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Total Investments47
Infrastructure7
Payments7
AI7
DeFi4
Liquid Staking Protocol2
Trading2
L12
RWA2
Web32
Zero Knowledge Industry2
Social Platform2
Investment1
Stablecoin Infrastructure1
Digital Identity1
Travel1
Gaming1
Stablecoin1
L21
| Name | Round | Category | Description | Lead Investor | Chains | Other Investors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnkey | 14 May 2026 | $12.5m | Strategic | Infrastructure | Turnkey is a wallet infrastructure platform that provides APIs for secure private key management. It enables developers to create wallets and sign transactions across chains with programmable permissions and policy controls | Circle Ventures, Archetype, Bain Capital Crypto, Lightspeed Faction, Galaxy Digital, Sequoia Capital, Variant Fund | |||
| OpenFX | 31 Mar 2026 | $94m | Payments | OpenFX is a fintech platform providing FX market making and cross-border payment infrastructure. It enables remittance providers and payment platforms to access 24/7 liquidity, API-based integrations, and near-instant settlement for global transfers | $500m | Accel, Atomico, Lightspeed Faction, M13, Northzone, Pantera Capital | |||
| Latitude | 31 Mar 2026 | $8m | Payments | Latitude is a stablecoin-powered payments infrastructure platform for cross-border payouts. It enables businesses to send USD, convert via stablecoin rails, and deliver local fiat in 50+ countries with fast settlement and transparent pricing | NEA | Lightspeed Faction, Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, Solana Foundation | |||
| Meld | 14 Jan 2026 | $7m | Payments | Meld is a payments and conversion infrastructure that enables in-app conversion between fiat currencies and stablecoins or tokens. It supports global payouts, remittances, and cross-border settlement through a unified network for digital asset movement | Lightspeed Faction | F-Prime Capital, Yolo Investments, Scytale Ventures | |||
| Rain | 09 Jan 2026 | $250m | Series C | Payments | Rain is a blockchain-based card issuing and stablecoin payments platform for Web3 teams and DAOs. It enables the issuance of customizable payment cards for managing digital asset spending and expenses | Iconiq Capital | $1.95b | Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly Capital, Bessemer Ventures, Galaxy Digital, FirstMark Capital, Lightspeed Faction, Norwest Venture Partners, Endeavor Catalyst | |
| Strata | 16 Dec 2025 | $3m | Seed | DeFi | Strata is a perpetual risk-tranching protocol that offers structured yield products on crypto-native yields | Maven 11 | Lightspeed Faction, Halo Capital , Heartcore Capital, Anchorage Digital, Nayt Technologies | ||
| OpenEden | 01 Dec 2025 | Strategic | RWA | OpenEden is a real-world asset tokenization platform, building the bridge to a new financial system. OpenEden's mission is to unlock trillions by bringing real-world assets on-chain, seamlessly and securely | Ripple, Lightspeed Faction, Gate Ventures, FalconX, Anchorage Digital, Flowdesk, Kaia Foundation, P2 Ventures, Selini Capital, Sigma Capital | ||||
| Standard Economics | 28 Oct 2025 | $9m | Seed | Payments | Standard Economics is a blockchain fintech building an on-chain financial system for cross-border payments, aimed at the unbanked and underbanked. Using stablecoins, it provides access to global currencies like the US dollar without traditional banks, combining programmable financial tools and blockchain transparency to lower costs and promote financial inclusion | Paradigm | Lightspeed Faction | ||
| TransCrypts | 08 Oct 2025 | $15m | Seed | Digital Identity | TransCrypts is a blockchain platform for issuing, storing, and verifying official records like employment history, academic transcripts, and medical credentials. Designed for HR, education, and healthcare, it ensures authenticity with tamper-proof cryptographic proofs and integrates with existing enterprise systems. Trusted by organizations like Zoom and the National Guard, TransCrypts helps prevent fraud, streamline record management, and give users control over their verified data | Pantera Capital | Lightspeed Faction, Motley Fool Ventures, California Innovation Fund, Techstars, Alumni Ventures, Protocol Labs, Apertu Capital, Informed Ventures, Assym, Mark Cuban, Alpha Edison | ||
| Raiku | 23 Sep 2025 | $11.25m | Seed | Infrastructure | Raiku is a coordination layer and infrastructure protocol built on Solana that enhances network performance, reliability, and scalability | Pantera Capital | Jump Crypto, Lightspeed Faction, HashKey Capital | ||
| Inversion Capital | 08 Sep 2025 | $26.5m | Seed | RWA | Inversion is a crypto-native private equity firm that acquires traditional companies to integrate blockchain infrastructure, and is building a bespoke Avalanche-based Layer‑1 chain to support on-chain operational transformation | Dragonfly Capital | VanEck, Lightspeed Faction, ParaFi Capital, Portal Ventures, Mirana Ventures, Volt Capital, Metalayer Ventures, HashKey Capital, Race Capital, Wintermute Ventures, Moonrock Capital, Breed VC, Topology, Balaji Srinivasan, Bodhi Ventures, Lvna Capital, Escape Velocity, Folius Ventures, Comfy Capital, DCF God, Mike Dudas, Bryan Pellegrino, Jason Yanowitz | ||
| Credit Coop | 29 Aug 2025 | $4.5m | Seed | DeFi | Credit Coop is a DeFi protocol that enables businesses to tokenize their future cash flows as on-chain collateral within multi-depositor vaults, facilitating decentralized borrowing and lending using real-world income streams | Maven 11, Lightspeed Faction | Coinbase Ventures, Signature Ventures, dlab, Veris Ventures, TRGC | ||
| Rain | 28 Aug 2025 | $58m | Series B | Stablecoin Infrastructure | Rain is a fintech platform providing compliant infrastructure for stablecoin-based payments, enabling enterprises and developers to instantly move, store, and spend digital assets via global cards, on/offramps, wallets, and cross-border rails | Sapphire Ventures | Dragonfly Capital, Galaxy Digital, Samsung Next, Lightspeed Faction, Norwest Venture Partners, Endeavor Catalyst | ||
| LO:TECH | 21 Aug 2025 | $5m | Seed | Trading | LO:TECH is a London-based digital asset trading firm developing transparent, low-latency market making and data infrastructure for seamless high-frequency trading and liquidity provision across centralized exchanges, DeFi protocols, and traditional finance venues | 13bookscapital | Lightspeed Faction, Veris Ventures, Crit Ventures | ||
| OpenMind | 04 Aug 2025 | $20m | Infrastructure | OpenMind is developing an open-source operating system (OM1) and a decentralized AI control layer (FABRIC) to enable intelligent robots to coordinate and communicate on a global scale | Pantera Capital | Ribbit Capital, Coinbase Ventures, DCG, Lightspeed Faction, Ambush, Anagram, Black Dragon, HongShan, Pi Network, Topology, Primitive Ventures, Amber Group, Pebblebed | |||
| Lightyear | 24 Jul 2025 | $23m | Series B | Investment | Lightyear, an Estonian-founded investment platform | NordicNinja | Lightspeed Faction, Skaala, Metaplanet Holdings | ||
| Bloom Labs Ltd | 24 Jul 2025 | $1.6m | Pre-Seed | Social Platform | Bloom is a blockchain-based social media platform integrating on-chain finance for crypto traders and key opinion leaders | Lightspeed Faction | Outlier Ventures, Delta Blockchain Fund, Cointelegraph, APX, Plassa Capital | ||
| Blockskye | 17 Jul 2025 | $15.8m | Series C | Travel | A Boston-based tech company that’s building modern blockchain infrastructure for the $1.5 trillion corporate travel market | Blockchange Ventures | United Airlines Ventures, Lightspeed Faction, KSV Global, Litquidity Ventures, Longbrook Ventures | ||
| Turnkey | 09 Jun 2025 | $30m | Series B | Infrastructure | Turnkey is a crypto infrastructure startup focused on providing secure, flexible, and scalable wallet infrastructure for cryptocurrency applications | Bain Capital Crypto | Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Faction, Galaxy, Variant Fund, Wintermute Ventures | ||
| MagicBlock | 24 Apr 2025 | $7.5m | Seed | Gaming | Real-time engine for onchain games and applications | Lightspeed Faction | Delphi Digital, Robot Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Equilibrium Capital, Maven 11, Pivot Global | ||
| Rain | 24 Mar 2025 | $24.5m | Payments | Rain is a blockchain-based card issuing and stablecoin interoperability platform designed for Web3 teams, DAOs, and protocols | Norwest Ventrure Partners | Galaxy Digital, Lattitude Capital, Thayer Ventures, Hard Yaka, Lightspeed Faction, Coinbase Ventures, Canonical Crypto, CompoSecure, Goldcrest Capital, BDMI | |||
| Crossmint | 18 Mar 2025 | $23.6m | Series A | Infrastructure | Crossmint is an enterprise-grade blockchain platform offering a comprehensive suite of APIs and tools to facilitate seamless integration of on-chain functionalities | Ribbit Capital | Franklin Templeton, Nyca Partners, HF0, Lightspeed Faction, First Round Capital | ||
| RedotPay | 14 Mar 2025 | $40m | Series A | Payments | RedotPay is a blockchain technology company focused on digital currency wallets and payment solutions. | Lightspeed Faction | Galaxy Digital, HongShan, Accel, Vertex Ventures |