Kevin Hartz

Polymarket is a decentralized information markets platform that lets users trade on the world's most highly-debated topics (e.g. coronavirus, politics, current events, etc). On Polymarket, users can build a portfolio based on their forecasts and earn a return if they are correct. When users buy shares in a market, they are expressing their own knowledge, research, and view of the future. Market prices reflect what traders think are the odds of future events, turning trading activity into actionable insights to help people make better decisions. Thus, Polymarket is a leading source of unbiased and real-time data about future events.

Paper is a crypto payment processing company that enables users to create wallets with their email addresses and purchase NFTs with credit cards (or crypto wallets) across the Polygon, Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche blockchains. This provides non-crypto consumers with a "frictionless" bridge to access the marketplace.

Socket 2.0 is the first Chain Abstraction Protocol for Web3. It is a modular, extensible, and composable protocol that enables chain-agnostic applications. Socket abstracts away the underlying complexity of chains, allowing users to interact with applications without having to worry about the underlying chain.

OpenSea is an NFT marketplace for discovering, collecting, and selling NFTs.

Skiff is a Web3 office application that builds privacy and decentralization into its core. It has similar document writing and sharing functions, as well as other collaborative work functions, to those found in Google Docs. The application works with Protocol Labs to provide distributed storage technology. Users can log in to the application by connecting MetaMask and other crypto wallets.

Pahdo Labs is developing Halcyon Zero, an isometric Action RPG set in an ethereal, anime-inspired world. Pahdo Labs’ mission is to cultivate a virtual world built by players. The upcoming title will enable players to create their own anime-style worlds through tools enhanced by AI or procedural generation, bringing creative and social features to the forefront of the anime RPG genre.

OpenSea is an NFT marketplace for discovering, collecting, and selling NFTs.

Alchemy is a web3 development platform designed to make it easy to build and scale your dApp. The goal of Alchemy is to be the go-to place for developers looking to create products on top of a blockchain or mainstream blockchain applications. Its developer platform strives to reduce the complexity and costs associated with building infrastructure, while providing developers with the necessary tools to improve their applications.

dYdX is a decentralized exchange that provides users with key financial instruments, such as perpetuals, margin trading, spot trading, lending, and borrowing. It equips traders with off-chain order books and on-chain settlement, allowing them to short-sell tokens, increase exposure by leveraging long positions, and earn interest on deposited tokens for faster transactions.

Lightning Labs develops software that powers the Lightning Network. Their open source, secure, and scalable systems enable users to send and receive money more efficiently than ever before. Lightning Labs also provides a series of verifiable, non-custodial Lightning-based financial services. They bridge the world of open source software and the next-generation of bitcoin financial software.