startups · defi · updated 2026-07-07
trending defi startups, ranked by investor follow signal
frontrun tracks 1,431 defi companies and watches which ones the follow graphs of 1,000+ 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 | Nova Markets @novadotmarkets | the next billion-dollar market starts here, powered by Hyperliquid | 3,349 | 2026-04-16 | +55 |
| 2 | Melt @meltfinance | the native spot layer on Hyperliquid | 1,286 | 2026-03-09 | +22 |
| 3 | 3F @3f_xyz | leveraged yield marketplace | 3,917 | 2026-02-21 | +20 |
| 4 | D2 Finance @d2_finance | institutional-grade derivatives strategies for DeFi | 7,386 | 2025-12-27 | +20 |
| 5 | openforage @openforage | institutional yields from sophisticated agentic strategies | 2,874 | 2026-02-18 | +18 |
| 6 | Crafts @craftsdev | fair pricing for equity-linked tokens, first sealed-bid ICO on Solana | 5,954 | 2026-02-07 | +15 |
| 7 | Mobius @mobiusexchange | unified margin for all DeFi, backed by YZi Labs | 1,339 | 2025-12-27 | +12 |
| 8 | Tori Finance @tori_finance | institutional yield, on-chain, backed by Delphi Ventures | 2,417 | 2026-01-26 | +12 |
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