How AV’s Blockchain & Fintech Team Helps Web3 Startups Thrive

ChainML Labs is developing Theoriq, a protocol and marketplace for AI agents designed to work collaboratively to achieve better results for users. Unlike monolithic AI models from major tech companies, ChainML envisions a diverse ecosystem where specialized agents, created by developers and entrepreneurs, work together seamlessly to enhance both consumer and business applications.

Space and Time offers a decentralized data warehouse platform revolutionizing how data is verified and secured in AI and blockchain applications. The company is addressing the growing need for transparency, verifiability, and security in data processing.

Ava Protocol is developing core Web3 infrastructure for intent-based private autonomous transactions. The company employs a novel technical model that automates the transaction process and supports all blockchain networks by autonomously connecting them across the chain.

Pixelynx, a co-investment with Animoca Brands, Niantic (Pokémon GO), and Sfermion, is a music metaverse that enables physical and digital music ecosystems for artists to launch and control their own interactive experiences through playable worlds and NFTs.

Bitwave is the leading enterprise-focused digital asset management platform designed to provide visibility and transparency in tax, accounting, and compliance for cryptocurrency, DeFi, and NFTs. Bitwave helps enterprise finance and accounting departments manage and integrate digital assets with traditional bookkeeping and internal systems.

Autonomys (formerly Subspace Network) is a decentralized AI platform that integrates distributed storage, computing power, and various applications to develop AI-powered tools securely. We co-invested with Pantera, Coinbase, Crypto.com, and ConsenSys.

Secure3 enables scalable, transparent security audits for centralized Web3 infrastructure. The company’s platform consists of a marketplace to connect customers with auditors; a streamlined, semi-automatic auditing SaaS; and a DAO to establish data records, audit SOP, and certify auditors.

Napster uses blockchain and token-based economics to bring the current Web2 music streaming economy into the Web3 era. Napster is leveraging its existing assets — including 15M users in 35 countries and 8M+ artists — to deliver compelling and exclusive benefits for artists, fans, and licensees. Napster earns subscription and ad fees, token sales, and a percentage of NFT sales & resales.

Quai Network is building a blockchain that combines the best features of foundational blockchain architecture (Layer 1) such as Ethereum and overlay (L2) networks like Polygon to improve performance and scalability while maintaining security and decentralization. This company’s solution is a fundamental shift in how blockchain technology operates by integrating the functionality of a L2 solution into its own L1 blockchain infrastructure. The result: High transactions per second without sacrificing either decentralization or security.

EthSign, a co-investment with three Sequoia funds (Sequoia U.S., Sequoia India, and Sequoia China) for the first time in Sequoia history, provides transparent blockchain based e-signature product and electronic agreements without privacy concerns.

GamerGains is a next-gen gaming company, democratizing earn-ability across the gaming ecosystem irrespective of skill level. Traditionally, earning as a gamer is reserved for streamers, influencers, and professionals. GamerGains is flipping the script by allowing gamers to earn $GAMER tokens simply for logging hours on the games they already love playing.

Ecosapiens are a series of NFTs that enble consumer adoption of carbon offset purchases which traditionally have been bought by corporations. Each Ecosapien NFT is backed by 20 metric tons of tokenized CO2, equivalent to offsetting a year’s worth of the average American’s carbon output. The company takes 50% of the transaction value fee, with the remaining half used to offset carbon emissions, which are then embedded into the NFT.

Path is an SEC-registered investment firm offering solutions to simplify and personalize the cryptocurrency investing experience. Path’s asset management technologies, automated tools, and investment guidance help users implement effective investing strategies, customize exposure to digital assets, and reach financial goals.

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