Digital Currency Group

At Digital Currency Group (DCG), we build and support bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging our insights, network, and access to capital. Based in New York City, DCG has been an active seed investor in the digital currency industry with 150+ investments in over 30 countries. In addition, DCG owns and operates CoinDesk, the top media and events platform in the blockchain space, Genesis Trading, the industry's leading bitcoin brokerage firm, and Grayscale Investments, the largest digital currency asset management firm.

Matthew Beck

Director, Investments

Steven Cook

Investor

Timothy Khoury

Investment Analyst

Rumi Morales

Director, Investments

Jason Yacavone

Director, Investments

Past deals in Blockchain

Gnosis

Venture Round in 2022
Gnosis offers a decentralized platform for prediction markets, leveraging Ethereum's blockchain technology to facilitate advanced smart contracts. This infrastructure aims to eliminate intermediaries and counterparty risks, supporting a vision of a redistributed future. Gnosis enables the creation of customized forecasting applications that produce conditional tokens, making event outcomes tradable and serving as a valuable tool for information discovery. By prioritizing credible neutrality and resiliency, Gnosis provides a transparent environment for clients to make informed decisions regarding the development and governance of their projects within the blockchain ecosystem.

Bitmark

Series B in 2022
Bitmark Inc. develops property system for digital environment. It offers specialized blockchain technology to convert personal data into property that can be sold, licensed, and transferred peer-to-peer. The company’s property system for the digital environment enables individuals to establish ownership claims for personal data akin to how land registrars track land titles or patent offices track patents. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan with additional offices in Cupertino, California; Reykjavík, Iceland; and Đà Nẵng, Vietnam.

Provenance

Venture Round in 2022
Provenance is a platform that empowers brands to take steps toward greater transparency. With our technology, businesses make the origin, journey and impact behind products transparent to the millions of shoppers that want to know more. Enabled by blockchain, mobile and open data, our software gathers and shares key product information and stories in a way that’s secure, trustworthy and accessible – bringing the supply chain to the shopper, online and in-store.

Elliptic

Series C in 2021
Elliptic Enterprises Limited, based in London, operates a platform focused on enhancing the transparency and accountability of cryptocurrency transactions. Established in 2013, the company offers blockchain analytics and compliance solutions that help financial institutions, cryptocurrency companies, and government agencies manage financial crime risk and fulfill regulatory requirements. Elliptic provides actionable intelligence to identify and combat illicit activities within the cryptocurrency space, thereby contributing to the integrity of digital currencies. The company also offers Elliptic Vault, a secure storage service for bitcoins, and is involved in lobbying, education, and advocacy related to digital currencies. By addressing the critical challenge of identity verification in cryptocurrencies, Elliptic aims to prevent criminals from undermining the positive potential of this technology.

BitOasis

Series B in 2021
BitOasis Technologies FZE operates an online platform that enables users to buy and sell bitcoin in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Dubai, the company aims to provide the infrastructure for digital payment solutions utilizing blockchain technology. Its platform offers a bitcoin exchange, wallet services, and various integrations designed to facilitate access to a borderless and efficient digital payment system for both consumers and businesses. The platform is also available on iPhone and iPad, catering to a growing demand for digital financial services in emerging markets.

Horizen Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Horizen Labs is a blockchain technology company that enables businesses to build distributed ledger solutions that are fast, secure, private and scalable. Horizen Labs leverages Horizen’s privacy-focused public infrastructure and Horizen Labs’ proprietary sidechain deployment tool. Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies enable a shift from centralized to decentralized architectures which help to bridge a divide in global trust.

Circle

Private Equity Round in 2021
Circle is a financial technology company that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate the sending, receiving, and investing of cryptocurrency assets globally. Founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, Circle offers a user-friendly online platform that simplifies money transfers and includes services such as Circle Pay for peer-to-peer payments. In addition, the company provides Circle Invest, allowing users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, and Circle Trade, which operates a trading desk with a substantial liquidity pool for digital assets, averaging $2 billion in monthly trading volume. With significant backing from investors, including notable firms such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle has established a presence in major cities, including Boston, New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company is dedicated to accelerating global crypto innovation and adoption through its various financial services.

Streami

Venture Round in 2021
Streami, Inc. is a blockchain technology company based in Seoul, South Korea, that focuses on connecting and streamlining fragmented financial networks worldwide. It operates two main platforms: Gofax, a cryptocurrency exchange, and Dask, a cryptocurrency depository. By leveraging blockchain solutions, Streami aims to enhance the efficiency and accessibility of financial transactions in the digital currency space.

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.

Fireblocks

Series B in 2020
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in blockchain-based security solutions for managing digital assets. Founded in 2018, it offers a platform that safeguards the transmission of digital assets among exchanges, counter brokers, hot wallets, and cold storage. The company primarily serves financial institutions, providing a secure method for moving funds efficiently and safely. In addition to its headquarters in New York, Fireblocks has a presence in Tel Aviv, Israel.

API3

Seed Round in 2020
API3 is a company based in the Cayman Islands that specializes in providing decentralized application programming interfaces (APIs) for the web. It focuses on creating data feeds known as dAPIs, which aggregate information from first-party oracles. These oracles are operated by leading API providers, ensuring high-quality and reliable data for decentralized applications. By leveraging these resources, API3 aims to enhance the accessibility and functionality of decentralized systems, allowing developers to integrate real-world data into their applications seamlessly.

Multis

Seed Round in 2020
Multis, Inc. provides financial services tailored for companies and entrepreneurs managing both fiat and cryptocurrencies. Its crypto wallet is designed to facilitate various financial operations, including storing digital assets, making payments to suppliers, managing payroll, and earning interest. The platform offers real-time monitoring of balances and transactions through a centralized dashboard, supports multi-access to assets, and enables features such as recurring payments and currency conversion. Founded in 2006, Multis is headquartered in San Francisco, California, while its team operates across Europe. The company aims to assist businesses in navigating the complexities of cryptocurrency, thereby promoting a global, borderless economy.

Circle

Venture Round in 2020
Circle is a financial technology company that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate the sending, receiving, and investing of cryptocurrency assets globally. Founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, Circle offers a user-friendly online platform that simplifies money transfers and includes services such as Circle Pay for peer-to-peer payments. In addition, the company provides Circle Invest, allowing users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, and Circle Trade, which operates a trading desk with a substantial liquidity pool for digital assets, averaging $2 billion in monthly trading volume. With significant backing from investors, including notable firms such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle has established a presence in major cities, including Boston, New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company is dedicated to accelerating global crypto innovation and adoption through its various financial services.

Curv

Series A in 2020
Curv is a developer of digital asset security infrastructure helping crypto-native and financial institutions to create digital wallets. The company's security technology is enabling users to build crypto finance products that safely transfer, store, and manage any digital asset on any blockchain or digital system for recording transactions. Its research and development office is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. Curv's decentralized security model utilizes multi-party computation (MPC) protocols, enabling transactions to be securely signed in a mathematically-proven, distributed way. Its enterprise-grade policy engine allows clients to define risk profiles and enforce granular policies to ensure only authorized transactions are allowed. Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger established the company in New York, New York in 2018.

Kintaba

Venture Round in 2020
Kintaba specializes in modern incident management solutions designed to facilitate effective response and collaboration among teams during significant incidents and outages. The company's platform enables organizations to track incidents and implement self-repair processes, enhancing operational efficiency and minimizing downtime. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, Kintaba leverages advanced technology to support businesses in managing critical situations effectively.

Horizon Blockchain Games

Seed Round in 2020
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a video game studio that specializes in leveraging blockchain technology to create decentralized gaming experiences. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company also has locations in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. Horizon develops various games, including Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. The company's platform is designed to empower players by providing a community-driven ecosystem where they can enjoy true digital ownership, open economies, and the ability to earn real-world value through gameplay. By focusing on innovations in web3 gaming, Horizon Blockchain Games aims to reshape the gaming landscape for a new generation of players.

Horizon Blockchain Games

Seed Round in 2020
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a video game studio that specializes in leveraging blockchain technology to create decentralized gaming experiences. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company also has locations in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. Horizon develops various games, including Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. The company's platform is designed to empower players by providing a community-driven ecosystem where they can enjoy true digital ownership, open economies, and the ability to earn real-world value through gameplay. By focusing on innovations in web3 gaming, Horizon Blockchain Games aims to reshape the gaming landscape for a new generation of players.

Zabo

Seed Round in 2020
Zabo is a financial technology company that integrates traditional banking with cryptocurrency services. It offers a comprehensive banking solution that includes checking and savings accounts, a debit card, and direct deposit capabilities. The platform allows users to easily exchange cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ether, directly from their bank accounts. Zabo's application is built on an API framework, enabling seamless connection of cryptocurrency accounts with minimal coding required. Additionally, it supports hardware wallet integration, facilitating the buying, selling, and transferring of cryptocurrencies for its clients.

Transparent Systems

Series A in 2020
Transparent Systems transforms global financial systems with an open universal platform that enables secure, frictionless payments through distributed cryptographic systems. Starting with B2B payments and treasury management solutions, its goal is to increase financial accessibility, efficiency, and transparency worldwide. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

The Graph

Venture Round in 2020
The Graph is the indexing and query layer of the decentralized web. Developers build and publish open APIs, called subgraphs, that applications can query using GraphQL. There is a hosted service in production that makes it easy for developers to get started building on The Graph, and the decentralized network will launch later this year. The Graph currently supports indexing data from Ethereum, POA, and IPFS, with more networks coming soon. To date, ~1,700 subgraphs have been deployed for dApps like Aragon, Uniswap, Synthetix, Balancer, Gnosis, Balancer, Livepeer, and Decentraland.

Decentraland

Venture Round in 2020
Decentraland is a blockchain-based virtual reality platform that allows users to create, experience, and monetize content and applications in a 3D, interactive environment. Founded in 2017 and based in the United States, it is the first virtual platform owned by its users. Participants can purchase virtual land through the Ethereum blockchain, ensuring an immutable record of ownership. This ownership grants users complete control over their virtual properties, enabling them to craft unique experiences such as attending live events, visiting virtual resorts, shopping, or even starting a business. Decentraland offers a diverse range of activities within its immersive 360-degree world, allowing for endless possibilities limited only by the users' imagination.

Bloq

Venture Round in 2020
Bloq, Inc. specializes in developing enterprise software solutions centered around blockchain technology. Founded in 2015 and based in Chicago, the company offers BloqEnterprise, a comprehensive blockchain infrastructure that enables organizations to create, manage, and customize their own blockchain networks—whether private, public, or permissioned. Bloq also provides BloqCloud, a blockchain management system, and BloqLabs for tokenization. Additionally, the company has developed Metronome, a cross-blockchain cryptocurrency, and operates a digital currency wallet that offers various cryptocurrency services. Bloq's offerings address critical business needs such as security, provenance, authentication, and reconciliation, positioning it as a valuable partner for enterprises looking to leverage blockchain technology effectively.

Flipside Crypto

Seed Round in 2019
Flipside Crypto, Inc. is a Boston-based company that operates a cryptocurrency information platform designed to provide business intelligence for blockchain organizations. Founded in 2017, the company offers a range of services, including cryptocurrency management, acquisition, digital walleting, custody services, and portfolio dashboards for investors. Flipside Crypto specializes in analytics, delivering insights into user behaviors, developer activities, and financial metrics. It also offers the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), which measures the fundamental health of cryptocurrency projects. Additionally, Flipside Crypto collaborates with partners like CoinMarketCap and Messari to distribute its analytics. The company is backed by notable investors, including Coinbase Ventures and True Ventures.

CryptoKitties

Series B in 2019
CryptoKitties is a mobile game that enables users to collect and breed virtual cats on the blockchain. The collectible, breedable, and adorable CryptoKitties aim to make blockchain technology accessible to everyday consumers by putting a furry face on the concept of digital collectibles. With each CryptoKitties unique 256-bit genome empower nearly 4-billion potential genetic combinations.

Bitmark

Series A in 2019
Bitmark Inc. develops property system for digital environment. It offers specialized blockchain technology to convert personal data into property that can be sold, licensed, and transferred peer-to-peer. The company’s property system for the digital environment enables individuals to establish ownership claims for personal data akin to how land registrars track land titles or patent offices track patents. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan with additional offices in Cupertino, California; Reykjavík, Iceland; and Đà Nẵng, Vietnam.

Horizon Blockchain Games

Seed Round in 2019
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a video game studio that specializes in leveraging blockchain technology to create decentralized gaming experiences. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company also has locations in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. Horizon develops various games, including Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. The company's platform is designed to empower players by providing a community-driven ecosystem where they can enjoy true digital ownership, open economies, and the ability to earn real-world value through gameplay. By focusing on innovations in web3 gaming, Horizon Blockchain Games aims to reshape the gaming landscape for a new generation of players.

Merkle Science

Seed Round in 2019
They are a group of passionate individuals from Paypal, Luno, Bank of America, Instamojo who believe in the promise of decentralized and trustless commerce.

Editional

Seed Round in 2019
Blockchain infrastructure has set the stage for a new generation of digital ownership that better connects and empowers both creators and owners

Horizen Labs

Seed Round in 2019
Horizen Labs is a blockchain technology company that enables businesses to build distributed ledger solutions that are fast, secure, private and scalable. Horizen Labs leverages Horizen’s privacy-focused public infrastructure and Horizen Labs’ proprietary sidechain deployment tool. Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies enable a shift from centralized to decentralized architectures which help to bridge a divide in global trust.

Cambridge Blockchain

Series A in 2019
Cambridge Blockchain develops blockchain-based identity management and compliance software solutions for financial institutions. The company provides an identity management platform for multinational banks financial institutions that puts control of personal identity data back in the hands of the end-user. It returns control of personal data back to users while delivering the benefits of trusted, distributed identity to consumers and organizations. Alex Oberhauser, Alok Bhargava, and Matthew Commons founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Cambridge in Massachusetts.

CoinFLEX

Seed Round in 2019
CoinFLEX (Coin Futures and Lending Exchange) is the world's first physically delivered cryptocurrency futures exchange.

Nivaura

Seed Round in 2019
Nivaura Ltd owns and operates a blockchain technology based platform for automated issuance of financial products and asset administration. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Ilford, United Kingdom.

Curv

Seed Round in 2019
Curv is a developer of digital asset security infrastructure helping crypto-native and financial institutions to create digital wallets. The company's security technology is enabling users to build crypto finance products that safely transfer, store, and manage any digital asset on any blockchain or digital system for recording transactions. Its research and development office is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. Curv's decentralized security model utilizes multi-party computation (MPC) protocols, enabling transactions to be securely signed in a mathematically-proven, distributed way. Its enterprise-grade policy engine allows clients to define risk profiles and enforce granular policies to ensure only authorized transactions are allowed. Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger established the company in New York, New York in 2018.

Staked us

Seed Round in 2019
Staked, LLC provides an infrastructure that assists institutional investors of digital currencies to compound crypto holdings through staking and lending. The company offers SLA for block rewards, automatic payouts, and detailed reporting. It supports staking and lending across various proof-of-stake currencies. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Becket, Massachusetts.

Staked us

Seed Round in 2019
Staked, LLC provides an infrastructure that assists institutional investors of digital currencies to compound crypto holdings through staking and lending. The company offers SLA for block rewards, automatic payouts, and detailed reporting. It supports staking and lending across various proof-of-stake currencies. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Becket, Massachusetts.

Coinhouse

Series A in 2019
At Coinhouse, we believe digital assets and blockchain technologies are breakthroughs that will fundamentally change societies. They will transform the way we exchange value and disrupt the financial system for the better. Founded in 2014 and based in Paris, France, Coinhouse is the leading and trusted partner for investing and safeguarding digital assets using entreprise-grade custody systems. A comprehensive suite of online and in-person services sets Coinhouse apart by: - Offering immediate access to a wide selection of digital assets where transactions can range from tens of euros to several million with best prices and high-level liquidity - A dedicated account manager for all our premium clients to support them throughout their investment journey with premium research and services. - An enterprise-grade custody service offered by our sister company, Coinhouse Custody Services.

Flipside Crypto

Seed Round in 2018
Flipside Crypto, Inc. is a Boston-based company that operates a cryptocurrency information platform designed to provide business intelligence for blockchain organizations. Founded in 2017, the company offers a range of services, including cryptocurrency management, acquisition, digital walleting, custody services, and portfolio dashboards for investors. Flipside Crypto specializes in analytics, delivering insights into user behaviors, developer activities, and financial metrics. It also offers the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), which measures the fundamental health of cryptocurrency projects. Additionally, Flipside Crypto collaborates with partners like CoinMarketCap and Messari to distribute its analytics. The company is backed by notable investors, including Coinbase Ventures and True Ventures.

Logos Network

Seed Round in 2018
Logos Network its a crypto network that provides hyper scalable transaction infrastructure from micro transactions to large scale B2B transfers. It includes chain mesh that provides post-blockchain data architecture built to accommodate the Internet of tomorrow, Axios is a novel, delegated proof-of-stake consensus protocol that ensures optimal throughput while guaranteeing safety, and Polis sharding scheme adds a second dimension of parallelism to transaction validation. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Provenance

Venture Round in 2018
Provenance is a platform that empowers brands to take steps toward greater transparency. With our technology, businesses make the origin, journey and impact behind products transparent to the millions of shoppers that want to know more. Enabled by blockchain, mobile and open data, our software gathers and shares key product information and stories in a way that’s secure, trustworthy and accessible – bringing the supply chain to the shopper, online and in-store.

Parity Technologies

Venture Round in 2018
Parity Technologies Limited is a blockchain infrastructure company based in London, United Kingdom, established in 2015. The company specializes in open-source software development aimed at enterprises utilizing blockchain technology. Parity focuses on creating innovative platforms and applications that integrate advanced cryptography, peer-to-peer technology, and decentralized consensus architectures, contributing to the evolution of blockchain solutions.

POSaBIT

Venture Round in 2018
POSaBIT Systems Corporation is a financial technology company based in Kirkland, Washington, specializing in blockchain-enabled payment processing and point-of-sale systems. The company primarily serves cash-only businesses, with a significant focus on the cannabis industry in the United States. By providing innovative payment solutions, POSaBIT aims to facilitate transactions for merchants operating in a sector that often faces banking challenges.

Cambridge Blockchain

Series A in 2018
Cambridge Blockchain develops blockchain-based identity management and compliance software solutions for financial institutions. The company provides an identity management platform for multinational banks financial institutions that puts control of personal identity data back in the hands of the end-user. It returns control of personal data back to users while delivering the benefits of trusted, distributed identity to consumers and organizations. Alex Oberhauser, Alok Bhargava, and Matthew Commons founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Cambridge in Massachusetts.

Circle

Series E in 2018
Circle is a financial technology company that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate the sending, receiving, and investing of cryptocurrency assets globally. Founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, Circle offers a user-friendly online platform that simplifies money transfers and includes services such as Circle Pay for peer-to-peer payments. In addition, the company provides Circle Invest, allowing users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, and Circle Trade, which operates a trading desk with a substantial liquidity pool for digital assets, averaging $2 billion in monthly trading volume. With significant backing from investors, including notable firms such as Goldman Sachs and Accel Partners, Circle has established a presence in major cities, including Boston, New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. The company is dedicated to accelerating global crypto innovation and adoption through its various financial services.

Token Daily

Series A in 2018
Token Daily Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates an online news publishing platform focused on the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors. Established in 2017, the platform offers comprehensive coverage of daily news related to crypto investments, blockchain innovations, and the digital coin trading market. By delivering timely updates and insights, Token Daily aims to keep clients and traders informed about the latest trends and developments in the rapidly evolving world of digital assets.

Elemential

Seed Round in 2018
Elemential Labs Pvt. Ltd. is a company that provides a plug-and-play platform designed for blockchain developers to create and manage their networks. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, Elemential focuses on simplifying enterprise adoption of blockchain technology. The company offers Hadron, a middleware solution that automates the installation of node software and facilitates secure communication among network participants. Its platform includes features such as one-click deployment, a blockchain invitation system, node management tools, predictive corrections for network imbalances, a collaborative tool for smart contracts, and secure key generation and management. By providing an open and accessible development ecosystem, Elemential aims to empower the next generation of blockchain innovators to design, run, and scale their networks with reduced overhead.

Chainalysis

Series A in 2018
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for businesses involved with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore. Its product suite includes REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and a real-time API that provides risk scoring based on the source and destination of funds. Chainalysis also produces activity monitoring reports and due diligence tools to help financial institutions understand the risks associated with cryptocurrency activities and to estimate potential criminal revenues. Additionally, the company offers web-based investigation tools to detect cyber-criminals and track extortion payments, thereby enhancing security for government agencies, banks, exchanges, and cryptocurrency businesses.

CoinList

Series A in 2018
CoinList is a San Francisco-based platform established in 2017 that facilitates token sales for digital asset companies. The platform connects blockchain projects with their communities prior to their assets being listed on other exchanges. It serves a diverse clientele within the digital asset ecosystem, including notable firms like Protocol Lab and Blockstack. CoinList offers services that enable token issuers to list their tokens and provides traders with opportunities for staking and access to decentralized finance. By bridging the gap between token developers and potential investors, CoinList plays a significant role in the growth and development of the blockchain industry.

Lightning Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Lightning Labs is building the next generation of decentralized, resilient financial infrastructure. We believe systems based on cryptography, blockchains, and smart contracts will enhance financial cooperation around the world in unprecedented ways at scales both large and small. We have developed Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) the most advanced and most developer-friendly implementation of the Lightning Network protocol. Along with Neutrino, an open platform that enables users with mobile devices to conduct blockchain and Lightning Network transactions quickly and easily. We’re hiring. See our open positions: http://lightning.engineering/careers.html Get involved: http://dev.lightning.community/

Hedera Hashgraph

Venture Round in 2018
The Hedera hashgraph platform will offer a distributed public ledger that enables anyone to easily develop globally decentralized applications. Developers can build secure, fair, blazing-fast decentralized applications on top of the Hedera hashgraph platform.

Nivaura

Seed Round in 2018
Nivaura Ltd owns and operates a blockchain technology based platform for automated issuance of financial products and asset administration. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Ilford, United Kingdom.

Ledger

Series B in 2018
Ledger develops security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies as well as blockchain applications for individuals and companies, by leveraging a distinctive, proprietary technology. Launched in 2014, Ledger has designed an acclaimed line of hardware security devices quickly placing the company as a global leader on the market with 1,000,000 units sold in more than 165 countries. For enterprises and corporations, Ledger introduced the Vault: a fully managed SaaS solution addressing the need to safeguard a very large amount of multiple cryptocurrencies while mitigating both IT and physical assault threats. The company is also active on the industrial IoT market, leveraging its secure hardware technology to interface sensors and machines to smart contracts or blockchain based assets. Ledger is headquartered in Paris, has a production facility in Vierzon (France) and offices in San Francisco.

BitOasis

Venture Round in 2018
BitOasis Technologies FZE operates an online platform that enables users to buy and sell bitcoin in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Dubai, the company aims to provide the infrastructure for digital payment solutions utilizing blockchain technology. Its platform offers a bitcoin exchange, wallet services, and various integrations designed to facilitate access to a borderless and efficient digital payment system for both consumers and businesses. The platform is also available on iPhone and iPad, catering to a growing demand for digital financial services in emerging markets.

Buda

Venture Round in 2018
Buda.com operates cryptocurrency markets in South America, offering a platform for users to buy and sell various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. The platform is designed for simplicity and safety, enabling users to engage in trading while monitoring their investment portfolios through a mobile application. By facilitating the exchange of digital currencies, Buda.com aims to integrate users into the digital economy and promote financial security in their transactions.

BitGo

Series B in 2017
BitGo is the world's largest processor of on-chain Bitcoin transactions, processing 15% of all global Bitcoin transactions, and $15 billion per month across all cryptocurrencies. BitGo supports over 200 coins and tokens, and has over $2 billion in assets in wallet. Our customer base includes the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges and spans more than 50 countries. In 2018, we introduced BitGo Custody and launched BitGo Trust Company, the first qualified custodian purpose-built for storing digital assets. In 2019, we began providing clearing and settlement. Ben Davenport, Michael Belshe, and Will O'Brien founded BitGo in 2013. It has its headquarters in Palo Alto in California.

Coinhouse

Seed Round in 2017
At Coinhouse, we believe digital assets and blockchain technologies are breakthroughs that will fundamentally change societies. They will transform the way we exchange value and disrupt the financial system for the better. Founded in 2014 and based in Paris, France, Coinhouse is the leading and trusted partner for investing and safeguarding digital assets using entreprise-grade custody systems. A comprehensive suite of online and in-person services sets Coinhouse apart by: - Offering immediate access to a wide selection of digital assets where transactions can range from tens of euros to several million with best prices and high-level liquidity - A dedicated account manager for all our premium clients to support them throughout their investment journey with premium research and services. - An enterprise-grade custody service offered by our sister company, Coinhouse Custody Services.

norbloc

Seed Round in 2017
norbloc AB is a technology company based in Stockholm, Sweden, with a development hub in Athens, Greece, founded in 2016. The company specializes in know-your-customer (KYC) solutions for the banking and consulting industries through its blockchain-based platform, Fides. This platform addresses significant challenges in KYC compliance, such as digitization and duplication of efforts among institutions. norbloc's Sancus digital onboarding platform allows organizations to consolidate data sources and service providers, enabling a fully digital process for collecting and validating customer data. The Atlas and Fides platforms utilize digital ledger technology to facilitate secure sharing and validation of KYC data between institutions, allowing them to collaborate while also monetizing their validation efforts. Financial institutions using norbloc's solutions can potentially reduce their KYC compliance costs by over 50%. All platforms comply with GDPR regulations, ensuring secure document storage and sharing, particularly for governmental and health sectors.

Blokur

Seed Round in 2017
Blokur Ltd develops blockchain based platform for the management and monetization that reduces costs and increases revenue for music publishers through automation and data, enabled by blockchain technology and machine learning. It reconciles different sources of rights data to a single blockchain state, allows music publishers to explore their catalogue in the cloud and compare their data with the global consensus view, and resolves data conflicts. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom.

BitPesa

Series A in 2017
BitPesa Ltd., founded in 2013 and based in Karen, Kenya, is a digital currency exchange that specializes in converting Bitcoin to Kenyan Shillings. The company operates an online platform that utilizes blockchain technology to facilitate business payments and trade between Africa and global markets. BitPesa aims to lower transaction costs and enhance the speed of payments, making it easier for businesses in frontier markets to engage in international trade. By offering a streamlined solution for both cryptocurrency traders and businesses, BitPesa plays a crucial role in connecting African economies with suppliers and partners around the world.

Provenance

Seed Round in 2017
Provenance is a platform that empowers brands to take steps toward greater transparency. With our technology, businesses make the origin, journey and impact behind products transparent to the millions of shoppers that want to know more. Enabled by blockchain, mobile and open data, our software gathers and shares key product information and stories in a way that’s secure, trustworthy and accessible – bringing the supply chain to the shopper, online and in-store.

POSaBIT

Seed Round in 2017
POSaBIT Systems Corporation is a financial technology company based in Kirkland, Washington, specializing in blockchain-enabled payment processing and point-of-sale systems. The company primarily serves cash-only businesses, with a significant focus on the cannabis industry in the United States. By providing innovative payment solutions, POSaBIT aims to facilitate transactions for merchants operating in a sector that often faces banking challenges.

Cobalt

Venture Round in 2017
Cobalt delivers a private peer-to-peer network that significantly reduces post-trade cost and risk for financial market participants. It aims to use the technology behind bitcoin to simplify foreign exchange trading. The company also aims to create a single, shared view of each transaction by using blockchain technology, which uses complex cryptography to allow people to safely view and edit shared ledgers. The technology was first developed to underpin cryptocurrency bitcoin, doing away with the need for a central bank. Cobalt was founded in 2015 by Andy Coyne and Adrian Patten. It is headquartered in London, England.

Stratumn

Series A in 2017
Stratumn SAS is a Paris-based software company that specializes in blockchain technology. Founded in 2015, it operates a platform designed to deploy, monitor, and scale blockchain applications, allowing developers to create, execute, and verify various workflows and business processes. The platform includes a private computing unit that facilitates the execution of business logic and generates proofs of workflow, providing objective evidence of data existence. Stratumn's innovative solution offers a digital and customer-oriented audit trail, seamlessly integrating with existing data sources and tools to give users an overview of critical processes across different systems and contributors. The company primarily serves leading players in the banking and insurance sectors across Europe.

OpenBazaar

Venture Round in 2017
OpenBazaar is a new way to trade online. By running a program on your computer, you can connect directly to other users in the OpenBazaar network and trade with them. This network isn't controlled by a company, it's a decentralized network that isn't run by any organization at all. This means there are no mandatory fees to pay, and that your trade is censorship-resistant. OpenBazaar uses Bitcoin, a digital currency that is also cheap to use, decentralized, and censorship-resistant. This project is open source, which means the code is publicly available, can be reviewed, and anyone can join the project and suggest changes.

BTCC

Venture Round in 2017
BTCC is a computer and technology company that enables bitcoin exchanges worldwide. It offers a variety of services, including digital currency exchange, a mining pool, payment processing, consumer wallets, and blockchain engraving, via a single integrated platform. BTCC serves security, risk mitigation, credibility, and technological innovation to its global customer base. Its product line includes Bitcoin Pro Exchange, Bitcoin Exchange, Bitcoin Mining Pool, Bitcoin Wallet, Blockchain Engraving, Mint Physical Bitcoins, and Developer Platform. Headquartered in Shanghai, BTCC was originally founded as BTCChina in 2011.

Ledger

Series A in 2017
Ledger develops security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies as well as blockchain applications for individuals and companies, by leveraging a distinctive, proprietary technology. Launched in 2014, Ledger has designed an acclaimed line of hardware security devices quickly placing the company as a global leader on the market with 1,000,000 units sold in more than 165 countries. For enterprises and corporations, Ledger introduced the Vault: a fully managed SaaS solution addressing the need to safeguard a very large amount of multiple cryptocurrencies while mitigating both IT and physical assault threats. The company is also active on the industrial IoT market, leveraging its secure hardware technology to interface sensors and machines to smart contracts or blockchain based assets. Ledger is headquartered in Paris, has a production facility in Vierzon (France) and offices in San Francisco.

Filament

Series A in 2017
Filament builds blockchain hardware and& software solutions for enterprise and IoT. Filament’s distributed blockchain capabilities leverage open protocols so that devices are able to independently process and record transactions, ensuring digital trust. Its new trusted application software and Blocklet Chip, currently in beta, are designed to communicate and interact with multiple blockchain technologies natively. The software, implemented on existing hardware, will deliver a secure distributed ledger technology solution. The Blocklet Chip will allow industrial corporations and enterprises to seamlessly extract the value of recording and monetizing data assets, at the edge of the network, on the sensors themselves.

ShapeShift

Series A in 2017
ShapeShift AG, founded in July 2014 and based in Zug, Switzerland, operates a web and API platform that facilitates the conversion of Bitcoin and various altcoins with a focus on consumer protection and efficiency. The platform allows users to exchange a range of cryptocurrencies, including Litecoin, Peercoin, and Dogecoin, among others. In 2019, ShapeShift enhanced its services to enable users to self-custody their crypto assets, providing the capability to buy, sell, trade, track, send, and receive digital currencies without relying on third-party trust. Additionally, ShapeShift offers several tools and services such as the ShapeShift Lens Extension for payments, a mobile application for asset exchanges, and the Shifty Button for businesses to accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The company also operates CoinCap.io, a real-time crypto market data service, and acquired the hardware wallet company KeepKey in 2017.

BitPesa

Series A in 2017
BitPesa Ltd., founded in 2013 and based in Karen, Kenya, is a digital currency exchange that specializes in converting Bitcoin to Kenyan Shillings. The company operates an online platform that utilizes blockchain technology to facilitate business payments and trade between Africa and global markets. BitPesa aims to lower transaction costs and enhance the speed of payments, making it easier for businesses in frontier markets to engage in international trade. By offering a streamlined solution for both cryptocurrency traders and businesses, BitPesa plays a crucial role in connecting African economies with suppliers and partners around the world.

Cambridge Blockchain

Convertible Note in 2017
Cambridge Blockchain develops blockchain-based identity management and compliance software solutions for financial institutions. The company provides an identity management platform for multinational banks financial institutions that puts control of personal identity data back in the hands of the end-user. It returns control of personal data back to users while delivering the benefits of trusted, distributed identity to consumers and organizations. Alex Oberhauser, Alok Bhargava, and Matthew Commons founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Cambridge in Massachusetts.

Stacks

Series A in 2017
Stacks is a mobile communications company based in Melbourne, Australia, that specializes in branded contact sharing solutions. The company provides innovative business cards for iPhone users, enabling them to share contact information seamlessly via iOS 7 and AirDrop. Users can efficiently organize the business cards they receive into customized stacks based on categories such as company, profession, or event. Additionally, any updates made to contact details are automatically synchronized with their contacts, ensuring that information remains current and accessible. Stacks focuses on enhancing the way individuals manage and share their professional connections.

Axoni

Series A in 2016
Axoni is a New York-based technology firm focused on capital markets, specializing in distributed ledger solutions. Founded in 2013 by experts in distributed ledger technology and cryptography, Axoni serves major financial institutions and capital markets service providers. The company's offerings include the deployment of distributed ledger technology, custom smart contract development, and advanced analytics tools. Their software integrates traditional financial technologies with blockchain capabilities, providing market information and in-depth trend analysis. This comprehensive approach enables investment funders, exchange operators, and professional traders to enhance their systems for managing legal records, lifecycle events, and cash flow calculations.

Yours

Angel Round in 2016
Yours, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in a blockchain-based social network and mobile application. The platform allows users to earn bitcoin cash for their contributions, which include creating content, voting, and commenting. As of September 29, 2020, Yours, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of The Bayesian Group. The company's focus on integrating cryptocurrency into social interactions distinguishes it in the digital content landscape.

Bitmark

Seed Round in 2016
Bitmark Inc. develops property system for digital environment. It offers specialized blockchain technology to convert personal data into property that can be sold, licensed, and transferred peer-to-peer. The company’s property system for the digital environment enables individuals to establish ownership claims for personal data akin to how land registrars track land titles or patent offices track patents. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan with additional offices in Cupertino, California; Reykjavík, Iceland; and Đà Nẵng, Vietnam.

Etherscan

Seed Round in 2016
Etherscan is a block explorer and analytics platform for Ethereum, a decentralized smart contracts platform. Etherscan hosts a collection of web-based tools for exploring the public Ethereum network, based on the transactions that have been confirmed on the Ethereum blockchain. As a blockchain explorer, Etherscan can only provide and display information on transactions that occur on the Ethereum blockchain. Etherscan does not process transactions and is unable to troubleshoot transaction failures.

Coins.ph

Series A in 2016
Coins.ph Pte. Ltd. is a financial technology company based in Pasig City, Philippines, founded in 2014. It offers a mobile wallet that enables consumers and small businesses to access a range of financial services, including money transfers, bill payments, phone loading, and buying or selling cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. The platform also facilitates local and international remittances, game credits, and online shopping, leveraging blockchain technology to enhance accessibility and streamline transactions. Additionally, Coins.ph provides services such as ATM cash pickup and merchant solutions, making financial services more convenient and user-friendly through mobile devices. The company operates as a subsidiary of PT Go-Jek Indonesia.

Unocoin

Seed Round in 2016
Unocoin Technologies Private Limited is a Bitcoin trading and transacting platform based in India. Founded in 2013, it enables users to buy, sell, store, and utilize bitcoin through its mobile wallet, which is accessible on both iOS and Android devices. The platform allows users to deposit and receive bitcoin, send and withdraw funds, and print paper wallets for secure storage. Additionally, Unocoin provides a merchant gateway that facilitates businesses, e-commerce shops, NGOs, and freelancers to accept bitcoin as a payment method for their products and services. The company also emphasizes security through features such as two-factor authentication and notification services, making it a comprehensive solution for both individual users and businesses looking to engage with cryptocurrency.

BigchainDB

Series A in 2016
BigchainDB is a scalable blockchain database that emphasizes decentralization, immutability, and the management of native assets. It supports the development of large-scale applications across diverse industries, including intellectual property, identity verification, supply chain management, Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence. By offering unique solutions tailored for developers, start-ups, and enterprises, BigchainDB enables users to effectively realize their concepts and build platforms and applications that can meet significant demands. The platform's capabilities allow for innovative approaches to data management, ensuring that users can leverage blockchain technology for a wide range of practical applications.

CryptoFacilities

Seed Round in 2016
CryptoFacilities is a financial services firm that provides FCA-regulated risk management and trading solutions for digital assets such as bitcoin. It also operates as a broker for exchange-traded futures and options. The company's products serve to trade and manage the price risk of bitcoin and other digital tokens. It offers a platform for its customers to make bitcoin transactions online. Users of the platform are able to open accounts, verify them by uploading addresses and identifications, and deposit bitcoins to the provided addresses once the verification is confirmed. CryptoFacilities is based in London, United Kingdom.

Colu

Series A in 2016
Colu Technologies Ltd. is a company that focuses on creating open-source technology protocols utilizing blockchain to facilitate direct exchanges of digital cash. Founded in 2014 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Colu offers a range of solutions including a control panel for generating local currencies, a mobile app for users to send and receive payments while exploring their local economy, and merchant tools for accepting payments and managing transactions. The company aims to foster economic and social change within local communities by empowering them to take control of their financial ecosystems. Through its innovative financial solutions, Colu enables users to engage in everyday transactions while promoting local businesses and economic growth.

BitOasis

Seed Round in 2016
BitOasis Technologies FZE operates an online platform that enables users to buy and sell bitcoin in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Dubai, the company aims to provide the infrastructure for digital payment solutions utilizing blockchain technology. Its platform offers a bitcoin exchange, wallet services, and various integrations designed to facilitate access to a borderless and efficient digital payment system for both consumers and businesses. The platform is also available on iPhone and iPad, catering to a growing demand for digital financial services in emerging markets.

Hijro

Seed Round in 2016
Fluent Network develops enterprise blockchain network for financial institutions and global enterprises. It also provides solutions and applications that are used in the areas of global payment platform, supply chain financing platform, receivables marketplace, supply chain market place, and API and developer platform. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.

Tierion

Seed Round in 2016
Tierion, Inc. turns the blockchain into a global platform for verifying data, le, or business process. It provides an API and tools to collect data and anchor it in the blockchain; and SmartNet, a marketing automation platform with real-time analytics, email marketing, and lead capture. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut.

RSK Labs

Seed Round in 2016
RSK is the first open-source smart contract platform with a 2-way peg to Bitcoin that also rewards the Bitcoin miners via merge-mining, allowing them to actively participate in the Smart Contract revolution. RSK goal is to add value and functionality to the Bitcoin ecosystem by enabling smart-contracts, near instant payments and higher-scalability.

Elliptic

Series A in 2016
Elliptic Enterprises Limited, based in London, operates a platform focused on enhancing the transparency and accountability of cryptocurrency transactions. Established in 2013, the company offers blockchain analytics and compliance solutions that help financial institutions, cryptocurrency companies, and government agencies manage financial crime risk and fulfill regulatory requirements. Elliptic provides actionable intelligence to identify and combat illicit activities within the cryptocurrency space, thereby contributing to the integrity of digital currencies. The company also offers Elliptic Vault, a secure storage service for bitcoins, and is involved in lobbying, education, and advocacy related to digital currencies. By addressing the critical challenge of identity verification in cryptocurrencies, Elliptic aims to prevent criminals from undermining the positive potential of this technology.

Nuri

Seed Round in 2016
Nuri, formerly known as Bitwala GmbH, operates a comprehensive platform that merges traditional banking services with cryptocurrency access. Founded in 2015 and based in Berlin, Germany, Nuri offers customers a secure banking experience through protected accounts while enabling direct investment in digital assets. The platform facilitates international money transfers and payment processing via cryptocurrencies, and users can also benefit from features like debit cards and e-wallet services. With its blockchain technology, Nuri allows customers to earn up to a 4% annual return on Bitcoin investments, positioning itself as a conduit between conventional finance and emerging digital financial technologies. The company has garnered support from various venture capital firms, further solidifying its role in the evolving landscape of finance.

Chainalysis

Seed Round in 2016
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for businesses involved with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore. Its product suite includes REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and a real-time API that provides risk scoring based on the source and destination of funds. Chainalysis also produces activity monitoring reports and due diligence tools to help financial institutions understand the risks associated with cryptocurrency activities and to estimate potential criminal revenues. Additionally, the company offers web-based investigation tools to detect cyber-criminals and track extortion payments, thereby enhancing security for government agencies, banks, exchanges, and cryptocurrency businesses.

Buda

Seed Round in 2016
SurBTC is developing solutions that use bitcoin as an underlaying tool, benefiting from its attributes without carrying the disadvantages.

Skuchain

Seed Round in 2016
Skuchain, Inc. is a company that develops blockchain-based solutions aimed at enhancing B2B trade and supply chain finance. Established in 2014 and located in Mountain View, California, Skuchain offers a range of products, including BRACKETS, a smart lock system that facilitates financial transactions contingent upon the fulfillment of agreements. Its blockchain platform creates a Commerce Cloud that integrates procurement, contract management, financing, corporate payments, and inventory tracking, enabling businesses to achieve a Liquid Supply Chain. This system allows for real-time data flow and risk-mitigated early payments from innovative capital sources, ensuring increased transparency, security, and efficiency in supply chain operations. Skuchain primarily serves banks and manufacturers, providing them with the tools to optimize their global trade processes.

Civic

Seed Round in 2016
Civic's blockchain based ecosystem gives businesses and individuals the tools to control and protect identities. They believe identity should be convenient, safe and secure, and put users in control. Civic allows people to control the use of their identity information. They use cutting edge identity verification technology to secure and protect personal information transfer. Having conducted a successful token sale in June 2017, they set their sights on building identity.com, an open source, first-of-its-kind marketplace for identity verification services built on blockchain. They are a team spanning five countries with one common goal: to revolutionize identity.

Zcash

Seed Round in 2016
Zcash offers total payment confidentiality, while still maintaining a decentralized network using a public blockchain. Unlike Bitcoin, Zcash transactions automatically hide the sender, recipient, and value of all transactions on the blockchain. Only those with the correct view key can see the contents. Users have complete control and can opt-in to provide others with their view key at their discretion. Zcash transactions do not depend on the cooperation of other parties. Additionally, full nodes in the Zcash network only need to store a small persistent state.

Filament

Series A in 2016
Filament builds blockchain hardware and& software solutions for enterprise and IoT. Filament’s distributed blockchain capabilities leverage open protocols so that devices are able to independently process and record transactions, ensuring digital trust. Its new trusted application software and Blocklet Chip, currently in beta, are designed to communicate and interact with multiple blockchain technologies natively. The software, implemented on existing hardware, will deliver a secure distributed ledger technology solution. The Blocklet Chip will allow industrial corporations and enterprises to seamlessly extract the value of recording and monetizing data assets, at the edge of the network, on the sensors themselves.

CoinDesk

Acquisition in 2016
CoinDesk provides news and analysis on the trends, changes, technologies, companies and people in the Bitcoin and digital currency world. From explaining the very basics of what Bitcoin is, to showing you how you can buy bitcoins, to all the latest news in the digital currency world. CoinDesk is an independent publication with reporters all over the world who track down the latest information and present it, unbiased.

Gem

Series A in 2016
Gem is a developer of next-generation cryptocurrency applications and a blockchain platform that empowers individuals to take control of their wealth through innovative digital solutions. Founded in 2013, Gem offers a secure universal wallet that acts as a single entry point for users to track their cryptocurrency investments and net worth. The platform facilitates the curated discovery of new tokens and decentralized applications, enhancing the participation experience in the evolving digital marketplace. With a team of experienced software architects and blockchain engineers, Gem is dedicated to providing easier and more secure ways for consumers to engage with the growing decentralization movement.

JSgenesis

Seed Round in 2016
JSgenesis is building a content platform on the blockchain.

Genesis

Venture Round in 2016
Genesis is a provider of virtual currency trading services that facilitates extensive digital currency transactions, loans, and trades, reaching billions of dollars monthly. With a team possessing significant experience from leading Wall Street investment banks and a strong understanding of cryptocurrency markets, Genesis offers a comprehensive platform for digital asset trading. Its services include the buying and selling of large blocks of digital currency, as well as borrowing, lending, custody, and prime brokerage solutions. The company aims to create a secure marketplace for investors to engage in digital currency transactions efficiently and safely.

Purse

Seed Round in 2015
Purse operates a peer-to-peer marketplace aimed at enhancing the utility of Bitcoin in global commerce. By offering significant discounts, such as 15% off on Amazon purchases, Purse incentivizes consumers to spend their Bitcoin rather than merely holding it. The platform allows users to easily buy Bitcoin with a credit card, streamlining the purchasing process and addressing the challenges associated with using cryptocurrency for everyday transactions. Furthermore, Purse enables users to trade gift cards for cryptocurrencies, providing additional flexibility and savings on regular purchases. Overall, Purse seeks to create a frictionless shopping experience while promoting the adoption of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in online marketplaces.

Veem

Series A in 2015
Veem Inc. is a payment service provider that simplifies the process for businesses to send and receive funds. The company's platform allows small and medium-sized enterprises to make payments in local currencies while tracking transactions in real time. By utilizing blockchain technology, Veem eliminates the need for intermediary banks, thereby reducing costs associated with international payments. The platform supports features such as generating invoices, uploading mass documents, and offering integration with various accounting systems. Founded in 2014 by Aldo Carrascoso and Marwan Forzley, Veem is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Kanata, Canada, and Shanghai, China. Originally named Align Commerce Corporation, the company rebranded to Veem Inc. in March 2017.

Abra

Series A in 2015
Abra is a digital cash, peer-to-peer money transfer network that enables users to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin, as well as send both bitcoin and fiat currencies to any bitcoin wallet or other Abra users. Founded in 2014 by Bill Barhydt, the company leverages bitcoin and blockchain technology to facilitate transactions in over 50 currencies. Abra aims to provide a secure and instant method for transferring money, allowing users to do so without incurring fees through its mobile platform. Based in Silicon Valley, Abra is focused on transforming the way money moves globally.

ShapeShift

Seed Round in 2015
ShapeShift AG, founded in July 2014 and based in Zug, Switzerland, operates a web and API platform that facilitates the conversion of Bitcoin and various altcoins with a focus on consumer protection and efficiency. The platform allows users to exchange a range of cryptocurrencies, including Litecoin, Peercoin, and Dogecoin, among others. In 2019, ShapeShift enhanced its services to enable users to self-custody their crypto assets, providing the capability to buy, sell, trade, track, send, and receive digital currencies without relying on third-party trust. Additionally, ShapeShift offers several tools and services such as the ShapeShift Lens Extension for payments, a mobile application for asset exchanges, and the Shifty Button for businesses to accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The company also operates CoinCap.io, a real-time crypto market data service, and acquired the hardware wallet company KeepKey in 2017.