# Jump Crypto

> Jump Crypto is a VC fund in Chicago backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 138 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 138
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jump-crypto/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jump_
- Website: https://jumpcrypto.com/

Jump Crypto is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Jump Crypto is building a cryptocurrency infrastructure to help the blockchain and all things Web3 grow. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Jump Crypto. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Jump Crypto. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/jump-crypto?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.3M–$17M |
| Series A | $9M–$55M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 51 | 37% |
| Cryptocurrency | 27 | 20% |
| FinTech | 16 | 12% |
| Software | 16 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 14 | 10% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 43 | 31% |
| Series A | 18 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 17 | 12% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 9 | 7% |
| Series B | 6 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 27 | 20% |
| Singapore | 6 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| India | 2 | 1% |
| Australia | 2 | 1% |

23 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dev Bharel | Developer Advocate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dev-bharel |
| Saurabh Sharma | Partner | 42 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saurabh-sharma-2 |
| Kanav Kariya | President | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kanav-kariya-67bf |
| Nathan Roth | CMO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathan-roth-66d1 |
| Shanav Mehta | Vice President | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shanav-mehta |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| X10 | X10 operates as a hybrid crypto exchange provider. | $12.5M | Corporate Round | Jul 02, 2026 |  |
| Trace Finance | Trace Finance empowers Payment Facilitators, Crypto & Cross-border companies with best in class FX, Non Resident accounts and cross-border payments. Companies such as Dlocal, Volt.io and Okx are processing their local and cross border payments with us. Our mission is to provide faster and better payments globally for enterprises. 40% ofpayments in stablecoins | $32M | Series A | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Squads | Squads is a developer of a decentralized program that enables the establishment of better and easier decentralized autonomous groups. The company's application combines all of the key components of a decentralized autonomous organization, such as deployment, treasury, vault management, on-chain voting, and chat, into a single portal with aneasy-to-use interface, allowing users to streamline daily operations using a decentralized autonomous organization structure. | $18M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| PUMPCADE |  | $5M | Seed | Apr 13, 2026 |  |
| TBD | TBD is a forecasting market system that analyzes individual attitudes through integrating verifiable online polls. | $3M | Seed | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| Opinion Labs | Opinion Labs is a decentralized intelligence platform. It has developed O.LAB which provides financial information and intelligence. Its products encompass prediction and opinion markets. | $20M | Seed | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Ostium | Ostium enables users to trade off their assets directly on-chain. Ostium Labs is developing a quick trading mechanism for real-world goods on the chain, driven by Arbitrum and Chainlink. | $20M | Series A | Dec 03, 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 |  |
| Kratos Gamer Network (KGeN) | Kratos is the intellectual property owner of the gaming DAO IndiGG. Kratos is also an active investor in the global web3 gaming. | $13.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Raiku | Raiku is a Web3 infrastructure startup focused on enhancing the Solana blockchain's reliability and predictability. | $11.3M | Seed | Sep 24, 2025 |  |

10 of 138 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
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- [GSR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsr) — VC Fund, 12 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Jump Crypto invest in?

Jump Crypto invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 138 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 Jump Crypto's check size?

Jump Crypto typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$17M at Seed and $9M–$55M 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 Jump Crypto participates in.

### How do I contact Jump Crypto?

Public channels for Jump Crypto 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 Jump Crypto?

The team at Jump Crypto includes Dev Bharel (Developer Advocate), Saurabh Sharma (Partner) and Kanav Kariya (President), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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