Signature Ventures

Signature Ventures, established in 2019 and based in Aying, Germany, is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in the blockchain sector. The company focuses on Pre-Seed to Series A startups globally, with a particular emphasis on Europe. Led by Founding Partner Juliane Hahn and Tech Partner Dr. Georg Stricker, both with extensive VC experience and deep blockchain expertise, Signature Ventures backs exceptional founders building the next-generation internet, characterized by openness, security, and privacy. The firm takes minority stakes in companies and collaborates closely with industry players, corporates, and academia to empower these pioneers driving the decentralized future.

Nikolai Lambsdorff

Principal

Juliane Hahn

Founding Partner and Managing Director

Georg Stricker

Tech Partner and Managing Director

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Notabene

Series B in 2024
Notabene, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in developing a software as a service (SaaS) platform for crypto compliance tailored for the financial industry. The company focuses on helping financial institutions adhere to emerging global regulations concerning cryptocurrency transactions, specifically addressing the complexities of the Travel Rule. Notabene offers a unified API and dashboard designed to assist compliance officers in managing risk associated with both Travel Rule and non-custodial transactions. By providing access to a broad network of crypto businesses, Notabene simplifies the compliance process, enhances transaction confidence, and ultimately supports its clients in increasing their transaction volumes and business growth.

Finoa

Venture Round in 2024
Founded in 2018, Finoa is a regulated custodian for digital assets based in Berlin. It offers secure custody and staking services to institutional investors worldwide, including venture capital firms, corporations, and financial institutions. The platform enables users to manage their digital assets safely and easily, regardless of their crypto familiarity.

Gataca

Seed Round in 2023
Gataca is an MIT-born cybersecurity company specializing in decentralized Digital Identity technology. It empowers users to regain control over their private information and authenticate securely across digital services. For businesses, Gataca streamlines Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance by reducing the time, manpower, and costs associated with it, while enhancing user onboarding experiences. The company leverages blockchain and biometric technologies to create a neutral, auditable, and trusted identity platform globally.

Swaap

Seed Round in 2023
Swaap develops an automated market maker platform that mitigates impermanent loss. It combines on-chain market data with quantitative methods to facilitate market-neutral yield strategies, offering a diverse and passive investment option.

Finoa

Funding Round in 2023
Founded in 2018, Finoa is a regulated custodian for digital assets based in Berlin. It offers secure custody and staking services to institutional investors worldwide, including venture capital firms, corporations, and financial institutions. The platform enables users to manage their digital assets safely and easily, regardless of their crypto familiarity.

Frontdoor Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Otio is a developer of an AI research and writing tool aimed at assisting researchers in the writing process. The platform enables users to collect and organize their research materials, summarize content, and generate written work based on their reading lists. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Otio streamlines the writing of research papers and essays, making it easier for researchers to focus on their ideas and findings. The tool represents a shift towards more efficient content creation in academic settings, supporting a new approach to research dissemination and knowledge sharing.

Atem

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Atem connects with carbon standards, exchanges, and protocols through a powerful API, allowing them to get more out of their carbon management from sourcing to offsetting. They provide tools for businesses that work with carbon credits on a large scale.

Nevermined

Seed Round in 2022
Nevermined develops a decentralized data-sharing platform enabling secure publishing, discovery, buying, and selling of data. It offers an NFT marketplace, access control tools, governance features, and tokenized asset management.

Notabene

Series A in 2021
Notabene, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in developing a software as a service (SaaS) platform for crypto compliance tailored for the financial industry. The company focuses on helping financial institutions adhere to emerging global regulations concerning cryptocurrency transactions, specifically addressing the complexities of the Travel Rule. Notabene offers a unified API and dashboard designed to assist compliance officers in managing risk associated with both Travel Rule and non-custodial transactions. By providing access to a broad network of crypto businesses, Notabene simplifies the compliance process, enhances transaction confidence, and ultimately supports its clients in increasing their transaction volumes and business growth.

BTP

Seed Round in 2021
BTP, founded in 2018 and supported by Force Over Mass and Signature Ventures, is a digital provenance company focused on enhancing the trustworthiness of assets. The company has developed Chronicle, a blockchain-based platform that enables organizations to record and retrieve immutable provenance information for both digital and physical assets across various domains and multiple parties. Delivered through the Sextant platform, Chronicle facilitates deployment, management, and integration with existing enterprise systems. BTP's open-source solution is designed to be adaptable for specific use cases, such as asset integrity management, allowing organizations to create multiparty applications while ensuring secure data sharing and a comprehensive view of asset provenance throughout its lifecycle.

Finoa

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2018, Finoa is a regulated custodian for digital assets based in Berlin. It offers secure custody and staking services to institutional investors worldwide, including venture capital firms, corporations, and financial institutions. The platform enables users to manage their digital assets safely and easily, regardless of their crypto familiarity.

Celestia

Seed Round in 2021
Celestia is a provider of modular blockchain networks based in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Founded in 2019, the company specializes in deploying decentralized blockchains without the need for extensive initial setup. Celestia's platform serves as a scalable data availability layer for decentralized applications and sidechains with minimal trust requirements. This allows developers to efficiently store and manage blockchain data collectively, optimizing performance for various applications.

Notabene

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Notabene, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in developing a software as a service (SaaS) platform for crypto compliance tailored for the financial industry. The company focuses on helping financial institutions adhere to emerging global regulations concerning cryptocurrency transactions, specifically addressing the complexities of the Travel Rule. Notabene offers a unified API and dashboard designed to assist compliance officers in managing risk associated with both Travel Rule and non-custodial transactions. By providing access to a broad network of crypto businesses, Notabene simplifies the compliance process, enhances transaction confidence, and ultimately supports its clients in increasing their transaction volumes and business growth.

Unchained Capital

Seed Round in 2020
Unchained Capital is a cryptocurrency financial services company that provides cash loans secured by digital assets and also offers secure custody solutions for bitcoin. Founded in 2016 and based in Austin, Texas, the company enables long-term holders to borrow against their crypto holdings without selling, using multi-signature cold storage to safeguard assets. Its offerings include bitcoin-backed loans, multisignature vaults, and other bitcoin-related financial services designed to help clients maximize liquidity while maintaining control of their keys. By combining secure custody with crypto-backed lending and related services, Unchained Capital supports asset retention and value extraction for cryptocurrency investors.

Finoa

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Finoa is a regulated custodian for digital assets based in Berlin. It offers secure custody and staking services to institutional investors worldwide, including venture capital firms, corporations, and financial institutions. The platform enables users to manage their digital assets safely and easily, regardless of their crypto familiarity.
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