# CMT Digital

> CMT Digital is a VC fund in Chicago backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 223 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 223
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cmt-digital-ltd/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cmtdigitalltd
- Website: http://cmt.digital

CMT Digital is a venture capital firm engaging in the crypto asset and Blockchain technology industry. The firm focuses on asset trading, blockchain technology investments, and legal and policy. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$13M |
| Series A | $5M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 72 | 32% |
| Cryptocurrency | 52 | 23% |
| Financial Services | 45 | 20% |
| FinTech | 43 | 19% |
| Software | 30 | 13% |

97 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 73 | 33% |
| Series A | 38 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 23 | 10% |
| Series B | 15 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 13 | 6% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 72 | 32% |
| Singapore | 10 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 3% |
| Canada | 4 | 2% |
| Estonia | 3 | 1% |

26 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scott Casto | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-casto |
| Augie Ilag | Investment Partner and Head of Asia | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augie-ilag |
| Jan-Dirk Lueders | Co-Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-dirk-lueders |
| Joseph Lassen | Investment Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-lassen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DePay | DePay is an Argentina-based real-time payments infrastructure startup. | $4M | Seed | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Tazapay | Tazapay is a global payments infrastructure platform headquartered in Singapore that enables businesses to collect, hold, and pay seamlessly across borders through a single, compliant, and scalable platform.With one integration, Tazapay provides access to local payment methods in 70+ markets, card coverage in 170+ countries, and multi-currencybusiness accounts in 35+ currencies. The platform also supports stablecoin interoperability, acting as a fiat bridge between traditional finance and digital assets, enabling businesses to adopt modern settlement methods without compromising on compliance.Tazapay’s modular offering spans checkout, virtual accounts, treasury, and payouts, with real-time routing technology for 24/7 collections and settlements in 70+ markets. Its infrastructure is built with institutional-grade compliance, fraud protection, and FX solutions, making it trusted by enterprises and platforms worldwide. | $25.5M | Series B | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| Derivio | Derivio is a trading platform that helps the traders for digital options, DeFi derivative products, and provide provide quick transaction. | $6M | Seed | Mar 17, 2026 |  |
| TBD | TBD is a forecasting market system that analyzes individual attitudes through integrating verifiable online polls. | $3M | Seed | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| NEWITY | NEWITY is a service marketplace that connects entrepreneurs with service providers and SBA loan solutions to solve business problems. | $11M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| TRM Labs | TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence company that helps financial institutions, crypto businesses, and government agencies detect and investigate crypto-related financial crime and fraud. Our products are trusted by leading companies including PayPal, Visa, FTX, Uniswap, Anchorage, and federal agencies such as the FBI and IRS. Every day, we tacklechallenges in data engineering, data science, and threat intelligence to advance our mission to build a safer financial system for billions of people. To accomplish our mission, we have raised over $79M from JPMorgan Chase, Visa, Citi, PayPal, Block, Tiger Global, and Bessemer. Our team is made up of world class experts from the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, US Treasury Department, McKinsey, Coinbase, and top-tier tech companies. TRM is a remote-first workplace, with hubs in San Francisco, Washington, DC, and London. | $70M | Series C | Feb 04, 2026 |  |
| Architect | Architect gives traders customizable infrastructure that reimagines access to international markets for digital assets. Building institutional-grade infrastructure to link different crypto venues across centralized and decentralized exchanges is one of the project's goals. | $35M | Series A | Dec 23, 2025 |  |
| Temple Digital Group | Capital Markets Built On Canton. A privacy focused technical stack for trading digital assets. | $5M | Seed | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Lumx | From stablecoin on/off-ramps to virtual accounts and wallets, we provide tools for seamless cross-border banking with instant settlements and unmatched liquidity. | $3.4M | Seed | Oct 15, 2025 |  |
| Coinflow Labs | Coinflow is a payment solution that allows Web3 companies to accept traditional payment methods and payout their customers by converting cryptocurrency to USD in their traditional bank account. | $25M | Series A | Oct 07, 2025 |  |

10 of 223 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 23 deals together
- [gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gumi-cryptos) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
- [Sfermion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sfermion) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [Alliance DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defi-alliance) — VC Fund, 15 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does CMT Digital invest in?

CMT Digital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 223 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 CMT Digital's check size?

CMT Digital typically joins rounds of $2M–$13M at Seed and $5M–$40M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds CMT Digital participates in.

### How do I contact CMT Digital?

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### Who are the partners at CMT Digital?

The team at CMT Digital includes Scott Casto (Co-Founder), Augie Ilag (Investment Partner and Head of Asia) and Jan-Dirk Lueders (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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