to improve token support and capital efficiency. Dolomite supports over‑collateralized loans, margin trading, spot trading and other on‑chain financial instruments. The team intends to use the new funding to expand operations, accelerate development efforts and broaden business reach. Over time the protocol aims to become a hub for DeFi activity, enabling protocols, yield aggregators, DAOs, market makers, hedge funds and others to manage portfolios and run on‑chain strategies. The company is based in the British Virgin Islands. The article does not disclose operating metrics or revenue.

Participated · Seed · Dec 2022

Dogamí builds a Web3 mobile game and companion applications centered on collectible NFT virtual dogs. Its mobile app, DOGA House, lets owners play with, feed, pet, and walk their NFT dogs and earn rewards in the native $DOGA cryptocurrency; the app is exclusive to Dogamí NFT holders on iOS and Android. The project currently offers 12,000 unique virtual NFT companions across four rarity tiers and has released fifteen breeds, including Shiba Inu, Corgi, and Australian Shepherd. Co-founded in mid-2021, the team includes CEO Max Stöckl, COO Adrien Magdelaine, CBO Kristofer D. Penseyres and CTO Bilal El Alamy. Dogamí plans to expand features such as avatar personalization with branded accessories, game environment development, new animations and interactions, augmented reality, mini-games, and competitions between Dogamers. The company is also developing a new mobile game slated for 2023 to offer adventures with virtual companions. Dogamí raised $14M in Seed funding to scale its Web3 games and mainstream applications.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2022

Based in London, Ownera develops an interoperability trading network for tokenized assets, aiming to create a global unified inter-trading pipeline for digital securities. Its offering is built on the open-source FinP2P protocol and delivers FinP2P-based network nodes and digital assets solutions to the financial industry. Ownera’s technology can connect any securities tokenization engine on public or private blockchains or traditional ledgers. For financial institutions and venues, the company provides a unified digital securities wallet tied to a single API that aggregates and normalizes offerings. Through that API clients can invest, trade, lend and borrow against the connected set of tokenized assets. The company positions itself as a neutral layer to interconnect multiple tokenization platforms and build distribution and liquidity for digital securities. Ownera announced a $20M Series A financing in the article.

Participated · Equity · Sep 2019

Innovesta offers Innodex, a patented platform that aggregates crowd-verified data about private companies and presents it through a user-friendly dashboard. The platform verifies data using AI and machine-learning algorithms and a matching pool of over one million community members of industry experts and thought leaders. Innodex scores companies on qualities such as corporate integrity, leadership background, business agility and crowd sentiment, and is available at individual and enterprise levels. Innovesta targets both private and nonaccredited Main Street investors and seeks to bring greater transparency consistent with blockchain philosophies. The company is expanding to the U.S. following recent investor interest and funding. Financially, Innovesta has secured an initial $500,000 grant from the Israeli Innovation Authority and raised $2.7 million in its latest funding round.