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Zeno

Zeno - Turn any investment thesis into a tradable portfolio. Create and invest in tokenized baskets of stocks, pre-IPO assets and meme tokens, all through one ERC-20 token.

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React
Web3
Ethers
Solidity
Node

Description

Zeno - Turn Any Investment Thesis Into a Tradable Portfolio.

Website: https://zenoindex.com/

Zeno is a decentralized tokenized fund (DTF) platform that enables creators, fund managers, and communities to launch and manage investment portfolios as ERC-20 tokens.

Creators can build thesis-driven investment baskets consisting of multiple assets, including crypto tokens, tokenized stocks, pre-IPO assets, and meme tokens. They define portfolio allocations, configure fees, and launch a basket represented by a single ERC-20 token.

Investors can discover these strategies, invest in an entire basket through a single transaction, track portfolio performance, and redeem their positions.

What makes Zeno different is its approach to distribution and DeFi composability.

Instead of representing portfolios as NFTs, Zeno issues fungible ERC-20 basket tokens. This enables integration with existing DeFi infrastructure, including decentralized exchanges, wallets, trading terminals, and compatible lending protocols.

Investors can potentially earn additional yield by providing liquidity for their basket tokens on platforms such as Uniswap, while creators can distribute their investment strategies beyond the Zeno application.

Zeno also introduces a creator-driven business model, allowing portfolio managers and KOLs to monetize their investment expertise through entry, exit, and performance-based fees.

Our vision is to make launching, investing in, and distributing an investment portfolio as simple as launching and trading a token.

Zeno is built by the CyreneAI team, which has previously tokenized and launched $9.5 million worth of pre-IPO equity and generated approximately $50 million in transaction volume through its tokenization initiatives.

Progress During Hackathon

During the Buildathon, we developed and deployed Zeno's Decentralized Tokenized Fund (DTF) infrastructure, demonstrating how an entire investment portfolio can be transformed into a single, tradable ERC-20 token. Our key achievement was launching the Profitable Tech Basket (PTB), a live tokenized portfolio comprising four tokenized stocks: Asset NVIDIA (NVDA) - 41% Tesla (TSLA) - 17% Micron Technology (MU) - 33% SpaceX (SPCX) - 9% Deployed ERC-20 basket token (Robinhood Chain mainnet): 0x3E3173d9e82e65f1Cb0Fa275F8c2eC6C415A4D00 What makes this significant is that Zeno portfolios are not restricted to the Zeno application. Unlike NFT-based investment baskets, Zeno issues fungible ERC-20 tokens representing investors' exposure to an underlying portfolio. This allows basket tokens to integrate with existing DeFi infrastructure and become discoverable through third-party wallets and trading terminals. During the Buildathon, we demonstrated that PTB is accessible through three external trading platforms: GMGN: https://gmgn.ai/robinhood/token/0x3e3173d9e82e65f1cb0fa275f8c2ec6c415a4d00 Axiom: https://axiom.trade/token/0x3e3173d9e82e65f1cb0fa275f8c2ec6c415a4d00?chain=robinhood FOMO: https://fomo.family/tokens/robinhood/0x3e3173d9e82e65f1cb0fa275f8c2ec6c415a4d00 Beyond deploying the basket, we built and demonstrated the complete DTF lifecycle: Creator infrastructure: Authorized creators can configure investment baskets, select underlying assets, set allocations and fees, and launch ERC-20 basket tokens. Investor experience: Investors can discover portfolios, deposit funds, receive basket tokens, track their positions, and initiate redemptions. Creator monetization: Portfolio creators can earn configured entry, exit, and performance-based fees, with fee-management workflows available through the creator dashboard. DeFi integration: We demonstrated how ERC-20 basket tokens can be used with Uniswap liquidity pools, creating opportunities for additional liquidity provision and potential fee earnings. Cross-platform distribution: We demonstrated how tokenized portfolios can reach investors through existing wallets and trading terminals without requiring users to discover the basket exclusively through Zeno. Our smart contract architecture also supports portfolio accounting, NAV calculations, manager-controlled rebalancing, asset swaps through Uniswap V4, and redemption settlement mechanisms. The biggest milestone was proving Zeno's distribution model: a creator can launch an investment thesis as a single ERC-20 token, allowing that portfolio to become part of the broader on-chain trading ecosystem.

Fundraising Status

Bootstrapped - Preparing to Raise Zeno is currently bootstrapped and developed by the CyreneAI team, leveraging our existing engineering infrastructure, tokenization experience, and ecosystem relationships. CyreneAI has previously tokenized and launched approximately $9.5 million worth of pre-IPO equity and generated around $50 million in transaction volume through its tokenization initiatives. We are now preparing to raise external capital to accelerate Zeno's development, expand DeFi integrations, onboard creators and investment communities, and scale distribution across the ecosystem. We are actively exploring investment opportunities and strategic partnerships with ecosystem funds, venture capital firms, and infrastructure partners that share our vision of making on-chain investment portfolios accessible, liquid, and composable.
Team Leader
AAshish Gupta
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Sector
DeFiInfraRWA