Cadenza Capital

Cadenza Capital, established in 2018 and headquartered in New York, is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments. It primarily backs companies in the technology services, software, fintech, and blockchain sectors across the United States. The firm manages multiple funds, including Cadenza Ventures Fund I and II, which invest globally in cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors.

Jonathan Bier

Venture Partner

Kumar Dandapani

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Max Shapiro

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Charles Srisuwananukorn

Venture Partner

Tim Tickel

Venture Partner

Harris Wellner, CPA

Operating Partner

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Ribbon

Seed Round in 2025
Ribbon is an AI-powered job search tool that helps you discover your dream job faster. It offers a range of services tailored for your job search needs. From creating professional resumes to conducting mock interviews, Ribbon provides personalized guidance at every step of your job search.

Validation Cloud

Series A in 2025
Validation Cloud is a Web3 data streaming and infrastructure company based in Zug, Switzerland, that facilitates organizations' integration into the Web3 ecosystem through a fast and scalable platform. The company provides a range of customizable products, including staking services, node infrastructure, and data-as-a-service solutions. Its offerings are designed to enable secure validator infrastructure for yield generation on proof-of-stake networks, enhance developer accessibility, and create new revenue opportunities for businesses. Validation Cloud's team comprises professionals with extensive experience from leading companies in both Web2 and Web3 sectors, which contributes to its innovative approach in the rapidly evolving blockchain landscape.

Hata

Seed Round in 2024
Hata is a regulated cryptocurrency trading platform based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, facilitating transactions between businesses and consumers using fiat currencies such as the US Dollar and Malaysian Ringgit. The company is committed to providing a secure and user-friendly environment for accessing cryptocurrencies, ensuring compliance with regulations set by the Securities Commission of Malaysia and the Labuan Financial Services Authority. Hata employs a multi-party computation protocol to enhance the safety of funds, thereby fostering investor confidence. Through its reliable services, Hata aims to make cryptocurrency accessible to all, reflecting its vision of promoting safe and effortless engagement with digital assets.

Validation Cloud

Venture Round in 2024
Validation Cloud is a Web3 data streaming and infrastructure company based in Zug, Switzerland, that facilitates organizations' integration into the Web3 ecosystem through a fast and scalable platform. The company provides a range of customizable products, including staking services, node infrastructure, and data-as-a-service solutions. Its offerings are designed to enable secure validator infrastructure for yield generation on proof-of-stake networks, enhance developer accessibility, and create new revenue opportunities for businesses. Validation Cloud's team comprises professionals with extensive experience from leading companies in both Web2 and Web3 sectors, which contributes to its innovative approach in the rapidly evolving blockchain landscape.

Uniblock

Seed Round in 2023
Uniblock is the world's first unified Web3 API that connects the most popular blockchain networks and protocols into one singular standard

Shuttle Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Lore is developing the network and consumer tooling to onboard the next 1B users.

Rubber Ducky Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Rubber Ducky Labs is a developer of an operational analytics platform focused on enhancing machine learning-powered product recommendations. The company's platform assists in debugging, analyzing, and refining recommender systems, thereby enabling machine learning teams to accelerate their projects. By improving the efficiency and effectiveness of these systems, Rubber Ducky Labs aims to have a significant impact on its clients' profitability.

Clarified Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Clarified Labs provides web3 security solutions to protect websites and web applications from cyber threats such as hacking, malware, and viruses.

Lemon Cash

Series A in 2022
Lemon Cash is a digital wallet that provides banking, extra banking, and cryptocurrency functionalities, catering primarily to users in Latin America. The company has developed an online payment platform that facilitates secure electronic transactions and integrates various payment services. Through partnerships, Lemon Cash offers features such as margin trading and a lending market, allowing users to effectively invest and manage their digital assets. Additionally, the platform enables liquidity providers to engage in real-time trading within the peer-to-peer crypto financing market.

Zulu

Seed Round in 2022
Zulu, founded in 2021 in Colombia by Esteban Villegas and Julián Delgado, specializes in cross-border payments. The company has developed a money transferring platform that enables users to buy digital dollars, helping them safeguard against the devaluation of their local currencies. Zulu allows clients to top up or withdraw dollars from their accounts using local currency through various payment methods. With a growing client base of over 400 and connections in more than 50 countries, Zulu is approaching the milestone of processing $100 million in transactions. The platform provides users with a digital wallet, facilitating convenient access to savings in dollars directly from their cell phones.

Moon Mortgage

Seed Round in 2022
Moon Mortgage is a crypto lending platform that allows investors to use their cryptocurrency as collateral for real estate investments. By leveraging digital assets, the platform finances 100% of owner-occupied and investment properties, enabling borrowers to obtain loans based on the value of their crypto holdings. This approach allows investors to acquire cash-flowing properties, benefiting from the appreciation of both real estate and cryptocurrency, while also providing tax advantages through depreciation write-offs. The security of crypto assets is ensured through storage with Anchorage Digital, adhering to the highest security standards. Moon Mortgage aims to provide innovative mortgage solutions with low liquidation risk for its borrowers.

Dapi

Seed Round in 2022
Dapi Ltd is a fintech company that specializes in developing an application programming interface (API) designed to facilitate payments between consumer bank accounts and businesses. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dapi offers a suite of open banking APIs that enable real-time connections to customer bank accounts, initiate payments, and access financial data. This functionality empowers developers to create various financial applications, such as digital wallets, budget trackers, and investment tools. Dapi's services have gained traction across multiple countries, including operations in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, South Africa, and Kuwait. The company has experienced significant growth, achieving $400,000 in annual recurring revenue and a monthly growth rate exceeding 50%.

Wizpace

Seed Round in 2022
Wizpace is a Swedish-Korean software company focused on enhancing marketing effectiveness to help clients maximize their profits. The company specializes in developing a social trading platform that offers investment information and account management through transparent data. This platform allows users to automatically copy-trade successful investors from cryptocurrency exchanges while providing insights into trading activities, including trade amounts and profit rates. By enabling users to visualize their assets across various exchanges, Wizpace empowers individuals to make informed trading decisions and optimize their marketing strategies through innovative advertising solutions.

League of Traders

Seed Round in 2022
League of Traders has the largest community of competitive crypto traders. Unlike other portfolio apps, League of Traders encourages its users to share their portfolio history and interact with one another, all while facilitating automated trading functions like copy trading. It facilitates trading by fostering an open and transparent community that prioritizes educating its user base while also having fun and socializing.

Stakes

Seed Round in 2022
Stakes is a social wagering platform based in New York that focuses on transforming sports betting into a more interactive experience. The platform allows users to make predictions on real-time sports events through a dedicated app, which also includes features for creating and joining public chat groups. This social aspect encourages community engagement and enhances the betting experience. Users are rewarded for accurate predictions, thus incentivizing participation and fostering a dynamic environment for sports enthusiasts to connect and compete.

GamerGains

Seed Round in 2022
GamerGains Labs operates a pioneering platform that integrates token and cryptocurrency systems into the gaming experience for traditional gamers. Targeting the vast community of PC and console players, the platform features an easy-to-use interface that facilitates the earning of cryptocurrency through an automated and transparent contest lifecycle. This approach ensures fairness and allows for instant payout settlements, enabling users to earn rewards while enjoying their favorite games. Through its innovative design, GamerGains aims to enhance the gaming experience by providing a secure and engaging way for players to monetize their skills and time spent in gaming.

Skry

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Skry provides data and insights on digital collectibles

Jewel banking services

Seed Round in 2022
Jewel is a banking service provider. It offers banking infrastructure for the digital asset economy. Their services include core banking, seamless banking across fiat and stablecoins, digital asset custody, and a full bank-as-a-service API, enabling digital asset businesses to undertake all their banking transactions, including those based on next-generation stablecoin infrastructure.

VALR

Series B in 2022
VALR, established in 2018 and headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, operates a digital asset platform specializing in cryptocurrency trading. The company offers over 50 cryptocurrencies, enabling users to buy, sell, store, and transfer these assets securely through its platform. VALR's services are designed to provide customers with a safe, transparent, and accessible financial system for digital assets.

PDAX | Philippine Digital Asset Exchange

Series B in 2022
PDAX is the first order-book based digital currency exchange in The Philippines that enables users to buy, sell, trade and digital assets such as Bitcoin against the Philippine Peso. Its trade matching engine ensures liquidity and globally competitive prices in a market that has historically been too costly for the average Filipino to access. For more information please visit pdax.ph.

Rain

Series B in 2022
Rain is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange based in Manama, Bahrain, that was founded in 2017. It operates a digital currency trading platform specifically designed to facilitate secure and compliant transactions in the Middle East. The platform allows clients to buy, sell, and store digital currencies while adhering to regulatory standards. By functioning within a regulatory sandbox, Rain aims to provide a safe environment for digital transactions, enhancing trust and security for its users.

Momento NFT

Seed Round in 2021
Momento NFT is a social network focused on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that empowers content creators to monetize their work while allowing fans to own a piece of the moments they create. The platform utilizes blockchain technology to facilitate the sale of limited-edition content, enabling creators and brands to engage directly with their communities. Additionally, Momento NFT offers features that allow followers to earn rewards based on their interactions within the app, enhancing the relationship between creators and their audience. This innovative approach provides a new revenue stream for creators while enriching the fan experience.

Tibles

Seed Round in 2021
Tibles operates a digital collecting ecosystem on the Flow blockchain, focusing on the value of ownership and the experience of collecting. The company has developed a trading platform that serves as a marketplace for digital non-fungible tokens (NFTs), enabling users to buy and sell unique digital collectibles. By collaborating with various brands, Tibles creates a diverse range of collectibles, including cards, comic books, sticker books, and multimedia objects. This platform not only facilitates transactions but also fosters a community among collectors, enhancing the overall experience of digital collecting.

Busha

Seed Round in 2021
Busha is a digital currency exchange platform designed to facilitate the buying, selling, swapping, and storage of various cryptocurrencies. It offers users a reliable and secure way to manage their cryptocurrency portfolios, providing tools for crypto-to-crypto exchanges. The platform supports a range of digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Ether, and Litecoin, ensuring that both consumers and merchants have instant access to the cryptocurrency market. By prioritizing simplicity and safety, Busha aims to make cryptocurrency transactions accessible to a wider audience.

Zebec Network

Seed Round in 2021
Zebec Network is a financial platform that operates on the Solana blockchain, specializing in continuous settlement protocols. It aims to transform the payroll process by utilizing decentralized finance (DeFi) technology to facilitate real-time and continuous payment streams. By enabling users to stream their payroll directly into compliant cryptocurrency, Zebec allows for seamless conversion into cash, enhancing the efficiency and flexibility of financial transactions. The company focuses on creating a composable transfer of value, beginning with its Stream Payroll feature, which redefines how individuals and businesses manage payroll payments.

Tulip Protocol

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Tulip Protocol decentralized application designed to allow the vault strategies to compound frequently. They provide an investment with risk rewards for any DeFi user. Their protocol offers three types of yield products, vaults, lending, and leveraged farming.

Unstoppable Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Unstoppable Finance is focused on creating an advanced cryptocurrency wallet aimed at making decentralized finance (DeFi) accessible to retail investors worldwide. The company develops user-friendly financial products that leverage its extensive experience in regulated financial technology and cryptocurrency platforms. By combining these elements, Unstoppable Finance seeks to empower everyday users with accessible and effective financial services, bridging the gap between traditional finance and the innovative opportunities presented by DeFi.

Breadcrumbs App

Seed Round in 2021
Breadcrumbs is a blockchain analytics platform that provides tools for investigating, monitoring, and tracking cryptocurrency transactions. The platform is designed to be accessible to a wide audience, allowing users from various backgrounds and budgets to gather and share relevant information about blockchain activities. By enabling users to analyze and understand blockchain transactions, Breadcrumbs aims to facilitate informed decision-making in the rapidly evolving landscape of cryptocurrency.

Vauld

Series A in 2021
Vauld is a Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform founded in 2018, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India. It provides a comprehensive online platform where users can lend, borrow, and trade various crypto assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and several stablecoins. Vauld's services include token borrowing, liquidity management, interest rate information, and repayment solutions, all aimed at enhancing the user experience in managing digital assets. The platform also offers integration services for enterprises, exchange solutions, and funds tracking, allowing for a seamless and efficient approach to crypto transactions. By treating cryptocurrencies as a distinct asset class, Vauld aims to facilitate user-friendly banking services leveraging blockchain technology.

Lemon Cash

Series A in 2021
Lemon Cash is a digital wallet that provides banking, extra banking, and cryptocurrency functionalities, catering primarily to users in Latin America. The company has developed an online payment platform that facilitates secure electronic transactions and integrates various payment services. Through partnerships, Lemon Cash offers features such as margin trading and a lending market, allowing users to effectively invest and manage their digital assets. Additionally, the platform enables liquidity providers to engage in real-time trading within the peer-to-peer crypto financing market.

Matterless

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Matterless is a company focused on creating digital toys and companions that leverage artificial intelligence to deliver engaging social experiences. The company develops products designed to enhance the interaction between users and virtual pets, allowing these digital companions to learn and adapt over time, fostering emotional connections with their human counterparts. Matterless is driven by a commitment to maintaining community values while utilizing advanced technology to forge meaningful relationships between people and their virtual experiences.

Nayms

Seed Round in 2021
Nayms is a marketplace for crypto-native insurance, a bridge between alternative capital and uninsured risk in the rapidly evolving digital assets’ space. We provide the technical and legal infrastructure over which stakeholders come together to capitalise and transfer risk on-chain. At Nayms, all insurance, from limits and premiums to claims and reserving, is conducted entirely in a cryptocurrency of choice, whether a general token, such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, or a stablecoin. By matching assets with liabilities, we reduce or eliminate currency risk on blockchain exposures; and by matching demand with much-needed supply, we bolster growth and stability within the blockchain ecosystem. We afford our customers – insurers, insureds, intermediaries, and investors – many other advantages of blockchain technology, including its efficiency, immutability, transparency, and composability. Whitepaper: https://docsend.com/view/2nswpepqqaun96yn

SuperWorld

Funding Round in 2021
SuperWorld is a company focused on creating a community in augmented reality (AR) through blockchain technology. It has developed an AR real estate and advertising marketplace that enables users to buy virtual plots of land globally. This platform allows users to personalize their surroundings by adding various digital elements—such as photos, videos, texts, and 3D objects—into the real world. Users can also share these augmented reality experiences with their followers, fostering interaction and engagement. Additionally, SuperWorld facilitates monetization opportunities for users, allowing them to become stakeholders in real-world locations by buying and selling virtual property.

Stockal

Seed Round in 2021
Stockal is a company that operates a global investing platform focused on facilitating cross-border savings and investments. The platform is designed to assist investors in navigating mature capital markets, allowing them to manage their investment portfolios effectively. Stockal enables users to monitor the health of their investments, make informed decisions, and explore various stocks and investment themes. Through its services, Stockal aims to enhance the investment experience for individuals seeking opportunities in international markets.

Casa

Seed Round in 2021
Casa offers a secure storage solution for consumers and companies to safely store their digital wealth. Casa helps users manage their private keys, through the multi-location security model that removes single points of failure and protects users from theft, accidents, and disasters, providing them with the tools for securing their digital lives.

Wyre

Venture Round in 2021
Wyre, established in 2013 and based in San Francisco, specializes in blockchain-based international payment solutions. Its platform facilitates real-time, same-day, and direct-to-bank transfers across borders, offering competitive foreign exchange rates and eliminating high fees, complex timings, and currency exchange worries. Wyre also provides onramps and off-ramps, foreign exchange, and crypto liquidity services to various crypto projects and decentralized exchanges.

Nayms

Seed Round in 2021
Nayms is a marketplace for crypto-native insurance, a bridge between alternative capital and uninsured risk in the rapidly evolving digital assets’ space. We provide the technical and legal infrastructure over which stakeholders come together to capitalise and transfer risk on-chain. At Nayms, all insurance, from limits and premiums to claims and reserving, is conducted entirely in a cryptocurrency of choice, whether a general token, such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, or a stablecoin. By matching assets with liabilities, we reduce or eliminate currency risk on blockchain exposures; and by matching demand with much-needed supply, we bolster growth and stability within the blockchain ecosystem. We afford our customers – insurers, insureds, intermediaries, and investors – many other advantages of blockchain technology, including its efficiency, immutability, transparency, and composability. Whitepaper: https://docsend.com/view/2nswpepqqaun96yn

FalconX

Venture Round in 2020
FalconX, Ltd. is a cryptocurrency brokerage and digital asset trading platform founded in 2018 and based in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in blockchain technology and fintech, offering clients access to cryptocurrency markets for trading, credit, and clearing. FalconX utilizes data science and machine learning to ensure reliable execution of mid-to-large size trades, smart routing prices across multiple liquidity sources. This approach helps eliminate slippage and hidden fees, making it an attractive option for hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and other institutional clients seeking efficient and cost-effective trading solutions.

ZEBEDEE

Seed Round in 2019
Zebedee, established in 2019 and based in Hoboken, New Jersey, specializes in integrating Bitcoin and Lightning Network support into digital gaming environments. Its platform enables game developers to facilitate in-game microtransactions using Bitcoin, allowing players to send, receive, and store limited quantities of the cryptocurrency within their games. This frictionless value exchange fosters interaction among players, developers, streamers, and watchers, empowering digital economies.

Rain

Seed Round in 2019
Rain is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange based in Manama, Bahrain, that was founded in 2017. It operates a digital currency trading platform specifically designed to facilitate secure and compliant transactions in the Middle East. The platform allows clients to buy, sell, and store digital currencies while adhering to regulatory standards. By functioning within a regulatory sandbox, Rain aims to provide a safe environment for digital transactions, enhancing trust and security for its users.

BlockFi

Seed Round in 2018
BlockFi, Inc. is a financial services firm that specializes in providing wealth management products for cryptocurrency investors. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, BlockFi offers various services, including interest-bearing accounts for Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar, as well as USD loans secured by clients' crypto assets. The company allows clients to trade cryptocurrency pairs and provides tailored lending solutions for both individual and institutional clients. By facilitating liquidity for blockchain asset holders, BlockFi aims to enhance transparency and efficiency in digital financial markets. The organization employs a robust infrastructure that integrates with multiple blockchains, positioning itself to adapt and expand its product offerings in response to the evolving needs of its users.

Injective

Injective Labs is a research and software development company that focuses on creating innovative decentralized finance solutions. It is a core contributor to Injective, a blockchain platform specifically designed for the finance sector. Injective operates as an open and interoperable network, enabling decentralized application developers to build on a foundation that is compatible with both Cosmos IBC and Ethereum. The platform offers unique benefits such as zero gas fees, secure transactions, and rapid data transmission, promoting dynamic scalability for its applications. By leveraging cryptographic research, Injective’s decentralized derivatives exchange protocol addresses significant security vulnerabilities and scaling challenges in decentralized exchanges. The overarching mission of Injective Labs is to foster a free and inclusive financial system through the principles of decentralization.
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