Participated · Equity · Jan 2023

Fuel Labs positions its technology as a new computation and development paradigm tailored for modular blockchains, branding itself as the fastest modular layer with strong security guarantees and adaptable bandwidth. The project currently offers the Fuel Wallet and an operational public testnet, encouraging users to interact with the network through detailed “from A to Z” testing guides. Community growth is a strategic priority: an ambassador program previously selected 10 participants, and the team signals that early contributors may be rewarded. While the company has not disclosed revenue or user counts, it highlights the significance of its testnet activity and community engagement on Discord and Twitter. Fuel Labs has secured more than $80 million in outside investment, underscoring substantial market confidence. The investor roster spans notable crypto funds, infrastructure projects, and DeFi platforms, including CoinFund, Blockchain Capital, MathWallet, TrustPad, Rarible, Boba Network, The Graph, THORChain, ParaSwap, and Celestia. The capital supports ongoing protocol development, ecosystem tooling, and preparations for mainnet launch.

Participated · Seed · May 2022

Lighthouse Labs is an open metaverse navigation engine that enables users to search for places, events, friends, creators, assets and experiences across and within virtual worlds. Through its portal, users can discover trending activities, build friend groups to explore the metaverse, see where their NFTs are usable, and follow brands and creators. Lighthouse powers its solution by directly integrating with the virtual worlds it indexes to provide searchability. The company intends to use the Seed funding to grow its engineering and community teams, expand the universe of worlds it partners with, and launch its platform in Summer 2022. Lighthouse raised US$7M in Seed funding and is focused on expanding partnerships and product availability. It was founded by Jonathan Brun and Justine Massicotte and is based in Montreal, Canada.

Participated · Seed · May 2022

Lighthouse is building an open metaverse navigation engine that lets users search for places, events, creators, experiences, assets and friends across and within virtual worlds. The platform will offer a portal showing trending activities, friend groups, where NFTs are usable, and the work of specific brands and creators. Lighthouse powers search by directly integrating with the virtual worlds it supports to enable real-time discovery. The company announced a US$7 million seed raise and plans to launch its platform in Summer 2022. Funding will be used to grow engineering and community teams and expand the universe of partner worlds. Founders Jonathan Brun and Justine Massicotte bring experience in digital assets and enterprise search.

Participated · Equity · Sep 2021

Pollen DAO is a decentralized portfolio management protocol that enables creation and distribution of tokenized DeFi portfolio and index tokens while generating yield for token holders. Its core product is a decentralized platform for managing tokenized asset pools with a merit-based reputation governance and incentive system. The protocol allows users to curate custom asset pools and features dynamic, continuously rebalanced indexes optimized for 24/7 markets. Pollen positions itself as the "Uniswap of asset management," aiming to revamp portfolio management and incentive models. The project plans to launch on Ethereum and Polygon initially and to expand as a cross-chain solution per its roadmap. Strategic support cited in the announcement includes a grant from The Graph Foundation, backing from AlphaBit, and assistance from the Polygon team.