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Upcoming crypto token launches: 3 ways to spot a team pre-TGE

93 Token launches NAUT projects with no token and a priced round in the 12 months to 13 November 2026. Logos: Nous Research, PhotonPay, meanwhile, Hyperbolic Labs, Uranium Digital, Vest Exchange, Fission Labs, 0xPredicate, Takenos, Aligned.

NAUT tracks 93 companies that raised a priced round in the 12 months to 13 November 2026 and still have no launched token on their NAUT page, the widest net for upcoming crypto token launches. Narrow it 3 ways on NAUT: read the most recent funded teams, check the 16 of those 93 that already hold a token sale on record, and follow the backers whose portfolios launch a token most often, such as IOSG Ventures at 46 of 52 project companies.

Data note. Every count here was read from NAUT's own database on 13 November 2026, read-only. A company counts as funded when it has a round with a disclosed amount above $0 announced in the 12 months to that day, M&A excluded, and as tokenless when its NAUT page carries no launched token. Across all live project pages, 3,499 have no launched token and 2,490 have one. A research pass put 14 claims to outside sources: 2 are quoted below, and 1 led to a row being left out. NAUT Research wrote it. Nothing here says a team will launch a token: these are signals for who to call first, and each needs a check before you pitch.

How do you find upcoming crypto token launches on NAUT?

Start wide, then cut. Each of the 3 ways below uses a field NAUT already stores, and each answers a different question.

Way Set Signal Main risk
1. Funded, no token 93 Weak alone Fintech and listed firms with no token plan
2. Sale on record 16 of the 93 Strong The token flag can lag a live token
3. Backers who launch 10 funds Medium A share is past behaviour
  • Way 1 gives you the most names and the most noise.
  • Way 2 gives you the fewest names and the clearest intent, because the team already sold a token.
  • Way 3 is how you rank Way 1: a tokenless team backed by a fund whose portfolio mostly launches tokens moves up your list.

Way 1: which funded teams have no token yet?

9 recent teams pass a first read. They come from the 12 most recent rows in the 93 that carry a description on NAUT; 3 of those 12 were set aside as not token-launch candidates (a post-IPO debt raise and 2 others NAUT's review flagged), which leaves the 9 below. Amounts are each team's last round on NAUT's record.

Project Last round Lead
Series A, $16.5M, Nov 2026
Extended Seed, $7M, Nov 2026 ,
Series C, $40M, Oct 2026
Series A, $8M, Oct 2026
Extended Series A, $30M, Oct 2026 Not on NAUT's record
Series A, $10M, Oct 2026
Undisclosed, $37.5M, Oct 2026
Series B, $90M, Oct 2026
Seed, $13M, Oct 2026
  • Blockchain Capital led 3 of the 9 on NAUT's record: Uranium Digital, PhotonPay and 0xPredicate.
  • Read the sector before you read the amount. A DePIN or DeFi team such as Hyperbolic Labs or Vest Exchange fits a network token more often than a payments firm such as PhotonPay.
  • Uranium Digital describes itself on NAUT as a uranium ore tokenization solution, so ask whether any token it plans is a product token or a network token before you treat it as a TGE lead.
  • The other 81 NAUT companies without a token in the 93 sit on NAUT under the same filter. Some are exchanges, listed companies or treasury firms, so read each description before you add it to a list.

Way 2: which projects held a token sale but show no live token?

16 of the 93 funded companies hold a token sale on NAUT's record (an ICO, IDO, IEO or pre-sale round, or stored token terms) and no launched token. Dropee App is left out because a research check disputed its no-token flag, which leaves the 15 below, sorted by sale month, most recent first.

Project Last sale on NAUT Stored FDV
ICO, $500,000, Jun 2026 None
IDO, $1,671,420, Jun 2026 None
ICO, $16,020, Apr 2026 None
IDO, $150,000, Apr 2026 None
ICO, $10,000,000, Apr 2026 $400M
IEO, $200,000, Apr 2026 None
IDO, $6,000,000, Mar 2026 None
IEO, $27,000, Mar 2026 None
Pre-sale, $1,000,000, Mar 2026 None
IEO, $6,000, Feb 2026 None
IDO, $63,467, Feb 2026 None
ICO, $371,049, Dec 2025 $130M
IDO, $120,000, Dec 2025 None
ICO, $3,000,000, Nov 2025 $150M
ICO, $1,854,806, Nov 2025 $70M
  • A sale on record is the clearest intent signal in this article: the team has already priced and sold a token.
  • It is also the row most likely to be stale. Each of these sales closed 5 to 12 months before 13 November 2026, so either the token has not gone live or NAUT's launch flag has not caught up. Check the token on a price site before you pitch the team as pre-TGE.
  • Research checked 3 of the 16: the Dropee App flag was disputed, and the status of Bitfi and strato_net could not be settled either way. The other 13 were not checked.
  • Aligned carries stored token terms on NAUT: a 10,000,000,000 total supply, 30% initial circulating and a $400M FDV.

Way 3: which backers' portfolios launch a token most often?

The 10 funds below rank highest by the share of their NAUT project companies with a launched token, among investor firms with 40 or more project companies on NAUT that also backed at least 1 tokenless project in a round in the last 12 months.

Share of each fund's NAUT project companies with a launched token
  1. IOSG Ventures88%
  2. CoinFund78%
  3. Amber Group75%
  4. ParaFi Capital75%
  5. Polychain Capital74%
  6. Multicoin Capital71%
  7. Pantera Capital67%
  8. Robot Ventures64%
  9. Mirana Ventures63%
  10. Wintermute62%

IOSG Ventures leads at 46 of its 52 project companies on NAUT's record.

Fund Token cos Share Tokenless, 12 mo
46 of 52 88% 1
32 of 41 78% 1
53 of 71 75% 1
38 of 51 75% 1
52 of 70 74% 2
29 of 41 71% 1
37 of 55 67% 2
36 of 56 64% 1
50 of 79 63% 2
28 of 45 62% 2
  • The last column is your shortlist: 14 tokenless project backings across the 10 funds in the 12 months to 13 November 2026. 2 of them are in the Way 1 table: Pantera Capital led Fission Labs and Robot Ventures led Nous Research.
  • Open each fund's NAUT page and filter its portfolio for rows with no token. Those are the teams most likely to follow the fund's pattern.
  • Amber Group says on its own site: "We selectively invest in leading projects across different tracks within Web3". ParaFi Capital calls itself "one of the earliest institutional investors in digital assets".
  • A share is history. It says what a fund's past companies did, and nothing about any single team's plan.

What upcoming crypto token launches mean for a BD team

  • Exchanges, market makers, launchpads, auditors and KOL agencies sell to a team in the months before its token goes live. The 15 sale rows and the 9 recent funded teams are where that window is most likely open.
  • Rank Way 1 with Way 3. A team in the 93 that also sits in a high-share fund's portfolio goes first.
  • Treat Way 2 as a check list as much as a lead list: confirm the token is still pending before you write.
  • Each project page on NAUT lists the team it holds, so the call that follows the signal starts on the same page.
How a BD team works the 3 signals
  1. Pull the funded listStart from the 93 NAUT companies with a priced round in 12 months and no launched token.
  2. Cut the non-candidatesRead each description: 3 of the 12 most recent rows were set aside before the 9 in the Way 1 table.
  3. Check the sale rows15 projects hold a token sale on NAUT and no launched token. Confirm the token is still pending first.
  4. Rank by backerMove up teams backed by a fund like IOSG Ventures, where 46 of 52 project companies launched a token.
  5. Reach the teamOpen the project page on NAUT and pick the person who owns listings or partnerships.

Related reading on NAUT: What is a TGE: 22 token launches and the $11.56B behind them and What is a SAFT: 15 NAUT token rounds, $278.2M, 0 typed SAFT.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?token=pre with Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY filters NAUT projects by token stage with the token parameter (launched or pre), up to 100 a page with limit, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/pantera-capital returns a fund's portfolio with each row's round type, amount, date and lead flag. Each data call costs 5 credits; the endpoints are in the API docs and the plans on NAUT pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people on these teams unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.

Upcoming crypto token launches FAQ

How do I find crypto projects that are about to launch a token?

Combine 3 signals on NAUT: a priced round with no launched token (93 companies in the 12 months to 13 November 2026), a token sale already on record (16 of those 93), and a backer whose portfolio mostly launches tokens, such as IOSG Ventures at 46 of 52. None of the 3 proves a launch date, so confirm with the team.

Which recently funded crypto teams have no token yet?

NAUT's data shows Nous Research ($90M Series B, Oct 2026), PhotonPay ($40M Series C, Oct 2026), Hyperbolic Labs ($30M Extended Series A, Oct 2026) and Uranium Digital ($16.5M Series A, Nov 2026) among 9 recent teams with no launched token on NAUT as of 13 November 2026.

Does a token sale mean the token has not launched?

No. 15 projects on NAUT held an ICO, IDO, IEO or pre-sale between November 2025 and June 2026 and carry no launched token flag as of 13 November 2026, but a flag can lag a live token, so check a price site first.

Where can I find pre-TGE projects and the people to contact on NAUT?

Each of the 93 tokenless funded companies has a NAUT project page with its team, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?token=pre filters projects by token stage with the token parameter (launched or pre) for 5 credits a call. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for those teams unlock on any paid NAUT plan: start a 7-day trial.

Sources

  • NAUT's own database, read on 13 November 2026, read-only: live project pages, their launched-token flag, every round with a disclosed amount announced in the 12 months to that day (M&A excluded), round leads, sale terms and stored tokenomics, and each investor firm's backed project companies.
  • Amber Group's own site, ambergroup.io, the Amber Labs section, for the quote above.
  • ParaFi Capital's own site, parafi.com, for the quote above.

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