Thread by @kyleellicott

🚨Q3 2021 #Blockchain & #DApps research drop. My takeaways on the industry:

🗺️ Market map of 1,400+ startups
💰 Investors active w/$48+bn (top investors, portfolio reviews, etc.)
⚒️ Breakdown of 4 major categories & 68 sub-cats
💡2021 themes & trends

Let's go! A thread 🧵

I categorized the 1,400+ companies in 4 major areas:

1/ Infrastructure (incl. L0/L1, Layer2, #DApps, etc)🏗️
2/ Enterprise (Supply Chain, Retail, Mobile, etc)🚢
3/ Consumer (#DeFi, #NFTs, Gaming, etc.)🎮
4/ Ecosystem (Venture, etc.)💸🌎

Investor highlights 💰👇

H1 2021 YTD Investments:
- $15.5B+ invested 💸
- 273+ individual deals
- Over 30, $100M+ rounds 🦄

July saw $850M+ in new VC funds created including @acrylicvc @fabric_vc @SCB10X_OFFICIAL plus ecosystem funds from @solana (creators) @0xPolygon (gaming), & Terra

Major Themes 👇

We saw six industry-defining themes reshape the future of the industry in Q2/3:

1/ Environmental impact 🌳
2/ Payments 💳
3/ Mining ⚛️
4/ Digital Assets adoption🪙
5/ CBDCs🏦
6/ Regulation🧑‍⚖️⚖️

Each changing rapidly daily, I'm continuing to track overall impacts.

More 👇

Tune In:

For the full in-depth H1 2021 analysis & deep-dive on the #Blockchain, #DeFi, #DApps industries + more on themes, rising trends, & new co's to watch view the full recording now on @TopioNetworks 📺

topionetworks.com/events/60d607d…

Reach Out 📢:

If I missed your company, project, or you would like to share more about what you're building, DMs are open & I'd love to hear!