Led · Initial Coin Offering · Jul 2026

World, operated by Tools for Humanity and co-founded by Alex Blania and Sam Altman, offers an online verification system centered on its World ID "proof of human" credential. To obtain a verified World ID, users undergo an iris scan via a physical Orb that converts the iris into a cryptographic identifier; Orbs are deployed at the company’s offices and partner locations. The project includes a mobile app that serves as a custodial wallet where users can hold or trade the WLD token. The effort began as Worldcoin and later rebranded to World amid industry backlash; the company has announced partnerships with firms such as Tinder, Zoom and Docusign. Despite those moves and a new app release, the company has struggled to scale consumer adoption and conducted layoffs in June.

Led · Equity · Jul 2026

BKG Exchange operates a compliance-focused cryptocurrency trading platform that requires identity-verified human users and employs zero-knowledge proofs to balance privacy with KYC requirements. The exchange supports multi-signature cold storage, real-time proof-of-reserves, and a modular risk engine that flags anomalous trading patterns. BKG has pursued regulatory clearance, securing licenses in Singapore and Switzerland and a provisional registration in the UAE. Its native tokenomics include locked tokens held in escrow and a 36-month lock on team tokens to reduce insider sell pressure. The company plans to support tokenized real-world assets and stablecoin settlement as part of its product roadmap. The recent $52.5M token sale led by Pantera Capital will fund liquidity incentives and further build its identity-verified trading ecosystem.

Led · Seed · Jul 2026

Sentient develops a decentralized AI infrastructure called GRID that connects more than 100 models, data sources and reasoning agents to enable compositional multi-model responses. Built products include Dobby (a family of open-source LLMs tuned for community-aligned values), Sentient Chat (an agent-aggregation interface) and Open Deep Search, which the team says outperformed closed alternatives on the FRAMES benchmark. The project issues the SENT token for staking, governance, service payments and contributor rewards to coordinate a distributed community of developers, data providers and infrastructure operators. Sentient was founded in January 2024 by Sandeep Nailwal, Pramod Viswanath and Himanshu Tyagi and has secured an $85M seed round plus a $42M grants/investment program for open AGI research, bringing total committed capital above $125M. The team emphasizes keeping advanced models and agents openly available and auditable rather than proprietary. Following a listing of SENT on a major exchange, the token jumped about 20% on July 9, 2026, an event the coverage characterizes as liquidity-driven and highlights execution and adoption risk as key determinants of long-term value.

Led · Seed · Jun 2026

Orthogonal is a YC-backed unified API platform where AI agents and developers can discover and pay for best-in-class APIs through a single key, with usage-based pricing where you pay only for what you call. The catalog spans go-to-market, investors, marketing, and recruiting use cases, and providers can list an API once to make it instantly discoverable by every AI agent and developer on the platform, getting paid per request.

Led · Seed · Jun 2026

TurboFlow builds a unified on-chain trading platform that pairs perpetual contracts and prediction markets into a single venue it calls a high-velocity event trading ecosystem. The platform emphasizes fast settlements, institutional-quality liquidity and pricing, and consumer-first design that preserves self-custody while lowering barriers to entry with minimum trades as low as $2. TurboFlow reported processing $19.15 billion in total trading volume across more than 14.54k users. The company plans to expand partnerships across the digital asset ecosystem and to provide developers access to its liquidity and risk infrastructure. Its stated priorities include expanding product development, strengthening liquidity infrastructure, and accelerating global user growth. The announcement frames TurboFlow as focused on democratizing access to sophisticated trading products for retail users.