Coinbase Global

Coinbase Global, established in 2012, operates a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform in the United States. The company facilitates transactions, buying, selling, and storage of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin for both consumers and merchants. Coinbase offers a range of products including Coinbase.com, a user-friendly platform for bitcoin transactions, a global digital asset exchange, merchant tools, and custodial services. The company, headquartered in San Francisco, California, aims to provide a safe and regulation-compliant entry point into the cryptocurrency economy.

Shan Aggarwal

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Inco

Seed Round in 2025
Inco develops a global confidentiality layer for Ethereum and other networks. It enables a wide range of new apps, spanning various verticals such as gaming and gambling, DeFi, including dark pools, private lending, and blind auctions, and enterprise solutions such as confidential stable coins, private RWAs, and private voting.

Across Protocol

Initial Coin Offering in 2025
Across is a cross-chain bridge secured by UMA's optimistic oracle for L2s and rollups. It also optimized for capital efficiency with a single liquidity pool, a competitive relayer landscape, and a no-slippage fee model.

Tenor Labs

Seed Round in 2025
Tenor helps people borrow and lend money at a fixed rate without needing permission.

Codex

Seed Round in 2025
Codex is a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.

BVNK

Series B in 2024
BVNK is a fintech company specializing in modern payments infrastructure for businesses. It unifies traditional banking systems with blockchain technology on a single platform, enabling businesses to send and receive stablecoin payments, convert currencies, and add crypto payment options to their checkout processes. BVNK's flexible platform allows innovators to swiftly launch new payment products while ensuring compliance through its robust global licensing expertise.

Utopia

Acquisition in 2024
Utopia Labs specializes in creating an operating system tailored for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to streamline payment requests, payroll, and reporting processes. The platform enables users to manage invoices and expenses for contributors through a single link, facilitating the automation of recurring salaries for core team members. Additionally, Utopia Labs provides a payment application that allows for free, instant, and global transactions, simplifying the management of contributor payments and expenses. With features that organize transactions through tagging, the system enhances transparency in financial reporting for DAOs.

Variational Research

Seed Round in 2024
Variational is a decentralized liquidity network that facilitates the trading and clearing of bilateral derivatives through automation. It operates as a global algorithmic market maker, focusing on digital assets and collaborating with decentralized finance protocols as well as traditional financial institutions and fintech companies. The firm specializes in developing quantitative systematic strategies, which enable clients to access liquidity in both traditional and decentralized derivatives markets. This innovative approach aims to streamline the trading process and enhance liquidity for its partners.

Skyfire Systems

Seed Round in 2024
Skyfire, a financial stack designed to enable autonomous agentic AI commerce, is to establish the first fully autonomous, open agentic AI economy in history.

Time.fun

Seed Round in 2024
Time.fun is a platform that empowers creators to monetize their time by tokenizing it. Users can buy, sell, or redeem these time tokens, which can be used for direct interactions like messages or calls. The platform facilitates these transactions, enabling creators to earn fees.

Monad

Series A in 2024
MONAD is a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain and decentralized computation platform that combines the best of performance and portability.

Umoja

Seed Round in 2024
Umoja is a cryptocurrency-hedging technology that automates the reduction of bitcoin exposure risk, allowing anyone to protect themselves against market losses. By tokenizing and democratizing access to Hedge Fund tactics.

Architect

Series A in 2024
Architect is a financial platform that provides traders with customizable infrastructure designed to enhance access to international markets for digital assets. The company focuses on developing institutional-grade solutions that facilitate trading across various venues, including both centralized and decentralized exchanges. By linking these diverse crypto markets, Architect aims to create a seamless trading experience for users engaged in global futures, options, and digital asset markets.

Portal

Seed Round in 2024
Tides is a financial services company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2018, Tides specializes in trading cryptocurrency without putting coins at risk, all from within a secure and controllable wallet. The company offers a platform that allows users to conveniently trade crypto assets while maintaining security and control over their investments. By leveraging innovative technology, Tides aims to provide a seamless and efficient trading experience for its customers in the ever-evolving cryptocurrency market.

Shadow

Seed Round in 2023
Shadow is a technology company that specializes in providing a crypto data platform. Its core product is an on-chain event data platform, designed to empower developers by offering custom subgraph creation, indexer services, supercharge protocol analysis, and access to peripheral contract data. This suite of tools enables developers to build more robust and innovative applications and tools for the decentralized web.

Blockchain.com

Series E in 2023
Blockchain.com is a digital assets platform that enables users to buy, hold, and utilize cryptocurrency, aiming to create an accessible financial system for the internet. With over 50 million customers, the platform provides a straightforward way to engage with digital currencies, facilitating transactions, trading, and secure storage. It features a highly trafficked explorer for tracking crypto market activities and an exchange that offers a fast trading experience. Blockchain.com is committed to revolutionizing the financial services industry by enabling quick transactions without the need for costly intermediaries, while also providing real-time transaction data and analytical tools for investors and developers.

Definitive

Seed Round in 2023
Definitive offers a financial management platform with cryptocurrency features and AI-powered customer support.

Mountain Protocol

Seed Round in 2023
Mountain Protocol is a financial technology company that operates a platform for issuing yield-bearing, regulated digital assets. Its flagship product is USDM, a stablecoin backed by US Treasuries and custodied by Fidelity in a bankruptcy-remote setup. The company aims to provide secure, regulated, and enterprise-grade financial products that are accessible to everyone, elevating the global finance industry. Mountain Protocol's platform removes complex legal structures, offers robust bankruptcy protection, and ensures instant liquidity, enhancing security and transparency in digital asset transactions.

Munchies

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Munchies is a developer of decentralized finance solutions designed to automate financial processes using digital currency.

Utopia

Series A in 2023
Utopia Labs specializes in creating an operating system tailored for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to streamline payment requests, payroll, and reporting processes. The platform enables users to manage invoices and expenses for contributors through a single link, facilitating the automation of recurring salaries for core team members. Additionally, Utopia Labs provides a payment application that allows for free, instant, and global transactions, simplifying the management of contributor payments and expenses. With features that organize transactions through tagging, the system enhances transparency in financial reporting for DAOs.

PYOR

Seed Round in 2023
PYOR is a developer of a Web3 research application aimed at enhancing global institutional participation in the cryptocurrency sector. The company leverages its extensive expertise in crypto, having contributed to the development of several significant Indian unicorns and possessing substantial experience with global blue chip organizations. PYOR provides high-fidelity insights and data through a desktop analytics tool that serves as a reliable source of truth for Web3. Its offerings include in-depth market sizing, growth estimation studies, and custom crypto research, ensuring users access dependable digital data to inform their investment and strategic decisions.

Hourglass

Seed Round in 2023
Hourglass is a financial platform that specializes in liquid staking on time-locked vaults within the Frax and Convex ecosystems. It enables users to trade time-bound tokens, which represent staked assets in decentralized finance protocols based on their lock-up periods. This innovative approach allows individuals to trade their positions, effectively transferring ownership to other buyers. By doing so, Hourglass enhances risk management and increases flexibility for investors, while also providing opportunities for potentially higher returns on their investments.

Term Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Term Labs is a blockchain research and development company that operates a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform. The platform connects borrowers and lenders, facilitating fixed-rate lending within the blockchain ecosystem. By focusing on scalable and transparent solutions, Term Labs aims to provide institutional-scale participants with affordable and crypto-native lending options.

Architect

Seed Round in 2023
Architect is a financial platform that provides traders with customizable infrastructure designed to enhance access to international markets for digital assets. The company focuses on developing institutional-grade solutions that facilitate trading across various venues, including both centralized and decentralized exchanges. By linking these diverse crypto markets, Architect aims to create a seamless trading experience for users engaged in global futures, options, and digital asset markets.

Woodstock

Seed Round in 2023
Woodstock is an investment app that allows investors to invest in US stocks.

Centrifuge

Funding Round in 2022
Centrifuge, established in 2017, is a technology company that develops a decentralized blockchain-based platform. This platform connects the global financial supply chain, enabling secure and private peer-to-peer exchange of financial documents. It allows businesses to transact while retaining ownership of their data, including company details and transaction history. Centrifuge is headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Berlin.

Panoptic

Seed Round in 2022
Panoptic is a decentralized options trading protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain that facilitates instant-settlement trading without the need for oracles. The platform allows users to trade options on any asset pool within the Uniswap v3 ecosystem, aiming to create a trustless and composable options product. By offering a streamlined approach to managing options positions, Panoptic enables clients to efficiently mint, trade, and engage in market-making activities for various types of perpetual options. The protocol is designed to enhance trading, liquidity provision, and risk management within the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, catering to a diverse range of strategies and roles.

Block Green

Seed Round in 2022
Block Green is a decentralized finance platform designed to provide liquidity solutions for sustainable Bitcoin mining operations. By allowing miners to access future revenues based on their existing hashrate, the platform helps operators de-risk their operations and obtain upfront liquidity. Block Green focuses on creating a transparent and accessible capital market centered around Bitcoin, facilitating a fair and direct approach to financial returns. The platform also features a staking mechanism that enables digital asset holders to retain their preferred cryptocurrencies while participating in the security of the Bitcoin network. This approach not only benefits individual users but also supports the transition of the Bitcoin network towards renewable energy sources.

Alongside

Venture Round in 2022
Alongside builds indexes for cryptocurrencies.

Contango

Seed Round in 2022
Contango is a decentralized protocol that focuses on providing perpetual futures atop money markets. It operates a decentralized exchange designed to facilitate expirable futures without the need for order books or liquidity pools. By leveraging existing decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, Contango enables fixed-rate lending and borrowing. The platform also supports physical delivery and minimizes price impact for larger trades, allowing traders to effectively hedge their positions and manage their costs. Through these innovations, Contango aims to enhance trading efficiency and accessibility within the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Coinfeeds

Seed Round in 2022
Coinfeeds is an API that delivers real-time news and social sentiment related to cryptocurrencies. It offers a customizable platform that allows users to easily manage their news feeds by adding or removing specific coins. The service includes access to various media formats, such as podcasts, videos, and tweets, about the cryptocurrencies in a user's portfolio. Coinfeeds aims to position itself as a comprehensive resource in the cryptocurrency market, akin to Bloomberg for traditional finance.

Hidden Road

Series A in 2022
Hidden Road is the global credit network for institutional investors and provides easy access to both traditional and digital markets.

MoHash

Seed Round in 2022
MoHash is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that leverages crypto assets, particularly stablecoins, to facilitate access to global capital and liquidity for private debt in rapidly expanding economies. The protocol allows investors to earn sustainable and scalable high yields by issuing a fungible token, which represents a claim on a diversified pool of risk-managed and financially regulated debt instruments. This approach aims to safeguard investors' interests while enabling them to capitalize on emerging markets undergoing technological advancements in financial services. Through its innovative model, MoHash seeks to provide a pathway for higher returns in the evolving landscape of decentralized finance.

Satori

Seed Round in 2022
Satori is a decentralized financial derivatives exchange tailored for both retail and institutional investors within the Polkadot ecosystem. The platform is designed to accommodate experienced traders, allowing them to leverage the potential of DOT through access to a dedicated derivatives environment. Satori collaborates with parachains, market makers, and retail users, facilitating a comprehensive trading experience that meets the demands of diverse market participants.

Mara

Seed Round in 2022
Mara is a platform for Africans to learn through, while leveraging, blockchain technology to build digital wealth. The company empowers Africans to develop financial literacy so they can take the greatest possible advantage of the numerous opportunities available in the digital economy. The Mara wallet allows users to easily buy, sell, earn, withdraw, and protect their assets - including cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Mara Token - in real time. Mara was founded in 2021 and is located in Nairobi, Kenya.

Hyperithm

Funding Round in 2022
Hyperithm is a prominent digital asset financial service provider based in Tokyo and Seoul, focusing on cryptocurrency services for institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. The company specializes in algorithmic and high-frequency trading strategies, emphasizing market-neutral approaches. As a fully regulated Virtual Asset Service Provider, Hyperithm also offers comprehensive prime brokerage services, facilitating streamlined crypto trading for a diverse clientele that includes publicly listed companies, family offices, and venture capital firms. The firm is committed to supporting the Web3 ecosystem by investing in Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions, decentralized applications, gaming projects, and asset managers. Co-founded by an ex-Morgan Stanley investment banker and a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur, Hyperithm attracts top talent, consisting of seasoned professionals and award-winning scholars. Through the use of innovative algorithms developed in Rust, the company aims to create a robust digital asset gateway, combining automated trading with advanced risk management techniques.

Tribal Capital Markets

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Tribal Capital Markets, LLC, established in 1995 and headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, is a full-service broker-dealer firm. It offers a wide range of services, including trading in mortgage-backed securities, municipal debt, and both equity and fixed-income securities. The firm also provides investment banking, capital market, clearing, and life science banking services. Tribal Capital Markets serves a diverse client base, comprising banks, corporations, asset managers, and other institutional investors. As a Certified Minority Business Enterprise, it is a subsidiary of Tribal Capital Partners, LLC, and is staffed by experienced professionals dedicated to meeting clients' liquidity and execution needs.

Dfns

Seed Round in 2022
Dfns offers a wallets-as-a-service (WaaS) platform that enables businesses to efficiently manage digital assets while ensuring high levels of security. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing systems, allowing for secure user onboarding and streamlined transactions across multiple blockchains.

Venly

Series A in 2022
Venly is a developer of a cryptocurrency platform that focuses on building blockchain solutions aimed at digital asset creation and monetization. The company offers an all-in-one platform that allows developers to integrate various blockchains into their projects seamlessly. Venly's wallet simplifies the complexities of blockchain technology, enabling users to engage in transactions with other individuals, ecosystems, and decentralized applications. By providing custodial solutions and fostering an open network, Venly empowers users and developers alike to navigate the digital landscape with ease, facilitating innovation within the Web3 space. Additionally, Venly Ventures supports Web3 game projects with significant growth potential by equipping teams with technical expertise and a broad industry network.

InvestaX

Series A in 2022
InvestaX is a financial services company based in Singapore that operates an online platform dedicated to digital securities and investment in real estate, private equity, and venture capital. Founded in 2015, the company specializes in providing a digital securities finance and investment platform that enables clients to raise funds and engage in secondary trading of technology-driven investment products. Its platform offers the necessary infrastructure to digitize real assets, allowing users to buy, sell, trade, borrow, or lend instantly. By leveraging data and technology, InvestaX aims to assist clients in making informed investment decisions while reducing transaction costs and enhancing transparency in private markets.

CryptoTaxCalculator

Seed Round in 2022
CryptoTaxCalculator is a financial technology platform established in 2018, designed to simplify the process of calculating taxes on cryptocurrency gains. The platform enables users to upload their transaction history from various exchanges, blockchains, and wallets. By processing this data, it generates detailed reports that break down realized capital gains and income. This functionality allows investors to efficiently prepare their crypto taxes, saving them significant time and effort during tax season.

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.

Zebec Network

Series A in 2022
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.

Amber Group

Series B in 2022
Amber Group Limited is a cryptocurrency financial services provider based in Hong Kong, founded in 2015. The company specializes in facilitating the buying and selling of cryptocurrency products and offers a range of services, including yield enhancement, collateralized lending, decentralized finance, execution services, and electronic market making. With a global presence that includes operations in Taipei, Seoul, and Vancouver, Amber Group serves over 200 institutional clients and has traded more than $200 billion across multiple electronic exchanges. It aims to optimize investment flexibility and maximize returns for its clients by leveraging advanced technology and quantitative research. Amber Group is dedicated to delivering a streamlined cryptocurrency finance experience, helping clients build and protect their wealth over the long term.

Infina

Seed Round in 2022
Infina is an investment platform that focuses on making financial services accessible and user-friendly. It offers a digital application that allows individuals to invest small amounts in various opportunities, including real estate and fund certificates. By simplifying the investment process, Infina enables users to participate in the market without the need for significant capital, thus promoting financial inclusion. The platform is designed to provide a safe and frictionless experience for investors, facilitating their ability to derive profits from diverse investment options.

Tribal

Series B in 2022
Tribal is a technology-driven financial services provider, specializing in offering small and medium-sized businesses in emerging markets access to modern payment methods and financing solutions. The company's platform enables SMBs to utilize multi-currency physical and virtual business credit cards, local and international wire transfers, short-term financing, and a comprehensive spend management tool, all integrated into a single, user-friendly interface. Tribal has secured funding from prominent investors such as SoftBank Latin America Fund, QED Investors, and Coinbase Ventures, and has been recognized by Visa as part of their FinTech Fast Track program.

CoinTracker

Series A in 2022
CoinTracker is a cryptocurrency portfolio and tax management platform that facilitates the tracking of cryptocurrency investments and ensures tax compliance. The platform automatically syncs transactions from various exchanges and wallets into a unified dashboard, allowing users to monitor their balances and transactions seamlessly. CoinTracker calculates cost basis and capital gains, delivering essential tax information with minimal effort. This service provides users with insights into their cryptocurrency movements, enabling them to visualize transactions and manage their portfolios effectively. By consolidating all relevant data, CoinTracker simplifies the process of filing crypto taxes and helps users maintain a comprehensive overview of their investments.

DeBank

Series A in 2021
DeBank is a cryptocurrency wallet designed to facilitate access to decentralized finance (DeFi) services, enabling users to manage and track their DeFi investments effectively. The platform supports over 800 DeFi protocols across more than 15 blockchains, including Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. Users can monitor their asset portfolios, compare interest rates, and analyze risks associated with their investments. DeBank also offers features for token swapping and discovering new investment opportunities through detailed real-time data, allowing users to gain insights into their financial activities and optimize their returns in the DeFi space.

Ridian

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Ridian is a platform that facilitates cryptocurrency investment through automated strategies. It provides users with various investment options, including interactive indexed approaches and high-frequency trading algorithms. This design allows users to adapt to the volatility of the cryptocurrency market, which operates continuously. By leveraging blockchain technology, Ridian aims to enhance investment opportunities and assist users in earning income from their investments.

Incode

Series B in 2021
Incode Technologies Inc. is a digital identity company that specializes in biometric identity solutions aimed at enhancing customer experiences in banking, payments, hospitality, and retail. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, Incode develops a comprehensive omnichannel identity platform that provides services such as account opening, identity authentication, and payment processing. Key offerings include Incode Omni, which utilizes artificial intelligence for secure biometric verification, and various applications like Incode Hello for chat and video conferencing, Incode Welcome for new account applications, and Incode Facepay for transaction verification. Recognized for its enterprise-grade facial recognition capabilities, Incode's products are utilized by major banks, financial institutions, and retailers, setting a new benchmark for convenience and security in user interactions. The company also maintains additional offices in Europe and Latin America to support its global operations.

Umoja Labs

Venture Round in 2021
Umoja Labs is a financial technology company focused on providing crypto-enabled payment infrastructure tailored for informal markets, primarily in Africa. The company develops a platform that facilitates instant money transfers, featuring digital wallets compatible with basic mobile phones, a mobile point of sale system for merchants, and a mass-payouts dashboard. Additionally, Umoja Labs offers an API that supports the generation of digital wallets, stablecoin custody, mobile money e-float, and fiat currency transactions. By leveraging this technology, Umoja Labs aims to enhance digital financial inclusion and enable organizations to establish effective web3 payment solutions in underserved areas. The company is backed by notable investors such as Coinbase and Mercy Corps.

Parcl

Seed Round in 2021
Parcl is a blockchain-based platform focused on real estate investment, enabling users to invest in fractional ownership of physical properties by purchasing digital square feet. The platform incorporates advanced data analytics to track real estate price movements, utilizing millions of data points to create precise, city-level real estate indexes. These indexes are updated daily, providing users with timely insights into market trends. By simplifying access to real estate investments, Parcl allows individuals to engage with a diverse portfolio of properties through a single, streamlined transaction.

Hxro

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Hxro is a company that specializes in an online crypto trading platform aimed at enhancing the trading experience for users interested in cryptocurrencies. The platform allows users to take option positions on various digital assets, providing a straightforward method to express price views, manage risk, and engage in the cryptocurrency markets. Hxro's offerings include trading automation tools designed to assist users in executing profitable trades. This approach caters to both novice and experienced traders by equipping them with decision support tools and resources essential for effective online trading.

Bridgesplit

Seed Round in 2021
​Bridgesplit is an specialty asset-based lending platform that enables marketplaces, custodians, and other asset management platforms to offer financing to their customers. Business and consumers use Bridgesplit to access flexible and affordable financing collateralized by assets underserved by banks like high-grade spirits, IP, climate assets, collectibles, and more.

Yellow Card

Series A in 2021
Yellow Card is a financial technology company that operates an online cryptocurrency trading platform, facilitating secure and cost-effective transactions across Africa. It specializes in providing on/off ramp services for stablecoins like USDT, USDC, and PYUSD, enabling users to buy and sell these coins using their local currencies. The company partners with local merchants and vendors to sell vouchers that can be redeemed for cryptocurrency, simplifying the money transfer process and promoting e-commerce participation. As of 2021, Yellow Card has facilitated over US$3 billion in transactions across 20 African countries, operating in the United States, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.

Floating Point Group

Series A in 2021
Floating Point Group (FPG) is a prime brokerage specializing in cryptocurrency trading, designed to facilitate access to liquidity across diverse markets for advanced trading strategies. The company operates the largest global digital asset agency trading desk, collaborating with funds and blockchain foundations to ensure efficient trade execution. FPG provides a secure custodial solution that integrates trading, settlement, and yield functionalities, along with insurance for cryptocurrencies. Its trading infrastructure is engineered specifically for the cryptocurrency ecosystem, utilizing high-quality data to develop and optimize market-efficient execution algorithms. By streamlining the trading process, Floating Point Group enables traders to enhance their performance across multiple exchanges based on time, price, and order volume.

Utopia

Seed Round in 2021
Utopia Labs specializes in creating an operating system tailored for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to streamline payment requests, payroll, and reporting processes. The platform enables users to manage invoices and expenses for contributors through a single link, facilitating the automation of recurring salaries for core team members. Additionally, Utopia Labs provides a payment application that allows for free, instant, and global transactions, simplifying the management of contributor payments and expenses. With features that organize transactions through tagging, the system enhances transparency in financial reporting for DAOs.

Pintu

Series A in 2021
Pintu is a cryptocurrency platform based in Jakarta, Indonesia, established in 2020. The company offers a mobile application that facilitates the buying, selling, and management of Bitcoin and other blockchain-based assets. Its platform provides users with a convenient way to access various financial services, allowing them to engage with the cryptocurrency market easily and securely. By streamlining the process of managing digital assets, Pintu aims to support the transition towards a more open financial system for its users.

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.

Qredo

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Qredo Ltd is a London-based company that operates a platform designed to facilitate the secure and efficient movement of digital assets for institutional traders. Established in 2011, Qredo provides an open protocol and decentralized, multi-party computation network that enhances the security and custody of digital assets. Its solutions address the operational challenges and security risks associated with wallet key management, trading, storage, and transfer of these assets. By offering features such as cross-chain liquidity, treasury management tools, and peer-to-peer trading venues, Qredo aims to streamline the digital asset management process while mitigating cyber threats.

Amber Group

Series B in 2021
Amber Group Limited is a cryptocurrency financial services provider based in Hong Kong, founded in 2015. The company specializes in facilitating the buying and selling of cryptocurrency products and offers a range of services, including yield enhancement, collateralized lending, decentralized finance, execution services, and electronic market making. With a global presence that includes operations in Taipei, Seoul, and Vancouver, Amber Group serves over 200 institutional clients and has traded more than $200 billion across multiple electronic exchanges. It aims to optimize investment flexibility and maximize returns for its clients by leveraging advanced technology and quantitative research. Amber Group is dedicated to delivering a streamlined cryptocurrency finance experience, helping clients build and protect their wealth over the long term.

Set Labs

Series A in 2021
Set Labs is focused on advancing the field of finance through innovative cryptocurrency asset management solutions. The company develops a protocol that enables the creation and exchange of collateralized baskets of tokens, utilizing smart contracts to facilitate the bundling and unbundling of various crypto assets. This technology allows users to efficiently create cryptocurrency baskets, which can include a mix of ERC20 tokens, non-fungible tokens, and on-chain securities. By providing tools and specifications for developers, Set Labs aims to simplify the process of asset management in the blockchain space, promoting a more accessible and flexible financial environment.

Pintu

Series A in 2021
Pintu is a cryptocurrency platform based in Jakarta, Indonesia, established in 2020. The company offers a mobile application that facilitates the buying, selling, and management of Bitcoin and other blockchain-based assets. Its platform provides users with a convenient way to access various financial services, allowing them to engage with the cryptocurrency market easily and securely. By streamlining the process of managing digital assets, Pintu aims to support the transition towards a more open financial system for its users.

Hashdex

Series A in 2021
Hashdex is a company focused on bridging the gap between traditional financial markets and the emerging world of digital assets. Its mission is to unlock the potential of blockchain technology for mainstream investors by offering an institutional-grade investment platform that facilitates regulated and diversified access to cryptocurrency. The platform is designed to provide investment products with minimal management fees and options for daily subscriptions and redemptions, allowing investors to conveniently gain exposure to blockchain assets in a compliant manner. By leveraging years of financial expertise and advanced technology, Hashdex aims to create secure, transparent, and cost-effective investment solutions for a global audience.

Hyperithm

Series B in 2021
Hyperithm is a prominent digital asset financial service provider based in Tokyo and Seoul, focusing on cryptocurrency services for institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. The company specializes in algorithmic and high-frequency trading strategies, emphasizing market-neutral approaches. As a fully regulated Virtual Asset Service Provider, Hyperithm also offers comprehensive prime brokerage services, facilitating streamlined crypto trading for a diverse clientele that includes publicly listed companies, family offices, and venture capital firms. The firm is committed to supporting the Web3 ecosystem by investing in Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions, decentralized applications, gaming projects, and asset managers. Co-founded by an ex-Morgan Stanley investment banker and a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur, Hyperithm attracts top talent, consisting of seasoned professionals and award-winning scholars. Through the use of innovative algorithms developed in Rust, the company aims to create a robust digital asset gateway, combining automated trading with advanced risk management techniques.

Skew

Acquisition in 2021
Skew Ltd operates an online marketplace that offers market intelligence for crypto derivatives markets, focusing primarily on bitcoin and ether. Founded in 2018 and based in London, the company provides real-time data analytics and customized services tailored to the needs of traders, investors, and researchers. Its platform includes features such as market dashboards and custom data analytics, enabling users to gain a comprehensive overview of the cryptocurrency landscape. Through its innovative financial infrastructure, Skew supports market participants in making informed decisions within the evolving digital assets space.

Fei Protocol

Series A in 2021
Fei Labs is focused on developing open-source decentralized applications, primarily through the creation of a scalable stablecoin. This stablecoin aims to address challenges posed by whale activity in existing dollar-pegged products, promoting a more equitable financial ecosystem. The platform employs a novel stablecoin mechanism that ensures capital efficiency, fair distribution, and full decentralization. By doing so, it enables users to utilize the stablecoin in maintaining liquid secondary markets, thus enhancing the overall functionality and accessibility of decentralized finance solutions.

Eco

Series A in 2021
Eco is a financial technology company that focuses on enhancing the value of money through innovative software solutions. As a founding contributor to the Eco Protocol, it aims to reshape traditional banking and reward systems. The company has developed Bend, a platform that seeks to improve users' financial experiences by maximizing the utility and effectiveness of their money. Eco's mission centers on empowering individuals to expect more from their financial transactions, ultimately striving to redefine the relationship between people and their money.

Anoma

Funding Round in 2021
Anoma is a blockchain protocol established in 2021 in Zug, Switzerland, focused on facilitating private and asset-agnostic transactions. It offers an intent-centric and privacy-preserving solution for decentralized counterparty discovery, multi-chain atomic settlement, and secure bartering among multiple parties. By employing advanced cryptography and zero-knowledge proof schemes, Anoma empowers users to engage in cryptocurrency exchanges automatically at market rates, ensuring a user-controlled and secure trading environment. The protocol aims to enhance privacy in transactions, making it easier for users to conduct business without sacrificing security.

Terra

Venture Round in 2021
Terra is a price-stable cryptocurrency designed for mass adoption. It builds financial infrastructure for the next generation of decentralized applications. Terra is backed by Luna, a decentralized asset that derives its value from transaction fees collected on the Terra network. Much like the moon stabilizes the earth’s rotation, Luna is Terra's eternal guardian of stability.

Bison Trails

Acquisition in 2021
Bison Trails Co. operates a blockchain infrastructure platform that enables users to run nodes across multiple blockchains securely. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company offers enterprise-grade security alongside multi-cloud and multi-region distribution, ensuring a 99.99% uptime guarantee for its node operators. Bison Trails aims to strengthen the blockchain ecosystem by providing a robust and transparent infrastructure that supports various activities, including staking, validating, voting, and transacting. This allows customers to deploy participation nodes on any blockchain without needing to develop their own security and operational capabilities.

UMA

Venture Round in 2021
UMA is a decentralized platform focused on financial contracts, aiming to provide global market access through innovative technology. It allows users to trade derivative products without reliance on a centralized authority, minimizing risk and eliminating single points of failure. By enabling customers to create customized financial products, UMA facilitates automatic enforcement and immediate settlement of agreements. The platform also features a unique oracle that records verifiable truths or data on a blockchain, enhancing the integrity of the financial contracts. This structure incentivizes participants to challenge and provide evidence against recorded claims, fostering a transparent and robust ecosystem for decentralized finance.

Protego Trust Bank

Series A in 2021
Protego Trust Bank is a financial services institution based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 2017. The bank specializes in providing regulated cryptocurrency services tailored for institutional investors. Its offerings encompass a comprehensive suite of digital asset services, including custody, trading, lending, and issuance, all facilitated through a vertically integrated platform. By leveraging distributed ledger technology, Protego Trust Bank enables clients to hold, trade, lend, and issue digital assets in a secure and efficient manner, positioning itself as a reliable partner for institutions looking to enhance their digital asset capabilities.

Vauld

Seed Round in 2020
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.

Notional Finance

Seed Round in 2020
Notional is a decentralized protocol for fixed rate, fixed term lending and borrowing of crypto assets on Ethereum. Users can lend or borrow stablecoins at fixed rates of interest for terms of up to six months using a variety of assets as collateral. Notional achieves fixed rate lending via a primitive called fCash, which is redeemable for an underlying currency like DAI upon the fCash token’s maturity date. Notional operates specialized liquidity pools that allow users to efficiently trade cash for fCash and vice versa. The exchange rate that a user receives on their trade implies a fixed rate of interest from the time of trade until the fCash token’s maturity. Notional is flexible and configurable. The protocol can add additional assets for lending and borrowing, additional collateral types, and additional maturities beyond six months. The community intends to broaden Notional’s scope over time to include a wider array of supported assets and extended available maturities. Notional prioritizes security. The protocol team works with industry leaders to ensure that the smart contracts are technically secure and that the economic assumptions applied in the protocol’s design are sound.

Multis

Seed Round in 2020
Multis, Inc., established in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in providing crypto banking services for businesses and entrepreneurs. Its core offering is a user-friendly wallet that facilitates crypto storage, payments to suppliers, payroll management, and interest earning. The platform also provides real-time balance monitoring, transaction tracking, multi-access to assets, recurring payments, and crypto-to-cash conversion. Multis aims to empower web3 organizations by building a robust financial infrastructure for the next generation of professionals in an open financial world.

Audius

Venture Round in 2020
Audius, Inc. is a music streaming platform that leverages blockchain technology to create a decentralized community for artists, developers, and listeners. Incorporated in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company enables musicians to share and monetize their work directly with fans, eliminating the need for intermediaries. Audius provides features such as audio file hosting, streaming capabilities, and a creator dashboard, allowing artists to manage their content and earnings efficiently. The platform ensures the secure and verifiable attribution of creative works through immutable, time-stamped records on the blockchain. By offering a transparent system for content distribution and royalty payments, Audius empowers creators to connect with their audiences and maintain control over their music.

Audius

Venture Round in 2020
Audius, Inc. is a music streaming platform that leverages blockchain technology to create a decentralized community for artists, developers, and listeners. Incorporated in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company enables musicians to share and monetize their work directly with fans, eliminating the need for intermediaries. Audius provides features such as audio file hosting, streaming capabilities, and a creator dashboard, allowing artists to manage their content and earnings efficiently. The platform ensures the secure and verifiable attribution of creative works through immutable, time-stamped records on the blockchain. By offering a transparent system for content distribution and royalty payments, Audius empowers creators to connect with their audiences and maintain control over their music.

DerivaDEX

Seed Round in 2020
DerivaDEX is a community-governed derivatives exchange designed to enhance performance and autonomy while ensuring the security of a decentralized platform. Built on the Ethereum blockchain, it employs a liquidity-mining token model that empowers users to engage actively in the governance and operations of the exchange. Utilizing an open order book and on-chain settlement for trades, DerivaDEX aims to create a next-generation trading environment. Its native token facilitates user participation and supports the exchange's decentralized structure, combining advanced technology with community oversight.

Tagomi

Acquisition in 2020
Tagomi is a cryptocurrency trading platform that focuses on enhancing trade execution for its clients, allowing them to retain a greater portion of their returns. The platform employs advanced routing techniques and execution algorithms to analyze both real-time and historical data, which aids in determining optimal trading strategies. This approach not only facilitates access to priced liquidity and low commissions but also aims to minimize trading costs. By leveraging sophisticated technology, Tagomi strives to deliver improved trading outcomes for its users.

Coin Metrics

Series A in 2020
Coin Metrics Inc. is a provider of blockchain and cryptocurrency data analytics, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 2017, the company specializes in delivering market and network data, analytics, and research to various industries and institutions involved in crypto-assets. Its offerings include the CM Network Data Pro, which provides comprehensive historical data on top cryptocurrency assets, and the CM Market Data Feed, which standardizes trade, candle, and order book data from multiple exchanges. Additionally, Coin Metrics offers CM Reference Rates, which present fixed asset pricing in U.S. dollars. By focusing on transparency and actionable data, Coin Metrics aims to empower individuals and organizations to make informed financial decisions related to cryptocurrencies.

Amber Group

Series A in 2020
Amber Group Limited is a cryptocurrency financial services provider based in Hong Kong, founded in 2015. The company specializes in facilitating the buying and selling of cryptocurrency products and offers a range of services, including yield enhancement, collateralized lending, decentralized finance, execution services, and electronic market making. With a global presence that includes operations in Taipei, Seoul, and Vancouver, Amber Group serves over 200 institutional clients and has traded more than $200 billion across multiple electronic exchanges. It aims to optimize investment flexibility and maximize returns for its clients by leveraging advanced technology and quantitative research. Amber Group is dedicated to delivering a streamlined cryptocurrency finance experience, helping clients build and protect their wealth over the long term.

Authereum

Seed Round in 2020
Authereum is a San Francisco-based company that focuses on simplifying the onboarding process for users of decentralized applications (dApps) on the Ethereum network. The platform employs contract-based accounts to enhance key management features, allowing non-technical users to navigate Ethereum applications more easily. Authereum's solution enables users to convert fiat currency into cryptocurrency directly within the wallet, eliminating the need for Know Your Customer (KYC) verification. By leveraging tools such as the Ethereum Name Service and meta transactions, Authereum aims to provide a familiar onboarding experience that caters to a broader audience, facilitating access to the decentralized ecosystem.

Bison Trails

Series A in 2019
Bison Trails Co. operates a blockchain infrastructure platform that enables users to run nodes across multiple blockchains securely. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company offers enterprise-grade security alongside multi-cloud and multi-region distribution, ensuring a 99.99% uptime guarantee for its node operators. Bison Trails aims to strengthen the blockchain ecosystem by providing a robust and transparent infrastructure that supports various activities, including staking, validating, voting, and transacting. This allows customers to deploy participation nodes on any blockchain without needing to develop their own security and operational capabilities.

Instadapp

Seed Round in 2019
Instadapp is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that aims to simplify interactions with various finance protocols. Founded in 2018 and based in Hyderabad, India, the company operates an autonomous banking portal and mobile application that offers services such as lending, borrowing, leveraging, and swapping assets. Instadapp enables users to manage multiple DeFi applications efficiently, maximizing returns while tracking and analyzing their blockchain-based assets and financial positions. Additionally, the platform provides developers with the tools to create custom use cases, allowing them to monetize their models and enhance user experience with reliable solutions.

Linen App

Seed Round in 2019
Linen Wallet is a signature Wallet for defi and web3. They support ethereum and polygon networks.

Mina

Seed Round in 2019
Mina is building a privacy-preserving gateway between the real world and crypto — and the infrastructure for the secure, democratic future we all deserve.

Forte

Venture Round in 2019
Forte is building economic technology for games that is secure, easy to use, and fully compliant. Its end-to-end blockchain platform enables the emergence of community economics, a system where the interests of game developers and players are aligned, leading to healthier, sustainable game communities. The team is composed of longtime industry members (Unity, ngmoco, Riot Games, Electronic Arts, Sony, and Rockstar Games, among others), and is currently working with over 25 acclaimed game developers from across the globe to reimagine the economics of games.

Abacus

Seed Round in 2018
Abacus helps financial services companies reduce long back-and-forth onboarding sessions, eliminate inefficient data collection, and streamline compliance workflows.

Flipside Crypto

Seed Round in 2018
Flipside Crypto, Inc. is a Boston-based company that operates a cryptocurrency information platform delivering business intelligence for blockchain organizations. Established in 2017, it offers a range of services including cryptocurrency management, digital walleting, custody, community tools, and portfolio dashboards aimed at investors. Flipside Crypto provides analytics tools that offer insights into user behaviors, developer activities, and financial trends within the cryptocurrency space. It also features the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), a metric for assessing the health of cryptocurrency projects, which is distributed through partnerships with platforms such as CoinMarketCap and Messari. The company is supported by notable investors, including CoinBase Ventures and True Ventures.

Nova

Seed Round in 2018
Nova is a subscription and reporting platform designed to enhance operational efficiency for firms through digital transformation. It allows organizations to improve the investor experience by enabling profile management, collaborative dashboards, and intuitive reporting. Nova also supports compliance and operations teams by integrating vendor services and centralizing data, thus reducing reliance on email communication. Additionally, Nova leverages artificial intelligence to streamline the sales process, helping sellers identify optimal actions throughout the sales pipeline and minimize operational inefficiencies. The platform further aims to build an open financial infrastructure by automating compliance and facilitating the management of tokenized financial instruments on the blockchain, allowing clients to navigate regulatory requirements effectively.

Venovate

Acquisition in 2018
Venovate is an online financial platform designed to facilitate investments in alternative assets, such as private equity, hedge funds, real estate, and venture capital. By connecting accredited investors and qualified institutions with private-placement business opportunities, Venovate streamlines the capital-raising process. The platform emerged in response to the JOBS Act, which eased restrictions on public solicitation for private investments, allowing entrepreneurs to reach potential investors more effectively. Venovate's marketplace provides a comprehensive and standardized format for presenting investment opportunities, ensuring transparency and thoroughness through a rigorous member screening process. Investors can efficiently search for and evaluate investment options, engage with sellers, and complete transactions electronically across various devices. This user-friendly approach aims to enhance the investing experience and simplify capital formation for both buyers and sellers.

CoinTracker

Pre Seed Round in 2018
CoinTracker is a cryptocurrency portfolio and tax management platform that facilitates the tracking of cryptocurrency investments and ensures tax compliance. The platform automatically syncs transactions from various exchanges and wallets into a unified dashboard, allowing users to monitor their balances and transactions seamlessly. CoinTracker calculates cost basis and capital gains, delivering essential tax information with minimal effort. This service provides users with insights into their cryptocurrency movements, enabling them to visualize transactions and manage their portfolios effectively. By consolidating all relevant data, CoinTracker simplifies the process of filing crypto taxes and helps users maintain a comprehensive overview of their investments.

Valkyrie Investments

Valkyrie Investments is an alternative asset management firm that bridges traditional finance with the emerging cryptocurrency sector. The firm focuses on creating and managing diverse portfolios and products that include exposure to digital assets and other innovative investments. With a team of seasoned professionals who have extensive experience in leading financial institutions, Valkyrie Investments offers a platform designed to make investing in alternative assets both accessible and secure. The firm emphasizes the development of unique investment products, aiming to enhance returns for investors while fostering economic growth and technological advancement.
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