• Snackclub

  Participated · Seed · Apr 2022

  Snackclub secured $9M in seed funding to launch a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) aimed at reimagining ownership in gaming. The company plans to source, educate, and build a community of active gamers by mobilizing LOUD’s combined audience of 300M+ followers across social platforms. Snackclub will focus on content and media aligned with LOUD’s gaming lifestyle brand while introducing new games, currencies, and developers to the community. Over time users will inform strategic decisions about which game concepts to lift and the mechanics behind each game’s economy, and once titles launch Snackclub expects to mobilize audiences to populate games and mine for high-liquidity assets. Current priorities include nurturing its 30-person team, establishing governance, cementing its investment thesis, and conducting due diligence on priority investment prospects. The DAO intends to operate under a community leadership structure that allows fans aged 18+ with internet access to participate and vote on major decisions.

• Cogni

  Participated · Series A · Apr 2022

  Cogni operates a zero-fee digital banking platform that integrates traditional finance features (55,000 free ATMs, single-use cards) with lifestyle services such as discounted digital gift cards and per-transaction carbon-emissions tracking. The product offers access to more than 1,500 brands for discounted gift-card purchases and aims to centralize banking, crypto, NFTs, gaming and metaverse services for mainstream users. The company emphasizes ease, transparency and accessibility, and provides unique features intended to bridge Web2 and Web3 experiences. In the coming months Cogni plans to build out Web3 capabilities including a Multichain wallet and a High-Yield Savings account. Cogni says it will continue developing its core technology and infrastructure while expanding its product suite, acquiring users and hiring talent. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York City with a second office in San Francisco. Cogni is a New York-based digital banking startup that combines deposit accounts with in-app commerce and lifestyle services through its MyCogni app. The MyCogni app has been tested with a few hundred users and offers a debit card that provides up to 12% cash back at over 160,000 retailers, plus features for invoicing and personalized payment and savings buckets. About 30,000 people have expressed interest in signing up for its early-2019 launch. Cogni closed $1.7 million in seed funding and is 2% owned by Barclays Plc. The company plans to operate on a borrowed charter rather than applying for an independent charter and positions itself more as a technology/lifestyle company than a traditional bank. It expects to derive significant revenue from partnerships with brands rather than from traditional lending margins and has hired a boutique merchant bank to advise its planned Series A.

• KlayCity

  Participated · Seed · Mar 2022

  KlayCity is a P2E virtual world built on the Klaytn Network that enables players to use Land NFTs, $LAY tokens and $ORB tokens to scavenge, explore and level. District NFT owners can govern virtual districts and participate in various activities designed to integrate gaming and crypto economics. The company plans to continue building the virtual world with Land NFTs and has a broader plan to develop IP businesses based on KlayCity’s original story. KlayCity completed a Land NFT presale on Feb 10 at 500 KLAY per NFT, and while actively traded on OpenSea a district (#684) reached 120,000 KLAY on Mar 11—240× the mint price. Led by CEO Jake Choi, the team intends to use the seed funds to further develop the platform and its virtual-world experiences. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea.

• Eizper Chain

  Participated · Seed · Mar 2022

  Eizper Chain is a Solana-powered action role-playing multiplayer blockchain game (ARPG) that combines Free-to-Play and Play-to-Earn mechanics with a fantasy steampunk art style. The game includes Adventure, Player-vs-Player, and Guild modes; progression awards Eizper Shards used to mint tradable NFT weapons, armor, and other in-game items on a native marketplace. In-game NFTs carry 1–5 star rarity tiers with varying visuals and statistics, and the ecosystem will be supported by a native SPL token (EIZ). Founded in 2021 as the first blockchain ARPG in Indonesia with F2P–P2E design, the team emphasizes high-quality graphics, story-driven gameplay, and a broader Eizper gaming franchise. Financially, the project closed $2.0 million via a $1.625 million seed round and a $375,000 private NFT sale, and it completed a private NFT sale of 650 packages with a public sale planned. The full game release was slated for Q3 2022 as the team scales its web3 gaming offering.

• Swim

  Participated · Seed · Mar 2022

  Swim Protocol builds a multi-chain AMM bridge that lets users swap native assets directly between supported chains, removing the need for wrapped tokens. The protocol initially supports assets on Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Solana and plans to add Polygon, Terra, and Avalanche. Swim intends to launch pools for native stablecoins and expand integrations with other DeFi protocols to grow its network. The team announced an Alpha launch and plans to roll out additional pools, broader cross-chain asset support, and a $SWIM governance token. Swim will use new funding to accelerate go-to-market efforts—marketing, community management, and branding—and to hire engineers to advance product milestones. The company says its team includes personnel from Alameda, FTX, Cosmos, Coinbase Ventures, and Google.

No current team members are available.