# Portfolio We back bold and passionate early stage founders shaping the digital future through Web3 and convergent technologies at pre-seed and seed stage. As a hands-on VC, we offer targeted mentorship and a powerful network when you need it most. | Project | Stage | Year | Location | Status | Description | | ---------------- | -------- | ---- | -------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Blink Labs | Pre-seed | 2023 | United Kingdom | Active | Specializes in gas rebates and transaction protection on Ethereum. | | Bloxmove | Pre-seed | 2021 | Germany | Inactive | A Star Alliance-style platform for mobility payments. | | Busha | Seed | 2021 | Nigeria | Active | A major African crypto platform for exchange, storage, and payments. | | Byzantine | Pre-seed | 2025 | France | Active | Simplifying restaking through cross-chain unification. | | Cheqd | Seed | 2019 | Global | Active | Infrastructure for payments and trust in digital identity. | | Deip | Seed | 2021 | Global | Inactive | Web3 protocols and tools for the creative economy. | | Digital Seals | Pre-seed | 2021 | Germany | Inactive | Supercomputing and crypto mining, initially focused on Chia. | | Dusk | Seed | 2018 | Netherlands | Active | Private financial solutions and tokenized traditional assets. | | Fetch.ai | Seed | 2018 | Global | Active | Autonomous agent network integrating AI and blockchain. | | Fio Protocol | Seed | 2019 | United States | Active | Protocol for user-friendly wallet addresses and crypto payments. | | Fuel | Seed | 2021 | Global | Active | High-performance optimistic rollup Layer 2 scaling solution. | | Hedera Hashgraph | Seed | 2018 | Global | Active | Scalable public ledger built on hashgraph consensus. | | Monk | Seed | 2018 | Global | Active | Development orchestration platform. | | Nilos | Seed | 2024 | Israel | Active | Payment infrastructure, FX solutions with stablecoins, multi-currency accounts. | | Ocean Protocol | Seed | 2018 | United States | Active | Decentralized data exchange protocol for secure data sharing. | | Pocket Network | Seed | 2019 | Global | Active | RPC access layer for blockchain networks (DePIN). | | Rebind | Pre-seed | 2025 | France | Active | Mobile platform for yield, trading, and asset management. | | Rise | Seed | 2018 | Germany | Active | AI trading platform with regulated security token and dividends. | | River | Pre-seed | 2024 | United States | Active | Organizing offline events from online communities. | | Salto X | Seed | 2022 | Estonia | Active | Simplifying employee participation in startup equity. | | Seda | Seed | 2021 | Global | Active | Oracle infrastructure for building custom data streams. | | Shyft | Seed | 2018 | Global | Active | Reputation and identity protocol for digital trust systems. | | Solana | Seed | 2018 | United States | Active | High-performance blockchain for scalable dApps. | | Spherity | Seed | 2023 | Germany | Active | Decentralized identity management in pharma, mobility, banking. | | Spiko | Pre-seed | 2024 | France | Active | Tokenized and compliant money markets inside crypto wallets. | | Staex | Pre-seed | 2022 | Germany | Active | IoT + blockchain for distributed device management. | | TON | Seed | 2018 | Global | Inactive | Telegram’s blockchain network focused on speed, privacy, and payments. | | Tlon | Seed | 2024 | United States | Active | Urbit super-app for local data storage and decentralized computing. | | Tranched | Seed | 2024 | France | Active | On-chain securitization for faster institutional transactions. | | Validation Cloud | Seed | 2023 | Switzerland | Active | Web3 infra: secure node management and decentralized services. | | Vaporware | Seed | 2023 | United States | Active | Solid-state interpreter and application framework development. | | Verv | Seed | 2018 | United Kingdom | Active | AI-powered predictions for sustainable energy systems. | | Xylene | Pre-seed | 2021 | Germany | Inactive | Blockchain-based supply chain and product origin tracing. | | Zealy | Seed | 2023 | France | Active | Community growth platform turning users into contributors. | --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://nexus-ventures.gitbook.io/nexus-ventures/basics/portfolio.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.