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0xEssential enables digital asset ownership through portability and offers tools and platforms that help create NFTs. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

3Box Labs is a pioneering company in the Web3 space, creating software that enhances data composability through its decentralized network, Ceramic. With a mission to foster a more open and safe web, they provide tools like IDX for decentralized identity management and 3ID Connect for user authentication. Their innovative solutions allow developers to build data-rich applications without traditional databases, positioning them as leaders in the Web3 ecosystem. They have raised $30 million from notable investors and have a growing user base, making them a compelling investment opportunity in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Afterparty is a creator community platform. We give the most innovative creators, artists, and builders in Web3 the tools for delivering world-class experiences to their biggest fans. For the first time ever, fans get to participate in the success of their favorite artists and creators.

Agoric is committed to making strong security easier to achieve. Creating secure smart contracts using today’s technology is inherently difficult. That difficulty has limited both the number of applications created and the number of programmers qualified to create them. We are developing an open, JavaScript-based, Object-Capability (OCAP) programming layer to address both issues. The Agoric OCAP layer will include robust security properties beyond anything available today, and it will provide that security across substrates, from local machines to global blockchains.

Akave is revolutionizing data management with a decentralized, modular L2 solution that combines the robust storage of Filecoin with cutting-edge encryption and easy-to-use interfaces. The company aims to empower users to manage, store, and secure their data on their terms, enabling a world where all assets live on-chain. Akave's products, including the Akave Oasis protocol and Akave O3 gateway, provide scalable, cost-effective solutions for data storage and management, offering up to 80% cost savings compared to centralized solutions. With a focus on data integrity and security, Akave is positioned to unlock a massive new market for decentralized data solutions, particularly for AI workloads and enterprise clients.

Anjuna created the first universal confidential computing platform to run applications in any cloud with complete data security and privacy. Anjuna Seaglass isolates workloads in a hardware-assisted environment that intrinsically secures data in every state to create a zero trust environment for code and data. Anjuna Seaglass empowers enterprises to directly control application-level trust policies, ensuring that only trusted code can access sensitive data. Anjuna works with enterprises around the globe in industries such as financial services, government, and blockchain.

We believe decentralized infrastructure is an opportunity north of a trillion dollars. However, there is an extremely narrow set of conditions by which this outcome is realized. We view this as an opportunity to create substantial amounts of value. If you’re a capital allocator looking to get a pulse on decentralized infrastructure, reach out. We spend our time working with builders across the stack (storage, retrieval, compute, DA layers, etc.) - we’d love to share what we know and what we’re seeing. If you’re a builder or ecosystem working on decentralizing the cloud, we’d love to chat. We’re here to help accelerate roadmaps, make connections, amplify great projects, and drive awareness.

Anytype is a developer of file storage software for Web3 that is intended to provide a secure location for digital content. The company's software keeps information locally and allows clients to manage their work online by creating dashboards and capturing and organizing ideas with text, photos, and dozens of other media types without compromising privacy.

Artizen helps communities crowdfund new grants for art, science, and public goods.

Audius' mission is to create a fully decentralized community of artists, developers, and listeners collaborating to share and defend the world’s music. To find out more, please visit: https://audius.org and https://audius.co Artists deserve more.

Āut is an extendable protocol designed to power the next generation of human coordination. The DAOs 2.0, if you like, or a DAO renaissance. It does so by "expanding" any standard DAO contract - with custom membership modules on top. Āut is a protocol that expands any DAO’s legacy contract (i.e.: a Moloch DAO), bringing expandable, customizable membership and governance modules at contract level for Web3 communities. At its core, it adds the native concept of role and interaction at contract level - so that each member of a community is represented in a much more multidimensional, richer way - other than a flat 0x… address. Currently, together with the protocol, the Āut suite has a few products available: - Āut Expander: to integrate Āut, add roles and expand DAO membership. - DĀUT: a decentralized authentication system for DAOs. - Āutboard: a DAO OS, to manage members, tasks and community modules. - (My) ĀutID: a public profile and portfolio for self-sovereign, non-transferable NFT.