# Tether

> Tether is a VC fund in Hong Kong backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 62 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 62
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 81%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tether
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/tether_to
- Website: https://tether.to
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tether.to

Tether is a VC fund in Hong Kong focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Launched in 2014, Tether is a blockchain-enabled platform designed to facilitate the use of fiat currencies in a digital manner. Tether works to disrupt the conventional financial system via a more modern approach to money. Tether has made headway by giving customers the ability to transact with traditional currencies across a blockchain, withoutthe inherent volatility and complexity typically associated with a digital currency. As the first blockchain-enabled platform to facilitate the digital use of traditional currencies (a familiar, stable accounting unit), Tether has democratised cross-border transactions across a blockchain.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Tether. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Tether. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/tether-50cc?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$81M |
| Corporate Round | $1.5M–$250M |
| Post-IPO Equity | $74M–$775M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 22 | 35% |
| FinTech | 19 | 31% |
| Cryptocurrency | 18 | 29% |
| Blockchain | 14 | 23% |
| Bitcoin | 12 | 19% |

62 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 12 | 19% |
| Seed | 11 | 18% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 10 | 16% |
| Series A | 9 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 3% |

14 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 9 | 15% |
| United States | 7 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 5% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 5% |
| Peru | 2 | 3% |

22 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Craig Sellars | Co-founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-sellars |
| Matthew Tremblay | Chief Compliance Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-tremblay |
| Giancarlo Devasini | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giancarlo-devasini |
| Givi Chkhartishvili | Head of Tech Growth | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/givi-chkhartishvili |
| Jean-Louis van der Velde | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jl-van-der-velde |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pact Labs | Pact Labs develops the fundamental wallet, data, and payment infrastructure, as well as smart contract architecture, that connects the PACT Protocol to real-world fintechs and their end consumers. | $7M | Series A | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Mercado Bitcoin | Mercado Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that allows people to trade cryptocurrency, digital assets, and other tokens.Mercado Bitcoin provides access to alternative investments through tokenized assets, such as high-yield public and private debt, FuteCoin, and carbon credits.The company was founded in 2013 by Gustavo Chamati andMauricio Chamati and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. | $20M | Series C | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| NEURA Robotics | NEURA Robotics is a high-tech robotics company which is poised to usher the way into the cognitive era by building intelligent robotic assistants which can be used in all areas of life. At NEURA Robotics, we bridge the gap of human-robot interaction by advancing robots’ cognitive abilities with groundbreaking leaps in environment perception,mechanical design, and artificial intelligence. We have successfully introduced the first-ever commercially available cognitive robot, MAiRA, together with MAV –the Multi-Sensing Autonomous Vehicle and LARA - the Lightweight Agile Robotic Assistant. By giving the robot what is currently missing: senses and a mind, we aim to not only revolutionize modern production sites but also conquer new markets such as medical technologies, home automation, food and agricultural production. | $1.4B | Series C | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Sorted Wallet | Sorted Wallet simplifies crypto transactions for feature phones in emerging markets. | $4.4M | Seed | May 20, 2026 |  |
| LemFi | Lemonade Finance is a digital bank for the African diaspora. Lemonade provides users with accounts in their country of residence and country of origin for personal and business banking needs. |  | Corporate Round | May 18, 2026 |  |
| Belo | Crypto for everyone, everyday | $14M | Series A | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| KAIO | Libre Capital, a pioneer in onchain real-world assets (RWAs), today announced its rebrand to KAIO, signalling a bold step forward in bridging traditional finance with decentralized ecosystems via compliant, institutional-grade tokenized funds. | $8M | Seed | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| Drift | Drift brings on-chain, cross-margined perpetual futures to Solana. Making futures DEXs the best way to trade. | $47.5M | Grant | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Drift | Drift brings on-chain, cross-margined perpetual futures to Solana. Making futures DEXs the best way to trade. | $100M | Debt Financing | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Elemental Royalty | Elemental Altus Royalties Corp. is a diversified and scalable precious metals royalty company well-positioned for future growth. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 30, 2026 |  |

10 of 62 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fulgur Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fulgur-venture) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Credit Saison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-saison) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [K2 Integrity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k2-intelligence) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Superscrypt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/superscrypt) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Valor Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valor-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [468 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/468-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Tether invest in?

Tether invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Corporate Round and Seed stage. Most of the 62 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Tether's check size?

Tether typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$81M at Seed, $1.5M–$250M at Corporate Round and $74M–$775M at Post-IPO Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Tether participates in.

### How do I contact Tether?

Public channels for Tether 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 Tether?

The team at Tether includes Craig Sellars (Co-founder), Matthew Tremblay (Chief Compliance Officer) and Giancarlo Devasini (Chief Financial Officer), 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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