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Investment and technology themes
VCID: 4275493
Main
Founders
Also known as
DOT
Affiliations
Digital asset type
Layer-0 blockchain that allows for blockchain interoperability and scalability.
Blockchain layer
Blockchains
Blockchain
Blockchain
Smart contract
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Overview
Polkadot is the flagship project by Web3 Foundation, a Swiss Foundation founded to facilitate a fully functional and user-friendly decentralized web. The Web3 Foundation is partnering with best-in-class entities to build Polkadot and foster development of the services and applications that will run on it. Researchers from Inria Paris and ETH Zurich, developers from Parity Technologies, and capital partners from crypto-funds such as Polychain Capital are all working together to develop a superlative realization of Web3, with Polkadot at its core. Web3 Foundation is providing grants for development of the ecosystem.
Tokenomics
Token allocation
Allocation
Allocation group
Percent
55.00 %
Allocation group
Percent
30.00 %
Allocation group
Percent
15.00 %
Date
Funding
Funding rounds
(31 Dec 2017)
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KR1 PLC | Crypto token investment company supporting early stage decentralised and open source blockchain projects. | Isle of Man |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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YBB Foundation Ltd | Venture capital firm with a focus on blockchain projects. | China | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Red Swiss Venture Capital | Swiss early stage venture with an exclusively focus on the blockchain. | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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7Star Capital | Venture capital firm focusing on blockchain underlying technology and Web3.0 applications. | Singapore | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Digital Finance Group | Diversified business group that focuses on blockchain and digital assets. | China | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Zonff Partners | Portfolio fund focusing on venture capital, quant funds and computing investments in the blockchain sector. | China | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Diamond Atlas Capital | Venture capital firm dedicated to driving innovation by advancing Web3 projects through capital, advisory, and strategic partnerships. | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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DU Capital | Singapore-based multi-stage investment firm backing companies and entrepreneurs that venture in innovative technologies such as the DLT. | Singapore | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Pantera Capital Management LP | Investment firm focused exclusively on ventures, tokens, and projects related to blockchain tech, digital currency, and crypto assets. | United States | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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A195 Capital | Venture firm providing capital globally to early stage blockchain, cryptocurrency, and tokenized digital assets. | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Panda Capital | Research and community driven venture capital firm focusing on investments in infrastructure, middleware, DeFi and other Web 3.0 applications. | China | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Caballeros Capital | Private investment firm focused on investing in the blockchain innovation space. | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH | Germany | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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CMS Holdings LLC | Principal investment firm focused on making investments across the cryptoasset ecosystem. | United States | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Fabric Ventures | Venture capital fund manager. | United Kingdom | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Kenetic Capital Ltd | Venture capital fund investing in equity of Series A / B blockchain technology companies. | Hong Kong SAR China |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Fenbushi Capital | China-based venture capital firm that exclusively invests in Blockchain-enabled companies. | China | Initial investment. Round participant. |
