# BCW Group

> BCW Group is a VC fund in Central backing Blockchain and FinTech. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Central, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bcw-group2019
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bcw_llc
- Website: https://bcw.group

BCW Group is a global strategy & management consulting firm with a variety of high-profile corporate clients focused on making blockchain use cases come to life. They listen to their clients & partners and provide a comprehensive suite of customised solutions based upon their needs — all while pioneering industry-leading practices.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$6.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 60% |
| FinTech | 2 | 40% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 40% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 40% |
| Banking | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 2 | 40% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Tiede | Head of Research | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-tiede |
| Kyle Baron | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyle-baron |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SecondSwap | SecondSwap provides an automated over-the-counter market for assets with poor liquidity. | $1.2M | Seed | Nov 22, 2024 |  |
| Saakuru | Saakuru offers a specialized L2 protocol. | $2.4M | Seed | Apr 16, 2024 |  |
| SOMA.finance | SOMA.finance is the decentralized marketplace for digital assets, compliant digital securities, and NFTs. SOMA will include features such as built-in KYC/AML, the ability to trade digital assets of all kinds, including STOs and NFTs, and a permissionless regulated AMM. | $6.5M | Seed | Jan 20, 2022 |  |
| Hex Trust | Hex Trust is a fully-licensed and insured provider of bank-grade custody for digital assets. Through our proprietary platform Hex Safe™, we deliver custody, DeFi, brokerage, and financing solutions for financial institutions, digital asset organizations, corporate and private clients. Hex Trust has offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam andis expanding across Europe and the Middle East.Our mission is to provide the infrastructure that enables banks and financial institutions to adopt and integrate digital assets into their business models within a highly secure, scalable and compliant custody framework.Hex Trust is registered as a Trust Company under the Hong Kong Trust Ordinance and holds a Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) license under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance. In Singapore, Hex Trust holds a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) allowing the company to provide custodial services regulated under Singapore’s Securities and Futures Act. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 05, 2021 |  |
| Clearpool | Clearpool is a decentralized capital markets ecosystem, where institutional borrowers can create single borrower liquidity pools and compete for uncollateralized liquidity directly from the DeFi ecosystem. Liquidity providers on Clearpool can earn attractive yields, with pool interest rates enhanced by additional LP rewards paid in $CPOOL —Clearpool’s utility and governance token. Clearpool LP tokens, called cpTokens, are the building blocks for a system of tokenized credit that will provide Clearpool LPs with risk management and hedging capabilities. As more institutions realize the benefits that decentralized finance can bring to their organizations, Clearpool is providing the new architecture to facilitate flows between the $120 trillion traditional capital markets and the burgeoning DeFi ecosystem. Clearpool is backed by a long list of top investors from both traditional venture capital and blockchain, including Sequoia Capital India, Arrington Capital, Sino Global Capital, Hex Trust, Huobi Ventures, Kenetic, HashKey, GBV and many more. | $3M | Seed | Sep 28, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ARC the Community](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arc-fcd3) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GSR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsr) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kenetic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenetic-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mind Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mind-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Token Bay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/token-bay-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does BCW Group invest in?

BCW Group invests primarily in Blockchain, FinTech and Marketplace startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is BCW Group's check size?

BCW Group typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$6.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BCW Group participates in.

### How do I contact BCW Group?

Public channels for BCW Group include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at BCW Group?

The team at BCW Group includes Ben Tiede (Head of Research) and Kyle Baron (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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