Webacy is a technology company.
Webacy has raised $4.0M across 1 funding round.
Webacy has raised $4.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Webacy is a San Francisco-based Web3 safety technology company founded in 2021 that builds AI-powered risk intelligence and decisioning infrastructure for digital assets.[1][2][3] It offers tools like DD.xyz, a portal for real-time diligence on tokens, wallets, smart contracts, and transactions, addressing risks such as bundling, sniping, fake tokens, liquidity issues, AML, sanctions, and spam/sybil activity.[3] Serving DEXs, CEXs, lending/staking protocols, stablecoin players, and ecosystems like Sui and Sei, Webacy scans over 200 million transactions with 1-second response times, enabling safer on-chain transactions, higher approval rates, and Moody’s-like risk assessments for institutions and users.[1][3][4] The company has raised seed VC funding under $5 million and employs around 74 people, showing early growth in the crypto security space.[2]
Webacy was founded in 2021 in San Francisco, California, at 240 Dolores Street, amid rising needs for trust and safety in the expanding cryptocurrency and Web3 sectors.[1][2] Maika Isogawa serves as Co-Founder & CEO, leading a team with a Head of Engineering and backing from former FinCEN leaders, which informs its RWA and TradFi-friendly risk models.[2][3] The idea emerged to fill gaps in on-chain security, evolving from basic risk assessment to AI-driven APIs trained on proprietary blockchain data, with early traction via integrations and a seed VC round.[1][2][3] Pivotal moments include partnerships like Walrus for verifiable storage in DD.xyz (April 2025) and expansions to chains like Sui, Sei, and Velvet Capital.[1][4]
Webacy rides the Web3 security and compliance wave, where exploding on-chain activity (e.g., DeFi, RWAs) amplifies risks like hacks, rugs, and illicit finance, as noted in U.S. Treasury RFIs.[1][3][4] Timing aligns with maturing blockchains like Sui/Sei needing native risk layers for mass adoption, amid regulatory scrutiny on AML/sanctions.[4] Market forces favoring it include AI-blockchain convergence for real-time threat detection and institutional demand for verifiable diligence, reducing barriers for TradFi entry into crypto.[3] It influences the ecosystem by powering safer DEXs/lending (e.g., higher approvals), cited in policy responses, and enabling "programmable storage" safety via Walrus—positioning it as infrastructure for trustworthy decentralized markets.[1][4]
Webacy is poised to dominate on-chain risk decisioning as AI models ingest more proprietary data, expanding APIs to emerging chains/RWAs and deepening TradFi bridges.[3] Trends like intent-based trading (Velvet), high-throughput ecosystems (Sui/Sei), and regulatory mandates will accelerate demand, potentially scaling to enterprise-grade tools beyond crypto.[4] Its influence may evolve from protector to ecosystem standard-setter, much like Moody’s in TradFi, fueling safer Web3 growth that started with basic diligence in 2021.[1][3]
Webacy has raised $4.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Webacy's investors include Accelr8, Alpaca VC, Double Down, Pareto Holdings, Vayner RSE, AJ Vaynerchuk, Jason Robins.
Webacy has raised $4.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $4.0M Seed in February 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2023 | $4.0M Seed | Accelr8, Alpaca VC, Double Down, Pareto Holdings, Vayner RSE, AJ Vaynerchuk, Jason Robins |