⚡ TFC Newsletter: 10/19/2022

Discover the latest and greatest Crypto products

October 19, 2022

💡 Intro

Solana key privacy infrastructure @LightProtocol raised $4.2M in a seed funding round led by @polychaincap, with participation from @SolanaVentures, @hypersphere_, dao5 and @goasymmetric.
crypto-fundraising.info/project/?id=97…
— Crypto Fundraising #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 (@Crypto_Dealflow)
2:44 PM • Oct 18, 2022

Polkadot @TapioProtocol raised $4M in a seed funding round led by @polychaincap@hypersphere_, @arringtonXRPcap with @TheSpartanGroup, @LongHashVC, @cmsholdings, @d1ventures, @0xVenturesDAO, @GenblockCapital, @ValhallaFund, @pakafund, @DoublePeakGroup
bit.ly/3ghwHdd
— Crypto Fundraising #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 (@Crypto_Dealflow)
1:52 PM • Oct 18, 2022

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Martian

"The most trusted wallet on Aptos"

Type of Product: Aptos Wallet

Purpose of Tool: Martian wallet is a crypto wallet that can be used to manage digital assets and access decentralized applications on the Aptos blockchain. Martian wallet is currently available as a Chrome extension and soon will be available as an IOS app.

At its core, Martian wallet works by creating and managing private keys on behalf of its users. These keys can then be used within Martian wallet to store funds and sign transactions.

Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: Martian is building various products for the Aptos ecosystem, including Martian Wallet, which is available as a Google Chrome extension. You can also mint NFTs now on the Aptos devnet using Martian wallet.

Martian also allows you to build an NFT Marketplace Move module using the newly launched Aptos CLI for compiling and deploying the module on the Aptos Devnet.

Link to product | Link to TFC listing

ARC

"Community Rediscovered"

Type of Product: Community

Purpose of Tool: ARC is a members-only community where you’ll get to connect and interact with people who’re naturally curious, open-minded, and passionate about pushing the boundaries of culture.

Through the ARC app, you’ll also get to enjoy a whole range of experiences and perks in collaboration with their partner merchants. ARC also unveiled a new partnerships that focus on “co-creation” to shape Web3 last May 31, 2022.

Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: Launched in January this year, ARC was founded by sons of Singapore business tycoons Kiat Lim and Elroy Cheo, to leverage the rise of Web3. This includes Irene Kim, Korean-American fashion entrepreneur and founder of fashion label IRENEISGOOD; Jiawen Ngeow, COO of Mintable; Deeps de Silva, founder of Samadhi Ventures; Darius Sit, co-founder of QCP Capital; and Joseph Kahn, multi-Grammy award-winning American director.

Link to product | Link to TFC listing

Exponential DeFi

“Easily discover, assess and invest in liquidity pools across chains"

Type of Product: DeFi

Purpose of Tool: Exponential is an investment platform that makes it easy to discover, assess, and invest in decentralized finance (DeFi) yield opportunities.

Exponential has built an institutional-grade risk assessment system for DeFi. Rate My Wallet instantly analyzes the risk of users’ current investments. It’s powered by their DeFi graph which allows their team of experts to evaluate thousands of risk vectors and assess each liquidity pool by mapping it to the risk of every protocol, asset, or chain it relies upon.

Team / Funding / Backers Info / Transaction Amount: The Exponential platform helps investors assess the risk of DeFi yield opportunities so they can invest with confidence. Exponential is backed by leading web3 and venture partners and over 80 angel investors.

Executive Team:

Driss - Co-founder/CEO
Mehdi - Co-founder/President
Greg - Co-founder/CTO
Trevor - Engineering
Xander - Design

Link to product | Link to TFC listing

Maindrop

“Maindrop is a fun and easy way to send NFTs"

Type of Product: NFT Tool

Purpose of Tool: Maindrop is a marketplace for giving and receiving thoughtful NFTs. Maindrop's platform offers to create, personalize and send NFTs to any wallet, email address, or phone number, enabling people to send and receive NFTs in a creative way.

Create an NFT - Upload an image and mint it directly to another wallet
Send Your NFTs - Send your NFT to anyone with an Email, Phone, ENS or Ethereum wallet
NFT Templates - Customize and send NFT cards
Sweetheartz - Send a non-fungible valentine

Team / Funding / Backers Info / Transaction Amount: Maindrop is partnered with some of the biggest names in the industry such as YCombinator, Orange DAO, Balaji Srinivasan, 1121.vc, VSV, & Centauri.

Just last month on September 15th, Maindrop cut all fees on their site. Send NFT gifts and on-board folks into web3 for free… no fees and royalties.

Link to product | Link to TFC listing