Decentralization for everyone through dynamic state sharding
We invested in Shardeum’s $18.2M seed round alongside with Struck Crypto, Jane Street, DFG, CoinGecko, Spartan and many more.
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No more wash-trading via AI-enabled bitsCrunch
We invested in bitsCrunch strategic round along side Coinbase Ventures, Animoca, Polygon, Crypto.com, Covalent, LedgerPrime and others
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Interoperable branded assest for metaverses
We invested in Metaprints which is creating a blueprint for Metaverses and is an Animoca subsidiary
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Parametric Cover Protocol that provides financial protection
We backed Neptune Mutual’s $5.3M round along side Animoca, Coinbase Ventures, Fenbushi, Okx, Huobi, GSR and others
![Neptune mutual](https://mapleblock.capital/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/title_ST_neptune.png)
Investment in Cross Chain Assets management with privacy
We invested in Zecrey’s $3.5M Strategic round along side Binance Labs, Spartan, Fundamental Labs, Fenbushi Capital, Amber and many others
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Two-Sided NFT-backed P2B Loan Protocol
We invested in Pine’s $3M Private round along side Sino Global, Amber, Spartan, Alameda Research, Impossible Finance, Gate Labs etc. Pine is a decentralized NFT-backed borrowing and lending protocol providing a 2-sided platform where NFT holders gain access to liquidity and for cryptocurrency holders to earn yield.
![Pine Protocol](https://mapleblock.capital/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/title_ST_pine.png)
Cross Dex Margin Trading
We made a strategic investment in Primex’s seed round of $5.7M along side CoinFund, Hypersphere, Wintermute, Stratos Technologies, GSR, LedgerPrime and others. Primex is a new prime brokerage liquidity protocol for margin trading on DEXs with trader scoring mechanisms.
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Africa’s Portal to Crypto Economy
We are excited to announce our strategic investment in MARA’s $23M raise alongside FTX, Coinbase and many other investors. Mara is building a centralized cryptocurrency exchange with Pan-Africa servicing, an open finance and lending platform, and an NFT marketplace, all tailored to the requirements of the African populace.
![Coinmara](https://mapleblock.capital/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/title_ST_mara.png)
NFT Marketplace for music and entertainment industry
We made a strategic investment in LimeWire seed round of $10.4M along side Kraken Ventures, XRP Arrington Capital, Crypto.com, GSR and others. LimeWire, which originally started as a P2P file-sharing platform for music and films, returns in 2022 as an NFT marketplace for the music industry with community hosting features for artists and fans.
![Limewire](https://mapleblock.capital/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/title_ST_limewire.png)
Bridging Liquidity with Router Protocol
We backed Router Protocol in their $4.1M private round along side Coinbase, Wintermute and others. Router Protocol is a cross-chain infrastructure layer enabling seamless communication and transfer of assets across multiple prominent blockchain networks, expanding the realm of possibilities in DeFi.
![Router protocol](https://mapleblock.capital/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/title_ST_router.png)
Pocket Network-Investment Thesis
Pocket Network is a decentralized infrastructure protocol. The project tackles the data dependence of dApps on centralized infrastructure providers and delivers a resilient and distributed solution to cater to their data requirement needs.
![](https://mapleblock.capital/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/title_ST_Pokt.jpg)
DeFi Land-Investment thesis
DeFi land is a multi-chain gamified asset management layer for decentralized finance. The project seeks to unlock mass adoption of DeFi through a friendly user experience & onboarding process. The project combines elements of play-to-earn blockchain games alongside an easy-to-use DeFi management toolkit.
![](https://mapleblock.capital/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/title_ST_defiland.jpg)