We’re on the hunt for the 50 most exciting blockchain and crypto startups on the planet.
EBC11 isn’t just another conference — it’s where real builders meet real believers. And this year, we’re handing the mic to 50 early-stage startups who are pushing boundaries, breaking things, and figuring it out as they go.
This is your shot to pitch in front of 6,000+ industry players, VCs, and visionaries who matter. No hype. Just eyes on you.
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&Volume notes that 500 million people invest in crypto, but 80% have lost or risk losing half their funds due to volatility, lack of transparency, and complexity. The company provides AI-driven tools that analyze market data, give clear guidance, and automatically adjust portfolios to reduce risk and maximize returns.
Excelior is a Swiss fintech making gold investment more accessible through tokenization. Its Real Token (RT) is backed 1:1 by gold stored in Switzerland, giving investors transparency, liquidity, and global transferability under Swiss standards. By combining blockchain with traditional wealth protection, Excelior enables individuals and institutions to safeguard capital and diversify with digital gold.
ChainComply digitises and simplifies crypto-related Enhanced Due Diligence for traditional banks. By automating Source of Funds discovery and comprehensive AML/FinCrime checks, it enables institutions to meet MiCA’s AML obligations efficiently.
Distinkt is a technology company transforming Product Authentication and Digital Product Passports through blockchain. Its platform ensures tamper-proof traceability, product authenticity, and regulatory compliance across supply chains. By linking product identifiers to blockchain records, Distinkt enables seamless verification, sustainability transparency, and consumer trust.
Bricktowers built a $1B savings and pension platform for Switzerland’s largest fintech, Leonteq, and is now developing urble, a savings app designed to make saving engaging. Users set goals, define rules, and invite others to contribute or verify progress. By adding social and emotional incentives, urble turns saving into a lasting habit.
BPX is building a UK FCA-authorised securities marketplace and infrastructure for investment funds and digital assets. As an MTF and AIFM on the FCA Crypto Asset Register and Bank of England Digital Securities Sandbox, BPX helps traditional finance adopt digital assets and tokenization. Co-founded by Dr. Robert Barnes, former CEO of LSEG Turquoise, the company brings deep market expertise to bridging finance and blockchain.
Today’s big data and AI cannot solve major societal issues like curing or predicting cancer because vertical AI use cases lack sufficient data. A safe, decentralized model is needed to let people contribute their personal data for the common good or paid research. Dwinity targets hundreds of millions of pro-crypto and privacy-conscious users—such as those of ProtonMail, Brave, Signal, or DuckDuckGo—helping them treat their personal data with the same value as their crypto assets.
Functor is building a network for verifiable cross-chain signer infrastructure, enhancing the utility of AI agents and smart accounts. By solving signer fragmentation, it unlocks over $200B in idle capital and enables seamless coordination across ecosystems—creating a foundational layer for autonomous finance and the agentic economy.
StageChain is transforming global ticketing by eliminating fraud, curbing scalping, and giving organizers control across primary and secondary markets. Using blockchain, it delivers a transparent, secure experience for consumers while offering organizers tools for lifecycle management, analytics, and fan engagement. From major clubs to independent venues, StageChain ensures fair pricing, authentic resale, and direct revenue participation, creating a data-driven future for live events.
Bleap is a non-custodial on-chain bank account that connects to your wallet and issues a Mastercard to spend stablecoins 1:1 with 2% USDC cashback. Users access DeFi in one click with free, instant on/off ramps—no custody, no seed phrases, no friction. Founded by two ex-Revolut team members, Bleap has raised $2.3M and partnered with Mastercard to scale stablecoin payments across Europe and Latin America.
Blockmate is unlocking crypto for highly regulated industries and is already trusted by two major banks with nearly 7 million users, supporting them with AML risk assessment for crypto-originated funds under strict compliance standards. The company is now expanding into iGaming, with letters of intent signed by two tier-1 EU operators.
OnchainLabs is a Swiss startup building the infrastructure backbone for real-world asset tokenization, designed to scale beyond Web3. Its modular wallet (WalletTwo) and no-code issuance platform (Engage) are already live with paying clients and early traction. Potential verticals include classic cars, gold, asset certificates, animals, and forestry, enabling entire markets to be digitized.
CrowdSports is a platform that lets fans fund and shape their favorite clubs while earning financial rewards tied to performance and gaining unique experiences. Its model is coordinated with FIFA, approved by the EFL, and fully compliant with financial regulations as acknowledged by FINMA.
Numyas offers 360-degree digital asset solutions for real-world assets, connecting asset owners and project developers with a global network of investors. The platform empowers investors with the freedom to choose where and when they invest.
Motif is a personal wealth management app for on-chain finance, targeting mass affluent and crypto-curious customers. Its proprietary intelligence framework powers Hopper, an AI wealth manager that builds diversified, yield-optimized investment strategies, starting with crypto on-chain.
Efresco provides supply chain finance for small farmers by linking them directly with retailers. It advances invoice payments and later collects from retailers, using its digital currency, Frescoin, to facilitate food transactions.
Trustbytes provides 24/7 predictive intelligence that turns reactive crypto treasury and liquidity management into proactive capital optimization. It helps institutions maximize returns while ensuring compliance and operational efficiency.
Openfort builds secure wallet infrastructure and authentication to power next-generation financial products. Its embedded and global wallet solutions let applications seamlessly integrate digital asset functionality for users, businesses, and automated systems.
Allfeat supports music creators by securing and certifying their content on-chain. Non-registered creators use ATS (Allfeat Time Stamp), while those registered with CMOs use MIDDS (Music Industry Decentralized Data Structure).
Onocoy is building a dense global network of GPS/GNSS monitoring stations to deliver centimeter-level accuracy for industries such as construction, agriculture, drones, autonomous vehicles, and robotics. Existing solutions are costly and fragmented; Onocoy offers a cost-effective RTK correction network with DePIN tokenomics to scale infrastructure rapidly. Founded by GPS veterans and blockchain experts, it targets a $200B market for autonomy applications.
Real is an EVM-compatible blockchain on Cosmos, purpose-built for real-world financial assets. It integrates tokenization, risk assessment, and insurance directly into the consensus layer, embedding risk classifications in token metadata and backing assets with a Disaster Recovery Fund. Designed for scalability and compliance, Real bridges traditional finance and Web3 with institutional-grade infrastructure.
Liveduel is a decentralized prediction market that uses AMMs and liquidity pools to enhance the user experience. By combining prediction markets with content, it drives adoption through gamified TikTok filters already used by over 600,000 creators worldwide.
DeFa by InvoiceMate is an AI-native lending protocol bridging traditional finance with DeFi. It provides instant liquidity to SMEs by tokenizing verified invoices, unlocking working capital trapped in long payment cycles. For investors, the platform offers stable, secure, and revenue-backed yields through real-world assets. Its technology ensures institutional-grade trust and compliance, positioning it as a key player in the RWA tokenization space.
Trepa is the first competitive prediction platform where payouts scale with accuracy rather than luck. Unlike binary markets, players forecast exact figures on data such as GDP, payrolls, tariffs, prices, and earnings. With perfect calls and parlays paying up to 100×, Trepa brings intellectual speculation to the intersection of crypto and finance.
Erable, through its subsidiary WE DO GOOD, operates the leading revenue-based financing platform in France, having funded over 270 companies with a community of more than 15,000 investors. Its model is simple: investors receive a fixed percentage of project revenues on a recurring basis in exchange for their investment. Erable is now expanding this activity into Web3, with four projects already funded through smart contracts on Polygon.
ChainBrain is a portfolio management platform for digital assets, unifying CeFi & DeFi trading venues in one toolkit. It automates rebalancing, risk analytics, and reporting — cutting inefficiency so asset managers can focus on strategy, not spreadsheets.
Iqana is an AI-powered crypto wealth platform that gives investors secure access to quantitative strategies with institutional-grade risk management. The non-custodial platform connects directly to clients’ exchange accounts via APIs for automated execution of algorithmic strategies. With €570K in pre-seed funding and early traction, Iqana is making institutional-grade portfolio management accessible through a simple, intuitive app.
OOPZ is an AI-powered preference data oracle that uses personalized agents to learn and predict human preferences from user interactions. Users earn rewards through their digital twin, contributing proprietary data that drives accurate business insights. Leveraging zero-knowledge proofs and stablecoin payments, OOPZ delivers compliant, instant incentives while providing brands with real-time, preference-driven market intelligence across APAC and MENA.
SatsBridge combines off-chain and on-chain components to connect native BTC with major CEXs and L2s through a non-custodial, real-time, and permissionless bridge via Lightning channels. Its decentralized Aggregating Wrapper abstracts tokenized BTC liquidity and is governed by stakeholders such as Aave, MakerDAO, wrappers, and LPs, enabling cooperation and liquidity across vendors and layers.
Deploi is a fintech startup in the tokenization space, focused on solving fragmented debt capital markets to enhance liquidity and global capital flows for credit institutions and non-bank lenders.
Bondum is transforming brand loyalty by enabling consumers to exchange loyalty points for stablecoins, turning rewards into liquid value. It converts traditional points into blockchain-based tokens that are transferable, tradeable, and borderless. The infrastructure allows brands to launch their own digital currencies, driving engagement and new revenue streams. With pilots already live in retail and food chains, Bondum bridges brands and consumers through tokenized rewards that work like money.
Yield.xyz is a Web3 yield-infrastructure startup offering a unified API that consolidates staking, stablecoin, and DeFi yields across networks into a single integration point. It enables yield aggregation for wallets, crypto apps, and neobanks, giving developers access to over 1,500 yield sources through one API while moving toward automated, risk-adjusted strategies. Backed by a $5M strategic round led by Multicoin Capital, its key clients include Tuyo, Venga, Deblock, Ledger, Zerion, and Tangem.
Singular is a tokenized private equity platform that uses blockchain to provide fractional access to late-stage companies such as SpaceX and OpenAI. It gives everyday investors the ability to trade shares 24/7, making private equity more accessible and liquid.
Euclid is a decentralized unified cross-chain liquidity infrastructure that any application across the blockchain can tap into for a unified source of liquidity.
Tearline is a full-chain AI Agent platform that transforms user intentions into executable on-chain actions — significantly lowering the barrier to Web3 participation.
Valvur is a gamified security platform that protects gamers and online communities from threats such as fraud, deepfakes, account takeovers, and cyberbullying. Its Guardian identity layer and soulbound tokens provide real-time protection, safety education, and compliance while ensuring user trust and data ownership.
Liquify is the first protocol unlocking liquidity for locked assets across Web3, from vesting allocations and staking rewards to future yields. It lets users borrow against these assets with no liquidations, no middlemen, and fixed repayment terms. A P2P module supports direct swaps of liquid or locked tokens, while the upcoming marketplace will trade tokenized yields and vesting flows. With WavePoints rewarding early adopters, Liquify is building the liquidity layer of DeFi 2.0.
ClimateKick is an on-chain gateway to alternative green investments, channeling capital into real-world, yield-bearing assets. It sources and tokenizes alternative investments to provide RWA exposure for digital asset funds and wealth managers. Recently, the company closed a $750M Green Asset Tokenization proof of concept with a leading European investment bank.
Baselight is a permissionless data platform that combines AI, natural language, and billions of structured rows to make data exploration fast and intuitive. Users can query, chart, and publish insights in minutes across crypto, sports, markets, and public datasets. With over 150 billion rows and its Model Context Protocol connecting directly to LLMs like Claude, Baselight delivers real-time, verifiable answers and AI-native analytics.
HODL Markets partners with top-performing hedge funds to source and develop investment strategies which it then tokenizes and makes available to retail users. Its strategies are accessible through crypto-native interfaces as well as via brokerages, wealth advisors, and investing apps—channels investors already trust. They also provide infrastructure for multi-currency settlement and liquidity, listing secondary markets for the strategy tokens.
Heim Security Agent is a decentralized security protocol that makes any hot wallet safer than a hardware wallet without compromising user experience. It adds an invisible dual-signature layer that co-signs transactions in real time while users keep full self-custody, set rules like spending limits or trusted contacts, and transact with simple approvals. By integrating seamlessly into existing wallets, Heim helps prevent fraud, improve retention, and deliver premium security across the crypto ecosystem.
Scenium Global is a tokenized investment platform providing global access to real-world assets such as private funds, US stocks, and real estate—available 24/7, with no minimums or withholding tax. By bridging traditional finance and DeFi, it makes premium investment products accessible to everyone.
Alpha AML has developed a real-time solution for secure on-chain crypto transfers with built-in AML and risk scoring. Powered by smart contracts, it checks every transaction for source of funds, scam patterns, and counterparty wallet risks, including sanctions or blacklist connections. This ensures users always receive clean crypto that can be used safely at banks or centralized exchanges without the risk of being banned or frozen.
NNN Community is building a secure, transparent, and intelligent Web3 ecosystem to address challenges such as poor security, information fragmentation, and complexity. Its core projects include GuardiaNNN.ai, an AI-driven DEX aggregator with advanced security features, and AI DEX Solutions, a blockchain data and analytics platform. A unique Karma Rewards system fosters an engaged community and drives sustainable growth.
The Indexing Company builds distributed infrastructure for on-chain data, reducing costs by an average of 70% through an approach that removes intermediary storage layers.
Cruise Control is a non-custodial, IBC-enabled dashboard that unifies on-chain activity across DeFi protocols and real-world assets. Designed for both newcomers and advanced users, it offers real-time data, cross-chain execution, and gamified triggers for smarter decisions. As RWAs drive the next wave of adoption, Cruise Control positions itself as the operating system for managing tokenized value in a single application.
Toolza is an AI-powered unified ledger and bookkeeping platform for SMEs that combines crypto and fiat transactions. It automates reconciliation, invoicing, cash flow visibility, and financial reporting—turning hybrid finances from chaos into clarity.
MintStars is a blockchain-powered creator subscription platform tackling systemic issues in the adult content industry. By using cryptocurrency rails, it eliminates chargebacks, enables instant payouts, and protects creators from discrimination by traditional processors. The platform also offers tradeable NFTs with perpetual royalties, shifting content creation from a “flow” to a “stock” model.
Bitsafve is a Bitcoin and crypto platform that makes buying digital assets with a card simple, fast, and transparent. Users get instant liquidity, quick execution, and full control of their funds, with no lending or reinvestment of assets. Designed for accessibility and ease of use, Bitsafve enables anyone to enter the crypto economy securely and with confidence.
Frigg is the operating system for renewable energy finance, tackling a $2.7T funding gap between developers and investors. It streamlines financing with institutional-grade documentation, modeling, onboarding, and real-time monitoring. With over 130 projects and 15+ institutional investors onboarded, Frigg enables efficient underwriting and risk assessment, making renewable energy a scalable, investable asset class.
balize is a tokenization platform for Real World Assets, using blockchain technology to make real estate projects more accessible (starting from €10,000). It enhances liquidity, accessibility, and transparency, thereby transforming the financial sector.
Binaryx.com is a revenue generating Infrastructure & oracle provider for RWA, providing legally compliant trading & investing opportunities. With direct RWA ownership.
Gamifying and rewarding participation of your Users / Customers in engagement activities
The Intent Recognition Engine for web3. Brian understands user intent for Web3 interactions, whether they're information/data requests, transactions, or smart contract deployments. It provides accurate answers, builds transactions, or generates the necessary code.
Layer 1 EVM, for gaming, with PoS and PoA, hybrid system.
ChainComply relieves banks and VASPs from stressing over their EUR transactions with crypto exchanges. Our SaaS solution scans crypto exchange and blockchain transaction history to reveal crypto holders' source of funds.
Changex is a web3 financial app tailored to onboard the next wave of crypto users by merging traditional banking and cryptocurrencies in a single app.
Creds is a decentralised reputation platform designed to empower and expand your community like never before. Powered by cheqd, Creds is portable, secure, private, and verifiable credential that helps organisations reach new heights in community marketing through engaging learning quests, swiftly recognising and rewarding your most invaluable members.
CHEYNI is a token-gated 'watch & earn' video streaming platform and customizable SaaS product. It empowers content creators, artists, and brands to engage audiences in a new way using Web 3.0 loyalty and AI creativity tools.
CryptoUnity is a beginner-friendly crypto exchange, offering a guided trading journey and integrated cold wallet storage for enhanced security. Combining fintech with edtech, we aim to educate and empower users in the crypto space.
Dalio is an asset tokenization and web3 financial service provider that empowers institutions to unlock financing opportunities for both individual and institutional investors by bridging the gap between traditional assets and the boundless possibilities of blockchain technology.
Dexodus offers a premier gamified experience in perpetual trading, leveraging Uniswap V4 AMM pools for deep and optimized liquidity. Enjoy trading battles, leagues, fee rakebacks, jackpots, and much more!
Elysium Wallet is the first truly Keyless self-custody Wallet (Cold Software) designed to be simple, secure, and ensure users’ full ownership. It aims to accelerate the global adoption of Bitcoin and Stablecoin in emerging countries, which need a Plan B for their collapsing financial systems and economic policies.
A leading fintech and crypto company dedicated to revolutionizing financial services through blockchain technology and digital innovation. We offer secure and transparent solutions for trading, investing, and managing digital assets. Our mission is to bridge traditional finance with the future of crypto, fostering financial inclusion.
FAME is the first WEB3 Agriculture marketplace.
fija taps into the crypto earnings market, addressing the gap where 88% of crypto owners want to earn, but only 4% actually do, leaving a €160bn market underserved. It offers a solution for users to earn interest seamlessly, without engaging in complex DeFi strategies, liquidity provisioning, or yield farming. The aim is seamless integration with f
Filtroo is a SocialFi platform that allows users to earn from their social media activity and data.
Futura Tickets revolutionizes event ticketing using blockchain technology. Our platform ensures secure, transparent, and fraud-proof ticket transactions, enabling seamless resales. We enhance event experiences for organizers and attendees by providing a reliable and innovative solution to traditional ticketing issues
Glo Dollar is the stablecoin that funds public goods. Stablecoin companies make $7.4 billion annually from their reserves. Our approach is different—we funnel 100% of profits to charitable causes.
GoGreen is a gamified move-to-help dApp that promotes sustainable mobility in cities.
A community-governed land trust that buys land, restores nature and protects our planet for future generations. The value of this land backs our currency, the Green Standard Token, which is Earth’s first currency backed by protected land.
Hakata's mission is to enable compliant privacy for both Web2 and Web3 businesses. We help businesses bridge the privacy that end-users and businesses demand with the compliance that regulators increasingly require.
HexErgy is an innovative Italian startup based in Molise that promotes sustainable, efficient and innovative applications with high social impact to support the energy transition of municipalities and industries, especially by enabling the development and adoption of new European energy concepts like energy communities.
Immersive Finance is the leading portfolio risk management platform for Options and Structured Products in Digital Assets. Formed in 2022 by a team of Quants and Traders, we offer the frontier of quantitative innovation across risks management for OTC desks, Market-Makers, Portfolio Managers and Systematic Vol funds seeking opportunities in Web3
Investa Farm tokenize farm assets to provide liquidity for small scale farmers through input financing
InvoiceMate - Decentralized invoice financing infrastructure transforming traditional invoices into tokenized RWAs to unlock growth and investment opportunities.
Klayr is a Layer 1 blockchain built with rock-solid, established technology. We provide a platform where developers, creators, and a thriving community of token-holders and validators can come together to build a future where Web3 is woven into the fabric of our digital lives. It’s Web3 for the new generation.
KUMO is a climate fintech that pioneers carbon-backed lending and provides the software infrastructure to facilitate institutional debt capital to flow to carbon markets.
Community-driven brand protection
Lockpod is a decentralized, chain-agnostic wallet network where each user is a node. It abstracts the underlying blockchains, making the Web3 experience simple, easy, and intuitive. Lockpod eliminates the burden of managing private keys and creates secure collaboration environments with other users.
Meta Estate Empire is a Web3 investment platform that offers fractional ownership in european income-generating residential real estate properties.
MyPoPCoRN revolutionizes event feedback collection by incentivizing participants through a token-based proof of participation mechanism. Our platform gathers valuable insights from event attendees, enabling precise evaluation of campaign impacts.
NFT & Tokenization Minting Platform
Empowering Marketplaces with Advanced Digital Certification Technology
Plurality is developing smart profiles infrastructure for the open web. Profiles help decentralized apps boost user retention by optimizing user experience according to user's profile information. Smart profiles not only reduce fragmentation but also enhance cross-chain interoperability, abstract away chains, and personalize user experience.
Decentralized AI-powered Asset Management protocol with gamified features
Secrets Vault uses a novel concept to safeguard wallet keys, and other sensitive info, using an image that can be openly shared, leveraging what their founders call visual cryptography. In fact they are well known experts in this field. Of course, with the maximum security, ensuring real self-custody, and working with any blockchain and wallet.
Empowering underbanked Web3 Businesses, Founders, and DAOs to access third-party fiat payments, OTC trades, tokenized real-world assets, vIBANs, and on/off-ramping.
Infrastructure for Gaming and IP Publishing Ecosystem.
Open-access networking solution for Web3 pros and events.
AgriDex, a Solana-based real world assets (RWA) marketplace has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding, to bring the $2.7 trillion global agriculture industry on-chain. AgriDex's platform leverages blockchain technology to tokenise agricultural commodities, facilitating the listing and buying of various crops on its marketplace.
Assisterr builds Incentive-driven Network of Community-owned AI Models for Developers, Autonomous AI agents, and Enterprises.
AstraKode looks to empower businesses through AstraKode Blockchain, a web-based, no-code platform for Blockchain Network and Smart Contract development, testing, and deployment. Our mission is to deliver streamlined, efficient, and secure blockchain solutions, simplifying the adoption of this transformative technology.
Authic offers innovative loyalty software to boost customer retention and engagement. Customers earn rewards through spending or customized tasks like reviews, social engagement and questionnaires. With blockchain-backed membership cards, users gain true digital ownership and transferability possibilities.
Azqira is a platform that leverages technology to provide alternative financing for hotels and give retail investors access to hospitality investment opportunities around the world.
UNITT is a payment system for digital content and attention. UNITT messaging dApp lets you send or ask tokens in exchange for content. With UNITT, creators can sell their content on a pay-per-view basis, brands can buy their customers’ attention to their content, and responses and outputs by AI services can be monetized on a pay-per-reply basis.
Universal Plastic enhances CSR with AI and Blockchain for global plastic waste campaigns. Our “Verified Blue” label in our app engages communities in Ocean Regeneration. Our tool amplifies campaign reach, complying with EU CSRD regulations. We position brands as sustainability leaders.
At Vaultik, we transform unique products into extraordinary experiences that infuse intelligence into the world around us. Our SaaS platform leverages AI and Blockchain to create Digital Certificates, tokenizing ownership and authenticity of real-world assets to unlock exclusive perks, rewards and experiences for brands and their customers.
yodl offers a decentralized payment protocol that seamlessly connects all tokens, chains, and wallets. Our solution enables effortless P2P and ecommerce payments across multiple chains. By integrating existing crypto infrastructure, yodl serves as the missing link for an efficient and interoperable payment ecosystem.
ZKON guarantees data authenticity and integrity, vital for combating fake information and navigating the AI-driven digital landscape. Our advanced technology leverages MPC, Zero Knowledge, and TLS, providing reliable, tamper-proof verification of data sources, safeguarding privacy, and ensuring reliability even between untrusted parties.
