startups · defi · updated Oct 5, 2026
trending defi startups, ranked by investor follow signal
frontrun tracks 2,214 defi companies and watches which ones the follow graphs of 2,900+ venture investors converge on. these are the defi companies with the most new tracked follows in the last 90 days - most of them before any announced round. counts are public; which investors are behind them is in the product.
| # | company | what they do | followers | first flagged | tracked follows (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcus @arcus_xyz | Built by the team behind dYdX in partnership with @RobinhoodCrypto | 24/7 Stock* Trading with 0% Fees | Spot & Perps live in Beta | 292,622 | Jul 1, 2026 | +34 |
| 2 | Portola @tryportola | The onchain credit layer | 444 | Jan 25, 2026 | +30 |
| 3 | Metric @metricxyz | The DEX that prices pools to reality | 5,663 | Mar 4, 2026 | +26 |
| 4 | varo @launchonvaro | A launchpad by @rialto_xyz | 5,043 | Jul 27, 2026 | +21 |
| 5 | Hookr @hookrfun | Hook Launchpad. Modular infrastructure for surfacing, composing and integrating Uniswap V4 Hooks. | 5,539 | Jul 23, 2026 | +20 |
| 6 | up. @uponrh | The native (3,3) exchange and liquidity layer of Robinhood Chain. | 9,959 | Jul 11, 2026 | +20 |
| 7 | Tenor @tenorfinance | Borrow at fixed rates. Onchain. Built on the Morpho Protocol | 3,049 | Feb 26, 2026 | +19 |
| 8 | Shroom @shroom_network | SHROOM grows at Night 0xab093dEF657F15dF31b33922A95e047aDd645B29 on RobinHood Chain only | 5,222 | Sep 4, 2026 | +19 |
| 9 | Flint Trade @flint_trade_ | Spot | Perps DEX on @solana | 1,392 | Jul 23, 2026 | +18 |
| 10 | Rally @rallypadfun | The programmable market layer for humans + agents. Community: https://t.co/O5MmloyNZ5 | 1,541 | Jul 16, 2026 | +18 |
every defi company we track a page for
266 companies, alphabetical.
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