Advanced Blockchain AG

Advanced Blockchain AG, established in Berlin, Germany in 2007, operates as a publicly traded venture studio primarily focused on the burgeoning blockchain and Web3 technology sectors. The company actively invests in and incubates a diverse array of innovative projects, contributing to various critical facets of the decentralized digital landscape. Its extensive investment portfolio spans foundational infrastructure and interoperability solutions, including Polkadot (a Web3 blockchain interoperability platform), Neon Labs (an Ethereum Virtual Machine on Solana), Obol Network (staking infrastructure), and the Energy Web Foundation (dedicated to value creation in the energy sector). The company also supports a range of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, such as Element Finance (for fixed and variable yield markets), Mero (a reactive liquidity platform), Myso Finance (zero-liquidation loans), Maverick (a decentralized leveraged trading platform), Alluo (cross-chain yield optimization), and Contango (expirable futures without order books). Beyond core DeFi, Advanced Blockchain's holdings feature projects enabling permanent storage (Arweave), privacy-preserving protocols (Manta Network, zCloak Network), data exchange (Fractal), smart contract auditing (Stela Labs), and Web3 research (Nakamo.to). Other notable investments include various platforms and tools like FinPro (an accessible investment platform), Tracebloc (a blockchain and machine learning platform), Talisman (a multi-chain wallet), Sentinel dVPN (an open-source decentralized VPN), SDG Exchange (an asset marketplace), Polymer (a multi-chain infrastructure DAO), and NEAR (a smart contract platform). The company further backs decentralized gaming initiatives through Moxy and Fragcolor, and institutional lending solutions like Forest Park. Additionally, Advanced Blockchain's incubation portfolio highlights promising ventures such as Composable Finance (a modular-first DeFi suite), Panoptic (enabling options trading on Uniswap v3), Peaq (a Layer-1 blockchain), Warp Finance (LP-token based stablecoin loans), Instrumental Finance (a cross-layer and cross-chain strategy hub), and Quasar (interchain asset management).