Blockchain Fund Newsletter — Q2 2022

Other New Investments

Since we raised Blockchain Fund 2021, we’ve continued to deploy capital, adding new companies and follow-ons across a diverse range of sectors, stages, and geographies. Learn more about these investments below.

• Aurora, a company whose Ethereum Virtual Machine and cross-chain bridge deliver a turnkey solution for developers to launch decentralized apps within minutes
• Babylon, a cryptocurrency security platform whose Proof-of-Work chain solves security issues for Proof-of-Stake blockchain-based algorithms that secure many cryptocurrencies
• Colu, a mobile app platform whose white-label city coin incentivizes residents to take small actions to make city life more economically, environmentally, and socially responsible
• DNABlock, a 3D animation platform enabling users to create 3D avatars and cinema-quality animated content that can be easily minted as NFTs
• Ecosapiens, a project creating NFTs that enable consumer adoption of carbon offset purchases, which traditionally have been bought by corporations
• ETHSign, a decentralized, versioned, and consensus-based electronic agreements-signing application built on Ethereum, IPFS, and Filecoin
• Fan Controlled Football (FCF), a livestreaming, interactive sports platform allowing fans to participate in drafts, determine their team’s game roster, and call plays in real-time
• GamerGains, a company that allows gamers to earn tokens simply for logging hours on the games they already love playing
• GreenParkSports, a mobile game and digital experiences developer whose flagship product is a native, free-to-play mobile game played over the top of sporting and eSports events
• Helium, an open-source, distributed Hotspot network owned and operated by users who are incentivized with tokens
• MintNFT, a platform for brands to create digital collectibles and fan marketplaces to sell NFTs and launch branded environments
• PIXELYNX, a metaverse platform making it easy for musical artists to launch their own interactive environment and monetize it through NFT, playable experiences, and virtual performances
• Qredo, a company using the latest innovations in cryptography and distributed ledger technology to deliver unique solutions for securing and trading digital assets
• Stacked Labs, a cryptocurrency platform allowing users to easily access trading strategies and investment portfolios from leading hedge funds and traders
• Stadium Live Studios, a consumer social company building an authentic, unique metaverse for the next generation of sports fans to create, connect, and play with others around the world
• Subspace Labs, a high-performance platform helping developers overcome latency and network issues to improve network quality while protecting their applications’ availability
• Tibles, an NFT studio and marketplace focused on digital collectibles from pop culture and entertainment brands that users can collect and own
• Upland, an online property-trading game that enables players to buy, sell, trade, and develop virtual real estate properties based on real-world addresses

Investments To Be Announced

• Novel proof-of-time blockchain network enabling cross-chain interoperability of time (event) data between decentralized applications
• Game developer building a franchise of fantasy sports-themed video games that let players create their own metaverse of competitions and competitors based on real athletes
• High-quality launchpad for curating gamefi, guilds, and metaverse projects that features seamless ways to turn token buyers into long-term holders
• Company with an early-stage protocol that intends to create the world’s largest and open P2E network for virtual ecosystems
• Platform using proprietary AI to track companies, professionals, and market activities to uncover business activity data that helps growth teams and investors identify and act on important signals
• Mobile app enabling Next-Gen augmented reality gameplay by allowing users to turn NFT avatars into playable characters
• Blockchain solution combining the best features of foundational blockchain architecture and overlay networks to improve performance and scalability while maintaining security and decentralization
• Marketplace for voluntary carbon offsets, allowing high-quality carbon projects to access financing before certification

Follow-on Investments

• Mythical, a game technology platform enabling true ownership of digital assets, verifiable scarcity, and integrated secondary markets using distributed ledger technology to build in-game player economies

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