Address
Digital Currency Group Inc
636 Avenue of the Americas
6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
United States
Phone
Website
Industry
VCID: 403886
Profile
Founders
Corporate information
Official name
Digital Currency Group Inc
Also known as
DCG
Registration country
Affiliated entities
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.
Team
Current employees
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Barry Silbert | founder | |
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Mark Shifke |
Funding
Funding rounds
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bain Capital Crypto | United Kingdom | Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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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
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Genesis Global Capital LLC | USD 575,000,000 (USD 575,000,000). Initial investment. Round participant. |
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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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. |
Cap Table
Current and past shareholders
| Investor | Round | |
|---|---|---|
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Bain Capital Crypto |
N/A |
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CME Ventures LLC The venture capital arm of the CME Group. |
N/A (exited) |
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Genesis Global Capital LLC |
Debt |
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Ribbit Capital Venture capital firm that invests globally in early stage companies who are aiming to disrupt financial services. |
N/A |
Investments
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
| Company | Country | Date | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Craftt Pte Ltd Decentralized workforce benefits platform. |
Singapore | 7 Nov 2024 | Seed Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Andalusia Labs Ltd Digital asset risk infrastructure startup. |
United Arab Emirates | 14 Dec 2023 | Series A Follow-on investment. Round participant. Active |
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Fleek LLC Web3 developer platform. |
United States | 1 Dec 2022 | Series A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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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 |
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Hubble |
3 Jan 2022 | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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BBS Network Public network of interconnected message boards. |
6 Dec 2021 | Private Round Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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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 |
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Octopus Network Multi-chain network that provides leased security and interoperability to Substrate appchains. |
16 Aug 2021 | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wilder World Decentralized artist DAO and liquid NFT marketplace. |
10 May 2021 | Private Round Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Lido DAO |
5 May 2021 | Private Round Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Schvey Inc Developer of blockchain technology for capital markets. |
United States | 14 Aug 2018 | Series B Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Carbon-12 Labs Inc |
12 Apr 2018 | Seed Active |
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Chainalysis Inc Cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions for global law enforcement agencies, regulators and businesses. |
United States | 5 Apr 2018 | Series A Active |
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Coinlist Token listing platform and a crypto exchange. |
United States | 5 Apr 2018 | Series A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Intangible Labs |
3 Apr 2018 | Initial Coin Offering Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Hedera Hashgraph LLC |
United States | 13 Mar 2018 | N/A Active |
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Ledger SAS Maker of hardware cryptocurrency wallets. |
France | 18 Jan 2018 | N/A Active |