Led · Seed · May 2021

Klub is an invite-only Paris-based private-wealth and private-services platform aimed at high-value earners. It offers three membership tiers—Premium, Titanium, and Black—with access to banking services, investment opportunities, savings and credit products, crypto purchase and asset transfer services, insurance, and lifestyle partner offers. The company positions itself as a bridge between centralized and decentralized finance and requires members to purchase the platform cryptocurrency XKI to become ecosystem stakeholders. Klub plans to issue 175 million XKI tokens by the end of 2021, with an issuance price of $0.10 at listing. The company raised $10 million in a seed round led by Amnis Ventures, BlackDragon, and Moonwhale Ventures, with participation from private investors and executives from traditional finance firms. Klub was launched in 2019 by Réda Berrehili.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2020

Archax is a UK-regulated digital asset exchange and tokenization firm that operates an in-house tokenization platform. The company has integrated the Stellar blockchain into its tokenization tool and launched a tokenized Aberdeen money market fund on the Stellar network. The Stellar Development Foundation invested in Archax as part of a broader partnership to accelerate tokenization of real-world assets, though the firms did not disclose the investment size. Last month Archax acquired BaFin-regulated Deutsche Digital Assets to expand into crypto exchange-traded products in Europe. The company is positioning itself to serve the rapidly growing tokenized real-world-asset market, which the article cites as having doubled to $26 billion and projected to reach $1 trillion by 2030. The article does not disclose operating metrics, revenue, or valuation for Archax. Archax is an FCA-regulated UK digital securities exchange, brokerage and custodian focused on institutional clients. Its custody services are already live and the exchange platform is live while it onboards initial issuances ahead of a planned formal launch in 1Q 2023. The platform offers spot trading in Bitcoin and Ethereum and intends to list a range of tokenised assets and regulated crypto ETPs that settle in Crest with ISIN codes. Archax is working with abrdn to tokenise funds and enable institutions to trade regulated instruments representing underlying crypto assets. Membership targets broker members, family offices, hedge funds, private banks, wealth managers, investment banks, prop trading firms and market makers. Technology for the regulated market is provided by Aquis Technologies' AME and AMS running in the Equinix LD4 datacentre, while Archax has built its own matching engine, front end and APIs. Archax operates a regulated digital securities exchange and custody platform, having secured FCA approval as a key part of its go‑to‑market strategy. The company completed its exchange platform build and obtained its FCA licence in August, milestones investors cited as central to the business. Archax has raised funding to meet regulatory capital requirements needed to launch the platform. It closed an oversubscribed $8 million seed round after initially targeting $5 million, reflecting strong investor demand. Management and investors have framed the licence and capital as foundations for launching and expanding a worldwide ecosystem of next‑generation digital assets under FCA regulation.

Led · Seed · Jan 2020

M1neral is building a cloud-based transaction management platform focused on minerals and royalties. The platform includes a spatial search tool to identify opportunities and promote collaboration among buyers, sellers, service providers and financial institutions. The company has nearly completed building the platform. It intends to use the funds from its recent financing to continue expanding development efforts. M1neral is based in Houston and was co-founded by Jacob Avery, Kyle Chapman and Shawn Cutter.