Kraken Ventures is an independent venture capital fund backed by crypto exchange Kraken, targeting early-stage companies across the crypto and fintech ecosystem. The fund invests in financial infrastructure, Web3, DeFi, consumer crypto protocols, and enabling technologies such as AI, machine learning, and cybersecurity.
32% of their portfolio is in Crypto & Web3. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Average disclosed round size is $55.6M (across 36 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
43
Fund Size
$65M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
BG
Brandon Gath
Managing Partner
AB
Arnaud Bakker
Partner
LD
Laurens De Poorter
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
47 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alpaca | Series D | — | Jan 2026 |
 Deblock | Series A | — | Nov 2025 |
| 11Money Co. | Seed | $20M | Jan 2025 |
 Verb Technology | Unknown | $558M | Jan 2025 |
| SSphere Labs | Unknown | $5M | Dec 2024 |
| SSchuman Financial | Seed | — | Nov 2024 |
| UUsual Labs | Unknown | $7M | Apr 2024 |
 Pontem | Unknown | $6M | Jan 2024 |
 Morpho | Unknown | $18M | Jan 2024 |
| CCFX Labs | Seed | $9.5M | Nov 2023 |
| Deblock | Seed | — | Oct 2023 |
 Layer N | Unknown | — | Sep 2023 |
 BoomFi | Seed | $3.8M | Jun 2023 |
 Injective | Growth | $150M | Jan 2023 |
 Rightfoot | Seed | $5M | Jan 2023 |
 senken | Unknown | $7.5M | Jan 2023 |
| SSprinque | Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
| SSenken | Unknown | $7.5M | Jan 2023 |
 Kiln | Unknown | — | Nov 2022 |
 Hashflow | Series A | $25M | Jul 2022 |
 Prime Trust | Unknown | $107M | Jun 2022 |
 CoinTracker | Series A | $100M | Jan 2022 |
 Pinwheel | Series B | $50M | Jan 2022 |
| Prime Trust | Unknown | $100M | Jan 2022 |
 CoinTracker | Series A | $100M | Jan 2022 |
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Top Co-Investors
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General Catalyst4 shared
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Brevan Howard3 shared
Mirana Ventures3 shared
ConsenSys3 shared
Wintermute Ventures3 shared
University Growth Fund3 shared
Seven Peaks Ventures3 shared
Gaingels3 shared
Mercato Partners3 shared
Fin Capital3 shared
Hack VC3 shared
Flat Capital2 shared
MUFG Innovation Partners2 shared
Opera Tech Ventures2 shared
DRW Venture Capital2 shared
Blockchain Capital2 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026