# Top 15 Payments Startup Investors in Nicaragua in June 2026

## Framework Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

A crypto venture firm that builds with our founders.

## Cumberland
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech

Cumberland provides financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals with the access they need to capitalize on opportunities in the crypto asset space, while also working to ensure that the ecosystem continues to grow and evolve in a responsible, sustainable manner. Within DRW, a diversified principal trading firm, Cumberland is a specialistcrypto asset trading company.

## Blizzard Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech

Blizzard Fund is a venture capital fund managed by AVA Labs and targets cryptocurrency industries.

## Maghnus Mareneck
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3

Maghnus Mareneck is the Co-Founder of Skip. He previously worked at Atlassian as an Associate Product Manager, Confluence Everywhere. Maghnus Mareneck attended The Wharton School.

## Stepan Simkin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Solana, Misamis Oriental, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Web3, Cryptocurrency

Stepan Simkin is the co-founder of Squads.

## Parataxis Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Parataxis Capital is a multi-strategy hedge fund focused on the digital asset sector

## Lemniscap
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Lemniscap is an investment firm specialising in investments in emerging cryptoassets and blockchain startups.

## Circle Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: East Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Circle Ventures invests in projects that accelerate global crypto innovation and adoption in service. They foster crypto innovation by assisting founders and teams that are committed to open access, financial inclusivity, and programmable commerce, all of which may contribute to global economic success.

## The Spartan Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

We advise, invest and build with the best entrepreneurs in Web3.

## Zee Prime Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

Totally supercool and chilled VC investing in programmable assets, collaborative intelligence and other buzzwords.

## Wintermute
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

A leading algorithmic trading firm focused on building liquid and efficient markets in digital assets.

## Multicoin Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies reshaping trillion-dollar markets. 

## Jayendra Jog
- Type: Angel
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Internet

Jayendra Jog is the Co-Founder of Sei Labs. He previously worked at Robinhood as a Software Engineer. Jayendra Jog attended UCLA.

## Neel Somani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Neel Somani is the founder of Eclipse.

## Wintermute Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Wintermute Ventures is the investment arm of Wintermute, a global algorithmic trading firm, liquidity provider, and leading OTC desk in digital assets. Drawing from Wintermute's expertise in pioneering DeFi trading and powering liquidity across the entire ecosystem, Wintermute Ventures is uniquely positioned to back early-stage Web3 projectswith hands-on support. Focused on long-term growth, the company takes a flexible approach, investing from early ideation to later-stage expansion. Committed to developing strategic relationships and driving positive outcomes, Wintermute Ventures prioritizes decentralized ownership, ensuring its investments align with the company’s broader vision of a decentralized future. Since 2020, it has invested in over 100 projects.

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