Avantgarde Finance
(Inactive)On-chain asset management and DAO treasury advisory
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Revenue & Burn
Protocol income
$0Buyback funds
--Burn funds
--Buyback ratio
--Protocol funds over time
Monthly amounts & ratios
| Period | Protocol income | Buyback funds | Burn funds | Buyback ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | $0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Sep 2026 | $0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Aug 2026 | $0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Jul 2026 | $5.32 | -- | -- | -- |
| Jun 2026 | $8.2 | -- | -- | -- |
| May 2026 | $11.44 | -- | -- | -- |
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About Avantgarde Finance
Avantgarde Finance is a DeFi asset management platform that provides on-chain fund infrastructure and vault curation services. Its core business includes operating permissionless lending vaults on Morpho, managing tokenized fund structures for institutional clients, and offering treasury management solutions for DAOs and foundations. The platform's key value proposition lies in its non-custodial framework, which allows users to maintain control of assets while accessing professionally managed yield strategies.
The market pain point Avantgarde addresses is the lack of institutional-grade risk management in DeFi. While protocols offer high yields, they often expose users to smart contract risks, oracle failures, and liquidity issues. Avantgarde solves this by implementing rigorous risk assessment frameworks, transparent reporting, and multi-layered security measures, including third-party ratings and audited smart contracts.
In the past six months (March to September 2026), Avantgarde has made significant progress. The company migrated its Conservative ETH and USDC vaults to Morpho Vaults V2 on Ethereum mainnet, enhancing capital efficiency and configurability. It also partnered with Cork Protocol to introduce Protected Loops for real-world asset (RWA) vaults, a new DeFi primitive that enables capital-efficient protected positions. Additionally, Avantgarde received a high risk rating from Xerberus, an independent risk assessment platform, scoring 89% on its pool layer and ranking 6th out of 80 rated pools. The company also collaborated with Agio Digital to launch an institutional on-chain fund platform, allowing users to establish fully compliant on-chain funds.
Notably, the broader DeFi sector has experienced several high-profile exploits during this period, highlighting the ongoing challenges of smart contract security. While Avantgarde itself has not been directly affected, these incidents underscore the importance of robust risk management in the industry.
Key developments in the last six months include: On May 12, Avantgarde Finance launched Conservative USDC Morpho V2 vaults on Base, completing the migration to Morpho V2 to enhance capital efficiency and cross-L2 expansion. In risk management, the team strengthened multi-layered on-chain alerting and automated risk controls, fully integrating Morpho Vaults V2 into its infrastructure, demonstrating responsiveness especially after the March 2026 Resolv Labs supply-chain attack. Official future priorities: continue expanding Morpho V2 curation across Ethereum and L2s, exploring strategies across the risk spectrum; and advance Protected Loops pilots with Cork Protocol to bring liquidity protection into RWA vaults, supporting assets with longer settlement and lower liquidity.
Mona El Isa: Co-founder and CEO of Avantgarde Finance, founder of the Enzyme protocol. Previously Vice President of Equities Trading at Goldman Sachs and Portfolio Manager at Jabre Capital Partners, with over 20 years of experience in traditional finance and DeFi.
Frances Edwards: Chief Operating Officer of Avantgarde Finance. Previously COO of iShares EMEA at BlackRock and COO of Valour Inc, with senior roles at Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group, specializing in digital asset management and tokenization.