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Pantera Capital is the first U.S. institutional asset manager focused exclusively on blockchain technology. Since 2013, Pantera has invested in digital assets and blockchain companies, giving investors a comprehensive range of exposure to the space.

Category:

Crypto-Native Fund

Founded: 2013

Location: United States

Team

Dan Morehead

CEO & Co-Chief Investment Officer

Mason Nystrom

Junior Partner

Paul Veradittakit

Partner

Lauren Stephanian

General Partner

Franklin Bi

General Partner

Matthew Stephenson

Research Partner

Ryan Barney

Partner

Katrina Paglia

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

Marc Selfon

CFO

Matt Gorham

COO

Kerry Wong

Head of Investor Relations

Nihal Maunder

Investor

Investment Map

Investment Size

Fundraising

Gonzalo Ferradás

Chen Zituo

Date	Amount	LP
Jan 18, 2022	$1 B	--
Nov 24, 2021	$60 M	--

Investments

Bitstamp

Cryptocurrency exchange

Acquired

Everclear

A clearing layer for intent-based bridge

The Open Network

A fully decentralized Layer1 blockchain designed by Telegram

BitGo

Institutional digital asset custody, trading, and finance

Flashbots

Research and development company focussed on MEV

Amber Group

Digital asset platform

Injective

Layer1 Blockchain Optimized for DeFi Applications

Ondo Finance

Institutional-Grade Finance

StarkNet

decentralized ZK-Rollup

Circle

Payments & treasury infrastructure for the internet

NEAR Protocol

Layer-one blockchain

Gemini

Digital asset exchange

Arbitrum / Offchain Labs

Ethereum Layer2 scaling solution

Mantle Network

A high performance Ethereum layer-2 network with modular design

Polkadot

Cross-chain protocol

Kyber Network

Multi-chain crypto trading and liquidity hub

Ripple

International remittance solution

Cosmos

The Internet of Blockchains

Coinbase

Cryptocurrency exchange

GAMEE

Play-to-earn gaming platform

Orderly Network

Liquidity platform

Morpho

Decentralized lending-borrowing protocol

Zircuit

EVM-compatible zero-knowledge rollup

Zentry

Gaming Superlayer

API3

Oracle Solution

Aevo

A next-generation options exchange

Bakkt

Digital asset platform

Fordefi

Institutional MPC wallet & security platform

The Block

Crypto news media

Acquired

SynFutures

Decentralized derivatives exchange

Maverick Protocol

Decentralized trading protocol

Omni Network

Interoperability layer for Ethereum

Cega

Exotic derivatives protocol

Obol Network

Ethereum POS consensus protocol and ecosystem

Ankr

Web 3.0 Infrastructure Providers

Unstoppable Domains

NFT domains provider

Coins.ph

Southeast Asia's leading mainstream super app

0x

Open source, decentralized transaction infrastructure

Parallel Finance

DeFi super DApp protocol

Shapeshift

Decentralized cryptocurrency trading platform

Mina

Lightweight Blockchain

Stader

Multichain liquid staking platform

Alchemy

Web3 development platform

Livepeer

Decentralized video streaming network

Anchorage

Crypto custodian for institutional investors

Braintrust

Decentralized Talent Network

1inch

Decentralized Exchange Aggregator

ErisX

Crypto spot and futures markets

Acquired

Aurora

EVM built on the NEAR Protocol

Audius

Decentralized music streaming protocol

Abra

One-stop cryptocurrency investment platform

Vauld

Crypto lending platform

Vega Protocol

Decentralized derivatives protocol

Instadapp

Multi-Chain DeFi Management Platform

Balancer

DeFi automated market making protocol

Bitso

Crypto exchange in Latin America

Secret Network

Private blockchain network based on Cosmos SDK

Acala

Decentralized finance network

Bounce Finance

Decentralized auction platform

Wintermute

Crypto market maker

Celer Network

Blockchain Interoperability Protocol

WAX

Purpose-built NFT blockchain

Kin

The Community for the digital world

Filecoin

Decentralized storage network

Brave

Privacy-focused internet browser

Sahara

Decentralized AI network

aPriori

MEV infrastructure and liquid staking protocol

Mezo

Bitcoin Economic Layer

Sumer.Money

Blockchain liquidity infrastructure

BitOasis

Cryptocurrency platform in the MENA region

Acquired

GenomesDAO

Biotech DAO

M^0

Money middleware for the digital age

InfiniGods

Blockchain gaming studio

GEODNET

Global Earth Observation Decentralized Network

Morph

Optimistic zkEVM scaling solution

Jambo

Building The Web3 SuperApp of Africa

Helika

Web3 gaming and NFT analytics platform

Stride

Cosmos staking protocol

EDX Markets

Digital asset exchange

Pontem Network

Aptos Product Studio

tanX

Decentralized order-book exchange

DMarket

Marketplace to trade virtual items

Acquired

Braavos

A StarkNet wallet in Browser

Ancient8

Infrastructure for GameFi

Pintu

Indonesian cryptocurrency exchange

Chainflip

Cross-chain liquidity network

bloXroute

A weapon for front-running DeFi traders

CoinDCX

India cryptocurrency exchange

Rarimo

Interoperability protocol for multi-chain assets & identities

Autonomys Network

Decentralized AI (deAI) verticalized stack

Marginfi

Decentralized portfolio margining protocol

Terra

Decentralized financial infrastructure

Origin Protocol

Bringing NFTs and DeFi to the masses

BCB Group

Crypto payments service provider

PsyFi

Decentralized options trading platform

Coinme

Cryptocurrency exchange

Genopets

Move-to-Earn NFT mobile game

DESO

Decentralized social blockchain

Ripio

Argentina-based crypto company

Eco

All-in-one digital wallet

Lithium Finance

Decentralized Asset Pricing Protocol

Rangers Protocol

Web3 Engine Infrastructure

Globe

Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange

Notional Finance

Decentralized lending-borrowing protocol

Liquity

Decentralized lending-borrowing protocol

Reflexer

An anti-inflation protocol

DODO

Decentralized Trading Platform

Cypherium

Layer 1 blockchain protocol

Meter.io

High-performance blockchain infrastructure

Tagomi

Crypto prime brokerage platform

Acquired

Harbor

Digital securities platform

Acquired

Xapo

Private bank

Acquired

Ampleforth

Algorithmic rebase cryptocurrency

Flexa

Digital payment platform

AZA Finance

Global payments and FX fintech

Handshake

Decentralized naming and certificate authority

Oasis Network

Decentralized Layer1 network based on PoS consensus

ICON

DPoS blockchain and smart contract platform

Civic

Web3 digital identity solutions

Chain

Blockchain-based technology company

Korbit

Cryptocurrency exchange

Urbit

A clean-slate OS and network for the 21st century.

Zcash

Privacy-preserving cryptocurrency

Kusama

Scalable multi-chain network

B3

Horizontally-scaled gaming ecosystem

Sentient

AI development platform

Nexus

Massively-parallelized proof mining network

Thruster

Blast's native DEX

Figure Markets

Cryptocurrency, Stocks and Alternative Investment Platform

Arcade

GameFi platform

Karak

Ethereum L2

Avantis

Synthetic derivatives protocol

Gondi

Lending and borrowing protocol

Teahouse

Decentralized asset management and strategy platform

Few and Far

A next-generation NFT marketplace

Worldwide Webb

A free to play interoperable MMORPG metaverse

MoodMiner

Crypto staking platform

Bitaccess

Bitcoin ATM Software Provider

Acquired

Sender Wallet

Non-custodial wallet built on NEAR

Waterfall

NFT trading and pricing protocol

Antic

Web3 Solutions

Revolving Games

Web3-focused gaming studio

Stacked

Livestreaming platform

Pinata

NFT distribution platform

Moonfrost

Social simulation / role-playing game

Metatheory

Web3 interactive media company

MetaLend

Decentralized lending-borrowing protocol

Hedge

Solana lending protocol

Leap

Super wallet for Web3

Sturdy

Isolated lending with shared liquidity

Angelic / Metaverse Game Studios

A narrative Strategy-RPG set in a collaborative and dark sci-fi universe

Space Runners

Fashion Metaverse

VALR

Cryptocurrency exchange

The Virtual Basketball Association / Fast Break Labs

The Basketball League of the Metaverse

Chronicled

A new healthcare ecosystem without administrative costs

Hyperspace

All-in-one NFT platform built on Solana

Ntropika Labs

Research and Development team specializing in Web3

Summoners Arena

Multi-type P2E game world

Perion

Web3 gaming centric DAO

Staked

Non-custodial staking platform

Acquired

Faraway Games

Building social blockchain games

Apollo Safe

Multi-Sig Manager for Cosmos

MakersPlace

NFT digital art marketplace

Unbound Finance

Decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol

Virtue Poker

Decentralized poker platform

Numerai

A new kind of hedge fund

PowerTrade

Crypto Options Exchange

ThunderCore

EVM compatible public blockchain

Tari

Digital assets focused blockchain protocol

Unikrn

E-sports cryptocurrency betting platform

FunFair

Ethereum casino platform

Filament

Blockchain-based tech provider for the Internet of Things

BitClout

The Crypto Social Network

Computable

Internet infrastructure and privacy technologies for decentralized data markets

Jumbo Exchange

UI/UX Friendly AMM built on Near

Rarify

A collection of Defi applications

YOLOrekt

Bid on the future price of crypto

Karura

The DeFi hub of Kusama

Trueflip

Online crypto casino

Temple Capital

Crypto hedge fund

FTX

Cryptocurrency exchange

Wyre

Fiat-to-cryptocurrency and payment infrastructure company

Basis

Stable cryptocurrency protocol

OMG Network

Ethereum's Layer 2 scaling protocol

Mirror Protocol

Decentralized synthetic asset protocol

Optic

AI engine for NFT content recognition

Swim Protocol

Multi-chain liquidity protocol

Unbound Security

cryptographic key management and protection company

Acquired

Anchor Protocol

Decentralized money market

Blockfolio

Portfolio tracking app

Acquired

Merkle Data

Risk and data solution

Acquired

Sparkswap

Cryptocurrency exchange built on Lightning Network Atomic Swaps

Coinsuper

Virtual asset trading platform

Bgogo

Cryptocurrency exchange

TruStory

Social network that enables productive debate

Koinex

Indian cryptocurrency trading exchange

Maecenas

Blockchain-based art investment platform

ChangeTip

Bitcoin micropayments infrastructure

Bloom

Blockchain digital identity platform

DATA

Decentralized AI-Powered Trust Alliance

Mind Music

Record Label Powered by Crypto

Total 201 Page

Name	Round	Amount	Valuation	Date
GAMEEGMEE	--	--	--	Aug 21
Sahara *	Series A	$ 43 M	--	Aug 14
Morpho	--	$ 50 M	--	Aug 01

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Significant Events

Jan 18, 2022

Pantera's new venture fund sees $1 billion in total commitments

Nov 24, 2021

Pantera Capital Raises $600M for New Crypto Fund

Cooperations

Coinbase Ventures

37 Rounds

The Spartan Group

18 Rounds

Hashed

17 Rounds

Lightspeed Venture

15 Rounds

Polychain

15 Rounds

Dragonfly

14 Rounds