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Total investments 77
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$9M
Portfolio companies 58
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.23
Exits 1
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Areas of investment

  • Blockchain
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Financial Services
  • Software
  • FinTech

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

NFTfi

Finance
Financial Services
$6M11 Mar 2024 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Superfluid Finance

Computer
$5M22 Feb 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

UnshETH

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Ethereum
$3M07 Aug 2023 -

Hook

Blockchain
FinTech
Trading Platform
$3M28 Jun 2023 New York, New York, United States

Transak

Apps
Banking
Cryptocurrency
Debit Cards
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$20M30 May 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

LabDAO

$3M23 May 2023 -

Keyp

Blockchain
Software
$2M23 Feb 2023 -

Gateway.fm

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Software
$4M20 Feb 2023 Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway

Story DAO

$6M26 Jan 2023 -
News
Ondo Finance Raises $4M in Funding

– Ondo Finance is a New York-based deFi protocol startup.
– The company has raised $4m in funding.
– The round was led by Pantera Capital with participation from Genesis, Digital Currency Group, CMS, CoinFund, Chapter One, Bixin, Divergence, Protoscale Capital, The LAO, Stani Kulechov, Josh Hannah, Richard Ma, Diogo Monica, and Christy Choi.
– The funds will be used to accelerate the adoption of DeFi among mainstream investors by enabling the granular exchange of risk.

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 77
Average round size 9M
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.23
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

NFTfi

Finance
Financial Services
$6M11 Mar 2024 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Superfluid Finance

Computer
$5M22 Feb 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

UnshETH

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Ethereum
$3M07 Aug 2023 -

Hook

Blockchain
FinTech
Trading Platform
$3M28 Jun 2023 New York, New York, United States

Transak

Apps
Banking
Cryptocurrency
Debit Cards
Financial Services
FinTech
Payments
$20M30 May 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

LabDAO

$3M23 May 2023 -

Keyp

Blockchain
Software
$2M23 Feb 2023 -

Gateway.fm

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Software
$4M20 Feb 2023 Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway

Story DAO

$6M26 Jan 2023 -
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