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Top 50 Payments VC Funds & Investors (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Payments startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Payments startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Coinbase Ventures
VC Fund
124 United States, Singapore, India Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2M–$40M
Digital Currency Group
VC Fund
121 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $650k–$48M
Pantera Capital
VC Fund
93 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.5M–$48M
Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
86 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $637k–$33M
Polychain
VC Fund
85 United States, Singapore, Switzerland Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $1.5M–$30M
Andreessen Horowitz
VC Fund
76 United States, United Kingdom, Brazil Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1.5M–$107M
Shima Capital
VC Fund
66 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1.2M–$11M
Dragonfly
VC Fund
64 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2.2M–$40M
GSR
VC Fund
63 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.5M–$50M
Animoca Brands
VC Fund
63 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency $1.6M–$40M
Blockchain Capital
VC Fund
61 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1M–$33M
CMT Digital
VC Fund
60 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2M–$50M
Blockchain Founders Fund
VC Fund
58 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $200k–$6M
SV Aangel
VC Fund
58 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet $1M–$107M
Robot Ventures
VC Fund
57 United States, Singapore, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $500k–$50M
Orange DAO
VC Fund
55 United States, Singapore, Spain Pre-Seed, Seed, Private Equity Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software
The Spartan Group
VC Fund
55 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $1.5M–$32M
Framework Ventures
VC Fund
54 United States, Singapore, Australia Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2M–$48M
Hack VC
VC Fund
53 United States, Singapore, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency $1M–$38M
Lightspeed Venture Partners
VC Fund
53 United States, India, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $2.2M–$125M
OKX Ventures
VC Fund
52 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $2M–$38M
Paradigm
VC Fund
51 United States, United Kingdom, Cayman Islands Series A, Seed, Series B Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech $3.5M–$152M
FJ Labs
VC Fund
51 United States, Brazil, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $1.4M–$65M
Sequoia Capital
VC Fund
51 United States, China, India Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $5.5M–$190M
Big Brain Holdings
VC Fund
51 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $500k–$15M
Fenbushi Capital
VC Fund
51 United States, Singapore, China Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $1.3M–$30M
Multicoin Capital
VC Fund
50 United States, Singapore, Switzerland Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $1.3M–$74M
Electric Capital
VC Fund
50 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2M–$40M
CMS Holdings
VC Fund
49 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.4M–$21M
Hashed
VC Fund
48 United States, South Korea, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1M–$39M
NGC Ventures
VC Fund
47 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Castle Island Ventures
VC Fund
47 United States, India, China Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $125k–$50M
Galaxy Digital
VC Fund
47 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2.4M–$55M
Lemniscap
VC Fund
46 United States, United Kingdom, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1M–$25M
Alameda Research
VC Fund
46 United States, Singapore, Australia Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.3M–$35M
Alumni Ventures
VC Fund
46 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.4M–$79M
Index Ventures
VC Fund
46 United States, United Kingdom, France Series A, Series B, Seed Software, E-Commerce, Internet $1.3M–$100M
Draper Associates
VC Fund
45 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Information Technology $1M–$50M
AU21 Capital
VC Fund
45 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Initial Coin Offering Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1.1M–$14M
MH Ventures
VC Fund
44 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $500k–$11M
Mirana
VC Fund
43 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $2M–$43M
Wintermute Ventures
VC Fund
42 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2.7M–$55M
ParaFi Capital
VC Fund
41 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $1.2M–$30M
Fulgur Ventures
VC Fund
41 United States, Switzerland, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $50k–$40M
1kx
VC Fund
41 United States, Germany, Switzerland Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $1.8M–$28M
CoinFund
VC Fund
40 United States, United Kingdom, Germany Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.5M–$43M
Soma Capital
VC Fund
39 United States, India, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $200k–$40M
Accel
VC Fund
38 United States, India, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Software, SaaS, Information Technology $1.5M–$74M
Fabric Ventures
VC Fund
38 United States, France, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $2M–$30M
Kenetic
VC Fund
38 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.4M–$30M
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Coinbase Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 124 investments in Payments startups

Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 426
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$15M; Series A $7M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • BVNK — BVNK is a next-generation payments platform. We're making payments as accessible and resilient as the internet.
  • 0xbow — 0xbow is an Ethereum privacy service provider that primarily offers support for Sky’s USDS stablecoin, delivering secure, confidential, and user-friendly transaction solutions within the decentralized finance ecosystem.
  • Ceramic Network — Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized and composable data applications. The network decentralizes application databases, making data universally composable and reusable across applications. It consists of three core parts: a highly-scalable, decentralized infrastructure for data availability and consensus, a marketplace ofcommunity-created data models, and a suite of standard APIs for storing, updating, and retrieving data from those models.
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Digital Currency Group
VC Fund · Stamford, Connecticut, United States · 121 investments in Payments startups

We are the capital engine supporting emerging talent & crypto technology. On its mission to accelerate the development of a better financial system.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 294
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$8.5M; Series A $3M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zabo — Zabo is an API for connecting to any crypto exchange, wallet, protocol or account. Sign up for access to free API keys at Zabo.com
  • Ballet — Ballet Crypto is a companion mobile app, which enables sending of cryptocurrency, checking market value and activating additional currencies. The use of the mobile app is completely optional, as you do not need it to receive and store your cryptocurrency safely.
  • Joystream — Joystream is a block chain-based, decentralized video platform.
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Pantera Capital
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 93 investments in Payments startups

Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space. The company believes that Bitcoin has the potential to transform the way people use money and that it will do for payments what the Internet has done for communications and commerce.Until 2014, Pantera focused on globalmacro hedge fund investments. The firm was founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, who was a chief financial officer and head of Macro Trading at Tiger Management. The firm has since shifted its investment advisory services to focus exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space.Shareholders include Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, and Ribbit Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 289
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$18M; Series A $5.5M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • GlobeDX — See the markets through our lenses
  • Brave — The Brave browser is a fast, private and secure web browser for PC, Mac and mobile. Download now to enjoy a faster ad-free browsing experience that saves data and battery life by blocking tracking software.
  • SharpLink — SharpLink is an online technology company that works with sports leagues, fantasy sports sites, and sports media companies.
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 86 investments in Payments startups

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 824
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $637k–$5M; Series A $4M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Tino — Tino is building the future B2B payment network. The company allows merchants to use their credit card receivables as credit collateral, accessing working capital seamlessly and cheaply.Due to this increase in merchant purchase power, suppliers can boost their commercial opportunities, while keeping their default risk under control. The companyultimately aims to streamline the commercial relationship between merchants and their suppliers, leveraging data to boost transactions for B2B buying and selling.Pedro Sonego de Oliveira and Luis Eduardo Cascão founded Tino on November 2021. It has its headquarter in São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Bold — Bold creates financial tools that allow users to increase sales by receiving card payments. The company was founded by José Vélez, Ana María Sandoval, Enríque Ramírez, Jorge Ulloa, and Sergio Vergara in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia.
  • Clever Care Health Plan Inc. — Clever Care delivers culturally sensitive Medicare options in Southern California that honor and represent the cultural values of the communities we serve. Health and wellness, centered around you.
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Polychain
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 85 investments in Payments startups

The emergence of bitcoin and subsequent blockchain technologies has generated a new digital asset class in which scarcity is based on mathematical properties. Through cryptographic verification and game-theoretic equilibrium, blockchain-based digital assets can be created, issued, and transmitted using the software. Polychain Capital is committedto exceptional returns for investors through actively managed portfolios of these blockchain assets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 315
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$13M; Series A $6M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Playtron — The Operating System for Gaming
  • Sona — Co-founded by DJ and producer TOKiMONSTA, Sonu is a whole new way to enjoy music and support your favorite artists.
  • M0
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Andreessen Horowitz
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 76 investments in Payments startups

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1628
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$15M; Series A $9M–$53M; Series B $16M–$107M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Shapeways — Shapeways is the #1 online 3D printing service company. Working with over a million customers since 2007 - Get 3D products and parts delivered to over 100 countries.
  • Dapper Labs — Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.
  • Genesis Molecular AI — Their academia-leading research was the initial component of our expanding portfolio of AI technologies. They are combining novel deep neural networks, biophysical simulation, and massively scalable computing infrastructure to achieve industry-leading performance in a molecular generation and property prediction.The company was founded in 2019and based in South San Francisco, California.
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Shima Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 66 investments in Payments startups

Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting blockchain startups. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 242
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • 3RM — Verified contact at any decentralized organization. Manage new business, partnerships, and engagement across organizations like never before.
  • BullPerks — BullPerks is a community of like-minded individuals who want to leverage their power and invest together in the best projects on equal terms with VCs.
  • Faith Tribe — Faith Tribe is a open- source fashion design platform that focuses on NFT minting, P2P transactions.
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Dragonfly
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 64 investments in Payments startups

A cross-border cryptoasset investment firm. Global from day one.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 187
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$16M; Series A $6.3M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $650M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Polymarket — Bet on your beliefs
  • Caldera — Caldera is a network of interconnected, purpose-built blockchains, settling on Ethereum.
  • Nexus — Nexus is a DEX Layer 1, purpose-built to give users around the world access to a new era of verifiable finance.
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GSR
VC Fund · Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 63 investments in Payments startups

GSR has nine years of deep crypto market expertise as a market maker, ecosystem partner and active, multi-stage investor. GSR sources and provides spot and non-linear liquidity in digital assets for token issuers, institutional investors, miners, and leading cryptocurrency exchanges. GSR employs over 300 people around the globe, and its tradingtechnology is connected to 60 trading venues, including the world's leading DEXs. We have a culture of approaching complex problems with tenacity and imagination. We build long-term relationships by offering exceptional service, expertise and trading capabilities tailored to the specific needs of our clients.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 211
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $4M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lillius — LILLIUS_Making sports and home training easy and fun just like playing a game! LILLUS is a Blockchain based WEB3 Sports Experience Platform that rewards users for healthy activities!
  • Solana — Solana is the high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, and crypto applications. Fast. Decentralized. Scalable. Energy efficient. Solana can power thousands of transactions per second.
  • TrueNorth — Crypto's first AI discovery engine
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Animoca Brands
VC Fund · Cyberport, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 63 investments in Payments startups

Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 399
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; Series A $5M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 0G — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
  • Blockade Games — Blockade Games is a leading blockchain video game development studio. Using industry expertise, we are developing blockchain layer two infrastructure and gaming applications.
  • Ignite Tournaments — Ready to take your mobile games to the next level? Join Ignite Tournaments and compete in real money esports tournaments. Download our app now and win big!
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Blockchain Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 61 investments in Payments startups

Partners to crypto builders since 2013.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 182
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$15M; Series A $5M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $580M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Blocknative — Blocknative's proven platform is the easy way to work with mempool data. See why hundreds of projects rely on our infrastructure.
  • Solv Protocol — Decentralized Liquidity Infrastructure
  • Forta Protocol000 — Powered by the most advanced AI detection model, Forta Firewall integrates with protocols and rollups to prevent over 99% of hacks.
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CMT Digital
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 60 investments in Payments startups

An exciting new iteration of our website is coming soon. CMT Digital is a blockchain and digital assets focused subsidiary of the CMT Group, a 24 year-old trading and investments firm. The CMT Group has operated as a valued partner to entrepreneurs, traders, and technologists

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 189
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Series A $5M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playtron — The Operating System for Gaming
  • D2X Group — Trade digital asset options and futures on the EU-regulated market infrastructure for institutions.
  • Coinflow Labs — Tech-driven payments solutions for your business
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Blockchain Founders Fund
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 58 investments in Payments startups

We Focus Exclusively On Adding Value To Blockchain & Emerging Technology Projects With Real World Applications.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 206
  • Round size: Seed $570k–$6M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $75M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • KINO — KINO is a film production company that brings fans behind the scenes of their favorite hollywood films.
  • Tanssi Network — The Tanssi Network is a permissionless appchain infrastructure protocol designed for swift and effortless deployment of application-specific blockchains.
  • Virtualtech Frontier — Virtualtech Frontier develops business processes through virtual reality technology. It operates virtual event platforms, metaverse services, and virtual reality solutions. Virtualtech Frontier was founded in 2021 and is based in Selangor, Malaysia.
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SV Aangel
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 58 investments in Payments startups

SV Angel is a service organization, investing in founders who share these values. They support entrepreneurs in building lasting companies by assisting at key inflection points and leveraging networks to help them propel their businesses forward.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 951
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$10M; Series A $2.5M–$35M; Series B $8M–$107M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $29M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Cartesia — Cartesia provides real-time multimodal intelligence for all devices. Its objective is to develop the next generation of AI: pervasive, interactive intelligence that operates everywhere.
  • Vulcan — Vulcan builds AI tools that map U.S. laws and regulations, helping users draft, review, and stay compliant with legal documents.
  • Adentro — Zenreach created Walk-Through Marketing to help businesses with physical locations dramatically improve customer acquisition and lifetime value by connecting digital marketing with in-store results. Zenreach Engage automatically tracks customer visits, effortlessly builds rich customer profiles and keeps them up to date. Zenreach Attract improvesad performance 4x by targeting audiences based on your best customers. Results are measured with our Walk-Through Rate™, a proprietary metric that shows when someone exposed to an ad visits a location. Founded in 2012, Zenreach serves thousands of independent merchants and leading brands like Peet’s Coffee, Ruth’s Chris and BCBG Max Azria.
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Robot Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 57 investments in Payments startups

Robots Never Sleep

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 161
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$14M; Pre-Seed $500k–$4M; Series A $8M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • GTE — GTE is a decentralized trading platform that offers end-to-end trading services.
  • Hylo
  • Sprinter
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Orange DAO
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 55 investments in Payments startups, 12 in the past 12 months

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Private Equity
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 141
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Kiki World — KIKI World is at the heart of this evolution, a virtual-led beauty brand at the intersection of gamified commerce.
  • Lumino — Lumino is an AI infrastructure startup whose mission is to enable the power of AI for every human.
  • Nest Wallet — Nest Wallet is a wallet created exclusively for traders, and all wallets are linked across mobile and extension.
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The Spartan Group
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 55 investments in Payments startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 202
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Series A $5.1M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Bribe — where DAO token holders get paid to govern
  • Perion — Win Crypto Questing in AAA Games.
  • Tarta Labs — Tarta Labs is dedicated to building a next-generation anime IP ecosystem and aims to innovate within the anime gaming space by blending engaging narratives, high-quality visuals, and community-driven gameplay experiences.
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Framework Ventures
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 54 investments in Payments startups

A crypto venture firm that builds with our founders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 171
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Series A $6M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Immunefi — Review code. Prevent hacks. Build rep. Get paid.
  • Krypton — Krypton is the next-generation trading protocol for the DeFi space. It is a Decentralized Exchange Protocol Resistant to Miner Extractable Value.
  • Sentient — The Sentient Foundation is uniting builders, researchers, and communities to empower the development of open-source AGI, one where intelligence is built and owned by everyone.
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Hack VC
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 53 investments in Payments startups

Hack VC is a web3 venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 226
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$15M; Pre-Seed $1M–$10M; Series A $6M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • 0G — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
  • Orchata — Te presentamos orchata, tu super en 15 minutos. Te regalamos 100 pesos en tu primer pedido.
  • Bitwave — Unlock the benefits of holding digital assets with the first finance platform designed specifically to manage cryptocurrency tax, accounting, and compliance.
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 53 investments in Payments startups

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1495
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$30M; Series A $6.5M–$90M; Series B $13M–$125M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.4B in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • k-ID — At k-ID, we specialize in integrating safety and privacy by design compliance solutions for digital platforms, focusing on creating a safer, more responsible online environment for children and teenagers.
  • Granola — Granola helps you keep momentum on what matters. You stay present, Granola turns your conversations into a rich, searchable memory.
  • Triomics — Triomics | We advance oncology research and care operations by helping accelerate trial enrollment, quality improvement projects, streamline healthcare operations, and more.
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OKX Ventures
VC Fund · Victoria, Beau Vallon, Seychelles · 52 investments in Payments startups

OKX Ventures focus on the discoveries and investments in various aspects, including blockchain basic infrastructures, Layer2, DeFi, WEB3.0, NFT and Metaverse.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$15M; Series A $3.5M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Codatta — Unlock the value of your data securely and transparently. Codetta empowers freelancers to earn passive income by sharing your data with trusted entities. Take control and start earning today!
  • Monad — Monad brings true performance as a new EVM L1 blockchain. Fast, powerful, efficient. Built for developers.
  • Last Odyssey — Unite, fight, and conquer in Last Odyssey, a social Web3 game with NFT Lands and Heroes. Build, recruit, and strategize in the epic war on the continent of Middangeard.
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Paradigm
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 51 investments in Payments startups

Paradigm is an investment firm focused on supporting the great crypto/Web3 companies and protocols of tomorrow. Our approach is flexible, long term, multi-stage, and global. We often get involved at the earliest stages of formation and support our portfolio with additional capital over time.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Cayman Islands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 174
  • Round size: Seed $3.5M–$21M; Series A $10M–$150M; Series B $24M–$152M
  • Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CoinSwitch — CoinSwitch breaks down the complexities in Crypto, empowering the everyday Indian to make informed investment decisions on a simple and trusted platform. When we started up, Crypto was a field reserved for specialists. Today, over 20 million users trust CoinSwitch to learn, purchase and invest in Crypto. That makes us India’s largest crypto app.On CoinSwitch, users can invest in Crypto with a few simple taps, either as a one-time purchase or in regular intervals through an SIP. But simplicity is not a substitute for informed decisions. A CoinSwitch user spends 27 minutes on our app—to learn about Crypto and Web3 through our educational content and understand the market sentiments through CRE8, the Crypto Rupee Index. But we are just getting started. CoinSwitch not only plans to double down on making Crypto accessible to everyone but is on track to become the one-stop wealth-tech destination for every Indian.
  • Fractal — Fractal is an in-game asset and virtual world marketplace where users may find, purchase, and sell gaming NFTs. Fractal is headquartered in Solana, United States and was founded in 2021.
  • FTX — FTX is an easy to use crypto exchange where you can buy, sell, and store Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies and digital assets such as NFTs
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FJ Labs
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 51 investments in Payments startups

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 895
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $4.4M–$30M; Series B $12M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Fresha — Find the best salons and spa in your area with Fresha salon booking software. Book now!
  • EarlyDay — EarlyDay is the only career marketplace dedicated to early childhood educators. We make it easier and faster for preschools and childcare centers to hire qualified educators. Sign up for free today!
  • Possible Finance — Get money in minutes, build credit history and avoid hidden fees with Possible Finance. Apply in the app with just a few taps and manage money on your terms.
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Sequoia Capital
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 51 investments in Payments startups

We help the daring build We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, China, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1680
  • Round size: Series A $5.5M–$45M; Series B $10M–$100M; Series C $12M–$190M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Tacto — Tacto develops an intuitive, data-driven, and automated solution for procurement in medium-sized industrial enterprises. The AI-based software gives customers a transparent overview of their procurement activities, algorithmically highlights risk & savings potential, and automates all transactional workflows in sourcing and supplier managementto focus on what matters. With Tacto customers can focus on strategic work, leverage savings potential, and reduce complexity - without the need for costly IT resources.
  • Sierra — Sierra helps businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI.
  • Found — Smarter business banking designed for small business owners. Manage your bookkeeping, taxes, and invoicing all from your business checking account.
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Big Brain Holdings
VC Fund · Weston, Florida, United States · 51 investments in Payments startups

Big Brain Holdings is Focused on Investing in Solana projects that have strong potential.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Pre-Seed $500k–$4.2M; Series A $9M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Raiku — Raiku is a Web3 infrastructure startup focused on enhancing the Solana blockchain's reliability and predictability.
  • Synonym Finance — SYNO is a universal cross-chain credit layer. Earn interest and borrow assets with maximum efficiency.
  • Solana Company
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Fenbushi Capital
VC Fund · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 51 investments in Payments startups

Fenbushi Capital is the first and most active blockchain-focused venture capital firm in Asia. Founded in Shanghai in 2015 by veterans across both blockchain and traditional financial industries, it has to date supported over 80 leading projects across 4 continents leveraging blockchain technology to reshape myriad industries such as finance,healthcare, supply chain, and consumer goods. Fenbushi’s mission is to drive healthy and sustainable growth in the global blockchain ecosystem, and actively works as a long-term strategic partner to its portfolio projects.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 191
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$10M; Series A $4.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Canza Finance — We are an Open Finance Portal enabling access to unlimited financial services for emerging markets, backed by Polychain, Avalanche, CoinMarketCap...
  • Tierion — Tierion turns the blockchain into a global platform for verifying any data, file, or business process.
  • AlchemyNFT — AlchemyNFT is a non-fungible token (NFT) service.
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Multicoin Capital
VC Fund · Austin, Texas, United States · 50 investments in Payments startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 179
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$16M; Series A $8M–$74M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Delphia — Delphia puts your data to work for you.
  • Sei Labs — Accelerating the Future The Fastest Layer 1 Blockchain
  • Eden Network — The official home of Eden Network. Eden Network specialised in crypto currency multichain infrastructure to extract maximal value. <head />
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Electric Capital
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 50 investments in Payments startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Building the future of Web3. We invest in the next generation of iconic founders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Series A $10M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Rocket — Rocket is an on-chain prediction market platform enabling real-time price forecasts with continuous, accuracy-based rewards.
  • Squads — Collaborative infrastructure for web3 native teams
  • Legend. trade — Legend. trade is a crypto trading company by decentralized exchange.
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CMS Holdings
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 49 investments in Payments startups

CMS is a principal investment company that focuses on investing in the crypto-asset ecosystem. The firm plans to invest in both liquid and illiquid crypto tokens, as well as equity interests in select businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 154
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$7.5M; Series A $4M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Axis — Axis provides infrastructure for global price synchronization and yield generation.
  • Zoo Finance — Zoo Finance is a pioneering DeFi protocol focused on unlocking liquidity from locked assets, empowering users to access capital more efficiently while maximizing the utility of their on-chain holdings.
  • Injective — Explore Injective: the high-performance blockchain powering decentralized finance, governance, and next-gen Web3 apps with unmatched speed and scale.
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Hashed
VC Fund · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 48 investments in Payments startups

Hashed is a global, early stage venture fund focused on backing founders who are pioneering the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Hashed is based in Seoul and San Francisco.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Korea, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 271
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$15M; Series A $2.6M–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Borderless — Stockal helps retail investors in India, Middle East and South East Asia “globalize” their savings and wealth by saving and/or investing money in mature international markets such as US, UK, Germany, HK and Japan. Using Stockal, people can, digitally, open, own and operate overseas investing accounts - digitally and affordably. Additionally,investing on Stockal is backed by big data-based automated research and analysis that helps investors make smarter investing decisions. Stockal helps investors manage their portfolio better, keep track of its health, make better investing decisions and discover interesting stocks and investing themes every day so that they don't have to scour through reams of data or depend on unreliable guesswork.
  • Rare Circles — RareCircles simplifies the business of NFTs so you can focus on growing your community.
  • Injective — Explore Injective: the high-performance blockchain powering decentralized finance, governance, and next-gen Web3 apps with unmatched speed and scale.
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NGC Ventures
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 47 investments in Payments startups

NGC Ventures has been investing in blockchain since 2017, with an investment thesis driven by infrastructure. We are an early-stage VC fund, among others, we invested early into Ziliqa, Solana, Avalanche, Filecoin. We have a global team of crypto natives that offers support and insights into token design, go-to-market and more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • EthSign — EthSign is an e-signing platform that utilizes blockchain technology to offer a decentralized, customizable and transparent version of traditional signature service. EthSign aims to tackle data security issues caused by an over-reliance on centralized providers and build back trust in electronic signature services. With its Web3 technology(decentralized Identity, smart contract platforms and decentralized storage networks), the platform enables users to comment on, edit and access each version of an electronic agreement seamlessly and securely.
  • Shield — Shield is a holistic user security engine for web3 platforms and communities. Our system secures 250,000+ crypto users via discord bot and API integration.
  • Xverse — Xverse is the most advanced and user-friendly Bitcoin wallet. Earn BTC, trade Ordinals, and connect to Web3 apps powered by Stacks. Download for iOS, Android and Chrome.
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Castle Island Ventures
VC Fund · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · 47 investments in Payments startups

Castle Island Ventures is a Cambridge, MA based early stage venture firm investing in startups building in the public blockchain industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 127
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$11M; Pre-Seed $125k–$8M; Series A $6M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zabo — Zabo is an API for connecting to any crypto exchange, wallet, protocol or account. Sign up for access to free API keys at Zabo.com
  • Mash — The internet is fundamentally broken. It's because of monetization. “Show me the incentives and I'll show you the outcome.”Our mission is to remonetize the web by enabling value for value monetary exchanges between pubs/creators/orgs and their users. A new business model for the open internet.We are unlocking this withfriction-minimized streaming payments that are no/low cost, instantly settled, trust-minimized.It is built on the best global digital monetary network ever conceived, Bitcoin. Enabled by Lightning Network. Most users don't need to know this or be a Bitcoiner. Over time we suspect many will.
  • BlockFi — BlockFi is a secured non-bank lender that offers USD loans to crypto-asset owners who collateralize the loan with their crypto-assets. Their products bring additional liquidity to the blockchain asset sector and meet the needs of both individuals and institutions holding blockchain assets. BlockFi holds clients' Bitcoin and Ether with aregistered custodian and issues loans in USD to their bank accounts. Currently operating in beta launch, lending in 35 US states to retail investors and companies.BlockFi’s mission is to provide liquidity, transparency, and efficiency to digital financial markets by creating products that meet the needs of consumers and corporations across the globe. They leverage a sophisticated infrastructure that integrates with multiple blockchains, they plan to expand their product set based on their retail and institutional client's needs.
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Galaxy Digital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 47 investments in Payments startups

Galaxy is a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, startups, and individuals shape a changing economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 174
  • Round size: Seed $2.4M–$14M; Series A $11M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Liquality — Swap crypto and explore the multi-chain universe - all with one wallet.
  • Polygon — Polygon is the most proven way to build and scale your decentralized application and projects on Ethereum, the world's largest blockchain ecosystem.
  • Aspen Creek Digital — Aspen Creek Digital is a developer of a renewable Bitcoin mining operator used to catalyze the decarbonization of power generation. The company supports renewable energy-based Bitcoin mining with a strategic mix of behind-the-meter and wholesale resources, resulting in a lower all-in cost of retail power helping users to get on-site renewableenergy and storage projects while also contributing to a greener future.It was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.
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Lemniscap
VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 46 investments in Payments startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 128
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$8M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2.5M; Series A $4M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Fermah — Fermah can generate proofs for any instance in which ZK is used. Fermah is credibly neutral and architected to support all proof systems. This includes zkVMs, zkEVMs, Groth16, and all other proof systems. It is optimized for cheap, fast, and reliable ZK proof generation.
  • Irys — Irys is a blockchain designed to store large volumes of data onchain for flexible durations and allow smart contracts to use that data directly during execution. Storage fees are separate from execution fees, and the protocol verifies data availability continuously.
  • Nitro Labs — Termina is a powerful platform designed to streamline the deployment of Solana blocks through an integrated engine for the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM)
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Alameda Research
VC Fund · Central and Western, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 46 investments in Payments startups

Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Central and Western, Hong Kong.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 210
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.1M; Series A $2.5M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stocktwits — Stocktwits provides real-time stock, crypto & international market data to keep you up-to-date. Find top news headlines, discover your next trade idea, share & gain insights from traders and investors from around the world, build a watchlist, buy US stocks, & create and manage your portfolio.
  • Perion — Win Crypto Questing in AAA Games.
  • Farmington State Bank — Do more with a Moonstone FDIC insured bank account and manage your non-traditional assets from the same place.
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Alumni Ventures
VC Fund · Manchester, New Hampshire, United States · 46 investments in Payments startups

Access curated startup investment opportunities and diversified venture capital exposure designed for accredited investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1426
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $5.2M–$37M; Series B $12M–$79M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Classiq Technologies — A software platform that helps users create scalable complex quantum computer algorithms, software, and circuits for any gate-based quantum computer
  • Eclypsium — Eclypsium's platform enhances supply chain security by incorporating zero-trust in every device, fortifying hardware, firmware, and software.
  • Veda — Veda is the largest vault infrastructure platform in DeFi, enabling institutions to launch and manage onchain financial products at scale.
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Index Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 46 investments in Payments startups

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1090
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$12M; Series A $5M–$35M; Series B $10M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $117M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Ozon — leading e-commerce platform in Russia, first russian marketplace
  • Personio — Personio is the Intelligent HR platform for companies from 10-5,000 employees, powering over 1 million people worldwide. Book your free demo today.
  • Culture Amp — Culture Amp was founded as a result of its members' first hand experiences with the challenge that fast growing organizations face when their core business expands faster than its people can adapt. With years of experience in enterprise organizations, CultureAmp's team has taken more than a walk in your shoes–they've been running inthem. They look to seize an opportunity for a new type of technology- technology that amplifies learning and drives culture, instead of hindering it.
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Draper Associates
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 45 investments in Payments startups

Draper Associates, founded in 1985, is a seed-stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness. We understand that a great company takes time to build and we'd like to ensure that entrepreneurs are in for the long haul.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 371
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$8.5M; Series A $2.3M–$21M; Series B $5M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Packlane — Packlane makes it easy and affordable for small businesses to design and order custom boxes and packaging online. Through Packlane's online store, customers can apply their own branding and artwork to various packaging styles, get an instant quote, and preview their box designs in full 3D.
  • CryptoMove — Buy a perfect domain name from Sudos.com. Discover thousands of domain names available for sale. Sudos.com keeps you safe.
  • Gradescope — Grade your existing paper-based assignments in half the time and see exactly what your students learned, for free.
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AU21 Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 45 investments in Payments startups

A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 175
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.8M; Initial Coin Offering $1.2M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PERL.eco — The Planetary Ecosystem Registration Ledger will be a dedicated blockchain for real-world ecological assets through tokenizing carbon credits and biodiversity, NFTs and decentralised (DeFi) rewards.
  • Meter.io — Meter.io is a base layer hybrid consensus protocol built to address the volatility, scaling and interoperability problems in the existing cryptocurrencies.
  • Injective — Explore Injective: the high-performance blockchain powering decentralized finance, governance, and next-gen Web3 apps with unmatched speed and scale.
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MH Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 44 investments in Payments startups, 8 in the past 12 months

MH Ventures is a world class community-backed Venture Capital investing in top blockchain projects of the future

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$11M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GENCY AI — Gency AI is a Web3 platform for privacy-focused, verifiable digital ads using encrypted data and proof-based tracking.
  • Voyage — Voyage AI is an AI infrastructure project building the first GEOFi network to make AI-generated content citable.
  • Interstate — Interstate is an Ethereum pre-confirmation protocol. It aims to make Ethereum transactions near-instant and allow applications to self-order while maintaining full composability with L1.
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Mirana
VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 43 investments in Payments startups

Mirana Ventures is a leading global investment fund that provides long-term capital and strategic partnerships to visionary founders and fund managers in the Web3 space.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 137
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$20M; Series A $8M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aver — Aver is a decentralized peer-to-peer betting exchange built on the Solana blockchain and the world’s first decentralized Web3 betting exchange.
  • BULK Trade — One Exchange Infinite Markets
  • Improbable — Improbable is dedicated to building powerful technology designed to help solve previously impossible problems and enable the creation of new realities. In gaming and entertainment, Improbable unlocks truly next-generation gameplay through virtual worlds of unprecedented scale, persistence, and richness. In other industries, they hope to help answercritical questions through simulations that could lead to a better functioning world.Their platform, SpatialOS, lets developers transcend the limits of regular computation, allowing swarms of servers running in the cloud to cooperate in order to simulate worlds far larger and more complex than any single server could.They are a British technology company proudly building a diverse workforce, driven by a shared desire to improve and achieve extraordinary things. They are crafting technology for the future and fostering a problem-solving culture that embraces innovation through iteration and experimentation.stitutions across the world.
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Wintermute Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 42 investments in Payments startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 107
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$20M; Series A $5M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • UnblockPay
  • Pyth Network — The Pyth network is a specialized oracle solution for latency-sensitive financial data that is typically kept behind the “walled gardens’’ of centralized institutions. The Pyth network is focused on finding a new and inexpensive way to bring this unique data on-chain and aggregating it securely.
  • Crossover Markets Group — Crossover Markets Group, Inc is a digital asset exchange designed to meet the liquidity needs of institutional clients trading cryptocurrencies.
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ParaFi Capital
VC Fund · Greenwich, Connecticut, United States · 41 investments in Payments startups

ParaFi Capital is an alternative investment firm focused on blockchain and decentralized finance markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$19M; Series A $6M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Layer3 — Explore crypto using the Layer3 Wallet, your gateway to the onchain economy.
  • Securitize — Securitize is modernizing capital markets by enabling digital securities, making it easier for eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities within designated capital markets for equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. Securitize is the only SEC Registered Transfer Agent integrated with multiple regulated US-basedmarketplaces with a working protocol and live issuers. The company also offers KYC/AML and capital management services. Securitize, Inc. is not a registered broker-dealer and does not make any endorsement of offerings.
  • Solrise Finance — Discover Solflare, the trusted wallet for seamless Solana transactions and management. Get started with Solflare today for a secure wallet experience
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Fulgur Ventures
VC Fund · Wilmington, Delaware, United States · 41 investments in Payments startups, 9 in the past 12 months

We believe in Bitcoin as a next generation politically neutral monetary system, the foundation for decentralized finance of the future. While Bitcoin is an efficient settlement layer, it needs a Layer-2 solution for everyday transactions. That is why we support development of the Lightning Network - an essential step towards decentralized finance.As technology entrepreneurs we combine decades of experience creating business from zero and scaling it in emerging and fast-growing industries.We support outstanding teams in several ways: writing checks of $50-$200k for pre-seed startups; granting rewards for acknowledged contributions to the ecosystem; providing startup advisory and mentoring; investing in later stages.Along the way we help startups to navigate cryptocurrency legal and regulatory environment according to the evolving industry standards and best practices.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $690k–$5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2.8M; Series A $2.8M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Utexo — Utexo develops payment infrastructure that enables stablecoin transactions to settle directly on the Bitcoin network. The platform provides an API and related tools that allow payment operators, exchanges, wallets, and financial platforms to process USDT transfers through Bitcoin-based rails. Its system integrates technologies such as the LightningNetwork and the RGB protocol to support instant settlement, encrypted transaction execution, and predictable transaction costs. Utexo also offers cloud infrastructure and developer tools that manage routing, liquidity, and node operations required for stablecoin payments on Bitcoin. These services allow organizations to integrate Bitcoin-based stablecoin settlement into existing applications without operating or maintaining underlying blockchain infrastructure.
  • Five Bells — Five Bells is an a blockchain-based settlement and clearing platform for digital assets that provides safe and open transactions.
  • Future — Future is building Switzerland’s premier Bitcoin Treasury Company (BTCTC), dedicated to the strategic holding, management, and systematic growth of Bitcoin assets. By combining financial expertise, institutional-grade security, and a long-term vision, Future aims to establish a trusted and sustainable framework for digital wealth preservation andgrowth within the global Bitcoin ecosystem.
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1kx
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 41 investments in Payments startups

1kx is an early-stage investment firm focused on ecosystem growth.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 157
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$11M; Series A $6M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Seam Social — Seam is a Pinterest-like social network where you post using user created miniapps.
  • Giggles — Giggles is a social platform where users create and share content using artificial intelligence tools. The platform includes features for making short videos from prompts. Users can earn a digital currency called aura by engaging in activities and games. Digital assets are available for users to collect and trade. A waitlist is open for those whowant to join the platform.
  • Impossible Cloud — Experience Impossible Cloud Storage: Secure, scalable, performant. Decentralized architecture, S3 API compatibility, 100% durability. Start free trial now.
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CoinFund
VC Fund · Brooklyn, New York, United States · 40 investments in Payments startups

CoinFund is where web3 capable meets web3 capital: cryptonative technologists who invest in the future before it's a trend.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 168
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9M; Series A $7.3M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Veda — Veda is the largest vault infrastructure platform in DeFi, enabling institutions to launch and manage onchain financial products at scale.
  • Ceramic Network — Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized and composable data applications. The network decentralizes application databases, making data universally composable and reusable across applications. It consists of three core parts: a highly-scalable, decentralized infrastructure for data availability and consensus, a marketplace ofcommunity-created data models, and a suite of standard APIs for storing, updating, and retrieving data from those models.
  • Tools For Humanity — Tools for Humanity is a technology company building for humans in the age of AI.
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Soma Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 39 investments in Payments startups

Welcome to Soma Capital

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 525
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8M; Pre-Seed $200k–$4M; Series A $7.5M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BlueCargo — BlueCargo is a predictive algorithm platform that brings visibility to optimize operations in seaport terminals. Their proprietary predictive algorithms streamline container management to increase terminal’s productivity while reducing operational costs and enhancing the quality of the service.
  • Cambium — Saving wood to save the planet. By revolutionizing supply chains, we introduce the world's first carbon smart material.
  • Chapter One — Chapter One helps service professionals grow with comprehensive business support, including funding, AI automation, lead generation, sales training, and marketing materials. Our mission is to empower home service providers to become successful business owners, whether established or just starting out.Chapter One-backed businesses span all majorcities in the nation and achieve an average 186% ROI within three years - all with no money down. Apply today at startchapterone.com.
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Accel
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 38 investments in Payments startups

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1877
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Series A $4.5M–$40M; Series B $10M–$74M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Rally — Invest in collectibles for as little as $50 per share, on Rally
  • XFactor — XFactor.io is a platform with constant sales performance monitoring, real-time recommendations, and live analytics.
  • Shift Technology — Shift Technology delivers AI-native decision automation and optimization solutions built specifically for the global insurance industry. Addressing several critical processes across the insurance policy lifecycle, Shift helps insurers achieve faster, more accurate claims and policy resolutions. Shift has analyzed billions of insurance transactionsto date and was presented Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 Global Claims Solutions for Insurance Market Leadership Award.
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Fabric Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 38 investments in Payments startups

Fabric backs the founders of the Open Economy. Investing in builders, businesses, and networks from inception to scaling since 2012.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 124
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$8.2M; Series A $4M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Earn Alliance — Discover the magic of play and high-quality games with Playfull. As your ultimate gaming hub, we showcase the best games across all platforms. Engage with the most exciting, rewarding, and innovative titles in the gaming space here.
  • Addressable — Target the best users across blockchains and social media to boost growth.
  • Crypto Valley Exchange — The first portfolio risk capable platform for Options & Futures trading in DeFi, offering 1000x+ leverage based on margin offset.
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Kenetic
VC Fund · Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 38 investments in Payments startups

Kenetic is a proprietary trading and VC investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain related companies. They have developed technology to facilitate their quantitative trading strategies and offer various digital asset related structured products to counterparts.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 136
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$13M; Series A $6M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Degame — Degame is an NFT gaming platform that provides token analytics, tracking, research, gaming strategy, and IGO.
  • Flappy Bird — Flappy Bird Foundation is to uphold the Flappy Bird intellectual property and further the Flappy Bird heritage. The Foundation accurately restores our vintage and nostalgic gameplay while adding new features to give back to the worldwide fan base that started the craze.
  • Diadia Health, Inc — An AI medical reasoning platform that helps clinicians analyze the root causes of symptoms and create personalized protocols that drive better outcomes.
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Payments VC funding at a glance

Stats across 6.1k deals from 5.7k investors.

5.7k
investors
in Payments startups
6.1k
deals
in Payments startups
$5.7M
median round
in Payments startups
42%
lead investors
lead at least one round
28%
Seed
most common funding stage

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