Digital Currency Group

Digital Currency Group is a Stamford, Connecticut-based corporate venture capital firm that invests in and supports companies operating in fintech, bitcoin, web3 infrastructure, platforms, decentralized finance, data, metaverse, and blockchain sectors. Through its portfolio, the firm provides capital and strategic guidance to a global network of startups and mature ventures. Digital Currency Group also owns and operates CoinDesk, a prominent blockchain media and events platform, Genesis Trading, a leading bitcoin brokerage, and Grayscale Investments, a major digital asset management firm, which together extend its ecosystem beyond investment into media, trading, and asset management services.

Matthew Beck

Investor

Fernando Carranza

Investor

Brittney Cohen

Investor

Steven Cook

Investor

Christopher Costaras

Investor

Ryan Jolly

Associate

Colette Oliver

Vice President, Meetings and Events

Danny Slutsky

Investor

Jason Yacavone

Managing Director

Past deals in Crypto

Slingshot DAO

Venture Round in 2025
SlingShot DAO is a dynamic and community-driven platform to empower creatives around the globe. SlingShot DAO is a community-driven gaming ecosystem platform that allows members to cooperate using the slingshot APP to turn ideas into game experiences. SlingShot DAO values "community first" and encourages an action-oriented approach.

Glim

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Glim offers a B2B2C platform enabling employers to provide employees with innovative financial benefits. These include multi-currency salary collection, yield generation, crypto-fiat currency debit card, financial education, and more, accessible via Glim's mobile app.

FLock.io

Venture Round in 2024
FLock.io develops a decentralized, privacy-preserving machine learning platform that uses blockchain-anchored coordination to enable federated learning. The company aims to make data collection obsolete and ensure governance by code, leveraging distributed ledger technology to power a secure, on-chain federated learning system. Its platform coordinates data holders to collaboratively train models, extract insights, and monetize results at their discretion, without centralizing raw data. By combining blockchain as a coordination layer with federated learning, FLock.io seeks to resolve tensions between data demand and data breaches, delivering a privacy-friendly, auditable ML workflow for Web 3.0.

Masa

Venture Round in 2024
Masa operates a decentralized AI marketplace that incentivizes users to contribute diverse datasets for AI model training. It rewards participants using its token, providing developers with access to varied datasets, decentralized tools, and a supportive ecosystem.

Rise

Series A in 2024
Rise is an innovative payroll and compliance provider. It is a Web3-enabled platform that helps businesses onboard, manage, and pay local and international contractors while ensuring full compliance and alleviating burdensome tax processes. Rise provides an all-in-one compliance and payment platform for companies with global workforces, streamlining onboarding, payments, and compliance tasks. It allows businesses to hire, onboard, and pay international contractors compliantly.

Spire

Seed Round in 2024
Spire a zk appchain system with atomic adaptability.

Zone

Seed Round in 2024
Zone is a regulated blockchain network that facilitates the acceptance and payment of digital currencies. As a blockchain services company, it provides a secure and efficient infrastructure for transactions, promoting the use of digital assets in various applications. By leveraging blockchain technology, Zone aims to enhance financial transactions through increased transparency and reduced costs, catering to businesses and consumers looking to integrate digital currencies into their operations.

Beoble

Seed Round in 2024
Beoble is a communication infrastructure company focused on enhancing the Web3 experience through its wallet-to-wallet messaging platform. The company offers a web-based chat application that supports most major cryptocurrency wallets and ensures that all messages are sent with end-to-end encryption, prioritizing user privacy and security. Additionally, Beoble provides a toolkit designed for decentralized applications (Dapps) to easily integrate this communication solution, fostering a seamless and secure interaction within the decentralized ecosystem. By enabling users to connect directly through their crypto wallets, Beoble aims to create a user-friendly environment for private communication in the evolving world of decentralized finance.

Masa

Seed Round in 2024
Masa operates a decentralized AI marketplace that incentivizes users to contribute diverse datasets for AI model training. It rewards participants using its token, providing developers with access to varied datasets, decentralized tools, and a supportive ecosystem.

Beoble

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Beoble is a communication infrastructure company focused on enhancing the Web3 experience through its wallet-to-wallet messaging platform. The company offers a web-based chat application that supports most major cryptocurrency wallets and ensures that all messages are sent with end-to-end encryption, prioritizing user privacy and security. Additionally, Beoble provides a toolkit designed for decentralized applications (Dapps) to easily integrate this communication solution, fostering a seamless and secure interaction within the decentralized ecosystem. By enabling users to connect directly through their crypto wallets, Beoble aims to create a user-friendly environment for private communication in the evolving world of decentralized finance.

Neutral Exchange

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Neutral is an exchange for environmental assets. We combine tokenized carbon credits, renewable energy credits, and carbon forwards with specialized market infrastructure to deliver efficiency, transparency, and trust in environmental asset markets.

AlloyX

Pre Seed Round in 2023
AlloyX is a company that simplifies the creation of diversified real-world asset (RWA) investment strategies for protocols, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and institutional investors. It offers a flexible and efficient platform for managing RWA assets, allowing lenders to tailor their investments according to yield, risk, and liquidity preferences. Additionally, AlloyX develops a decentralized crypto loan protocol that facilitates liquid staking for crypto loans, integrating with prominent credit protocols to enhance the management of diversified portfolios. By focusing on accessibility and adaptability, AlloyX aims to meet the evolving needs of its clients in the investment landscape.

Arkham Intelligence

Series A in 2023
Arkham Intelligence is a blockchain intelligence company that specializes in providing detailed insights into cryptocurrency networks and the entities involved in market activities. Its platform caters to a diverse clientele, including traders aiming to forecast market trends, journalists requiring accurate information for reporting, and government agencies investigating criminal activities. By delivering sophisticated data and analysis, Arkham Intelligence enables its clients to navigate the complexities of the cryptocurrency market effectively.

Fleek

Series A in 2022
Fleek is an open web platform that installs anything on a computer or deals with the command line. The platform is helping to build the tools necessary to make the Open Web available to anyone, and easy to build on. It makes it easy to build websites and apps on the new open web: permissionless, trustless, censorship-resistant, and free of centralized gatekeepers. Using Open Web protocols that make a decentralized, trustless, and permissionless infrastructure native to the web. This stack is ever-shifting and open-source.

Fordefi

Seed Round in 2022
Develper of a multi-party computation wallet platform designed to seamlessly connect to d-apps across a wide range of chains while keeping digital assets secure. The company's platform offers a web-three gateway that is built for decentralized finance, offering multi-party computation key management, self-serve defi policy controls, time-of-transaction smart contract insights, transaction simulation, and risk alerts, enabling market participants to easily and securely connect to decentralized applications.

Volare Finance

Seed Round in 2022
Volare Finance specializes in decentralized finance, offering innovative trading tools specifically designed for exotic options. The company's platform enables users to engage in transparent and trustless option trading without the need for intermediaries. By providing a decentralized mechanism, Volare Finance allows investors to create standard or customized option strategy portfolios, facilitating hedging, speculation, and yield enhancement. This approach effectively addresses credit risk issues commonly associated with options trading, making it a valuable resource for investors seeking to navigate the complexities of the options market.

Arch

Seed Round in 2022
Arch is a decentralized finance (DeFi) asset manager that facilitates exposure to cryptocurrencies and digital assets for passive investors.

Higlobe

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2020, Higlobe is an international payment platform headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It facilitates payments for overseas freelancers and independent workers with U.S. business clients, offering zero transaction fees.

Bitmark

Series B in 2022
Bitmark Inc. is a technology company that focuses on creating a digital property system aimed at securing ownership claims for personal data. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with additional offices in Cupertino, California; Reykjavík, Iceland; and Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, Bitmark leverages specialized blockchain technology to transform personal data into property that can be sold, licensed, and transferred directly between individuals. This innovative approach facilitates the establishment of digital property rights and ensures the secure provenance of data without relying on trusted third parties. Bitmark's solutions are utilized across various sectors, including healthcare, music, and art, by notable organizations such as UC Berkeley, Pfizer, and KKBOX, thereby restoring trust in data and enhancing users' safety and independence online.

Elwood Technologies

Series A in 2022
Elwood Technologies is a leading fintech company specializing in comprehensive software solutions for institutional digital asset trading. Its front-to-back platform connects clients to global crypto exchanges, liquidity providers, custodians, and fund administrators, offering advanced execution management, portfolio analytics, and risk management tools.

Voyager

Post in 2022
Voyager Digital operates as a crypto-asset broker, catering to both retail and institutional investors. Founded in 2017 and based in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company provides a comprehensive solution for trading crypto assets. Voyager's platform includes execution, data, wallet, and custody services, all delivered through an institutional-grade open architecture. This enables users to navigate the complexities of cryptocurrency trading with greater ease and security.

MSquared

Venture Round in 2022
MSquared (M²) develops a network that allows metaverses to be used together. It uses blockchain and cryptocurrency to connect digital assets to various organizations. MSquared is based in London, United Kingdom.

Coin Metrics

Series C in 2022
Founded in 2017, Coin Metrics provides comprehensive crypto financial intelligence. It offers network data, market data, indexes, and risk management solutions to institutions, empowering them with transparent and actionable insights for informed decision-making.

SSV Network

Venture Round in 2022
SSV Network specializes in developing distributed validator technology for Ethereum staking.

Trust Machines

Seed Round in 2022
Trust Machines is a developer of blockchain technology focused on transforming Bitcoin into a comprehensive web3 platform. The company aims to expand Bitcoin beyond its traditional role as a store of value by creating an ecosystem of applications and platform technologies. This initiative seeks to position Bitcoin as the final settlement layer for various computing platforms and applications, thereby facilitating a broader range of use cases. By fostering a diverse ecosystem of Bitcoin applications, Trust Machines endeavors to enhance the Bitcoin economy and unlock its full potential.

Hubble Protocol

Venture Round in 2022
Hubble Protocol is a decentralized financial platform that facilitates long-term borrowing, lending, and the creation of structured financial products. It aims to democratize access to decentralized finance by offering a range of sustainable financial services. The protocol's software supports multi-asset collateral and enables zero-interest borrowing, allowing users to leverage yield-bearing assets for loans. Additionally, Hubble enhances yield generation on deposits of various tokens, providing clients with optimized financial opportunities while minimizing costs associated with loans.

Spritz Finance

Seed Round in 2022
Spritz Finance operates a platform that enables users to pay bills using cryptocurrency. Users can choose where funds are drawn from, link existing crypto wallets, and manage expenses through their crypto holdings.

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.

BBS Network

Seed Round in 2021
BBS Network is a SocialFi project that allows sharing content to reward creators, curators, and other stakeholders with their own native testimony. The revenue generated by the platform is shared among all participants in the BBS ecosystem in a fully automated, transparent, and market-driven way.

C3

Seed Round in 2021
C3 is a self-custodial exchange that combines the advantages of self-custody and decentralization with the performance and accessibility expected from traditional trading platforms. It is designed to facilitate trading in both spot and derivatives markets. The platform features a sophisticated clearing engine that supports cross-margin and cross-collateralization, allowing traders to manage their capital more efficiently by calculating margin requirements globally based on their open positions. With its focus on enhancing user experience, C3 aims to provide a secure and efficient environment for trading digital assets.

Blockchain Association

Venture Round in 2021
Blockchain Association is dedicated to improving the public policy environment for crypto networks.

World

Venture Round in 2021
World is a technology company specializing in secure digital asset management. It operates the World App, which enables users to securely store their World ID, manage digital assets, and access various Mini Apps within a privacy-focused network.

Elliptic

Series C in 2021
Founded in 2013, Elliptic is a London-based company that specializes in blockchain analytics and compliance. It provides actionable intelligence on cryptocurrency transactions to financial institutions, regulators, and government agencies, aiming to combat illicit activity and ensure regulatory compliance.

Tinyman

Seed Round in 2021
Tinyman is a decentralized trading protocol built on the Algorand blockchain, providing a secure and efficient marketplace for traders, liquidity providers, and developers. The company focuses on creating an open platform that facilitates asset trading and swapping, including tokens and currencies, at market rates. By leveraging blockchain technology, Tinyman acts as a market maker, ensuring that users can engage in secure trading activities while benefiting from the speed and reliability of its underlying framework. This innovative approach positions Tinyman as a significant player in the decentralized finance space.

BitOasis

Series B in 2021
BitOasis is a cryptocurrency trading platform established in 2015 by co-founders Ola Doudin and Daniel Robenek. The company provides a digital asset wallet and exchange that facilitates the buying, selling, and trading of cryptocurrencies. It focuses on cash-based emerging markets, offering a multi-signature wallet and exchange service that enhances asset protection and security for users. BitOasis aims to create a secure and regulated infrastructure for cryptocurrency trading, catering to both retail and institutional clients in the region. By ensuring a safe environment for transactions, BitOasis seeks to simplify access to crypto assets for investors.

Ripio

Series B in 2021
Ripio, formerly known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company based in Latin America that focuses on providing electronic payment solutions for businesses. Leveraging blockchain technology, Ripio aims to create a more accessible financial system in emerging markets. The company facilitates international transactions for merchants using credit cards or bitcoins at lower costs and allows consumers to purchase bitcoins instantly with cash. Operating in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador, Ripio's platform accepts various payment methods, including bitcoin and credit cards, and offers services such as local currency payouts for merchants, a digital wallet, and financing options for installment payments. Through these services, Ripio seeks to strengthen the digital economy by offering alternatives to traditional banking.

Taker Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
Taker Protocol is a cryptocurrency liquidity protocol specializing in Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs).

Ondo Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Ondo Finance develops a cryptocurrency trading platform that democratizes decentralized finance. Users can choose between downside protection and higher returns, allowing them to tailor their risk tolerance according to market volatility.

Horizen Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2019, Horizen Labs provides a Sidechain-as-a-Service platform enabling businesses to create distributed ledger solutions. It offers privacy-focused public infrastructure and proprietary sidechain deployment tools for applications in payment systems, record keeping, and supply chains.

Visor Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a decentralized platform facilitating active liquidity management. Its tool enables participants to use smart vaults for liquidity mining and asset management across various decentralized finance protocols and exchanges, maximizing returns from fees while minimizing impermanent loss.

Coinme

Venture Round in 2021
Coinme operates the largest licensed cryptocurrency cash exchange in the United States, providing a nationwide network of bitcoin ATMs, a digital wallet, and exchange services. Through partnerships with Coinstar and MoneyGram, customers can buy and sell bitcoin with cash at thousands of locations in 48 states. The company also offers an enterprise-grade API and tools that enable legacy financial systems and merchants to crypto-enable their operations, along with consumer products to buy, store, and manage digital currencies. Founded in 2014 and based in Seattle, Coinme aims to broaden access to digital currencies and facilitate easy, secure transactions.

Flare Network

Venture Round in 2021
Flare Networks is a blockchain network that utilizes the Flare Consensus Protocol, which is the first Turing Complete Federated Byzantine Agreement protocol. It offers a decentralized contract platform aimed at enhancing contract capabilities across various blockchains. By leveraging the Ethereum Virtual Machine, Flare Networks can access and utilize information from other blockchains and real-world data sources, effectively addressing the oracle problem. This functionality facilitates cross-chain interoperability, allowing users to share contract capabilities with different protocols. Flare Networks seeks to enable a new era of utility within the blockchain ecosystem through its innovative technology.

Circle

Private Equity Round in 2021
Circle is a Boston-based fintech company founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville. It specializes in utilizing stablecoins for payments, e-commerce, and investment products. Circle's services include Circle Pay for easy money transfers, Circle Invest for crypto asset trading, and Circle Trade for over-the-counter transactions. The company is backed by prominent investors such as Jim Breyer, Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, General Catalyst, and Accel Partners.

Wilder World

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Wilder World is a community-owned, fully decentralized, liquid NFT market and social platform built on blockchain. It operates a native token that rewards participation and supports the sale of digital artwork within an immersive 3D metaverse, while charging no artist fees and no platform fees. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, Wilder World enables artists to monetize digital art within a decentralized ecosystem.

Streami

Venture Round in 2021
Streami, Inc. is a blockchain technology company based in Seoul, South Korea, specializing in solutions that connect and streamline fragmented financial networks worldwide. The firm operates Gofax, a cryptocurrency exchange, and Dask, a cryptocurrency depository. Streami focuses on providing blockchain remittance middleware services designed to establish a robust financial network. Their offerings include secure remittance pathfinding, integration, and risk management, which help financial institutions protect their assets under various conditions while ensuring smooth execution of orders. Through these innovative solutions, Streami aims to enhance the efficiency and security of financial transactions in the digital age.

Lido

Venture Round in 2021
Lido develops open-source middleware deployed on the Ethereum blockchain. It extends Ethereum's block validation functionality and is publicly accessible through multiple interfaces.

Eco

Series A in 2021
Eco Inc. is a financial technology company focused on enhancing the value of money through innovative software solutions. As a founding contributor to the Eco Protocol, the company aims to optimize financial transactions and promote efficient banking practices. Eco also develops Bend, a platform designed to offer rewarding financial solutions that align with the expectations of modern consumers. Through its commitment to improving how individuals interact with their finances, Eco seeks to drive a new standard for money management.

Mask Network

Venture Round in 2021
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.

Protego Trust Bank

Series A in 2021
Protego Trust Bank is a regulated financial services company headquartered in Seattle, WA, that specializes in providing digital asset services to institutional investors. Founded in 2017, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including custody, trading, lending, and issuance of digital assets, all within a fully integrated system. Utilizing distributed ledger technology, Protego Trust Bank ensures that its clients can securely and seamlessly manage their digital asset portfolios. By focusing on regulatory compliance and operational security, the bank positions itself as a reliable partner for institutions looking to enhance their digital asset capabilities.

Zerion

Venture Round in 2021
Zerion Inc. is a blockchain software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015. It specializes in decentralized finance (DeFi), providing a platform that allows users to invest, earn interest, and borrow cryptocurrency assets. Zerion's primary offering is an investment app that aggregates data from major decentralized exchanges, enabling users to manage their digital assets from a single interface. The platform features real-time asset tracking with live price updates and instant notifications. Additionally, Zerion emphasizes a non-custodial approach, meaning users retain control of their funds and do not have to delegate them to the platform, thereby mitigating centralization risks. The company also offers CryptoTrader, an application designed to track the cryptocurrency market through charts, news, and alerts, further enhancing user engagement in the evolving financial landscape.

Fireblocks

Series B in 2020
Fireblocks develops a blockchain-based platform focused on securely managing and transferring digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties. It caters to various financial institutions, including banks, fintech companies, hedge funds, and liquidity providers.

API3

Seed Round in 2020
API3 develops a decentralized infrastructure for connecting blockchain applications to off-chain data providers. Its platform, API3, aggregates data from first-party oracles operated by premier API providers, enabling seamless and secure data exchange without intermediaries.

NIFTEX

Seed Round in 2020
NIFTEX is a platform that facilitates fractional ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). It provides a self-service interface for investors to purchase fractions of various NFTs, including artwork, game assets, and personal brands. By enabling NFT owners to convert their assets into fungible fractions, NIFTEX allows them to sell portions of their NFTs, thereby increasing liquidity and making valuable assets more accessible to a wider audience in the NFT market.

Slingshot

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Slingshot is a San Francisco-based company developing decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platforms. It facilitates secure, trustless, and self-sovereign digital asset transactions for retail users, aggregating prices across multiple exchanges.

Multis

Seed Round in 2020
Multis, Inc., established in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in providing crypto banking services for businesses and entrepreneurs. Its core offering is a user-friendly wallet that facilitates crypto storage, payments to suppliers, payroll management, and interest earning. The platform also provides real-time balance monitoring, transaction tracking, multi-access to assets, recurring payments, fund transfers, trading, and crypto-to-cash conversion. Multis aims to empower the next generation of professionals in the open financial world by building a robust financial infrastructure for web3 organizations.

Luno

Acquisition in 2020
Luno is a prominent cryptocurrency marketplace that facilitates buying and selling transactions for various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. With its headquarters in London, the company operates in over 40 countries, including Indonesia, where it is officially registered as the largest exchange. Luno serves a global customer base of more than 2 million individuals and employs over 250 staff members. The platform offers features such as a digital wallet for secure storage and transactions, currency conversion, and tools for trading analysis. In addition to its trading services, Luno aims to educate users about cryptocurrencies, helping them make informed investment decisions and promoting a more accessible financial system.

Acala Network

Series A in 2020
Acala Network is a blockchain-based platform focused on decentralized finance and stablecoin solutions. Based in the United States, it facilitates cross-blockchain transactions, allowing users to send and receive USD across various blockchains connected to the Polkadot network. The platform offers a range of financial tools, including a multi-collateralized stablecoin backed by diverse cross-chain assets, a trustless staking derivative, and a decentralized exchange. These features are designed to enhance liquidity and support the development of innovative financial applications, making transactions more convenient and secure for users.

Circle

Venture Round in 2020
Circle is a Boston-based fintech company founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville. It specializes in utilizing stablecoins for payments, e-commerce, and investment products. Circle's services include Circle Pay for easy money transfers, Circle Invest for crypto asset trading, and Circle Trade for over-the-counter transactions. The company is backed by prominent investors such as Jim Breyer, Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, General Catalyst, and Accel Partners.

Paradigm

Seed Round in 2020
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.

Curv

Series A in 2020
Curv Inc. is a company that specializes in developing cloud-based infrastructure for digital asset security. Founded in 2018 by Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger, Curv provides a multi-party computation (MPC) solution that eliminates the need for private keys, enhancing safety against cyber threats and insider risks. Its technology allows users, including financial institutions and crypto-native companies, to securely build and manage digital wallets for storing and transferring various digital assets across different blockchains. Curv's offerings include a cloud-based wallet service that replaces conventional cold and hot storage solutions, as well as an enterprise-grade policy engine that enables organizations to define risk profiles and enforce compliance measures. Additionally, the company provides Curv Air Gap, which integrates an offline machine to facilitate secure transaction signing. Headquartered in Winchester, California, with research and development operations in Tel Aviv, Israel, Curv aims to streamline the transaction process while ensuring the highest levels of security.

Custodia

Angel Round in 2020
Custodia Bank is a crypto-asset banking company that provides regulated services for digital assets. The institution serves as a compliant bridge to the US dollar payments system and acts as a custodian for digital assets, adhering to stringent institutional custody standards. By offering these banking services tailored to the digital assets industry, Custodia aims to facilitate secure and compliant transactions for its customers.

Pipeline Marketing

Seed Round in 2020
Build a custom-branded NFT Marketplace with crypto and credit card integrations. They run NFT Marketplaces for global projects to help with brand engagement and revenue generation. They help you launch a custom branded NFT marketplace.

Lolli

Seed Round in 2020
Lolli, Inc. is a company that specializes in a rewards platform enabling users to earn bitcoin while shopping online. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Lolli has established partnerships with over 1,000 leading brands, allowing users to accumulate bitcoin rewards effortlessly. The platform operates through a browser extension for Chrome, as well as a mobile rewards wallet, facilitating transactions with networked merchants. When users make purchases at partner sites, Lolli earns a percentage of each sale and shares a portion of that revenue with users by depositing bitcoin directly into their Lolli wallets. This innovative approach provides users with an alternative currency for their shopping needs.

Fleek

Venture Round in 2020
Fleek is an open web platform that installs anything on a computer or deals with the command line. The platform is helping to build the tools necessary to make the Open Web available to anyone, and easy to build on. It makes it easy to build websites and apps on the new open web: permissionless, trustless, censorship-resistant, and free of centralized gatekeepers. Using Open Web protocols that make a decentralized, trustless, and permissionless infrastructure native to the web. This stack is ever-shifting and open-source.

Skew

Series A in 2020
Skew Ltd is a London-based company founded in 2018 that develops and operates an online marketplace focused on providing market intelligence for crypto derivatives markets. The platform offers real-time data analytics specifically for bitcoin and ether derivatives, catering to the needs of traders, investors, and researchers. Skew provides users with customized services and essential tools, including market and custom data dashboards, to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the cryptocurrency landscape. Through its innovative financial infrastructure, the company aims to enhance market participants' ability to navigate the evolving digital assets space.

Coin Metrics

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2017, Coin Metrics provides comprehensive crypto financial intelligence. It offers network data, market data, indexes, and risk management solutions to institutions, empowering them with transparent and actionable insights for informed decision-making.

Horizon Blockchain Games

Seed Round in 2020
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a game studio and blockchain infrastructure company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. The company specializes in developing video games that leverage blockchain technology, providing users with secure access to web3, enabling digital asset ownership. Among its notable offerings are Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. Horizon Blockchain Games also offers tools and resources for developers to create innovative Internet economies and experiences, positioning itself at the intersection of gaming and blockchain technology.

Zabo

Seed Round in 2020
Zabo is a startup focused on providing financial companies with a comprehensive platform to connect and manage cryptocurrency accounts. Utilizing an API-based application, Zabo enables seamless integration of cryptocurrency accounts into existing applications with minimal coding. This innovative solution offers clients the functionality to buy, sell, and transfer cryptocurrencies while also providing support for hardware wallet integration. By allowing financial institutions to offer their customers a consolidated view of their crypto investments, Zabo enhances the user experience in managing digital assets.

Transparent Financial Systems

Series A in 2020
Transparent Financial Systems, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in developing on-demand cryptographic settlement solutions for financial applications. Established in 2018, the company focuses on creating efficient, transparent, and accurate payment systems by utilizing cryptographically-secured distributed networks. Their technology facilitates secure and frictionless business transactions through an open universal platform, enabling real-time payments via blockchain technology. Rather than attempting to circumvent the existing financial framework, Transparent Financial Systems aims to enhance it by collaborating with banks and businesses. The company combines expertise from cryptographers, financial specialists, and software engineers to innovate within the regulatory environment, striving to improve the overall payment process for all stakeholders involved.

Flipside Crypto

Seed Round in 2019
Flipside Crypto, Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in providing analytics and business intelligence for blockchain organizations. The company offers a range of services, including cryptocurrency management, digital walleting, custody services, and portfolio dashboards aimed at investors. Flipside Crypto is known for its suite of analytics tools that deliver insights into user behaviors, developer activities, and financial metrics, including the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), which measures the health of cryptocurrency projects. The company collaborates with various partners to distribute its analytics, enhancing the visibility and understanding of cryptocurrency markets. Flipside Crypto is supported by notable investors, including Coinbase Ventures and True Ventures.

Bitmark

Series A in 2019
Bitmark Inc. is a technology company that focuses on creating a digital property system aimed at securing ownership claims for personal data. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with additional offices in Cupertino, California; Reykjavík, Iceland; and Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, Bitmark leverages specialized blockchain technology to transform personal data into property that can be sold, licensed, and transferred directly between individuals. This innovative approach facilitates the establishment of digital property rights and ensures the secure provenance of data without relying on trusted third parties. Bitmark's solutions are utilized across various sectors, including healthcare, music, and art, by notable organizations such as UC Berkeley, Pfizer, and KKBOX, thereby restoring trust in data and enhancing users' safety and independence online.

CoinFLEX

Venture Round in 2019
CoinFLEX is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and yield platform that specializes in trading crypto assets, including Bitcoin. The company offers a physically delivered crypto futures exchange designed to address shortcomings in cash-settled contracts, allowing for high leverage trading that minimizes risks associated with index or settlement manipulation. CoinFLEX provides innovative yield products, notably flexUSD, the first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, an automated market maker that emphasizes capital efficiency. The platform aims to streamline and secure the trading and management processes for professional proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, and institutions operating in the cryptocurrency sector. Backed by notable figures and institutions in the crypto industry, CoinFLEX is committed to enhancing the trading experience in global cryptocurrency markets.

Dapper Labs

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2018, Dapper Labs develops blockchain-based platforms that bring non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and innovative digital experiences to fans worldwide. Its flagship product, NBA Top Shot, engages consumers with their favorite brands by creating communities centered around ownership and creativity.

Digital Assets Data

Seed Round in 2019
Digital Assets Data Inc. is a financial technology and data company focused on providing enterprise-grade software and data feeds tailored for the cryptocurrency market. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company serves a diverse clientele that includes crypto hedge funds, family offices, research firms, banks, and sovereign entities. Its offerings encompass a comprehensive suite of data and information technology solutions related to various crypto assets, such as currencies, platforms, applications, side chains, security tokens, and initial coin offerings (ICOs). By delivering subscription-based services, Digital Assets Data enables its clients to effectively track and manage investments, conduct thorough due diligence, and make informed trading decisions.

Horizon Blockchain Games

Seed Round in 2019
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a game studio and blockchain infrastructure company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. The company specializes in developing video games that leverage blockchain technology, providing users with secure access to web3, enabling digital asset ownership. Among its notable offerings are Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. Horizon Blockchain Games also offers tools and resources for developers to create innovative Internet economies and experiences, positioning itself at the intersection of gaming and blockchain technology.

Merkle Science

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, Merkle Science is a Singapore-based software company specializing in predictive crypto risk management. It offers intelligence platforms for businesses and government agencies to detect, investigate, and prevent illegal activities involving cryptocurrencies. The company's Behavioral Rule Engine enables compliance teams to fulfill KYC/AML obligations and helps industry players stay ahead of evolving illicit activities.

Merkle Data

Venture Round in 2019
Merkle Data Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, specializes in providing financial institutions with accurate and actionable blockchain data analytics. As a subsidiary of Anchorage Hold, LLC since January 2020, Merkle operates a digital asset platform designed to deliver comprehensive insights into the crypto market. The company aggregates proprietary data (Pulse), public data, and third-party data, offering clients competitive advantages through APIs and interfaces that inform strategic decision-making while preserving user privacy.

Reserve

Venture Round in 2019
Reserve is a universal currency company that provides hyperinflation-protected savings accounts to protect and use money globally. The platform reduces risk through diversification and decentralized governance, offering a scalable and open currency that enables users to pay international suppliers while guarding value against inflation-prone local currencies. The solution includes tools such as rtokens and collateral baskets to support over-collateralization and a diversified risk profile.

Digital Assets Data

Seed Round in 2019
Digital Assets Data Inc. is a financial technology and data company focused on providing enterprise-grade software and data feeds tailored for the cryptocurrency market. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company serves a diverse clientele that includes crypto hedge funds, family offices, research firms, banks, and sovereign entities. Its offerings encompass a comprehensive suite of data and information technology solutions related to various crypto assets, such as currencies, platforms, applications, side chains, security tokens, and initial coin offerings (ICOs). By delivering subscription-based services, Digital Assets Data enables its clients to effectively track and manage investments, conduct thorough due diligence, and make informed trading decisions.

Horizen Labs

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2019, Horizen Labs provides a Sidechain-as-a-Service platform enabling businesses to create distributed ledger solutions. It offers privacy-focused public infrastructure and proprietary sidechain deployment tools for applications in payment systems, record keeping, and supply chains.

CoinFLEX

Seed Round in 2019
CoinFLEX is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and yield platform that specializes in trading crypto assets, including Bitcoin. The company offers a physically delivered crypto futures exchange designed to address shortcomings in cash-settled contracts, allowing for high leverage trading that minimizes risks associated with index or settlement manipulation. CoinFLEX provides innovative yield products, notably flexUSD, the first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, an automated market maker that emphasizes capital efficiency. The platform aims to streamline and secure the trading and management processes for professional proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, and institutions operating in the cryptocurrency sector. Backed by notable figures and institutions in the crypto industry, CoinFLEX is committed to enhancing the trading experience in global cryptocurrency markets.

Curv

Seed Round in 2019
Curv Inc. is a company that specializes in developing cloud-based infrastructure for digital asset security. Founded in 2018 by Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger, Curv provides a multi-party computation (MPC) solution that eliminates the need for private keys, enhancing safety against cyber threats and insider risks. Its technology allows users, including financial institutions and crypto-native companies, to securely build and manage digital wallets for storing and transferring various digital assets across different blockchains. Curv's offerings include a cloud-based wallet service that replaces conventional cold and hot storage solutions, as well as an enterprise-grade policy engine that enables organizations to define risk profiles and enforce compliance measures. Additionally, the company provides Curv Air Gap, which integrates an offline machine to facilitate secure transaction signing. Headquartered in Winchester, California, with research and development operations in Tel Aviv, Israel, Curv aims to streamline the transaction process while ensuring the highest levels of security.

Money Button

Venture Round in 2019
Money Button is a company that offers a micro-payment web wallet platform focused on facilitating simple and efficient online payments. The platform features a non-custodial Bitcoin wallet integrated with a social content application, allowing users to easily earn Bitcoin by providing quality content. This innovative approach enables users to make and receive Bitcoin micropayments for various subjects, streamlining the process of online transactions and enhancing the user experience in digital content sharing and consumption.

Staked

Seed Round in 2019
Staked, LLC is a Massachusetts-based company founded in 2018 that provides infrastructure for institutional investors in digital currencies, enabling them to compound their crypto holdings through staking and lending. The firm operates secure and efficient block production nodes for decentralized proof-of-stake protocols, offering features such as service level agreements for block rewards, automatic payouts, and comprehensive reporting. Staked's platform supports multiple proof-of-stake currencies, allowing cryptocurrency holders to earn substantial interest by running staking nodes. Its architecture emphasizes security, scalability, and decentralization, making it a reliable choice for stakeholders looking to optimize their digital asset investments.

Coinhouse

Series A in 2019
Coinhouse is a French platform that offers investment services in Bitcoin and a broad range of crypto assets. It provides a crypto assets investment platform for retail and corporate investors in Europe, including tools to acquire, secure, and manage digital assets and access savings and investment products. The company operates with regulatory recognition as a Crypto Asset Service Provider by the French financial regulator AMF in March 2020 and by the CSSF in Luxembourg in December 2021. It also serves business clients by enabling crypto payments and on- and off-ramps for crypto transactions. Through its platform, Coinhouse delivers market monitoring and insights on crypto markets to help users understand risks and opportunities. The focus is to increase access to crypto financial services and investment opportunities while aligning with regulatory frameworks to ensure security and auditability.

MadHive

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2016, MadHive specializes in blockchain-based solutions for advertisers and publishers. Its platform offers precision targeting, audience verification, and cross-device attribution to enhance transparency and combat fraud in programmatic advertising.

Nomics

Series A in 2018
Nomics is a data and API provider for cryptocurrency markets, delivering market data APIs for institutional investors and exchanges alongside services such as strategy backtesting, rebalancing execution, crypto financial model development, arbitrage identification, indexing methodologies, and analysis of relationships among cryptoassets with custom alerts. The company's API portfolio supports real-time and historical data for powering investment strategy backtests, machine learning models, and automated trading tools, enabling portfolio tracking, performance analysis, and fintech applications.

ErisX

Series B in 2018
ErisX is a Chicago-based company founded in 2018 that operates an online trading platform focused on the digital asset market. It offers both spot and futures contracts, facilitating easy access for users to exchange cryptocurrencies. The platform integrates advanced technology to create a reliable and compliant environment for trading, deposits, and withdrawals. By leveraging its digital asset exchange and clearinghouse capabilities, ErisX aims to streamline capital markets workflows, providing clients with a robust infrastructure for their trading needs.

Flipside Crypto

Seed Round in 2018
Flipside Crypto, Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in providing analytics and business intelligence for blockchain organizations. The company offers a range of services, including cryptocurrency management, digital walleting, custody services, and portfolio dashboards aimed at investors. Flipside Crypto is known for its suite of analytics tools that deliver insights into user behaviors, developer activities, and financial metrics, including the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), which measures the health of cryptocurrency projects. The company collaborates with various partners to distribute its analytics, enhancing the visibility and understanding of cryptocurrency markets. Flipside Crypto is supported by notable investors, including Coinbase Ventures and True Ventures.

Lolli

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Lolli, Inc. is a company that specializes in a rewards platform enabling users to earn bitcoin while shopping online. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Lolli has established partnerships with over 1,000 leading brands, allowing users to accumulate bitcoin rewards effortlessly. The platform operates through a browser extension for Chrome, as well as a mobile rewards wallet, facilitating transactions with networked merchants. When users make purchases at partner sites, Lolli earns a percentage of each sale and shares a portion of that revenue with users by depositing bitcoin directly into their Lolli wallets. This innovative approach provides users with an alternative currency for their shopping needs.

SFOX

Series A in 2018
SFOX, Inc. is a cryptocurrency prime dealer based in Los Angeles, California, that caters to high-volume traders and institutional investors. Established in 2014, the company utilizes a global integrated order book to facilitate trade execution, ensuring clients receive the best available pricing through smart routing. By sourcing liquidity from a network of exchanges, over-the-counter desks, and market makers, SFOX enables clients to trade large volumes effectively without adversely affecting market prices. Additionally, the platform provides professional-grade tools, including reporting and analytics, to support complex multi-user accounts, further enhancing the trading experience for its users.

Logos Network

Seed Round in 2018
Logos Network is a crypto network based in Dublin, Ireland, that offers hyper-scalable transaction infrastructure designed to facilitate a range of financial applications, from micro-transactions to large-scale B2B transfers. The company has developed an innovative architecture that addresses the limitations of traditional blockchain technology, enabling intelligent value transfers on a global scale. Its key components include Chain Mesh, a post-blockchain data architecture built for future internet demands; Axios, a delegated proof-of-stake consensus protocol that maximizes throughput while ensuring safety; and the Polis sharding scheme, which enhances transaction validation through parallel processing. This comprehensive framework positions Logos Network as a transformative force in the financial technology landscape.

Circle

Series E in 2018
Circle is a Boston-based fintech company founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville. It specializes in utilizing stablecoins for payments, e-commerce, and investment products. Circle's services include Circle Pay for easy money transfers, Circle Invest for crypto asset trading, and Circle Trade for over-the-counter transactions. The company is backed by prominent investors such as Jim Breyer, Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, General Catalyst, and Accel Partners.

Tagomi

Venture Round in 2018
Tagomi is a cryptocurrency trading platform that offers clients enhanced execution capabilities to optimize their trading experience. The platform utilizes advanced routing tactics and sophisticated execution algorithms to analyze both real-time and historical data, allowing it to determine the optimal timing and venues for trades. By focusing on maximizing client returns and minimizing trading costs, Tagomi aims to deliver efficient access to priced liquidity and low commissions, thereby enabling clients to retain a greater portion of their profits.

Carbon-12 Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Carbon-12 Labs, Inc. is a New York-based company established in 2017 that specializes in cryptocurrency solutions. The company focuses on providing simplified access to the blockchain economy through API-driven on-ramps that facilitate the conversion of fiat currency into digital assets. By streamlining this process, Carbon-12 Labs aims to enhance user experience and broaden participation in the cryptocurrency market.

CoinList

Series A in 2018
CoinList facilitates the launch and growth of innovative digital assets, connecting early adopters with promising projects like Filecoin and Solana. It offers a full-service trading platform for popular cryptocurrencies and provides access to new tokens before they list on other exchanges.

Chainalysis

Series A in 2018
Chainalysis designs and develops anti-money laundering software for cryptocurrency businesses and financial institutions. Its platform offers REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders, visualizes data, and shares results; Kryptos, a risk assessment tool for understanding cryptocurrency activity and investment opportunities; and an API that provides transaction-based risk scoring with source and destination of funds. The company also provides activity monitoring reports, due diligence tools, and cyber threat intelligence derived from the deep web to help analysts estimate criminal revenues and identify emerging threats. Additional offerings include real-time API access and web-based investigation software for due diligence and customer verification, as well as tools to identify cyber criminals and attribute cyber threats. Chainalysis serves government agencies, banks, exchanges, insurance firms, and other cryptocurrency businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, it maintains offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore.

eToro

Series E in 2018
eToro is a multi-asset trading and investment platform that enables users to trade currencies, commodities, indices, crypto assets, and stocks, including derivatives related to underlying assets. It supports social trading through features that allow users to follow and copy the approaches of others. The platform serves a global community of investors and traders, offering access to markets and investment ideas. Founded in 2007 and based in London, the company focuses on making markets transparent and accessible for a broad user base.

Lightning Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Lightning Labs develops advanced financial infrastructure using cryptography, blockchains, and smart contracts. They are known for Lightning Network Daemon (lnd), a leading implementation of the Lightning Network protocol, and Neutrino, a platform enabling fast blockchain transactions on mobile devices.

OB1

Series A in 2018
OB1 is a developer of a peer-to-peer trading platform that facilitates a cryptocurrency marketplace. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, the company aims to make online trade accessible and cost-free for users, enabling them to buy and sell goods directly to one another without the interference of centralized servers or governing bodies. By leveraging cryptocurrency, specifically bitcoins, OB1 allows users to engage in private commerce, fostering a decentralized trading environment.
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