Digital Currency Group
Investor - Venture Capital
Overview
Digital Currency Group invests in bitcoin and blockchain startup companies all over the world.
Country: United States
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: New York, NY
Investment Strategy
Geography
- Africa
- North America
- Latin America
- Europe
- Asia
- Middle East and Israel
Sector Focus
- Institutional Investments and Trading
- WealthTech
- RegTech
- Payments and Remittances
- Cryptocurrencies
- Blockchain
Investment Stage
- Angel
- Seed
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
Summary
Digital Currency Group invests in bitcoin and blockchain startup companies all over the world. They leverage their insights, network, and capital to accelerate the development of a better financial system. DGC passionately believes that blockchain technology will enable global economic and social change. They are the most active investor in the digital currency industry and are the owners and operators of Genesis Trading, the industry;s leading bitcoin brokerage firm.
Investments
Date
Name
Size
Round
Co-Investors
Sector
Country
Bitmark, Inc.
Seed
Cherubic Ventures, WI Harper Group
Blockchain
Taiwan
Yours
Angel
Boost VC, GaiaX, Huiyin Group
Blockchain
United States
Coins.ph
Series A
Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, BEENEXT, Global Brain Corporation, Innovation Endeavors, Pantera Capital, Rebright Partners, Wavemaker Partners, Barry Silbert
Payments and Remittances
Philippines
Unocoin
Seed
ah! Ventures, BankToTheFuture, Blume Ventures, Boost VC, FundersClub, Mumbai Angels, Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
India
Bitso
Series A
Barry Silbert, MONEXgroup, VARIV Capital, Xochi Ventures
Cryptocurrencies
Mexico
BigchainDB
Series A
Earlybird Venture Capital, Anthemis Group, innogy SE, RWE Ventures
Blockchain
Germany
CryptoFacilities
Seed
Pamir Gelenbe, Playfair Capital, String Ventures
Institutional Investments and Trading
United Kingdom
Netki, Inc.
Seed
Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, Base Ventures, Bitfinex, Colle Capital Partners, Donuts, Plug and Play, The Husseini Group, Tom Turney
Cryptocurrencies
United States
Colu
Series A
Aleph, Spark Capital, Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
Israel
BitOasis
Seed
Wamda Capital, Payfort, Samih Toukan
Blockchain
United Arab Emirates
Hijro
Seed
ff Venture Capital, ArchAngels, Crosscut Ventures, Draper Associates, Fenbushi Capital, Lindbergh Tech Fund, Startupbootcamp
Institutional Investments and Trading
United States
Bitwala
Seed
High-Tech Gruenderfonds
Cryptocurrencies
Netherlands
RSK Labs
Seed
Bitmain, Coinsilium Group
Payments and Remittances
Argentina
Elliptic
Series A
Paladin Capital Group, KRW Schindler Private Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Santander InnoVentures
Blockchain
United Kingdom
Chainalysis
Seed
Point Nine Capital, Converge Venture Partners, FundersClub, Techstars
RegTech
United States
SurBTC
Seed
Fernando Barros, Sauzalito Ventures
Cryptocurrencies
Chile
Skuchain
Seed
Amino Capital, Fenbushi Capital
Blockchain
United States
Zcash
Seed
Fenbushi Capital, Pantera Capital
Cryptocurrencies
United States
Gem
Series A
Pelion Venture Partners
Blockchain
United States
Purse
Seed
Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
United States
Keza
Seed
Boost VC
WealthTech
United States
Align Commerce
Series A
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Pantera Capital, Recruit Strategic Partners
Payments and Remittances
United States
MONI Ltd.
Seed
Darwin Hunt, Formation 8, Mark Britto, Maxfield Capital, Orion Henry, Paul Bragiel
WealthTech
United Kingdom
Cloudwear, Inc.
Seed
Darling Ventures
Blockchain
United States
Abra
Series A
Arbor Ventures, American Express Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Carthona Capital, First Round, Future Perfect Ventures, Jungle Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Nurzhas Makishev, Pantera Capital, Ratan Tata, RRE Ventures, Barry Silbert
Payments and Remittances
United States
ShapeShift
Seed
Barry Silbert, Bitfinex, Bruce Fenton, Erik Voorhees, Michael Terpin, Roger Ver, Trevor Koverko
Cryptocurrencies
Switzerland
BitX
Series A
PayU, Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
Singapore
ShoCard
Seed
AME Cloud Ventures, Enspire Capital, Morado Venture Partners
Blockchain
United States
Yellow
Seed
Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
United Arab Emirates
BigchainDB
Seed
Earlybird Venture Capital
Blockchain
Germany
Bitso
Seed
Barry Silbert, Hard Yaka
Cryptocurrencies
Mexico
Bitpagos
Seed
Niraj Mehta, Daniel Curran, FundersClub, Marc Bell Ventures, Pantera Capital, Barry Silbert
Payments and Remittances
United States
Ripple
Series A
IDG Capital Partners, AME Cloud Ventures, Avant Global, Blockchain Capital, CME Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, CRCM Venture Capital, Nurzhas Makishev, Route 66 Ventures, RRE Ventures, Seagate Technology LLC, Tusk Ventures, Barry Silbert
Payments and Remittances
United States
Bold Financial Technologies
Seed
Ben Davenport, Blumberg Capital, Compound, Freestyle Capital, Jed McCaleb
Payments and Remittances
United States
Jackpocket
Venture
Barry Silbert, Fueled, Jesse Middleton, Kima Ventures, Matthew Shampine, Subversive Capital
Payments and Remittances
United States
Circle
Series C
Goldman Sachs, Accel Partners, BoomStartup, Breyer Capital, Fenway Summer Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Pantera Capital, Barry Silbert
WealthTech
Ireland {Republic}
ShapeShift
Seed
Barry Silbert, Roger Ver
Cryptocurrencies
Switzerland
Abra
Seed
Barry Silbert, First Round, Future Perfect Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, RRE Ventures, Silicon Badia
Payments and Remittances
United States
BitPesa
Series A
Pantera Capital, Blockchain Capital, Future Perfect Ventures, Stephens Investment Management, Barry Silbert
Payments and Remittances
Kenya
bitFlyer
Series B
Barry Silbert, GMO VenturePartners, Recruit Strategic Partners
Cryptocurrencies
Japan
Colu
Seed
Aleph, Spark Capital, BoxGroup, Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
Israel
ChangeTip
Venture
Pantera Capital, 500 Startups, Blockchain Capital, Boldstart Ventures, Daniel Curran, Galvanize Ventures, Idealab, Plug and Play, Transmedia Capital, Winklevoss Capital
Payments and Remittances
United States
Coins.ph
Venture
Amasia, Innovation Endeavors, Barry Silbert
Payments and Remittances
Philippines
Blockstack Inc
Seed
Naval Ravikant, Kal Vepuri, Marc Bell Ventures, Shana Fisher, SV Angel, Union Square Ventures
Blockchain
United States
Bitnet Technologies
Series A
Highland Capital Partners, Artis Ventures, Bill McKiernan, Blockchain Capital, Buchanan Investments, Commerce Ventures, James Pallotta Rakuten, Stephens Investment Management, Stuart Peterson, Webb Investment Network, Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
United States
bitFlyer
Series B
Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
Japan
Melotic
Seed
Ceyuan Ventures, 500 Startups, Cross Pacific Capital Partners, Lightspeed China Partners, Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
China
Tradewave
Seed
Cryptocurrencies
United Kingdom
Chain
Series B
Khosla Ventures, 500 Startups, Blockchain Capital, Homebrew, Kevin Ryan, Pantera Capital, RRE Ventures, Scott Banister, SV Angel, Thrive Capital, Barry Silbert
Blockchain
United States
Unocoin
Seed
Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
India
BitX
Seed
PayU, Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
Singapore
Abra
Seed
Barry Silbert
Payments and Remittances
United States
Filecoin
Seed
Barry Silbert, Semil Shah, Winklevoss Capital, Y Combinator
Cryptocurrencies
United States
Blockstack Inc
Seed
Barry Silbert, Y Combinator
Blockchain
United States
TradeBlock
Seed
Andreessen Horowitz, Chris Fischer, Data Collective, F-Prime Capital Partners, FinTech Collective, Hard Yaka, Y Combinator
Blockchain
United States
Mifiel
Seed
Alejandro Ozerkovsky, Tim Draper, Barry Silbert
Blockchain
Mexico
Safello
Seed
Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
Sweden
BlockScore
Seed
Battery Ventures, Boost VC, Haystack, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, NAV.VC, Y Combinator
RegTech
United States
BitGo
Series A
Redpoint, A-Grade Investments, Bill Lee, Blockchain Capital, Bridgescale Partners, Eric Hahn, Founders Fund, Jeffrey S. Skoll, Liberty City Ventures, Radar Partners
Cryptocurrencies
United States
Hashplex
Seed
Barry Silbert, Jason Prado
Cryptocurrencies
United States
BTCjam
Seed
Ribbit Capital, 500 Startups, FundersClub, Silicon Badia, Barry Silbert
Marketplace Lending
United States
BitPesa
Seed
Barry Silbert
Payments and Remittances
Kenya
Mirror
Series A
Barry Silbert, Promus Ventures, QueensBridge Venture Partners
Institutional Investments and Trading
United States
Coinapult
Seed
FirstMark Capital, Roger Ver
Cryptocurrencies
Panama
Circle
Series B
Breyer Capital, Fenway Summer Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Leonard Schrank, Michele Burns, Oak Investment Partners, Pantera Capital, Barry Silbert
WealthTech
Ireland {Republic}
Kraken Bitcoin Exchange
Series A
Hummingbird Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Jimmy Furland, Kevin Bombino, Meni Rosenfeld, Pamir Gelenbe, Trace Mayer, Trammell Ventures
Cryptocurrencies
United States
Xapo
Series A
Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, Ribbit Capital, Barry Silbert, Pantera Capital, Slow Ventures
Cryptocurrencies
United States
Korbit
Seed
David Lee, Jay Eum, Michael Yang, Naval Ravikant, Pietro Dova, Tim Draper, Barry SIlbert
Cryptocurrencies
Korea South
Paxos
Seed
Canaan Partners, RRE Ventures, Ben Davenport, Jay W. Jordan II, Liberty City Ventures, Barry SIlbert
Blockchain
United States
Bitpagos
Seed
Barry Silbert, NXTP Labs
Payments and Remittances
United States
Coinbase
Series A
Bobby Goodlatte, FundersClub, Interplay Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, Ribbit Capital, SV Angel, Union Square Ventures, Barry Silbert
Cryptocurrencies
United States
Ripple
Angel
Andreessen Horowitz, FF Angel LLC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vast Ventures, Barry Silbert
Payments and Remittances
United States
Coinsetter
Seed
Barry Silbert, Blockchain Capital, Tribeca Venture Partners
Cryptocurrencies
United States
BitPay
Seed
Ashton Kutcher, Ben Davenport, Jimmy Furland, Matt Mullenweg, Roger Ver, Shakil Khan, Trace Mayer, Barry Silbert
Payments and Remittances
United States
Key Employees
Barry Silbert
CEO & Founder
Meltem Demirors
Director, Development
Simi Wurtzel
VP, Finance
