Bitfinex
VC Fund
Taipei, Taiwan
Bitfinex is a digital asset trading platform offering state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers.Founded in 2012, Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms set up to accommodate for the booming interest in cryptocurrency trading. Since then, our team has gained invaluable experience whilstcementing our spot as the go-to platform for digital asset traders and institutions.Starting as the only P2P based margin trading service, Bitfinex has since cemented its spot as the most liquid BTCUSD exchange in the world, boasting some of the most advanced trading features in the industry. It is the exchange with the highest digital asset trading volume in the world to date.Bitfinex’s strategy focuses on providing unparalleled support, tools, and innovation for professional traders and liquidity providers around the world.
- Total investments:
- 17
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 47%
Last updated:
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Industries Bitfinex invests in
Stages Bitfinex invests in
Countries Bitfinex invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.4M–$3.5M
- Series A
- $7.6M–$21M
- Initial Coin Offering
- $1M–$450M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 8 (47%)
- Cryptocurrency 8 (47%)
- Bitcoin 7 (41%)
- FinTech 6 (35%)
- Financial Services 4 (24%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (24%)
- Series A 3 (18%)
- Initial Coin Offering 3 (18%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (12%)
- Corporate Round 2 (12%)
Country
- United States 3 (18%)
- Chile 1 (6%)
- India 1 (6%)
- Japan 1 (6%)
- Canada 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | ||
| CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | ||
Paolo Ardoino
CTO
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CTO | Total investments: 32 | Find email | |
Peter Warrack
Chief Compliance Officer
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Chief Compliance Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Stuart Hoegner
General Counsel
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General Counsel | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Kaleidoswap
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Kaleidoswap is that it is a platform for trustless trading on the Bitcoin Lightning Network. It combines the security of the Bitcoin protocol, the scalability of the Lightning Network, and the programmability of RGB assets to enable users to trade any RGB assets in a secure, decentralized, and trustless manner without relying on centralizedintermediaries. This makes digital asset trading more efficient and secure on the network. The key emphasis is on trustless, decentralized exchange leveraging cutting-edge blockchain and network protocols. | Pre-Seed / Sep 08, 2025 | |
Plasma
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Plasma is an operational setting that supports payments, real-world assets, and DeFi, with trustless settlement on Bitcoin. | $373M / Initial Coin Offering / May 27, 2025 | |
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Plasma
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Plasma is an operational setting that supports payments, real-world assets, and DeFi, with trustless settlement on Bitcoin. | $20.5M / Series A / Feb 13, 2025 | |
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Plasma
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Plasma is an operational setting that supports payments, real-world assets, and DeFi, with trustless settlement on Bitcoin. | $3.5M / Seed / Oct 18, 2024 | |
DM2C Studio
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DM2C Studio aims to produce web3 enterprises such as blockchain games and NFT initiatives. | $2.4M / Seed / Dec 20, 2023 | |
Orionx
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Cryptocurrency exchange | Corporate Round / May 24, 2023 | |
NAKA
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NAKA is a FinTech company dedicated to developing financial products and services that bridge the worlds of traditional and blockchain payments, ensuring universal access and usability of fundamental financial services, irrespective of geographical location, social status, or any other defining characteristics.Our comprehensive suite of financialofferings encompasses:- NAKA Scheme: A blockchain-based payment scheme, fully EMV compatible.- NAKA Card: A self-custodial payment card with EMV compatibility.- NAKA PoS Solution: An all-in-one point-of-sale solution empowering retail businesses to accept multiple payment methods through a unified platform, with seamless integration for both physical and online retail businesses.Operating across 70 global markets, NAKA's crypto payment services cater to the needs of 420 million crypto users. The NAKA PoS solution is actively employed in Switzerland, Slovenia, El Salvador, Benelux, and other countries. The NAKA Scheme and Card have recently launched in Switzerland and El Salvador, undergoing rigorous testing across hundreds of retail locations.At NAKA, our mission is to drive economic change by promoting financial inclusion and economic freedom. Collaborating with reputable partners in the payment industry, we are actively constructing an open ecosystem for decentralized finances. | $21.3M / Series A / Dec 20, 2022 | |
Onomy Protocol
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Onomy is bridging Forex and Decentralized Finance through cross-chain liquidity aggregation and digital currencies. | $10M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 24, 2022 | |
Thalex
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Thalex is a crypto-native derivatives trading platform with a focus on options and futures. | $7.6M / Series A / Jul 07, 2022 | |
Polygon
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Polygon is a platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development and web3. Its growing suite of products offers developers easy access to all scaling and infrastructure solutions: L2 solutions (ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups), sidechains, hybrid solutions, stand-alone and enterprise chains, data availability solutions, and more.Polygon’s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 7,000+ applications hosted, 1B+ total transactions processed, ~130M+ unique user addresses, and $5B+ in assets secured. | $450M / Initial Coin Offering / Feb 07, 2022 | |
| See all 17 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Bitfinex invest in?
Bitfinex invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Bitfinex's check size?
Bitfinex typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$3.5M at Seed, $7.6M–$21M at Series A and $1M–$450M at Initial Coin Offering. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bitfinex participates in.
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Who are the partners at Bitfinex?
The team at Bitfinex includes Giancarlo Devasini (CFO), Jean-Louis van der Velde (CEO) and Paolo Ardoino (CTO), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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