Digital Currency Group (DCG) is a corporate venture capital firm based in Stamford, Connecticut, founded in 2015. The company focuses on building and supporting businesses within the bitcoin and blockchain sectors by providing insights, networking opportunities, and access to capital. With over 150 investments across more than 30 countries, DCG primarily targets companies involved in financial technology, web3 infrastructure, decentralized finance, and related fields. In addition to its investment activities, DCG owns and operates several key entities in the digital currency ecosystem, including CoinDesk, a leading media and events platform, Genesis Trading, a prominent bitcoin brokerage firm, and Grayscale Investments, the largest asset management firm specializing in digital currencies.
Glim is a company focused on transforming financial services in Latin America through its innovative platform designed for employers and their employees. The platform operates on a B2B2C model, enabling companies to provide valuable financial benefits such as multi-currency salary collection, yield generation, and a debit card that facilitates automatic exchange and settlement in both fiat and cryptocurrency. Additionally, Glim emphasizes financial education and coaching, helping employees save in dollars and earn cashback, which ultimately reduces financial stress. By offering these economic benefits, Glim aims to assist companies in attracting and retaining top talent while lowering payroll costs. The services are accessible via Glim's mobile app, positioning the company as a leading player in the integration of financial wellness and technology.
Aviva
Seed Round in 2024
Aviva operates an AI-powered digital bank aimed at providing financial services to underbanked communities in Latin America, particularly targeting unsecured credit products for individuals and nano-businesses in Mexico. The company focuses on reaching the over 40 million underbanked Mexicans, many of whom reside in small and medium-sized towns, through physical onboarding kiosks. These nano-branches facilitate a documentless onboarding process via a three-minute video that leverages AI technology, including natural language processing, to streamline credit applications. By transforming speech to text and assessing customers' emotions and personality through video, Aviva enhances its ability to score thin-file customers effectively. This innovative approach allows Aviva to offer competitive interest rates and meet the financial needs of underserved populations.
Moffin
Seed Round in 2024
Moffin is an integration platform that connects various Know Your Customer (KYC) data providers, allowing businesses to efficiently collect and assess customer information. The platform offers both API access and a no-code solution, making it accessible for companies with varying technical capabilities. By streamlining the aggregation of credit data, Moffin enables organizations to digitize and expedite their authorization, consultation, and evaluation processes, ultimately saving time and improving operational efficiency.
Tensorplex Labs
Seed Round in 2024
Tensorplex Labs is a technology company specializing in Web3 and artificial intelligence. It creates infrastructure for decentralized AI networks, focusing on finance and intelligence. The company's platform integrates DeFi principles and proof-of-stake mechanisms to foster open-source AI innovation, making decentralized, AI-powered applications more accessible, transparent, and rewarding for developers.
Zone
Seed Round in 2024
Zone is a regulated blockchain network that facilitates payments and the acceptance of digital currencies. As a blockchain services company, it provides a secure infrastructure that supports various financial transactions in the digital economy. By leveraging advanced blockchain technology, Zone aims to enhance the efficiency and transparency of payment processes, making it easier for businesses and consumers to engage in digital currency transactions. Its focus on regulatory compliance ensures that its services meet the necessary legal standards, fostering trust and reliability in the evolving landscape of digital finance.
Fordefi
Seed Round in 2022
Fordefi operates a multi-party computation (MPC) wallet platform that serves as a Web3 gateway for institutions, facilitating secure connections to decentralized applications (dApps) across various blockchain networks. As the first institutional MPC wallet and security platform specifically designed for decentralized finance, Fordefi offers a range of features including MPC key management, self-service DeFi policy controls, and time-of-transaction smart contract insights. Additionally, the platform provides transaction simulation and risk alerts, enabling market participants to engage with decentralized finance securely and efficiently.
Volare Finance
Seed Round in 2022
Volare Finance specializes in decentralized finance, offering innovative trading tools specifically designed for exotic options. The company's platform enables users to engage in transparent and trustless option trading without the need for intermediaries. By providing a decentralized mechanism, Volare Finance allows investors to create standard or customized option strategy portfolios, facilitating hedging, speculation, and yield enhancement. This approach effectively addresses credit risk issues commonly associated with options trading, making it a valuable resource for investors seeking to navigate the complexities of the options market.
NFTBank
Series A in 2022
NFTBank is a developer of a portfolio and analytics platform that focuses on the management of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform offers tools for users to efficiently buy, sell, and manage their NFTs, providing a centralized solution for scattered digital assets across various platforms. By addressing the illiquid nature of these tokens, NFTBank helps users better manage liquidity risk and maintain a comprehensive overview of their NFT portfolios in one place.
Arch
Seed Round in 2022
Arch is a decentralized finance (DeFi) asset manager that facilitates exposure to cryptocurrencies and digital assets for passive investors.
Elwood Technologies
Series A in 2022
Elwood Technologies is a prominent fintech firm that specializes in digital asset trading and portfolio management software tailored for institutional clients. The company offers a comprehensive platform that connects users to global crypto exchanges, liquidity providers, custodians, and fund administrators. With a focus on advanced execution management, portfolio analytics, and risk management, Elwood's solutions are designed to enable financial institutions, neobanks, and corporations to navigate the complexities of the digital asset market effectively. Founded by experts with extensive backgrounds in both traditional finance and digital technology, Elwood aims to deliver secure and efficient tools that enhance clients' ability to engage with digital assets.
NFTBank
Series A in 2022
NFTBank is a developer of a portfolio and analytics platform that focuses on the management of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform offers tools for users to efficiently buy, sell, and manage their NFTs, providing a centralized solution for scattered digital assets across various platforms. By addressing the illiquid nature of these tokens, NFTBank helps users better manage liquidity risk and maintain a comprehensive overview of their NFT portfolios in one place.
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 peer-to-peer payments, bill payments, and airtime top-ups, all without the need for an internet connection. NALA's platform is designed to enhance financial inclusion by offering services that include money transfers, budgeting tools, and transaction tracking. The application also features advanced security measures such as bank-grade encryption and multi-factor authentication, ensuring safe and reliable transactions, particularly in areas with limited internet access. Through its services, NALA aims to support mobile money transfers for Africans worldwide, promoting seamless international payments and digital financial services.
Hubble Protocol
Venture Round in 2022
Hubble Protocol is a decentralized financial platform that facilitates long-term borrowing, lending, and the creation of structured financial products. It aims to democratize access to decentralized finance by offering a range of sustainable financial services. The protocol's software supports multi-asset collateral and enables zero-interest borrowing, allowing users to leverage yield-bearing assets for loans. Additionally, Hubble enhances yield generation on deposits of various tokens, providing clients with optimized financial opportunities while minimizing costs associated with loans.
Spritz Finance
Seed Round in 2022
Spritz Finance operates a financial utility platform focused on decentralized finance, enabling users to pay their bills using cryptocurrency. The platform allows individuals to select the source of their funds, whether from investment holdings or stablecoin yield farms, while maintaining control and custody of their assets. Users can link their existing cryptocurrency wallets and integrate all their bills, utilizing a secure connection through Plaid for seamless account management. With support for over 1,000 integrations in the United States, Spritz Finance provides a flexible solution for managing expenses through cryptocurrency, allowing users to adjust linked wallets and payment preferences at any time.
JellyFi
Seed Round in 2021
Most DeFi applications require institutional borrowers to over-collateralize their loans using crypto as collateral, limiting the wide range of use cases possible with crypto lending. Collateralized loans not only restrict borrowers from using capital how and when they want, but also limit the potential for enhanced return for lenders. JellyFi is a capital-efficient DeFi lending protocol that enables crypto loans without collateral, where institutional borrowers can obtain competitive loan terms, and lenders get access to higher returns while having more granular control over their investment portfolios. Zero-collateral loans are similar to a revolving line of credit where the borrower only has to pay a liquidity fee on unused capital in their own liquidity pool.
Atlendis
Seed Round in 2021
Operator of an online lending platform intended to offer a capital-efficient lending protocol. The company creates a more capital-efficient environment for uncollateralized crypto loans through its Defi lending protocol using blockchain technology, enabling clients to access flexibility for recurrent and short-term liquidity needs.
C3
Seed Round in 2021
C3 Exchange operates a self-custodial trading platform that facilitates the buying and selling of spot and derivative assets. The exchange combines the advantages of self-custody and decentralization with the performance and accessibility typically associated with traditional trading platforms. Its innovative clearing engine protocol allows for cross-margin and cross-collateralization, enabling traders to optimize their capital usage by calculating margin requirements across all open positions in their accounts. Through this approach, C3 Exchange aims to enhance the trading experience while maintaining user control over their assets.
WorldCoin
Venture Round in 2021
World is a company that connects users through a privacy-focused network designed for secure digital asset management. It offers a digital currency platform that emphasizes both privacy and transparency using a permissionless blockchain. The World App enables users to securely store their World ID, manage digital assets, and access various Mini Apps, promoting global connectivity and trust. Additionally, World provides an iris-scanning device that enhances digital identity security by storing biometric information, which helps discourage spammers from creating multiple accounts. This combination of secure identity management and digital currency aims to facilitate a reliable and user-friendly digital environment.
Tinyman
Seed Round in 2021
Tinyman is a decentralized trading protocol built on the Algorand blockchain, designed to facilitate a secure and open marketplace for traders, liquidity providers, and developers. It operates as a market maker, leveraging blockchain technology to provide a platform for users to trade and swap various assets, including tokens and currencies, at competitive market rates. By focusing on safety and efficiency, Tinyman aims to enhance the trading experience within the decentralized finance ecosystem.
BitOasis
Series B in 2021
BitOasis is a cryptocurrency trading platform established in 2015 by co-founders Ola Doudin and Daniel Robenek. It provides a digital asset wallet and an exchange for buying, selling, and trading cryptocurrencies, with a particular focus on cash-based emerging markets. The platform emphasizes security through its multi-signature wallet and aims to create a secure and regulated environment for both retail and institutional clients. By developing a comprehensive infrastructure for cryptocurrency trading, BitOasis enables investors to manage their assets safely and effectively.
Taker Protocol
Seed Round in 2021
Taker Protocol is a cryptocurrency liquidity protocol focused on non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The protocol optimizes the liquidation of NFT assets through a quote-by-lock-in pricing mechanism. This approach enables asset holders to borrow stablecoins while facilitating cross-chain bridges that connect different public blockchain networks. By enhancing the efficiency of asset transfers, Taker Protocol aims to broaden application scenarios for its clients, thereby improving the overall liquidity and usability of NFT assets in the market.
Ripio
Series B in 2021
Ripio, formerly known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company based in Latin America that focuses on providing electronic payment solutions for businesses. Leveraging blockchain technology, Ripio aims to create a more accessible financial system in emerging markets. The company facilitates international transactions for merchants using credit cards or bitcoins at lower costs and allows consumers to purchase bitcoins instantly with cash. Operating in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador, Ripio's platform accepts various payment methods, including bitcoin and credit cards, and offers services such as local currency payouts for merchants, a digital wallet, and financing options for installment payments. Through these services, Ripio seeks to strengthen the digital economy by offering alternatives to traditional banking.
SubQuery
Series A in 2021
SubQuery is a data-as-a-service provider that focuses on making decentralized data more accessible, particularly from Polkadot projects. By aggregating and organizing data, SubQuery enables developers to easily access well-structured data, allowing them to concentrate on their core applications without the burden of creating custom backends for data processing. The platform facilitates the querying and extraction of data from the Polkadot network, streamlining workflows for development teams utilizing Substrate and Polkadot technologies. Inspired by the growing demand for efficient data protocols, SubQuery aims to enhance the development of decentralized applications (dApps) by ensuring that data can be reliably found and consumed quickly and cost-effectively.
Ondo Finance
Seed Round in 2021
Ondo Finance is a developer of a cryptocurrency trading platform aimed at making decentralized finance accessible to a broader audience. The platform provides users with the flexibility to choose between downside protection and enhanced returns, catering to various risk tolerances. By offering these options, Ondo Finance enables individuals to participate in decentralized finance yields while aligning their investment strategies with their personal financial goals.
Visor Finance
Seed Round in 2021
Visor Finance operates a decentralized platform that focuses on active liquidity management within the decentralized finance sector. Its platform enables users to leverage smart vaults for liquidity mining and asset management across various decentralized finance protocols and exchanges. By facilitating the implementation of strategies for reinvesting fees and distributing protocol revenue, Visor Finance aims to help users maximize their returns while minimizing the risks associated with impermanent loss. This innovative approach positions Visor Finance as a key player in enhancing user engagement and profitability in the rapidly evolving DeFi landscape.
Circle
Private Equity Round in 2021
Circle is a financial technology firm established in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company leverages blockchain technology to facilitate payments and e-commerce through stablecoins and its Circle Pay platform, streamlining the process of sending money. Circle offers a range of services, including Circle Invest, which allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrency assets, and Circle Trade, which provides over-the-counter trading services with access to one of the largest global liquidity pools for digital asset trading, averaging $2 billion in monthly volume. Backed by prominent investors such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle positions itself as a key player in the global internet finance sector, focused on integrating crypto assets into mainstream financial applications.
Figure
Series D in 2021
Figure Technologies, Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2018. It specializes in consumer financial solutions that include home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, home buy-lease back offerings, mortgage refinancing, and student loan refinancing. Using its proprietary blockchain platform, Provenance, Figure aims to streamline the borrowing process, allowing customers to access capital in as few as five days. The company's services are designed to assist individuals with home improvement, debt consolidation, and retirement planning, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and analytics to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.
Streami
Venture Round in 2021
Streami, Inc. is a blockchain technology company based in Seoul, South Korea, specializing in financial market infrastructure. It operates Gofax, a cryptocurrency exchange, and Dask, a cryptocurrency depository. The company develops blockchain-based solutions to connect and streamline fragmented financial networks worldwide. Streami provides middleware services for remittances, focusing on secure pathfinding, integration, and risk management. This enables financial institutions to safeguard their assets and execute transactions with minimal friction, even in challenging conditions.
Lido
Venture Round in 2021
Lido is a developer of an open-source liquid staking platform that enhances the Ethereum network's block validation capabilities. The platform addresses challenges related to initial cryptocurrency staking by allowing users to stake their assets and receive synthetic native tokens of equivalent value. These tokens can be utilized across various decentralized finance applications, enabling users to earn yield while maintaining liquidity. Lido's middleware operates on the Ethereum blockchain, ensuring perpetual access through multiple interfaces and channels.
NFTBank
Seed Round in 2021
NFTBank is a developer of a portfolio and analytics platform that focuses on the management of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform offers tools for users to efficiently buy, sell, and manage their NFTs, providing a centralized solution for scattered digital assets across various platforms. By addressing the illiquid nature of these tokens, NFTBank helps users better manage liquidity risk and maintain a comprehensive overview of their NFT portfolios in one place.
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.
Zerion
Venture Round in 2021
Zerion Inc. is a blockchain software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015. It specializes in decentralized finance (DeFi), providing a platform that allows users to invest, earn interest, and borrow cryptocurrency assets. Zerion's primary offering is an investment app that aggregates data from major decentralized exchanges, enabling users to manage their digital assets from a single interface. The platform features real-time asset tracking with live price updates and instant notifications. Additionally, Zerion emphasizes a non-custodial approach, meaning users retain control of their funds and do not have to delegate them to the platform, thereby mitigating centralization risks. The company also offers CryptoTrader, an application designed to track the cryptocurrency market through charts, news, and alerts, further enhancing user engagement in the evolving financial landscape.
Fireblocks
Series B in 2020
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in blockchain-based security solutions for digital asset management. Its platform is designed to securely transfer digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties, catering primarily to financial institutions such as banks, fintech companies, and hedge funds. The company employs advanced technologies, including a patent-pending chip isolation security and model predictive control (MPC), to enhance the security of assets in transit. Fireblocks enables its clients to manage and streamline their digital asset operations effectively, ensuring the protection of funds while facilitating their movement across various platforms. Additionally, Fireblocks has an operational presence in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Slingshot
Seed Round in 2020
Slingshot is a decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform that enables users to access and interact with digital assets securely and independently. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, the company aggregates prices for over 50,000 cryptocurrencies across various decentralized exchanges, allowing users to buy, sell, swap, and bridge tokens at competitive rates. Slingshot offers a user-friendly experience across Web, Android, and iOS platforms, combining the performance of centralized trading with the transparency and security of decentralized finance. Its features include multiple wallet options, live price tracking, portfolio management, and customer support, making it a comprehensive tool for retail users in the cryptocurrency market. The company changed its name from DEXAG, Inc. to Slingshot in November 2020, reflecting its commitment to enhancing user experience in the evolving digital asset landscape.
Credora
Seed Round in 2020
Credora is a company focused on enhancing confidence in credit markets through privacy-preserving technology and real-time credit analytics. It provides a platform that empowers efficient private credit markets by offering comprehensive reports, transparent methodologies, and automated processes for onboarding and information submission. By facilitating over $1 billion in uncollateralized loans across more than 100 borrowers and lenders, Credora enables well-capitalized and risk-managed borrowers to engage in transparent and secure borrowing. Additionally, the company monitors over $4 billion in borrower assets, ensuring extensive coverage across both centralized and decentralized finance venues.
Circle
Venture Round in 2020
Circle is a financial technology firm established in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company leverages blockchain technology to facilitate payments and e-commerce through stablecoins and its Circle Pay platform, streamlining the process of sending money. Circle offers a range of services, including Circle Invest, which allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrency assets, and Circle Trade, which provides over-the-counter trading services with access to one of the largest global liquidity pools for digital asset trading, averaging $2 billion in monthly volume. Backed by prominent investors such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle positions itself as a key player in the global internet finance sector, focused on integrating crypto assets into mainstream financial applications.
Curv
Series A in 2020
Curv Inc. is a developer of a cloud-based wallet focused on the protection and management of digital assets through advanced cryptographic techniques. Established in 2018 and based in Winchester, California, with a research and development office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Curv employs multi-party computation (MPC) protocols to eliminate traditional private keys, enhancing security for digital transactions. The company's platform provides a comprehensive solution that replaces conventional cold and hot wallets, enabling users to securely manage and transact across various blockchain systems. Additionally, Curv offers an enterprise-grade policy engine that allows organizations to define risk profiles and enforce policies, ensuring compliance and security across all digital asset interactions. Curv serves a diverse clientele, including exchanges, brokers, over-the-counter desks, digital asset fund managers, custodians, banks, and fintech companies, facilitating the safe transfer and storage of digital assets.
Paradigm
Seed Round in 2020
Paradigm Connect, doing business as Paradigm, is a zero-fee, liquidity network for crypto derivatives traders across CeFi and DeFi. The platform provides traders with unified access to multi-asset, multi-protocol liquidity on demand without compromising on price, size, cost, and immediacy. The firm’s mission is to create a platform where traders can trade anything, with anyone and settle it anywhere. Paradigm has the largest network of institutional counterparties in crypto with over 1,000 institutional clients trading over $10B per month, including Hedge Funds, OTC Desks, Lenders, Structured Product Issuers, Market Makers, and prominent Family Offices.
Lolli
Seed Round in 2020
Lolli, Inc. is a company that specializes in a rewards platform enabling users to earn bitcoin while shopping online. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Lolli offers a browser extension for the Chrome browser that partners with over 1,000 top brands. When users make purchases from these partner sites, Lolli receives a percentage of the sale and shares a portion of that revenue with users by sending bitcoin directly to their Lolli wallet. This platform provides an accessible way for consumers to earn cryptocurrency as an alternative form of currency for their online transactions.
Zabo
Seed Round in 2020
Zabo is a startup focused on providing financial companies with tools to enhance their customers' experience in managing cryptocurrency investments. The company offers an API-based application that allows seamless integration of cryptocurrency accounts into existing financial applications. This service enables clients to gain a comprehensive overview of their crypto assets and facilitates transactions such as buying, selling, or transferring cryptocurrencies. Additionally, Zabo's application supports hardware wallet integration, ensuring a secure and efficient way for users to manage their digital assets.
Transparent Financial Systems
Series A in 2020
Transparent Financial Systems, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in developing cryptographic settlement solutions for financial applications. Incorporated in 2018, the company focuses on enhancing payment processes by utilizing cryptographically-secured distributed networks, enabling businesses to make and receive payments efficiently and securely. Unlike others in the industry that aim to bypass existing financial systems, Transparent Financial Systems adopts a pragmatic approach, working within current regulatory frameworks to improve payment efficiency. By combining expertise from top cryptographers, financial specialists, and skilled engineers, the company partners with banks and businesses to create innovative solutions that facilitate real-time payments through blockchain technology.
Bloq
Venture Round in 2020
Bloq, Inc. is a provider of enterprise software solutions focused on blockchain technology. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company develops BloqEnterprise, a comprehensive blockchain infrastructure that allows users to create, update, customize, and analyze various blockchain networks, whether private, public, or permissioned. In addition to BloqEnterprise, Bloq offers BloqCloud for blockchain management, BloqLabs for tokenization solutions, and Metronome, a cross-blockchain cryptocurrency. The company also operates a digital currency wallet that provides cryptocurrency services. With a team of experienced blockchain developers, entrepreneurs, and investors, Bloq aims to support global enterprises in building and managing blockchain-enabled ecosystems.
Figure
Series C in 2019
Figure Technologies, Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2018. It specializes in consumer financial solutions that include home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, home buy-lease back offerings, mortgage refinancing, and student loan refinancing. Using its proprietary blockchain platform, Provenance, Figure aims to streamline the borrowing process, allowing customers to access capital in as few as five days. The company's services are designed to assist individuals with home improvement, debt consolidation, and retirement planning, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and analytics to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.
CoinFLEX
Venture Round in 2019
CoinFLEX is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and yield platform that offers innovative trading solutions for crypto assets. It features a physically delivered crypto futures exchange designed to address the challenges associated with cash-settled futures contracts, allowing for high leverage opportunities without risks related to index or settlement manipulation. The platform aims to simplify and secure the trading processes for professional proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency sector. Among its unique offerings are flexUSD, the first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, a capital-efficient automated market maker. CoinFLEX is supported by prominent figures and investment firms in the crypto industry.
Digital Assets Data
Seed Round in 2019
Digital Assets Data Inc. is a financial technology and data company based in Denver, Colorado, founded in 2018. The company specializes in developing enterprise-grade software and data feeds tailored for crypto hedge funds, family offices, research firms, banks, and other market participants. It offers a range of services that provide data and information technology solutions for various crypto assets, including currencies, platforms, applications, side chains, security tokens, and initial coin offerings (ICOs). Through subscription services, Digital Assets Data enables clients to effectively track and manage investments, conduct due diligence, and make informed trading decisions, thereby enhancing transparency and intelligence in the cryptocurrency market.
Merkle Science
Seed Round in 2019
Merkle Science is a software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Singapore, specializing in predictive crypto risk and intelligence platforms. It provides tools for businesses, financial institutions, and government agencies to detect, investigate, and prevent illegal activities related to cryptocurrencies. The company utilizes a proprietary Behavioral Rule Engine, which allows compliance teams to exceed traditional blacklists and meet local KYC/AML obligations. Its platform features an intuitive rule management interface that enables users to visualize account activity over time and generate forensic reports. This functionality supports blockchain companies, crypto exchanges, investment funds, banks, and regulators in conducting due diligence and ensuring compliance while addressing the complexities of illicit cryptocurrency activities.
Reserve
Venture Round in 2019
Reserve is a financial technology company focused on providing a universal currency aimed at protecting users' savings from hyperinflation. The company offers hyperinflation-protected savings accounts, allowing individuals to safeguard and utilize their funds on a global scale. Through its innovative financial application, Reserve facilitates the use of rtokens and collateral baskets, ensuring that customers can manage their money effectively while minimizing risk through diversification and decentralized governance. This approach enables users to make payments to international suppliers while keeping their assets insulated from inflation-prone local currencies.
Digital Assets Data
Seed Round in 2019
Digital Assets Data Inc. is a financial technology and data company based in Denver, Colorado, founded in 2018. The company specializes in developing enterprise-grade software and data feeds tailored for crypto hedge funds, family offices, research firms, banks, and other market participants. It offers a range of services that provide data and information technology solutions for various crypto assets, including currencies, platforms, applications, side chains, security tokens, and initial coin offerings (ICOs). Through subscription services, Digital Assets Data enables clients to effectively track and manage investments, conduct due diligence, and make informed trading decisions, thereby enhancing transparency and intelligence in the cryptocurrency market.
CoinFLEX
Seed Round in 2019
CoinFLEX is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and yield platform that offers innovative trading solutions for crypto assets. It features a physically delivered crypto futures exchange designed to address the challenges associated with cash-settled futures contracts, allowing for high leverage opportunities without risks related to index or settlement manipulation. The platform aims to simplify and secure the trading processes for professional proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency sector. Among its unique offerings are flexUSD, the first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, a capital-efficient automated market maker. CoinFLEX is supported by prominent figures and investment firms in the crypto industry.
Figure
Series B in 2019
Figure Technologies, Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2018. It specializes in consumer financial solutions that include home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, home buy-lease back offerings, mortgage refinancing, and student loan refinancing. Using its proprietary blockchain platform, Provenance, Figure aims to streamline the borrowing process, allowing customers to access capital in as few as five days. The company's services are designed to assist individuals with home improvement, debt consolidation, and retirement planning, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and analytics to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.
Nivaura
Seed Round in 2019
Nivaura Ltd is a financial technology company based in Ilford, United Kingdom, established in 2016. The company operates a blockchain-based platform that automates the issuance and administration of financial products, including loans, bonds, and structured notes. Nivaura's technology enhances efficiency, accuracy, and transparency in key processes associated with new financial instruments, thereby enabling banks, brokers, exchanges, and funds to streamline operations. By focusing on compliance and improving client experiences, Nivaura aims to make financial services more accessible and efficient.
Curv
Seed Round in 2019
Curv Inc. is a developer of a cloud-based wallet focused on the protection and management of digital assets through advanced cryptographic techniques. Established in 2018 and based in Winchester, California, with a research and development office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Curv employs multi-party computation (MPC) protocols to eliminate traditional private keys, enhancing security for digital transactions. The company's platform provides a comprehensive solution that replaces conventional cold and hot wallets, enabling users to securely manage and transact across various blockchain systems. Additionally, Curv offers an enterprise-grade policy engine that allows organizations to define risk profiles and enforce policies, ensuring compliance and security across all digital asset interactions. Curv serves a diverse clientele, including exchanges, brokers, over-the-counter desks, digital asset fund managers, custodians, banks, and fintech companies, facilitating the safe transfer and storage of digital assets.
Money Button
Venture Round in 2019
Money Button is a platform that facilitates online payments through a user-friendly micro-payment web wallet. It integrates a non-custodial Bitcoin wallet with a social content application, allowing users to earn Bitcoin by creating quality content. This system enables seamless transactions, making it easy for users to both receive and make micropayments in Bitcoin for various online content. By simplifying the process of accepting and making payments, Money Button aims to enhance the monetization of digital content while providing a straightforward solution for transactions in cryptocurrency.
Staked
Seed Round in 2019
Staked, LLC provides infrastructure for institutional investors in digital currencies to enhance their crypto holdings through staking and lending. Founded in 2018 and based in Becket, Massachusetts, the company operates secure and efficient block production nodes for decentralized proof-of-stake protocols. Its platform enables cryptocurrency holders to earn yields on their assets by running staking nodes, allowing investors to take advantage of rewards from various proof-of-stake currencies. Staked offers services such as Service Level Agreements for block rewards, automatic payouts, and comprehensive reporting, ensuring a combination of security, scalability, and decentralization for its clients.
Coinhouse
Series A in 2019
Coinhouse is a prominent French platform that offers investment services for Bitcoin and a range of other cryptocurrencies. As the first registered Crypto Asset Service Provider in France, recognized by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers in March 2020, Coinhouse aims to facilitate investment in the evolving landscape of finance for both retail and corporate clients across Europe. The platform not only enables users to invest in digital assets but also provides tailored solutions for businesses to accept and make payments in cryptocurrencies. By delivering market insights and analysis on various crypto-assets, Coinhouse empowers clients to navigate risks and opportunities in the digital currency space. The company is committed to advancing blockchain technologies and crypto financial services, believing they will transform banking and finance by enhancing security, accessibility, and the overall financial landscape.
Nomics
Series A in 2018
Nomics LLC, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, specializes in providing market data APIs tailored for institutional cryptocurrency investors and exchanges. The company's offerings include strategy backtesting, execution of rebalancing methodologies, development and testing of financial models, and ongoing identification of arbitrage opportunities. Nomics also implements indexing methodologies, identifies time-delayed correlations among cryptoassets, and provides custom alerts. Their APIs facilitate the tracking of cryptocurrency portfolios, support real-time trading bots, and enhance fintech applications, ultimately enabling investors to monitor market fluctuations and optimize their investment strategies.
ErisX
Series B in 2018
ErisX is a digital asset trading platform that facilitates access to both spot and futures markets for cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company integrates advanced technology and capital markets workflows to provide a reliable and compliant trading environment. ErisX's platform enables users to trade, deposit, and withdraw digital assets seamlessly, leveraging its exchange and clearinghouse capabilities to ensure robust market operations. The company aims to simplify the process of cryptocurrency trading for its clients while maintaining high standards of compliance and reliability.
Lolli
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Lolli, Inc. is a company that specializes in a rewards platform enabling users to earn bitcoin while shopping online. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Lolli offers a browser extension for the Chrome browser that partners with over 1,000 top brands. When users make purchases from these partner sites, Lolli receives a percentage of the sale and shares a portion of that revenue with users by sending bitcoin directly to their Lolli wallet. This platform provides an accessible way for consumers to earn cryptocurrency as an alternative form of currency for their online transactions.
Logos Network
Seed Round in 2018
Logos Network is a next-generation crypto network based in Dublin, Ireland, that focuses on providing hyper-scalable transaction infrastructure suitable for both micro-transactions and large-scale B2B transfers. The network employs innovative technologies such as a post-blockchain data architecture called chain mesh, a novel delegated proof-of-stake consensus protocol named Axios, and a sharding scheme known as Polis, which enhance transaction validation and throughput. By overcoming the limitations of traditional blockchain systems, Logos Network aims to facilitate intelligent transfers of value on a global scale, thereby transforming various financial applications, including those related to the Internet of Things and point-of-sale technology.
POSaBIT
Venture Round in 2018
POSaBIT is a financial technology company that specializes in providing cashless payment solutions and point-of-sale systems exclusively for the cannabis industry. The company focuses on developing software and technology that enable cannabis retailers to conduct transactions safely and compliantly, addressing the challenges posed by a predominantly cash-only market. POSaBIT generates revenue through a variety of channels, including payment services, licensing of its technology, and support services. Additionally, it earns income from the rental and sale of hardware associated with its payment and point-of-sale offerings. While POSaBIT operates in both Canada and the United States, it derives all of its revenue from the U.S. market.
Circle
Series E in 2018
Circle is a financial technology firm established in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company leverages blockchain technology to facilitate payments and e-commerce through stablecoins and its Circle Pay platform, streamlining the process of sending money. Circle offers a range of services, including Circle Invest, which allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrency assets, and Circle Trade, which provides over-the-counter trading services with access to one of the largest global liquidity pools for digital asset trading, averaging $2 billion in monthly volume. Backed by prominent investors such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle positions itself as a key player in the global internet finance sector, focused on integrating crypto assets into mainstream financial applications.
Carbon-12 Labs
Seed Round in 2018
Carbon-12 Labs, Inc., founded in 2017 and located in New York, operates in the cryptocurrency sector, focusing on simplifying the transition from fiat currency to digital assets. The company provides API-driven solutions that facilitate access to the blockchain economy, allowing users to convert traditional currencies into cryptocurrencies with ease. Through its innovative technology, Carbon-12 Labs aims to enhance the user experience in the rapidly evolving financial landscape.
eToro
Series E in 2018
eToro is a global multi-asset investment platform founded in 2007, based in London. It empowers individuals to grow their knowledge and wealth by providing a social trading network that allows users to trade various assets including currencies, commodities, indices, crypto assets, and stocks. eToro's platform enables users to manually invest in different asset classes or automatically copy the trades of other successful traders within its community of over 23 million registered users. The company operates as a subsidiary of eToro Group Limited.
Nivaura
Seed Round in 2018
Nivaura Ltd is a financial technology company based in Ilford, United Kingdom, established in 2016. The company operates a blockchain-based platform that automates the issuance and administration of financial products, including loans, bonds, and structured notes. Nivaura's technology enhances efficiency, accuracy, and transparency in key processes associated with new financial instruments, thereby enabling banks, brokers, exchanges, and funds to streamline operations. By focusing on compliance and improving client experiences, Nivaura aims to make financial services more accessible and efficient.
BitOasis
Venture Round in 2018
BitOasis is a cryptocurrency trading platform established in 2015 by co-founders Ola Doudin and Daniel Robenek. It provides a digital asset wallet and an exchange for buying, selling, and trading cryptocurrencies, with a particular focus on cash-based emerging markets. The platform emphasizes security through its multi-signature wallet and aims to create a secure and regulated environment for both retail and institutional clients. By developing a comprehensive infrastructure for cryptocurrency trading, BitOasis enables investors to manage their assets safely and effectively.
Buda
Venture Round in 2018
Buda.com develops and operates cryptocurrency markets in South America.
Buda
Venture Round in 2018
Buda.com develops and operates cryptocurrency markets in South America.
BitGo
Series B in 2017
BitGo, Inc. is a digital asset financial services company specializing in security, custody, and liquidity solutions for cryptocurrency. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, BitGo provides a multi-signature security platform that caters to both individual users and institutions. Its offerings include an online Bitcoin wallet, a robust enterprise solution for corporations and financial institutions, and a Key Recovery Service for the secure management of private keys. The platform supports over 200 cryptocurrencies and facilitates secure transactions for exchanges, marketplaces, and e-commerce businesses. Additionally, BitGo launched BitGo Custody and the BitGo Trust Company, which serve as qualified custodians for digital assets. With a customer base spanning more than 50 countries and over $2 billion in assets under management, BitGo is positioned to help businesses integrate digital currencies into their financial systems effectively. The company also has custodial entities located in Switzerland and Germany.
Coinhouse
Seed Round in 2017
Coinhouse is a prominent French platform that offers investment services for Bitcoin and a range of other cryptocurrencies. As the first registered Crypto Asset Service Provider in France, recognized by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers in March 2020, Coinhouse aims to facilitate investment in the evolving landscape of finance for both retail and corporate clients across Europe. The platform not only enables users to invest in digital assets but also provides tailored solutions for businesses to accept and make payments in cryptocurrencies. By delivering market insights and analysis on various crypto-assets, Coinhouse empowers clients to navigate risks and opportunities in the digital currency space. The company is committed to advancing blockchain technologies and crypto financial services, believing they will transform banking and finance by enhancing security, accessibility, and the overall financial landscape.
Omniex Holdings
Seed Round in 2017
Omniex Holdings, Inc. is a software infrastructure developer that creates an institutional operating platform tailored for investment managers and active traders in the crypto-asset space. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company aims to streamline access to crypto trading by integrating front, middle, and back-office services. Omniex offers a range of solutions, including Portfolio Solutions and Analytics, which provide real-time dashboards for tracking portfolio valuation, orders, and risk metrics. Its Connectivity and Routing services unify trading interfaces and multi-venue direct market access, allowing traders to focus on portfolio management and investment strategies. Additionally, Omniex provides Algorithmic Execution Services that enable traders to place orders with minimal market impact. Through these offerings, Omniex facilitates the institutional adoption of crypto and blockchain technologies.
Norbloc
Seed Round in 2017
norbloc AB, founded in 2016 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, specializes in developing blockchain-based platforms aimed at improving Know-Your-Customer (KYC) compliance for the banking and consulting sectors. The company's flagship product, Fides, along with its digital onboarding platform Sancus, addresses challenges such as lack of digitization and data duplication by enabling institutions to aggregate data sources and streamline customer data collection and validation in a fully digital format. These platforms leverage digital ledger technology to facilitate secure data sharing between institutions, allowing them to collaborate on KYC validation efforts and potentially monetize these processes. This innovative approach can lead to significant cost savings, exceeding 50% of traditional KYC compliance budgets. All of norbloc's solutions are designed to comply with GDPR regulations, ensuring secure document storage and sharing across various industries, including governmental and health sectors.
CoinJar
Venture Round in 2017
CoinJar is an Australian digital currency platform launched in 2013 in Melbourne that facilitates the buying and selling of bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. It enables merchants to accept bitcoin payments across various sectors, including retail, charities, electronics, and fashion. CoinJar also offers an application that integrates with a debit card, allowing users to spend digital currencies in their daily transactions. The platform prioritizes security through multi-factor authentication, ensuring the protection of users' assets. By providing tools for both consumers and businesses, CoinJar aims to create a seamless experience for integrating digital currencies into everyday life.
AZA Finance
Series A in 2017
AZA Finance is a fintech company based in Nairobi that specializes in global payments and foreign exchange services. The firm focuses on simplifying currency exchanges and payment settlements across major African and G20 currencies, including digital currencies. As a pioneer in the industry, AZA Finance was the first to facilitate the trading of digital currencies using mobile money and established a direct market between digital and African currencies. The company caters to both frontier market businesses and multinational corporations, providing essential payment solutions for partners and suppliers worldwide. Furthermore, AZA Finance collaborates with leading global remittance firms to deliver white-label payment services to numerous bank networks and mobile money operators throughout Africa, utilizing proprietary technology to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of transactions.
POSaBIT
Seed Round in 2017
POSaBIT is a financial technology company that specializes in providing cashless payment solutions and point-of-sale systems exclusively for the cannabis industry. The company focuses on developing software and technology that enable cannabis retailers to conduct transactions safely and compliantly, addressing the challenges posed by a predominantly cash-only market. POSaBIT generates revenue through a variety of channels, including payment services, licensing of its technology, and support services. Additionally, it earns income from the rental and sale of hardware associated with its payment and point-of-sale offerings. While POSaBIT operates in both Canada and the United States, it derives all of its revenue from the U.S. market.
Cobalt
Venture Round in 2017
Cobalt offers essential risk and data services to participants in the foreign exchange market while extending these regulatory compliant solutions to the digital asset market. Additionally, the company provides high-risk payment solutions and funding services tailored for small businesses in various sectors, including hospitality, automotive, e-commerce, and retail. Through its diverse offerings, Cobalt aims to address the unique challenges faced by businesses in high-risk environments, facilitating seamless transactions and access to capital.
ShapeShift
Series A in 2017
ShapeShift is a digital currency exchange platform established in July 2014, designed to facilitate the instant conversion of Bitcoin and various altcoins. The platform distinguishes itself by allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies without the need for user accounts or registration, thereby enhancing privacy and reducing risks associated with personal information and funds. In the summer of 2019, ShapeShift introduced a new platform that empowers users to self-custody their crypto assets while providing functionalities to buy, sell, trade, track, send, and receive cryptocurrencies independently of third-party involvement. Additionally, the company operates CoinCap.io, a real-time crypto market data service, and acquired the hardware wallet company KeepKey in 2017. ShapeShift is led by industry veteran Erik Voorhees.
Ripio
Series A in 2017
Ripio, formerly known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company based in Latin America that focuses on providing electronic payment solutions for businesses. Leveraging blockchain technology, Ripio aims to create a more accessible financial system in emerging markets. The company facilitates international transactions for merchants using credit cards or bitcoins at lower costs and allows consumers to purchase bitcoins instantly with cash. Operating in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador, Ripio's platform accepts various payment methods, including bitcoin and credit cards, and offers services such as local currency payouts for merchants, a digital wallet, and financing options for installment payments. Through these services, Ripio seeks to strengthen the digital economy by offering alternatives to traditional banking.
Axoni
Series A in 2016
Axoni is a technology company that specializes in real-time data replication and distributed ledger software for the financial services industry. Founded in 2017, it serves major financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and market infrastructure firms globally, with offices in New York and London. Axoni's platform facilitates the seamless integration of traditional financial technologies with blockchain systems, offering market information and deep analysis of trends. Its solutions enable rapid deployment of critical financial networks and automate real-time data sharing among market participants, enhancing the management of legal records, lifecycle events, and cash flow calculations.
Wyre
Series A in 2016
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.
Coins.ph
Series A in 2016
Coins.ph, established in 2014 and headquartered in Pasig City, Philippines, is a fintech company that provides a mobile wallet enabling users to access various financial services. Its platform facilitates money transfers, bill payments, phone load credits, and bitcoin trading. Additionally, it offers ATM cash pickup, merchant services, and a mobile application. Coins.ph leverages blockchain technology to make financial services more accessible and convenient for consumers and small businesses.
Bitso
Series A in 2016
Bitso is a cryptocurrency exchange platform founded in 2014 and headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. The company specializes in facilitating the buying and selling of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, providing users with a marketplace where they can trade fractions of various digital assets. Bitso's platform is designed for ease of use, allowing customers to conduct transactions and make payments via mobile devices. By focusing on the fintech and blockchain sectors, Bitso aims to enhance accessibility to cryptocurrency trading for users in Mexico and beyond.
BigchainDB
Series A in 2016
BigchainDB is a developer of a blockchain database software that offers decentralization, immutability, and native asset capabilities. The platform enables the automation of business processes across various industries, including identity management, intellectual property, supply chain logistics, energy, the Internet of Things (IoT), and financial ecosystems. By providing unique solutions tailored for developers, startups, and enterprises, BigchainDB supports the creation and deployment of large-scale applications, allowing users to effectively build their concepts and platforms. The company's focus on facilitating the registration and transfer of assets enhances its value proposition in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Brave Software
Seed Round in 2016
Brave Software Inc., founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, develops internet security software with a focus on enhancing browsing speed and safety for users. The company offers a privacy-oriented web browser that blocks invasive advertisements and online trackers while providing a streamlined browsing experience. Brave aims to transform the online advertising ecosystem through a blockchain-based digital advertising platform that utilizes micropayments and a novel revenue-sharing model. This approach enables content creators to increase their revenue share and offers users a less cluttered web experience. Ultimately, Brave Software seeks to create a safer and more efficient online environment that benefits users, publishers, and advertisers alike.
Netki
Seed Round in 2016
Netki, Inc. is a company that provides online services facilitating the transfer of money between various bitcoin services. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Canoga Park, California, Netki offers wallet name services that enable developers to create consumer applications for digital currencies. The company's platform aims to enhance the integration of bitcoin and cryptocurrency services, making it easier for users to navigate and utilize these digital financial tools. By providing solutions that simplify transactions and address translation, Netki supports the growing adoption of cryptocurrencies in the mass market.
BitOasis
Seed Round in 2016
BitOasis is a cryptocurrency trading platform established in 2015 by co-founders Ola Doudin and Daniel Robenek. It provides a digital asset wallet and an exchange for buying, selling, and trading cryptocurrencies, with a particular focus on cash-based emerging markets. The platform emphasizes security through its multi-signature wallet and aims to create a secure and regulated environment for both retail and institutional clients. By developing a comprehensive infrastructure for cryptocurrency trading, BitOasis enables investors to manage their assets safely and effectively.
Hijro
Seed Round in 2016
Hijro operates as a financial operating network specifically designed for global trade, utilizing distributed ledger technology to enhance efficiency and security in trade finance. By connecting banks, buyers, and suppliers within a unified network, Hijro aims to streamline settlement processes, mitigate fraud risks, and eliminate costly data silos prevalent in the open-account trade market, which is valued at approximately $4 trillion. The Hijro Network serves as a foundational “fabric” for trade, offering a variety of applications and solutions, including a multi-bank, multi-lender trade asset marketplace and flexible working capital options for businesses. Additionally, Hijro provides APIs to facilitate seamless integration into its network, allowing financial institutions to tokenize, transfer, and trade various digital assets such as receivables and approved payables. Through these innovations, Hijro positions itself as a modern solution for the complexities of global trade.
Tierion
Seed Round in 2016
Tierion, Inc. is a company that focuses on transforming blockchain technology into a universal platform for verifying various types of data, files, and business processes. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, Tierion offers an API and tools that facilitate the collection of data, ensuring it is anchored securely in the blockchain. The platform aims to create an immutable history of business processes and enables the issuance of blockchain-verifiable credentials, such as educational credits and awards. By linking data to the blockchain, Tierion provides timestamp proof and enhances data integrity, with applications ranging from medical records to online transactions. Additionally, the company offers SmartNet, a marketing automation solution featuring real-time analytics, email marketing, and lead capture.
Nuri
Seed Round in 2016
Nuri empowers people to manage and grow their wealth through innovative technologies.
Buda
Seed Round in 2016
Buda.com develops and operates cryptocurrency markets in South America.
Skuchain
Seed Round in 2016
Skuchain, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing blockchain-based products aimed at enhancing B2B trade and supply chain finance. Founded in 2014 and based in Mountain View, California, Skuchain offers a platform that includes features for procurement, contract management, financing arrangements, and inventory tracking. One of its notable products is BRACKETS, a smart lock system that automates monetary transactions when contractual agreements are fulfilled. The company’s currency-agnostic approach ensures that businesses can achieve greater transparency, security, and efficiency throughout their supply chains, catering primarily to banks and manufacturers.
Streami
Seed Round in 2016
Streami, Inc. is a blockchain technology company based in Seoul, South Korea, specializing in financial market infrastructure. It operates Gofax, a cryptocurrency exchange, and Dask, a cryptocurrency depository. The company develops blockchain-based solutions to connect and streamline fragmented financial networks worldwide. Streami provides middleware services for remittances, focusing on secure pathfinding, integration, and risk management. This enables financial institutions to safeguard their assets and execute transactions with minimal friction, even in challenging conditions.
Veem
Series A in 2015
Veem Inc. is a payment service provider that offers a platform designed to simplify the process of sending and receiving payments for businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company utilizes blockchain technology to facilitate international payments, eliminating the need for intermediary banks and thereby reducing costs for small- and medium-sized enterprises. Veem's platform allows users to send and receive payments in local currency, track transactions in real time, generate invoices, and upload mass documents. Additionally, it integrates with various accounting platforms to streamline financial operations. With offices in Kanata, Canada, and Shanghai, China, Veem aims to create a user-focused financial ecosystem that enhances the efficiency of cross-border transactions.
MONI
Seed Round in 2015
MONI Nordic Oy, based in Helsinki, Finland, is a company that specializes in providing prepaid MasterCards to facilitate both online and offline payments. Founded in 2013, MONI aims to create accessible mobile personal banking tools that allow users to manage their financial activities, such as making purchases, sending and receiving money, obtaining credit, and withdrawing cash. The company develops a virtual banking platform that enables users to access essential financial services from any mobile device, thus bridging traditional banking with modern technologies like cryptocurrencies. By reducing system complexity and eliminating intermediaries, MONI's technology aims to lower costs and decrease fraud, thereby enhancing the overall banking experience for individuals worldwide.
Abra
Series A in 2015
Abra is a cryptocurrency platform established in 2014, designed to provide a straightforward and secure environment for individuals and businesses to buy, trade, and borrow against cryptocurrencies. Based in the United States and operational in over 150 countries, Abra facilitates easy conversion between cryptocurrencies and various local fiat currencies. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including high-net-worth individuals, family offices, registered investment advisors, and institutions, offering customizable services that allow users to manage their crypto portfolios effectively. With over two million customers and $9 billion processed in transactions, Abra has positioned itself as a trusted solution in the cryptocurrency market, earning recognition as one of the top five crypto wallets. The company is supported by prominent investors, reinforcing its commitment to creating an open and accessible global financial system.
ShapeShift
Seed Round in 2015
ShapeShift is a digital currency exchange platform established in July 2014, designed to facilitate the instant conversion of Bitcoin and various altcoins. The platform distinguishes itself by allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies without the need for user accounts or registration, thereby enhancing privacy and reducing risks associated with personal information and funds. In the summer of 2019, ShapeShift introduced a new platform that empowers users to self-custody their crypto assets while providing functionalities to buy, sell, trade, track, send, and receive cryptocurrencies independently of third-party involvement. Additionally, the company operates CoinCap.io, a real-time crypto market data service, and acquired the hardware wallet company KeepKey in 2017. ShapeShift is led by industry veteran Erik Voorhees.
ShoCard
Seed Round in 2015
ShoCard, Inc. offers a digital identity card accessible through a mobile application, designed to streamline identity verification while ensuring consumer privacy. Founded in 2015 and based in Palo Alto, California, ShoCard employs advanced security measures including public/private key encryption, data hashing, out-of-band communication, data matching, and two-factor authentication. This comprehensive identity verification system allows individuals, businesses, and governments to establish, verify, and exchange identity information securely. The technology is robust enough for use in sensitive environments, such as banking, making it a reliable solution for identity protection. As of March 2020, ShoCard operates as a subsidiary of Ping Identity Corporation.
Yellow
Seed Round in 2015
Yellow is a startup founded between the Middle East and San Francisco, working to solve two hard, but related, problems: Payments & Bitcoin adoption. The Middle East is notorious for its poor payment and money transfer options (it's still a cash-based society); and Bitcoin is taking the world by storm, and starting up in the region. Yellow is combining both to provide game-changing payment solutions in a region in desperate need of innovation. Yellow's first product is a Bitcoin payment processor. Simply, Yellow enables businesses to accept Bitcoin for payment from anywhere in the world, while eliminating the risk and complexity in doing so.
BigchainDB
Seed Round in 2015
BigchainDB is a developer of a blockchain database software that offers decentralization, immutability, and native asset capabilities. The platform enables the automation of business processes across various industries, including identity management, intellectual property, supply chain logistics, energy, the Internet of Things (IoT), and financial ecosystems. By providing unique solutions tailored for developers, startups, and enterprises, BigchainDB supports the creation and deployment of large-scale applications, allowing users to effectively build their concepts and platforms. The company's focus on facilitating the registration and transfer of assets enhances its value proposition in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Bitso
Seed Round in 2015
Bitso is a cryptocurrency exchange platform founded in 2014 and headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. The company specializes in facilitating the buying and selling of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, providing users with a marketplace where they can trade fractions of various digital assets. Bitso's platform is designed for ease of use, allowing customers to conduct transactions and make payments via mobile devices. By focusing on the fintech and blockchain sectors, Bitso aims to enhance accessibility to cryptocurrency trading for users in Mexico and beyond.
Ripio
Seed Round in 2015
Ripio, formerly known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company based in Latin America that focuses on providing electronic payment solutions for businesses. Leveraging blockchain technology, Ripio aims to create a more accessible financial system in emerging markets. The company facilitates international transactions for merchants using credit cards or bitcoins at lower costs and allows consumers to purchase bitcoins instantly with cash. Operating in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador, Ripio's platform accepts various payment methods, including bitcoin and credit cards, and offers services such as local currency payouts for merchants, a digital wallet, and financing options for installment payments. Through these services, Ripio seeks to strengthen the digital economy by offering alternatives to traditional banking.
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