Singapore • Crypto Native • Founder First

Investing in the next wave of open financial networks.

Marina Bay Labs backs ambitious teams building the decentralized infrastructure, applications, and services that will power Web3 for the next decade.

Capital anchored in Asia, distributed globally.

We combine deep technical empathy with regulatory insight to help founders launch scalable crypto products across the Asia-Pacific corridor and beyond.

  • 2022 Founded in Singapore
  • $250M Assets under management
  • 35+ Portfolio teams backed

Our investment thesis

We believe crypto is moving from speculation to utility. We invest at seed and Series A in teams building the enabling rails for this transition—protocols and products with clear paths to adoption, robust token economics, and long-term community alignment.

Decentralized infrastructure

Scalable, secure primitives that power on-chain compute, storage, identity, and interoperability.

Open finance

Protocols and applications expanding access to capital markets, payments, and risk management.

Consumer crypto

Web3 consumer experiences that onboard mainstream users through delightful products and compliant design.

What we look for

Technical founders

Builders with conviction, shipping velocity, and a differentiated perspective on crypto-native problems.

Clear token utility

Tokens that drive aligned incentives, govern networks responsibly, and accrue long-term value.

Regulatory readiness

Teams that design for compliance and understand the evolving policy landscape across key jurisdictions.

Global ambition

Products ready to scale from Asia to the world, supported by resilient communities and distribution.

Selected portfolio

We partner with founders building category-defining products across the crypto stack.

Quantitative Finance

Alpha AI

An automatic web3 trading agent that uses AI to make trading decisions on Binance

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Infrastructure

Tide Protocol

A modular rollup toolkit enabling permissionless deployment of high-throughput, app-specific chains.

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DeFi

HarborX

Cross-border liquidity layer helping fintechs embed stablecoin settlement in less than a week.

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Strategic support that compounds

Beyond capital, we bring hands-on help across token design, exchange relationships, regulatory guidance, and liquidity activation. Our network of founders, market makers, and institutions accelerates each project’s journey from testnet to global scale.

  • Weekly protocol design workshops
  • Asia-Pacific regulatory intelligence
  • Global exchange and liquidity partners
  • Recruiting and community growth support

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