Digital Currency Group

Digital Currency Group is a corporate venture capital firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, that invests in and supports companies operating in fintech, bitcoin, web3 infrastructure, platforms, decentralized finance, data, metaverse, and blockchain sectors. Since its founding in 2013, DCG has been an active seed investor with more than 150 investments across over 30 countries. The company also owns and operates a portfolio of media and asset-management businesses, including CoinDesk, Genesis Trading, and Grayscale Investments, which provide information, trading, and asset management services in the digital currency ecosystem.

Matthew Beck

Investor

Fernando Carranza

Investor

Brittney Cohen

Investor

Steven Cook

Investor

Christopher Costaras

Investor

Past deals in FinTech

Ligero

Seed Round in 2025
Founded in 2018, Ligero specializes in designing and implementing a platform for secure, decentralized collaboration both on and off blockchain. Their offerings include confidential transactions, private smart contracts, distributed threshold cryptography, secure auctions for decentralized exchanges, and private verifiable machine learning.

Glim

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Glim offers a B2B2C platform enabling employers to provide employees with innovative financial benefits. These include multi-currency salary collection, yield generation, crypto-fiat currency debit card, financial education, and more, accessible via Glim's mobile app.

SkorLife

Seed Round in 2025
SkorLife offers a comprehensive financial wellness platform that enables users to access their credit history and score for free. It provides personalized advice, tools, and resources to help users improve their credit score and manage various financial products such as installments, pay later services, loans, and credit cards.

Aviva

Seed Round in 2024
Aviva is an AI-powered digital bank aimed at expanding access to financial services for Latin America’s underbanked communities, with an initial focus on Mexico. The company offers unsecured credit products for individuals and nano‑businesses and uses physical onboarding kiosks in small towns to provide a fast, documentless 3-minute video onboarding. Its AI technology blends natural language processing and video analysis to convert spoken input into a real-time credit application and to assess risk for thin‑file customers, supporting competitive interest rates. By combining cost-efficient onboarding with advanced data insights, Aviva seeks to bridge the gap to formal financial services and enable loans and credits tailored to underserved customers across the region.

TurnStay

Seed Round in 2024
TurnStay is a payment platform that serves the travel industry by streamlining the payment process. It focuses on reducing transaction costs and improving conversion rates for travel bookings. The platform combines fintech and travel expertise to offer low‑cost, hassle‑free direct booking experiences, enabling customers to save on transaction fees.

Caliza

Seed Round in 2024
Caliza develops global financial infrastructure to facilitate borderless commerce. It enables businesses to offer instant cross-border settlements and regulated digital dollar accounts to their customers, powered by stablecoins.

Moffin

Seed Round in 2024
Moffin is an integration platform that facilitates collection and assessment of Know Your Customer (KYC) data. It offers API-based solutions for seamless customer financial information evaluation.

Coinflow

Seed Round in 2024
Coinflow develops web3 payments infrastructure, enabling businesses to securely accept traditional payments and convert cryptocurrencies to USD for instant settlements in their bank accounts.

Tensorplex Labs

Seed Round in 2024
Tensorplex Labs is a technology company specializing in Web3 and artificial intelligence. It develops infrastructure for decentralized AI networks, focusing on finance and intelligence. The company's platform integrates decentralized finance (DeFi) principles and proof-of-stake mechanisms, fostering open-source AI innovation. It provides tools to make decentralized, AI-powered applications more accessible, transparent, and financially rewarding.

Zone

Seed Round in 2024
Zone is a regulated blockchain network that facilitates the acceptance and payment of digital currencies. As a blockchain services company, it provides a secure and efficient infrastructure for transactions, promoting the use of digital assets in various applications. By leveraging blockchain technology, Zone aims to enhance financial transactions through increased transparency and reduced costs, catering to businesses and consumers looking to integrate digital currencies into their operations.

Beoble

Seed Round in 2024
Beoble is a communication infrastructure company focused on enhancing the Web3 experience through its wallet-to-wallet messaging platform. The company offers a web-based chat application that supports most major cryptocurrency wallets and ensures that all messages are sent with end-to-end encryption, prioritizing user privacy and security. Additionally, Beoble provides a toolkit designed for decentralized applications (Dapps) to easily integrate this communication solution, fostering a seamless and secure interaction within the decentralized ecosystem. By enabling users to connect directly through their crypto wallets, Beoble aims to create a user-friendly environment for private communication in the evolving world of decentralized finance.

Andalusia Labs

Series A in 2023
Andalusia Labs develops blockchain infrastructure optimized for internet markets. Its blockchain-based cloud platform enables governments, financial institutions, and businesses worldwide to access global, on-demand services for blockchains, computing, storage, databases, networking, AI, ML, IoT, facilitating the management of billions in digital assets.

Tappi

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Tappi is a SaaS company focused on empowering small businesses in Africa to acquire customers online. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including messaging, payments, and AI-driven customer profiling, to help these businesses enhance their online presence, engage with customers, and build reputation.

Beoble

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Beoble is a communication infrastructure company focused on enhancing the Web3 experience through its wallet-to-wallet messaging platform. The company offers a web-based chat application that supports most major cryptocurrency wallets and ensures that all messages are sent with end-to-end encryption, prioritizing user privacy and security. Additionally, Beoble provides a toolkit designed for decentralized applications (Dapps) to easily integrate this communication solution, fostering a seamless and secure interaction within the decentralized ecosystem. By enabling users to connect directly through their crypto wallets, Beoble aims to create a user-friendly environment for private communication in the evolving world of decentralized finance.

AlloyX

Pre Seed Round in 2023
AlloyX is a company that simplifies the creation of diversified real-world asset (RWA) investment strategies for protocols, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and institutional investors. It offers a flexible and efficient platform for managing RWA assets, allowing lenders to tailor their investments according to yield, risk, and liquidity preferences. Additionally, AlloyX develops a decentralized crypto loan protocol that facilitates liquid staking for crypto loans, integrating with prominent credit protocols to enhance the management of diversified portfolios. By focusing on accessibility and adaptability, AlloyX aims to meet the evolving needs of its clients in the investment landscape.

Coinflow

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Coinflow develops web3 payments infrastructure, enabling businesses to securely accept traditional payments and convert cryptocurrencies to USD for instant settlements in their bank accounts.

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.

Permian Labs

Venture Round in 2022
Permian Labs, established in 2021, specializes in consumer financing for advanced computing power. Its platform facilitates the acquisition of high-performance GPUs, enabling customers to access cutting-edge technology for innovation. Since inception, the company has facilitated $400 million in loan volume and operates $60 million in compute-oriented hardware globally through its Tactical Compute arm.

Arch

Seed Round in 2022
Arch is a decentralized finance (DeFi) asset manager that facilitates exposure to cryptocurrencies and digital assets for passive investors.

Higlobe

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2020, Higlobe is an international payment platform headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It facilitates payments for overseas freelancers and independent workers with U.S. business clients, offering zero transaction fees.

Rigor

Seed Round in 2022
Rigor is a company that specializes in decentralizing lending and coordinating payment flows within the construction industry. Its platform offers lenders access to home construction deal flow, providing transparency into project status and financial transactions at a task level. By reducing risk and enhancing opportunities, Rigor facilitates collaboration between lenders and home builders, allowing them to secure project capital more efficiently. The company's innovative approach integrates decentralized lending and payments technology with construction logistics, streamlining the overall process of home building.

Elwood Technologies

Series A in 2022
Elwood Technologies is a leading fintech company specializing in comprehensive software solutions for institutional digital asset trading. Its front-to-back platform connects clients to global crypto exchanges, liquidity providers, custodians, and fund administrators, offering advanced execution management, portfolio analytics, and risk management tools.

Voyager

Post in 2022
Voyager Digital operates as a crypto-asset broker, catering to both retail and institutional investors. Founded in 2017 and based in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company provides a comprehensive solution for trading crypto assets. Voyager's platform includes execution, data, wallet, and custody services, all delivered through an institutional-grade open architecture. This enables users to navigate the complexities of cryptocurrency trading with greater ease and security.

Stakes

Seed Round in 2022
Stakes is a New York–based social wagering platform that combines sports betting with NFT elements to make prediction activities more social. The company develops a game prediction and chat application that enables users to predict outcomes of real-time sports events, join or create public chat groups, and be rewarded for accurate forecasts. The platform aims to transform casual betting into a social experience by providing interactive discussions and incentivized participation, with the goal of allowing participants to engage with sports matches, share insights, and win prizes through correct predictions.

Coin Metrics

Series C in 2022
Founded in 2017, Coin Metrics provides comprehensive crypto financial intelligence. It offers network data, market data, indexes, and risk management solutions to institutions, empowering them with transparent and actionable insights for informed decision-making.

Mercari

Series A in 2022
Mercari is an electronic marketplace that specializes in over-the-counter (OTC) products, offering a regulated platform for trading various financial derivatives. The company provides an efficient trading venue for a diverse range of products, including energy, commodities, environmental, interest rate, and foreign exchange derivatives. By operating within a government-regulated framework, Mercari aims to deliver innovative and flexible market infrastructure, catering to the needs of investors seeking effective trading solutions.

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.

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 platform that enables users to pay bills using cryptocurrency. Users can choose where funds are drawn from, link existing crypto wallets, and manage expenses through their crypto holdings.

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 Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an online lending platform offering uncollateralized crypto loans. The platform leverages blockchain technology for capital-efficient lending, ensuring creditworthiness and loan repayment capability.

Staking Rewards

Venture Round in 2021
Staking Rewards is a leading provider of data and research for staking in the cryptocurrency industry. The company offers a platform that lists proof-of-stake and master node crypto-assets, providing up-to-date information, tutorials, and support to help users earn passive income. With over 20 years of cumulative expertise in staking, Staking Rewards has established itself as a trusted brand recognized by industry leaders and prominent outlets such as Coindesk, CoinTelegraph, and Forbes. The company is backed by top crypto asset managers and is positioned to continue innovating through premium data services and financial offerings.

C3

Seed Round in 2021
C3 is a self-custodial exchange that combines the advantages of self-custody and decentralization with the performance and accessibility expected from traditional trading platforms. It is designed to facilitate trading in both spot and derivatives markets. The platform features a sophisticated clearing engine that supports cross-margin and cross-collateralization, allowing traders to manage their capital more efficiently by calculating margin requirements globally based on their open positions. With its focus on enhancing user experience, C3 aims to provide a secure and efficient environment for trading digital assets.

World

Venture Round in 2021
World is a technology company specializing in secure digital asset management. It operates the World App, which enables users to securely store their World ID, manage digital assets, and access various Mini Apps within a privacy-focused network.

Elliptic

Series C in 2021
Founded in 2013, Elliptic is a London-based company that specializes in blockchain analytics and compliance. It provides actionable intelligence on cryptocurrency transactions to financial institutions, regulators, and government agencies, aiming to combat illicit activity and ensure regulatory compliance.

Tinyman

Seed Round in 2021
Tinyman is a decentralized trading protocol built on the Algorand blockchain, providing a secure and efficient marketplace for traders, liquidity providers, and developers. The company focuses on creating an open platform that facilitates asset trading and swapping, including tokens and currencies, at market rates. By leveraging blockchain technology, Tinyman acts as a market maker, ensuring that users can engage in secure trading activities while benefiting from the speed and reliability of its underlying framework. This innovative approach positions Tinyman as a significant player in the decentralized finance space.

BitOasis

Series B in 2021
BitOasis is a cryptocurrency trading platform established in 2015 by co-founders Ola Doudin and Daniel Robenek. The company provides a digital asset wallet and exchange that facilitates the buying, selling, and trading of cryptocurrencies. It focuses on cash-based emerging markets, offering a multi-signature wallet and exchange service that enhances asset protection and security for users. BitOasis aims to create a secure and regulated infrastructure for cryptocurrency trading, catering to both retail and institutional clients in the region. By ensuring a safe environment for transactions, BitOasis seeks to simplify access to crypto assets for investors.

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.

Ondo Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Ondo Finance develops a cryptocurrency trading platform that democratizes decentralized finance. Users can choose between downside protection and higher returns, allowing them to tailor their risk tolerance according to market volatility.

Horizen Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2019, Horizen Labs provides a Sidechain-as-a-Service platform enabling businesses to create distributed ledger solutions. It offers privacy-focused public infrastructure and proprietary sidechain deployment tools for applications in payment systems, record keeping, and supply chains.

Coinme

Venture Round in 2021
Coinme operates the largest licensed cryptocurrency cash exchange in the United States, providing a nationwide network of bitcoin ATMs, a digital wallet, and exchange services. Through partnerships with Coinstar and MoneyGram, customers can buy and sell bitcoin with cash at thousands of locations in 48 states. The company also offers an enterprise-grade API and tools that enable legacy financial systems and merchants to crypto-enable their operations, along with consumer products to buy, store, and manage digital currencies. Founded in 2014 and based in Seattle, Coinme aims to broaden access to digital currencies and facilitate easy, secure transactions.

Circle

Private Equity Round in 2021
Circle is a Boston-based fintech company founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville. It specializes in utilizing stablecoins for payments, e-commerce, and investment products. Circle's services include Circle Pay for easy money transfers, Circle Invest for crypto asset trading, and Circle Trade for over-the-counter transactions. The company is backed by prominent investors such as Jim Breyer, Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, General Catalyst, and Accel Partners.

Figure

Series D in 2021
Figure Technologies, Inc. is a fintech company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing innovative consumer financial solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics to offer a range of financial products, including home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, and home buy-lease back offerings. Figure aims to address consumer needs related to home improvement, debt consolidation, and retirement planning, allowing customers to access capital in as few as five days. Additionally, the company features Provenance, its blockchain platform designed for business applications, further enhancing its service offerings in the financial sector.

Streami

Venture Round in 2021
Streami, Inc. is a blockchain technology company based in Seoul, South Korea, specializing in solutions that connect and streamline fragmented financial networks worldwide. The firm operates Gofax, a cryptocurrency exchange, and Dask, a cryptocurrency depository. Streami focuses on providing blockchain remittance middleware services designed to establish a robust financial network. Their offerings include secure remittance pathfinding, integration, and risk management, which help financial institutions protect their assets under various conditions while ensuring smooth execution of orders. Through these innovative solutions, Streami aims to enhance the efficiency and security of financial transactions in the digital age.

Andalusia Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Andalusia Labs develops blockchain infrastructure optimized for internet markets. Its blockchain-based cloud platform enables governments, financial institutions, and businesses worldwide to access global, on-demand services for blockchains, computing, storage, databases, networking, AI, ML, IoT, facilitating the management of billions in digital assets.

BitClout

Funding Round in 2021
BitClout is an open-source social media platform that builds a Proof-of-Work blockchain for its users. BitClout is a new type of social network that speculates on people and posts with real money, and it’s built from the ground up as its own custom blockchain. Its architecture is similar to Bitcoin, only it can support complex social network data like posts, profiles, follows, speculation features, and much more at significantly higher throughput and scale.

Eco

Series A in 2021
Eco Inc. is a financial technology company focused on enhancing the value of money through innovative software solutions. As a founding contributor to the Eco Protocol, the company aims to optimize financial transactions and promote efficient banking practices. Eco also develops Bend, a platform designed to offer rewarding financial solutions that align with the expectations of modern consumers. Through its commitment to improving how individuals interact with their finances, Eco seeks to drive a new standard for money management.

Protego Trust Bank

Series A in 2021
Protego Trust Bank is a regulated financial services company headquartered in Seattle, WA, that specializes in providing digital asset services to institutional investors. Founded in 2017, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including custody, trading, lending, and issuance of digital assets, all within a fully integrated system. Utilizing distributed ledger technology, Protego Trust Bank ensures that its clients can securely and seamlessly manage their digital asset portfolios. By focusing on regulatory compliance and operational security, the bank positions itself as a reliable partner for institutions looking to enhance their digital asset capabilities.

Fireblocks

Series B in 2020
Fireblocks develops a blockchain-based platform focused on securely managing and transferring digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties. It caters to various financial institutions, including banks, fintech companies, hedge funds, and liquidity providers.

NIFTEX

Seed Round in 2020
NIFTEX is a platform that facilitates fractional ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). It provides a self-service interface for investors to purchase fractions of various NFTs, including artwork, game assets, and personal brands. By enabling NFT owners to convert their assets into fungible fractions, NIFTEX allows them to sell portions of their NFTs, thereby increasing liquidity and making valuable assets more accessible to a wider audience in the NFT market.

Slingshot

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Slingshot is a San Francisco-based company developing decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platforms. It facilitates secure, trustless, and self-sovereign digital asset transactions for retail users, aggregating prices across multiple exchanges.

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, fund transfers, trading, and crypto-to-cash conversion. Multis aims to empower the next generation of professionals in the open financial world by building a robust financial infrastructure for web3 organizations.

Acala Network

Series A in 2020
Acala Network is a blockchain-based platform focused on decentralized finance and stablecoin solutions. Based in the United States, it facilitates cross-blockchain transactions, allowing users to send and receive USD across various blockchains connected to the Polkadot network. The platform offers a range of financial tools, including a multi-collateralized stablecoin backed by diverse cross-chain assets, a trustless staking derivative, and a decentralized exchange. These features are designed to enhance liquidity and support the development of innovative financial applications, making transactions more convenient and secure for users.

Credora

Seed Round in 2020
Credora enhances credit markets by employing privacy-focused technology for real-time credit analytics. It has facilitated over $1 billion in uncollateralized loans across numerous borrowers and lenders, enabling well-capitalized entities to secure transparent financing.

Circle

Venture Round in 2020
Circle is a Boston-based fintech company founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville. It specializes in utilizing stablecoins for payments, e-commerce, and investment products. Circle's services include Circle Pay for easy money transfers, Circle Invest for crypto asset trading, and Circle Trade for over-the-counter transactions. The company is backed by prominent investors such as Jim Breyer, Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, General Catalyst, and Accel Partners.

Curv

Series A in 2020
Curv Inc. is a company that specializes in developing cloud-based infrastructure for digital asset security. Founded in 2018 by Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger, Curv provides a multi-party computation (MPC) solution that eliminates the need for private keys, enhancing safety against cyber threats and insider risks. Its technology allows users, including financial institutions and crypto-native companies, to securely build and manage digital wallets for storing and transferring various digital assets across different blockchains. Curv's offerings include a cloud-based wallet service that replaces conventional cold and hot storage solutions, as well as an enterprise-grade policy engine that enables organizations to define risk profiles and enforce compliance measures. Additionally, the company provides Curv Air Gap, which integrates an offline machine to facilitate secure transaction signing. Headquartered in Winchester, California, with research and development operations in Tel Aviv, Israel, Curv aims to streamline the transaction process while ensuring the highest levels of security.

Paradigm

Seed Round in 2020
Paradigm Connect, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in creating an institutional-grade communications platform for over-the-counter (OTC) digital asset traders. The platform automates price negotiation and settlement workflows, addressing inefficiencies in traditional OTC trading processes. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Paradigm enhances the trading experience for professional traders and institutions, offering a zero-fee liquidity network that integrates both centralized and decentralized finance. This approach allows clients to access multi-asset, multi-protocol liquidity while significantly reducing trading costs through the elimination of fees. The company is supported by notable investors in the OTC market, reflecting its innovative vision to transform institutional trading practices.

Custodia

Angel Round in 2020
Custodia Bank is a crypto-asset banking company that provides regulated services for digital assets. The institution serves as a compliant bridge to the US dollar payments system and acts as a custodian for digital assets, adhering to stringent institutional custody standards. By offering these banking services tailored to the digital assets industry, Custodia aims to facilitate secure and compliant transactions for its customers.

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 has established partnerships with over 1,000 leading brands, allowing users to accumulate bitcoin rewards effortlessly. The platform operates through a browser extension for Chrome, as well as a mobile rewards wallet, facilitating transactions with networked merchants. When users make purchases at partner sites, Lolli earns a percentage of each sale and shares a portion of that revenue with users by depositing bitcoin directly into their Lolli wallets. This innovative approach provides users with an alternative currency for their shopping needs.

Skew

Series A in 2020
Skew Ltd is a London-based company founded in 2018 that develops and operates an online marketplace focused on providing market intelligence for crypto derivatives markets. The platform offers real-time data analytics specifically for bitcoin and ether derivatives, catering to the needs of traders, investors, and researchers. Skew provides users with customized services and essential tools, including market and custom data dashboards, to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the cryptocurrency landscape. Through its innovative financial infrastructure, the company aims to enhance market participants' ability to navigate the evolving digital assets space.

Coin Metrics

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2017, Coin Metrics provides comprehensive crypto financial intelligence. It offers network data, market data, indexes, and risk management solutions to institutions, empowering them with transparent and actionable insights for informed decision-making.

Zabo

Seed Round in 2020
Zabo is a startup focused on providing financial companies with a comprehensive platform to connect and manage cryptocurrency accounts. Utilizing an API-based application, Zabo enables seamless integration of cryptocurrency accounts into existing applications with minimal coding. This innovative solution offers clients the functionality to buy, sell, and transfer cryptocurrencies while also providing support for hardware wallet integration. By allowing financial institutions to offer their customers a consolidated view of their crypto investments, Zabo enhances the user experience in managing digital assets.

Transparent Financial Systems

Series A in 2020
Transparent Financial Systems, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in developing on-demand cryptographic settlement solutions for financial applications. Established in 2018, the company focuses on creating efficient, transparent, and accurate payment systems by utilizing cryptographically-secured distributed networks. Their technology facilitates secure and frictionless business transactions through an open universal platform, enabling real-time payments via blockchain technology. Rather than attempting to circumvent the existing financial framework, Transparent Financial Systems aims to enhance it by collaborating with banks and businesses. The company combines expertise from cryptographers, financial specialists, and software engineers to innovate within the regulatory environment, striving to improve the overall payment process for all stakeholders involved.

Bloq

Venture Round in 2020
Bloq develops enterprise software solutions focused on blockchain technology. Founded in 2015, the company offers BloqEnterprise, a platform enabling users to build, manage, and analyze private, public, and permissioned blockchain networks. Additionally, Bloq provides services such as tokenization of assets (BloqLabs) and cross-blockchain cryptocurrency management (Metronome). Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Bloq serves global enterprises with a team of experienced blockchain developers.

Figure

Series C in 2019
Figure Technologies, Inc. is a fintech company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing innovative consumer financial solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics to offer a range of financial products, including home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, and home buy-lease back offerings. Figure aims to address consumer needs related to home improvement, debt consolidation, and retirement planning, allowing customers to access capital in as few as five days. Additionally, the company features Provenance, its blockchain platform designed for business applications, further enhancing its service offerings in the financial sector.

Flipside Crypto

Seed Round in 2019
Flipside Crypto, Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in providing analytics and business intelligence for blockchain organizations. The company offers a range of services, including cryptocurrency management, digital walleting, custody services, and portfolio dashboards aimed at investors. Flipside Crypto is known for its suite of analytics tools that deliver insights into user behaviors, developer activities, and financial metrics, including the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), which measures the health of cryptocurrency projects. The company collaborates with various partners to distribute its analytics, enhancing the visibility and understanding of cryptocurrency markets. Flipside Crypto is supported by notable investors, including Coinbase Ventures and True Ventures.

CoinFLEX

Venture Round in 2019
CoinFLEX is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and yield platform that specializes in trading crypto assets, including Bitcoin. The company offers a physically delivered crypto futures exchange designed to address shortcomings in cash-settled contracts, allowing for high leverage trading that minimizes risks associated with index or settlement manipulation. CoinFLEX provides innovative yield products, notably flexUSD, the first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, an automated market maker that emphasizes capital efficiency. The platform aims to streamline and secure the trading and management processes for professional proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, and institutions operating in the cryptocurrency sector. Backed by notable figures and institutions in the crypto industry, CoinFLEX is committed to enhancing the trading experience in global cryptocurrency markets.

Digital Assets Data

Seed Round in 2019
Digital Assets Data Inc. is a financial technology and data company focused on providing enterprise-grade software and data feeds tailored for the cryptocurrency market. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company serves a diverse clientele that includes crypto hedge funds, family offices, research firms, banks, and sovereign entities. Its offerings encompass a comprehensive suite of data and information technology solutions related to various crypto assets, such as currencies, platforms, applications, side chains, security tokens, and initial coin offerings (ICOs). By delivering subscription-based services, Digital Assets Data enables its clients to effectively track and manage investments, conduct thorough due diligence, and make informed trading decisions.

Reserve

Venture Round in 2019
Reserve is a universal currency company that provides hyperinflation-protected savings accounts to protect and use money globally. The platform reduces risk through diversification and decentralized governance, offering a scalable and open currency that enables users to pay international suppliers while guarding value against inflation-prone local currencies. The solution includes tools such as rtokens and collateral baskets to support over-collateralization and a diversified risk profile.

Digital Assets Data

Seed Round in 2019
Digital Assets Data Inc. is a financial technology and data company focused on providing enterprise-grade software and data feeds tailored for the cryptocurrency market. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company serves a diverse clientele that includes crypto hedge funds, family offices, research firms, banks, and sovereign entities. Its offerings encompass a comprehensive suite of data and information technology solutions related to various crypto assets, such as currencies, platforms, applications, side chains, security tokens, and initial coin offerings (ICOs). By delivering subscription-based services, Digital Assets Data enables its clients to effectively track and manage investments, conduct thorough due diligence, and make informed trading decisions.

Horizen Labs

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2019, Horizen Labs provides a Sidechain-as-a-Service platform enabling businesses to create distributed ledger solutions. It offers privacy-focused public infrastructure and proprietary sidechain deployment tools for applications in payment systems, record keeping, and supply chains.

Cambridge Blockchain

Series A in 2019
Cambridge Blockchain, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing blockchain-based identity management and compliance software solutions tailored for financial institutions. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company aims to empower users by returning control of personal identity data to individuals while providing a trusted, distributed identity framework. Its platform enhances the management of sensitive data, streamlining compliance processes and improving customer experiences for multinational banks and financial organizations. By offering an asset-agnostic control layer for blockchain transactions, Cambridge Blockchain enables its clients to navigate stringent data privacy regulations and eliminate redundant identity compliance checks. As of December 2020, Cambridge Blockchain operates as a subsidiary of Blockchains, LLC.

CoinFLEX

Seed Round in 2019
CoinFLEX is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and yield platform that specializes in trading crypto assets, including Bitcoin. The company offers a physically delivered crypto futures exchange designed to address shortcomings in cash-settled contracts, allowing for high leverage trading that minimizes risks associated with index or settlement manipulation. CoinFLEX provides innovative yield products, notably flexUSD, the first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, an automated market maker that emphasizes capital efficiency. The platform aims to streamline and secure the trading and management processes for professional proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, and institutions operating in the cryptocurrency sector. Backed by notable figures and institutions in the crypto industry, CoinFLEX is committed to enhancing the trading experience in global cryptocurrency markets.

Figure

Series B in 2019
Figure Technologies, Inc. is a fintech company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing innovative consumer financial solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics to offer a range of financial products, including home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, and home buy-lease back offerings. Figure aims to address consumer needs related to home improvement, debt consolidation, and retirement planning, allowing customers to access capital in as few as five days. Additionally, the company features Provenance, its blockchain platform designed for business applications, further enhancing its service offerings in the financial sector.

Nivaura

Seed Round in 2019
Nivaura provides a blockchain-enabled platform for automated issuance and administration of financial products and instruments. The company's technology suite automates key processes for issuing and managing loans, bonds, and structured notes, delivering greater efficiency, accuracy, and transparency while supporting compliance. Its platform enables on-demand issuance and ongoing administration for banks, brokers, exchanges, and funds, driving faster, cheaper operations across the life cycle of financial instruments.

Curv

Seed Round in 2019
Curv Inc. is a company that specializes in developing cloud-based infrastructure for digital asset security. Founded in 2018 by Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger, Curv provides a multi-party computation (MPC) solution that eliminates the need for private keys, enhancing safety against cyber threats and insider risks. Its technology allows users, including financial institutions and crypto-native companies, to securely build and manage digital wallets for storing and transferring various digital assets across different blockchains. Curv's offerings include a cloud-based wallet service that replaces conventional cold and hot storage solutions, as well as an enterprise-grade policy engine that enables organizations to define risk profiles and enforce compliance measures. Additionally, the company provides Curv Air Gap, which integrates an offline machine to facilitate secure transaction signing. Headquartered in Winchester, California, with research and development operations in Tel Aviv, Israel, Curv aims to streamline the transaction process while ensuring the highest levels of security.

Staked

Seed Round in 2019
Staked, LLC is a Massachusetts-based company founded in 2018 that provides infrastructure for institutional investors in digital currencies, enabling them to compound their crypto holdings through staking and lending. The firm operates secure and efficient block production nodes for decentralized proof-of-stake protocols, offering features such as service level agreements for block rewards, automatic payouts, and comprehensive reporting. Staked's platform supports multiple proof-of-stake currencies, allowing cryptocurrency holders to earn substantial interest by running staking nodes. Its architecture emphasizes security, scalability, and decentralization, making it a reliable choice for stakeholders looking to optimize their digital asset investments.

Coinhouse

Series A in 2019
Coinhouse is a French platform that offers investment services in Bitcoin and a broad range of crypto assets. It provides a crypto assets investment platform for retail and corporate investors in Europe, including tools to acquire, secure, and manage digital assets and access savings and investment products. The company operates with regulatory recognition as a Crypto Asset Service Provider by the French financial regulator AMF in March 2020 and by the CSSF in Luxembourg in December 2021. It also serves business clients by enabling crypto payments and on- and off-ramps for crypto transactions. Through its platform, Coinhouse delivers market monitoring and insights on crypto markets to help users understand risks and opportunities. The focus is to increase access to crypto financial services and investment opportunities while aligning with regulatory frameworks to ensure security and auditability.

Nomics

Series A in 2018
Nomics is a data and API provider for cryptocurrency markets, delivering market data APIs for institutional investors and exchanges alongside services such as strategy backtesting, rebalancing execution, crypto financial model development, arbitrage identification, indexing methodologies, and analysis of relationships among cryptoassets with custom alerts. The company's API portfolio supports real-time and historical data for powering investment strategy backtests, machine learning models, and automated trading tools, enabling portfolio tracking, performance analysis, and fintech applications.

ErisX

Series B in 2018
ErisX is a Chicago-based company founded in 2018 that operates an online trading platform focused on the digital asset market. It offers both spot and futures contracts, facilitating easy access for users to exchange cryptocurrencies. The platform integrates advanced technology to create a reliable and compliant environment for trading, deposits, and withdrawals. By leveraging its digital asset exchange and clearinghouse capabilities, ErisX aims to streamline capital markets workflows, providing clients with a robust infrastructure for their trading needs.

Flipside Crypto

Seed Round in 2018
Flipside Crypto, Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in providing analytics and business intelligence for blockchain organizations. The company offers a range of services, including cryptocurrency management, digital walleting, custody services, and portfolio dashboards aimed at investors. Flipside Crypto is known for its suite of analytics tools that deliver insights into user behaviors, developer activities, and financial metrics, including the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), which measures the health of cryptocurrency projects. The company collaborates with various partners to distribute its analytics, enhancing the visibility and understanding of cryptocurrency markets. Flipside Crypto is supported by notable investors, including Coinbase Ventures and True Ventures.

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 has established partnerships with over 1,000 leading brands, allowing users to accumulate bitcoin rewards effortlessly. The platform operates through a browser extension for Chrome, as well as a mobile rewards wallet, facilitating transactions with networked merchants. When users make purchases at partner sites, Lolli earns a percentage of each sale and shares a portion of that revenue with users by depositing bitcoin directly into their Lolli wallets. This innovative approach provides users with an alternative currency for their shopping needs.

SFOX

Series A in 2018
SFOX, Inc. is a cryptocurrency prime dealer based in Los Angeles, California, that caters to high-volume traders and institutional investors. Established in 2014, the company utilizes a global integrated order book to facilitate trade execution, ensuring clients receive the best available pricing through smart routing. By sourcing liquidity from a network of exchanges, over-the-counter desks, and market makers, SFOX enables clients to trade large volumes effectively without adversely affecting market prices. Additionally, the platform provides professional-grade tools, including reporting and analytics, to support complex multi-user accounts, further enhancing the trading experience for its users.

Logos Network

Seed Round in 2018
Logos Network is a crypto network based in Dublin, Ireland, that offers hyper-scalable transaction infrastructure designed to facilitate a range of financial applications, from micro-transactions to large-scale B2B transfers. The company has developed an innovative architecture that addresses the limitations of traditional blockchain technology, enabling intelligent value transfers on a global scale. Its key components include Chain Mesh, a post-blockchain data architecture built for future internet demands; Axios, a delegated proof-of-stake consensus protocol that maximizes throughput while ensuring safety; and the Polis sharding scheme, which enhances transaction validation through parallel processing. This comprehensive framework positions Logos Network as a transformative force in the financial technology landscape.

POSaBIT

Venture Round in 2018
POSaBIT is a FinTech company focused on the cannabis industry, offering a point-of-sale platform and cashless payment solutions for cannabis retailers. It develops software and technology to provide merchants with safe and compliant financial services in a predominantly cash-driven market and aims to streamline transactions. The company also monetizes its offerings through payment services, POS services, technology licenses, and related hardware sales and support.

Cambridge Blockchain

Series A in 2018
Cambridge Blockchain, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing blockchain-based identity management and compliance software solutions tailored for financial institutions. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company aims to empower users by returning control of personal identity data to individuals while providing a trusted, distributed identity framework. Its platform enhances the management of sensitive data, streamlining compliance processes and improving customer experiences for multinational banks and financial organizations. By offering an asset-agnostic control layer for blockchain transactions, Cambridge Blockchain enables its clients to navigate stringent data privacy regulations and eliminate redundant identity compliance checks. As of December 2020, Cambridge Blockchain operates as a subsidiary of Blockchains, LLC.

Circle

Series E in 2018
Circle is a Boston-based fintech company founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville. It specializes in utilizing stablecoins for payments, e-commerce, and investment products. Circle's services include Circle Pay for easy money transfers, Circle Invest for crypto asset trading, and Circle Trade for over-the-counter transactions. The company is backed by prominent investors such as Jim Breyer, Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, General Catalyst, and Accel Partners.

Tagomi

Venture Round in 2018
Tagomi is a cryptocurrency trading platform that offers clients enhanced execution capabilities to optimize their trading experience. The platform utilizes advanced routing tactics and sophisticated execution algorithms to analyze both real-time and historical data, allowing it to determine the optimal timing and venues for trades. By focusing on maximizing client returns and minimizing trading costs, Tagomi aims to deliver efficient access to priced liquidity and low commissions, thereby enabling clients to retain a greater portion of their profits.

Token Daily

Series A in 2018
Token Daily Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that operates an online news publishing platform focused on the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors. The platform delivers timely news and insights regarding daily investments in crypto and blockchain, allowing clients and traders to stay informed about the latest trends and developments in the digital coin trading market. Through its offerings, Token Daily aims to enhance awareness and understanding of the dynamic landscape of cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies.

Carbon-12 Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Carbon-12 Labs, Inc. is a New York-based company established in 2017 that specializes in cryptocurrency solutions. The company focuses on providing simplified access to the blockchain economy through API-driven on-ramps that facilitate the conversion of fiat currency into digital assets. By streamlining this process, Carbon-12 Labs aims to enhance user experience and broaden participation in the cryptocurrency market.

CoinList

Series A in 2018
CoinList facilitates the launch and growth of innovative digital assets, connecting early adopters with promising projects like Filecoin and Solana. It offers a full-service trading platform for popular cryptocurrencies and provides access to new tokens before they list on other exchanges.

eToro

Series E in 2018
eToro is a multi-asset trading and investment platform that enables users to trade currencies, commodities, indices, crypto assets, and stocks, including derivatives related to underlying assets. It supports social trading through features that allow users to follow and copy the approaches of others. The platform serves a global community of investors and traders, offering access to markets and investment ideas. Founded in 2007 and based in London, the company focuses on making markets transparent and accessible for a broad user base.

Lightning Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Lightning Labs develops advanced financial infrastructure using cryptography, blockchains, and smart contracts. They are known for Lightning Network Daemon (lnd), a leading implementation of the Lightning Network protocol, and Neutrino, a platform enabling fast blockchain transactions on mobile devices.

Nivaura

Seed Round in 2018
Nivaura provides a blockchain-enabled platform for automated issuance and administration of financial products and instruments. The company's technology suite automates key processes for issuing and managing loans, bonds, and structured notes, delivering greater efficiency, accuracy, and transparency while supporting compliance. Its platform enables on-demand issuance and ongoing administration for banks, brokers, exchanges, and funds, driving faster, cheaper operations across the life cycle of financial instruments.

BitOasis

Venture Round in 2018
BitOasis is a cryptocurrency trading platform established in 2015 by co-founders Ola Doudin and Daniel Robenek. The company provides a digital asset wallet and exchange that facilitates the buying, selling, and trading of cryptocurrencies. It focuses on cash-based emerging markets, offering a multi-signature wallet and exchange service that enhances asset protection and security for users. BitOasis aims to create a secure and regulated infrastructure for cryptocurrency trading, catering to both retail and institutional clients in the region. By ensuring a safe environment for transactions, BitOasis seeks to simplify access to crypto assets for investors.

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.

RADAR

Seed Round in 2017
Radar Relay, LLC is a technology company established in 2017 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It specializes in an Ethereum-based trading platform that facilitates wallet-to-wallet transactions through the 0x Protocol. The platform operates an order book, allowing users to trade tokens directly between their wallets without the need for accounts, sign-ups, or custody of assets. This approach ensures that users maintain control over their assets throughout the trading process, enhancing security and user autonomy. By eliminating traditional barriers such as deposits and withdrawal limits, Radar Relay offers a streamlined trading experience for cryptocurrency users.

BitGo

Series B in 2017
BitGo is a leading institutional digital asset financial services company that provides security, custody, and liquidity solutions. It supports over 200 coins and tokens, with over $2 billion in assets under management. BitGo's platform offers multi-signature security-as-a-service solutions for individuals and enterprises, enabling secure transactions and portfolio management. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

BitPay

Series B in 2017
BitPay provides enterprise-grade bitcoin payment solutions for businesses, offering tools to accept digital currency payments and convert them to fiat. The platform includes a RESTful API and a bitcoin payment gateway, support for native payment protocol and signed payment requests, and a wallet solution named Copay that includes hardware security integration for private key generation and transaction signing. BitPay also offers BitPay Send, a payout service that enables organizations to disburse cryptocurrency to employees, affiliates, customers, vendors, and contractors. The company partners with payment processors to support merchants and has a focus on enabling merchants to accept Bitcoin and settle in traditional currencies. Founded in 2011, BitPay serves organizations across industries seeking blockchain-based payment acceptance and management.
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