Kraken

Kraken, founded in 2011, is a prominent cryptocurrency exchange that facilitates the buying, selling, and trading of digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple against various national currencies, including USD, EUR, CAD, and JPY. With over 4 million clients, Kraken plays a significant role in promoting the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies. The platform offers a range of services, including an Over-the-Counter (OTC) desk for larger trades, advanced charting tools for professional traders, and APIs for software developers and automated trading. Kraken also provides 24/7 live chat support to assist users. Additionally, Kraken Ventures, established in 2021, focuses on investing in sectors related to financial technology, blockchain, and other emerging technologies, further enhancing Kraken's influence in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Andrew Casey

Senior Principal, Corporate Development

Akshi Federici

Operating Partner

Brandon Gath

Managing Partner

Kirill Gourov

Venture Partner

Jonathon Miller

Managing Director

Stuti Pandey

Principal

A.J. Kennedy

Venture Partner

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Sprinque

Seed Round in 2023
Sprinque is a B2B checkout platform for merchants & marketplaces which makes it possible for sellers to “Sell & Forget”, while business buyers decide how and when they would like to pay for a purchase.

Deblock

Seed Round in 2022
Deblock is a financial services provider focused on the needs of cryptocurrency users. The company offers a non-custodial crypto wallet that enables individuals to access, store, deposit, exchange, and cash out their cryptocurrency investments. By facilitating these transactions, Deblock assists users in managing and tracking their cryptocurrency holdings effectively. With a commitment to serving the crypto-rich demographic, the platform aims to streamline the process of converting digital assets into cash, thereby enhancing the overall user experience in the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency finance.

Nibiru Chain

Seed Round in 2022
Nibiru Chain is a community-owned decentralized finance (DeFi) hub that focuses on advancing technological innovations in the financial sector. It operates as an open-source blockchain platform designed to facilitate leveraged derivative and spot trading markets. Nibiru Chain features a sovereign proof-of-stake blockchain that integrates various trading functionalities, including derivatives trading, spot trading, staking, and bonded liquidity provision. This seamless user experience allows participants from over forty different blockchains to engage in leveraged trading through a suite of composable decentralized applications. By prioritizing accessibility and user empowerment, Nibiru Chain aims to redefine the future of money.

Hyperlane

Seed Round in 2022
Hyperlane platform helps developers connect applications across blockchains.

Presail

Seed Round in 2022
Presail is a Management platform for community-driven funding. Presail makes it easy for companies and investors to manage investments in web 3.0. Create deals, manage cap-tables & distribute assets - all in one app

Merkle Science

Series A in 2022
They are a group of passionate individuals from Paypal, Luno, Bank of America, Instamojo who believe in the promise of decentralized and trustless commerce.

Hashflow

Series A in 2022
Operator of a layered protocol intended to build and operate emerging generations of CeFi-Defi hybrid exchanges. The company's protocol will combine centralized order-matching and trade execution with decentralized trustless custody and post-trade settlement, enabling users to get non-custodial trading options.

CLST

Seed Round in 2022
CLST is focused on creating a global network of professional trading firms to enhance trust in the lending and borrowing market for cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. The company develops an institutional gateway that facilitates lending and borrowing through an innovative platform, which establishes markets for new capital. By offering uncollateralized lending options, CLST enables short-term debt markets specifically for crypto assets and stablecoins. The platform supports bilateral price negotiation and settlement, catering to the needs of institutional lenders and borrowers. Additionally, CLST aims to introduce next-generation products, including electronic promissory notes and institutional decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, as well as secure wallet connectors, positioning itself as a key player in the algorithmic price matching of digital assets.

Prime Trust

Series B in 2022
Prime Trust LLC, based in Summerlin, Nevada, is a technology-driven trust company that offers innovative solutions for trust and custodial services. By developing software that serves as a financial infrastructure, Prime Trust enables fintech and digital asset companies to streamline their operations. As a chartered and regulated financial institution, it is subject to oversight by the banking commissioner’s office at the Financial Institutions Division. Prime Trust holds a diverse range of assets, including cash, stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies, real estate, and private business interests. The company acts as a custodian and trustee for various personal and corporate trusts, playing a significant role in the crowdfunding industry. It collaborates with individuals, corporations, legal professionals, and investment advisers to provide specialized custodial, escrow, and trust services.

Metaphor

Seed Round in 2022
Metaphor focuses on simplifying the engagement with decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) by providing a user-friendly platform that facilitates the onboarding process. The company develops tools that allow users to easily connect their wallets, select membership types, and purchase tokens, thereby streamlining participation in web3 communities. By integrating on-chain membership status and approval, Metaphor aims to create a clear and unified experience for users, enabling them to understand who belongs to which DAO and facilitating efficient treasury management and contract control within these organizations.

CoinTracker

Series A in 2022
CoinTracker is a portfolio & tax manager for cryptocurrency. It automatically syncs transactions into one unified dashboard and helps users file their crypto taxes with the click of a button.

Pinwheel

Series B in 2022
Developer of employment and income data platform designed to offer income data engineered for fintech innovation. The company's platform offers insights into the income data of people and powers use cases like direct deposit switching, income, and employment verification, and earned wage access, enabling financial institutions to become the primary bank, reduce risk, and activate users.

Anchorage

Series D in 2021
Anchorage is a crypto-native Qualified Custodian catering to institutional investors, providing a secure platform for trading, staking, and governance of digital assets. Founded in 2017 by former security engineers from Square and Docker, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Anchorage has developed a regulated platform that emphasizes security and usability, facilitating simple participation in digital assets while ensuring robust custody solutions. The firm has attracted significant funding from prominent investors and serves a clientele that includes many of the largest and most recognized names in the cryptocurrency industry, positioning itself as a leader in the space.

Massive

Seed Round in 2021
Massive is an innovative application monetization platform that offers an alternative to traditional advertising and subscription models. It enables developers to monetize their services by allowing users to contribute their unused computing resources, such as CPU, GPU, and bandwidth. This approach allows clients to generate revenue while minimizing disruption for users, as they can participate without the inconvenience of ads or direct payments. By leveraging these untapped resources, Massive creates a seamless experience for both developers and users, fostering a mutually beneficial ecosystem.

PStake

Seed Round in 2021
Pstake is a platform that stakes your assets safely to receive staking rewards and pegged staked representative tokens that can be utilized in DeFi.

Chingari

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Chingari is a short video-sharing platform designed for users in India to create and share short videos. It offers a mobile-first experience, enabling users to showcase their talent and creativity through various features such as video search, editing tools, and instant sharing options. The platform supports diverse content formats, including videos, audio clips, gif stickers, and photos, fostering a community where users can connect and engage with one another. Chingari aims to empower individuals by providing them with the tools to express themselves and share their creations across social media.

Chingari

Series A in 2021
Chingari is a short video-sharing platform designed for users in India to create and share short videos. It offers a mobile-first experience, enabling users to showcase their talent and creativity through various features such as video search, editing tools, and instant sharing options. The platform supports diverse content formats, including videos, audio clips, gif stickers, and photos, fostering a community where users can connect and engage with one another. Chingari aims to empower individuals by providing them with the tools to express themselves and share their creations across social media.

Merkle Science

Series A in 2021
They are a group of passionate individuals from Paypal, Luno, Bank of America, Instamojo who believe in the promise of decentralized and trustless commerce.

Blockdaemon

Series B in 2021
Blockdaemon Inc. is a blockchain node management platform that enables businesses, enterprises, and developers to efficiently deploy and manage blockchain applications. The company provides tools for exchanges, custodians, financial institutions, and developers to operate nodes across more than 30 blockchain protocols, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polkadot. Blockdaemon's solution is designed for easy portability, allowing users to switch between networks seamlessly without the need for complex configurations. Founded in 2013 and originally known as Trak Inc., Blockdaemon has its headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, with additional offices in Los Angeles, California, and Ireland. The company supports the blockchain developer ecosystem by offering expert advice in development operations.

Rocket Dollar

Series A in 2021
Rocket Dollar, Inc. is a financial services company that offers an alternative retirement investment platform, enabling individuals to take control of their retirement funds. Founded in 2018 and based in Austin, Texas, the company provides self-directed accounts, including traditional, Roth, beneficiary, solo 401(k), and SEP IRA options. Through its platform, users can invest their retirement savings in a variety of alternative assets, such as real estate, startups, private equity, cryptocurrency, and precious metals, while maintaining tax benefits. This approach allows investors to diversify their portfolios beyond traditional investment vehicles, facilitating opportunities for growth and profit generation.

Messari

Series A in 2021
Messari, Inc. operates a distributed data library focused on crypto assets, providing essential information about various projects, including their funding, development history, governance, and supply schedules related to inflation and vesting. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company aims to enhance transparency and facilitate informed decision-making within the crypto asset community. Its platform combines a global research database with a suite of data visualization and asset discovery tools, catering to researchers, investors, and regulators. By offering qualitative and quantitative analytics, Messari enables stakeholders to navigate the complexities of the crypto and Web3 landscapes with greater confidence.

Prime Trust

Series A in 2021
Prime Trust LLC, based in Summerlin, Nevada, is a technology-driven trust company that offers innovative solutions for trust and custodial services. By developing software that serves as a financial infrastructure, Prime Trust enables fintech and digital asset companies to streamline their operations. As a chartered and regulated financial institution, it is subject to oversight by the banking commissioner’s office at the Financial Institutions Division. Prime Trust holds a diverse range of assets, including cash, stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies, real estate, and private business interests. The company acts as a custodian and trustee for various personal and corporate trusts, playing a significant role in the crowdfunding industry. It collaborates with individuals, corporations, legal professionals, and investment advisers to provide specialized custodial, escrow, and trust services.

Wyre

Series B in 2020
Wyre is a developer of a blockchain-based payment platform designed to change the future of how international payments are done. The company's platform provides real-time payouts, same-day transfers, and direct-to-bank transfers, enabling businesses to move money across borders from country-to-country at a competitive foreign exchange rate. Wyre's business owners can easily create an account and send money to any person or business without worrying about high foreign exchange rates, hidden fees, complicated payout timing, and high payment fees. It also provides onramps and off-ramps, foreign exchange, and crypto liquidity to users of various crypto projects including decentralized exchanges. Wyre was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

BTCPay Server

Grant in 2020
BTCPay Server is a self-hosted, open-source cryptocurrency payment processor for sovereign businesses and individuals. It enables online merchants to accept bitcoins as a form of payment. They rely on a network of diverse contributors and users to provide support for numerous use-cases. Join us in improving, learning, and building BTCPay.

Bit Trade

Acquisition in 2020
Bit Trade Australia Pty Ltd operates a cryptocurrency investment and digital currency exchange platform based in Sydney, Australia. Incorporated in 2013, the company provides a secure and user-friendly environment for trading bitcoin and various other cryptocurrencies. Through its platform, Bit Trade enables individuals and businesses to buy and sell digital assets efficiently, offering low commissions and 24/7 customer support. As a subsidiary of Payward, Inc. since January 2020, Bit Trade is positioned to cater to the increasing interest from both retail and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency market. The company's services also extend to assisting enterprises in adopting blockchain technology within their operations and business models.

Circle Trade

Acquisition in 2019
If you’re moving $100K or more, work personally with our OTC desk traders right through settlement. For smaller orders, we offer RFQ trading via API. When you’re ready to trade, so are we. Circle Trade has been moving large blocks of crypto for half a decade. In 2018, we handled over $24B in notional volume across 1,000+ counterparties in 60+ countries.

Picks & Shovels

Acquisition in 2019
The Picks & Shovels Co. crafting tools for investors and traders of digital currencies and crypto assets.

Cryptofinance.ai

Acquisition in 2019
Pull Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Price and Data in Google Sheets

CryptoFacilities

Acquisition in 2019
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.

Wyre

Series B in 2018
Wyre is a developer of a blockchain-based payment platform designed to change the future of how international payments are done. The company's platform provides real-time payouts, same-day transfers, and direct-to-bank transfers, enabling businesses to move money across borders from country-to-country at a competitive foreign exchange rate. Wyre's business owners can easily create an account and send money to any person or business without worrying about high foreign exchange rates, hidden fees, complicated payout timing, and high payment fees. It also provides onramps and off-ramps, foreign exchange, and crypto liquidity to users of various crypto projects including decentralized exchanges. Wyre was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

Cryptowatch

Acquisition in 2017
Market portal Cryptowatch is a site that provides real-time market information and trading services. It is a popular charting and trading platform used by thousands of traders to chart over 150 markets in real-time and trade up to 22 digital assets through a highly user-friendly interface. Cryptowatch has reportedly seen a rapid rise in its active user base, experiencing 700% growth from 2014 to 2017.

Glidera

Acquisition in 2016
Glidera is a developer of a bitcoin trading platform that enhances digital currency wallets by enabling applications to offer seamless buy and sell services for bitcoin. Many existing wallets and applications face challenges in providing an easy way for users to obtain bitcoin. Glidera addresses this gap by offering a flexible API that allows developers to integrate bitcoin trading functionality while managing compliance, banking, liquidity, and fraud issues. Unlike other conversion services, Glidera distinguishes itself by never holding customer funds, ensuring that the trading process is specifically designed for user-controlled wallets.

CleverCoin

Acquisition in 2016
CleverCoin is a user-friendly bitcoin exchange. Deposit funds through SEPA, credit card, Sofort, Giropay, Bancontact and iDEAL. We are a legal entity operating fully under Dutch law. Our entire system is equipped with multiple security layers and is constantly being monitored. It also contains the latest security techniques like 2-factor authentication. Because you are directly trading with other users of our portal you buy and sell bitcoins at the best price.

Cavirtex

Acquisition in 2016
CAVIRTEX launched in June 2011 as Canada's first Bitcoin exchange. For three years, we've been hard at work building one of the world's safest and most reliable digital currency marketplaces. Our commitment to provide top-notch customer service is iron-clad and we go all out to earn the trust of the Canadian Bitcoin community. Our team of experts and extensive experience operating an exchange allow us to provide a safe, convenient and accessible venue to trade digital currencies. CAVIRTEX boasts Canada's best liquidity, comprehensive security measures and the most diverse and convenient funding methods in the business. All this and the peace of mind of knowing that your funds are safe and available whenever you want or need them!

Coinsetter

Acquisition in 2016
Coinsetter is an internet company that operates a Bitcoin trading platform with tools for forex traders. Its platform offers trading and the liquidity of various exchanges on Bitcoin trades. The company specializes in the fields of trading platforms. finance, and Bitcoin. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, United States.
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