Galaxy Digital Holdings

Galaxy Digital Holdings is a technology-driven financial services and investment management firm based in New York. Founded in 2018, it provides a comprehensive range of financial solutions within the digital assets ecosystem, catering to both institutional clients and direct consumers. The firm operates five interconnected business lines: Trading, Asset Management, Principal Investments, Investment Banking, and Mining. In addition to its investment activities, Galaxy Digital emphasizes building stronger communities through technology that enhances lives by connecting individuals, organizations, and resources. The firm actively seeks opportunities in various sectors, including consumer products, information technology, virtual reality, gaming, and blockchain, focusing on seed, early, and later-stage companies.

Luka Jankovic

Managing Director and Head, Products / Services

Michael Jordan

Vice President

Randy Myers

Director and Senior Product Manager

Michael Novogratz

Co-Founder, CEO and Board Member

Past deals in Blockchain

MoonPay

Debt Financing in 2025
MoonPay is a financial technology company that offers a payment platform designed to facilitate the conversion between fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies. It enables users to purchase cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) through various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, local bank transfers, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Operating on a non-custodial model, MoonPay does not hold customer funds, allowing users to maintain greater control over their digital assets. The platform serves as a marketplace connecting users with cryptocurrency exchange platforms, ensuring a smooth and efficient transaction experience.

Biton

Venture Round in 2025
Biton is a full-chain ecology trading platform that offers services to simplify the trading process and mitigate cross-chain risks.

Ligero

Seed Round in 2025
Ligero, Inc. specializes in developing a privacy platform that facilitates secure and private collaboration on and off blockchain technology. Incorporated in 2018 and based in Pittsford, New York, the company offers a lightweight and scalable protocol for secure multiparty computation and zero-knowledge proofs. This enables clients to engage in confidential transactions, implement private smart contracts, and conduct secure auctions for decentralized exchanges and dark pools. Additionally, Ligero supports private and verifiable machine learning, enhancing the capabilities of its platform for various applications in the blockchain ecosystem.

MoonPay

Debt Financing in 2025
MoonPay is a financial technology company that offers a payment platform designed to facilitate the conversion between fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies. It enables users to purchase cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) through various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, local bank transfers, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Operating on a non-custodial model, MoonPay does not hold customer funds, allowing users to maintain greater control over their digital assets. The platform serves as a marketplace connecting users with cryptocurrency exchange platforms, ensuring a smooth and efficient transaction experience.

Avalanche

Initial Coin Offering in 2024
Avalanche is an open-source platform designed for creating highly decentralized applications, financial primitives, and interoperable blockchains. It serves as a programmable smart contracts platform, enabling institutions, enterprises, and governments to launch assets and build applications. The platform allows users to create subnets with full control over their implementations, incorporating features such as compliance and data security directly into its framework. This versatility and focus on decentralization make Avalanche a robust choice for users seeking to develop innovative blockchain solutions.

Yala

Seed Round in 2024
Yala operates a multi-token system and unlocks a thriving and interconnected DeFi ecosystem on Bitcoin​.

Arch

Debt Financing in 2024
Arch is a financial technology company that specializes in providing loans to owners of alternative assets, particularly in the cryptocurrency and non-fungible token (NFT) sectors. The company has developed a liquid crypto asset platform that enables users to manage all of their crypto assets in one location. Its primary offering includes over-collateralized crypto-backed loans, which are securely stored in qualified custody and free from rehypothecation of collateral. This service allows consumers to access instant loans against their crypto and NFTs while benefiting from real-time asset tracking, thus providing an efficient borrowing solution tailored to the needs of alternative asset owners.

Arch

Seed Round in 2024
Arch is a financial technology company that specializes in providing loans to owners of alternative assets, particularly in the cryptocurrency and non-fungible token (NFT) sectors. The company has developed a liquid crypto asset platform that enables users to manage all of their crypto assets in one location. Its primary offering includes over-collateralized crypto-backed loans, which are securely stored in qualified custody and free from rehypothecation of collateral. This service allows consumers to access instant loans against their crypto and NFTs while benefiting from real-time asset tracking, thus providing an efficient borrowing solution tailored to the needs of alternative asset owners.

Plume Network

Seed Round in 2024
Plume Networks is a developer of a blockchain platform that focuses on onboarding and managing real-world assets. The platform features an end-to-end tokenization engine, supporting over 180 projects on its private development network. By integrating essential asset tokenization, Plume Networks aims to create a robust infrastructure that simplifies the process of bringing various real-world assets on-chain. This approach fosters the development of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, allowing investors to connect with quality buyers and enhance liquidity for tokenized assets.

Turnkey

Series A in 2024
Turnkey is a company that specializes in providing scalable wallet infrastructure for cryptocurrency developers, focusing on the management of private keys. Its platform simplifies the process of building applications that require wallet functionalities and cryptographic transactions, allowing developers to generate and manage private keys across various blockchains. The product suite includes features such as flexible signing and intuitive security controls, ensuring that security is not compromised while facilitating the development process for businesses in the crypto space.

Karma3 Labs

Seed Round in 2024
Karma3 Labs is a developer of a decentralized trust protocol that facilitates the creation of on-chain ranking and recommendation systems for applications. By providing peer-to-peer social attestations, open data, and reliable algorithms, Karma3 Labs enables developers to build personalized recommendation systems. The platform is designed to support contextually relevant features and composable elements, ensuring effective Sybil-resistance for social graph protocols.

Ethena

Seed Round in 2024
Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.

Vatom

Series B in 2024
Vatom is a company that offers an innovative engagement platform designed to connect businesses with their customers in the evolving Web3 landscape. Founded in 2019 by Eric Pulier, Vatom provides an enterprise-ready solution that facilitates direct interactions between companies and their stakeholders. The platform includes a wallet service for sharing digital objects and a management studio that enables users to gather insights and oversee campaigns. This functionality is aimed at enhancing customer retention, driving sales, and fostering viral growth. Renowned companies such as PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Deloitte, and Verizon utilize the Vatom platform to develop and implement Web3-based programs, thereby improving their operational processes and profitability.

RISC Zero.

Series A in 2023
RISC Zero provides a platform enabling users to trust programs run anywhere while allowing developers to use the tools they already know. RISC Zero builds scaling solutions using Zero Knowledge Proofs which will make blockchains accessible. The company was founded by a team of Seattle-based hackers committed to enabling users to control their experience on the internet through the creation of privacy-enhancing decentralization technology.

OP3N

Series A in 2023
Founded in 2021 as a subsidiary of EST Media Holdings, OP3N is the global Web3 superapp that serves as a one-stop-shop for all communication, connection and commerce with on-chain interactions in a simple unified interface. With a mission to create a more frictionless, decentralized and democratized creator economy on a global scale, OP3N consolidates the tools needed to mint, share and engage with digital goods and digital tokens into one vertical stack. OP3N’s leadership team leverages its cross-industry expertise from the entertainment, gaming and tech ecosystems, to lay the foundations for a new era of community-driven, inclusive entertainment while bringing everyone together on a journey into Web3. OP3N is co-led by media executive, artist, and serial entrepreneur Jaeson Ma, who has a successful track record launching companies including EST Studios, Stampede Ventures, East West Ventures, and 88rising, and who’s raised capital and advised on transactions totaling over $1 billion; and Eric Tu, an award-winning development executive who’s worked with major brands including Nike, Beats by Dre and Google, and as an Executive Producer with Bjork, Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar and more. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. For more information, please visit: https://op3n.world. OP3N’s portfolio of projects includes a partnership with Tokyo fashion label AMBUSH; an intergalactic children’s book from Grimes; a partnership with entertainment icon Simon Fuller to produce an innovative musical film with the global pop group Now United; and the “Maybe You’re the Problem” music video from the singer-songwriter Ava Max, directed by the celebrated music video director Joseph Kahn.

Candy

Series A in 2023
Candy Digital is a rapidly growing company specializing in digital collectibles, particularly in the realm of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Launched in 2021 by notable figures including Fanatics and Gary Vaynerchuk, Candy Digital focuses on creating officially licensed sports NFTs while also expanding into art, entertainment, and music. The company aims to engage fans by offering authentic digital assets that connect them to their passions. In addition to enabling the purchase, sale, and trade of these collectibles, Candy collaborates with athletes, artists, and content creators to produce unique NFT offerings. Led by CEO Scott Lawin, Candy Digital is committed to providing secure and sustainable services within its NFT ecosystem.

Candy

Secondary Market in 2023
Candy Digital is a rapidly growing company specializing in digital collectibles, particularly in the realm of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Launched in 2021 by notable figures including Fanatics and Gary Vaynerchuk, Candy Digital focuses on creating officially licensed sports NFTs while also expanding into art, entertainment, and music. The company aims to engage fans by offering authentic digital assets that connect them to their passions. In addition to enabling the purchase, sale, and trade of these collectibles, Candy collaborates with athletes, artists, and content creators to produce unique NFT offerings. Led by CEO Scott Lawin, Candy Digital is committed to providing secure and sustainable services within its NFT ecosystem.

Argo Blockchain

Post in 2022
Argo Blockchain is a cryptocurrency mining company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with a focus on large-scale operations utilizing renewable energy sources. Founded in 2017, it operates through its subsidiary, Argo Blockchain Canada Holdings Inc., and has strategically located data centers in North America. The company is dedicated to supporting the growth of blockchain technologies by providing efficient mining services that leverage sustainable power.

GK8

Acquisition in 2022
GK8 is a cybersecurity company based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, founded in 2018. It specializes in self-custody technology for digital assets, providing robust solutions for regulated asset management and token issuance. The company develops both software and hardware, featuring a patented Impenetrable Vault and unique uMPC technology. GK8's offerings include secure cold wallets with hot wallet functionalities that allow transactions to the blockchain without requiring an internet connection. This technology enables financial institutions and crypto-native companies to manage and safeguard digital assets effectively, ensuring security and trust in the digital asset economy. By setting high standards for digital asset custody, GK8 aims to support the mass adoption of digital assets while protecting the reputation of its clients.

Evmos

Seed Round in 2022
Evmos is an interoperability platform designed to connect Ethereum-based applications and assets within the Cosmos ecosystem. It enables the discovery and deployment of new blockchain applications, enhancing the functionality of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) by facilitating cross-chain interactions. This approach allows developers to create applications that can operate seamlessly across both EVM and Cosmos-based blockchains, tapping into the liquidity and user bases of various ecosystems. By promoting interoperability, Evmos aims to provide a more unified user experience while introducing innovative token economics and in-protocol incentives, thereby supporting the launch of interoperable contracts.

Sealance

Seed Round in 2022
Sealance develops a decentralized blockchain platform tailored for the cryptocurrency sector, emphasizing privacy, identity verification, and compliance with regulations. Leveraging advanced mathematical principles and cryptographic techniques, including zero-knowledge proofs, Sealance ensures the integrity of transactions while maintaining user confidentiality. The platform provides a robust framework for certifying transactions, effectively balancing the need for financial compliance with the demands of privacy in the digital currency landscape.

Superlogic

Seed Round in 2022
Superlogic is a developer of a blockchain-based platform focused on the music industry, specifically designed for Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). The platform enables customers to purchase NFTs at low costs or for free, facilitating access to digital assets within the music community. It emphasizes environmentally, socially, and governance-friendly business practices, appealing to conscious music consumers. Additionally, Superlogic allows users to make purchases using credit or debit cards in fiat currencies, as well as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, enhancing the accessibility and versatility of transactions within its ecosystem.

Encode Club

Seed Round in 2022
Encode Club is a London-based blockchain education platform founded in 2019 by Damir Bandalo. The organization focuses on equipping the next generation of blockchain professionals with essential skills and knowledge. It offers a variety of educational services, including events, workshops, hackathons, accelerators, and boot camps, designed to support ambitious individuals in achieving their personal and professional objectives. By collaborating with leading protocols in the cryptocurrency space, Encode Club aims to help participants secure employment or obtain funding for their projects, fostering a vibrant community of crypto enthusiasts.

Certora

Series B in 2022
Certora specializes in providing advanced technology designed to enhance security in software development, particularly for blockchain applications. The company offers a digital asset issuance platform that automatically detects security vulnerabilities both prior to deployment and during operation. Its technology checks smart contracts at compile-time, ensuring that all executions comply with established security rules. By generating mathematical proofs of correctness, Certora guarantees the absence of security vulnerabilities for defined software properties. This independent and language-agnostic approach allows clients to effectively manage security verification without the risk of false interruptions, thus improving the overall integrity of their digital assets.

Elwood Technologies

Series A in 2022
Elwood Technologies is a prominent fintech firm that specializes in digital asset trading and portfolio management software tailored for institutional clients. The company offers a comprehensive platform that connects users to global crypto exchanges, liquidity providers, custodians, and fund administrators. With a focus on advanced execution management, portfolio analytics, and risk management, Elwood's solutions are designed to enable financial institutions, neobanks, and corporations to navigate the complexities of the digital asset market effectively. Founded by experts with extensive backgrounds in both traditional finance and digital technology, Elwood aims to deliver secure and efficient tools that enhance clients' ability to engage with digital assets.

Socket Supply

Seed Round in 2022
Socket Supply develops tools aimed at assisting developers in deploying applications to the cloud and other platforms. The company's innovative platform leverages blockchain technology to facilitate the creation of native applications for various operating systems, including desktop and mobile. By enabling direct connections between app users without the associated expenses and complexities of traditional cloud services, Socket Supply provides an affordable and secure solution for developers. Its focus on web3 decentralization allows for a smoother transition to modern development practices, making the tools accessible and user-friendly.

Blockdaemon

Series C in 2022
Blockdaemon Inc. is a company that develops a blockchain node management platform, enabling businesses, enterprises, and developers to efficiently deploy and manage blockchain applications. The platform supports over 30 blockchain protocols, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Tezos, and Polkadot, offering tools for exchanges, custodians, and financial institutions. Blockdaemon's solution is designed for flexibility, allowing users to switch between networks and chains easily, thus simplifying the configuration process. The company also provides valuable dev-ops guidance to support the blockchain developer ecosystem. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Blockdaemon has additional offices in New York and Ireland.

Bitfarms

Post in 2021
Bitfarms owns and operates blockchain farms that power a global decentralized financial economy. It brings expertise that goes well beyond crypto mining. Its team design, build and manage farm operations and data centers, on top of handling energy logistics. Bitfarms strives to develop the ecosystem growing around blockchain-based technologies. It began operation in 2017, with its headquarters in Brossard in Canada.

Ramp Network

Series A in 2021
Ramp Network is a fintech startup founded in 2017 and based in Warsaw, Poland. The company specializes in creating payment infrastructure that connects cryptocurrency with traditional financial systems. Its mission is to establish a seamless and accessible bridge between the open blockchain financial ecosystem and established banking systems, eliminating the need for intermediaries. Ramp Network's platform integration serves a diverse range of clients, including enterprises, gaming companies, non-fungible token marketplaces, decentralized finance businesses, and digital wallets. By facilitating fiat-crypto transactions, Ramp enables these clients to offer their users an efficient way to engage with digital assets within their products.

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.

Sealance

Seed Round in 2021
Sealance develops a decentralized blockchain platform tailored for the cryptocurrency sector, emphasizing privacy, identity verification, and compliance with regulations. Leveraging advanced mathematical principles and cryptographic techniques, including zero-knowledge proofs, Sealance ensures the integrity of transactions while maintaining user confidentiality. The platform provides a robust framework for certifying transactions, effectively balancing the need for financial compliance with the demands of privacy in the digital currency landscape.

Spectral

Venture Round in 2021
Spectral is a New Rochelle, New York-based company founded in 2020 that focuses on programmable creditworthiness through its innovative platform. The company provides valuable credit risk insights to its partners by utilizing on-chain data, thereby enhancing business decisions and offerings. Users can access new financial opportunities through the Multi-Asset Credit Risk Oracle (MACRO) Score, which serves as an on-chain equivalent to a traditional FICO score, allowing individuals to check their on-chain credit scores. Additionally, Spectral offers an AI-powered platform that simplifies the creation and deployment of smart contracts, enabling developers to generate complex contracts using natural language, thus accelerating development time and minimizing errors.

ClubNFT

Seed Round in 2021
ClubNFT is a next-generation infrastructure solution to discover, protect and share non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for digital artwork.

Sublime Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Sublime Finance is a decentralized lending platform. Sublime will let borrowers access loans depending on their digital identity and on-chain history.

Art Blocks

Venture Round in 2021
Art Blocks is a platform that empowers digital artists to create unique artworks through generative coding, leveraging the Ethereum blockchain for interaction. By allowing patrons to send funds to art installations, the platform generates distinct and repeatable artistic experiences, fostering engagement between artists and collectors. This innovative approach not only enhances the creation of contemporary generative art but also establishes a transparent revenue model for artists and those who host these projects. Through its focus on uniting artists, collectors, and blockchain technology, Art Blocks is reshaping the landscape of interactive art and providing new avenues for artistic expression and monetization.

Paladin

Seed Round in 2021
Paladin is a technological decentralization company trying to reduce friction in the on-chain governance process. To this end, the company has developed a vote lending market called Paladin Lending.

Amberdata

Series A in 2021
Amberdata Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform focused on monitoring, analyzing, and securing both public and private blockchains. Established in 2017 and headquartered in West New York, New Jersey, Amberdata offers a comprehensive suite of tools, APIs, and SDKs designed for traders, investors, wallets, and developers. Their platform integrates validated blockchain and cryptocurrency market data from major exchanges, allowing clients to build data-driven applications that enhance competitive advantage. Furthermore, Amberdata's services support a range of functions, including research, trading, risk assessment, analytics, reporting, and compliance, thereby equipping financial institutions with the necessary infrastructure to engage in digital asset markets effectively.

Argo Blockchain

Post in 2021
Argo Blockchain is a cryptocurrency mining company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with a focus on large-scale operations utilizing renewable energy sources. Founded in 2017, it operates through its subsidiary, Argo Blockchain Canada Holdings Inc., and has strategically located data centers in North America. The company is dedicated to supporting the growth of blockchain technologies by providing efficient mining services that leverage sustainable power.

Figment Capital

Series B in 2021
Figment Networks Inc. is a leading blockchain infrastructure and software provider based in Toronto, Canada, established in 2018. The company develops and operates an open-source crypto network, focusing on enhancing community engagement through tools that facilitate understanding of network health and performance for informed staking decisions. Figment supports various crypto networks, including Tezos, Cosmos, Livepeer, and Horizen. It offers a comprehensive suite of services, such as enterprise-grade node and staking infrastructure, the Hubble Web 3 explorer, and DataHub developer APIs, aimed at simplifying the use, development, and governance of blockchains for token holders and developers alike. Additionally, Figment publishes open-source software and economic research to further benefit the blockchain community.

Onramp Invest

Seed Round in 2021
Onramp Invest is a financial technology company that provides a platform designed to integrate traditional and digital asset financial infrastructures. It aims to facilitate the investment, transfer, and management of multi-asset portfolios in real time for investors and their financial advisors. The platform offers a range of features, including diversified model portfolios with qualified custodians, advisor workflow tools, and automated portfolio rebalancing and optimization. By focusing on simplicity and accessibility, Onramp Invest seeks to empower registered investment advisors with the necessary education and resources to effectively manage and grow their clients' cryptocurrency investments, thereby enhancing economic opportunities and fostering greater participation in the evolving digital asset landscape.

Axelar

Series A in 2021
Axelar is a company focused on creating interoperability software that facilitates communication between different blockchain ecosystems, applications, and users. Founded in 2020 by Sergey Gorbunov and Georgios Vlachos, Axelar Network encompasses a suite of protocols, tools, and APIs designed to eliminate barriers to cross-chain communication. The company utilizes byzantine consensus, cryptography, and mechanism design protocols to enable decentralized applications to operate across various blockchains seamlessly. This allows developers to select the most suitable platform for their needs while leveraging Axelar's solutions to enhance cross-chain composability and liquidity. Through its offerings, Axelar aims to simplify the development of cross-chain decentralized applications, providing users with a robust and distributed network.

Buenbit

Series A in 2021
Buenbit is a cryptocurrency exchange and cross-border payment platform based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a presence in Peru. Founded in 2018, it enables users to buy and sell various cryptocurrencies while providing a low-cost solution for cross-border payments. The platform offers features such as trade history, live prices, and market data, which facilitate investment and brokerage services. Buenbit aims to simplify the process of managing and protecting digital assets for its users, making cryptocurrency trading accessible and efficient.

Index Coop

Seed Round in 2021
The Index Coop is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and the largest provider of on-chain structured decentralized finance (DeFi) products. We’re on a mission to make DeFi simple, secure and accessible to everyone. Index Coop builds sector index products, leverage and inverse products, and yield-generating products, all built on Set Protocol’s twice-audited V2 infrastructure.

Argo Blockchain

Post in 2021
Argo Blockchain is a cryptocurrency mining company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with a focus on large-scale operations utilizing renewable energy sources. Founded in 2017, it operates through its subsidiary, Argo Blockchain Canada Holdings Inc., and has strategically located data centers in North America. The company is dedicated to supporting the growth of blockchain technologies by providing efficient mining services that leverage sustainable power.

Ramp Network

Seed Round in 2021
Ramp Network is a fintech startup founded in 2017 and based in Warsaw, Poland. The company specializes in creating payment infrastructure that connects cryptocurrency with traditional financial systems. Its mission is to establish a seamless and accessible bridge between the open blockchain financial ecosystem and established banking systems, eliminating the need for intermediaries. Ramp Network's platform integration serves a diverse range of clients, including enterprises, gaming companies, non-fungible token marketplaces, decentralized finance businesses, and digital wallets. By facilitating fiat-crypto transactions, Ramp enables these clients to offer their users an efficient way to engage with digital assets within their products.

Vision Hill Advisors

Acquisition in 2021
Vision Hill Advisors is a crypto asset and blockchain-focused fund of funds. It is a digital asset management and solutions firm, that brings together a team with extensive experience in traditional financial markets, a deep passion and understanding of crypto and digital asset markets, and a history of risk and portfolio management. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

PoolTogether

Series A in 2021
PoolTogether Inc. operates an Ethereum-based application that combines saving money with a gamified experience. Founded in 2019 and based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, PoolTogether features a no-loss savings game where users deposit funds that earn interest through a compound protocol. At the end of each week, participants have the chance to win the collective interest accrued, while all users can withdraw their initial deposits without any loss. This innovative platform leverages smart contracts to ensure transparency and fairness, allowing users to save money without the risks associated with traditional lotteries. By utilizing blockchain technology, PoolTogether aims to make saving accessible and engaging for its users.

Bullish Global

Venture Round in 2021
Bullish Global is a new blockchain-based cryptocurrency exchange designed to combine the performance, user privacy, and compliance offered by central order book technology with the vertically integrated user benefits of decentralized finance (DeFi) market architecture.

Bitski

Series A in 2021
Bitski is a developer-focused platform that facilitates the creation, sale, and purchase of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for creators, brands, and platforms. It aims to make blockchain technology accessible to mainstream audiences by connecting communities through ownable digital content. The platform also includes a decentralized sign-on cryptocurrency wallet system, allowing users to access their wallets from any browser or device. This feature ensures that users can manage their tokens and digital goods securely, using a username and a resettable password, thereby enhancing the accessibility and security of their crypto assets.

Aleo

Venture Round in 2021
Aleo provides a platform for building fully private applications using zero-knowledge technology. It offers a comprehensive toolkit that includes an application runtime environment, allowing software to compile, execute, and finalize its state autonomously. Aleo also supports a statically-typed programming language called Leo, designed specifically for private application development on the Aleo blockchain. The company engages its community through blogs and incentive programs to test the bounds of its decentralized technology.

Gro

Seed Round in 2021
Gro builds products, called protocols or autonomous programs, for a more simple and friendly DeFi experience. Gro empowers people to easily create and share wealth, by combining the best of decentralized and legacy finance.

Fireblocks

Series C in 2021
Fireblocks Inc. is a blockchain-based security service platform that provides a secure solution for managing digital asset operations. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, with an additional location in Tel Aviv, Fireblocks specializes in protecting the transmission of digital assets between exchanges, wallets, and counterparties. The platform is designed for financial institutions, including banks, fintech companies, exchanges, liquidity providers, over-the-counter brokers, and hedge funds, allowing them to securely manage their digital assets. Fireblocks employs advanced technologies such as patent-pending chip isolation security and multi-party computation (MPC) to ensure the safe transfer and availability of assets across various environments.

Anchor Protocol

Venture Round in 2021
Anchor Protocol is a savings platform that provides crypto natives, fintech companies, and investors a stable, high interest rate finance. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Terra

Venture Round in 2021
Terra is a price-stable cryptocurrency designed for mass adoption. It builds financial infrastructure for the next generation of decentralized applications. Terra is backed by Luna, a decentralized asset that derives its value from transaction fees collected on the Terra network. Much like the moon stabilizes the earth’s rotation, Luna is Terra's eternal guardian of stability.

Fireblocks

Series B in 2020
Fireblocks Inc. is a blockchain-based security service platform that provides a secure solution for managing digital asset operations. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, with an additional location in Tel Aviv, Fireblocks specializes in protecting the transmission of digital assets between exchanges, wallets, and counterparties. The platform is designed for financial institutions, including banks, fintech companies, exchanges, liquidity providers, over-the-counter brokers, and hedge funds, allowing them to securely manage their digital assets. Fireblocks employs advanced technologies such as patent-pending chip isolation security and multi-party computation (MPC) to ensure the safe transfer and availability of assets across various environments.

Blue Fire Capital

Acquisition in 2020
Blue Fire Capital is a proprietary trading firm that specializes in crypto and providing two-sided liquidity for digital assets.

Centrifuge

Seed Round in 2020
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.

DODO Exchange

Venture Round in 2020
DODO is a liquidity protocol powered by the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm and built for capital efficiency. DODO offers a low barrier-to-entry, pain-free token issuance mechanic for long-tail assets.

Braintrust

Venture Round in 2020
Braintrust is a blockchain-based freelancer marketplace that connects technical and design professionals with organizations seeking their expertise. Founded in 2018 in San Jose, California, by Adam Jackson, Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski, and Brian Flynn, Braintrust offers a user-controlled talent network that eliminates intermediaries, allowing companies to save significantly on hiring costs. The platform enables direct connections between enterprises and highly skilled talent, ensuring that freelancers retain 100 percent of their earnings while the company charges a flat 10 percent project fee. Braintrust aims to disrupt traditional hiring practices by creating a transparent and efficient ecosystem that aligns the interests of both talent and organizations, facilitating access to the right professionals based on verified reputations and work histories.

1inch Labs

Seed Round in 2020
1inch Labs is a developer of a decentralized finance platform that aggregates multiple decentralized exchanges across various blockchains. Founded in 2019 and based in the United States, the company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of cryptocurrency trading. Its suite of protocols, including the 1inch Aggregation Protocol, 1inch Liquidity Protocol, and 1inch Limit Order Protocol, work together to facilitate cost-effective and secure swap transactions. This integration allows users to access better rates than those available on individual exchanges, thereby optimizing their trading experience in the decentralized finance sector.

Ava Labs

Initial Coin Offering in 2020
AVA Labs makes it simple to launch finance applications using blockchain technology–with highly scalable and efficient networks, customizable public and private blockchains, the capability to create any digital asset, and more. We are empowering people to build an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance.

AlphaPoint

Venture Round in 2020
AlphaPoint Corporation is a software developer specializing in technologies for digital currency exchanges. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a comprehensive platform that includes solutions for launching and operating crypto markets, as well as tools for asset digitization and automated market-making. Its products, which serve over 150 clients in 35 countries, include a white-label digital asset trading platform, liquidity services, custody solutions, and yield offerings. AlphaPoint's technology enables various financial entities, such as exchange operators, brokerages, and market makers, to efficiently digitize assets and streamline their operations. With additional offices in Philadelphia and San Francisco, AlphaPoint has established itself as a key player in facilitating blockchain strategies for both startups and established institutions.

Bison Trails

Series A in 2019
Bison Trails Co. operates a blockchain infrastructure platform that enables users to run nodes across multiple blockchains securely. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company offers enterprise-grade security alongside multi-cloud and multi-region distribution, ensuring a 99.99% uptime guarantee for its node operators. Bison Trails aims to strengthen the blockchain ecosystem by providing a robust and transparent infrastructure that supports various activities, including staking, validating, voting, and transacting. This allows customers to deploy participation nodes on any blockchain without needing to develop their own security and operational capabilities.

Bitski

Seed Round in 2019
Bitski is a developer-focused platform that facilitates the creation, sale, and purchase of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for creators, brands, and platforms. It aims to make blockchain technology accessible to mainstream audiences by connecting communities through ownable digital content. The platform also includes a decentralized sign-on cryptocurrency wallet system, allowing users to access their wallets from any browser or device. This feature ensures that users can manage their tokens and digital goods securely, using a username and a resettable password, thereby enhancing the accessibility and security of their crypto assets.

Mythical Games

Series A in 2019
Mythical Games Inc. is a game technology studio that focuses on developing blockchain-based games for personal computers, mobile devices, and consoles. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California, with an additional office in Seattle, Washington, the company aims to revolutionize gaming by emphasizing true ownership of digital assets, verifiable scarcity, and integrated secondary markets. Its flagship product, Blankos, is a casual multiplayer game that allows players to buy, trade, and sell their custom designs. Mythical Games also provides tools for content creators and brands to personalize and own game assets, fostering a collaborative environment for players, developers, and creators. The company is dedicated to creating innovative gaming experiences that leverage distributed ledger technology, thereby enhancing consumer engagement and participation in the gaming ecosystem.

BlockFi

Series A in 2019
BlockFi, Inc. is a New York-based financial services company that specializes in providing wealth management products for cryptocurrency investors. Founded in 2017, it offers interest-bearing accounts that allow clients to earn yields on their Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar holdings. The company also facilitates secured loans in USD, where clients can collateralize their loans with cryptocurrency assets. Additionally, BlockFi provides a trading platform for exchanging various cryptocurrency pairs and customizable lending options for institutions. By leveraging a sophisticated infrastructure that integrates with multiple blockchains, BlockFi aims to enhance liquidity and efficiency in digital financial markets, catering to the needs of both individual and institutional clients.

Spring

Series A in 2019
Spring Labs is a developer of a decentralized network that facilitates the sharing and exchange of financial information. By utilizing blockchain technology, the company enhances security, scalability, transparency, and efficiency within the financial sector. Its network is tailored to meet the needs of financial institutions and lenders, offering them improved control over data and greater flexibility in managing credit systems. Spring Labs supports various industries, including healthcare and media, by providing robust data solutions that help enhance the protection and security of credit information.

Lucid Sight

Series B in 2019
Lucid Sight, Inc. is a computer software company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in the design and development of virtual reality games and software applications. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on creating immersive entertainment experiences using blockchain, augmented reality, and virtual reality technologies. Lucid Sight develops innovative monetization and marketing platforms tailored for brands and game developers, offering multiplayer adventure and sports games that engage users through captivating interfaces. In addition to its gaming products, Lucid Sight provides tools and plug-ins aimed at assisting virtual reality developers, serving both the gaming community and advertisers in the evolving market of immersive technology.

Bison Trails

Seed Round in 2019
Bison Trails Co. operates a blockchain infrastructure platform that enables users to run nodes across multiple blockchains securely. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company offers enterprise-grade security alongside multi-cloud and multi-region distribution, ensuring a 99.99% uptime guarantee for its node operators. Bison Trails aims to strengthen the blockchain ecosystem by providing a robust and transparent infrastructure that supports various activities, including staking, validating, voting, and transacting. This allows customers to deploy participation nodes on any blockchain without needing to develop their own security and operational capabilities.

CipherTrace

Venture Round in 2019
CipherTrace enables the blockchain economy by protecting cryptocurrency companies and financial institutions from security and compliance risks. Years of research have gone into developing the world’s most complete and accurate cryptocurrency intelligence and forensics, covering more than 800 currencies. This visibility into the blockchain and virtual asset businesses helps protect banks and exchanges from cryptocurrency laundering risks, while protecting user privacy. CipherTrace also works with government agencies to bridge the gaps between regulation and the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain.

Bakkt Holdings

Series A in 2018
BAKKT, LLC is a digital asset platform that facilitates the buying, selling, storing, and spending of digital assets for consumers, businesses, and institutions. Founded in 2018 and based in Alpharetta, Georgia, BAKKT provides a user-friendly experience through its app and partnerships, enhancing consumer spending and loyalty programs. The platform is equipped with institutional-grade technology that includes custody solutions for secure crypto storage, catering to both experienced market participants and casual users. BAKKT's offerings also encompass the redemption of loyalty points, enabling clients to enhance customer engagement and value. The company generates revenue primarily through subscription services, positioning itself as a key player in the evolving digital economy.

BlockFi

Convertible Note in 2018
BlockFi, Inc. is a New York-based financial services company that specializes in providing wealth management products for cryptocurrency investors. Founded in 2017, it offers interest-bearing accounts that allow clients to earn yields on their Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar holdings. The company also facilitates secured loans in USD, where clients can collateralize their loans with cryptocurrency assets. Additionally, BlockFi provides a trading platform for exchanging various cryptocurrency pairs and customizable lending options for institutions. By leveraging a sophisticated infrastructure that integrates with multiple blockchains, BlockFi aims to enhance liquidity and efficiency in digital financial markets, catering to the needs of both individual and institutional clients.

Mythical Games

Series A in 2018
Mythical Games Inc. is a game technology studio that focuses on developing blockchain-based games for personal computers, mobile devices, and consoles. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California, with an additional office in Seattle, Washington, the company aims to revolutionize gaming by emphasizing true ownership of digital assets, verifiable scarcity, and integrated secondary markets. Its flagship product, Blankos, is a casual multiplayer game that allows players to buy, trade, and sell their custom designs. Mythical Games also provides tools for content creators and brands to personalize and own game assets, fostering a collaborative environment for players, developers, and creators. The company is dedicated to creating innovative gaming experiences that leverage distributed ledger technology, thereby enhancing consumer engagement and participation in the gaming ecosystem.

BitGo

Series B in 2018
BitGo, Inc. is a digital asset financial services company specializing in security, custody, and liquidity solutions for cryptocurrency. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, BitGo provides a multi-signature security platform that caters to both individual users and institutions. Its offerings include an online Bitcoin wallet, a robust enterprise solution for corporations and financial institutions, and a Key Recovery Service for the secure management of private keys. The platform supports over 200 cryptocurrencies and facilitates secure transactions for exchanges, marketplaces, and e-commerce businesses. Additionally, BitGo launched BitGo Custody and the BitGo Trust Company, which serve as qualified custodians for digital assets. With a customer base spanning more than 50 countries and over $2 billion in assets under management, BitGo is positioned to help businesses integrate digital currencies into their financial systems effectively. The company also has custodial entities located in Switzerland and Germany.

SKALE Labs

Venture Round in 2018
SKALE Labs, founded in 2015 and based in Atherton, California, develops a blockchain scalability platform designed to enhance the performance of decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts. The SKALE Network functions as a decentralized, open-source middleware layer that enables high-speed consensus, allowing dApps to execute millions of smart contracts and transactions per second. This innovative protocol addresses the scalability challenges faced by blockchains, particularly those like Ethereum and EOS. By employing a permission-less node network supported by SKALE Mining nodes, the platform optimizes interactions between dApps and various blockchain environments, empowering developers and enhancing the overall efficiency of decentralized applications.

ABE Global

Seed Round in 2018
ABE Global is an exchange platform for 24/7asset trading. It operates in Europe, North America, and Asia. ABE will provide access and liquidity to issuers and investors by using the performance of a traditional securities exchange and the flexibility of DLT (distributed ledger technology). Led by an experienced team of financial products and system experts — John Pigott (BondPoint), Joel Blom (Thinkorswim, Inc.), and Roderick Psaila (AgriBank PLC) — ABE will maximize market accessibility and democratize capital for more efficient financial products.

BitFury

Venture Round in 2018
BitFury is a prominent full-service blockchain technology company and a major private infrastructure provider within the blockchain ecosystem. It specializes in developing and delivering comprehensive software and hardware solutions that enable businesses, governments, organizations, and individuals to securely transfer assets across the blockchain. The company's offerings include custom semiconductor chips and mobile data centers, which enhance security and infrastructure through a private blockchain network, ensuring that transactions are protected and efficient. BitFury's focus on advancing blockchain technology positions it as a key player in the ongoing evolution of digital asset management and security.

BlockFi

Seed Round in 2018
BlockFi, Inc. is a New York-based financial services company that specializes in providing wealth management products for cryptocurrency investors. Founded in 2017, it offers interest-bearing accounts that allow clients to earn yields on their Bitcoin, Ether, and Gemini Dollar holdings. The company also facilitates secured loans in USD, where clients can collateralize their loans with cryptocurrency assets. Additionally, BlockFi provides a trading platform for exchanging various cryptocurrency pairs and customizable lending options for institutions. By leveraging a sophisticated infrastructure that integrates with multiple blockchains, BlockFi aims to enhance liquidity and efficiency in digital financial markets, catering to the needs of both individual and institutional clients.

AlphaPoint

Series A in 2018
AlphaPoint Corporation is a software developer specializing in technologies for digital currency exchanges. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a comprehensive platform that includes solutions for launching and operating crypto markets, as well as tools for asset digitization and automated market-making. Its products, which serve over 150 clients in 35 countries, include a white-label digital asset trading platform, liquidity services, custody solutions, and yield offerings. AlphaPoint's technology enables various financial entities, such as exchange operators, brokerages, and market makers, to efficiently digitize assets and streamline their operations. With additional offices in Philadelphia and San Francisco, AlphaPoint has established itself as a key player in facilitating blockchain strategies for both startups and established institutions.

BotChain

Venture Round in 2018
BotChain enables universal registration, identity validation, audit, and coordination of A.I. agents and autonomous software. The BotChain was created by the team at Talla. After more than two years of building intelligent, AI-driven bots for the enterprise, Talla began pursuing their idea for BotChain. The leadership team represents decades of experience in software development, Artificial Intelligence, startups, and innovation.

CipherTrace

Venture Round in 2018
CipherTrace enables the blockchain economy by protecting cryptocurrency companies and financial institutions from security and compliance risks. Years of research have gone into developing the world’s most complete and accurate cryptocurrency intelligence and forensics, covering more than 800 currencies. This visibility into the blockchain and virtual asset businesses helps protect banks and exchanges from cryptocurrency laundering risks, while protecting user privacy. CipherTrace also works with government agencies to bridge the gaps between regulation and the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain.

BitGo

Series B in 2017
BitGo, Inc. is a digital asset financial services company specializing in security, custody, and liquidity solutions for cryptocurrency. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, BitGo provides a multi-signature security platform that caters to both individual users and institutions. Its offerings include an online Bitcoin wallet, a robust enterprise solution for corporations and financial institutions, and a Key Recovery Service for the secure management of private keys. The platform supports over 200 cryptocurrencies and facilitates secure transactions for exchanges, marketplaces, and e-commerce businesses. Additionally, BitGo launched BitGo Custody and the BitGo Trust Company, which serve as qualified custodians for digital assets. With a customer base spanning more than 50 countries and over $2 billion in assets under management, BitGo is positioned to help businesses integrate digital currencies into their financial systems effectively. The company also has custodial entities located in Switzerland and Germany.

BlockApps

Convertible Note in 2017
BlockApps, Inc. is a blockchain technology company founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, New York. It specializes in the development of the BlockApps STRATO platform, which allows enterprises to build, deploy, and manage Ethereum-based blockchain applications. STRATO supports the creation of hybrid private, consortium, and public blockchains, providing a comprehensive solution for various industries, including software startups, IT firms, and Fortune 500 companies. In addition to its core platform, BlockApps has introduced the STRATO Mercata Blockchain Protocol and Marketplace, facilitating the digital ownership of assets like whiskey casks, precious metals, carbon offsets, and collectibles through a network of verified partners. With a focus on enhancing data visibility, automating processes, and reducing reliance on intermediaries, BlockApps aims to enable secure and efficient decentralized application management. The company has garnered approximately $50 million in investments and has established strategic partnerships to further its mission.
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