69 Best Smart Contract Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Smart Contract Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 147 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $7.0b. The average funding per company in this subset is $101.9m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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SupraOracles logo

SupraOracles

SupraOracles is a company developing a blockchain network

3

Funding Rounds

$32.1m

Money raised

Qredo logo

Qredo

Qredo is a cross-chain protocol for asset managers and traders active in the digital asset markets.

5

Funding Rounds

$118.0m

Money raised

Tendermint logo

Tendermint

Tendermint is now Ignite. Tendermint was the core contributor to the Cosmos blockchain network.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

Numerai logo

Numerai

Numerai is a hedge fund with stock market trades determined by crowdsourced artificial intelligence models. The best models receive rewards in the form of a cryptographic token called Numeraire (NMR) on the Ethereum blockchain.

3

Funding Rounds

$17.5m

Money raised

Celo logo

Celo

Celo is an open platform that offers financial tools to mobile phone users.

5

Funding Rounds

$126.5m

Money raised

CryptoMarket logo

CryptoMarket

CryptoMarket is a blockchain company founded in 2016 by Rafael Meruane.

Parallel Finance logo

Parallel Finance

Parallel Finance is a decentralized lending and staking protocol on Polkadot and Ethereum.

3

Funding Rounds

$34.0m

Money raised

Layer1 logo

Layer1

Layer1 is a cryptocurrency investment and infrastructure platform.

3

Funding Rounds

$54.2m

Money raised

Ondo Finance logo

Ondo Finance

Ondo Finance is an open, permissionless, decentralized investment bank

2

Funding Rounds

$24.0m

Money raised

Urbit logo

Urbit

Urbit is a stack that allows for a decentralized filesystem address space created by startup Tlon.

Bitmain logo

Bitmain

Bitmain is a Beijing-based multinational semiconductor company, founded in 2013, that manufactures products for blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

3

Funding Rounds

$764.7m

Money raised

ShapeShift logo

ShapeShift

A web and API platform that provides Bitcoin and Altcoin conversion.

3

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

ZETA logo

ZETA

Zeta Markets is the premier derivatives protocol on Solana.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

Gelato logo

Gelato

Gelato is a protocol to automate smart contract executions on Ethereum.

2

Funding Rounds

$12.2m

Money raised

Cake DeFi logo

Cake DeFi

Cake is an all-in-one decentralized finance (DeFi) platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.4m

Money raised

Wise logo

Wise

Wise, previously TransferWise, is a company that offers money transfers services founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus.

6

Funding Rounds

$898.4m

Money raised

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SynFutures

SynFutures is a decentralized Derivatives Protocol.

3

Funding Rounds

$15.4m

Money raised

Primitive Finance logo

Primitive Finance

Primitive - Crypto derivative products built on the Replicating Market Maker protocol, an oracle-free solution to scalable and efficient on-chain derivatives.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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Currency.com

Regulated crypto exchange. Built the world's first regulated tokenised assets platform. It aims to revolutionise cryptocurrency investment.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

Arianee logo

Arianee

The Arianee is a multichain token and protocol built on both the Ethereum core network and the Ethereum sidechain called POAnetwork.

5

Funding Rounds

$63.1m

Money raised

BlockFi logo

BlockFi

BlockFi is a blockchain platform for high-interest crypto accounts and low-cost credit products.

22

Funding Rounds

$1.4b

Money raised

Massa logo

Massa

Massa is a decentralized and scaled blockchain.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.7m

Money raised

STEX logo

STEX

STEX is a cryptocurrency exchange.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

deBridge Finance logo

deBridge Finance

deBridge is a cross-chain interoperability and liquidity transfer protocol that allows decentralized transfer of data and assets between various blockchains.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.5m

Money raised

Aztec logo

Aztec

Aztec is an open source layer 2 network.

4

Funding Rounds

$217.0m

Money raised

Lit Protocol logo

Lit Protocol

Lit Protocol is decentralized access control designed to bring more utility to the web.

2

Funding Rounds

$15.2m

Money raised

Kairos (company) logo

Kairos (company)

Facial recognition company Kairos today announced the alpha release of the Kairos Protocol, a biometric verification system for cryptocurrency transactions.

6

Funding Rounds

$9.8m

Money raised

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COINUT

Cryptocurrency company

1

Funding Rounds

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Nebula Genomics

Nebula Genomics is a genetics company developing a platform for individuals to get their personal genome sequenced, and then enable them to store and control that information through cryptographic encryption on the blockchain.

3

Funding Rounds

$8.6m

Money raised

Certora logo

Certora

Making trusted blockchain a reality with fully automatic exact verification technology for smart contractsontract security platform.

2

Funding Rounds

$43.2m

Money raised

Unocoin logo

Unocoin

Unocoin is a cryptocurrency service company focused on serving people living in India.

4

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

SkyChain Technologies Inc. logo

SkyChain Technologies Inc.

SkyChain Technologies Inc. is a Vancouver-based company.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.5m

Money raised

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Autograph

Autograph is an NFT platform that brings together the iconic brands in sports and culture to create unique digital collections.

1

Funding Rounds

$170.0m

Money raised

Sense Finance logo

Sense Finance

Sense Finance is an adding Dimension to DeFi founded in 2021 by Kenton Prescott.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.2m

Money raised

Maverick Protocol logo

Maverick Protocol

Trading on Any Asset with up to 10x Buying Power. Capital-Efficient Staking with High Yield.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

Via Protocol logo

Via Protocol

Advanced Cross-Chain Liquidity Aggregation Protocol and cross-chain NFT sale.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

ChainSafe Systems logo

ChainSafe Systems

ChainSafe Systems is a blockchain company founded in 2017.

2

Funding Rounds

$18.8m

Money raised

Multis logo

Multis

Multis is a company that has created a cryptocurrency bank for companies. It was founded in 2018 and is located in San Francisco, California.

4

Funding Rounds

$16.5m

Money raised

Lightning Labs logo

Lightning Labs

Lightning Labs is a software development company based in San Francisco developing software for the Lightning Network.

3

Funding Rounds

$82.5m

Money raised

Heavy Rain logo

Heavy Rain

Heavy Rain is a video game founded in 2018 by Manoj Duggirala.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

Mattereum logo

Mattereum

Mattereum is a project working on the development of legally enforceable smart contracts.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

Alkemi logo

Alkemi

Alkemi is a blockchain company founded in 2018 by Ryan Breen.

1

Funding Rounds

$200.0k

Money raised

Fuel Labs logo

Fuel Labs

Fuel Labs is a group focused on sustainable scaling using optimistic rollups.

3

Funding Rounds

$80.0m

Money raised

Numio: Ethereum Wallet & DeFi logo

Numio: Ethereum Wallet & DeFi

Send Crypto Instantly and Save up to 100x on Ethereum Fees Cheap. Fast. Secure.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

Realm logo

Realm

Platform for building modern reactive apps with realtime collaboration and offline capabilities.

3

Funding Rounds

$4.9m

Money raised

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BVNKFinance

Banking and payments built on crypto, for the digital economy.

1

Funding Rounds

$40.0m

Money raised

Capsule Social logo

Capsule Social

Capsule Social is a decentralized publishing platform where writers can share their stories and knowledge without compromising their integrity.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

ThirdWeb logo

ThirdWeb

Platform that allows developers to build web3 applications

5

Funding Rounds

$58.0m

Money raised

Brahma Finance logo

Brahma Finance

Brahma aims to simplify the interaction with DeFi primitives through easy to invest vaults, which leverage composability with multiple protocols to deliver superior risk-adjusted yield to users.Brahma provides an alternative to inflationary returns via liquidity mining and discourages mercenary capital .

1

Funding Rounds

$4.2m

Money raised

Yummy logo

Yummy

Yummy is a Caracas, Venezuela-based company developing a food delivery super-app and a quick commerce platform for the LatAm market.

2

Funding Rounds

$51.5m

Money raised

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EigenLayer

EigenLayer is a platform to leverage Ethereum security through the innovative method of restaking, the innovative EigenDA is a highly customizable and hyperscaled data availability service on Eigenlayer(designed for Optimistic and ZK rollups). Everyone can add new features to Ethereum on it. Founded by Sreeram Kannan.

1

Funding Rounds

$50.0m

Money raised

BTCC logo

BTCC

BTCC is a company offering a platform for exchanging cryptocurrencies and holding digital currencies in cryptocurrency wallets.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

Skrumble Network logo

Skrumble Network

Skrumble Network is a communication-centric blockchain and decentralized social media application.

2

Funding Rounds

$16.0m

Money raised

Akord logo

Akord

Building the Swiss army knife for owning your data

1

Funding Rounds

$2.3b

Money raised

Wecan logo

Wecan

We are building smart blockchain data vault

3

Funding Rounds

$5.3m

Money raised

Layer3 logo

Layer3

Allows users to earn crypto by contributing to a DAO community

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

Linera logo

Linera

Linera is a new blockchain protocol with low-latency applications founded in 2021 by Mathieu Baudet.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

Battlebound logo

Battlebound

Battlebound is a where world-class gameplay meets play-to-earn.

2

Funding Rounds

$9.6m

Money raised

Cryptio logo

Cryptio

Cryptio is a Back-Office Infrastructure for crypto native organizations founded in 2018 by Antoine Scalia.

5

Funding Rounds

$22.4m

Money raised

RockX logo

RockX

RockX provides products for stakeholders.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

Merkle Science logo

Merkle Science

Merkle Science provides blockchain monitoring solutions to help detect and prevent illegal activi...

4

Funding Rounds

$25.5m

Money raised

Nomics™ logo

Nomics™

Polyx Token / PLX price. Real-time & historical PLX data, exchange rates, charts, ATH, & market data priced in USD, JPY, KRW, EUR, etc. Contract: 0x33eef306ebbfa2c610f77533e8c15966be0ec5a1

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

Azra Games logo

Azra Games

Azra Games is a blockchain-based developer of collectible and combat games.

3

Funding Rounds

$67.7m

Money raised

Simba Chain logo

Simba Chain

Simba Chain is a cloud-based SCaaS platform that enables users to implement decentralized applications dapps for blockchain.

4

Funding Rounds

$57.0m

Money raised

Origami logo

Origami

Origami is a software development company focused on building DAO frameworks.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.2m

Money raised

dharma (cryptocurrency) logo

dharma (cryptocurrency)

Dharma is a decentralized protocol built for the debt market.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

Hatchfi logo

Hatchfi

Hatchfi is a developer API for connecting your users' crypto wallets and accounts to your application with just a few lines of code.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

Rysk Finance logo

Rysk Finance

Uncorrelated returns for DeFi. Rysk is founded on the core principle of collaboration before competition, we’re all in DeFi together, so we believe in AND (&&) over OR. Whatever our goals we’re better off working together. &&!

1

Funding Rounds

$1.4m

Money raised

BitRefill logo

BitRefill

Marketplace for gift cards, mobile phone refills, and lightning network services, accepting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised