# Jump Trading

> Jump Trading is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Financial Services. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jump-trading-llc
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jumptrading
- Website: http://www.jumptrading.com/

Jump Trading is a globally-positioned, proprietary trading firm that remains on the cutting edge of algorithmic trading. We are a privately funded company and do not rely on outside investors or private equity. With offices in Chicago, New York, London and Singapore we trade across all major asset classes in the Americas, Europe and Asia.Because of our ongoing commitment to technology and human capital we have become an industry leader, quietly setting the standard for sophisticated trading strategies. We enjoy a casual atmosphere and a flat organizational structure. Our managing partners are passionate about supporting the exploration of new strategies and concepts throughout the company. They not only encourage new ideas, they expect them. We are more than 350 people with an incredibly diverse set of backgrounds, but collectively we share in our commitment to innovation and Jump's continued success.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Jump Trading. Shizune tracks 11 team members at Jump Trading. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/jump-trading-llc?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.8M–$15M |
| Series A | $5M–$7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 10 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 27% |
| Cryptocurrency | 7 | 23% |
| Software | 3 | 10% |
| Marketplace | 3 | 10% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 17% |
| Series A | 3 | 10% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 3 | 10% |
| Series B | 2 | 7% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 37% |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 7% |
| China | 1 | 3% |
| Malta | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arturas Vaitaitis | Data Architect | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arturas-vaitaitis |
| Frederic Boyer | Core Strategies | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederic-boyer |
| Gabriel Grise | Software Engineer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabriel-grise |
| Peter Hamlen | Software Developer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-hamlen |
| Stéphane Biehler | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stphane-biehler |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Laurence | Laurence is a hedge fund for ads, automating performance marketing using quantitative models | $5.3M | Seed | May 15, 2026 |  |
| Positron | LLM Inference Hardware | $233.9M | Series B | Feb 04, 2026 |  |
| A5X | 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 |  |
| Silicon Data | Silicon Data is a data product that brings essential intelligence and efficiency to markets. | $4.7M | Seed | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Texas Stock Exchange | The Texas Stock Exchange focuses on helping US and global enterprises to have access to US equity capital markets, as well as providing a forum for trading and listing public corporations and the expanding universe of exchange-traded products. | $41M | Private Equity | Feb 03, 2025 |  |
| A5X | 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 |  |
| FMX | FMX is committed to providing best-in-class solutions that satisfy all of our clients' needs. | $172M | Corporate Round | Apr 25, 2024 |  |
| Sphere | Better cross-border payments through beautiful interfaces for businesses to buy, sell, send and manage stablecoins. | $2.8M | Seed | Feb 27, 2024 |  |
| Wormhole | Wormhole covers a range of use cases to make chains for tokens, NFTs, apps, and other generic messaging applications. They build protocols on wormholes that can use data, assets, and messages from other chains. |  |  | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| Wormhole | Wormhole covers a range of use cases to make chains for tokens, NFTs, apps, and other generic messaging applications. They build protocols on wormholes that can use data, assets, and messages from other chains. | $225M | Initial Coin Offering | Nov 29, 2023 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shima Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shima-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alameda Research](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-research) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Brevan Howard Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brevan-howard-asset-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cherubic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherubic-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Citadel Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citadel-securities) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Jump Trading invest in?

Jump Trading invests primarily in Blockchain, Financial Services and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 30 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 Trading's check size?

Jump Trading typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$15M at Seed and $5M–$7M 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 Trading participates in.

### How do I contact Jump Trading?

Public channels for Jump Trading 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 Trading?

The team at Jump Trading includes Arturas Vaitaitis (Data Architect), Frederic Boyer (Core Strategies) and Gabriel Grise (Software Engineer), among 11 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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