# Rumi Morales

> Rumi Morales is a seed investor at Digital Currency Group backing Sports. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rumimorales/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rumimorales

Rumi Morales is a seed investor at Digital Currency Group in Chicago focused on Sports and Marketing. Rumi Morales serves as Head of CME Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CME Group that makes minority stake investments in early stage technology companies whose innovative products and services may impact the financial services industry. Areas of expertise include artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and distributedledger/blockchain technologies. She currently also serves as an Advisory Member at the Chamber of Digital Commerce. Previously at CME, Rumi served as Executive Director, International Corporate Development and Finance, where she sourced, structured and negotiated international business development opportunities with other global exchanges.Before joining CME Group, Rumi spent several years at Goldman Sachs, last serving as head of the Asia arm of its Global Markets Institute based in Hong Kong. She also was an executive in the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities division in New York and served in the Office of the Chairman. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Rumi was a Principal at venture capital firms based in New York, London and Kuala Lumpur. Rumi graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received her MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business. She was named to Crain's Chicago Business Tech 50 and 40 Under 40 lists, as well as Institutional Investor's 2015 and 2016 Fintech Finance 35 most powerful dealmakers in financial technology.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 50% |
| Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |
| Electronics | 1 | 50% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stakes | Stakes is a social wagering platform for NFTs that transforms sports betting into a more social activity | $5.3M | Seed | May 03, 2022 | https://www.playwithstakes.com/ |
| Mercari | Mercari is a high-quality and regulated electronic marketplace for OTC products. |  | Series A | Mar 10, 2022 | http://www.mercari.com.au/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BIT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/BIT) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cadenza Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cadenza-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CMS Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cms-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DCA - Global Derivatives Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dca-global-derivatives-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dragon Tree Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dragon-tree-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FBG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fbg-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Digital Currency Group

VC Fund · Stamford, United States

Digital Currency Group builds and supports bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging insights, network, and access to capital. Based in Stamford, Connecticut, DCG has been an active seed investor in the digital currency industry with 150+ investments in over 30 countries.In addition, DCG owns and operates CoinDesk, the top media and eventsplatform in the blockchain space, Genesis Trading, the industry's leading bitcoin brokerage firm, and Grayscale Investments, the largest digital currency asset management firm.

5 contacts available at Digital Currency Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alicia Sidik | Investments, HQ | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alicia-sidik |
| Simi Wurtzel | VP of Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simi-wurtzel |
| Barry Silbert | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-silbert |
| Jennifer Mitrenga Maymon | Chief Operating Officer, HQ | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-mitrenga-maymon |
| Larry Sukernik | Associate, Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/larry-sukernik |

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## FAQ

### What does Rumi Morales invest in?

Rumi Morales invests primarily in Sports, Marketing and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Rumi Morales last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rumi Morales closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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