Seed Round 2026Pitch/2026

Trading as a sport
The competitive layer for perpetual futures trading

Paradyze

Paradyze
Current problemparadyze.io

Trading is a skill.
But it has zero infrastructure.

97% of futures traders lose money within a year. Not because they can't trade but because they trade blind.

No Edge

You're reading the same chart as 10M other traders. No original signals. No synthesis.

No Feedback

No competition. No way to measure yourself against real traders. Just grinding in isolation.

No Proof

Your track record is screenshots and stories. Nothing verified. Nothing permanent.

FGV/USP, Brazilian equity futures market, 2013–2015 (n=1,551)
Our Solutionparadyze.io

Trading finally has the infrastructure to be treated like the skill it is.

Train. Compete. Prove.

Train — AI as Your Edge

AI that synthesizes what you'd miss across dozens of sources into one actionable edge.

Compete — Multiplayer as Your Test

Real stakes. Real traders. Structured formats that separate amateurs from pros.

Prove — Your Record as Reputation

On-chain verified history that compounds into reputation.

Paradyze Platform

The execution layer is commoditizing.
The competitive layer doesn't exist yet.

Execution is a commodity

New perp DEXs launch monthly — all competing on the same fees and speed. Traders have no reason to stay.

40x

On-chain perps volume has grown 40x since 2021, now exceeding $1T/month. The liquidity foundation exists.

$2B+

Esports proved skill-based competition is a $2B+ spectator market. Trading is higher-stakes, 24/7, and global.

Demo — AI Trading Terminalparadyze.io

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Tractionparadyze.io

Competition drives everything.
Even through the worst crash since FTX.

99%

Retention through Feb crash

92

Monthly active traders

+171%

Trader growth since launch

$11.2M

Cumulative volume

Live since Oct 31st

Volume
Traders
OctNovDecJanFeb
Market Opportunityparadyze.io

$1.2 trillion in monthly volume.
Zero competitive infrastructure.

300K

traders on Hyperliquid alone

× $600/yr

average fees per user

= $180M/yr

single exchange · ~50% market share

SAM: $350M+

across all perp DEXs

Dennis Egenrieder

Dennis Egenrieder

Technical Founder & CEO

Traded for 9 years. Built the infrastructure that didn't exist.

Finance at Rheinmetall. Self-taught developer. Bootstrapped Paradyze from idea to live mainnet in 12 months.

Onboard:

CMO

pre-funding

Key hires:

CTO

Head of Growth

“Trading has always been a skill. Now it has the infrastructure.”

Backed by:

Cointelegraph Accelerator · Building on Injective with direct protocol support

Competitionparadyze.io
AI-PoweredManual

Warden, MMT

AI tools. No competition layer. No identity.

Paradyze

AI-powered. Competitive. On-chain identity.

Hyperliquid, Lighter, Jupiter Perps

Fast execution. No reason to stay.

LegendTrade, Fomo, Polymarket

Social or competitive but without intelligence. No AI edge.

Pure ExecutionCompetitive / Social

Everyone is building execution.
No one is building what makes traders stay.

Paradyze doesn't compete with DEXs for execution. It's the competitive layer they're all missing.

Business Modelparadyze.io

We earn on every trade, every competition,
and every upgrade.

0.05% on every trade. Subscriptions for AI intelligence. Revenue share on competition prize pools.

Trading fees

0.05% flat per trade

Scales with volume. $11.2M traded = recurring fee revenue.

Subscriptions

$29/mo Competitor · $99/mo Elite

AI intelligence, advanced analytics, competition access.

Competition revenue

Entry fees + prize pool revenue share

Every tournament generates platform revenue.

$0 paid acquisition. 92 traders acquired organically. This round funds first paid growth experiments.

Our Visionparadyze.io

The best traders won't just be profitable.
They'll be known.

1
Trade

AI intelligence drives activity

2
Rank

On-chain record creates lock-in

3
Compete

Competition drives volume

4
Be Known

Identity prevents churn

Retention compounds with every loop and increases LTV

Every loop deepens identity. Every identity increases retention. Every retention drives revenue.

Raising $1.5M to turn the flywheel on permanently.

50%Product

Competition infrastructure · AI differentiation · multi-venue expansion

30%Growth

Trading leagues + prize pools · paid acquisition · KOLs

20%Team

CTO · CMO

Today

92 traders · $11.2M/mo volume · Revenue generating · $3.5K/mo burn

Month 3

500 traders · $200M monthly volume · multi-chain league system

$100K/mo fee revenue · self-sustaining

Month 6

2,000 traders · $500M monthly volume · AI coaching + automated strategies live

$250K+ MRR

Month 12

Agentic Consumer Mobile App · $1B+ volume

$5M+ ARR run rate · Series A ready
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