Press Start Capital 👉🎮

Huge congrats to all the builders who just graduated from our BTCfi & Payments Fellowship powered by @PressStartCap, @SuiNetwork, and @WalrusProtocol 👏👏 Incredible to see how much was shipped over the program - the progress has been immense. We are proud to be your long term supporters. Check out the teams below 👇

AI makes almost everything abundant. 3 things stay scarce: * Proprietary data (yours, not theirs) * Reputation (earned, not generated) * Taste (cultivated, not prompted) P.R.T. Build around these or become part of the slop

@suraj_sharma14 @paradigm 👋👋

If you're building in Web3 & hunting for your funding round. Here are the VCs actively writing cheques in 2026: 1.) Paradigm (@paradigm) Raising a fresh $1.5B fund right now. Backed Uniswap, Optimism and Monad. Focus: AI x crypto, DeFi infrastructure, stablecoins, autonomous payments. Early stage. Research driven. Most selective fund in Web3. ➾ paradigm.xyz 2.) a16z Crypto (@a16zcrypto) $7.6B raised across four funds. Most active crypto VC globally. Backed Compound, Dapper Labs, Yuga Labs. Focus: L1s, DeFi, consumer crypto, AI agents, Web3 infrastructure. Pre-seed to growth stage. ➾ a16zcrypto.com 3.) Pantera Capital (@PanteraCapital) First US crypto VC. Investing since 2013. $1B fund with $200M+ allocated for AI x crypto. Backs both tokens and equity. Focus: AI infrastructure, DePIN, decentralized networks, L1s. ➾ panteracapital.com 4.) Binance Labs (@BinanceLabs) Venture and incubation arm of Binance. Chain agnostic. Multi-stage. 900+ applications last season. Less than 2% accepted. Focus: AI applications, DeFi, Web3 infrastructure, consumer apps. ➾ labs.binance.com 5.) Coinbase Ventures (@cbventures) Most active crypto investor in 2025. 87 deals closed in one year alone. No fixed check size. Backs anything growing crypto adoption. Focus: Base ecosystem, stablecoins, AI agent payments, infrastructure. ➾ ventures.coinbase.com 6.) Hack VC Built by developers for developers. Team includes builders and quant researchers not just investors. Focus: AI applications, on-chain infrastructure, early stage crypto. Pre-seed and seed specialist. ➾ hack.vc 7.) Polychain Capital (@polychain) One of the most active early stage crypto funds in the world. Focus: decentralized AI networks, GPU tokenization, AI data infrastructure. Known for deep technical due diligence. ➾ polychain.capital 8.) Dragonfly Capital (@dragonfly_xyz) Top tier crypto only fund. Multi-stage. Global focus. Strong presence in Asia + US. Backed dYdX, Compound, Optimism. Focus: DeFi, infrastructure, consumer crypto, AI x blockchain. ➾ dragonfly.xyz 9.) DWF Labs (@DWFLabs) One of the most active investors in Web3 globally right now. Multi-stage. Backs tokens and equity. Fast decisions. High velocity. Best for founders who need a quick answer. ➾ dwf-labs.com What VCs actually want in 2026: Not hype. Not whitepapers. - Working code - Real users or traction - Clear answer to "why blockchain" - Team with skin in the game - AI x crypto angle is a major plus Crypto VC funding surged 433% in 2025 to $49.75 billion total. The money is there. The bar is just higher now. Build something real. Then go find your round. Save this. Share it with a founder hunting for funding right now.

@Patrick_Lung 🏠🏠🏠

@PressStartCap other casinos advertise low house edge we advertise a high house edge, but YOU finally get to be the house!

Don’t play against the house Be the house 🫡

"The art is cool, but wth is this game??" Unchained is a 2-bit late 70s/early 80s-style dungeon crawler battle royale. 8-15 min games. We're building something far bigger, but for now - about this mode:

So excited to finally introduce @trysecretsauce to the world. We were our own first customer, a game studio that needed millions of assets that matched our game world without looking generic. Nothing out there could do it, so we built it ourselves. Now we're 100% focused on bringing it to everyone else. Read about us in Forbes. Link below ⬇️

Saving in crypto still feels like gambling. Blend is savings that adapts: Earn in what you trust. 👇

Need a favor from smart internet friends. We’re shipping a new global savings system at Blend soon. First release is a simple USD protection product. I want brutally honest feedback from ~as many people we can get.

@SuiNetwork @WalrusProtocol @PressStartCap The builders are building

In case you missed it, @SuiNetwork just wrapped one of its most exciting ecosystem programs yet the BTCfi & Payments Fellowship. Huge respect to @WalrusProtocol and @PressStartCap for building a hands-on, founder-focused program that actually accelerates real products. Seven early teams (@blend_money, @encryptodotfun, @surgepayxyz, @pivyme, @intuipay, @Wap3_AI, @paysilo) spent four weeks shaping the next generation of payments, Bitcoin-native finance, and agentic products all built on Sui’s high-performance infrastructure. What stood out to me is how clearly these builders chose Sui for a reason: fast execution, low latency, and an architecture meant for real scalable payment flows, BTCfi innovation, and AI-driven transactions. From adaptive DeFi savings and private-by-default payments to remittances, research funding, and agentic settlement layers this cohort showed how broad the design space on Sui has become, and how quickly it’s evolving. If you’re exploring BTCfi, payments, or agent systems, this deep dive is absolutely worth a read. 📖Full article 🔽

@encryptodotfun @SuiNetwork Proud to be an Encrypto Stan

We’re very proud to announce we’ve been chosen as a payment fellow and are officially backed by @SuiNetwork and @PressStartCap. The past 4 weeks have been a massive step forward for Encrypto, and we can’t wait to share what’s coming next.

Monad Mainnet is now live! Check it out here: app.monad.xyz app.monad.xyz

Covenant is now live on @monad mainnet. Covenant splits assets into - Leverage tokens (high risk) providing 1-click looping, - Yield tokens (lower risk) to lock-in rates, but remain liquid. Covenant brings capital efficient credit markets to Monad, multiplying composable liquidity across DeFi. More details below!

🔥 BTCfi & crypto enabled payments is accelerating! Over 4 weeks, 7 early teams worked with Sui, @WalrusProtocol & @PressStartCap to build: • AI agents that pay each other • Private payments • Zero-fee remittances • Wallets w/ bank rails • Adaptive savings 👇

@febimettasari @pivyme @SuiNetwork @WalrusProtocol Appreciate the kind words

spilling a little secret: was on a 4 weeks fellowship for web3 founders, and it was truly impactful. the sessions were all insightful and love that they gave us "home-works" to grow our startup, @pivyme @PressStartCap @SuiNetwork @WalrusProtocol #BTCFiPaymentsFellowship

PIVY, the simple private payment platform in 40s 👻

@surgepayxyz 🫡

We are fixing the broken process of sending money back home for the underserved diaspora across Asia.