# Menai Financial Group

> Menai Financial Group is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://menai.io/

Menai Financial Group is a VC fund focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Menai is developing the fundamental components of markets and investment infrastructure.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 60% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 60% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 60% |
| Big Data | 2 | 40% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 60% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Singapore | 1 | 20% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Octave Oppetit | Head of Venture Capital | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/octave-oppetit |
| Zoe Cruz | Founder & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zoe-cruz |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CLST | CLST is establishing a global network of institutional borrowers and lenders to become the de facto gateway for the short-term digital assets debt market. We call it the New Money market. At CLST, we are committed to bridging the gap between TradFi and Crypto Native institutions, enabling and even catalyzing institutional adoption of digitalassets. | $5M | Seed | Jul 18, 2022 |  |
| Inca Digital | Inca Digital provides data and analytics for the digital asset ecosystem. It serves a wide range of financial institutions, hedge funds, family offices, regulators, and law enforcement and national security. |  | Series A | Apr 14, 2022 |  |
| BCB Group | BCB Group is Europe’s leading crypto-dedicated payment services provider, serving some of the industry’s largest clients including Bitstamp, Coinbase, Galaxy and Kraken. BCB Group provides payment services in 20+ currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity and digital asset custody. | $59.4M | Series A | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| BCB Blockchain | BCB is Blockchain 4.0 which integrates Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Virtual Reality, Robotics and hardware to create a smart city solution that interconnects cities across distances and improves the quality of life for people, businesses and governments. BCB Innovation Pte Ltd is a Singapore registered company, founded byGBCI Ventures Pte Ltd. With more than 500 staff and seven offices across seven countries, BCB visions to create and support the economies of 1000 smart cities of the future. For more information, visit https://www.bcbchain.io | $60M | Series A | Jan 24, 2022 |  |
| dYdX | dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange built by developers on a mission to build open, secure, and powerful financial products. dYdX runs on audited smart contracts on Ethereum, which eliminates the need to trust a central exchange while trading. We combine the security and transparency of a decentralized exchange, with the speed and usability ofa centralized exchange.Founded back in 2017 from ex-Coinbase and Uber engineer, Antonio Juliano, dYdX is a leading decentralized exchange offering Perpetual, Margin, & Spot trading, as well as borrow / lend pools on Ethereum. Users can earn interest or take loans for a nominal fee as well as trade on margin with custom leverage.Trade your crypto, the safe and secure way, with dYdX | $65M | Series C | Jun 15, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Wintermute](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wintermute-trading) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BACKED VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backed-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Circle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cowa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cowa-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Menai Financial Group invest in?

Menai Financial Group invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Menai Financial Group?

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### Who are the partners at Menai Financial Group?

The team at Menai Financial Group includes Octave Oppetit (Head of Venture Capital) and Zoe Cruz (Founder & CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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