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Tether

316 Occidental Ave S Fl 4, Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

Overview

Tether is a blockchain-enabled platform designed to facilitate the use of fiat currencies in a digital manner. Tether works to disrupt the conventional financial system via a more modern approach to money. Tether has made headway by giving customers the ability to transact with traditional currencies across a blockchain, without the inherent volatility and complexity typically associated with a digital currency. As the first blockchain-enabled platform to facilitate the digital use of traditional currencies (a familiar, stable accounting unit), Tether has democratised cross-border transactions across a blockchain.

Total investments
34
Lead investments
23
Investments · 12mo
22
Active investors
10

Sector focus

  • Bitcoin
  • Blockchain
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
  • Finance
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Software
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Investment portfolio

  • Pact Labs

    Led · Series A · Jul 2026

    Pact Labs builds the core wallet, data, and payment infrastructure and permissioned smart contract architecture that connect the PACT protocol to fintech platforms and end users. Its SDKs have been deployed to deliver hundreds of thousands of embedded wallets and live stablecoin payroll flows, and its integrations have facilitated over $1.9 billion in credit across emerging markets. The company operates as the technical arm of the PACT Consortium and lists partnerships including Payactiv and the USA₮ stablecoin collaboration with Tether and Anchorage Digital Bank. Pact Labs is positioning its infrastructure to enable payroll, earned wage access, credit, and payments on-chain and to replace legacy settlement rails with 24/7 on-chain settlement and automated reconciliation. The Series A is intended to accelerate that infrastructure buildout and broader enterprise integrations.

  • MB | Mercado Bitcoin

    Led · Series C · Jul 2026

    Founded in 2013, Mercado Bitcoin has expanded from a digital asset exchange into a regulated, full-stack on-chain financial platform that offers trading, tokenized investment products, credit and lending, payments infrastructure, banking infrastructure, and cross-border services. The company reports it serves 4.5 million users and has issued more than R$2 billion (about $387 million) in tokenized assets. Mercado Bitcoin holds more than 10 licenses across Brazil and Europe, including a payment institution license from Brazil's central bank, positioning it with a strong regulatory footing. The firm is pursuing expansion of payments infrastructure, scaling of tokenized investment offerings for retail and institutional investors, growth of lending capabilities, development of on-chain capital markets, and international expansion. The recent $20 million strategic investment from Tether is intended to accelerate those initiatives as Mercado Bitcoin seeks to scale its on-chain financial services across Latin America.

  • NEURA Robotics

    Participated · Series C · Jun 2026

    Founded in 2019 by David Reger in Metzingen, Germany, NEURA Robotics builds ‘cognitive’ robots that can see, hear, sense their surroundings and learn from experience. The company integrates sensors, AI software and robotic hardware into single devices, likening its machines to a “smartphone with arms and legs.” In addition to hardware, it offers the Neuraverse software platform, which enables the safe deployment and interaction of intelligent robots with humans. NEURA serves both industrial and consumer markets and has disclosed nearly $1 billion worth of purchase orders from customers such as Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Omron. Management is focused on accelerating humanoid robot development and scaling production capacity. Financially, the firm previously secured €120 million in January 2025 and is now pursuing a much larger raise to fund expansion. If successful, the new round could push the company’s valuation to approximately €4 billion.

  • Sorted Wallet

    Led · Seed · May 2026

    Launched in 2022, Sorted Wallet is a non-custodial crypto wallet optimized for low-resource mobile devices and feature phones, with an app size of about 10MB. The wallet has been downloaded roughly 500,000 times, with fastest growth in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Madagascar and some Central American markets including Mexico. Sorted emphasizes mobile-operator integrations and aims to enable stablecoin-based payments and broader crypto adoption in regions with limited smartphone or data access. The company is rolling out a new payment mechanism in May and intends to expand geographically into Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Financially, Sorted recently raised a $4.4 million seed round comprising $3.4 million in equity led by Tether and Gnosis and $1 million in strategic support from Vox Solutions, with participation from Movement, Angel Invest Group and individual angels.

  • Belo

    Led · Series A · Apr 2026

    Belo builds a mobile financial application that lets users hold and manage local fiat currencies alongside digital dollars within a single account. The platform automates foreign exchange transactions, peer-to-peer transfers, and international remittances, leveraging stablecoin infrastructure to reduce currency volatility and cross-border fees. The company is led by CEO Manuel Beaudroit and is headquartered in Buenos Aires. Belo has grown its user base to more than 3 million customers across the region. Following the $14 million Series A, the company is executing an international growth plan to enter Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay. The new capital will also be used to scale engineering capacity and expand its operational footprint across Latin America.

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