Pantera Capital

Pantera Capital is a Menlo Park-based investment firm that specializes in Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and related companies. Founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, who previously served as chief financial officer and head of Macro Trading at Tiger Management, the firm initially focused on global macro hedge fund investments until transitioning in 2014 to concentrate solely on the digital currency sector. Pantera Capital believes that Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionize financial transactions, similar to how the Internet transformed communication and commerce. The firm has garnered support from notable shareholders, including Benchmark and Fortress Investment Group, as it navigates the evolving landscape of blockchain technology.

Ryan Barney

Associate

Franklin Bi

Director, Portfolio Development

Paul Brodsky

Partner

Ryan Davis

CFO

Florence Hadi Eid-Oakden

Partner and Head of Middle East and North Africa

Gorham C.F.A., Matthew Joseph

COO

Dan Morehead

Investor

Lauren Stephanian

Principal

Past deals in Euthereum

Chainflip

Venture Round in 2022
Chainflip is a decentralized, trustless protocol that enables cross-chain swaps between different blockchains.

0x

Series B in 2022
0x Protocol is an open protocol that facilitates peer-to-peer exchange of assets on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the company offers several tools to enhance the trading experience, including 0x Instant for purchasing cryptocurrencies in applications and websites, and the 0x Launch Kit for launching relayers. Additionally, 0x enables developers to create customized relayers, execute orders, access networked liquidity, and engage in market making. Its services cater to a wide range of markets, from gaming items to financial instruments, and include the ability to trade bundles of assets through ZEIP-23.

Genopets

Seed Round in 2021
Genopets is a non-fungible token (NFT) “move-to-earn” game where players are rewarded for the steps they take in real life.

Aurora

Series A in 2021
Aurora is an Ethereum Virtual Machine developed by the NEAR Protocol team, designed to enable developers to run applications on a scalable and Ethereum-compatible platform. It offers a seamless user experience with low transaction costs and high throughput, making it accessible for developers transitioning from Ethereum. By simply changing the RPC endpoint, Ethereum developers can easily start utilizing Aurora's layer-2-like speed and scalability. This turn-key solution aims to provide a future-safe environment for app development, enhancing the capabilities of the Ethereum ecosystem.

Eco

Series B in 2021
Eco is a digital cryptocurrency platform designed to facilitate global transactions for everyday use. It operates independently from any single organization or government, aiming to create a more equitable distribution of resources by sharing the majority of the economic value generated with its community. The platform features a digital wallet that combines savings accounts, rewarded spending, and bill payment into a single, user-friendly interface. This innovative approach encourages effective money management and aligns the interests of the company with its users, fostering a sustainable financial system. Additionally, Eco is supported by a network of verified organizations worldwide, ensuring that its services remain safe and reliable for all users.

Injective

Funding Round in 2021
Injective Protocol Inc. develops and operates a decentralized derivatives exchange and trading platform. The company’s platform offers a layer-2 exchange protocol that unlocks the full potential of borderless finance by supporting margin trading, derivatives, and futures. It allows decentralized lending, short or long margin trading, and exchange decentralized futures and derivative products; and eliminates front-running for liquidity sharing. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

Virtue Poker

Seed Round in 2021
Virtue Poker is a decentralized poker platform that uses the Ethereum blockchain and peer-to-peer networking to provide an online poker site that's safe, honest, and fun.

0x

Series A in 2021
0x Protocol is an open protocol that facilitates peer-to-peer exchange of assets on the Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the company offers several tools to enhance the trading experience, including 0x Instant for purchasing cryptocurrencies in applications and websites, and the 0x Launch Kit for launching relayers. Additionally, 0x enables developers to create customized relayers, execute orders, access networked liquidity, and engage in market making. Its services cater to a wide range of markets, from gaming items to financial instruments, and include the ability to trade bundles of assets through ZEIP-23.

Injective

Seed Round in 2020
Injective Protocol Inc. develops and operates a decentralized derivatives exchange and trading platform. The company’s platform offers a layer-2 exchange protocol that unlocks the full potential of borderless finance by supporting margin trading, derivatives, and futures. It allows decentralized lending, short or long margin trading, and exchange decentralized futures and derivative products; and eliminates front-running for liquidity sharing. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

Eco

Seed Round in 2020
Eco is a digital cryptocurrency platform designed to facilitate global transactions for everyday use. It operates independently from any single organization or government, aiming to create a more equitable distribution of resources by sharing the majority of the economic value generated with its community. The platform features a digital wallet that combines savings accounts, rewarded spending, and bill payment into a single, user-friendly interface. This innovative approach encourages effective money management and aligns the interests of the company with its users, fostering a sustainable financial system. Additionally, Eco is supported by a network of verified organizations worldwide, ensuring that its services remain safe and reliable for all users.

Meter.io

Seed Round in 2019
Meter.io is a base layer hybrid consensus protocol built to address the volatility, scaling and interoperability problems in the existing cryptocurrencies.

Trade Ecology Token

Corporate Round in 2019
Trade Ecology Token (TDE) is a blockchain industry operator.

ThunderCore

Series A in 2019
ThunderCore is a fast, high performance EVM-compatible public blockchain with fully decentralized trust that brings scale to decentralized applications - with higher throughput, faster confirmation times, and lower costs. Based on years of groundbreaking research by Professors Shi and Pass of Cornell University, ThunderCore uses a breakthrough consensus protocol that overcomes the fundamental limitations of Nakamoto consensus. The result maintains fully decentralized trust while significantly improving performance.​

Cypherium

Venture Round in 2018
Cypherium Blockchain, Inc. is a New York-based company that provides a hybrid blockchain platform designed to enhance scalability, decentralization, and commercial viability. Established in 2018, Cypherium employs a unique consensus mechanism that combines proof-of-work and Byzantine fault tolerance to achieve high transaction throughput and efficient contract execution. The platform is permissionless, allowing developers to create innovative applications while offering users an intuitive interface to access these functionalities. Additionally, Cypherium focuses on promoting financial inclusivity through protocol interoperability, delivering a distributed ledger technology that offers significant privacy and security advantages for businesses.

ThunderCore

Seed Round in 2018
ThunderCore is a fast, high performance EVM-compatible public blockchain with fully decentralized trust that brings scale to decentralized applications - with higher throughput, faster confirmation times, and lower costs. Based on years of groundbreaking research by Professors Shi and Pass of Cornell University, ThunderCore uses a breakthrough consensus protocol that overcomes the fundamental limitations of Nakamoto consensus. The result maintains fully decentralized trust while significantly improving performance.​

FunFair Technologies

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
FunFair is a decentralised gaming platform powered by Ethereum smart contracts. Thanks to our breakthrough technology, it is the first platform to solve the big challenges that have made other blockchain casinos unplayable. Our vision is a limitless universe of transparent, secure casinos that can be easily created by anyone, anywhere, where games are fun, fast and fair. That’s why we’re called FunFair.

Earn.com

Series B in 2015
Earn USA, Inc. operates a social network platform that allows users to earn digital currency by responding to emails and completing various tasks. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, the company was previously known as 21E6, LLC before rebranding in September 2017. As of April 2018, Earn USA, Inc. functions as a subsidiary of Coinbase, Inc. The platform aims to create a token-based ecosystem where users receive monetary compensation in digital currency for their engagement, positioning itself as a pioneering application of cryptocurrency for everyday users.