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Parafi Capital

Founders Benjamin Forman

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Total investments 127
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$57M
Portfolio companies 101
Rounds per year 21.17
Lead investments 11
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Exits 1
Key employees 2

Areas of investment

  • Blockchain
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Software
Summary

In 2018 was created Parafi Capital, which is appeared as VC. The main department of described VC is located in the San Francisco. The company was established in North America in United States.

The important activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Financial Services, Personal Finance. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Staked us, Ampleforth, Provenance Blockchain The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1 partaker. Despite the Parafi Capital, startups are often financed by Pantera Capital, True Ventures, RRE Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Pantera Capital, Blocktree Capital, Winklevoss capital.

The current fund was established by Benjamin Forman. The overall number of key employees were 2.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Meridian

Financial Services
Trading Platform
$4M24 Sep 2024 -

Parfin

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
$10M14 Aug 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

Andrena

Telecommunications
Wireless
$18M07 Aug 2024 New York, New York, United States

Rebar Labs

$2M27 Jun 2024 New York, New York, United States

Layer3

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
$15M12 Jun 2024 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

M^0 Labs

$35M05 Jun 2024 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Polymarket

$45M14 May 2024 New York, New York, United States

Securitize

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Information Technology
$47M01 May 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

Thruster

Financial Services
$7M18 Apr 2024 -
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Domination Finance Raises $3.2 Million in Seed Round to Scale Dominance Derivatives DEX

– Domination Finance, a non-custodial, decentralized exchange for dominance pairs, announced the successful completion of a $3.2m seed round involving top investors in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space.
– The venture’s now operational platform allows users to trade Bitcoin Dominance (BTCDOM), Ethereum Dominance (ETHDOM), and Tether Dominance (USDTDOM) in a way that was not previously available, aiming to provide global users with sufficient liquidity, low latency, and high price accuracy.
– Led by ParaFi Capital, an alternative investment firm focused on blockchain and decentralized finance markets, the funding round included such investors as Dragonfly Capital, AU21, Shima Capital, LD Capital, Huobi Ventures, OKEx BlockdreamVentures, KNS Group, GSR, CoinGecko and an impressive list of angel investors.

ClayStack Liquid Staking Protocol Raises $5.2 Million in Seed Funding Co-Led by CoinFund and ParaFi Capital

– ClayStack is a next-generation staking platform for digital assets.
– The company raised $5.2m in a seed funding round co-led by leading blockchain-focused investment firm, CoinFund, and ParaFi Capital.
– The round also received participation from Coinbase Ventures, Spartan Group, HyperSphere, Defiance Capital, Hashed, Solana Foundation, The LAO, Genblock Capital, Ledger Prime, Animoca Brands, Republic Labs, and more.
– The recent funding will help ClayStack redefine the current staking ecosystem by building a robust platform that is secure and open for all.

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Total investments 127
Average round size 57M
Rounds per year 21.17
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 11
Follow on index 0.20
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.99

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Meridian

Financial Services
Trading Platform
$4M24 Sep 2024 -

Parfin

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
$10M14 Aug 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

Andrena

Telecommunications
Wireless
$18M07 Aug 2024 New York, New York, United States

Rebar Labs

$2M27 Jun 2024 New York, New York, United States

Layer3

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
$15M12 Jun 2024 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

M^0 Labs

$35M05 Jun 2024 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Polymarket

$45M14 May 2024 New York, New York, United States

Securitize

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Information Technology
$47M01 May 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

Thruster

Financial Services
$7M18 Apr 2024 -
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