Hard Yaka

Hard Yaka, Inc., established in 2010 and headquartered in Crystal Bay, Nevada, is a private equity firm focusing on buyout and distressed investments. It specializes in investing in companies that facilitate digital transformation, such as those focused on portable identity, payments, and marketplaces. The firm typically seeks majority stakes in its investments. Additionally, Hard Yaka makes early round investments in startup companies within the exchange space, targeting verticals in specific exchange markets or horizontal services providers across various exchange sectors.

Jun Hiraga

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Kevin Leiske

Partner

Margaret Slemmer

Partner

Katie Sullivan

Partner

Past deals in Crypto

Terminal 3

Seed Round in 2025
Terminal 3 is a technology company specializing in data storage and access solutions for Web3. It enables users to securely store and manage their data, ensuring privacy and security, while allowing for seamless and controlled access across various applications and websites. The company achieves this by leveraging decentralized storage and advanced cryptographic techniques such as zero-knowledge proofs.

Rain

Series A in 2025
Rain is a finance company that provides credit card services with technical support for secure transactions to web3 and crypto companies.

Goin

Series A in 2025
Goin is a mobile application focused on enhancing users' financial health by integrating with their traditional banking systems. The app offers a range of innovative tools that assist users in saving, investing, and smart shopping. By leveraging machine learning algorithms, Goin analyzes users' banking information and spending habits to provide personalized insights and recommendations. It encourages users to accumulate savings through small daily actions, such as rounding up their payments. Additionally, Goin enables users to easily transfer funds to various investment options, including cryptocurrencies and equity funds, as well as manage their finances more effectively. Through these features, Goin aims to empower users to improve their financial well-being and lifestyle.

Huma

Venture Round in 2024
Huma is a decentralized finance platform that facilitates lending for businesses and individuals by connecting high-performing receivables with global financing. The company provides a transparent and accessible financial infrastructure, allowing clients to tokenize and trade cash flow using credit on the blockchain. Huma's innovative approach enables users to secure loans against tokens as collateral, fostering a thriving ecosystem for managing and leveraging assets in a digital format.

Terminal 3

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Terminal 3 is a technology company specializing in data storage and access solutions for Web3. It enables users to securely store and manage their data, ensuring privacy and security, while allowing for seamless and controlled access across various applications and websites. The company achieves this by leveraging decentralized storage and advanced cryptographic techniques such as zero-knowledge proofs.

Omnumi

Seed Round in 2023
Omnumi is a blockchain-based platform that specializes in digital asset and payment infrastructure, emphasizing identity and compliance. It is distinguished as the first platform to integrate digital identity into a fully compliant blockchain system, allowing users to control their digital assets effectively. By offering simple APIs and digital wallets, Omnumi facilitates the execution of financial disbursements. The platform aims to serve as a trusted intermediary for financial transactions, thereby building confidence among global, regional, and national banking networks and regulators in its operational integrity.

Decaf

Seed Round in 2022
Decaf is a digital ledger technology platform that focuses on facilitating secure and transparent payments through blockchain technology. The platform enables users to send and receive money in seconds, significantly reducing transaction times compared to traditional methods. With its user-friendly interface, Decaf provides businesses with a digital wallet and point of sale infrastructure, allowing them to accept and convert cryptocurrency seamlessly. Each transaction is recorded immutably on the blockchain, ensuring a high level of security and transparency for all users.

Unstoppable Domains

Series A in 2022
Unstoppable Domains Inc. is a company that specializes in providing blockchain-based domain names, allowing users to create uncensorable websites and secure their digital identities. Established in 2018 and located in Las Vegas, Nevada, the company offers NFT domains that enable individuals to control their online presence. These domains serve multiple purposes, including simplifying cryptocurrency transactions by replacing complex wallet addresses with human-readable names. Unstoppable Domains operates a decentralized domain registry, ensuring that users can send and receive payments without the risk of being restricted by government authorities or traditional domain providers. The platform also facilitates access to over 150 Web3 applications, further enhancing the utility of its domain offerings.

Mask Network

Venture Round in 2022
Mask Network is a technology company founded in 2017 and based in Shanghai, China, that develops a platform enabling users to interact with social networks in a decentralized manner. The platform allows users to post encrypted messages, send and receive cryptocurrencies, and share files directly within existing social media platforms. By bridging Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, Mask Network facilitates decentralized applications (DApps) such as crypto payments, decentralized finance, and e-commerce, all while integrating seamlessly with popular social networks like Twitter. The company also supports funding for Gitcoin grant campaigns and aims to enhance user privacy and security online through its innovative features. Overall, Mask Network is focused on creating a decentralized ecosystem that empowers users without requiring them to migrate from their preferred social media platforms.

Unifimoney

Seed Round in 2022
Unifimoney is a digital wealth management platform tailored for community banks and credit unions, offering a comprehensive solution for money management. The platform supports over 70 cryptocurrencies, as well as the passive and active investment of more than 10,000 equities, ETFs, and precious metals. By integrating seamlessly with existing digital banking infrastructures, including Q2 and Jack Henry Banno, Unifimoney provides a low-cost and efficient option for financial institutions to enhance their service offerings. Its software simplifies everyday money management and helps maximize passive income, allowing customers to manage their wealth effectively for long-term growth through a single app that encompasses investing, trading, insurance, and credit services.

Holaplex

Seed Round in 2021
Holaplex offers independent artists, musicians, and creators user-friendly, no-cost tools to create and sell NFTs. The platform enables the establishment of personalized NFT stores and marketplaces, facilitating the discovery of emerging projects and artists for buyers and collectors. By leveraging the Metaplex protocol, Holaplex ensures fast and affordable NFT creation on the Solana blockchain. As an open-source and decentralized solution, the platform promotes community engagement and allows users to market and sell their NFTs effectively.

Goin

Seed Round in 2021
Goin is a mobile application focused on enhancing users' financial health by integrating with their traditional banking systems. The app offers a range of innovative tools that assist users in saving, investing, and smart shopping. By leveraging machine learning algorithms, Goin analyzes users' banking information and spending habits to provide personalized insights and recommendations. It encourages users to accumulate savings through small daily actions, such as rounding up their payments. Additionally, Goin enables users to easily transfer funds to various investment options, including cryptocurrencies and equity funds, as well as manage their finances more effectively. Through these features, Goin aims to empower users to improve their financial well-being and lifestyle.

NFTpay

Seed Round in 2021
NFTpay operates a digital multi-chain platform that facilitates the creation, buying, and selling of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Established in 2021 and based in San Francisco, the platform serves as a marketplace for creators, artists, influencers, and enterprises, allowing them to launch and transact with NFTs seamlessly. By providing tools for digital transactions, NFTpay enhances the ability of various stakeholders, including celebrities and gamers, to engage in the growing NFT ecosystem.

DoinGud

Seed Round in 2021
DoinGud operates an online marketplace and social platform centered on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), based in Zug, Switzerland. It serves a diverse range of users, including artists promoting their works, collectors seeking new products, and businesses pursuing sustainability goals. The platform leverages blockchain technology to foster a collaborative ecosystem that connects artists with their communities, enabling them to sell their creations while simultaneously supporting social impact organizations. Through this model, DoinGud encourages creators and social enterprises to collaborate, aiming to establish a self-sustaining environment that generates positive social change.

Figment Capital

Series B in 2021
Figment Networks Inc. is a leading blockchain infrastructure and software provider based in Toronto, Canada, established in 2018. The company develops and operates an open-source crypto network, focusing on enhancing community engagement through tools that facilitate understanding of network health and performance for informed staking decisions. Figment supports various crypto networks, including Tezos, Cosmos, Livepeer, and Horizen. It offers a comprehensive suite of services, such as enterprise-grade node and staking infrastructure, the Hubble Web 3 explorer, and DataHub developer APIs, aimed at simplifying the use, development, and governance of blockchains for token holders and developers alike. Additionally, Figment publishes open-source software and economic research to further benefit the blockchain community.

AnChain.AI

Series A in 2021
AnChain.ai is a cybersecurity company specializing in blockchain data analytics and cryptocurrency transaction monitoring solutions. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, AnChain.ai employs artificial intelligence to enhance blockchain security, risk management, and compliance strategies. Its offerings include Blockchain Ecosystem Intelligence, which links wallet addresses and transactions to real-world entities for risk assessment and compliance purposes, and a Transaction Analytics Platform that delivers insights through automated alerts and anomaly detection. Additionally, the company provides a Smart Contract Auditing Sandbox to evaluate the security of Solidity-based contracts and a Crypto Ransom Response service aimed at mitigating threats and reducing financial losses. AnChain.ai serves a diverse clientele, including blockchain industry participants, financial institutions, and enterprises involved in cybersecurity and innovation. Its solutions are designed to enhance transparency and trust in blockchain transactions, ultimately facilitating safer interactions within the evolving technological landscape.

Securitize

Series B in 2021
Securitize, Inc. operates a compliance platform designed for the issuance and management of digital securities. Founded in 2017 and based in Redwood City, California, the company facilitates various services for issuers, including digital security issuance, document handling, investor communications, and accreditation. For investors, Securitize offers features such as wallet management, an investor dashboard, and token distribution. The platform also includes support services like fiat and crypto escrow, along with custodial services. Securitize is distinguished as the only SEC Registered Transfer Agent integrated with multiple regulated U.S.-based marketplaces, enabling eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities across sectors like equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. The company's approach enhances transparency, liquidity, and efficiency in the tokenization process, while also providing KYC/AML and capital management services.

Blockdaemon

Series A in 2021
Blockdaemon Inc. is a blockchain node management platform that enables businesses, enterprises, and developers to efficiently deploy and manage blockchain applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with additional offices in New York and Ireland, the company provides tools that allow users to manage nodes across more than 30 blockchain protocols, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polkadot. Blockdaemon's solution is designed to be fully portable, enabling users to easily switch between networks and chains without the need for extensive configuration. The company also supports the blockchain developer ecosystem by offering expert dev-ops advice, facilitating smoother integration and deployment in the rapidly evolving blockchain landscape.

Noble Money

Seed Round in 2021
Noble Money is a digital currency company focused on making sound money accessible to everyone. The company aims to promote the adoption of digital currencies, beginning with governmental integration. By specializing in digital currency tokenization, Noble Money seeks to enhance the usability and scalability of these currencies, thereby facilitating broader acceptance and implementation in various sectors.

ZELF

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ZELF is a neobank fintech company that aims to make financial services accessible to younger generations globally. Operating in both the EU and the US, ZELF allows users to access banking services through popular social messaging platforms, including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Discord, Telegram, and Viber. The company focuses on providing a seamless money-transfer platform that supports artificial intelligence-powered voice control, enabling users to send and receive money, create invoices, and manage reminders for unpaid transactions easily. In June 2022, ZELF launched its "Bank of the Metaverse" campaign, integrating traditional fiat currency with game loot and NFTs, further enhancing its innovative banking offerings.

TAP Network

Series A in 2020
TAP Network is a technology company focused on creating blockchain-powered software solutions for enterprise clients across various sectors, including entertainment, travel, and banking. It operates a Micro-Redemption Marketplace that features over 250,000 brands and merchants, allowing consumers to redeem loyalty points, cryptocurrencies, and real-world products and services for as little as $0.25. Co-founded by Lin Dai and Jared Christopherson, TAP Network aims to enhance consumer engagement and profitability for its enterprise partners by providing rewarding opportunities for everyday consumers. The company is recognized as a pioneer in decentralized advertising, leveraging its platform to facilitate discounts and cashback on transactions.

Puma Browser

Seed Round in 2020
Puma Browser is a mobile application that combines a web browser and wallet specifically designed for the Web3 ecosystem, emphasizing user privacy. It supports decentralized protocols such as IPFS, HNS, and ENS, facilitating seamless payments for content creators, app developers, and game developers. By integrating web monetization capabilities, Puma Browser offers a premium, private, and distraction-free browsing experience. The company aims to provide access to a peer-to-peer and ownership-based economy, ultimately striving to empower one billion users with its innovative platform.

Sorare

Seed Round in 2020
Sorare is a Paris-based company that operates a global fantasy football game, allowing users to manage soccer teams using official digital collectible cards. Founded in December 2018, Sorare's platform utilizes blockchain technology to facilitate the trading of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), making it possible for fans to collect, buy, and sell virtual player cards. The platform aims to make cryptocurrency engaging and accessible through the lens of fantasy football. In December 2020, Sorare reported sales of $1.8 million in digital cards, highlighting its growing popularity in the realm of sports collectibles and online gaming.

Goin

Venture Round in 2020
Goin is a mobile application focused on enhancing users' financial health by integrating with their traditional banking systems. The app offers a range of innovative tools that assist users in saving, investing, and smart shopping. By leveraging machine learning algorithms, Goin analyzes users' banking information and spending habits to provide personalized insights and recommendations. It encourages users to accumulate savings through small daily actions, such as rounding up their payments. Additionally, Goin enables users to easily transfer funds to various investment options, including cryptocurrencies and equity funds, as well as manage their finances more effectively. Through these features, Goin aims to empower users to improve their financial well-being and lifestyle.

Coinme

Venture Round in 2020
Coinme Inc. operates as a bitcoin exchange and ATM operator, providing a range of services that facilitate access to the digital currency economy. Founded in 2014 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company runs the largest licensed cryptocurrency cash exchange in the U.S., with a network of bitcoin ATMs available in 48 states. Through partnerships with Coinstar and MoneyGram, Coinme enables customers to buy and sell bitcoin using cash at thousands of physical locations. The company also offers a digital wallet, a proprietary API, and solutions for digital currency IRAs and 401(k)s. These services aim to simplify the process of engaging with digital currencies, allowing users to securely buy, sell, store, and manage their crypto assets while enhancing the existing financial infrastructure of its partners.

Cogni

Seed Round in 2019
Cogni is a New York-based company that provides a digital banking platform designed to serve pan-European businesses. It offers multi-currency business accounts linked to artificial intelligence-driven financial tools. The platform aims to simplify and automate virtual payments, providing users with an accessible financial service that integrates traditional finance, decentralized finance, and lifestyle needs such as booking hotels, flights, and movie tickets. By leveraging machine learning and AI, Cogni seeks to enhance the banking experience, making financial management easier and more transparent for its customers.

Xertify

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Xertify is a blockchain-based platform that enables individuals and institutions to exchange trusted digital credentials. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bogota, Colombia, Xertify allows users to issue certificates in multiple languages, promoting seamless consultation across borders. The platform digitizes a variety of documents and processes that require legal registration, ensuring their validity. Additionally, Xertify provides virtual folders for secure management of all digital documents and certificates, offering institutions a private and practical digital wallet solution.

TomoCredit

Seed Round in 2019
TomoCredit LLC is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, that focuses on providing credit solutions for individuals with no credit history or score, particularly targeting Millennials and immigrant populations. Founded in 2018, the company uses alternative data sources analyzed through a proprietary algorithm to assess creditworthiness, allowing users to build their credit and qualify for loans. TomoCredit's product includes a digital credit card that not only helps users establish credit but also offers the opportunity to earn rewards in cryptocurrency. Additionally, the company provides a mobile application that facilitates account management and enhances user engagement. The founding team, comprised of professionals with backgrounds from notable organizations such as Coinbase and Google, aims to address the challenges faced by foreign nationals in obtaining credit.

Kava Labs

Seed Round in 2019
Kava Labs Inc. is a provider of interledger solutions, focusing on enhancing the interoperability of blockchains, wallets, and exchanges. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Kava operates a decentralized platform that offers a comprehensive range of financial services tailored for cryptocurrencies. As digital assets gain wider acceptance, Kava aims to fill the gap in traditional financial offerings by providing products such as money markets, loans, stablecoins, and high-yield accounts for crypto assets. By leveraging autonomous software, Kava's platform eliminates the need for intermediaries, allowing users globally to access financial services without incurring additional fees. This approach enables users to optimize their digital assets and generate returns in an evolving financial landscape.

Uphold

Series C in 2019
Uphold, Inc. is a digital money platform that facilitates the buying, holding, sending, receiving, and exchanging of a wide range of currencies and commodities. Established in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, Uphold offers a cloud-based service that allows users to add funds via bank transfers, credit and debit cards, or cryptocurrencies. The platform supports transactions across 84 currencies, commodities, and equities, providing a secure and efficient means for individuals, businesses, and nonprofits to manage their financial activities. Uphold features an innovative "Anything-to-Anything" trading experience, enabling users to trade directly between different asset classes while minimizing fees. The platform integrates blockchain technology and traditional banking systems, allowing for instant peer-to-peer transactions and spending through the Uphold debit MasterCard, which is available in over 150 countries.

Mythical Games

Series A in 2018
Mythical Games Inc. is a game technology studio founded in 2018 and based in Sherman Oaks, California, with an additional office in Seattle, Washington. The company develops blockchain-based games and aims to create a new generation of gaming experiences by enabling true ownership of digital assets, verifiable scarcity, and integrated secondary markets. Its flagship title, Blankos, is a casual multiplayer game where players can buy, trade, and sell their unique designs. Mythical Games also provides tools for content creators and brands, allowing them to customize and own game assets. By fostering a decentralized gaming ecosystem, the company brings players, developers, and content creators together, promoting personalized experiences and driving consumer adoption of distributed ledger technology through innovative gaming products.

Cogni

Seed Round in 2018
Cogni is a New York-based company that provides a digital banking platform designed to serve pan-European businesses. It offers multi-currency business accounts linked to artificial intelligence-driven financial tools. The platform aims to simplify and automate virtual payments, providing users with an accessible financial service that integrates traditional finance, decentralized finance, and lifestyle needs such as booking hotels, flights, and movie tickets. By leveraging machine learning and AI, Cogni seeks to enhance the banking experience, making financial management easier and more transparent for its customers.

Nodle

Seed Round in 2018
Nodle is a decentralized network that transforms mobile phones into a programmable platform capable of executing Smart Missions. These missions allow devices to interact with their surroundings in exchange for cryptocurrency payments, utilizing the NODL token for access and deployment. One of the primary applications of this network is asset location through Bluetooth Low Energy, which has been adopted by companies in insurance and logistics to track vehicles and packages. In addition to asset tracking, Nodle's platform can ensure the authenticity of media content and verify attendance at events, all while maintaining user privacy. The network also offers developers a robust infrastructure for local and social interactions, enhancing connectivity and enabling a range of applications tied to geolocation services.

Snowball Money

Seed Round in 2018
Snowball Money operates a crypto investment automation platform that simplifies access to professionally curated portfolios, enabling users to invest like accredited investors. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform provides a single, safe, and easy-to-use solution for investing in tax-optimized crypto portfolios or bundles that generate interest. It allows investors to earn high yields without the need to register with multiple exchanges or manage different wallets, streamlining the investment process in the crypto markets.

Lightning Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Lightning Labs is focused on creating advanced decentralized financial infrastructure utilizing blockchain technology and smart contracts. The company has developed the Lightning Network Daemon (lnd), which serves as a leading implementation of the Lightning Network protocol, allowing for efficient and private transactions. Additionally, Lightning Labs offers Neutrino, an open platform that enables users to conduct blockchain and Lightning Network transactions easily via mobile devices. By enhancing the capabilities of cryptocurrency transactions, Lightning Labs aims to facilitate financial cooperation globally, making transactions accessible and efficient for users of all sizes.

Kore

Seed Round in 2017
KoreConX, founded in 2016 and based in New York City, offers a comprehensive platform designed to streamline the process of raising equity capital for companies. Its services encompass shareholder management, boardroom management, cap table management, portfolio management, and compliance management, all integrated into a single user-friendly interface. This approach facilitates efficient contribution, management, and distribution of corporate information and financial documents among all parties involved. The platform enhances deal preparations, decision-making, and investment management while ensuring security and compliance through a secure and auditable environment. KoreConX's solution is tailored to meet the needs of businesses looking to optimize their organizational processes, whether in raising capital, conducting board meetings, or improving shareholder communications.

ShapeShift

Seed Round in 2016
ShapeShift is a digital currency exchange platform established in July 2014, designed to facilitate the instant conversion of Bitcoin and various altcoins. The platform distinguishes itself by allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies without the need for user accounts or registration, thereby enhancing privacy and reducing risks associated with personal information and funds. In the summer of 2019, ShapeShift introduced a new platform that empowers users to self-custody their crypto assets while providing functionalities to buy, sell, trade, track, send, and receive cryptocurrencies independently of third-party involvement. Additionally, the company operates CoinCap.io, a real-time crypto market data service, and acquired the hardware wallet company KeepKey in 2017. ShapeShift is led by industry veteran Erik Voorhees.

MONI

Seed Round in 2015
MONI Nordic Oy, based in Helsinki, Finland, is a company that specializes in providing prepaid MasterCards to facilitate both online and offline payments. Founded in 2013, MONI aims to create accessible mobile personal banking tools that allow users to manage their financial activities, such as making purchases, sending and receiving money, obtaining credit, and withdrawing cash. The company develops a virtual banking platform that enables users to access essential financial services from any mobile device, thus bridging traditional banking with modern technologies like cryptocurrencies. By reducing system complexity and eliminating intermediaries, MONI's technology aims to lower costs and decrease fraud, thereby enhancing the overall banking experience for individuals worldwide.

Bitso

Seed Round in 2015
Bitso is a cryptocurrency exchange platform founded in 2014 and headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. The company specializes in facilitating the buying and selling of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, providing users with a marketplace where they can trade fractions of various digital assets. Bitso's platform is designed for ease of use, allowing customers to conduct transactions and make payments via mobile devices. By focusing on the fintech and blockchain sectors, Bitso aims to enhance accessibility to cryptocurrency trading for users in Mexico and beyond.

Ledger

Seed Round in 2015
Ledger is a prominent company specializing in security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications, established in 2014 and headquartered in Paris, France. The company has become a leader in the market with over one million hardware security devices sold across more than 165 countries. Its flagship products, including the Ledger Nano S and Ledger Nano X, are designed for secure management of cryptocurrencies, featuring built-in displays and connectivity options for ease of use. For enterprises, Ledger offers Ledger Vault, a fully managed SaaS solution that safeguards substantial amounts of multiple cryptocurrencies while addressing physical and IT security threats. Additionally, Ledger is actively engaged in the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) sector, utilizing its secure hardware technology to connect sensors and machines to blockchain-based assets. The company also operates a production facility in Vierzon, France, and maintains offices in San Francisco.

Lukka

Seed Round in 2014
Lukka, Inc. is a blockchain-native technology company based in New York that specializes in providing middle and back office solutions for the crypto-asset ecosystem. Founded in 2014 and rebranded from Libra Services, Inc. in 2019, Lukka focuses on managing and processing complex blockchain and cryptocurrency data to enhance accessibility and utility for businesses. Its offerings include LukkaTax, which simplifies tax calculations and compliance for cryptocurrency transactions, and LukkaCrypto Office, a back-office solution for managing crypto assets that features pricing, valuation, and reporting capabilities. Additionally, Lukka Reference Data ensures the consistency and accuracy of crypto asset data for enterprise applications. By automating and optimizing accounting, audit, and tax processes, Lukka delivers real-time visibility into crypto transaction activity, catering to the reporting and compliance needs of funds, fund administrators, exchanges, and enterprises.

37coins

Venture Round in 2014
37coins is a bitcoin startup based in Sunnyvale, California, participating in the Plug and Play Tech Center's bitcoin accelerator program. The company offers an SMS bitcoin wallet service aimed at the unbanked and underserved populations in developing economies that lack Internet access. This service enables individuals to send and receive money using their mobile phones, facilitating transactions without the need for online connectivity. Moreover, users with Internet access can register as gateway operators, mediating transactions and earning fees in the process. Since its launch in March, 37coins has established partnerships in countries like Singapore and the Philippines, striving to enhance the accessibility of bitcoin through its innovative SMS technology.

Bitso

Venture Round in 2014
Bitso is a cryptocurrency exchange platform founded in 2014 and headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. The company specializes in facilitating the buying and selling of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, providing users with a marketplace where they can trade fractions of various digital assets. Bitso's platform is designed for ease of use, allowing customers to conduct transactions and make payments via mobile devices. By focusing on the fintech and blockchain sectors, Bitso aims to enhance accessibility to cryptocurrency trading for users in Mexico and beyond.

Filecoin

Seed Round in 2014
Filecoin is a decentralized data storage network that leverages blockchain technology, similar to Bitcoin. It operates by renting out unused disk space from participants to store files securely. Users can earn Filecoin tokens for contributing their storage capacity. These tokens can be exchanged for other currencies such as Bitcoin and USD. The company is headquartered in the United States.

TradeBlock

Seed Round in 2014
TradeBlock, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing institutional trading tools for digital currencies. Founded in 2013, it provides financial institutions with a comprehensive suite of execution and analysis tools tailored for the digital currency markets. TradeBlock serves as a global source of data, offering insights on market trends, cryptocurrency trading, regulations, mining, protocol updates, blockchain analysis, and economic developments. As of December 31, 2020, TradeBlock operates as a subsidiary of CoinDesk LLC.

LedgerX

Series A in 2014
LedgerX LLC operates an online institutional derivatives exchange platform for digital currencies, facilitating smooth trading of futures and options. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the company has sought registration with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to function as a swap execution facility and derivatives clearing organization. The platform is designed to support physical settlement of contracts, block trading, and algorithmic trading, catering to both individual traders and institutions in the cryptocurrency market. As a subsidiary of NYBX LLC, LedgerX aims to enhance the trading experience in the evolving digital currency landscape.

Wyre

Seed Round in 2014
Wyre, established in 2013 and based in San Francisco, specializes in blockchain-based international payment solutions. Its platform facilitates real-time, same-day, and direct-to-bank transfers across borders, offering competitive foreign exchange rates and eliminating high fees, complex timings, and currency exchange worries. Wyre also provides onramps and off-ramps, foreign exchange, and crypto liquidity services to various crypto projects and decentralized exchanges.

nanopay

Seed Round in 2013
nanopay Corporation is a Toronto-based company that specializes in providing loyalty and payment solutions for retail and e-commerce merchants in Canada. The company offers an integrated platform called nanoPay, which streamlines the checkout process by combining customer identity, loyalty, and payment information into single-use transaction tokens. This facilitates seamless shopping experiences through the delivery of offers, loyalty rewards, and payment processing with a single touch. Additionally, nanopay develops MintChip, a payment solution aimed at retailers. The company's technology is built on hybrid blockchain principles, enhancing transaction throughput while simplifying governance and reducing costs. With a focus on innovation, nanopay aims to lead the transition to digital cash on a global scale.

Coinbase Global

Seed Round in 2012
Coinbase Global, established in 2012, operates a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform in the United States. The company facilitates transactions, buying, selling, and storage of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin for both consumers and merchants. Coinbase offers a range of products including Coinbase.com, a user-friendly platform for bitcoin transactions, a global digital asset exchange, merchant tools, and custodial services. The company, headquartered in San Francisco, California, aims to provide a safe and regulation-compliant entry point into the cryptocurrency economy.
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