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Near Protocol ecosystem projects: 10 on NAUT, all 10 funded

By NAUT Research · · 7 min read

10 Near ecosystem projects 10 of 58 Near-tagged company rows on NAUT, in 3 product groups, read 8 November 2026. Logos: NEAR Protocol, Aurora, Octopus Network, Aurigami, Bastion Protocol, Burrow, Ref Finance, Spin, Jumbo Exchange, Veax Labs.

NAUT tracks 10 Near Protocol ecosystem projects: 10 live company pages that carry the Near chain tag, read on 8 November 2026. NEAR Protocol is the chain itself. 5 of the other 9 put the product on NEAR or on Aurora, NEAR's EVM layer, in their own stored description, 3 more are placed on NEAR by an outside source cited below, and the 10th, Octopus Network, carries the Near chain tag with no NEAR mention in its own description. They fall into 3 product groups, the chain plus 2 infrastructure projects, 4 exchange and derivatives venues and 3 lending markets, and all 10 carry at least 1 announced funding round on NAUT.

How this list was built. On 8 November 2026 NAUT read 58 company rows carrying the Near chain tag. 36 were set aside as generic multichain rows, each tagged on 5 or more chains, from Rubic at 41 chain tags and Bitget Wallet at 37 down to Alchemix and HAPI at 5 each. Of the 22 rows left, 12 came out for a reason of their own: 4 are a chain or network in their own right rather than a project built on Near (Siacoin, Celo and Zcash each run their own layer 1, and Flux sits on NAUT under the slug zelcash), 1 is a DeFi platform on Neo (Flamingo), and 7 carry Near beside 1 to 3 other chain tags while their own description puts the product elsewhere, covering an Ethereum lending protocol, an Ethereum collateral token, a grants platform, a decentralized identity network on Arbitrum and Gnosis, an AI data network on 0G and BNB Chain, an off-chain trading network and a Bitcoin liquidity layer. That leaves the 10 below: the chain itself, 5 rows whose own description names NEAR or Aurora, 3 placed on NEAR by an outside source cited below, and Octopus Network on the Near chain tag alone.

2 data notes before the numbers. NEAR Protocol's own funding figures are held back: its NAUT row carries 5 Investment rows with no announced date, 2 rows both labelled Strategic 2 at different amounts and a Private 2 row with no amount, so its stored round count and stored total are left out of every figure here and its 2 dated 2022 rounds are cited from outside sources instead. And Burrow's row carries a second chain tag that does not match a NEAR-native money market; source c15 below confirms the product is built on NEAR Protocol, so the row stays and the stray tag is left out of the chain link below the table.

Which projects are building on Near Protocol, by product group?

These Near blockchain projects fall into 3 buckets by what they build. 7 of the 10 are Near DeFi projects, 4 exchange venues and 3 lending markets. The other 3 are NEAR Protocol itself and 2 infrastructure projects. 2 of the 10 are Aurora projects, built on NEAR's EVM layer rather than on NEAR directly.

Near Protocol ecosystem projects: all 10, ranked by total raised on NAUT

Ranked by the total raised that each project's NAUT page shows, largest first.

Project Product Rounds Raised
Layer 1 smart contract platform Held back Held back as a defect
EVM scaling layer for Ethereum apps 5 $17,774,689
Leased security for Substrate appchains 7 $15,100,000
Non-custodial lending and liquidity 4 $12,000,000
Lending and stableswap platform 2 $11,000,000
Pool-based money market 1 $5,000,000
AMM and DeFi shard 1 $4,800,000
Order book DEX for futures and options 1 $3,750,000
DEX on an AMM model 2 $3,600,000
DEX with concentrated liquidity 1 $1,200,000

The chain link, row by row: NEAR Protocol is the chain itself. Aurigami and Bastion Protocol build on Aurora, and Aurora runs on NEAR. Ref Finance, Veax Labs, Burrow, Spin and Jumbo Exchange are on NEAR directly. Octopus Network carries the Near chain tag in NAUT's data and names Substrate appchains, not NEAR, in its own description.

4 of the 10 have a launched token on NAUT (NEAR, AURORA, PLY and REF). The other 6 carry a ticker on file with the token marked as not launched: OCT at Octopus Network, BSTN at Bastion Protocol, BRRR at Burrow, SPIN at Spin, JUMBO at Jumbo Exchange and VEAX at Veax Labs. The 9 projects outside NEAR Protocol's held-back row account for 24 announced rounds and $74,224,689 on NAUT's record.

No round read for these 10 projects carries a lead flag on NAUT's record, so every lead named below comes from the linked source, never from the database.

Near Protocol ecosystem projects: the chain and 2 infrastructure projects

is the layer 1 itself, tagged on NAUT across AI, L1/2/3, Infrastructure, Privacy and DeFi. Wikipedia's page on the chain says it was "founded by Illia Polosukhin and Alexander Skidanov", and both sit on NAUT: as Co-founder, CEO NEAR Foundation and as Co-Founder. 2 dated 2022 rounds are confirmed by outside sources: $350,000,000 announced 6 April 2022, with Decrypt naming "Republic Capital, FTX Ventures, Hashed, Dragonfly Capital, ParaFi Capital", and $150,000,000 announced 13 January 2022, where SiliconAngle lists Mechanism Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Alameda, Zee Prime, Amber Group, 6th Man Ventures and Circle Ventures among the backers. Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

is NEAR's EVM layer, described on its own blog as "an Ethereum Layer-2 protocol that provides developers experience of Ethereum on top of NEAR". NAUT shows 5 rounds and $17,774,689. The Block reported a $12,000,000 raise on 14 October 2021 backed by Pantera Capital, Electric Capital and more than 100 investors including Dragonfly Capital.

is a multi-chain network that provides leased security and interoperability to Substrate appchains, with 7 rounds and $15,100,000 on NAUT and a ticker of OCT that is marked as not launched. The 3 claims the research step put to outside sources for Octopus Network did not clear the quote bar, 1 contradicted on its Series A date, 1 where the quote was not found on the page and 1 page the fetch could not read with no second source, so this entry rests on NAUT's own data, where the Near chain tag is the only link to NEAR: the stored description names Substrate appchains and never NEAR or Aurora.

Near Protocol ecosystem projects: the 4 exchange and derivatives venues

  • is "a decentralized exchange (DEX) and automated market maker (AMM)" on NEAR, with 1 round and $4,800,000 on NAUT and a live REF token.
  • runs an order book venue for futures and options on NEAR, described by NEAR's own publication as the "first DEX in the ecosystem to release Perpetual Futures and DeFi Option Vaults". NAUT shows 1 round and $3,750,000.
  • is a "decentralized trading platform operating on the NEAR blockchain", with 2 rounds and $3,600,000 on NAUT.
  • runs "a decentralized exchange (DEX) and PerpDEX on the NEAR Protocol, combining swap and perpetuals trading through a hybrid AMM architecture", with 1 round and $1,200,000 on NAUT.

Near Protocol ecosystem projects: the 3 lending markets

  • is a non-custodial money market on Aurora, with 4 rounds and $12,000,000 on NAUT and a live PLY token. Smart Liquidity reported that "Aurigami has closed an investment round, co-led by Dragonfly Capital and Polychain Capital", a $9,500,000 raise dated 15 February 2022 with Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research and Jump Capital also named.
  • is "a lending and stableswap platform on Aurora", with 2 rounds and $11,000,000 on NAUT. The Block reported a $9,000,000 Series A on 21 April 2022, with FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto and The Spartan Group also named as backers.
  • is "a decentralized, non-custodial, pool-based interest rates platform" on NEAR, with 1 round and $5,000,000 on NAUT.

How much have these Near ecosystem projects raised?

Total raised on NAUT, the 9 projects with a printable figure
  1. Aurora$17.77M
  2. Octopus Network$15.1M
  3. Aurigami$12M
  4. Bastion Protocol$11M
  5. Burrow$5M
  6. Ref Finance$4.8M
  7. Spin$3.75M
  8. Jumbo Exchange$3.6M
  9. Veax Labs$1.2M

The chart holds 9 of the 10, in $M, summing to $74,224,689. NEAR Protocol is out of the chart because its stored total is held back as a data defect, and its 2 source-confirmed 2022 rounds of $350,000,000 and $150,000,000 are each larger than the other 9 projects combined.

What this tells a BD team working Near Protocol projects

  • 4 of the 9 printable raises are above $10,000,000: Aurora at $17,774,689, Octopus Network at $15,100,000, Aurigami at $12,000,000 and Bastion Protocol at $11,000,000. Those are the budgets in this list.
  • The 6 projects carrying a ticker with the token marked as not launched are the ones still ahead of a listing, so launch, market making and exchange pitches land there.
  • 2 of the 10 build on Aurora rather than on NEAR directly, which changes the integration pitch: both are lending venues.
How a BD team works the 10 Near projects
  1. Start with the 4 funded above $10,000,000Aurora at $17,774,689, Octopus Network at $15,100,000, Aurigami at $12,000,000 and Bastion Protocol at $11,000,000.
  2. Pick the group that buys your product4 of the 10 are exchange or derivatives venues, 3 are lending markets, 3 are the chain and its infrastructure.
  3. Open the project page for the teamEach of the 10 NAUT pages lists the people NAUT holds and the channels on file for them.
  4. Unlock 1 channel and send 1 lineVerified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan.

What this tells a founder raising on Near

  • 5 rounds across these 10 projects are covered by an outside source that names backers: NEAR Protocol's $350,000,000 and $150,000,000, Aurora's $12,000,000, Aurigami's $9,500,000 and Bastion Protocol's $9,000,000.
  • Dragonfly Capital is named in 4 of those 5 rounds by the sources linked below, the only firm in this set that repeats more than twice.
  • 4 of the 10 reached a launched token, so a token path is proven in this ecosystem but is not the norm among the 10.
How a founder raising on Near uses this list
  1. Read the 5 sourced rounds firstNEAR Protocol's $350,000,000 and $150,000,000, Aurora's $12,000,000, Aurigami's $9,500,000 and Bastion Protocol's $9,000,000.
  2. Start with the firm that repeatsDragonfly Capital is named in 4 of those 5 rounds.
  3. Check the token path4 of the 10 have a launched token on NAUT, 6 carry a ticker without one.

Why 48 Near-tagged rows are not on this list

48 of the 58 Near-tagged company rows are out. 36 are generic multichain rows with 5 or more chain tags, where the Near tag says the product deploys there rather than lives there. 12 are out for a reason of their own, as the data note sets out: 4 are their own chain or network, 1 is a DeFi platform on Neo, and 7 carry Near beside 1 to 3 other tags with their product described somewhere else. A chain tag on NAUT is a lead worth checking, and each of the 58 rows was read against its own stored description before it was kept or dropped.

On source coverage, 19 claims about these 10 projects went to outside sources on 8 November 2026 and 14 are used here: 11 where the quote was found on the page, and 3 on a page the fetch could not read, each carrying a second source. The other 5 are left out, 1 contradicted, 2 where the quote was not found on the page and 2 where the page could not be read and no second source backed it. 9 of the 10 projects carry at least 1 fact here that an outside source supports.

Related reading on NAUT: Crypto ecosystem leads: 98 at 60 L1 and L2 chains and Layer 1 blockchains list: 127 chains, 120 with a token.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes. GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?q=near&limit=100 with Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY returns the project rows this article was built from, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/near-protocol returns 1 company with its team, so 1 call per project covers all 10. Each data or search call costs 5 credits, documented at naut.so/docs/api, and plans start at Essential $49 a month for 3,000 credits at naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to reach the teams behind these 10 projects.

Near Protocol ecosystem projects FAQ

Which projects are building on Near Protocol?

NAUT holds 10 live company pages for Near Protocol ecosystem projects as of 8 November 2026: NEAR Protocol, Aurora, Octopus Network, Aurigami, Bastion Protocol, Burrow, Ref Finance, Spin, Jumbo Exchange and Veax Labs.

How much have Near Protocol ecosystem projects raised?

The 9 projects with a printable figure show 24 announced rounds and $74,224,689 on NAUT as of 8 November 2026, led by Aurora at $17,774,689 and Octopus Network at $15,100,000. NEAR Protocol itself is held back as a data defect, with 2 dated 2022 rounds confirmed by outside sources at $350,000,000 on 6 April 2022 and $150,000,000 on 13 January 2022.

How many Near ecosystem projects on NAUT have a launched token?

4 of the 10 have a launched token on NAUT as of 8 November 2026: NEAR at NEAR Protocol, AURORA at Aurora, PLY at Aurigami and REF at Ref Finance. The other 6 carry a ticker on file with the token marked as not launched.

Where can I find the people at these Near Protocol projects and their contact channels?

NAUT's page for each of the 10 projects lists the people it holds and the channels on file for them, and NEAR Protocol's page names its co-founders Illia Polosukhin and Alex Skidanov. You can pull the same rows with GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/near-protocol at 5 credits a call. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to open them.

Why do 10 of 58 Near-tagged rows make this list?

58 company rows on NAUT carried the Near chain tag when they were read on 8 November 2026, and 48 came out: 36 generic multichain rows with 5 or more chain tags, and 12 whose own description puts the product on another chain or network. Of the 10 that remain, NEAR Protocol is the chain itself, 5 name NEAR or Aurora in their own stored description, 3 are placed on NEAR by an outside source listed above, and Octopus Network carries the Near chain tag alone.

Sources

NAUT's own database supplied every count, round count, stored total, ticker and token status above, read on 8 November 2026. The 14 outside claims used, in 13 lines (the Bastion Protocol line carries 2 of them):

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