Friendly Trading Group 2
Crossover fundMiami Beach · Seed–Series A · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
Friendly Trading Group focuses on the digital asset ecosystem across three strategies: liquid digital assets spanning layer 1 blockchains, DeFi applications and Web3 infrastructure; publicly traded equities levered to the blockchain landscape; and venture investments in early-stage blockchain protocols. The firm believes the future of the internet, AI, e-commerce and social media will be built on crypto rails and allocates accordingly. Its team leverages deep industry relationships and experience to access differentiated, asymmetric opportunities. Venture sectors invested in to date include restaking, decentralized finance, AI, and blockchain infrastructure.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 31, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's websiteDigital asset and blockchain investor since 2017, an early seed investor in Solana and Graph as well as major L1s and digital asset funds. Co-Managing Member of The Posner Group and founder of Grafton Street Properties, with over $3 billion in transactions over 20 years.
Digital asset investor of over seven years and early Ethereum advocate who invested when ETH was under $12. Brings a 25-year finance background including private mortgage financing.
Trained in math and computer science before moving to a boutique bank, he invests in digital assets across market cycles and provides research on blockchain companies and protocols.
Founder of Dexosphere, a DEX liquidity analytics platform, and an early DeFi participant. Previously CTO at Newfound (formerly Houwzer) and co-founder of Kwelia/RentHub.
Digital asset and blockchain investor for around five years and former member of the Cornell University Blockchain Club. Focuses on underutilized blockchain networks and high-growth L1 protocols.
Co-founder and CEO of Horizen Labs and co-founder of the Horizen public blockchain. Holds a PhD in Finance, an MBA, and a physics/applied math degree, serves on the Puerto Rico Blockchain Trade Association board, and has advised Aave and DuckChain.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Friendly Trading Group 2 invest at?
- Friendly Trading Group 2 invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Friendly Trading Group 2 focus on?
- Friendly Trading Group 2 focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Fintech.
- Where is Friendly Trading Group 2 located?
- Friendly Trading Group 2 is headquartered in Miami Beach, US.
Similar investors
Andreessen Horowitz's Strategic Partnerships page describes collaborations that connect its portfolio companies with established institutions to help scale and deploy their technology.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that backs founders from early stages through every phase of growth, with one of the largest cloud portfolios in venture capital.
Breyer Capital is a venture capital firm founded and led by Jim Breyer, headquartered in Austin, Texas, focused on long-term entrepreneurs in AI, quantum technology, and computation-driven healthcare and life sciences.
Cathay Innovation is a global venture capital firm whose team of investors and operators partners closely with founders to help scale their companies.
Foundation Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders from the idea stage, often serving as a company's first investor and investing before revenue.