143 investors have funded 21 Cryptocurrencies companies head-officed in Chicago, across 210 rounds (Jun 2015 – Dec 2025). They are ranked by how many Chicago companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Chicago" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CMT Digital | Chicago, United States | SeedSeries BSeries C | 5 | 9 | 3 | Oct 2025 | 118 |
| 2 | Jump Crypto | Chicago, United States | SeedSeries DSeries A | 4 | 6 | 2 | Dec 2025 | 88 |
| 3 | Digital Currency Group | Stamford, United States | Series ASeedSeries B | 3 | 6 | 2 | May 2024 | 223 |
| 4 | Pantera Capital | Menlo Park, United States | SeedSeries BSeries A | 3 | 5 | 3 | Oct 2025 | 193 |
| 5 | DRW Trading Group | Chicago, United States | Series BSeries ASeed | 3 | 4 | — | Nov 2022 | 46 |
| 6 | Coinbase | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 3 | 3 | — | Dec 2025 | 355 |
| 7 | DRAGONFLY | Oakland, United States | Series BSeed | 3 | 3 | 1 | Sep 2021 | 145 |
| 8 | SIG | Bala Cynwyd, United States | SeedSeries B | 2 | 3 | — | Nov 2022 | 102 |
| 9 | Virtu | New York City, United States | SeedSeries B | 2 | 3 | 1 | Nov 2022 | 14 |
| 10 | Tastytrade | Chicago, United States | Series CSeedSeries D | 2 | 3 | 1 | Jun 2025 | 5 |
| 11 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2023 | 3,580 |
| 12 | Polychain | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeed | 2 | 2 | 2 | Jul 2024 | 186 |
| 13 | Jump Capital | Chicago, United States | Series BSeries A | 2 | 2 | — | Dec 2021 | 160 |
| 14 | Shima Capital | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries B | 2 | 2 | 1 | May 2024 | 174 |
| 15 | GSR | Hong Kong, China | Series ASeed | 2 | 2 | — | Dec 2025 | 127 |
| 16 | Wintermute | Reston, United States | Series A | 2 | 2 | — | Dec 2025 | 78 |
| 17 | Bloccelerate | Seattle, United States | Series ASeed | 2 | 2 | — | Jul 2024 | 22 |
| 18 | IMC | Amsterdam, Netherlands | SeedSeries D | 2 | 2 | — | Jun 2025 | 13 |
| 19 | Interactive Brokers | Greenwich, United States | SeedSeries D | 2 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2025 | 7 |
| 20 | TradeStation | Plantation, United States | Series BSeries C | 2 | 2 | — | Sep 2020 | 2 |
| 21 | Bain Capital Ventures | Boston, United States | Series CSeries D | 1 | 3 | — | Dec 2021 | 395 |
| 22 | Nyca Partners | New York City, United States | Series CSeries D | 1 | 3 | — | Jun 2025 | 102 |
| 23 | Reciprocal Ventures | New York City, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 3 | 1 | Oct 2025 | 39 |
| 24 | Morgan Creek Capital Management | Chapel Hill, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 3 | 2 | Dec 2022 | 37 |
| 25 | Plug and Play Tech Center | Sunnyvale, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2021 | 934 |
| 26 | Founders Fund | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2019 | 543 |
| 27 | Valor Equity Partners | Chicago, United States | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2018 | 184 |
| 28 | Point72 Ventures | New York City, United States | Series CSeries D | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2021 | 145 |
| 29 | Alameda Research | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2021 | 165 |
| 30 | HashKey | Hong Kong, China | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2022 | 127 |
| 31 | Framework Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 2 | Apr 2023 | 109 |
| 32 | Vy Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2021 | 55 |
| 33 | Consensys | Fort Worth, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2019 | 67 |
| 34 | Nasdaq | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2019 | 30 |
| 35 | Chicago Board Options Exchange | Chicago, United States | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2019 | 7 |
| 36 | RenGen | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2021 | 2 |
| 37 | ED&F Man Capital Markets | London, United Kingdom | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Apr 2019 | 1 |
| 38 | CTC Group | Amsterdam, Netherlands | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2018 | 1 |
| 39 | General Catalyst | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2025 | 855 |
| 40 | SV Angel | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2018 | 734 |
| 41 | Alumni Ventures | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 607 |
| 42 | Foundation Capital | Palo Alto, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2022 | 346 |
| 43 | Wellfound | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2022 | 397 |
| 44 | Fidelity Investments | Boston, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2018 | 358 |
| 45 | General Atlantic | New York City, United States | PE | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 353 |
| 46 | Morgan Stanley | New York City, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 373 |
| 47 | Collab Fund | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2019 | 217 |
| 48 | Samsung NEXT | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 242 |
| 49 | OKX | Victoria, Seychelles | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2021 | 189 |
| 50 | GSR Ventures | Beijing, China | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2022 | 125 |
| 51 | Spartan Group | Singapore, Singapore | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2023 | 161 |
| 52 | Galaxy | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2022 | 140 |
| 53 | LD Capital | Shanghai, China | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2021 | 139 |
| 54 | Multicoin Capital | Austin, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2019 | 116 |
| 55 | CoinFund | Brooklyn, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2020 | 113 |
| 56 | M25 | Chicago, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2015 | 95 |
| 57 | AU21 Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2021 | 126 |
| 58 | Robot Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 120 |
| 59 | ParaFi | Greenwich, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2021 | 110 |
| 60 | Electric Capital | Palo Alto, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2020 | 97 |
| 61 | Saison Capital | Singapore, Singapore | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2022 | 87 |
| 62 | SevenX Ventures | Shanghai, China | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2023 | 97 |
| 63 | Mirana | Hong Kong, China | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2021 | 92 |
| 64 | Castle Island Ventures | Cambridge, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2019 | 70 |
| 65 | Draper Dragon | Shanghai, China | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2024 | 73 |
| 66 | Liberty City Ventures | New York City, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 63 |
| 67 | Apollo Global Management | New York City, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 76 |
| 68 | Huobi | Beijing | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2021 | 67 |
| 69 | Circle | Boston, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2023 | 64 |
| 70 | gCC | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2023 | 60 |
| 71 | Spark Digital Capital | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 57 |
| 72 | Northwestern Mutual | Milwaukee, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 42 |
| 73 | TRG Capital | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2022 | 45 |
| 74 | Ripple | San Francisco, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2024 | 37 |
| 75 | Integra Partners | Singapore | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2018 | 33 |
| 76 | HG Ventures | Indianapolis, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 43 |
| 77 | Zee Prime Capital | Gibraltar, Gibraltar | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2023 | 42 |
| 78 | CME Group | Chicago, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2018 | 27 |
| 79 | Jane Street | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2022 | 36 |
| 80 | GoAhead Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | 36 | |
| 81 | Vestigo Ventures | Cambridge, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2018 | 28 |
| 82 | Bankless Ventures | Charlottesville, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2023 | 36 |
| 83 | Flow Traders | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2019 | 35 |
| 84 | PEAK6 | Chicago, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 29 |
| 85 | Maelstrom | Brooklyn, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2023 | 34 |
| 86 | BITMAIN | Beijing, China | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2018 | 25 |
| 87 | Ryze Labs | George Town, Cayman Islands | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2022 | 24 |
| 88 | ABCDE | Singapore, Singapore | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 26 |
| 89 | Fourth Revolution Capital | California City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2021 | 26 |
| 90 | Dutch Crypto Investors | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 21 |
| 91 | Wave Financial | Los Angeles, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2020 | 18 |
| 92 | Builder Capital | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2023 | 18 | |
| 93 | Robinhood | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2022 | 18 |
| 94 | Matrixport | Singapore, Singapore | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2022 | 19 |
| 95 | The Fintech Fund | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2025 | 18 |
| 96 | Wefunder | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | 18 | |
| 97 | Fidelity International Strategic Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 16 |
| 98 | Portal ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2023 | 18 |
| 99 | Cumberland | Chicago, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2023 | 16 |
| 100 | Monday Capital | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2020 | 14 |
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Cryptocurrencies companies head-officed in Chicago that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ErisX erisx.com |
29 | 42 | $595M | Series B Apr 2019 |
| Zero Hash zerohash.com |
21 | 27 | $1.7B | Series D Jun 2025 |
| Evertas evertas.com |
18 | 25 | $220.2M | Series A Dec 2022 |
| Cboe Digital cboedigital.com |
13 | 13 | — | Seed Nov 2022 |
| Coinflow coinflow.cash |
12 | 19 | $172.9M | Series A Oct 2025 |
| MetaVisa metavisa.com |
11 | 11 | $55M | Seed Dec 2021 |
| Domination Finance domination.finance |
10 | 10 | $32M | Seed Sep 2021 |
| Tagomi tagomi.com |
8 | 10 | $132M | Series B Mar 2019 |
| Path Finance pathcrypto.com |
7 | 8 | $212M | Series A Dec 2021 |
| DFlow dflow.net |
7 | 8 | $40.5M | Series A Apr 2023 |
| Pi Squared pi2.network |
6 | 6 | $75M | Seed Jul 2024 |
| Ion Protocol ionprotocol.io |
6 | 6 | $12M | Seed Jul 2023 |
| Ostium ostium.com |
5 | 5 | $100M | Series A Dec 2025 |
| FRST frst.io |
5 | 5 | $17M | Seed Oct 2018 |
| Strike strike.me |
4 | 4 | $270M | Series B Sep 2022 |
| Bitnomial bitnomial.com |
3 | 3 | $51.1M | Series C Jul 2024 |
| Fortunafi fortunafi.com |
2 | 2 | $19M | Series B May 2024 |
| Normal normalfinance.io |
2 | 2 | $646K | |
| Glidera glidera.com |
2 | 2 | $118K | Seed Oct 2015 |
| The CryptoMom thecryptomom.app |
1 | 1 | $20K | Seed Mar 2023 |
| LXDX lxdx.co |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Aug 2018 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | Wintermute | Ostium | Series A | $20M |
| Dec 2025 | GSR | Ostium | Series A | $20M |
| Dec 2025 | Coinbase | Ostium | Series A | $20M |
| Dec 2025 | General CatalystLED | Ostium | Series A | $20M |
| Dec 2025 | Jump CryptoLED | Ostium | Series A | $20M |
| Oct 2025 | Pantera CapitalLED | Coinflow | Series A | $25M |
| Oct 2025 | Coinbase | Coinflow | Series A | $25M |
| Oct 2025 | Reciprocal Ventures | Coinflow | Series A | $25M |
| Oct 2025 | The Fintech Fund | Coinflow | Series A | $25M |
| Oct 2025 | CMT Digital | Coinflow | Series A | $25M |
| Oct 2025 | Jump Crypto | Coinflow | Series A | $25M |
| Jun 2025 | Apollo Global Management | Zero Hash | Series D | $104M |
| Jun 2025 | Morgan Stanley | Zero Hash | Series D | $104M |
| Jun 2025 | Interactive BrokersLED | Zero Hash | Series D | $104M |
| Jun 2025 | Liberty City Ventures | Zero Hash | Series D | $104M |
| Jun 2025 | SoFi | Zero Hash | Series D | $104M |
| Jun 2025 | PEAK6 | Zero Hash | Series D | $104M |
| Jun 2025 | IMC | Zero Hash | Series D | $104M |
| Jun 2025 | Northwestern Mutual | Zero Hash | Series D | $104M |
| Jun 2025 | Nyca Partners | Zero Hash | Series D | $104M |
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