• Aperture Finance

  Participated · Series A · Jun 2024

  Aperture Finance is a decentralized finance platform pioneering AI-powered intents. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. It focuses on applying AI to enable intent-driven DeFi interactions. Aperture announced a $6.7 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Skyland Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund, and Krypital Group, with participation from Alchemy, SNZ, Stratified Capital, Tide, Cipholio, ViaBTC, CatcherVC, and Double Peak. The article does not provide revenue, user metrics, or detailed plans for the use of proceeds.

• BAC Games

  Participated · Seed · May 2024

  BAC Games is a collection of casual Web3 games. Its first game, Blast Auto Clubs, has opened a group-to-earn mode. The company recently completed a $1.5 million seed round of financing. Named investors in the round include Hash Global, Matr1x, GateLabs, Stratified Capital, W Labs and Nothing Research, alongside individual backers such as Joseph A.C. Lloyd, Laobai, Piers Kicks, Saku, Victor and Ash. BAC Games plans to conduct an IDO at the end of May.

• Owlto

  Participated · Equity · May 2024

  Owlto is a crypto finance project preparing and promoting its first token under the @Owlto_Finance name. The company has been reported to conduct promotional activity since July 8 and to have completed an earlier seed raise reported at $150+. In May 2024 Owlto executed an $8 million strategic financing led by Bixin Ventures and CE Innovation Capital with participation from Hailstone Labs, Presto Labs, Skyland Ventures, GSR, Blocore, SNZ Capital, and Kroma Network. Public reporting links the financing directly to the token launch effort. The articles do not disclose revenue, user metrics, valuation, or specific use-of-proceeds details.

• MetaBlox

  Participated · Equity · Mar 2024

  Metablox develops DePIN solutions focused on simplifying access to public WiFi through its Roam protocol. Roam enables users to traverse public WiFi networks using decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials (VCs), creating a unified global WiFi OpenRoaming network. The protocol interlinks distinct WiFi networks to remove repeated log-ins, reconnecting, password sharing and redundant registrations during local or international travel. The company said it will use new funding to enhance operational capabilities, broaden market presence and accelerate adoption of its DePIN solutions. Metablox is based in Vancouver, BC, Canada and is a portfolio company of NFT Technologies Inc. MetaBlox is described in the article as a DePIN project. The company completed a $5 million financing round at the end of 2023. That round was led by Anagram and Volt Capital, with participation from Comma3 Ventures, ECMC Group, Awesome People Ventures, Stratified Capital, DePIN Labs, Future 3 Campus, IoTeX, ZC Capital and JDI. Earlier angel investors Synergis and SNZ continued to invest in the strategic round. The article does not provide details on MetaBlox's core product, future plans, operating metrics, valuation, or the specific financing instrument.

• CrystalFun

  Participated · Seed · Feb 2024

  Crystal Fun is a Singapore-based decentralized gaming mega-ecosystem and studio focused on integrating high-quality games with sustainable economic systems for Web3. The company raised $5M in Seed funding and will use the proceeds for production and operation of its games and the platform. Crystal Fun has announced plans to release four games: OUTER, Endless War, StarFall, and Survivor. OUTER is currently being tested and is described as a highly free and open-ended role-playing game set against the backdrop of space exploration, featuring rich gameplay and a complex economic system. The studio combines game development and platform operation to support in-game economies and user experiences.

No current team members are available.