Elixir is a decentralized protocol that facilitates algorithmic market-making across both centralized and decentralized exchanges. It is designed to enhance composability for integrations, allowing retail users to engage in market-making activities and potentially earn profits. Additionally, Elixir provides projects and trading venues with access to active market-making services for their trading pairs, thus promoting liquidity and efficiency in the market. The protocol emphasizes computational security, ensuring that transactions and market activities are conducted safely and reliably.
Pine Street Labs
Seed Round in 2022
Pine Street Labs develops enterprise wallet software aimed at expanding and democratizing the use of public blockchains. The company's platform simplifies the complexities of supporting various blockchain networks, allowing enterprises to concentrate on their core business operations. Pine Street Labs offers walletOS, which enhances custody infrastructure and facilitates the management of custody operations in-house. The software is designed to accommodate new blockchain initiatives while providing functionalities such as sending, receiving, staking, and executing smart contract calls. By creating a composable developer experience with modular integrations and a well-defined API, Pine Street Labs enables businesses to execute transactions seamlessly and efficiently in mission-critical environments.
Kemet Trading
Seed Round in 2022
Kemet Trading specializes in providing institutional-grade infrastructure for digital asset derivatives trading. Its platform optimizes access to liquidity, facilitates advanced trade execution, offers real-time risk management, and ensures robust security, enabling investors to trade digital asset options, futures, and perpetuals.
Three Arrows Capital
Debt Financing in 2022
Three Arrows Capital is a hedge fund manager that prioritizes delivering superior risk-adjusted returns to its clients. With a track record of exceptional growth since its establishment, the firm is dedicated to expanding its alpha within its core areas of expertise.
Enhanced Digital Group
Seed Round in 2022
Enhanced Digital Group specializes in providing wholesale, customized structured products and derivative trading solutions aimed at expanding access to tailored financial exposure in digital assets. The company develops a platform that assists institutions in managing their digital asset exposure through a range of customizable financial alternatives. Serving a diverse client base that includes exchanges, wallets, custodians, trading firms, asset managers, corporates, and broker-dealers, Enhanced Digital Group facilitates the sophistication of cryptocurrency derivative trading solutions. With a focus on compliance and regulatory standards, the company supports businesses at various stages, from initial product offerings to risk management and hedging of instruments, enabling institutional investors to navigate the complexities of digital assets effectively.
Stablecorp
Seed Round in 2022
Stablecorp is a financial technology company focused on developing innovative monetary solutions through blockchain technology. It offers QCAD, a stablecoin pegged to the Canadian dollar, designed to provide a secure and transparent digital asset for liquidity and funding. This stablecoin facilitates seamless settlement and ensures full traceability of transactions. Stablecorp emphasizes compliance by enforcing stringent policies and maintaining a rigorous onboarding process for authorized dealers. By prioritizing transparency and compatibility with cryptocurrencies, Stablecorp aims to enable users to access stablecoins that reliably support a digital economy.
CoinRoutes
Series B in 2022
CoinRoutes is a provider of crypto trading software that specializes in algorithmic trading systems for cryptocurrency assets. The company's platform enables traders to have a comprehensive view of all cryptocurrency markets and liquidity providers, facilitating trades across multiple exchanges through a single transaction. CoinRoutes' system effectively filters out market noise, presenting an accurate representation of market conditions. This allows clients to maintain full control over their exchange keys and wallets while optimizing their trading strategies.
Slope Finance
Series A in 2022
Slope Finance is a developer of a mobile decentralized exchange and wallet platform focused on enhancing user experience in the cryptocurrency space. Built on the Solana blockchain, Slope Finance enables users to engage in decentralized finance, utilize Solana Pay, and manage non-fungible tokens through a visually appealing interface. The platform features a decentralized automated full limit order book, allowing for fast crypto trading, while also providing tools for users to create or import Ethereum and Solana wallets. With an emphasis on speed and near-zero transaction fees, Slope Finance aims to simplify the management and trading of digital assets, making it accessible for both seasoned traders and newcomers.
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.
Atlendis
Seed Round in 2021
Operator of an online lending platform intended to offer a capital-efficient lending protocol. The company creates a more capital-efficient environment for uncollateralized crypto loans through its Defi lending protocol using blockchain technology, enabling clients to access flexibility for recurrent and short-term liquidity needs.
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.
Hxro
Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Hxro is a company that specializes in crypto trading, offering an online platform where users can take option positions on various cryptocurrencies. The platform is designed to simplify the trading experience, allowing users to express their views on price movements, hedge risks, and engage in digital asset markets. Hxro includes trading automation tools that facilitate the execution of profitable trades, catering to both novice and experienced traders. By providing decision support tools and resources, Hxro aims to enhance the trading capabilities of its users in the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency.
Ondo Finance
Seed Round in 2021
Ondo Finance is a developer of a cryptocurrency trading platform aimed at making decentralized finance accessible to a broader audience. The platform provides users with the flexibility to choose between downside protection and enhanced returns, catering to various risk tolerances. By offering these options, Ondo Finance enables individuals to participate in decentralized finance yields while aligning their investment strategies with their personal financial goals.
Vo1t Ltd, established in 2015 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, specializes in providing digital custody solutions for institutional clients globally. The company offers a secure platform for managing various blockchain assets, utilizing advanced system design and cybersecurity best practices to ensure the safety of its cold-storage vaults. Vo1t's services include same-day access to assets and dedicated account management for each client, making it a leading global custodian in the blockchain asset space.
Qu Capital
Acquisition in 2019
Qu Capital is a quantitative investment and research firm based in New York, specializing in the application of advanced statistical techniques to identify and exploit inefficiencies across various asset classes. The company integrates blockchain technology into its investment strategies, leveraging decentralized protocols supported by a vast network of mining nodes. This approach allows Qu Capital to enhance its trading methodologies and improve its research capabilities, positioning the firm at the intersection of finance and technology.