Kraken

Kraken is a prominent cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2011, catering to over 4 million clients. The platform facilitates the trading of various digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple, against national currencies such as USD, EUR, CAD, and JPY. It serves a diverse clientele, from casual buyers and sellers to advanced traders and institutional investors. Kraken features an Over-the-Counter (OTC) desk for clients engaging in larger transactions, along with professional charting tools for technical analysis. Additionally, it offers APIs for software engineers and automated trading, enhancing user experience. The exchange aims to promote financial freedom and inclusion through the adoption of cryptocurrencies, providing 24/7 live chat support to assist users in navigating the platform.

Brandon Gath

Managing Partner

Kirill Gourov

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
A community-owned, DeFi hub powering technological innovations for the future of money. | https://discord.gg/nibiru | https://twitter.com/nibiruchain

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.

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, operates as a technology-driven trust company that provides innovative software solutions for trust and custodial services. It aims to disrupt the traditional trust industry by offering financial infrastructure APIs and customizable widgets for fintech and digital asset companies. As a chartered and regulated financial institution, Prime Trust is supervised by the banking commissioner’s office at the Financial Institutions Division. The company holds a diverse range of assets, including cash, stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies, tokens, real estate, and ownership interests in private businesses. It acts as a custodian and trustee for various personal and corporate trusts, playing a significant role in the crowdfunding sector while collaborating with individuals, corporations, lawyers, brokers, and investment advisers to deliver specialized custodial, escrow, and trust services.

Metaphor

Seed Round in 2022
We’re making it easy to discover, join and participate in web3 communities, also known as "DAO’s". Starting by simplifying DAO onboarding. We’re creating a clear, unified experience for connecting a wallet, choosing a membership type, and token purchasing. We’ll be integrating membership status & approval on-chain to create the best source for who is in which DAO.

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.

Anchorage

Series D in 2021
Anchorage is the first crypto-native Qualified Custodian for institutional investors, offering a comprehensive platform complete with trading, staking, and governance. Co-founded by security engineers from Square and Docker, Anchorage has raised $57 million in funding from such leading investors as Visa and Andreessen Horowitz, and counts as clients many of crypto’s largest and best-known funds, including Blockchain Capital, BlockTower, Polychain, and Paradigm. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Massive

Seed Round in 2021
Massive is an application monetization SDK that benefits developers and users. Instead of showing ads or charging a subscription, any Massive enabled service allows users to pay by silently utilizing their unused computing resources (CPU, GPU and bandwidth), enabling clients to earn revenue without the inconvenience to the user.

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 is a blockchain deployment facilitator that manages nodes and payment rails for blockchain networks. Their solution is fully portable, it allows its user to switch networks and chains with the click of a button, so they don't have to worry about picking the perfect network configuration from day one. They support the blockchain developer ecosystem with best-of-breed dev-ops advise. Blockdaemon was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

Rocket Dollar

Series A in 2021
Rocket Dollar, Inc. is an alternative retirement investment platform based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2018. The company provides self-directed accounts, including traditional, Roth, beneficiary, solo 401(k), and SEP IRAs, enabling customers to invest their retirement funds in a variety of alternative assets. These investments encompass single-family rental properties, real estate syndications, private real estate funds, startups, venture capital, private equity, cryptocurrency, and precious metals. By allowing individuals to access their retirement accounts for these investments, Rocket Dollar offers a unique opportunity to diversify portfolios without incurring immediate tax liabilities.

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, operates as a technology-driven trust company that provides innovative software solutions for trust and custodial services. It aims to disrupt the traditional trust industry by offering financial infrastructure APIs and customizable widgets for fintech and digital asset companies. As a chartered and regulated financial institution, Prime Trust is supervised by the banking commissioner’s office at the Financial Institutions Division. The company holds a diverse range of assets, including cash, stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies, tokens, real estate, and ownership interests in private businesses. It acts as a custodian and trustee for various personal and corporate trusts, playing a significant role in the crowdfunding sector while collaborating with individuals, corporations, lawyers, brokers, and investment advisers to deliver 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 makes digital currency wallets better by providing applications the ability to offer bitcoin buy and sell services. Dozens of great wallets and applications now exist with millions of users, yet nearly all do not offer an easy way to obtain bitcoin. Using Glidera’s flexible API, developers can integrate this functionality while Glidera handles the compliance, banking, liquidity, and fraud challenges. Different than all other conversion services, Glidera never holds customer funds and is specifically built to work with 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.