1kx
Road Town, Tortola · Seed–Growth · 21 people tracked
Investment thesis
1kx's Cost of Trust 2.0 thesis holds that blockchain investments create value through two mechanisms: (1) trust-intermediary rent compression, where blockchains undercut fees extracted by traditional intermediaries like banks and custodians, and (2) enablement, where blockchains create products or access that legacy infrastructure cannot structurally serve. The strongest outcomes combine both mechanisms. The firm focuses on configurations with programmable bearer settlement, verifiable computation, structural neutrality, and permissionless participation—properties that centralized competitors cannot easily replicate. Primary investment areas include decentralized finance (DEX, lending, perpetuals), stablecoin payments to emerging markets, trade finance, asset tokenization, and emerging AI-infrastructure trust markets.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 20, 2026.
Team · 21 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 21 of 82 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×18Fintech ×13Data & Infrastructure ×5Enterprise Software ×4Developer Tools ×3Cybersecurity ×2Cloud Computing ×1Creator Economy ×1
HQs:United Kingdom×2United States×2Nigeria×1
Investments · showing 60 of 82
founders shown can be your intro pathArweave is a decentralized ecosystem that offers grants and investment opportunities through various organizations including non-profits, DAOs, and venture studios to support projects and developers building on its network.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechLondon, GB
Arx develops secure chips that embed blockchain authentication into physical items like apparel, collectibles, and certificates, enabling decentralized provenance verification and digital experiences without centralized servers.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechHardware
Cryptio provides cryptocurrency transaction tracking and analytics across multiple blockchains. The platform supports monitoring of thousands of tokens with batching technology for data integrity and analysis.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Antoine
Code4rena was a platform that organized security audits and bug bounties for decentralized finance projects, connecting security researchers with blockchain development teams. The company is closing after five years of operation.
Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Connext provides xCall, a developer tool that enables applications to interact with users, tokens, and other applications across multiple blockchains. It serves developers building on multiple chains through a simple, code-first interface.
Crypto & Web3Developer Tools
Eco provides a developer platform for stablecoin companies to enable cross-chain money movement without building underlying infrastructure. The platform offers real-time settlement, simplified onchain user experience, and programmable orchestration for stablecoin transactions across multiple chains and assets.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Flexa provides crypto payment infrastructure that allows merchants to accept digital assets at points of sale. The company integrates with existing payment systems to enable instant, fraud-resistant transactions and offers mobile wallet components for seamless customer crypto payments.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Safe provides smart contract wallet infrastructure for managing crypto assets with multi-signature controls, transaction simulation, spending limits, and role-based access across multiple blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
IYK provides a platform for musicians to strengthen artist-fan relationships by embedding digital verification technology into merchandise and live shows. Fans collect verified proofs of merch ownership and concert attendance to unlock exclusive rewards and build a shareable digital identity.
Creator EconomySaaS
Kiln operates a boutique coworking and flexible office brand with 25+ locations across the western United States, offering membership tiers ranging from individual access to dedicated office space for enterprise teams. The company provides furnished workspaces, private offices, meeting rooms, and community programming designed to support remote workers, startups, and growing companies.
Future of WorkPropTechSalt Lake City, US
Arian Lewis(Co-Founder & CEO)Leigh Radford(Co-Founder)
Ligero provides enterprise-grade infrastructure for private on-chain payments using zero-knowledge cryptography, enabling businesses to move money while maintaining regulatory compliance. The platform allows organizations to conduct transactions—including payroll, capital transfers, and treasury management—without exposing transaction amounts or participants on the blockchain.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Liquity is a decentralized finance protocol that enables borrowing against crypto collateral with minimal requirements. The platform serves users in the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Robert Lauko(Founder)Rick Pardoe(Co-Founder & Lead Engineer)
Lit Protocol provides a verifiable compute and signing infrastructure built on trusted execution environments (TEEs) for DeFi applications, centralized exchanges, and tokenized assets. The platform enables non-custodial key management and confidential code execution with hardware-attested proofs across multiple blockchains including Base and Arbitrum.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise Software
Matter Labs builds Prividium, an Ethereum-secured blockchain platform designed for banks and financial institutions to issue, settle, and manage digital assets with privacy and compliance controls. The company also develops ZKsync, a zero-knowledge scaling solution for Ethereum, and the open-source ZK Stack framework.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Miden is a blockchain infrastructure platform that provides privacy-preserving capabilities for onchain finance through zero-knowledge cryptography, enabling private transaction execution with quantum resistance and scalability.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Miden builds modern payments infrastructure for businesses across Africa and beyond, offering compliant cross-border money movement and embedded banking solutions. The platform enables enterprises to launch and scale secure payment programs with regulatory licenses across multiple jurisdictions.
Data & InfrastructureFintechIkeja, NG
Nym develops a decentralized privacy network (mixnet) that routes internet traffic through multiple nodes to anonymize user metadata and activities. The network is open-source, permissionless, and powered by the NYM utility token to incentivize node operators.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityLondon, GB
Harry Halpin(CEO and Chairman of Scientific Board)Alexis Roussel(Chief Operating Officer)
Opyn provides a permissionless decentralized finance protocol for deploying perpetual futures markets on any ERC-20 token pair, with features including automated market making vaults, portfolio margin, and support for linear, stable, and option-like perps. The platform enables users to trade leverage across various assets while maintaining true decentralization without custodial control.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does 1kx invest at?
- 1kx invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
- What sectors does 1kx focus on?
- 1kx focuses on Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Fintech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is 1kx located?
- 1kx is headquartered in Road Town, Tortola.
- Does 1kx lead rounds?
- Yes, 1kx leads investment rounds.
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