Participated · Seed · Jan 2022

Venue One is building a non-custodial, decentralised, fast and global predictions protocol on the Algorand blockchain. The team says its core tech stack and smart contracts were finished in October 2021 and smart contracts were audited in November 2021. They have developed Algorand-specific infrastructure in-house, including oracles and a blockchain indexer, and resolved third-party password-less onboarding integration. Venue One completed seed and private financing rounds by December 2021 and reports those rounds were oversubscribed. Upcoming milestones include a testnet launch (Feb 22), mainnet launch, community AMAs, $VENO airdrops for community and early supporters, a strategic & community round, and a TGE/IDO/token listing. The team plans UI and roadmap updates and emphasizes long‑term focus on the Algorand ecosystem.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2021

Colony is a community-driven fund evolving into a DAO that aims to boost growth across the Avalanche ecosystem. It is powered by a governance token, $CLY. Colony will deploy capital within Avalanche to early-stage projects, provide liquidity to DeFi protocols, maintain an index on top Avalanche projects, and validate networks through stacking capabilities. The fund routes value generated by its investments back to the community via airdrops, a buyback mechanism and staking rewards. Colony has announced it raised over $1M in seed funding to support these activities. The team says it selected investors who share its vision and who will partner with the project for the long term.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2021

Decentology develops Hyperverse, an open, composable marketplace that aims to let developers discover, build and monetize web3 applications across multiple blockchains. Hyperverse is blockchain-agnostic and positioned as the evolution of DappStarter, Decentology’s code-generation platform for web2 developers moving into web3. The company plans to add Flow, Algorand and Ethereum to Hyperverse and to add additional chains following a future token sale. Decentology intends to transition governance to a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) using a community governance model to manage future growth and development. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Nik Kalyani and is based in Mountain View, California. Financially, Decentology secured $4.3M in seed funding to support these product and expansion plans.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2021

BitsCrunch offers a decentralized, AI-powered NFT data platform that provides multi-chain insights and forensic analysis for NFTs and digital assets. The platform enables developers to build dependable NFT applications (dApps) and supports retail, institutional, and venture investors in making better decisions about crypto assets. BitsCrunch emphasizes crypto data forensics and transparency in the NFT space. The company recently secured strategic funding and expanded its community financing via a CoinList sale, demonstrating strong market interest. Management says the investment will help the company scale across multiple chains in the coming years. CEO Vijay Pravin highlighted Cypher Capital's introductions to venture partners and portfolio companies as a valuable contribution to growth. bitsCrunch operates a decentralized, AI-enhanced network that delivers NFT analytics, forensic data, price estimations, and developer tools accessible via APIs. The network aggregates data across multiple blockchains and NFT marketplaces to help users identify risks, fraud, and make informed investment decisions. bitsCrunch ran an incentivized testnet that attracted over 27,000 unique wallets and used CoinList to run a community BCUT token sale that raised $3.85M and added more than 3,300 unique token holders. The BCUT sale offered 7% of a 70,000,000 total supply at $0.055 per token; registrants pre-funded wallets with $21M and more than 38,000 unique registrants from 163 countries participated. The team is preparing for a mainnet launch planned for January 2024; 20% of purchased tokens will be distributed on mainnet with a 12-month linear release. Prior financings include a $3.6M private round led by Animoca Brands and a $2.4M strategic round led by Hashkey Capital, demonstrating institutional backing. bitsCrunch is a Munich, Germany–based blockchain analytics startup that uses artificial intelligence to provide security and analytics tools for the NFT ecosystem. Its products deliver actionable NFT insights to help users decide which NFTs to buy and to safeguard NFT assets against fraud and theft. The company was founded by CEO Vijay Pravin and maintains operations in India. The launch context for its services is a rising tide of NFT fraud—OpenSea reported more than 80% of NFTs created for free on its platform are fraud or spam—driving demand for better safeguards. bitsCrunch said it will use recent funding to expand the team and focus on securing many prominent blockchains. Financially, it announced a $3.6M private funding round led by Animoca Brands. bitsCrunch GmbH is a Chennai- and Germany-based startup that provides blockchain analytics focused on NFTs for collectors and traders. The company describes itself as the "Guardian of the NFT ecosystem" and says it is one of the top four AI companies in Munich, Germany. Its core product blends artificial intelligence with blockchain technology to generate predictive analytical insights from complex data sources. bitsCrunch aims to empower organizations with actionable intelligence and to make the NFT ecosystem safer and more reliable. The company plans to use funding to move products into production and to build infrastructure to expand to other blockchains. In September 2021 bitsCrunch raised $750,000 in a seed round.