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MoonPay

8 The Green, Suite B, Dover, DE, 19901, United States

Overview

MoonPay, founded by Ivan Soto-Wright & Victor Faramond, is a financial technology company that specializes in providing payment infrastructure that facilitates the seamless conversion between fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies. MoonPay's platform enables users to purchase cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) using various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, local bank transfers, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. The company operates on a non-custodial model, meaning it does not hold customer funds, thereby granting users greater control over their digital assets.

Total investments
14
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
1
Active investors
8

Sector focus

  • Cryptocurrency
  • Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Mobile Payments
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Investment portfolio

  • Uniblock

    Participated · Equity · Mar 2026

    Uniblock operates a managed infrastructure layer that connects blockchain applications to over 300 blockchains and 55 data partners via a single API key and a patented auto-routing orchestration layer. The platform normalizes data, handles provider selection and failover, and serves more than 3,000 projects and 4,000 developers in production; customers named include Plume Network, Stellar Blockchain, Hypernative, Oku Trade, nReach, and Apechain. Uniblock has launched AI-native developer tools—an MCP server for agent access, LLM-optimized documentation (llms.txt), and Agent Skills—to enable AI-driven and developer-first integration. Financially, the company announced a $5.2M funding raise (bringing total funding to $7.5M) from a mix of institutional and angel investors across multiple geographies. Planned product and go-to-market priorities include expanding chain coverage, scaling the intelligent orchestration engine, building new API categories (stablecoins, wallets, prediction markets), and growing enterprise and ecosystem partnerships. The company is scaling engineering and operations from its Canadian headquarters.

  • Glider

    Participated · Equity · Apr 2025

    Founded in 2024, Glider offers a financial orchestration layer that automates every step of on-chain portfolio construction, execution, and rebalancing across multiple blockchains. The product combines a consumer-friendly interface with a robust B2B API, enabling both individual investors and partners such as wallets, AI agents, DEXs, and lending protocols to embed automated portfolios directly into their services. Key features include customizable portfolio templates, cross-chain liquidity sourcing, integrated lending through protocols like Aave, collaborative strategy sharing, and historical back-testing tools. The platform is non-custodial, letting users connect existing wallets (MetaMask, Rainbow, Safe, WalletConnect, etc.) without new seed phrases. Glider positions itself as the next evolution of DeFi by removing gas-fee management, network switching, and slippage calculations from the user workflow. Proceeds from its recent fundraise will be used to expand the team and accelerate its mission to make sophisticated crypto portfolio management accessible to both newcomers and experienced traders. While the company has not disclosed revenue or user numbers, it emphasizes capturing market share as more investors seek streamlined on-chain execution.

  • 1Money

    Participated · Seed · Jan 2025

    1Money is building the world’s first Layer 1 payments network exclusively for stablecoins, designed to deliver sub-second confirmations, low fixed fees, and native compliance. The protocol uses a patent-pending Byzantine Consistent Broadcast (BCB) design intended to eliminate long delays, surge-pricing fees, security vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps on existing blockchains. Key features include instant transaction confirmation (under one second), fixed low-cost fees with plans for gasless transactions through partners, native multicurrency stablecoin support, and network fees charged in the transacted stablecoin. The network claims scalability above 250,000 transactions per second and includes embedded compliance mechanisms to automate sanctions controls. 1Money emerged from stealth with over $20 million in seed funding and plans to launch the 1Money Network in Q2, using the capital to power product development and the network rollout. The company emphasizes simplifying the Web3 experience by removing complex tokenomics, staking, and governance layers to accelerate mainstream and enterprise adoption of stablecoin payments.

  • Intract

    Participated · Equity · Dec 2023

    Intract operates a Web3 learn-and-earn platform that helps users connect and explore learning communities via an interactive interface. The platform allows users or community operators to create tasks and reward participants with loyalty points and NFTs. Its product focuses on incentivizing education and engagement within Web3 ecosystems. The company announced it completed a $3 million financing described as a strategic investment. The funding round underscores external investor interest but the article does not disclose revenue, users, or valuation metrics. Participating investors named include Alpha Wave Global, BITKRAFT Ventures, Gumi Cryptos, Polygon Ventures, Tokentus, MoonPay, and Web3 Studios.

  • CREATESAFE

    Participated · Seed · Nov 2023

    CreateSafe builds Triniti, a generative AI "artistic intelligence" platform that enables artists to create AI voice clones, generate text-to-audio samples, consult a music-industry chatbot, monetize creations, and manage music IP. Triniti leverages a customized RVC voice-cloning model, OpenAI’s ChatGPT for its virtual companion, Stable Diffusion for album art, and a MusicGen-based music model focused on audio/DSP techniques. Elf.Tech is the prototype of Triniti and has produced more than 1,000 songs replicating Grimes’ voice; Grimes has joined CreateSafe’s advisory board. The platform issues a voice‑likeness certificate so artists can set licensing terms and includes distribution, takedown and monetization workflows. CreateSafe launched Triniti as a free open web beta, with voice cloning, licensing, distribution and management apps available upon request/approval. The company plans a subscription tier ($99–$150/year), forthcoming editing tools, MIDI processing features, and iOS and Android apps. CreateSafe raised $4.6M in a seed round to further develop the Triniti platform.

Team

  • Ivan Soto-Wright

    Co-Founder & CEO

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  • Victor Faramond

    Co-Founder & Chief Engineer

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  • Adrian Pang

    Director of Strategy

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  • Abhay M.

    Vice President, Corporate Development & Investments

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