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Placeholder

Venture Capital
United StatesEst. Jan 1, 201745 investments
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Placeholder is a Venture Capital investor tracked by Qoory, with 45 linked investments in the current entity graph. Use this page to scan its portfolio, partners, and related news before deciding whether it deserves a spot on your watchlist.

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Venture Capital
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Based in United States
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Founded Jan 1, 2017
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Placeholder is a venture capital firm that invests in decentralized information networks, with a focus on thesis-driven investments. Category: Crypto-Native Fund Founded: Jan , Location: United States

Portfolio

45
Nori
Nori

Carbon trading tokenized market

Funding
Agentcoin
Agentcoin

Network of AI agents

Funding
Agoric
Agoric

Secure smart contracts with hardened JavaScript

Funding$50.0MJan 2022
Botanix
Botanixdefunct

Layer 2 EVM on Bitcoin

Seed$8.5MMay 2024
Tally
Tallydefunct

DAO operations platform

Series A$8.0MApr 2025
Squads
Squads

Smart account standard for SVM

Funding
Solana
Solana

Bring blockchain to the people.

Funding$314.0MJun 2021
Forta Network
Forta Network

Blockchain real-time detection network

Funding$23.0MSep 2021
Futureswap
Futureswap

Decentralized leverage trading protocol

Funding
Rated Labs
Rated Labs

Web3 data infrastructure

Funding
Magic
Magic

AI-powered gaming ecosystem for players and games

Funding
N
Numerai
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Zerion
Zerion

NFT & DeFi portfolio tracker

Funding
ArDrive
ArDrive

Permanent storage application

Funding
Astria
Astria

The Shared Sequencer Network

Strategic$12.5MJun 2024
Avantgarde Finance
Avantgarde Finance

DeFi fund management platform

Funding
WeatherXM
WeatherXM

Decentralized weather network rewarding data contributors

Series A$7.7MMay 2024
Polygon
Polygon

Ethereum's internet of blockchains

Funding$450.0MFeb 2022
zkSync
zkSync

A scaling and privacy engine for Ethereum

Series C$200.0MNov 2022
Monad
Monad

High-speed L1 with parallel execution and near-zero fees

Funding$188.0MNov 2025
Avalanche
Avalanche

Decentralized blockchain

Funding
Cosmos
Cosmos

The Internet of Blockchains

Series A$9.0MMar 2019
Backpack
Backpack

Next-level crypto wallet and exchange.

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Sky
Sky

Governance for Sky Protocol and USDS

Funding$7.0MMar 2020
Aleo
Aleo

Private-by-default blockchain for the web

Series B$200.0MFeb 2022
Recall
Recall

Community-driven AI skill marketplace

Funding
Orca
Orca

The most user-friendly DEX on Solana

Series A$18.0MSep 2021
Balancer
Balancer

Programmable liquidity for DeFi AMMs

Funding$24.3MMay 2021
Across Protocol
Across Protocol

Optimistic cross-chain bridge with no slippage

Funding$41.0MMar 2025
Aragon
Aragon

Empower DAO creation and governance

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UMA
UMA

Priceless DeFi contracts for universal access

Funding
API3
API3

First-party oracles that pay you back

Strategic$4.0MMay 2024
Request Network
Request Network

Decentralized invoicing and stablecoin payments at scale

Funding
Gearbox
Gearbox

Lend, borrow, or 10x leverage in one click

Strategic$4.2MAug 2022
Decred
Decred

Community-governed digital currency for long-term value

Funding
Nexus Mutual
Nexus Mutual

Decentralized cover for smart contract risks.

Funding$2.7MFeb 2021
Tensor
Tensor

Leading Solana NFT marketplace and social trading app

Seed$3.0MApr 2024
Radicle
Radicle

Decentralized code collaboration and funding for developers

Funding$12.0MFeb 2021
FOAM
FOAM

Decentralized proof of location protocol

Funding
Gyroscope
Gyroscope

Resilient stablecoin with diversified reserves and AMMs

Seed$4.5MDec 2021
Stacks
Stacks

Solana's first Hybrid 404 gaming token

Funding$23.0MSep 2019
Celestia
Celestia

Modular data availability for scalable blockchains

Funding
DRiP
DRiP

Creator platform on the Solana

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Save
Save

Fast, cheap, decentralized lending on Solana

IDO$26.0MNov 2021
Rainmaker Games
Rainmaker Games

Blockchain game discovery platform

Funding

News

Aave Monad market growing

@stanikulechov

It should be said more how BULLISH $GRAM (native) memes are There’s some smart people on CT that I thought would have 100% caught on by now but somehow haven’t Maybe because they are ignorant and don’t believe that Telegrams blockchain will flip solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112

@crashiusclay69

Tokenize EVERYTHING ON SOLANA

@therealchaseeb

New Solana Summer School lecture with @spacemandev on Solana x AI. Dev drops in to teach about decentralized networks for AI, machine payments, and sovereign applications. Full video below👇

@therealchaseeb

your stock trades 5 days a week and just sits there. on solana it trades 24/7, earns yield, backs loans and much more. most people don't know what they can do. fixing that. built using @tokens.

@vibhu

Honestly no reason for any other DeFi chains to exist at this point. Just Solana it

@therealchaseeb

ICYMI: @Solana now processes approximately 97% of tokenized-equity volume across chains. Data: @Blockworks

@therealchaseeb

okay Patty I’ll bite what has she been building the past 5 years on Solana that she can’t afford flight/hotel for a trip to London

@themisterturtle

Important update for validator operators. Solana mainnet validators can now register a BLS pubkey, a prerequisite for Alpenglow. This week, a second feature gate, the Validator Admission Ticket (SIMD-0357), goes live. Once VAT activates, validators without a BLS pubkey stop participating in cons

@therealchaseeb

When I was an infant, Anatoly found me in a dumpster behind Solana Beach. Instead of calling the cops, he picked me up, took me home, and raised me on a strict diet of throughput, low latency, and questionable life advice. Years later he invented Solana, and, against all odds, I ended up building my

@therealchaseeb