Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

Ark Labs is developing Arkade, an open, neutral execution layer that brings real-time, programmable operations—such as authorizations, holds, conditional terms, and escrow—to the Bitcoin network. Launched in October 2025, Arkade lets partners issue stablecoins, move digital assets, and settle payments natively on Bitcoin, supporting use cases in commerce, lending, and cross-network settlement. The platform is positioned to power autonomous commerce where AI agents transact under enforceable constraints. Ark Labs’ technology is aimed at fintechs, brokerages, asset managers, and payment companies seeking non-permissioned on-chain infrastructure. Headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland, the company has now secured more than $7.7 million in institutional backing. While revenue or user figures were not disclosed, the new capital will expand developer relations, product, and partner onboarding as Ark Labs scales stablecoin and Bitcoin liquidity at production levels. Its investor base includes prominent digital asset funds and industry operators, underscoring confidence in its vision for programmable finance on Bitcoin.

Led · Equity · Dec 2025

Speed1 builds and operates a global payments platform and Lightning wallet that lets merchants and individuals send, receive, swap, and purchase Bitcoin and USDT at low fees. The service supports everyday uses such as bill splitting, paying for daily necessities with a quick “zap,” and sending gifts to friends anywhere in the world. Its Speed Merchant product allows businesses to accept crypto payments seamlessly, while Speed Wallet caters to individual users. The company currently serves more than 1.2 million users and businesses worldwide. These customers collectively generate over $1.5 billion in annual payment volume across the Speed ecosystem. With new capital in hand, Speed1 plans to enter additional geographic markets, roll out enhanced merchant tools, and enable cross-border and creator payouts to accelerate adoption.

Participated · Equity · May 2025

Roxom Global is building a BTC-denominated securities exchange offering futures, spot markets and synthetic instruments priced and settled in bitcoin. The company is also developing RoxomTV, a 24/7 media network dedicated entirely to bitcoin and broadcast across X, Rumble, Twitch, Kick and DLive. RoxomTV is backed by a 100% bitcoin treasury that currently holds 84.72 BTC, 52.65 of which were acquired with capital from the funding round at an average price of around $76,300 per coin. Roxom plans to purchase a further 30 BTC in the coming weeks, which the company says would push the treasury to over $12.7 million at a quoted BTC price of $111,000. The exchange is focused on Latin America, Europe and parts of Asia and the Middle East and is not yet available in the U.S. Roxom broadcasts from San Francisco and London and plans to open a third hub in Hong Kong in Q3. Roxom operates a trading service platform that prices and settles stocks, commodities and futures in Bitcoin. The platform supports trading activity using Bitcoin as the medium of exchange. Roxom’s core product is a Bitcoin‑denominated exchange infrastructure for multiple asset classes. According to the report, the company recently completed a $4.3 million pre-seed financing. The financing was disclosed by DoNews with sourcing to IT桔子. Investors in the round include Draper Associate (led by Tim Draper), Borderless, Cadenza Ventures, Kingsway Capital, NewtopiaVC and a group of angel investors.

Led · Series A · Dec 2024

Relai offers a mobile app that makes bitcoin saving and investment accessible by allowing anyone to buy and sell bitcoin within minutes with no registration, verification, or deposits. The company is working on expanding its product suite and improving its offering. Relai intends to use the new funding to continue product development and to expand operations. The team is pursuing a MiCA license as soon as possible. Relai was founded by Julian Liniger and Adem Bilican and operates out of Switzerland. It recently completed a Series A funding round to support its growth plans. Relai is a Zürich, Switzerland–based provider of a non-custodial bitcoin app that enables users to buy and save bitcoin. The app allows anyone in Europe to buy and sell bitcoin within minutes without registration, verification, or deposits and includes a non-custodial wallet that gives users full control over their funds. Relai recently expanded its platform to serve SMEs with a product called Relai Business. The company intends to use new funding to add zero-fee trading, upgrade to the Lightning network, and launch a white-label product enabling fintechs to offer fiat-to-bitcoin trading. Relai was founded by Julian Liniger (CEO) and Adem Bilican (CTO). It raised USD4.5M in the latest funding round. Relai is a Zurich-based bitcoin fintech app founded in 2020 by Julian Liniger and Adem Bilican that aims to make bitcoin investment and saving possible for everyone. Its core product is a consumer app for buying and holding bitcoin; the company says the app has been downloaded more than 100,000 times across Europe and, since its July 2020 launch, has recorded over 23,000 downloads and more than 10,000 paying customers. The latest funding will be used to expand its user base across Europe and to continue innovating the app and product experience. Planned product developments include increasing the number of currencies people can use to invest in bitcoin and launching a bitcoin debit card that rewards users with bitcoin on fiat purchases. Relai positions itself as a simple on-ramp to bitcoin for retail users and is focused on scaling adoption. Relai provides a mobile app that lets users invest in bitcoin within minutes using their own bank account and without extra deposits or registration. Led by CEO Julian Liniger, the company emphasizes simple, fast on‑ramps and direct delivery to user-controlled wallets. Relai is building proprietary brokerage capabilities to enable features such as instant purchases with price lock, optimized execution, and direct delivery to Relai or third-party wallets. The company launched in July 2020 and since then the app has been downloaded over 23,000 times. More than 10,000 users are active paying customers. The recent funding is intended to support the development of an efficient order-processing broker and new offerings for investors buying large amounts of bitcoin.

Led · Series A · May 2023

Fedi builds a federated operating system that empowers communities—"federations"—to collaborate and take control of their money, data, and digital lives while protecting user privacy and autonomy. Federations include friends, families, neighbours, nonprofit organisations, social clubs, businesses, conferences and other community forms. The company raised $17M in a Series A, bringing total capital raised to date to $21.21M. Fedi intends to use the funds to expand operations and broaden its business reach. Led by CEO Obi Nwosu and based in Austin, TX, the company is set to pre-launch an Alpha version of Fedi for builders later this month. The platform emphasizes privacy-preserving collaboration and aims to give individuals greater autonomy over digital and financial interactions within community contexts.