IMC Trading
VC Fund
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
IMC Trading is a VC fund in Amsterdam focused on Cryptocurrency and FinTech. IMC is a technology-driven trading firm with offices in Amsterdam, Chicago and Sydney. We develop innovative technology and employ advanced trading strategies to make markets on more than 100 of the world’s best-regulated trading venues. We are also a Designated Market Maker (DMM) on the New York Stock Exchange. Besides our on-screen market makingin many asset classes globally, our ETF desk in Europe leverages IMC’s experience as a market maker, advanced technology and deep liquidity, to offer competitive pricing directly to qualified counterparties. Across offices, global teams of technologists and traders work together to design and develop the software, hardware, advanced networks and algorithms that drive our trading strategies and make us one of the world’s leading liquidity providers . We hire great minds and challenge them to anticipate change and continuously innovate, seeking new ways to sustain our success. At IMC we recognize the best ideas regardless of hierarchy. Anyone can make an impact and everyone is encouraged to do so.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries IMC Trading invests in
Stages IMC Trading invests in
Countries IMC Trading invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $8M–$10M
- Series A
- $7.6M–$35M
- Series B
- $31M–$45M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Cryptocurrency 4 (36%)
- FinTech 3 (27%)
- Bitcoin 1 (9%)
- Internet 1 (9%)
- Blockchain 1 (9%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (27%)
- Seed 1 (9%)
- Series B 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 2 (18%)
- Brazil 1 (9%)
- Gibraltar 1 (9%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Candice Caldwell
Global Brand Strategist
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Global Brand Strategist | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Tom Aizenberg
Software Engineer
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Software Engineer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Jae Park
CFO
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CFO | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Robert Defares
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
A5X
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A5X is a financial institutional platform offers trading and post-trading solutions to the capital and financial markets. | $70.3M / Series D / Sep 14, 2026 | |
Talos
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Talos Trading is an institutional technology infrastructure provider that connects all crypto ecosystem participants to support a full trading lifecycle. Talos Trading is based in New York, NY and was co-founded by Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman in 2018. | $45M / Series B / Jan 29, 2026 | |
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A5X
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A5X is a financial institutional platform offers trading and post-trading solutions to the capital and financial markets. | $37.8M / Series C / Sep 16, 2025 | |
aPriori
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aPriori is a monad-native MEV infrastructure and liquid staking mechanism developed for parallel executions. | $20M / Series A / Aug 28, 2025 | |
Spectraxe
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Spectraxe offers a platform for over-the-counter (OTC) FX options trading. The platform features genuine all-to-all trading, automatic expiries, bespoke contracts, and a central limit order book (Clob) to facilitate trading. Spectraxe is recognized as the first many-to-many marketplace for OTC FX options, providing a comprehensive tradingenvironment for financial services professionals. | Series A / Apr 10, 2025 | |
CAP Labs
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CAP Labs is a stablecoin developer platform that produces various denominations of redeemable stablecoins. | $8M / Seed / Apr 07, 2025 | |
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 | |
GTE
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GTE is a decentralized trading platform that offers end-to-end trading services. | $10M / Seed / Jan 16, 2025 | |
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A5X
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A5X is a financial institutional platform offers trading and post-trading solutions to the capital and financial markets. | $30.6M / Series B / Jan 09, 2025 | |
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 | |
| See all 11 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does IMC Trading invest in?
IMC Trading invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, FinTech and Bitcoin startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 11 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 IMC Trading's check size?
IMC Trading typically joins rounds of $8M–$10M at Seed, $7.6M–$35M at Series A and $31M–$45M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds IMC Trading participates in.
How do I contact IMC Trading?
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Who are the partners at IMC Trading?
The team at IMC Trading includes Candice Caldwell (Global Brand Strategist), Tom Aizenberg (Software Engineer) and Jae Park (CFO). 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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