L1D

Our thesis is that the blockchain industry will disrupt entire industries. The huge influx of talent and capital leads to rapid innovation, with impressive start-up teams racing to build the most secure, decentralized and scalable Layer1 protocols, as well as developing dApps reaching mass adoption. With the regulatory side and infrastructure improving, institutional investors are moving into the new asset class. There are in excess of 700 funds active in the space today, with strategies reaching from SAFTs and pre-ICOs to fundamental long-only, long/short trading, trend-following, arbitrage, and market-making. We want to provide investors with access to this new asset class, by - sourcing the best crypto and blockchain funds globally - diversifying across strategies, geographies and managers - providing institutional quality structuring, due diligence and monitoring.

Ray Hindi

Managing Partner

24 past transactions

Pixion Games

Venture Round in 2025
Pixion Games Limited, founded in 2017 and based in London, specializes in developing real-time multiplayer mobile games, with a particular focus on esports and player versus player (PVP) experiences. The company aims to create competitive gaming environments that are easy to learn and enjoyable for a broad audience. By utilizing blockchain technology, Pixion enhances the gaming experience by introducing rewards for participants and establishing governance within gaming communities. Its games are designed to be accessible on both iOS and Android devices, allowing players to engage in fun and competitive gameplay on the go.

Opti Games

Seed Round in 2024
Opti Games is an operator of a game development company that focuses on creating video entertainment.

Oxalis games

Venture Round in 2024
Oxalis Games develops games and is now creating the next generation of crypto games.

Morpho Labs

Venture Round in 2024
Morpho is an on-chain peer-to-peer layer on top of lending pools. Rates are seamlessly improved for borrowers and lenders while preserving the same guarantees. Morpho combines the efficiency of P2P with the liquidity of lending pools. Users enjoy an improved APY while maintaining the pool’s flexibility

Squads

Series A in 2024
Squads is a developer of a decentralized program that enables the establishment of better and easier decentralized autonomous groups. The company's application combines all of the key components of a decentralized autonomous organization, such as deployment, treasury, vault management, on-chain voting, and chat, into a single portal with an easy-to-use interface, allowing users to streamline daily operations using a decentralized autonomous organization structure.

NodeOps

Seed Round in 2024
NodeOps offers AI-enabled infrastructure to Node Operators, speeding Web3 protocol development.

Panoptic

Seed Round in 2023
Panoptic is a perpetual, oracle-free, instant-settlement options trading protocol on the Ethereum blockchain. Panoptic enables the permissionless trading of options on top of any asset pool in the Uniswap v3 ecosystem and seeks to develop a trustless, permissionless, and composable options product, i.e., do for decentralized options markets what x*y=k automated market maker protocols did for spot trading. Offering advanced solutions for trading, liquidity provision, and risk management, the company caters to various strategies and roles in the DeFi ecosystem.

Squads

Venture Round in 2023
Squads is a developer of a decentralized program that enables the establishment of better and easier decentralized autonomous groups. The company's application combines all of the key components of a decentralized autonomous organization, such as deployment, treasury, vault management, on-chain voting, and chat, into a single portal with an easy-to-use interface, allowing users to streamline daily operations using a decentralized autonomous organization structure.

LI.FI

Series A in 2023
LI.FI operates as a DeFi middleware provider, specializing in cross-chain bridging and decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregation. The platform simplifies the complex infrastructure required for users to engage with decentralized finance across multiple blockchain networks. By offering a streamlined solution that integrates various components such as RPCs, cross-chain bridges, and DEXs, LI.FI enables seamless asset movement and trading. This functionality is particularly beneficial for developers, allowing them to enhance user experience while focusing on their core value propositions. The platform also emphasizes reliability and analytics, addressing the need for effective monitoring and fail-safety in an increasingly intricate financial landscape.

VitaDAO

Venture Round in 2023
VitaDAO, founded in 2021 and based in Berlin, is a decentralized collective focused on funding early-stage research in longevity science. The organization aims to extend human lifespan by financing and commercializing therapeutics related to longevity in an open and democratic manner. VitaDAO is dedicated to nurturing the intellectual property, licenses, and data sets generated by its supported projects. Membership is open to individuals who can acquire VITA tokens through purchase or by contributing work or intellectual property. Through its collaborative approach, VitaDAO fosters innovation in longevity research, aligning the interests of its members with advancements in this vital field.

Centrifuge

Funding Round in 2022
Centrifuge Inc. is a technology company that develops a decentralized blockchain-based platform aimed at enhancing the global financial supply chain. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Berlin, Centrifuge offers a peer-to-peer protocol that facilitates the secure and privacy-preserving exchange of financial documents. This platform allows businesses to tokenize, manage, and distribute their assets on-chain, providing asset managers with new tools and investors with access to a diversified portfolio of high-quality tokenized assets. By enabling third-party service providers to interact with financial data, Centrifuge fosters economic opportunity and promotes efficient transactions while ensuring that businesses retain ownership of their data and validated company details.

Byte Trading

Seed Round in 2022
Byte Trading is an algorithmic market maker specializing in digital assets. The company develops a capital market platform designed to create liquid and efficient markets on both centralized and decentralized exchanges. Byte Trading's platform incorporates advanced risk management systems that adapt to various market environments, allowing capital allocators to implement scalable and profitable trading strategies. Through its innovative approach, Byte Trading aims to enhance market efficiency and liquidity in the rapidly evolving digital asset landscape.

Nansen

Series B in 2021
Nansen Limited, founded in 2019 and based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, develops a software as a service blockchain analytics tool. This platform enhances on-chain data by incorporating millions of wallet labels, providing crypto investors with valuable insights. Users leverage Nansen to identify investment opportunities, conduct due diligence, and monitor their portfolios through real-time dashboards and alerts. The company's focus on combining on-chain data with comprehensive analytics positions it as a vital resource in the cryptocurrency market.

Amber Group

Series B in 2021
Amber Group is a cryptocurrency financial services provider based in Hong Kong, established in 2017 by finance professionals from leading institutions. The company offers a range of services including liquidity provision, trading, asset management, yield enhancement, collateralized lending, decentralized finance, and electronic market making. Operating globally, Amber Group serves over 200 institutional clients and has facilitated cumulative trading exceeding $200 billion across numerous electronic exchanges, with an average daily trading volume of $100-200 million. The company is dedicated to enhancing client experiences by leveraging advanced technology and quantitative research, aiming to optimize investment flexibility and maximize returns. Amber Group has also raised significant capital to support its growth and innovation in the cryptocurrency space.

Solana

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Solana is a cryptocurrency startup focused on developing a decentralized blockchain platform for applications and marketplaces. The Solana network is supported by thousands of independent nodes, which enhances its security and resistance to censorship. The platform utilizes a unique proof of history mechanism that allows for concurrent parallel processing, resulting in high-speed, low-latency, and cost-effective transactions. This architecture enables users to efficiently scale their operations without the need for sharding, making it suitable for a wide range of decentralized applications.

Figure

Series D in 2021
Figure Technologies, Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2018. It specializes in consumer financial solutions that include home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans, home buy-lease back offerings, mortgage refinancing, and student loan refinancing. Using its proprietary blockchain platform, Provenance, Figure aims to streamline the borrowing process, allowing customers to access capital in as few as five days. The company's services are designed to assist individuals with home improvement, debt consolidation, and retirement planning, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and analytics to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.

Copper

Series B in 2021
Copper provides a secure infrastructure for the institutional digital asset investment community. Copper is a custody and portfolio management of digital assets for institutional investors. Asset managers are further protected by the ClearLoop network, which enables off-exchange trading and settlement at tier-1 digital asset exchanges. An offering enhanced by the availability of uncollateralized lending. Copper's secure wallet architecture is available as a standalone application, a mobile app, and a browser extension for smart contract signing.

BCB Group

Funding Round in 2021
BCB Group is a prominent provider of banking solutions tailored for the digital asset economy. It offers a range of services, including payment accounts, foreign exchange trading, cryptocurrency trading, and custody solutions. The firm serves notable clients in the cryptocurrency industry, facilitating efficient trading of fiat and cryptocurrencies while ensuring compliance and operational efficiency. Founded in the UK, BCB Group is recognized as a multi-jurisdictional regulated cryptocurrency service firm, established by leaders with extensive experience in finance, regulation, and technology. Its executive team has backgrounds in major financial institutions, enabling BCB Group to address the growing demand for robust infrastructure in digital asset markets. By providing essential services such as trade execution, settlement, digital custody, and business banking, BCB Group aims to support cryptocurrency and blockchain institutions in navigating the complexities of this evolving asset class.

Wintermute

Series B in 2021
Wintermute is a prominent algorithmic trading firm that specializes in providing liquidity for digital assets across a wide range of platforms. With an average daily trading volume exceeding $5 billion, the firm engages in over-the-counter trading of more than 350 tokens and offers liquidity across more than 80 centralized and decentralized exchanges. Wintermute's services cater to institutions, OTC desks, and aggregators, ensuring competitive pricing in spot markets. In addition to its trading operations, Wintermute Ventures, the firm's corporate venture arm based in London, invests in early-stage projects within the decentralized finance, web3, NFT, gaming, cryptocurrency, and blockchain infrastructure sectors, while also incubating startups in these fields.

Dapper Labs

Series A in 2020
Dapper Labs Inc., founded in 2018 and based in Vancouver, Canada, specializes in the development of blockchain-based gaming and collectible platforms. The company is well-known for its flagship product, NBA Top Shot, which utilizes blockchain technology to create non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that engage fans and enhance their connection to their favorite sports brands. Dapper Labs aims to empower consumers by providing them with opportunities to participate in digital ecosystems, allowing them to track ownership securely and become creators within these communities. Through its innovative approach, the company fosters engaging experiences and builds vibrant communities centered around digital collectibles and entertainment.

XP

XP, a ticket marketplace. XP, which was built on top of Solana, is already using state-of-the-art Web3 technology to restore control to fans by increasing the resale marketplace's transparency and security.

Perpl

Perpl improves financial systems by creating a clear pricing engine on an effective blockchain.
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