North Island Ventures

We are making three key hires @NorthIslandVC 1) VC Associate to work with me to find and back the best startups in crypto. 2) Equity Research Analyst to work with @samuelmandrew to find the best public markets opportunities, particularly in equities. 3) Software Engineer to work with our stellar CTO on building bleeding edge AI tools All jobs and applications can be found at the link below northisland.ventures/jobs

Meet Hermes Agent, the open source agent that grows with you. Hermes Agent remembers what it learns and gets more capable over time, with a multi-level memory system and persistent dedicated machine access.

What if every time it's over... You could always bounce back. Bounce Tech: Private beta now live👇

We analyzed 200 talks from @solana Breakpoint '25 totaling 20 hours of content using NIV's AI Summarizer to bring you the takeaways from each day and detailed summaries of each talk for those that want to get in the weeds. See link below @SolanaConf breakpoint25.northisland.ventures

This was an incredible convo with @samuelmandrew from @NorthIslandVC We cover - Market response since October 10th and why we're more optimistic looking forward - Key Themes Sam is investing against in 2026 - L1 vs App Valuation - Are Apps vs Wallets better businesses and more

GEODNET numbers looking good. $6M revenue growing +200% YoY with 20k miners in more than 5k cities. While increasing token burn monthly. Nice work to @mikeahorton and team.

We are excited to announce our partnership with @hillclimbai to create a model that can take on the world's most difficult mathematics challenges.

We're not even scratching the surface. Eventually, people will understand why businesses on @CantonNetwork or @provenancefdn built on-chain businesses of a whole different scale that CT is not ready for.

Excited to be minting $YLDS on @SuiNetwork! This is the beginning of moving @Figure assets to other L1s to support DeFi, fiat rails and more while continuing to leverage @provenancefdn - in this case as the TA ledger for the security. More to come! figure.com/newsroom/annou…

🔥 Burn rate climbing, as real-world demand for precision data kicks in. Fewer tokens, stronger fundamentals.

Dear algorithm, Please show this post to everyone who is interested in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, XRPL, Arbitrum, Agoric, Akash, Archway, AssetMantle, Avalanche, Axelar, Babylon, Base, Berachain, BitCanna, BitSong, Blast, BNB Chain, Carbon, Celestia, Celo, Chain4Energy, Cheqd, Chihuahua, Comdex, Coreum, Crescent, DCHAIN, Decentr, Desmos, DYDX, Dymension, Elys, Evmos, Fantom, Fetch, Filecoin, Flippando, Fraxtal, Gnosis, Graviton, Humans. ai, HyperEVM, Immutable zkEVM, Impact Hub, Injective, IRISnet, Jackal, Juno, Kava EVM, Kava IBC, Ki, Kujira, Kyve, Lava, LikeCoin, Linea, Lum Network, Mantle, Mars Hub, Migaloo, Moonbeam, Neutron, NGMI Chain, Nibiru, Noble, Nolus, OmniFlix, Optimism, Osmosis, Peaq, Persistence, Polygon, Quicksilver, Regen, Saga Mainnet, Saga EVM, Scroll, Secret, Sei, Sentinel, Sommelier, Soneium, Sonic, Soundmoney, Stargaze, Stellar, Stride, Sui, Teritori, Terra, Terra Classic, Umee, Xion, and XRPL EVM. Thank you.

1/ On Nockchain, instead of computing hashes (Bitcoin’s PoW), miners generate zk-SNARKs. Each block carries a proof. That proof is then hashed and compared to the target, Bitcoin-style. Same rules but richer verification. A thread on zk-PoW. 👇

Last month at the NIV Summit, our co-founder @0xHutch presented on "Finance 3.0", whereby blockchains obliterate the kludge that is modern finance, unlocking not only better financial services but use cases across several categories. Enjoy! youtube.com/watch?v=oYRRov…

We are happy to announce our seed round led by @lattice_fund and @variantfund with the support from @NorthIslandVC, Refract Ventures, @nascent, @hi_Reverie and @Gumicryptos . Read more: takenos.com/notas-medios/t…

Today, on IPO day, we rang the bell at @Nasdaq, a milestone that marks both progress and possibility. What began as an idea to reimagine capital markets through blockchain is becoming a reality with money moving faster, cheaper, and transparently. We’re just getting started.

🌾 GEODNET RTK in Action: Smarter Agriculture with Mike Horton & Duane Smit 🚜 Discover how GEODNET RTK network is transforming farming with real-world applications that bring centimeter-level accuracy to agriculture. From planting to harvesting, precision positioning empowers farmers to work smarter, reduce costs, and increase efficiency. 🌍 GEODNET’s global RTK network delivers reliable corrections at a fraction of traditional costs, helping farmers unlock smarter, data-driven agriculture. 👉Get your RTK trial now: geodnet.com/free

🚀 Big News: Utila Secures $22M Series A Extension! 🚀 We’re thrilled to announce that Utila has raised an additional $22 million in Series A extension funding, bringing our total Series A to $40 million and nearly tripling our valuation in just six months. This extension round, led by Red Dot Capital Partners with participation from Nyca Partners, Wing Venture Capital, DCG, Cerca Partners, Funfair Ventures, SilverCircle, and others, brings our total funding to $51.5 million. Utila is emerging as the default operating system for stablecoins and digital assets, providing a secure, scalable wallet platform trusted by 200+ institutions to power digital asset operations across payments, treasury, trading, and more. And the momentum speaks for itself: 💰 $15B+ in monthly volume 🔐 $90B+ in secured transactions 📈 Doubled our customer base in 6 months Here’s what’s next: 🔥 Driving continuous product innovation across digital asset operations 🧠 Scaling our world-class team and deepening enterprise adoption 🏛️ Partnering with leading financial institutions worldwide 💬 Enhancing our global customer support experience 🌍 Expanding into high-growth emerging markets A massive thank you to our customers, investors, and partners for the trust! The future of finance is being built now and we’re just getting started. 💪 📢 Read the full announcement here: utila.io/blog/utila-sec… #SeriesA #Stablecoins #DigitalAssets

New ep out now with @travisscher of @NorthIslandVC! We cover founding North Island Ventures, spotting great founders, navigating crypto cycles, and the future of tokenization. Listen if you want to understand how top VCs think, including Travis’s simple 3 I’s framework: Intelligence, Integrity, Intensity. 🚀 Catch the full ep: 🎧: tinyurl.com/A2AEp37 📺: youtu.be/njk9BgOx1rk

1/4 zkTLS for @solana is here thanks to @jito_sol and @opacitynetwork App builder unlocks: → Verify user behavior from any web2 source → Increase app revenue with value unlocks from private data → Return time value of receivables to users through payment factoring

Congrats to our post training team who worked on the Hermes 3's dataset - @teknium, @nullvaluetensor, and outside contributor @intrstllrninja - on creating the now #1 Trending dataset on HuggingFace!