# Paxos

> Paxos is a VC fund in New York backing FinTech and Blockchain. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/paxos
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/paxosglobal
- Website: https://www.paxos.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paxosglobal

Paxos is a regulated financial institution building infrastructure to enable movement between physical and digital assets.The company takes a two-pronged approach of establishing regulatory designations that give it access to the current financial infrastructure and the ability to develop innovative products. This allows Paxos to operate as agateway between traditional finance and the digital future. Paxos was founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, United States.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Paxos. Shizune tracks 12 team members at Paxos. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/paxos?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 10 | 43% |
| Blockchain | 9 | 39% |
| Cryptocurrency | 9 | 39% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 39% |
| Payments | 4 | 17% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 70% |
| Series A | 2 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 4% |
| Series E | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 61% |
| Brazil | 2 | 9% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Robert Herz | Board Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-herz |
| Charles Cascarilla | CEO and Founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-cascarilla |
| Chuk Okpalugo | Product Manager | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chuk-okpalugo |
| Daniel Burstein | General Counsel & CCO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-burstein |
| Dorothy Jean Chang | VP of Marketing & Communications | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dorothy-jean |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cordant | Cordant serves as the connective operational fabric for modern financial infrastructure. Operating as a shared context layer above existing legacy systems, it enables institutions to analyze activity, surface underlying risk, and coordinate critical payment decisions in real time. The platform provides a single operational picture acrossdisconnected networks to help risk and treasury teams remain proactive rather than reactive. | $8M | Seed | Jul 21, 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 |  |
| Latitude | Latitude is working on a global payments system that links stablecoin-based settlement with local currency payout systems. | $8M | Seed | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| Coinbax | Coinbax's smart contracts, which have built-in risk controls and reversibility, enable escrow and stablecoin payments. Coinbax works with your wallets, custody partners, and stablecoin networks to make programmable payments safer for everyone. | $4.2M | Seed | Dec 22, 2025 |  |
| Crown | Crown is a fintech focused on the Issuer of BRLV, a BRL-backed stablecoin built for safety, liquidity, and compliance. | $8.1M | Seed | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| Mesta | Mesta, a fintech company changing global payment networks with hybrid fiat and stablecoin payment rails, has launched its cross-border payment platform. | $5.5M | Seed | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Digital Asset | Digital Asset develops distributed ledger technology intended to build distributed, encrypted straight-through processing tools.The company builds platform, developer tools, and leverages modern infrastructure providers to change how businesses interact. Its service offering is Daml, an application platform unconstrained by organizationalboundaries where companies can create new multi-party solutions that transform disparate silos into synchronized networks, eradicating latency and errors by guaranteeing consistent data. The company works with organizations in financial services, healthcare, and insurance, including 5 of the top 10 stock exchanges.In 2014, the New York, New York-based company was established by Don Wilson, Eric Saraniecki, Sunil Hirani, and Yuval Rooz. Digital Asset is backed by strategic investors, including 7RIDGE, Eldridge, Salesforce, Samsung, VMware, Accenture, Citi, Goldman Sachs, IBM, and J.P. Morgan. | $135M | Series E | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| Ubyx | Ubyx is a clearing system that allows anyone, | $10M | Seed | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| XFX | XFX makes global money movement fast, transparent, and capital-efficient across fiat and stablecoin rails. | $9.1M | Seed | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| TrueX | TrueX is a non-custodial, stablecoin-native exchange that represents the next stage in crypto markets. | $9M | Seed | Sep 18, 2024 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [ParaFi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parafi-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Aptos](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aptos-96b4) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Circle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circle-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FTX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ftx-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Paxos invest in?

Paxos invests primarily in FinTech, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 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 Paxos?

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### Who are the partners at Paxos?

The team at Paxos includes Robert Herz (Board Member), Charles Cascarilla (CEO and Founder) and Chuk Okpalugo (Product Manager), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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