# Investors and Partners The growth of OpenFi is supported by leading investors and strategic partners across both the crypto-native and RWA ecosystems. These relationships provide not only financial resources but also critical infrastructure for protocol adoption and expansion. *** #### 1. Investors * **DNA Fund** OpenFi has secured investment from DNA Fund, a leading blockchain-focused venture capital group founded by early Bitcoin and Ethereum investors. DNA’s backing provides both capital strength and deep expertise in scaling DeFi protocols. * **Pharos Foundation Grant** OpenFi has been awarded a grant from the Pharos Foundation, recognizing its role in bridging traditional assets with decentralized lending. This grant supports OpenFi’s technical development and ecosystem integration within the BNB/Pharos network. *** #### 2. Partners OpenFi collaborates with leading blockchain ecosystems and regulated RWA issuers to create a comprehensive lending marketplace: * **BNB Chain** OpenFi is deployed on BNB Chain, leveraging its scalability and liquidity ecosystem to reach a broad DeFi user base. * **Pharos** As part of the Pharos ecosystem, OpenFi benefits from infrastructure designed to support RWA tokenization and cross-chain liquidity, positioning it as a core DeFi lending protocol in the network. * **RWA Asset Issuers** OpenFi integrates tokenized assets issued by regulated partners, enabling them to be used as collateral in lending markets: * **xStocks**: Tokenized equities representing publicly listed shares. * **MatrixDock**: Tokenized gold backed by physical reserves. * **Asseto**: Tokenized money market funds backed by Treasuries and commercial paper. * **Paimon Finance**: Tokenized pre-IPO equities (e.g., SpaceX, xAI, Stripe, Cursor), enabling access to private markets and collateralization of high-growth equity exposure. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://open-fi.gitbook.io/rwa-backed-lending-protocol/investors-and-partners.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.