Ali Shaikhaπ Startup #13: Rain
Segment: DeFi / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed https://www.raincards.xyz/Purpose: Corporate card built for Web3 teams to be able to access their funds and manage spend Problem: As Web3 teams grow accessing your funds and managing spend becomes complicated, where you need to use a centralized exchange to access your funds Solution: A corporate card that syncs to a decentralized wallet and allows teams to access their funds easily and track their spending Team:Charles Naut - Co-founderFarooq...
Ali Shaikhaπ Startup #12: Chaingrep
Segment: Infrastructure / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed https://chaingrep.com/Purpose: Making on-chain data easy to ready and understand Problem: Blockchains are fairly complex and understanding how protocols work is challenging. This complexity is preventing adoption of crypto the the masses. Solution: An API that converts strings of data which are random numbers and letter to easy to understand words formulated into sentences. Team:Merwane Drai - Co-founder and CEORosco Kalis - Co-found...
Ali Shaikhaπ Startup #8: Dialect
Segment: DeFi / Business Model: B2C / Stage: Seed https://www.dialect.to/Purpose: Web3 messaging technology to provide wallets a secure way to communicate on Solana Problem: Not all users want to dox their emails or phone numbers to communicate or receive notification in the Web3 environment (sharing personal information isnβt ideal). This is particularly the case for DeFi users or on-chain gamers Solution: Communicate directly from wallet to wallet and dapp notifcations, without the need for...
Crypto enthusiast. I'm obsessed with what the future could look like and the interesting startups creating this space. X-ice cream addict.
Ali Shaikhaπ Startup #13: Rain
Segment: DeFi / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed https://www.raincards.xyz/Purpose: Corporate card built for Web3 teams to be able to access their funds and manage spend Problem: As Web3 teams grow accessing your funds and managing spend becomes complicated, where you need to use a centralized exchange to access your funds Solution: A corporate card that syncs to a decentralized wallet and allows teams to access their funds easily and track their spending Team:Charles Naut - Co-founderFarooq...
Ali Shaikhaπ Startup #12: Chaingrep
Segment: Infrastructure / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed https://chaingrep.com/Purpose: Making on-chain data easy to ready and understand Problem: Blockchains are fairly complex and understanding how protocols work is challenging. This complexity is preventing adoption of crypto the the masses. Solution: An API that converts strings of data which are random numbers and letter to easy to understand words formulated into sentences. Team:Merwane Drai - Co-founder and CEORosco Kalis - Co-found...
Ali Shaikhaπ Startup #8: Dialect
Segment: DeFi / Business Model: B2C / Stage: Seed https://www.dialect.to/Purpose: Web3 messaging technology to provide wallets a secure way to communicate on Solana Problem: Not all users want to dox their emails or phone numbers to communicate or receive notification in the Web3 environment (sharing personal information isnβt ideal). This is particularly the case for DeFi users or on-chain gamers Solution: Communicate directly from wallet to wallet and dapp notifcations, without the need for...
Crypto enthusiast. I'm obsessed with what the future could look like and the interesting startups creating this space. X-ice cream addict.
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Segment: DeFi / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed
https://www.genesisvolatility.io/
Purpose: Find edge and capture alpha in crypto options
Problem: Crypto is very volatile and there are so many tokens to throw money at, but finding the best investment can be difficult
Solution: Crypto options analytics platform that identifes opportunities and manages risks to formulate better trading decisions
Team:
Greg Magadini - Co-founder and CEO
Patrick Doyle - Co-founder and President
Daniel Durante - CTO
Traction:
Funding: Raised a $3M seed round from Delphi Digital, Quantum Leaps Capital Partners, Profluent Trading, RSE Ventures and Nascent Ventures
Product: Built by traders for traders, $79/month for a UI and $899/month for an API. Both pulling in live and historical data and loops in DeFi data too
Positive Signals:
Segment: DeFi / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed
https://www.genesisvolatility.io/
Purpose: Find edge and capture alpha in crypto options
Problem: Crypto is very volatile and there are so many tokens to throw money at, but finding the best investment can be difficult
Solution: Crypto options analytics platform that identifes opportunities and manages risks to formulate better trading decisions
Team:
Greg Magadini - Co-founder and CEO
Patrick Doyle - Co-founder and President
Daniel Durante - CTO
Traction:
Funding: Raised a $3M seed round from Delphi Digital, Quantum Leaps Capital Partners, Profluent Trading, RSE Ventures and Nascent Ventures
Product: Built by traders for traders, $79/month for a UI and $899/month for an API. Both pulling in live and historical data and loops in DeFi data too
Positive Signals:
Investors: Lead investors being Delphi is a big positive signal, strong alignment for investor-product fit
Traction: Built a strong list of partners (Bitcom, Deribit, Ledger X, Opyn, Paradigm) and will use seed round funding to further this integration
Market: Intitutional investors are still on the rise and more money likely to continue flowing into this space, as with all crypto this is early!
Risks:
Traction: No real information on growth and how many customers they are able to capture - this will be one to follow
Moat: Unsure what make them defensible, will it be to win as many deals early and get API integration, but thatβs probably not the best moat. Will it be additional features they add that makes it easy for traders to made decision
Investors: Lead investors being Delphi is a big positive signal, strong alignment for investor-product fit
Traction: Built a strong list of partners (Bitcom, Deribit, Ledger X, Opyn, Paradigm) and will use seed round funding to further this integration
Market: Intitutional investors are still on the rise and more money likely to continue flowing into this space, as with all crypto this is early!
Risks:
Traction: No real information on growth and how many customers they are able to capture - this will be one to follow
Moat: Unsure what make them defensible, will it be to win as many deals early and get API integration, but thatβs probably not the best moat. Will it be additional features they add that makes it easy for traders to made decision
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