Pantera Capital

Pantera Capital is an investment firm dedicated solely to Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and related companies. Founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, the firm initially focused on global macro hedge fund investments before transitioning in 2014 to concentrate exclusively on the digital currency sector. Pantera Capital believes that Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionize financial transactions, similar to how the Internet transformed communications and commerce. The firm has garnered support from notable shareholders, including Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, and Ribbit Capital. Through its specialized focus, Pantera Capital aims to capitalize on the growth and innovation within the digital currency ecosystem.

Ryan Barney

Senior Investment Associate and Investor

Matt Gorham

COO

Sean Lim

Limited Partner

Dan Morehead

Founder Co-Chief Investment Officer and CEO

Harsehaj Singh

Investment Associate

Lauren Stephanian

Investment Associate

Veradittakit, Paul

Partner

Past deals in Crowdfunding

Rarify

Series A in 2022
Rarify is currently working on making a service where minting and selling digital assets can become a non-hassle for industries such as music, gaming, applications and entertainment.

Fast Break Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Fast Break Labs is a Web 3 startup that focuses on creating a blockchain-based gaming platform centered around fantasy sports. The company has launched a virtual basketball association, an online league where players can assemble their basketball teams and compete against others for various prizes. This innovative platform allows users to own teams composed of fictional non-fungible tokens (NFT) representing athletes, enabling participation in simulated games, tournaments, and leagues. Fast Break Labs aims to empower individuals in the realms of sports, gaming, and entertainment, providing a unique opportunity to engage in competitive play while offering potential rewards in cryptocurrency.

Rift Finance

Venture Round in 2022
Rift Finance is a decentralized protocol that supercharges DAO growth through restructured incentive frameworks. Rift allows DAOs to deploy governance tokens from their treasuries to deepen token liquidity without having to give up ownership.

Faraway

Series A in 2021
Faraway is a Miami-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in developing hyper-social blockchain games. The firm focuses on creating decentralized game economies that empower players to earn tokens and engage in competitive leaderboards. By leveraging blockchain technology, Faraway aims to enhance the gaming experience, allowing players from around the world to participate in a vibrant and interactive environment.

BitClout

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
BitClout is an open-source social media platform that builds a Proof-of-Work blockchain for its users. BitClout is a new type of social network that speculates on people and posts with real money, and it’s built from the ground up as its own custom blockchain. Its architecture is similar to Bitcoin, only it can support complex social network data like posts, profiles, follows, speculation features, and much more at significantly higher throughput and scale.

Faraway

Seed Round in 2021
Faraway is a Miami-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in developing hyper-social blockchain games. The firm focuses on creating decentralized game economies that empower players to earn tokens and engage in competitive leaderboards. By leveraging blockchain technology, Faraway aims to enhance the gaming experience, allowing players from around the world to participate in a vibrant and interactive environment.

Nirvana

Seed Round in 2021
Nirvana is an AI-native financial infrastructure shaping the future of Agentic DeFi. - Redefining DeFi with AI Agents – Nirvana builds AI frameworks for DEFAI agents to maximize capital efficiency - AI-Native On-Chain Protocols – Empowering DEFAI agents with AI-native protocols to autonomously launch innovative financial instruments and optimize strategies

Lithium Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Lithium Finance is a blockchain protocol focused on creating a pricing platform for illiquid assets. By employing a Determinant-based Mutual Information (DMI) mechanism, the platform gathers insights from participants through subjective multiple-choice questions to establish fair pricing for these assets. This innovative approach aims to enhance the valuation process for pre-IPO stocks, private equity, and other hard-to-price investments. Lithium Finance seeks to leverage the advancements in decentralized finance and cryptocurrency to improve the traditional finance sector significantly.

GlobeDX

Seed Round in 2021
The startup, which has dubbed itself the “Coinbase for derivatives,” has built a cryptocurrency-derivative exchange that supports high-frequency trading. The platform allows crypto holders to trade global markets with bitcoin and grants users the same access to data leveraged by institutional investors.

BitClout

Funding Round in 2021
BitClout is an open-source social media platform that builds a Proof-of-Work blockchain for its users. BitClout is a new type of social network that speculates on people and posts with real money, and it’s built from the ground up as its own custom blockchain. Its architecture is similar to Bitcoin, only it can support complex social network data like posts, profiles, follows, speculation features, and much more at significantly higher throughput and scale.

GlobeDX

Venture Round in 2020
The startup, which has dubbed itself the “Coinbase for derivatives,” has built a cryptocurrency-derivative exchange that supports high-frequency trading. The platform allows crypto holders to trade global markets with bitcoin and grants users the same access to data leveraged by institutional investors.

Bounce Finance

Venture Round in 2020
Bounce Finance is a decentralized auction protocol that empowers users to create and participate in diverse types of auctions across multiple blockchain ecosystems, including the real-world collectible marketplace.

OpenToken

Venture Round in 2019
OpenToken Inc. operates a blockchain-based platform that facilitates contributions to token projects. Established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a comprehensive solution for users to discover upcoming token initiatives, select projects to support, and track their investments. The platform securely integrates with widely adopted blockchains, allowing users to manage, distribute, and convert their tokens into other cryptocurrencies. This functionality provides users with streamlined options for asset management and ensures secure funding through unique addresses for each buyer, enhancing the overall experience of engaging in token-based fundraising.

Vega Protocol

Seed Round in 2019
Vega is a technology protocol and crypto-asset for an open, blockchain-backed public network for fully automated end-to-end financial product trading and execution. Fully automated processes and incentives for trading margined financial products allow for markets that are open and decentralized, with pseudonymous participants. The platform of the company provides open and fair markets in which fees are shared by market makers, not owners, and governance decisions are made by the community, allowing financial institutions to open access, reduce costs, and enable a new wave of financial market innovation.

Stream Token

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Stream is a new decentralized blockchain-based token that allows livestreamers to easily and anonymously accept payments from their audience members anywhere in the world, with extremely low transaction fees and no platform lock-in.

Maecenas

Venture Round in 2017
Maecenas is an art investment platform allowing fractional ownership of artworks.

BTCjam

Series A in 2014
BTCJam is a bitcoin lending platform that facilitates online personal loans, allowing users to borrow and lend using bitcoin. With over $11 million in loan volume, the platform has served more than 100,000 users across 200 countries. BTCJam aims to provide affordable credit to individuals by employing a proprietary credit scoring algorithm that predicts borrowers' repayment rates. Borrowers can apply for loans with rates starting at 6.7% APR, while investors can earn an average of 19% APR on their bitcoin investments. The platform is integrated with Coinbase, ensuring simple and efficient bitcoin transfers for both borrowers and investors.

ChangeCoin

Seed Round in 2014
ChangeCoin is a micropayment infrastructure for the Internet that specializes in the fields of micropayments, bitcoin, social commerce, digital currencies, and payments. It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

ChangeTip

Seed Round in 2014
ChangeTip is a platform that enables users to make micropayments across various social media and digital platforms. The application integrates payment processing with social networks, allowing individuals to easily tip one another for content or services. By facilitating these microtransactions, ChangeTip aims to enhance online interactions and create a more rewarding social media experience.
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