Meld Ventures

Meld Ventures is an Australian firm that backs blockchain entrepreneurs. It invests in bold projects in areas such as decentralised finance, supply chains, commodities, NFTs and wider finance, under a theme it calls FutureFi.

It was founded by Michael Cotton and AJ Milne, who bring experience in fintech, blockchain, collectables and commodities.

What Meld Ventures does

• Blockchain venture investment: support for projects across several blockchain protocols.
• Ideation Lab: a unit that designs, develops and launches new ventures of its own.
• Meld Gold: a tokenised gold certificate product built on the Algorand blockchain.
• NFT ventures: including a digital collecting business called Meadow Labs.
• Portfolio of protocols and platforms: named holdings include Maple, mStable and Verida.

Who it works with

The firm works with blockchain founders and projects focused on how people and businesses will interact in a future digital economy.

Key facts

• Based in: Australia
• Founders: Michael Cotton and AJ Milne
• Focus: decentralised finance, supply chains, commodities, NFTs