Participated · 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.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2025

Optimum is building a decentralized memory layer for blockchains to make data storage, access and propagation faster, cheaper and more decentralized. Its core innovation is a decentralized coding method called Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC), developed by MIT professor Muriel Médard. The company invited creators from institutions like Harvard and MIT to transition from academia into the commercial crypto arena. Optimum's memory infrastructure targets inefficiencies such as redundant gossip networks, congested mempools and bloated nodes that make retrieval costly and slow. The offering is live on a private testnet and Optimum is inviting L1s, L2s, validators and node operators to try its memory layer. Optimum raised an $11 million seed round to advance its technology.

Participated · Seed · Dec 2024

GAIB provides an economic layer for AI compute, tokenizing enterprise-grade GPUs and their yields to create yield-bearing assets backed by real AI demand. Its platform aims to create a decentralized, liquid market for GPU financing and to enable DeFi use cases built on top, including GPU-backed stablecoins, lending and borrowing, options and futures, and structured products. The company intends to use the funds to expand R&D and operations, accelerate product iteration, and strengthen its infrastructure. GAIB is led by CEO and Founder Kony Kwong and is based in Singapore. The article does not report operating metrics such as revenue or user counts.

Participated · Seed · Aug 2024

Pentagon Games is a remote zkEVM Web3 AI-based game publisher focused on creating immersive experiences using Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence. The studio leverages Web3 infrastructure to create GameFi feedback loops and integrate immersive technologies into gaming ecosystems and a cross-reality metaverse. Founded by Emma Liu (CEO) and Idon Liu (Chief Blockchain Officer), the company is developing a variety of genre-defining game titles and intellectual property. Pentagon Games intends to use its recent financing to expand operations and accelerate development efforts. Financially, the company recently closed a $6M seed round and has since been focusing on integrating its titles and virtual experiences into its immersive metaverse.

Participated · Series A · Aug 2024

Essential is developing a new blockchain architecture that replaces traditional transaction-based interactions with an “intent-centric” model, allowing users to specify desired outcomes rather than granular instructions. These user intents are processed off-chain by a distributed network of solvers, which reduces on-chain computation and aims to improve scalability. The company argues that shifting from an imperative to a declarative paradigm significantly enhances both user and developer experience by abstracting away complex transaction steps. As part of its roadmap, Essential is introducing “Pint,” a dedicated language for programmable intents that will let developers build applications atop its network. The project positions this approach as a solution to many UX issues inherent in current blockchain systems. Essential recently secured $11 million in Series A funding to accelerate product development and ecosystem growth. No operating metrics such as revenue or user counts were disclosed in the articles.