Indian entrepreneurs Pratik Gauri and Prateek Dwivedi have founded a fifth-generation blockchain network known as 5ire, which looks to incentivize the implementation of United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs) for users of its system. The project has attracted a total of $121 million in investment in a seed funding round. Notable tech investors from Alphabet, Marshland Capital, Launchpool Labs, and Moonrock Capital have invested $21 million.