
Nasdaq Ventures is the global venture investing program of Nasdaq, Inc., focused on cultivating talent and technology advancement within financial services. It makes minority stake investments ranging from less than $1M to approximately $10M in companies aligned with market infrastructure, data analytics, blockchain, and enabling technologies.
30% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Average disclosed round size is $49.5M (across 26 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
29
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
YI
Yordanka Ilieva
Principal
GO
Gary Offner
Senior Vice President - Global Head of Nasdaq Ventures
HN
Huong Nguyen
Ventures Analyst
SS
Shui Shan (Susan) Xiao
Ventures Analyst
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
43 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | $110M | Sep 2026 | |
| Series D | $120M | May 2026 | |
| Series C | $37.6M | Jan 2026 | |
| Unknown | $36M | Jan 2026 | |
| PPayward, Inc. | Strategic | $100M | Jan 2026 |
| PPayward, Inc. | Series A | $100M | Jan 2026 |
| Series D | $130M | Jun 2025 | |
| Unknown | — | Mar 2025 | |
| Unknown | $50M | Jan 2025 | |
| Series A | — | Oct 2024 | |
| Series B | — | Feb 2024 | |
| Growth | $21M | Jan 2024 | |
| Series B | — | Nov 2023 | |
| Series A | — | Apr 2023 | |
| Series B | — | Jan 2023 | |
| Series A | $7.3M | Nov 2022 | |
| Series A | $7.3M | Nov 2022 | |
| Growth | — | Oct 2022 | |
| Series B | $26M | Oct 2022 | |
| Series B | — | Jun 2022 | |
| Series B | $30M | May 2022 | |
| Series B | $26M | Jan 2022 | |
| Series A | $15M | Sep 2021 | |
| Series B | $36M | Jun 2021 | |
| Unknown | — | Oct 2020 |
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Top Co-Investors
BNP Paribas10 shared
DRW Venture Capital9 shared
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.7 shared
Citi Ventures6 shared
Barclays6 shared
UBS5 shared
Coinbase Ventures4 shared
Macquarie Capital4 shared
Nordic Capital3 shared
Digital Currency Group3 shared
Impression Ventures2 shared
Jump Capital2 shared
Tower Research Ventures2 shared
Bowery Capital2 shared
Samos Investments2 shared
Tech Square Ventures2 shared
Lemhi Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026