Cube Exchange
401 N. Morgan St., Chicago, Illinois, 60642, United States
Overview
Cube Group is a hybrid CEX-DEX digital asset marketplace that addresses the challenges of traditional centralized exchanges and decentralized finance platforms. The company provides a user-centric design, radical transparency, safety, and liquidity, with features like multi-party compute, on-chain settlement, proof-of-reserves, and multi-chain support. Its vaults represent users' balances on their respective layer-one blockchains, offering transparent liquidation standards and criteria for derivatives and margin trading. The platform also standardizes market data and order sessions, allowing seamless onboarding for market participants through web interfaces for trading.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 1
Sector focus
- Blockchain
- Cryptocurrency
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
- FinTech
- Trading Platform
Investment portfolio
- Ekiden
Participated · Seed · May 2026
Founded in 2025 and based in Lisbon, Ekiden is developing a decentralized derivatives trading platform designed for high-frequency and algorithmic trading by professional users, trading firms, and market makers. The team is building on Arbitrum and emphasizes faster trade execution with on-chain settlement to preserve transparency and user control. Ekiden's approach is informed by founder Vitali Dervoed's background in capital markets and work linked to Neon EVM, RockawayX, and Mango Markets. The company aims to support advanced and automated trading strategies through integrations and strategic partnerships. Financially, Ekiden completed a €1.7 million Seed round at a €17 million valuation and plans to deploy the capital toward audits, product development, hiring, and scaling liquidity.
Team
Bartosz Lipiński
CEO & Founder
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