PayPal Ventures

At Coinbase, we’re committed to creating an open financial system for the world. We can’t do it alone, and we’re eagerly rooting for the brightest minds in the crypto ecosystem to build empowering products for everyone. We provide financing to promising early stage companies that have the teams and ideas that can move the space forward in a positive, meaningful way. We’re taking a long term view of the space, and we believe that multiple approaches are healthy and good. Our goal is simply to help the most compelling companies in the space flourish

Luno Expeditions is a global early-stage investor that supports the top fintech and crypto founders on their journeys to build the next generation of financial services. We are successful fintech founders ourselves, have access to an unrivalled global fintech network, we move fast and invest with permanent capital which means we can truly support founders over the long term. Why we’re here We believe that the existing financial system is no longer fit for purpose, and that there is an opportunity to completely reinvent the way money works. This in turn will have an enormous, positive impact on billions of people’s lives. But there is a lot to do, and we can’t do it ourselves. We realise there are many exceptional founders from all over the world, all on different journeys but ultimately working towards the same end goal: To help build this new, better financial system. And we're here to support you on your journey. Why us As fintech founders and operators, we’ve shared a similar journey, and we know just how hard it gets. So everything we do is to make sure that the journey is lighter for you: We like to move fast, let the founders get on with it without us interfering, and help when we’re asked. We are different in that we: invest with permanent capital, which means we can truly support founders in the long run, without any interference from other investors have experience building fintech/crypto businesses on five continents and many countries, with unique insights on both scaling global organisations and hyperlocalising them, often in very difficult markets have access to an incredibly broad global network in financial services, fintech and crypto, across everything from talent and investors to regulators and banks Who we invest in Who: We back ambitious founders, wanting to disrupt all of or some specific segment of financial services Stage: We focus on the early stage and typically invest in pre-seed and seed rounds Geographies: We are a global investor capitalising on Luno’s experience across 5 continents. We invest in both emerging and developed markets. Sectors: We look at companies across the finance, metaverse, blockchain infrastructure and web3 spaces

Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currencies and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle is also the principal operator of USD Coin (USDC), which has become the fastest growing, regulated and fully reserved dollar digital currency. USDC now stands at more than 41 billion and has supported about $1.4 trillion in transactions over the past year. Today, Circle's transaction and treasury services are giving rise to a new generation of financial services and commerce applications that hold the promise of raising global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of financial value.

Propel is investing in founders creating “the new economy.” The financial services sector is the primary driver of many economies, and opportunities to enable, accelerate, deliver, and secure value exchange are immense and diverse. Propel invests primarily from Pre-Seed to Series A in the Americas with initial check sizes from $250k to $5M with follow-on capital much higher. Portfolio companies include Coinbase, Nomad, Neon, Guideline, Groww, SumUp, Newfront, and Safebooks. Propel is headquartered in the SF Bay Area with a workspace in Jackson Square.

Bankless Ventures is a $30M early-stage Web3 Venture fund to empower pioneers to explore the frontier of Web3.

XVC Tech is a $125mn fund supported by founders of the XDC Blockchain Network that specializes in investing in early-stage Web3 start-ups, Till date, we have invested in over 40+ Web3 start-ups globally with focus on diversified sectors such as Digital Asset Custody, DeFi, TradeFi, DAO, DEX, NFT, Metaverse and Asset Tokenization.