AEON - About the company
AEON is a seed company based in Stanford (United States), founded in 2024 by Leo Yiyang Li. It operates as a Next-generation payment protocol. AEON has raised $8M in funding from YZi Labs. The company has 305 active competitors, including 88 funded and 10 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Ripple, Terra and Injective.
Company Details
Next-generation payment protocol. It supports multiple cryptocurrency chains, aiming to pioneer payment abstraction for mass crypto adoption through its real-world utility and AI capabilities. It provides a modular payment protocol API and integration documentation for developers. It is building a cross-chain crypto payment infrastructure to drive crypto mass adoption, supporting all major blockchain ecosystems, including EVM, SVM, and emerging networks like TON. It simplifies crypto payment acceptance for businesses, supporting seamless integration with existing platforms, including DePIN services, Web3 gaming, NFT platforms, etc. It empowers merchants by providing easy crypto payment solutions that require no changes to existing merchant systems while offering users a seamless crypto payment experience across wallets, tokens, and chains.
- Website
- aeon.xyz
- Social
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2024
Location
Stanford, United States
Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$8M in 1 round
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
25th among 305 active competitors
Employee Count
5 as on May 31, 2026
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AEON's funding and investors
AEON has raised a total funding of $8M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on May 18, 2026 for $*****. 10 investors participated in its latest round. AEON has 10 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of AEON:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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May 18, 2026 | 9732515 | Seed | 3492437 | 7284719 | 3705613 | 4382617 |
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AEON's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of AEON is Leo Yiyang Li. Eddie Li is the CEO of AEON.
Here are the details of AEON's key team members:
- Leo Yiyang Li: Co-Founder & CTO of AEON. Contact Info: 1 email address and 1 phone number
- Eddie Li: CEO of AEON. Contact Info: 1 email address
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AEON's employee count trend
AEON has 5 employees as of May 26. Here is AEON's employee count trend over the years:
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AEON's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of AEON include Ripple, Terra and Injective. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of AEON, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Ripple 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Provider of blockchain and financial infrastructure solutions for cross-border payments and digital asset custody | $853M | 81/100 | |
2nd | Blockchain network for payments | $125M | 75/100 | ||
3rd | Injective 2018, New York City (United States), Series A | Developer of a layer one blockchain for decentralised finance applications | $52.6M | 71/100 | |
4th |  Compound 2017, San Francisco (United States), Series B | P2P lending platform based on the Ethereum blockchain | $79.4M | 71/100 | |
5th | Blockchain-based explorer and wallets for cryptocurrencies | - | 68/100 | ||
6th | Taurus 2018, Geneva (Switzerland), Series B | Provider of institutional digital asset infrastructure offering custody, tokenization, and trading solutions | $65M | 63/100 | |
7th |  Ownera 2018, London (United Kingdom), Series A | Blockchain-based ownership issuance and digital security solutions | $20M | 59/100 | |
8th |  Solv Finance 2021, Beijing (China), Series B | Blockchain-based network for financial institutions | $26M | 57/100 | |
9th | Kite 2020, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Developer of a blockchain infrastructure for autonomous agents and AI systems | $33M | 57/100 | |
10th | Zcash Electric Coin Company 2016, Boulder (United States), Seed | Privacy-protecting digital currency enabling private peer-to-peer electronic cash transactions | - | 56/100 | |
25th |  AEON 2024, Stanford (United States), Seed | Next-generation payment protocol | $8M | 50/100 |
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AEON's Investments and acquisitions
AEON has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
News related to AEON
Filter this listMedia has covered AEON for a total of 6 events in the last 1 year, 3 of them have been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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AEON Raises $8M in Pre-Seed FundingFinSMEs•May 18, 2026•AEON, YZi Labs, Blockchain Builders Fund, Oak Grove Ventures and 8 others
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AEON Pay Expands to Mexico, Enabling Crypto Checkout with Local Bank SettlementPR Newswire•Aug 07, 2025•AEON
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AEON Partners with Ripple to Enable Real-World Payments Using RLUSD StablecoinPR Newswire•Jun 26, 2025•AEON, Ripple
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AEON Integrates TRON Network to Enable Seamless In-Store Payments
CryptoSlate•Jun 05, 2025•TRON DAO, AEON
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AEON Pay DApp Now Live in Bitget Wallet, Bringing Seamless Crypto Payments to 60 Million UsersPR Newswire•Mar 28, 2025•AEON, Bitget
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AEON Partners with Viction to Drive Offline Crypto Payment AdoptionPR Newswire•Feb 08, 2025•AEON, Viction, Aeon
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AEON Partners with Four.Meme: Abstracted Crypto Payment Fuels Growth of MemeBenzinga•Dec 10, 2024•AEON,
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AEON introduces authorisation payment feature built on the TON blockchainThe Paypers•Dec 02, 2024•AEON
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AEON Introduces Authorization Payments, Transforming Everyday Transactions with TONPR Newswire•Nov 29, 2024•Aeon, TON, AEON
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