Castle Island

castleisland.vc

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Details

Castle Island is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on public blockchains. They invest in infrastructure and application companies that will enable these transformative protocols to power services for the next billion users.

Category:

Crypto-Native Fund

Founded: 2018

Location: United States

Team

Matthew Walsh

https://twitter.com/dawn_sharding

Nic Carter

Founding Partner

Ria Bhutoria

General Partner

Richard Sgalardi

Venture Partner

Sean Judge

General Partner

Hunter Merghart

Venture Partner

Investment Map

Investment Size

Fundraising

L1D

Date	Amount	LP
Feb 16, 2022	$250 M	--

Investments

Ethena

ETH based delta-neutral stablecoin

Pyth Network

Oracle Solution

Babylon

Bitcoin Staking Protocol

Monad

High-performance layer 1 blockchain

Fordefi

Institutional MPC wallet & security platform

Talos

Institutional-grade technology infrastructure

Flipside Crypto

Blockchain ecosystem growth and analytics company

ErisX

Crypto spot and futures markets

Acquired

Matrixport

Digital asset financial services platforms

Hata

Crypto platform

Yellow Card

Cryptocurrency exchange

Chaos Labs

Automated economic security system for crypto protocols

Arch

Loan platform against a wide selection of crypto and NFTs

Kintsu

Liquid staking protocol

Nirvana Labs

Web3 infrastructure solution

BOB

EVM rollup stack with native Bitcoin support

Mountain Protocol

Stablecoin Protocol

Coin Metrics

Crypto analytics provider

River Financial

Building financial services for Bitcoin

TRM Labs

Digital asset compliance & risk management solutions

Sentiment

Onchain Undercollateralized Borrowing

Halborn

Blockchain cybersecurity firm

Hidden Road

Global credit network for institutional investors

Pintu

Indonesian cryptocurrency exchange

MoonPay

Payments infrastructure for crypto

Casa

Bitcoin wallet to improve security and privacy

Bitwise

Crypto asset manager

Blogchain / Capsule Social

Web3 publishing platform

DFX Finance

Decentralized foreign exchange protocol

Notabene

Crypto Travel Rule compliance solution

delta

A network of networks with shared state

SatLayer

Bitcoin restaking platform built on Babylon

DAWN / Andrena

Decentralized wireless network

SendBlocks

Blockchain data management company

Alpen Labs

Scaling Bitcoin with Zero Knowledge Technology

Station70

Institutional trusted recovery infrastructure

Arcade

GameFi platform

Dynamic

Web3 authentication platform

PYOR

Digital Assets Data Platform

CAT Labs

Building Tools To Fight Crypto Crime

Alkimiya

Open-source protocol for consensus capital markets

Kollider

Cryptocurrency derivative exchange on Lightning Network

Ansible Labs

Payments for Blockchain Accounts

Meow

Compliant crypto yield offering for corporate treasuries

Endstate

Premium Sneakers Powered by NFTs

Mash

A Web3 content platform that enables creators and builders to monetize

Try Your Best

Blockchain rewards startup

ZenLedger

Crypto tax software

Evaluate

NFT portfolio management platform

Hoseki

Proof-of-assets service for bitcoin investors

SoundMint

Music NFT platform

Crusoe Energy

Green energy company

Socket Supply

Decentralized cloud computing tools for developers

Tally

DAO operations platform

Manetu

The solution for sensitive data secure and usable

Attestiv

Digital data validation platform

GM.xyz

Decentralized social network

Revv

Decentralized marketplace infrastructure

Eaglebrook Advisors

Digital asset investment platform

Dinara

All-in-one account for businesses transacting in both crypto and cash

BlockFi

Crypto wealth manager

Friktion

Full-stack portfolio and risk management platform

Mint Songs

Music NFT platform

Acquired

Kinetic

Multi-chain NFT aggregator and trading dashboard

Zabo

API for connecting any crypto wallet to any application

Acquired

Valiu

Digital remittance platform

Breed VC

Breed VC is an early-stage crypto fund focused on partnering with vetted founders who are creating the decentralized future.

EV3

Escape Velocity (EV3) backs exceptional entrepreneurs building decentralized infrastructure networks.

Total 66 Page

Name	Round	Amount	Valuation	Date
Hata *	Seed	$ 4.2 M	--	Oct 22
Yellow Card	Series C	$ 33 M	--	Oct 16
delta	--	$ 11 M	--	Oct 09

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Significant Events

Feb 16, 2022

Castle Island Ventures announces new $250 million fund for web3 investments

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