• Terminal 3

  Participated · Seed · Apr 2025

  Terminal 3 builds data infrastructure for a decentralized future, leveraging blockchain and privacy-enhancing technologies to enable secure, self-sovereign storage and fully private access. Its platform focuses on decentralized identity and credentials for enterprises across banking, government credentials, social media, and marketing. The company uses technologies such as zero-knowledge cryptography and recently announced an authentication and authorization platform for AI agents. Terminal 3 plans to launch a novel data privacy and security protocol later in the year and to accelerate adoption of its enterprise solutions. The company already serves nearly 8 million users across multiple blockchains and industries. The founders are former executives with experience at companies including Google, Spotify, Microsoft, and Uber, and previously led digital transformation at the South China Morning Post. Terminal 3 is a Hong Kong-based Web3 startup building a platform that combines decentralized storage and zero-knowledge proofs. The company says its technology aims to empower an equitable Web3 where user data is freely composable while remaining private and secure. It was co-founded by Gary Liu alongside Malcolm Ong (CPO) and Joey Liu (COO). Terminal 3 raised a pre-seed funding round of undisclosed amount. Backers named in the announcement include 500 Global, CMCC Global, Consensys Mesh, Bixin Ventures, BlackPine, DWeb3, Hard Yaka, Bored Room Ventures, Mozaik Capital, and others. The company intends to use the funds to continue to build its platform.

• ZKEX

  Participated · Seed · Jul 2024

  ZKEX is a multi-chain decentralized exchange focused on cross-chain trading. The company completed a $2.5 million seed financing. The funds will support launching a fiat on‑ramp service and a mobile application in the next quarter. Participating investors named in the article include Fenbushi Capital, KXVC, RockTree Capital, NGC Ventures, L2 Iterative Ventures, Crypto.com Capital, IDG Blockchain, Whale Ground, Moonhill Capital, Blocklabs Capital, Optic Capital, Hyperithm Group and G20 Group. No operating metrics or past rounds are disclosed in the article. The capital is intended to accelerate product development and upcoming rollouts.

• Sortium

  Participated · Equity · Apr 2024

  Sortium has launched generative AI tools for artists and game developers that leverage Polkadot infrastructure to automate challenging 3D content-creation tasks and integrate with existing game production ecosystems. The company recently closed a funding round surpassing $4 million to support its growth and product rollout. Its platform aims to speed production, reduce costs, and empower studios and individual creators to design characters and generate high-quality user-generated content. Sortium offers enterprise solutions including a LiveOps API and is forming partnerships with major IPs and leading gaming platforms to drive adoption. A collaboration with Bit Brawl demonstrated live content delivery to over 5,000 users, and more than 120,000 studios and creatives are on the early-access waitlist for its generative AI texturing tool. The team emphasizes IP-rights management baked into the technology and includes founders with more than 10 years of experience across game development and AI. Sortium is headquartered in Miami with offices in El Salvador.

No current team members are available.