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Digital Currency Group Inc
636 Avenue of the Americas
6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
United States

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VCID: 403886
    Profile
    Founders

    Corporate information

    Official name
    Digital Currency Group Inc
    Also known as
    DCG

    Registration country
    Investment activity status
    Active investor

    Company type

    Investment company focused on bitcoin and blockchain tech businesses.

    Overview

    The epicenter of the bitcoin and blockchain industry – Digital Currency Group’s mission is to accelerate the development of a better financial system. DCG builds and supports bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging insights, network, and access to capital.

    Funding rounds


    Profile Country Notes
    Ribbit Capital Venture capital firm that invests globally in early stage companies who are aiming to disrupt financial services. United States Initial investment. Round participant.


    Profile Country Notes
    Bain Capital Crypto United Kingdom Initial investment. Round participant.


    Profile Country Notes
    CME Ventures LLC The venture capital arm of the CME Group. United States Initial investment. Round participant.

    Debt USD 575,000,000


    USD 575,000,000

    Profile Country Notes
    Genesis Global Capital LLC USD 575,000,000 (USD 575,000,000). Initial investment. Round participant.

    Current and past shareholders

    Investor Round
    Bain Capital Crypto logo Bain Capital Crypto
    N/A
    CME Ventures LLC logo CME Ventures LLC
    The venture capital arm of the CME Group.
    N/A (exited)
    Genesis Global Capital logo Genesis Global Capital LLC
    Debt
    Ribbit Capital logo Ribbit Capital
    Venture capital firm that invests globally in early stage companies who are aiming to disrupt financial services.
    N/A

    Investment preferences

    Investment criteria
    As a strategic investor, DCG works with exceptional teams who are building the foundation of the international bitcoin and blockchain technology ecosystem – whether they are focused on currency exchange, payments, asset digitization, identity management, or new use cases for the decentralized internet of value blockchain technology enables.
    Control requirement
    No control requirement
    Investment focus themes
    Stake requirement comment
    Target ownership in companies is between 2 and 5 percent.
    Target maximum equity stake
    5 %
    Target minimum equity stake
    2 $

    Selected investments

    Country Date Notes
    Craftt Pte Ltd
    Decentralized workforce benefits platform.
    Singapore 7 Nov 2024 Seed
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Andalusia Labs Ltd
    Digital asset risk infrastructure startup.
    United Arab Emirates 14 Dec 2023 Series A
    Follow-on investment. Round participant. Active
    Fleek LLC
    Web3 developer platform.
    United States 1 Dec 2022 Series A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    BCB Group Holdings Ltd
    Provider of business accounts and trading services for the digital asset economy.
    United Kingdom 24 Jan 2022 Series A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Hubble
    3 Jan 2022 N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    BBS Network
    Public network of interconnected message boards.
    6 Dec 2021 Private Round
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    SubQuery Network
    Data-as-a-service provider that aggregates and organises data from Polkadot and Substrate projects.
    8 Sep 2021 Series A
    Initial investment. Led the investment round. Active
    Octopus Network
    Multi-chain network that provides leased security and interoperability to Substrate appchains.
    16 Aug 2021 N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Visor Finance
    Tooling for active liquidity management on concentrated liquidity AMM's such as Uniswap v3.
    19 Jul 2021 N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Zerion
    The easiest way to build and manage your entire DeFi portfolio from one place.
    7 Jul 2021 Series A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Circle Internet Financial Inc
    Consumer finance company focused on transforming the world economy with secure, simple, and less costly technology for storing and using bitcoin.
    United States 28 May 2021 N/A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Wilder World
    Decentralized artist DAO and liquid NFT marketplace.
    10 May 2021 Private Round
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Lido DAO
    5 May 2021 Private Round
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Schvey Inc
    Developer of blockchain technology for capital markets.
    United States 14 Aug 2018 Series B
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Carbon-12 Labs Inc
    12 Apr 2018 Seed
    Active
    Coinlist
    Token listing platform and a crypto exchange.
    United States 5 Apr 2018 Series A
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Chainalysis Inc
    Cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions for global law enforcement agencies, regulators and businesses.
    United States 5 Apr 2018 Series A
    Active
    Intangible Labs
    3 Apr 2018 Initial Coin Offering
    Initial investment. Round participant. Active
    Hedera Hashgraph LLC
    United States 13 Mar 2018 N/A
    Active
    Ledger SAS
    Maker of hardware cryptocurrency wallets.
    France 18 Jan 2018 N/A
    Active

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