Publications
- _Investments
At Greenfield, we are committed to supporting founders who are building the infrastructure for tomorrow’s decentralized work environment. This is why we are excited to announce our lead investment into Opolis as part of their latest $6.6M funding round with further participation by Tim Draper (with Draper Associates), NEAR, Polygon Ventures, among others. Opolis is a next-generation decentralized employment platform empowering independent workers in both Web2 and Web3 to become masters of all things employment. With Opolis, they maintain freedom and flexibility, while replicating the safety and security of traditional salaried jobs.
- _Research
Bitcoin-related projects are an integral part of our pipeline and our portfolio - such as Sovryn and Foundation Devices. Over the last months, we have extensively looked into the Lightning Network space. In this post, we highlight the latest Bitcoin and Lightning Network developments. A special focus is placed on recent enablers and catalysts, introducing some relevant players, and discussing outstanding challenges that now offer particular opportunities for builders.
- _Building
Vega is a crypto derivatives protocol built on top of a performance-optimized, application-specific blockchain that aims to allow truly decentralized trading without sacrificing aspects that impact the experience like latency. In this article, we cover the characteristics which make Vega well-suited to become the derivatives layer for crypto: The occasion for this update is solemn: the launch of the Vega Mainnet!
- _Research
How is Crypto Europe doing? To find out exactly that and take the pulse regularly, we have launched the State of European Crypto Report. The key message of the first edition: Regulation is the core topic for 2023 - and is likely to boost the European ecosystem.
- _Investments
While Web2 companies may use many advertising methods to drive users to their services and products, the same tools and strategies often don't work in Web3. This is where DappBack, a Web3-native platform for community engagement and user acquisition, comes in. We are excited to co-lead DappBack’s $2.5M seed round with IOSG Ventures.
- _Investments
At Greenfield, we are committed to supporting the intersection of fashion and web3. This is why we are doubling down on our commitment to the Digital Fashion industry and are excited to share that we led the $15M Series A round in DressX, a fashion tech company disrupting the $1.5 trillion apparel industry.
- _Investments
We are excited to co-lead the $7.4M Series A of Mangrove DAO together with Cumberland. We believe Mangrove’s unique approach to a decentralized exchange protocol and providing liquidity opens up a large design space for protocols to build on top.
- _Research
Web2 Online Dating might be the next industry that will be disrupted by Web3 technologies. In this research article, we present potential key features a Web3 dating service, protocol or offering could or should include.
- _Building
Paladin is democratizing accessibility to general governance participation by building a one-stop solution for the meta-governance ecosystem of DeFi. It's gaining traction with ongoing innovations, most recently its Warden Quest.
- _Research
Identity fundamentally defines who we are and how we interact with the world. In this overview, we want to share some of the research we have done around this topic. We cover identity and digital identity generally, self-sovereign identity and related concepts as well as blockchain-based primitives such as NFTs in regards to identity and some trade-offs, use-cases and project examples.