# Chainfund Capital

> Chainfund Capital is a VC fund backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: May 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chainfund-capital/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/chainfundcap
- Website: http://www.chainfund.capital

Chainfund Capital is a Global FinTech Fund that invests in the next generation of financial technology. It has made 30 investments in researchers that are tackling problems across scalability, privacy, and formal verification. Chainfund supports its portfolio companies with an accelerator program to scale their technology to millions of users.Itis based in San Francisco, California.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 8 | 62% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 54% |
| Blockchain | 6 | 46% |
| Cryptocurrency | 6 | 46% |
| Bitcoin | 3 | 23% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 23% |
| Seed | 2 | 15% |
| Secondary Market | 2 | 15% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Series E | 1 | 8% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 62% |
| Singapore | 2 | 15% |
| Thailand | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kingsley Advani | General Partner | 45 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kingsley-advani |
| Luis Brecci | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luis-brecci |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carta | Carta is a transfer agent for private companies that enables seed-stage to pre-IPO companies to manage equity electronically with the participation of their shareholders, employees, auditors, and legal counsel. It digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time image of who owns what at astartup.Carta receives funding from a group of investors, including Draper VC, Expansion VC, k9 Ventures, Elefund, Subtraction Capital, Scott Banister, XG Ventures, Kima Ventures, Andy Palmer, and Structure Capital.It was founded by Manu Kumar and Henry Ward in 2012 as eShares, Carta is based in Mountain View, California. | $300M | Series E | May 06, 2019 |  |
| Abra | Abra is the digital cash, peer-to-peer money transfer network. Buy, sell, and hold bitcoin or send bitcoin or fiat to any bitcoin wallet or any other Abra user instantly and securely. Abra uses bitcoin and blockchain technology to enable users to transact in over 50 currencies, including bitcoin.Founded in 2014 by Bill Barhydt, serialentrepreneur and global mobile-banking veteran, their team is based in Silicon Valley and committed to forever changing how the world moves money. | $12M | Series B | Mar 14, 2019 |  |
| XSpring Capital | XSpring Capital ("SEAMICO") was officially established in 1974. The company has been approved by the Ministry of Finance and the Securities and Exchange Commission to engage in business activities related to the securities industry including Securities Brokerage, Securities and Derivatives Trading, Investment Advisory, SecuritiesUnderwriting, Financial Advisory, Derivatives Agent and Asset Management. The company operates under brand concept "Values Beyond Money", is a "Great Ideas" professional financial company that offers innovative investment products. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 01, 2019 |  |
| Robinhood | Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission. |  | Secondary Market | Feb 01, 2019 |  |
| Elevated Returns | Elevated Returns is a digital asset management firm specializing in the digitization and tokenization of real estate assets. The firm was established in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY. |  | Series A | Jan 02, 2019 |  |
| Bakkt | Bakkt is a trusted digital asset platform that enables consumers, businesses and institutions to buy, sell, store and spend digital assets. Bakkt’s platform, now available through the Bakkt App and to partners, amplifies consumer spending and bolsters loyalty programs, adding value for all key stakeholders within the Bakkt payments and digitalassets ecosystem. Launched in 2018, Bakkt is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. | $182.5M | Series A | Dec 31, 2018 |  |
| Coinbase | Coinbase is an online platform for digital currency transactions, enabling merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies. The company provides Bitcoin wallet services, allowing users to manage digital assets and conduct transactions. Coinbase offers merchant payment processing tools, supporting businesses in integratingcryptocurrency payments. It facilitates secure digital currency exchanges, assisting users in navigating blockchain-based financial transactions. | $22M | Secondary Market | Dec 21, 2018 |  |
| Coinbase | Coinbase is an online platform for digital currency transactions, enabling merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies. The company provides Bitcoin wallet services, allowing users to manage digital assets and conduct transactions. Coinbase offers merchant payment processing tools, supporting businesses in integratingcryptocurrency payments. It facilitates secure digital currency exchanges, assisting users in navigating blockchain-based financial transactions. | $22M | Series F | Dec 21, 2018 |  |
| 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. | $12.8M | Series A | Nov 26, 2018 |  |
| Propine | Propine is the first end-to-end securities services firm built for digital securities from the ground up, serving the needs of institutional clients. Established in 2018, Propine graduated from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)’s FinTech regulatory sandbox on 7th January 2021, with a Capital Markets Services licence to provide independentdigital asset custody services. The company is the only digital asset custodian in the world to be accorded the ISO 27001certification. | $1.2M | Seed | Nov 22, 2018 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [9Yards Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9yards-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fundamental Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundamental-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Manhattan Venture Partners (MVP)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manhattan-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pantera Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pantera-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [True Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-express-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Chainfund Capital invest in?

Chainfund Capital invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Blockchain startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Chainfund Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Chainfund Capital?

The team at Chainfund Capital includes Kingsley Advani (General Partner) and Luis Brecci (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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