Led · Seed · Mar 2025

Arda is developing a digital framework intended to serve as a universal operating system for the $380 trillion real estate sector. The platform aims to unify real estate assets, data, and financial services into a single, interoperable system that supports real-time ownership and financial processes. Arda leverages AI and blockchain to introduce a programmable execution layer, digital rights management, and automated workflows designed to reduce transaction times and administrative friction. Key features described include verifiable digital asset profiles for streamlined due diligence, real-time money movement linked to transactions, and integrated data automation. The product is targeted at institutions, enterprises, and governments seeking more efficient, transparent real estate operations. The company is led by founder Oli Harris, formerly a Managing Director in Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs and Head of Crypto Assets Strategy at JPMorgan Chase.

Led · Seed · Nov 2024

Akave is a decentralized cloud storage solution provider whose flagship offering, Akave Cloud, is built on the Avalanche Layer-1 blockchain. The platform is engineered to handle large-scale, data-intensive artificial intelligence and analytics workloads, giving enterprises a transparent, redundant, and censorship-resistant alternative to traditional cloud services. By leveraging both Avalanche and the broader Filecoin ecosystem, the company seeks to blend blockchain security with scalable storage performance. Newly secured capital will be deployed to expand sales and marketing activities, signaling an emphasis on accelerating customer acquisition and market presence. Although specific revenue, user count, or other operating metrics were not disclosed, the seed round positions the firm for early-stage commercialization. Looking ahead, Akave plans to deepen enterprise integrations and broaden adoption within AI and data-analytics sectors.

Participated · Seed · Aug 2024

Holonym Foundation is building digital identity security infrastructure for the decentralized web, focused on proliferating Human Keys to make security and privacy more usable in zero trust environments. It has developed Mishti Network, a threshold network for zero trust Human Key derivation that creates high-entropy Human Keys from private biometrics, passwords, security questions, or other human-memorable data and powers Zeronym’s programmable privacy for on-chain private banking, payments, and regulated industries. Silk is a protected self-custody wallet for instant onboarding that uses Human Keys to save and send payments, access global internet finance protocols, and manage private data while enabling recovery without trusted guardians. Zeronym provides proof of personhood and private identity with fast client-side privacy for identity verification, supporting digital credentials from 180 countries and enabling businesses to conduct privacy-preserving KYC/AML with programmable privacy for ongoing monitoring. Co-founded by Nanak Nihal Singh Khalsa and Shady El Damaty, the foundation intends to use raised funds to expand operations and accelerate development efforts. The organization announced a $5.5M Seed raise led by Finality Capital and Paper Ventures with participation from Arrington Capital, Draper Dragon, Lightshift, Zero Knowledge Ventures, Zero DAO and others.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2024

Blueprint Finance develops institutional on-chain finance infrastructure and is the core developer of Concrete, a modular full-stack vault platform. Concrete provides automated execution, accounting, risk controls, and quantitative strategy tooling to enable institutions, protocols, asset issuers, and allocators to build and operate vaults. Blueprint is expanding the Concrete ecosystem with new on-chain financial primitives such as AssetCX and concUSD. The company emphasizes bringing institutional controls—auditable accounting, operational permissions, scalable execution, and transparent risk controls—to on-chain capital allocation. Blueprint recently completed a strategic funding round to scale Concrete and to deepen partnerships across liquidity, custody, execution, and distribution. The company communicates its intent to position Concrete as the infrastructure layer for the next generation of on-chain asset management.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2023

Union Labs develops a modular, zero-knowledge (ZK) interoperability layer designed to ease movement of assets between the Ethereum and Cosmos ecosystems. The firm plans its mainnet to go live in early 2025. It has begun integrating with Polygon’s AggLayer to deepen links between Polygon and Cosmos’ IBC, and is exploring ways to build secure links into the Bitcoin ecosystem and Bitcoin L2s. Union says it aims to address Bitcoin’s scripting limitations to enable secure asset transfers and enhance DeFi on Bitcoin. Financially, Union raised $14 million in a Series A after a $4 million seed last year to expand its core team, advance partner integrations, and contribute to ecosystem growth. Founder Karel Kubat framed the raise as reflective of the team’s dedication to reducing fragmentation and bringing secure, sovereign, and seamless interoperability to Web3.