Tradeweb
VC Fund
New York, United States
Tradeweb is a VC fund in New York focused on Finance and Financial Services. Tradeweb Markets is a global marketplace for electronic fixed income, derivatives and ETF trading. Our focus since 1998, when we first introduced electronic trading for the U.S. Treasury Bond marketplace, has been to work with all industry participants to increase transparency, enhance access to liquidity and drive efficiency through the deploymentof innovative technology and flexible protocols.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 55%
Last updated:
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Industries Tradeweb invests in
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechBlockchainSoftware
Stages Tradeweb invests in
Series CFunding RoundCorporate RoundSeries BSeries E
Countries Tradeweb invests in
United StatesUnited Kingdom
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Adam Gould
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Ben Sturgeon
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Carlos Olivares
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Stefan Kutko
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Finance 6 (55%)
- Financial Services 5 (45%)
- FinTech 3 (27%)
- Blockchain 3 (27%)
- Software 2 (18%)
Stage
- Series C 2 (18%)
- Funding Round 2 (18%)
- Corporate Round 2 (18%)
- Series B 1 (9%)
- Series E 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 6 (55%)
- United Kingdom 2 (18%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Adam Gould
Managing Director and Global Head of Equities
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Managing Director and Global Head of Equities | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Ben Sturgeon
Equity Product Manager
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Equity Product Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Carlos Olivares
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Stefan Kutko
Managing Director, Technology
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Managing Director, Technology | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ethan Hao
Director
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Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Digital Asset
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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. | $355M / Series E / Jun 11, 2026 | |
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Digital Asset
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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. | $355M / Series F / Jun 11, 2026 | |
Crossover Markets Group
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Crossover Markets Group develops trading technology for digital asset markets and operates CROSSx, an execution-only electronic communication network used for cryptocurrency transactions. The platform connects institutional participants such as liquidity providers, brokers, and trading firms to execute spot digital asset trades through a matchingengine that processes orders and generates market pricing. It separates trade execution from custody and brokerage functions, allowing participants to choose their own counterparties and service providers for settlement and credit relationships. The system supports configurable liquidity pools, order matching rules, and connectivity through APIs and graphical interfaces for trading and market data access. Crossover Markets Group also maintains infrastructure and tools that facilitate order routing, liquidity interaction, and continuous trading in cryptocurrency markets. | $31M / Series B / Mar 04, 2026 | |
Kalshi
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Kalshi is a federally regulated financial exchange that allows investors to trade directly on the anticipated outcome of future events. Kalshi’s markets cover a wide range of topics including economics, international affairs, media and entertainment, climate/weather, and public health. Because Kalshi’s market topics can be more specific thanother instruments like stocks or bonds, investors can get direct exposure to the events and trends that they are interested in. For example, a Kalshi market on whether a certain free trade agreement will be signed can help retail investors get exposure to emerging markets and fluctuations in international trade.Website: https://kalshi.com | Corporate Round / Feb 19, 2026 | |
MAXEX
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MAXEX is the first digital mortgage exchange to enable buying and selling residential loans through a single clearinghouse. We connect bank and non-bank lenders with premier investors including Wall Street banks, real estate investment trusts and insurance companies to enable faster, more efficient liquidity. MAXEX is an Atlanta-based technologycompany led by mortgage experts and financially backed by leading private equity and capital market investors. | Corporate Round / Feb 12, 2026 | |
Canton Strategic Holdings
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Hillstream BioPharma is a development-stage company advancing improved therapies for patients with cancer via a unique QUATRAMERTM nanoparticle platform. This unique technology enables intranuclear and intracellular delivery of small molecules, peptides, genes, other macromolecules and biologics to the tumor cello, while significantly minimizingexposure to normal tissues. | $545M / Post-IPO Equity / Nov 03, 2025 | |
Fnality International
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Fnality International provides a digital cash system that uses blockchain technology to settle financial transactions. The company develops DLT-based wholesale payment systems in key jurisdictions, each overseen by its home central bank. It also offers banks a system for managing digital payments and supports the growing industry adoption oftokenized assets and marketplaces. | $136M / Series C / Sep 23, 2025 | |
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Digital Asset
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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 | |
Securitize
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Securitize is modernizing capital markets by enabling digital securities, making it easier for eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities within designated capital markets for equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. Securitize is the only SEC Registered Transfer Agent integrated with multiple regulated US-basedmarketplaces with a working protocol and live issuers. The company also offers KYC/AML and capital management services. Securitize, Inc. is not a registered broker-dealer and does not make any endorsement of offerings. | $47M / May 01, 2024 | |
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Securitize
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Securitize is modernizing capital markets by enabling digital securities, making it easier for eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities within designated capital markets for equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. Securitize is the only SEC Registered Transfer Agent integrated with multiple regulated US-basedmarketplaces with a working protocol and live issuers. The company also offers KYC/AML and capital management services. Securitize, Inc. is not a registered broker-dealer and does not make any endorsement of offerings. | $47M / Series C / May 01, 2024 | |
| See all 11 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Tradeweb invest in?
Tradeweb invests primarily in Finance, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Series C and Funding Round stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Tradeweb?
The team at Tradeweb includes Adam Gould (Managing Director and Global Head of Equities), Ben Sturgeon (Equity Product Manager) and Carlos Olivares (Director), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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