Blockchain & Web3

From DeFi to real-world assets, blockchain is maturing beyond speculation. Explore the startups building the decentralized infrastructure for finance, identity, and ownership.

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$42.0B
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Top Startups in Blockchain & Web3

Fiserv Inc.

Global financial technology provider for banks, credit unions, merchants, and businesses.

Banking Technology
Embedded Finance
Payments
$500M
Milwaukee
Fireblocks

Fireblocks

Enterprise digital asset infrastructure platform enabling banks, exchanges, and fintechs to securely custody, transfer, tokenize, and settle digital assets at institutional scale.

Blockchain
Digital Assets
Fintech
$1.0B
New York City

Crypto.com

The best place to buy, sell, and pay with cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrency
Fintech
Blockchain
$63M
Singapore
StarkWare

StarkWare

Blockchain
NFT
Crypto
$180M

Founders Fund

Venture capital firm investing in revolutionary technologies and ambitious founders tackling big problems.

Venture Capital
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
$19.9B
San Francisco

Binance

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange platform providing a comprehensive blockchain and digital asset ecosystem.

Fintech
Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
$2.0B
Abu Dhabi
Polygon

Polygon

A framework and platform for building and connecting blockchain networks, focusing on scalability and usability for Ethereum.

Blockchain
Web3
DeFi
$917M
Mumbai
Talos

Talos

Blockchain
Trading
Crypto
$145M
Alchemy

Alchemy

Leading blockchain developer platform providing infrastructure, APIs, and tools to build scalable Web3 applications.

Blockchain
Web3
SaaS
$450M
San Francisco
Chainalysis

Chainalysis

Blockchain data platform providing compliance, investigation, and risk management software for global institutions and governments.

Fintech
Blockchain
Cybersecurity
$170M
New York
OpenSea

OpenSea

A multi-chain crypto trading aggregator for NFTs, tokens, and other digital assets.

Fintech
Web3
Blockchain
$423M
New York
SG Forge

SG Forge

Société Générale's innovation hub for digital assets.

Financial Services
Digital Assets
Blockchain
N/A
Paris
Bitso

Bitso

A leading cryptocurrency exchange in Latin America.

Fintech
Cryptocurrency
Blockchain
$250M
Mexico City
Keyrock

Keyrock

A digital asset services firm providing market making, asset management, and options trading.

Fintech
Cryptocurrency
Digital Assets
$176M
Brussels
Uniswap

Uniswap

A leading decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol enabling automated token swaps on the Ethereum blockchain.

DeFi
Web3
Blockchain
$522M
New York City
Seedcamp

Seedcamp

Europe's first and most active pre-seed and seed fund.

Venture Capital
Fintech
Deep Tech
$220M
London

Maya

A digital banking and payments platform offering a digital wallet, savings, credit, and merchant services.

Fintech
Digital Banking
Payments
$712M
Taguig
Arbitrum

Arbitrum

Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum using optimistic rollups to increase speed and reduce fees.

Fintech
Blockchain
Web3
$144M
New York

Celestia

A modular blockchain network.

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
$63M
Zug
Phantom

Phantom

A multi-chain crypto wallet providing secure asset management, trading, and embedded developer SDKs.

Fintech
Web3
Crypto
$268M
San Francisco
Block

Block

Financial services and digital payments company.

Fintech
Payments
Financial Services
$10M
San Francisco
Mambu

Mambu

The composable, API-first cloud banking platform.

Fintech
Banking
Cloud Computing
$444M
Berlin
Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital is a regulated digital asset bank for institutions.

Fintech
Digital Assets
Crypto Exchange
$587M
Porto
Immutable X

Immutable X

A Layer 2 scaling solution for NFTs on Ethereum, offering gas-free minting and trading.

Web3
Blockchain
NFT
$347M
Melbourne
Wintermute

Wintermute

A leading global algorithmic trading firm and liquidity provider in digital assets.

Algorithmic Trading
Market Making
Digital Assets
$25M
London
Grove

Grove

Institutional-grade credit infrastructure protocol for onchain finance.

Fintech
Blockchain
Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
$1.0B
Miami
Ledger

Ledger

Hardware and software solutions for secure management of digital assets and Web3 interactions.

Fintech
Web3
Blockchain
$572M
Paris
Polymarket

Polymarket

A blockchain-based prediction market platform for trading shares on real-world event outcomes.

Fintech
Blockchain
Prediction Market
$2.1B
New York
FTX

FTX

A cryptocurrency exchange that collapsed due to fraud and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Crypto Exchange
Fintech
Web3
$1.8B
Nassau
Hyperliquid Strategies

Hyperliquid Strategies

Digital asset treasury company focused on accumulating HYPE tokens and maximizing shareholder value.

Fintech
Digital Assets
Cryptocurrency
$1.9B
New York
Gemini

Gemini

A regulated cryptocurrency exchange and custodian focused on security and compliance.

Generative AI
Productivity
Fintech
$10M
New York City
QuickNode

QuickNode

Blockchain infrastructure provider offering high-performance RPC nodes and developer tools for Web3 applications.

Blockchain
Web3
SaaS
$95M
Miami
Optimism

Optimism

Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution using optimistic rollups to enable fast, low-cost transactions.

Blockchain
Fintech
Infrastructure
$179M
New York City

Wormhole

Leading interoperability platform enabling secure cross-chain messaging and asset transfers across multiple blockchain networks.

Blockchain
Web3
DeFi
$225M
George Town
Solana

Solana

High-performance blockchain powering decentralized applications and crypto projects.

Blockchain
DeFi
NFTs
$513M
San Francisco
Dune Analytics

Dune Analytics

A collaborative platform for querying, visualizing, and sharing blockchain data using SQL.

Fintech
SaaS
Blockchain
$79M
Oslo
Magic Eden

Magic Eden

A leading multi-chain NFT marketplace for discovering, trading, and creating digital assets and collectibles.

Fintech
Web3
Blockchain
$157M
San Francisco
Moonpay

Moonpay

Global crypto infrastructure provider enabling fiat-to-crypto on-ramp and off-ramp solutions for businesses and users.

Fintech
Cryptocurrency
Web3
$555M
Miami
Figure Technology Solutions

Figure Technology Solutions

Blockchain-native capital marketplace for the origination, funding, sale, and trading of tokenized financial assets.

Fintech
Blockchain
Lending
$65M
Reno
Blockaid

Blockaid

Blockchain
Cybersecurity
Web3
$82M
bloXroute Labs

bloXroute Labs

Crypto
DeFi
Blockchain
$98M
TRM Labs

TRM Labs

Blockchain intelligence platform helping institutions detect, investigate, and prevent cryptocurrency fraud and financial crime.

Cryptocurrency
Financial Technology
Security
$70M
San Francisco
Genies

Genies

AI avatar and companion company creating personalized digital identities for the metaverse and Web3.

AI Avatar
Digital Identity
Metaverse
$243M
Los Angeles
Nous Research

Nous Research

Open-source AI research lab training decentralized large language models on Solana blockchain

Artificial Intelligence
Open Source
Blockchain
$70M
New York City
Dapper Labs

Dapper Labs

Blockchain company known for creating NBA Top Shot and CryptoKitties.

Blockchain
NFT
Digital Collectibles
$614M
Vancouver

OpenFX

FX infrastructure company revolutionizing cross-border money movement.

Fintech
Blockchain
Payments
$94M
New York
ether.fi

ether.fi

Decentralized, non-custodial staking protocol for Ethereum and other liquid staking tokens.

DeFi
Web3
Blockchain
$77M
Zug
Blockchain

Blockchain

A leading crypto finance house providing a global exchange, wallet, and institutional services.

Fintech
Web3
Blockchain
$521M
New York
MakerDAO

MakerDAO

A decentralized autonomous organization managing the Dai stablecoin and the Maker Protocol on Ethereum.

Fintech
Blockchain
DeFi
$15M
San Francisco
Li.Fi

Li.Fi

Cross-chain aggregation protocol for bridging and swapping assets across blockchains.

Fintech
Blockchain
Web3
$52M
Berlin

Five Bells

Digital asset post-trade infrastructure platform.

Fintech
Blockchain
Digital Assets
N/A
New York
XMTP

XMTP

Extensible Message Transport Protocol for secure, decentralized, and identity-native messaging across Web3 applications.

AI
SaaS
Fintech
$50M
San Francisco
CertiK

CertiK

Blockchain security and auditing firm providing smart contract auditing, KYC, and security tools.

Web3
Blockchain
DeFi
$242M
New York
Payflows

Payflows

AI-powered finance operations platform that unifies procurement, treasury, AP/AR, and cashflow management for finance teams.

Fintech
Finance Operations
Payments
$32M
Paris
Flowdesk

Flowdesk

Digital asset trading and technology firm providing institutional liquidity and OTC trading services.

Fintech
Digital Assets
Cryptocurrency
$224M
Paris
Brave

Brave

A privacy-focused browser and search engine that blocks ads and trackers, rewarding users with cryptocurrency.

Web Browser
Privacy
Ad Blocking
$92M
San Francisco
21Shares

21Shares

Leading issuer of crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) globally.

Fintech
Crypto Exchange
DeFi
$273M
Zurich
Immunefi

Immunefi

The leading bug bounty and security services platform for Web3 projects.

Web3
Blockchain
DeFi
$27M
Miami
SuperGaming

SuperGaming

Building India's gaming revolution with Web3-enabled multiplayer games and a proprietary development platform.

Games Studio
Web3
Developer Tools
$22M
Pune
The Graph

The Graph

An indexing protocol for querying blockchain data, enabling developers to easily access and organize information from decentralized networks.

Web3
Blockchain
DeFi
$207M
San Francisco
Web3 is in its pragmatic era. After the 2022 crash wiped $2T in market cap and eliminated tourists, the surviving startups are building real products with real revenue. Coinbase ($50B+), Circle (USDC issuer), and Chainalysis (compliance) are profitable. Layer 2 networks (Arbitrum, Optimism, Base) are processing more transactions than Ethereum mainnet at 1/100th the cost. The narrative has shifted from "decentralize everything" to "decentralize what benefits from it." Real-world asset tokenization (RWA) is the breakout use case: BlackRock's BUIDL fund, Ondo Finance, and Centrifuge are tokenizing treasuries, real estate, and credit. Stablecoins ($170B+ in circulation) are the blockchain's killer app — they process more volume than Visa. DeFi has matured into genuine financial infrastructure. Aave, Uniswap, and Maker generate hundreds of millions in protocol revenue. Liquid staking (Lido, $15B+ TVL) created a new asset class. The startups winning now solve compliance (Chainalysis, Elliptic), custody (Fireblocks, BitGo), and interoperability (LayerZero, Axelar). The biggest opportunity is at the intersection of AI and crypto: autonomous agents that hold wallets, execute trades, and manage portfolios without human intervention.

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