What Predicate does

Predicate (legal entity Heimdall Labs, Inc.) is a blockchain infrastructure company that provides programmable policy middleware for onchain financial applications. Its core technology consists of the Predicate Registry (an onchain smart contract deployed across 13+ EVM and Solana chains) and a REST API (v2) that evaluates transactions against configurable compliance policies and returns cryptographically signed attestations used to gate smart contract execution. The system is structured around four roles: Operators (permissioned validators), Applications (protocols embedding policies via PredicateClient/BasicPredicateClient libraries), Information Providers (blockchain analytics and identity services such as TRM Labs, Elliptic, and SumSub), and Middleware (off-chain attestation broadcasting). Predicate's product portfolio spans three pillars: Predicate Compliance for Applications (transaction-level policy enforcement for DeFi protocols, bridges, and DEXs), Predicate Asset Compliance (launched April 2026, providing automated OFAC sanctions enforcement, freeze, pause, and transfer restriction for regulated ERC20 tokens and Stellar assets), and Predicate Identity (wallet-based KYC/KYB verification via a hosted portal). Supporting tooling includes a TypeScript SDK (@predicate/core/v2), npm packages, and an MCP server for AI coding assistants. Smart contract audits have been completed by Open Zeppelin (Registry V2 EVM, January 2025) and Neodyme AG (Registry V2 Solana, January 2026).

The company sells to enterprise blockchain protocols and regulated asset issuers via an invite-only, sales-assisted go-to-market motion (app.predicate.io), with an API-first technical distribution layered on top. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quote-based; revenue mechanics appear to combine subscription access to the policy platform with professional services for custom policy configuration and integration. Named customers and partners include Uniswap, Paxos, M0, Consensys (MetaMask USD), Centrifuge, Stellar, LayerZero, Plume Network, MegaEth, Aleo, Aztec Network, and TRM Labs, spanning DeFi, stablecoin issuance, RWA tokenization, privacy chains, and blockchain infrastructure. Predicate has raised approximately $15 million across a $7M seed round (October 2024, led by 1kx and Tribe Capital) and an $8M Series A (January 2026, led by White Star Capital), and operates with 1-10 employees from San Francisco and Brooklyn under co-founders Nikhil Raghuveera (CEO) and Jesse Sawa (CTO), both Celo blockchain alumni.

Name

Predicate

Legal name

Heimdall Labs, Inc.

Website

https://predicate.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Predicate provides programmable, onchain compliance policy infrastructure (Registry smart contracts plus an attestation API) that lets blockchain protocols enforce AML/KYC, sanctions screening, and token transfer rules at the smart contract level for DeFi, stablecoin, and RWA customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain Compliance Infrastructure

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

AML/KYC, KYB & Identity Verification (VASP/Travel Rule) (FSAPAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Compliance, Risk & RegTech for Tokenized Assets (KYC/AML, sanctions, travel rule, reporting) (FSAPAIAH), KYC/KYB & Customer Onboarding (CIP, beneficial ownership, screening) (FSAGAFAB), Blockchain Compliance, AML & Transaction Monitoring (On-chain Analytics) (FSAGAMAF), KYC/KYB Identity Verification & Onboarding (FSADALAA)

Keywords

• Blockchain compliance infrastructure
• Onchain transaction policies
• Smart contract compliance
• AML sanctions screening
• KYC identity verification

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. API/Platform Access (inferred): B2B SaaS model providing policy infrastructure and compliance APIs to blockchain applications. Users access via API keys through app.predicate.io. Pricing not publicly disclosed but appears to be usage or subscription-based for enterprise customers requiring compliance enforcement.
2. Enterprise Integration Services: Custom policy configuration, onboarding support, and technical integration assistance for enterprise customers. Invite-only system suggests personalized enterprise sales motion.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Predicate provides programmable policy infrastructure that validates transaction prerequisites before onchain execution. The platform enables developers to define and enforce custom compliance rules (AML/CFT, KYC/KYB, sanctions screening, rate limits, geofencing) at the smart contract layer for blockchain financial applications. It offers an offchain policy evaluation API that returns cryptographically signed attestations, an onchain Registry smart contract for verifying those attestations, and a KYC/KYB identity verification service, all deployed across EVM chains and Solana.

Product overview

Predicate is a programmable policy infrastructure platform for onchain financial products in regulated markets, enabling developers to enforce custom compliance rules at the smart contract level. The platform consists of three core products: (1) Predicate Compliance for Applications — which evaluates users against configurable policies (AML/CFT, KYC/KYB, rate limits, collateral thresholds, geofencing) via API and enforces attestations onchain through BasicPredicateClient or PredicateClient smart contract libraries; (2) Predicate Asset Compliance — which provides automated OFAC sanctions enforcement for ERC20 tokens and Stellar assets through freeze, pause, and transfer restriction mechanisms; and (3) Predicate Identity — which offers wallet-based KYC/KYB verification through a hosted portal with real-time session monitoring. All three products share the Predicate Registry (onchain contract for attestation verification) and the Predicate API (v2 REST API with TypeScript SDK and MCP server for AI assistant integration). The platform supports EVM chains (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Hyperliquid, Plume, BSC, Plasma, World, Sepolia, Base Sepolia, MegaETH, MegaETH Testnet) and Solana.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Predicate Compliance for Applications Enforces custom compliance policies on smart contract functions for DeFi protocols, bridges, DEXs, and applications requiring transaction-level compliance. Integrates via the Predicate API (offchain evaluation) and smart contract libraries (onchain enforcement). Supports BasicPredicateClient for who-based policies (AML/KYC, allowlists) and PredicateClient for function-level policy validation including calldata and transaction value.
• Predicate Asset Compliance Automated policy-driven enforcement for regulated ERC20 tokens and Stellar assets. Monitors and automatically freezes sanctioned addresses per OFAC requirements and restricts high-risk addresses through freeze, pause, and transfer restriction mechanisms. Requires token contracts to implement the IFreezable interface (EVM) or FungibleBlockList trait (Stellar/Soroban).
• Predicate Identity Wallet-based KYC (Know Your Customer) and KYB (Know Your Business) identity verification service for Web3 applications. Users complete verification through a hosted portal with QR code or redirect URL flow, real-time SSE or polling status monitoring, and multi-wallet aggregation under a single verified identity.
• Predicate Registry Onchain smart contract that verifies Predicate compliance attestations. Manages authorized attester addresses, validates attestation authenticity and expiration, enforces policy-to-client bindings, and prevents replay attacks via spent UUID tracking. Uses ERC-1967 upgradeable proxy pattern and Ownable2StepUpgradeable for two-step ownership transfers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Bridge deposit wait times reduced from 24 hours to approximately 15 minutes for Aleo network
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CentrifugecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2026Official compliance partner for issuers using Centrifuge's RWA tokenization platform. Integration into Centrifuge Whitelabel enables AML screening and KYC/KYB verification during primary asset issuance, as well as automated compliance monitoring and address blocking during secondary market activity.
• M0coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026Official compliance partner for M0-powered stablecoins. M0 is the shared infrastructure where businesses launch stablecoins and financial institutions power them. Predicate Asset Compliance provides automated OFAC sanctions enforcement.
• StellarcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026Asset Compliance going live on Stellar blockchain to support institutional and fintech partners for payments and other use cases. Enables real-time sanctions screening for Stellar-based assets.
• StartalecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026Predicate Asset Compliance powers real-time sanctions screening for Startale USD, the official stablecoin of the Soneium ecosystem.
• ConsensyscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026Consensys' MetaMask USD stablecoin uses Predicate Asset Compliance to prevent malicious users involved in major exploits from acquiring the asset.
• AleocoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration of Predicate's Programmable Policy Platform into Aleo's regulatory-compliant privacy blockchain. Enables automatic on-chain sanctions screening and reduces bridge deposit wait times from 24 hours to approximately 15 minutes. Aleo is a zero-knowledge proof blockchain.
• TRM LabscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to launch first decentralized policy infrastructure for blockchain applications. TRM provides blockchain analytics and risk intelligence integrated into Predicate's policy engine.
• EllipticcoreTechnology or IntegrationElliptic joins Predicate Ecosystem to accelerate pre-transaction policies. Elliptic provides blockchain analytics data for compliance screening.
• Plume NetworkcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership to enable expressive and decentralized compliance on Plume's hybrid blockchain platform for institutional financial use cases.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Chainalysis: Largest blockchain analytics and compliance provider used by governments, exchanges, and financial institutions. Comparable as a foundational compliance data layer for the onchain ecosystem; broader in scope (investigations, KYT, Reactor) but does not natively provide programmable pre-transaction policy enforcement at the smart contract level like Predicate.
• TRM Labs: Blockchain intelligence platform for AML, fraud, and compliance. Directly comparable as a Predicate ecosystem partner and data source, but TRM Labs also offers its own compliance tooling and could vertically integrate the pre-transaction policy layer that Predicate provides.
• Elliptic: Established blockchain analytics and crypto compliance provider serving financial institutions. Comparable as a Predicate Information Provider and competitor in the broader compliance stack; focuses on transaction screening and investigations rather than programmable onchain enforcement.
• Fireblocks: Institutional digital asset custody, settlement, and compliance infrastructure. Comparable as a broader compliance and policy enforcement incumbent for institutional crypto participants, but focused on custody and MPC rather than programmable onchain policy primitives.

Direct peers

• Notabene: Crypto compliance platform specializing in Travel Rule, counterparty KYC, and transaction screening for VASPs. Directly comparable to Predicate's compliance layer for institutional crypto transfers, with particular overlap on pre-transaction policy enforcement and VASP identity verification.
• Sumsub: Identity verification and KYC/AML platform used by crypto businesses (Predicate actually integrates SumSub for KYC/KYB processing). Comparable as a competing identity layer for wallets and Web3 applications, though Sumsub is broader and primarily offchain while Predicate is purpose-built for onchain identity attestation.
• Persona: Identity verification platform with configurable KYC/KYB flows used by fintechs and crypto companies. Comparable as an identity layer competitor to Predicate Identity, with flexible workflow tooling but no native onchain attestation or smart contract enforcement.

Emerging players

• Merkle Science: Blockchain compliance and analytics provider focused on proactive transaction monitoring. Comparable as a competitor in the compliance intelligence layer feeding onchain policies; smaller scale than Chainalysis or TRM Labs with overlap on the data vendor side of Predicate's marketplace.
• Civic: Decentralized identity and KYC platform with reusable onchain identity attestations. Comparable to Predicate Identity as a Web3-native identity verification alternative; smaller ecosystem and less focus on transaction-level compliance than Predicate.
• Blockaid: Onchain security platform providing transaction screening and threat detection for wallets and dapps. Comparable as an adjacent player in the pre-transaction policy and risk-screening layer; differentiated by security/hack focus versus Predicate's regulatory compliance focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/0xPredicate
• GitHubgithub.com/PredicateLabs

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors14 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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