Hard Yaka

Hard Yaka is an investment firm based in Crystal Bay, Nevada, founded in 2010. It pursues technology investments across private equity and venture capital, including buyouts and distressed opportunities, and it frequently seeks majority stakes. The firm focuses on digital transformation infrastructure, including portable identity, payments, marketplaces, and regtech, and also backs early-stage opportunities in exchange space startups, targeting verticals within exchange markets as well as horizontals such as messaging and payments across exchange sectors.

Jun Hiraga

Managing Partner

Greg Kidd

Co-Founder, Partner

Kevin Leiske JD

Partner

Margaret Slemmer

Investor

Katie Sullivan

Partner

Past deals in Investment Banking

Goin

Series A in 2025
Goin is a mobile application that enhances users' financial health by layering innovative saving, investing, and smart-shopping tools onto traditional banking services.

Unifimoney

Seed Round in 2022
A digital wealth management platform that enables community banks and credit unions to offer comprehensive investment services. It supports over 70 cryptocurrencies, passive and active investing in thousands of equities and ETFs, and precious metals. Unifimoney integrates with existing digital banking infrastructure, providing a low-cost, user-friendly solution for financial institutions to offer full-service money management.

Goin

Seed Round in 2021
Goin is a mobile application that enhances users' financial health by layering innovative saving, investing, and smart-shopping tools onto traditional banking services.

Goin

Venture Round in 2020
Goin is a mobile application that enhances users' financial health by layering innovative saving, investing, and smart-shopping tools onto traditional banking services.

SportBLX

Venture Round in 2018
SportBLX is an investment platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, designed to allow fans and investors globally to acquire shares in unique sports assets. The platform facilitates the process of identifying athletes, teams, or racehorses willing to sell a percentage of their on-field earnings or equity. It provides users with the tools to review and research these offerings before making investments. By enabling ownership in sports-related assets, SportBLX bridges the gap between fans and the financial aspects of the sports industry.
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