DCG Expeditions

DCG Expeditions is a corporate venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom, established in 2021 as a part of the Digital Currency Group. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in the fintech and cryptocurrency sectors, aiming to support innovative founders in developing the next generation of financial services. With a background in successful fintech entrepreneurship and access to a robust global network, DCG Expeditions is equipped to provide long-term support to its portfolio companies. The firm's commitment to investing with permanent capital allows it to act swiftly and effectively in a rapidly evolving market.

Mira Christanto

Investment Director

Margaux Dutertre

Investment Analyst

27 past transactions

Craftt

Seed Round in 2024
Craftt is a decentralized infrastructure platform focused on enhancing the future of work by providing universal benefits aimed at fostering financial confidence for the modern workforce. The company specializes in vendor management systems designed to streamline contingent workforce management into a cohesive workstream. By optimizing costs and resources through efficient procurement practices and data-driven insights, Craftt ensures compliance and mitigates risks with comprehensive contract management tools and security features. Its user-friendly interface and streamlined workflows enhance the employee experience, while centralized data and reporting improve visibility and control over the entire contingent workforce for businesses.

Space and Time

Series A in 2024
Space and Time is a decentralized analytics platform designed to facilitate low-latency queries and tamperproof analytics across the Web. The company provides a multichain data solution tailored for decentralized applications (dapps) and developers in sectors such as gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi). Its platform enables the integration of on-chain and off-chain data, allowing users to perform complex analytics in a single query. By transforming major blockchains into advanced databases, Space and Time empowers organizations to achieve enterprise-scale analytics while enhancing the speed and reliability of their data operations.

Saptiva

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Saptiva is a technology company that specializes in providing artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and tools for businesses of all sizes. It offers a platform that enables enterprises to access top-performing large language models (LLMs), intuitive software development kits (SDKs), and application programming interfaces (APIs) instantly, all hosted on its cloud infrastructure in Latin America. The company's AI platform is designed to empower businesses by automating actions and providing insights, with a focus on optimizing workflows and decision-making processes securely and efficiently.

Sodot

Seed Round in 2023
Sodot is a technology company specializing in Multi-party Computation (MPC) infrastructure. It empowers crypto custody and wallet providers to securely generate and manage private keys on their own servers, enhancing both security and user experience, while maintaining full control over their operations.

Sealance

Seed Round in 2022
Sealance is a technology company that focuses on developing a decentralized blockchain platform specifically for the cryptocurrency industry. Utilizing advanced mathematics, cryptography, and zero-knowledge proofs, Sealance aims to enhance privacy, verify identities, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The platform provides a secure and reliable method for certifying cryptocurrency transactions, allowing users to maintain confidentiality while adhering to legal and policy requirements. By leveraging these innovative technologies, Sealance addresses critical challenges in the financial compliance landscape, ensuring transaction integrity and promoting trust in digital currency operations.

Onmeta

Seed Round in 2022
Onmeta specialises in facilitating seamless transitions between traditional finance and decentralised blockchain applications. It offers solutions for users to convert fiat currencies into cryptocurrencies (on-ramp) and vice versa (off-ramp), supporting a wide range of tokens across major blockchains. This interoperable technology enhances user experience by enabling direct wallet-to-wallet transfers in various fiat currencies, thereby fostering wider adoption of Web3 decentralised apps.

CLST

Seed Round in 2022
CLST is focused on creating an institutional gateway aimed at facilitating the lending and borrowing of digital assets, particularly stablecoins. The company seeks to establish a global network of institutional borrowers and lenders, effectively positioning itself as a key player in the short-term digital assets debt market, referred to as the New Money market. With a commitment to bridging traditional finance and crypto-native institutions, CLST facilitates institutional adoption of digital assets. Its platform enables the creation of markets for uncollateralized lending, allowing for bilateral price negotiation and settlement between institutional users. This initiative aims to enhance the efficiency of short-term debt markets for crypto assets and stablecoins, catering specifically to the growing needs of institutional participants.

Flowty

Seed Round in 2022
Flowty is a peer-to-peer collateralized NFT lending marketplace that facilitates connections between borrowers and lenders. The platform allows borrowers to leverage Flow-based NFTs as collateral to access liquidity, while lenders can fund these loans to earn interest income. Users can select specific NFTs, determine loan amounts, rates, and duration, thereby customizing their borrowing and lending experiences. Flowty aims to unlock liquidity for NFT holders and create opportunities for passive income generation for lenders in the evolving digital asset landscape.

Taki Games

Seed Round in 2022
Taki Games is on a mission to bring gaming’s 3 billion players and $200 billion in revenues onchain through TAKI. Powered by its unique tokenomics model, Taki Games lets loyal players earn real value and a stake in the TAKI network by earning TAKI rewards. Founded by pioneers in social, mobile, and free-to-play gaming who served as founders and executives of some of the biggest names in gaming, Taki Games is leading the revolution to let players get more from the games they love.

Triangle

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Triangle is a technology company that specializes in providing a robust web3 wallet infrastructure. The company's primary offering is an application programming interface (API) designed to simplify the integration of Web3 experiences into various business applications, including decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), payments, social platforms, and gaming. Triangle's solution abstracts the complexity typically associated with wallet management, enabling businesses to embed secure and efficient Web3 functionalities. The company offers a custody solution powered by multi-party computation (MPC) to enhance security by eliminating single points of compromise.

Cauri Money

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Cauri Money is a financial services company that provides a range of digital solutions for managing and transferring funds. It offers users the ability to exchange, save, and send money through its platform, which includes features such as a wallet with a BG IBAN, peer-to-peer payments, virtual and physical Mastercards, and dedicated financial supervision. The service is accessible to anyone, regardless of their banking affiliation, making it convenient for users to handle daily expenditures and send money to Africa.

Your Juno

Seed Round in 2022
Your Juno is a financial education platform dedicated to empowering women and non-binary individuals with essential financial knowledge. The company focuses on providing accessible and comprehensive financial education through workshops and resources, addressing topics that are often overlooked in traditional educational settings. By embracing an open and global financial system, Your Juno aims to help users improve their financial health regardless of their location or income level.

Traction Apps

Seed Round in 2022
Traction Apps is a developer of a financial platform tailored for small businesses, facilitating payment acceptance and management. The platform provides essential tools for monitoring sales, sending invoices, receiving payments, and managing inventory. Additionally, it enables retailers to access financing options for business expansion and operational support. Through these offerings, Traction Apps aims to empower small businesses by streamlining financial processes and enhancing their ability to manage and grow their operations effectively.

Sardine

Series A in 2022
Sardine is a financial technology company that specializes in providing a risk and fraud infrastructure tailored for the online economy. It has developed a device intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence and advanced risk engine software. This platform enhances fraud detection while minimizing sign-up friction by analyzing multiple real-time data points, including device information, browser details, and behavioral biometrics. By integrating this technology, Sardine enables businesses to establish a robust risk and fraud management framework, ultimately reducing costs within the fintech ecosystem.

NALA

Seed Round in 2022
NALA Incorporation Company Limited is a FinTech firm based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, founded in 2017. The company develops a mobile payments application that facilitates various financial transactions, including bill payments, peer-to-peer transfers, and airtime top-ups, all without requiring an internet connection. NALA's platform is designed to enhance financial inclusion by providing services that cater to users in regions with limited internet access. The application incorporates bank-grade security encryption and multi-factor authentication to ensure the safety of transactions. Additionally, NALA offers budgeting tools and transaction history tracking, enabling users to manage their finances effectively. Through its services, NALA aims to simplify mobile money transfers for Africans worldwide and support international payments.

Kotani Pay

Seed Round in 2022
Kotani Pay is a technology company focused on facilitating the integration of blockchain protocols and fintech applications with local payment channels in Africa. By offering a reliable on-ramp and off-ramp service, Kotani Pay enables blockchain companies to effectively reach a broader customer base, particularly those utilizing mobile money services. The platform is designed to streamline payroll management and enhance the accessibility of digital finance, allowing clients to concentrate on local payment solutions while increasing their operational efficiency in the African market.

Block Earner

Seed Round in 2021
Block Earner is an Australian fintech platform that integrates traditional banking features with advanced cryptocurrency services. It offers a comprehensive suite of financial products, including its flagship crypto-backed loan service that allows users to secure loans using their cryptocurrency as collateral. Additionally, Block Earner provides trading services, including spot and over-the-counter trading, along with access to decentralized finance yield products that enable users to earn annual returns. With a user-friendly interface designed for seamless navigation, Block Earner aims to deliver an all-in-one wealth management solution tailored for cryptocurrency users, thereby catering to the growing demand for innovative financial services in the blockchain space.

Busha

Seed Round in 2021
Busha is a digital currency exchange platform that facilitates the buying, selling, and management of cryptocurrency portfolios. The platform offers users the ability to swap and store various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ether, and Litecoin, among others. By providing a reliable and user-friendly interface, Busha enables both consumers and merchants to access and engage with digital currencies seamlessly. The company's focus is on ensuring a secure and efficient trading experience for its users.

Kotani Pay

Seed Round in 2021
Kotani Pay is a technology company focused on facilitating the integration of blockchain protocols and fintech applications with local payment channels in Africa. By offering a reliable on-ramp and off-ramp service, Kotani Pay enables blockchain companies to effectively reach a broader customer base, particularly those utilizing mobile money services. The platform is designed to streamline payroll management and enhance the accessibility of digital finance, allowing clients to concentrate on local payment solutions while increasing their operational efficiency in the African market.

Root

Seed Round in 2021
Root enables companies to embed & sell insurance. Root’s proven low-code platform and strong insurance partnerships make it easy to design, build and integrate insurance at scale. Root is an enterprise-grade solution, with digital platforms, retailers, and insurers building, refining and selling insurance products powered by Root. Root processes more than $32m in active Gross-Written-Premium with 1.7m+ in-force policies on the platform, and a team of 50 people.

Sealance

Seed Round in 2021
Sealance is a technology company that focuses on developing a decentralized blockchain platform specifically for the cryptocurrency industry. Utilizing advanced mathematics, cryptography, and zero-knowledge proofs, Sealance aims to enhance privacy, verify identities, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The platform provides a secure and reliable method for certifying cryptocurrency transactions, allowing users to maintain confidentiality while adhering to legal and policy requirements. By leveraging these innovative technologies, Sealance addresses critical challenges in the financial compliance landscape, ensuring transaction integrity and promoting trust in digital currency operations.

Notabene

Series A in 2021
Notabene, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in developing a software as a service (SaaS) platform for crypto compliance tailored for the financial industry. The company focuses on helping financial institutions adhere to emerging global regulations concerning cryptocurrency transactions, specifically addressing the complexities of the Travel Rule. Notabene offers a unified API and dashboard designed to assist compliance officers in managing risk associated with both Travel Rule and non-custodial transactions. By providing access to a broad network of crypto businesses, Notabene simplifies the compliance process, enhances transaction confidence, and ultimately supports its clients in increasing their transaction volumes and business growth.

Stitch

Seed Round in 2021
Stitch operates a financial API platform that facilitates secure connections between bank accounts and various applications. By providing full API access to financial accounts, Stitch enables users to share their transaction history, confirm their identities, and initiate payments efficiently. The platform integrates directly with existing bank infrastructures, ensuring compliance and enhancing user experience through a lightweight single sign-on process. This approach allows clients to conduct fraud-free bank payments and access financial data with ease.

Knabu Distributed Systems

Seed Round in 2021
We are a DLT company based in London and have started our bank authorization process to solve the problem of denial of bank accounts to blockchain businesses. We are building a Utility Bank from scratch & engineering it to leverage DLT.

Caliza

Seed Round in 2021
Caliza is focused on creating a global financial infrastructure that facilitates seamless commerce by removing borders. The company enables businesses to provide instant cross-border settlement and regulated digital dollar accounts to their customers. By leveraging stablecoins, Caliza's platform allows for efficient and cost-effective transactions, supporting various use cases such as international supplier payments and corporate fund transfers. This infrastructure empowers merchant settlement providers to move funds across borders with ease, thereby enhancing access to the US economy for its clients.

Oraan

Seed Round in 2021
Oraan is a banking company focused on providing online and mobile banking services, particularly aimed at women and underbanked communities. The company has developed a social savings platform that digitizes traditional group savings practices, allowing users to build their financial identities through participation in community-driven savings. Its application enables members to save money within a trusted network and offers flexible options for making payments and withdrawals. Oraan's platform facilitates the opening of bank accounts for unbanked users and helps underbanked individuals reactivate their existing accounts, thereby promoting financial inclusion and empowering its members to manage their finances more effectively.
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