Top3 Web3 Products of the Week

Welcome to edition #2 of the StartUpRoundUp (Web3 w/ TokenTag)!

Up to 3-5 times per month, we highlight the top Web3 startups we're seeing in our adventures. To submit your Web3 startup or a startup you know, for a potential feature, fill out the sign-up form here. 

We received lots of positive feedback last week for our list of all the Web3 funding deals in 2022 & 2023 since the FTX debacle (LinkedIn + Twitter). Here's the full list for anyone who missed it, and a couple of our favorite responses below:

I've also saved a live list of the most active Web3 investors and their portfolio companies under a new EdgeIn group I created: Bayo's EdgeIn Lists

EdgeIn's new group feature (for subscribers) allows researchers and analysts to collect data on their favorite companies in the space. Join and invite members to my group on the platform to keep track of the top companies we're seeing in the community in real-time. Let me know if you have trouble accessing and I will invite your email directly :) 

Please also share this newsletter with friends and support the featured companies below with intros to potential partners and investors! Let's get started. 

Breshna.io

No-code platform for video game creation.

Industry: Gaming, EdTech, Developer ToolsBreshna is a no-code platform empowering users to create, share, and monetize their own video games without any coding or design skills - think "Canva for video games". It was developed by GRID, a tech startup with a vision to unleash the power of video games to educate, engage, and empower people. "Breshna" means lightning in the Pashto language. The team is now building the Breshnaverse. Breshnaverse is a magical carnival-themed metaverse where you can show off and monetize your Breshna games. Imagine all your friends visiting your carnival stand to play games you made. 

Location: Virginia, USA

Founded in: 2021

Actively Fundraising? Yes (seed stage)

Socials: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Discord, LinkedIn

Relevant Articles:

• GRID raises $2.3M in Seed funding from Blockchain Founders Fund, 11 Tribes Ventures, Bill Ackman, and Other Investors

• 5000 Games Made on No-Code Gaming Platform Breshna, Followed by Beta Launch

Adamnite Labs

An accessible, incorruptible, and secure smart-contract platform.

Industry: Blockchain, Developer Tools, Distributed Computing

A new layer-1 blockchain focused on developer tooling and scalability. Adamnite accomplishes this by providing a programming environment that is based on Python and WebAssembly, allowing developers to "plug and play" and focus on innovation instead of maintenance. On the scalability side, Adamnite has created a unique consensus mechanism that allows for high throughput while preserving security and reliability. Their primary goal is to get developers who are not already building in Web3 because of how difficult it is to build the next generation of fun and usable dApps. 

Location: Global

Founded in: 2022

Actively Fundraising? Yes (pre-seed/seed stage)

Socials: Twitter, Reddit, Discord

Revest Finance (Resonate)

A decentralized yield-swapping platform.

Industry: Decentralized Finance (DeFi), FinTech

Resonate is a decentralized yield-swapping platform where users can rent out their variable rate assets to receive fixed rates. Through tokenizing positions with Financial NFTs (FNFTs), Resonate is able to offer short-term lockups and zero-slippage trades. Resonate serves to stabilize interest rates on any yield-bearing protocol across DeFi. 

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Founded in: 2021

Actively raising? Yes (seed stage)

Socials: Twitter

Please feel free to reach out and tell us what you think of these companies!

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-- Bayo