TechRound is excited to announce the winners of our Blockchain32 Competition 2025!
TechRound is proud to announce the winners of our Blockchain32 campaign 2025, celebrating the entrepreneurs and companies pioneering the blockchain space.
At TechRound, we believe that it’s the innovation, not the size of the company, that makes a business worthy of inclusion. Our judges have all noted just how difficult it was to choose between the hoards of businesses that entered the competition – and now, our top 32 are ready to be announced!
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See The List
Number 32 – See Here >>
Top 20 – See Here >>
Top 10 – See Here >>
Who Ranked Number 1? – See Here >>
Feedback From The Judges
The quality of submissions this year was impressive — ranging from infrastructure-level blockchain solutions to bold integrations of AI and compliance. What stood out were projects that tackled real-world problems like transparency, decentralisation, and regulatory challenges without overengineering. Teams like Randamu and SHIZA showed not just technical depth but strategic clarity and purpose. It was great to see entries that communicated a clear vision, a capable team, and an identifiable market need. I’m confident many of these ventures are positioned for significant success and look forward to seeing their growth in the evolving Web3 landscape.
Michael Jerlis, Founder & CEO of EMCD
Dr. Nick New, CEO and Co-Founder of Optalyysys
Zee Yende, Writer at TechRound
“This year’s TechRound Blockchain startup awards is a very interesting blend of traditional crypto tech bringing tangible improvements to already established use cases with a set of concrete blockchain applications, especially focused on payments & RWAs, and a set of very interesting hybrid blockchain – AI solutions.
My notable mentions would be to stablecoins as they are seemingly taking over global payments solutions, with an initial focus on developing regions like Africa or South America; RWA tokenization with special emphasis on real estate, hopefully with mainstream adoption following soon; and AI platforms with native blockchain layer for data certification.”
Pedro Lopez-Belmonte, CPO at MetaMinds
Thank You To Our Judges
Michael Jerlis, Founder & CEO of EMCD
Michael Jerlis is the Founder & CEO of EMCD, one of the world’s top 10 Bitcoin mining pools and a leading crypto fintech platform. A long-time Web3 builder, bootstrapped EMCD from $10 000 to a global platform without external funding, founder of the Electromotive robotics company, the EdChess app, and the Trely delivery service.
Dr. Nick New, CEO and Co-Founder of Optalyysys
Dr Nick New is the CEO and Co-Founder of Optalysys, a company enabling the future of secure computing by processing data at scale without it needing to be decrypted. Optalysys is developing technology that can be used across a variety of areas, such as finance and healthcare. Before Optalysys, Nick led Cambridge Correlators, shaping their technical development and international growth.
Zee Yende, Writer at TechRound
Zee is a news reporter and researcher at TechRound who has been covering the latest on tech and startups for the past two years at the company. She has an interest in all things digital, with a background in UX/UI design, digital marketing and brand storytelling. As one of this year’s judges, she is looking forward to learning about the different ways blockchain technology is being used to create unique and exciting businesses in the competition and industry at large.
Pedro Lopez-Belmonte, CPO at MetaMinds
Pedro Lopez-Belmonte is a strategic leader in Web3 and blockchain innovation for the luxury and retail
sectors, and he has recently taken over as the CPO of MetaMinds. Pedro’s expertise lies in bridging technological innovation with business strategy, particularly in applying
blockchain solutions to address real-world challenges in supply chain, authentication, and customer
engagement.
As the lead of the Swiss Metaverse Association for the retail, fashion and luxury industry, he helps shape
blockchain standards and best practices that are driving industry transformation.
