Companies · Crypto / Web3
San Francisco · CA, USA · Crypto / Web3 · founded 2026 · https://paysponge.com/
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Sponge — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Sponge: limited disclosed financing to assess.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.
Sponge is one of 196 Crypto / Web3 companies tracked from San Francisco, CA, USA, on record since 2026. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 38% of sector peers), and in the long tail by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%
operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy
Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst”
Financial infrastructure for the agent economy
Sponge is the easiest way for agents to hold and spend money, and for businesses to sell directly to them. For agents: Sponge lets agents hold funds and transact autonomously with other agents and businesses using bank accounts, cards, and crypto. Agents can autonomously purchase services such as email, browser use, and premium data without human involvement. For businesses: Sponge makes it easy to onboard and accept payments from agents without human interaction. Businesses can sell their services directly to agents with a few clicks, no code changes required.
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
No round amounts on record to chart.
No staged rounds to sequence.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 196 companies in Crypto / Web3. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 38% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 38% of peers (estimate).
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No rounds recorded. | |||||
Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
Sponge is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 360 Blockchain Inc. | Crypto / Web3 | Pre-Seed | $244K | $12.5M | same sector |
| Abstract Tokenization, Inc. | Crypto / Web3 | Pre-Seed | $500K | $25.6M | same sector |
| African Blockchain Lab | Crypto / Web3 | Series A | $6.0M | $101.7M | same sector |
| Alpaca, Inc. | Crypto / Web3 | Seed | $3.7M | $2.4M | same sector |
| Alterya | Crypto / Web3 | — | — | — | same sector |
| Applied Blockchain, Inc. | Crypto / Web3 | Series D+ | $210.6M | $1.6B | same sector |
| Arctic Blockchain Ltd. | Crypto / Web3 | Pre-Seed | $491K | $25.1M | same sector |
| Argo Blockchain Plc | Crypto / Web3 | Series B | $55.7M | $61.6M | same sector |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sequence Markets Low-latency execution across crypto, prediction, and tokenized assets | Crypto / Web3 | — | — | 78% |
| Infinite Global B2B Stablecoin Processor | Crypto / Web3 | — | — | 77% |
| Bitaccess We make bitcoin simple. | Crypto / Web3 | — | — | 76% |
| Stackup Stackup helps businesses manage their crypto assets. | Crypto / Web3 | — | — | 76% |
| OWNY Manage capital, investors & banking in one place. | Crypto / Web3 | — | — | 75% |
| Coinrule Coinrule Automates Your Crypto and Stock Investments | Crypto / Web3 | — | — | 74% |
| EthosX The protocol for derivatives on blockchains | Crypto / Web3 | — | — | 74% |
| Poko Seamless Fiat Payments for Web3 | Crypto / Web3 | — | — | 74% |
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