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Undisclosed crypto round backers: 4 ways, 1 name found

By NAUT Research · · 9 min read

$50M Undisclosed backers a Strategic round of 13 July 2026 with 0 backers on NAUT, and the 4 reads that name them. Logos: ADI, Coinbase Ventures, 1kx, Blockchain Capital, NVIDIA Venture Capital.

Undisclosed crypto round backers can be worked out in 4 reads: NAUT's own record of the round, the company's own announcement, a news search run on the round's figures instead of its name, and NAUT's co-investor data for comparable rounds. NAUT tracks ADI's $50,000,000 Strategic round of 13 July 2026 with 0 backers on its record, and those 4 reads, run on 7 November 2026, put 1 named participant on the round and 15 firms on a shortlist.

Data note. Every NAUT figure here was read from NAUT's own database on 7 November 2026, read-only. The worked round is the single funding record NAUT holds for ADI: Strategic, $50,000,000, announced 13 July 2026, with 0 rows in its backer table. A backer count on NAUT is NAUT's record of that round rather than the full set of firms in the deal, so 0 backers means NAUT holds no backer for it. The comparison set is the 15 investor firms that appear most often as a backer on NAUT's Strategic, Series A and Series B rounds announced after 1 January 2025 at companies tagged Infrastructure, L1/2/3, RWA or Stablecoins: 20 backer records between them across 10 companies, 9 of which have a NAUT page. 5 claims went to outside sources on 7 November 2026: 1 came back confirmed with its quote found on the page, 2 were not found, and 2 came back contradicted. NAUT Research wrote it, and the checks that went against NAUT's own display are left in below rather than tidied away.

How do you find undisclosed crypto round backers?

The round's own record is the starting point, because it tells you which fields exist and which are missing. ADI's NAUT record carries the amount, the date and the round type, and 0 backers, so the 3 fields that are present become the search terms for the 3 reads that follow.

Read Where it goes What it returned
1. Round record on NAUT Strategic, $50,000,000, 13 July 2026, 0 backers on record
2. Company channels the project site and its X account The round was announced and no investor was named in either, per the 2 checks run on 7 November 2026
3. News by figures a search on the amount, the date and the round type A GlobeNewswire release and a ChainCatcher item, 1 of which names a participant
4. Co-investor data NAUT's backer records for comparable rounds 15 firms, 20 backer records, on 3
The 4 reads, in order
  1. Read the round recordADI on NAUT carries $50,000,000, Strategic and 13 July 2026, with 0 backers on record.
  2. Read the company itselfThe project announced the round on its own X account and named no investor in the post or on its site.
  3. Search by the figuresThe amount, the date and the round type surface press copies that the company name alone misses.
  4. Shortlist from co-investors15 firms hold 20 backer records on comparable rounds, so the likeliest names are already on NAUT.

What does NAUT hold on the round itself?

NAUT's data shows 1 funding record for ADI: a Strategic round of $50,000,000 announced on 13 July 2026, with 0 rows in its backer table. ADI is tagged Infrastructure and L1/2/3 on NAUT, runs on Ethereum, and its stored description reads as an institutional Ethereum L2 for stablecoins and real-world assets in the MENA region.

That shape matters for a shortlist. A Strategic round is usually taken by a corporate or an ecosystem buyer rather than a classic seed fund, so the firms worth checking first are the ones already active in the same sector and at the same stage.

NAUT holds 6 people against ADI and 1 of them carries a job title, so the founder route (looking up a founder's earlier backers) has nothing to run on at this company. That read is left out of the 4 here for that reason.

Does the company's own announcement name the round's investors?

The 2 checks run on the company's own channels on 7 November 2026 both came back without an investor name. The project's X account posted the $50,000,000 announcement on 13 July 2026, and the post, its graphic and the release it links name no investor. The foundation site carried no release or page naming investors in the round when it was read the same day.

That is still a useful result. It tells you the silence is the company's own choice rather than a gap in one aggregator, so the next read has to go to third parties.

What does a search on the round's figures turn up?

Searching on $50,000,000, 13 July 2026 and Strategic, instead of the project name alone, surfaced 2 press items that a name search buried. A GlobeNewswire release carried by the Manila Times on 13 July 2026 reports that the chain has secured a strategic investment of USD 50,000,000, which confirms the amount and the date NAUT holds. The same release describes the ADI Foundation as initiated by Sirius International Holding, a subsidiary of International Holding Company (IHC), one of Abu Dhabi's largest investment groups.

A ChainCatcher news item republished on Bitget, dated 15 July 2026, reports the $50,000,000 round as completed with IHC participating. That is 1 named participant for a round NAUT records with 0 backers, found from the figures alone. IHC has no company page on NAUT, so it goes on your own list rather than into a NAUT link.

The aggregator page for the round returned HTTP 403 to NAUT's fetch on 7 November 2026, so nothing from it is used here.

Which firms are the likeliest undisclosed crypto round backers?

The 15 firms below are the ones that appear most often as a backer on NAUT's Strategic, Series A and Series B rounds announced after 1 January 2025 at companies tagged Infrastructure, L1/2/3, RWA or Stablecoins. They are ranked by the number of those rounds each firm backed on NAUT's record. 4 firms hold 2 or more, and 11 hold 1 each.

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1 1 company with no NAUT page
Rounds backed in the comparable set, the 4 firms with 2 or more
  1. Coinbase Ventures3
  2. 1kx2
  3. NVIDIA Venture Capital2
  4. Blockchain Capital2

Coinbase Ventures is the only firm in the set with 3 of these rounds on NAUT's record, which makes it the first call on a shortlist of crypto round investors for a round of this shape. A check of the 3 company pages on 7 November 2026 found Coinbase Ventures displayed on the blackbird and Towns Protocol pages, while the Velocity page showed its further funding rounds collapsed behind a link, so that third record sits in NAUT's data without appearing on the page as it first loads.

A shortlist is a list of firms to ask, and asking is the step that turns it into an answer. Every firm above has a NAUT page with its team on it, so the question goes to a named person at the firm rather than to a form.

What this tells a BD team or a founder raising

  • A round with 0 backers on record is still 3 usable fields. The amount, the date and the round type are what the press search runs on, and they found a named participant here where the project name alone did not.
  • The company's own silence is a data point for your note. Asking a founder who else is in the round is a different conversation from asking whether they raised.
  • Sector plus stage beats sector alone for a shortlist. Narrowing to Strategic, Series A and Series B rounds since 1 January 2025 in 4 sector tags cut the field to 15 firms holding 20 backer records.
  • A repeat backer is the better first call. 4 of the 15 firms back 2 or more of these rounds, so they are the ones with a thesis in the sector rather than 1 opportunistic cheque.
  • Name the shared portfolio in the first line. 0xPredicate and Camp Network each carry both 1kx and Blockchain Capital, which is a syndicate that travels together.
How a founder works the shortlist
  1. Start with the repeat backers4 of the 15 firms hold 2 or more of these rounds, led by Coinbase Ventures on 3.
  2. Read the syndicate1kx and Blockchain Capital both back 0xPredicate and Camp Network, so 1 intro can reach 2 firms.
  3. Open the firm pageEach of the 15 firms has a NAUT page with its team, so the ask goes to a person.
  4. Ask about the quiet roundA $50,000,000 Strategic round with 0 named backers is a question the firms in that sector can usually answer.

Related reading on NAUT: How to find the lead investor: 3 ways, tested on 20 rounds and Crypto co-investors: 3 steps, 168 on 66 rounds for 1 fund.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes. The round record behind this article comes back from GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/adi-token, which returns 1 company with its team, and the co-investor side comes from GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/coinbase-ventures, which returns 1 fund with its team and portfolio, each row carrying the company, round type, amount, announce date and lead flag. Every call is a GET with Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY, priced at 5 credits, documented at naut.so/docs/api with plans at naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people at these firms unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so you can start a 7-day trial and reach them.

Undisclosed crypto round backers FAQ

Who backed this crypto round if it is not named?

On ADI's $50,000,000 Strategic round of 13 July 2026, NAUT's record holds 0 backers, and a ChainCatcher item republished on Bitget on 15 July 2026 reports IHC participating in the round. The project's own X post of 13 July 2026 and its foundation site named no investor when both were read on 7 November 2026.

Why does a crypto round show 0 backers on NAUT?

A backer count on NAUT is NAUT's record of who is named in that round, so 0 means NAUT holds no backer row for it rather than that nobody invested. ADI's Strategic round of 13 July 2026 is 1 such record, and the press search in this article found 1 participant for it.

How do I shortlist strategic round backers for a quiet deal?

Filter NAUT's backer records to the round types and sector tags that match the deal: for Strategic, Series A and Series B rounds since 1 January 2025 at Infrastructure, L1/2/3, RWA and Stablecoins companies, 15 firms hold 20 backer records between them, and 4 of those firms hold 2 or more.

Where can I find these 15 firms and their contact channels?

Each of the 15 firms has its own NAUT page with the people on its team, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/coinbase-ventures returns 1 fund with its team and portfolio through the API at 5 credits a call. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so you can start a 7-day trial and open the channels for the firm you pick.

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