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Blockchain, Web3 & Digital Assets

17 categories for founders and investors.

Decentralized protocols, tokenized assets, wallets, digital identity, custody, DeFi, and compliant crypto infrastructure.

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Existing Category

Block-Tech

Blockchain and DLTs

The Block-Tech sector focuses on blockchain technology and distributed ledger systems. It involves developing decentralized applications, smart contracts, and secure data management solutions.

  • Enabling secure and transparent transactions through blockchain technology in industries such as finance and supply chain.
  • - Facilitating decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms for peer-to-peer lending, trading, and asset management.
  • - Implementing blockchain-based smart contracts to automate and enforce contract terms and conditions.

Example leaders: Bitcoin Blockchain, Ethereum, IBM Blockchain, Ripple, Chainlink, Hyperledger

Existing Category

Crypto-Tech

Crypto Currencies and Assets

The Crypto-Tech sector encompasses advancements in cryptocurrency and blockchain-based assets. It includes decentralized finance (DeFi), digital wallets, and tokenization solutions.

  • Revolutionizing financial transactions and remittances by leveraging blockchain technology for secure, transparent, and decentralized transactions.
  • Enabling the creation of digital currencies and tokens that provide alternative forms of payment and investment opportunities.
  • Facilitating the development of decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms that offer financial services without traditional intermediaries.

Example leaders: Coinbase, Binance, Gemini

New Category

Web3-Tech

Decentralized Applications and Ownership Networks

The Web3-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on decentralized applications and ownership networks. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in decentralized applications and ownership networks with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

DeFi-Tech

Decentralized Finance, Lending, Staking, and Liquidity

The DeFi-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on decentralized finance, lending, staking, and liquidity. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in decentralized finance, lending, staking, and liquidity with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Token-Tech

Token Management, Tokenization, and Digital Ownership

The Token-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on token management, tokenization, and digital ownership. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in token management, tokenization, and digital ownership with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

DAO-Tech

Decentralized Governance, Treasury, and Voting Systems

The DAO-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on decentralized governance, treasury, and voting systems. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in decentralized governance, treasury, and voting systems with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Wallet-Tech

Crypto, Digital Identity, and Payment Wallets

The Wallet-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on crypto, digital identity, and payment wallets. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in crypto, digital identity, and payment wallets with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Custody-Tech

Digital Asset Custody and Key Management

The Custody-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on digital asset custody and key management. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in digital asset custody and key management with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Onchain-Data-Tech

Blockchain Analytics and On-Chain Intelligence

The Onchain-Data-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on blockchain analytics and on-chain intelligence. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in blockchain analytics and on-chain intelligence with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Smart-Contract-Tech

Smart Contract Creation, Auditing, and Monitoring

The Smart-Contract-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on smart contract creation, auditing, and monitoring. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in smart contract creation, auditing, and monitoring with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Digital-Asset-Tech

Digital Assets, NFTs, Tokenized Securities, and Collectibles

The Digital-Asset-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on digital assets, nfts, tokenized securities, and collectibles. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in digital assets, nfts, tokenized securities, and collectibles with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

RWA-Tech

Tokenized Real-World Assets and Asset Infrastructure

The RWA-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on tokenized real-world assets and asset infrastructure. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in tokenized real-world assets and asset infrastructure with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

ZK-Tech

Zero-Knowledge Proofs and Privacy-Preserving Verification

The ZK-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on zero-knowledge proofs and privacy-preserving verification. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in zero-knowledge proofs and privacy-preserving verification with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Decentralized-Identity-Tech

Self-Sovereign Identity and Verifiable Credentials

The Decentralized-Identity-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on self-sovereign identity and verifiable credentials. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in self-sovereign identity and verifiable credentials with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Chain-Infra-Tech

Nodes, Validators, Layer 1, Layer 2, and Cross-Chain Infrastructure

The Chain-Infra-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on nodes, validators, layer 1, layer 2, and cross-chain infrastructure. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in nodes, validators, layer 1, layer 2, and cross-chain infrastructure with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Stablecoin-Tech

Stablecoin Payments, Settlement, and Treasury Systems

The Stablecoin-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on stablecoin payments, settlement, and treasury systems. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in stablecoin payments, settlement, and treasury systems with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

New Category

Crypto-Compliance-Tech

KYC, AML, Sanctions, and Blockchain Risk Tools

The Crypto-Compliance-Tech category within Metasoft Capital focuses on kyc, aml, sanctions, and blockchain risk tools. This area can include software, AI, data systems, marketplaces, hardware, services, or infrastructure that make old workflows faster, safer, more affordable, more measurable, or easier to adopt.

  • Building practical products that help customers solve problems in kyc, aml, sanctions, and blockchain risk tools with clearer workflows, better data, or stronger automation.
  • Creating platforms, tools, or services that reduce cost, improve trust, increase access, or help organizations adopt technology in the blockchain, web3 & digital assets sector.
  • Helping founders turn a focused industry pain point into a scalable company with a clear buyer, measurable value, and room for long-term growth.

Founder/investor relevance: This category can help match focused founders with investors who care about the same sector.

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