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Jump Crypto

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Chicago · Pre-Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Jump Crypto pursues a strategy of identifying real-world constraints through active market participation and building decentralized consortiums to turn systemic bottlenecks into shared breakthroughs. The firm combines time, capital, and code, architecting open-source crypto infrastructure and providing capital and resources to help projects scale.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
Check
$500K – $15M
HQ
Chicago, IL, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Last 12 months
5 investments
Tracked investments
41

Team · 2 people

from public directories

What they invest in

from 36 of 41 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×28Fintech ×27Developer Tools ×10AI & Machine Learning ×7Data & Infrastructure ×6Enterprise Software ×6Consumer ×2Cybersecurity ×2

HQs:United States×10United Kingdom×1Israel×1Mexico×1Singapore×1

Investments · 41 tracked

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By year:2026 · 42025 · 12023 · 42022 · 110 dated

Forward Industriesforwardindustries.comin𝕏NASDAQ: FWDI✓ verified

Forward Industries (NASDAQ: FWDI) is a Solana-focused digital asset treasury company that buys, holds, stakes, trades, and invests in SOL and Solana-related assets, protocols, and businesses.

Crypto & Web3FintechNew York, US

Mike Pruitt(Interim Chief Executive Officer & Director)Mark Brazier(Chief Financial Officer)Georgia Quinn(General Counsel)Ryan Navi(Chief Investment Officer)Garrison Yang(CMO & Head of IR)

BoardKyle Samani(Chairman of the Board)in

Co-investorsMulticoin CapitalLvna Capital

0x Labs Decentralized P2P trading0x.orgin𝕏crypto exchanges: ZRX

0x provides onchain routing and liquidity aggregation infrastructure for enterprise wallets, payments platforms, and exchanges.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US

Will Warren(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)inAmir Bandeali(Co-Founder & Co-CEO (formerly Co-Founder & CTO))Alex Q. Xu(Co-Founder)Fulvia Morales(Director of Product (previously Group Product Manager))Stuart Law(Head of Operations)Theo Gonella(Group Product Manager)

Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesArchetypeBitDAOBlockchain CapitalBlockchain.com VenturesCoinbase Ventures+14 more

Securitizesecuritize.ioNYSE: SECZ

Securitize provides tokenization solutions for real-world assets, serving asset managers, Web3 firms, DAOs, advisors, and investors.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

Carlos Domingo(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investors4Founders CapitalBlockchain CapitalBorderless VentureBridgeTower CapitalCoinbase VenturesEterna Capital+13 more

0x0xproject.com𝕏

0x provides a Cross-Chain API that aggregates 12+ bridges and bridge aggregators into a single integration, handling route discovery, bridging, execution, and progress tracking for cross-chain token swaps.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech

Will Warren(Founder)in

Co-investorsAmino CapitalContinue CapitalGreylock PartnersOpenSea

3Commas3commas.io

3Commas provides automated crypto trading software that lets users build, backtest, and run trading bots (such as DCA, Grid, Signal, and futures bots) across connected exchanges like Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, and OKX.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech

Yuriy Sorokin(Founder)inMike Goryunov(Founder)in

Co-investorsTarget GlobalAlameda Research

Affinetryalpine.com

Alpine Empower provides cross-border payments, money transfers, and financial solutions for individuals and businesses globally.

Fintech

Co-investorsFJ LabsHack VCCoinbase Ventures

Altitude𝕏Apr 2026 · $18M

Squads is a financial technology company building products and APIs for the stablecoin economy, including a Solana multisig tool, a business account (Altitude), a personal finance app (Fuse), and its stablecoin infrastructure and developer platform (Grid).

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

Co-investorsHaun VenturesMulticoin CapitalCoinbase VenturesElectric Capital6th Man VenturesMarin Digital Ventures+6 more

Aptosaptosfoundation.org

A layer 1 blockchain engineered to evolve.

Co-investorsMEXC VenturesVariant FundAndreessen HorowitzMulticoin CapitalTiger Global Management

Backpackbackpack.exchange

Co-investorsPlaceholder VCWintermuteManifold Ventures

Bitpandabitpanda.comin𝕏

Bitpanda is a European investment platform for retail investors to buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies, stocks, ETFs and precious metals.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Paul Klanschek(Founder)in

Co-investorsCreandumREDO VenturesRR2 CapitalSpeedinvestValar Ventures LlcWintermute

Bitsobitso.comin𝕏

Bitso is a fintech platform offering cryptocurrency trading, U.S. stock and ETF investing, yield-earning opportunities on crypto holdings, and cross-border payment services.

Crypto & Web3FintechMexico City, MX

Daniel Vogel(Founder & CEO)Ben Peters(Founder)in

Co-investors1Sharpe VenturesCoatue ManagementCoinbase VenturesCometaDigital Currency GroupFundersClub+14 more

Certoracertora.com𝕏

Certora provides formal verification and security services for smart contracts and blockchain protocols.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsTel Aviv, IL

Mooly Sagiv(CEO)Shelly Grossman(Head of Product & CTO)

Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesCoinbase VenturesElectric CapitalLemniscapTola CapitalTiger Global Management

Coinflowcoinflow.cashin𝕏Feb 2023 · $25M

Coinflow provides global payment processing infrastructure enabling businesses to accept payments, settle funds, and expand internationally with instant settlement and fraud protection.

B2B MarketplacesFintechChicago, US

Daniel Lev(Founder & CEO)inBen Meeder(Founder)Benjamin Meeder(Founder)in

Co-investorsBuilder CapitalCoinbase VenturesDigital Currency GroupDraper DragonFactionPantera Capital+4 more

Consensysconsensys.ioin𝕏

Consensys builds a vertically integrated platform for decentralized finance, offering consumer wallet applications, developer infrastructure, blockchain APIs, and protocol-level software that manage the full onchain transaction lifecycle.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechFort Worth, US

Joseph Lubin(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsArcane GroupArgonautic VenturesBR CapitalCoinbase VenturesDragonflyDVC+17 more

Dialectdialect.toin𝕏Feb 2022Acquired

Dialect provides infrastructure for Web3 user experiences, offering Blinks (embedded blockchain transactions) and Alerts (onchain notifications) that integrate directly into digital platforms without redirects.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

Chris Osborn(Founder)in

Co-investorsElectric CapitalMulticoin CapitalProtagonistY Combinator500 GlobalAsymmetric+4 more

EPNSepns.ioin𝕏

Push Chain (formerly Push Protocol/EPNS) is a Layer 1 blockchain designed for "universal apps," letting developers build and deploy once while onboarding users from any chain without bridges and with gas payable in any token.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

Richa Joshi(Founder)in

Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesBlack DragonBR CapitalNarcissus VenturesiSeed+3 more

Figure Marketsfiguremarkets.comin𝕏

Figure Certificate Company issues unsecured certificates backed by debt securities, serving investors seeking fixed-income products in the financial services sector.

Crypto & Web3FintechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US

Mike Cagney(Co-founder and CEO)in

Co-investorsDCM VenturesGateCap VenturesThirdstream PartnersBGW VenturesPantera Capital

Folks Financefolks.financein𝕏

Folks Finance is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that lets users supply crypto assets to earn rewards and use those assets as collateral to borrow other digital assets.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsBlack DragonBorderless VentureCoinbase VenturesDanu VenturesMajinx CapitalMapleblock Capital+3 more

FOMO Payfomopay.comin𝕏

FOMO Pay is a licensed major payment institution offering digital financial services that connect fiat and digital assets.

Crypto & Web3FintechSingapore, SG

Co-investorsArcherman CapitalAb Initio CapitalHashkey Capital

Hashflowhashflow.com

Cryptocurrency exchange protocol bridging centralized and decentralized finance.

Varun Kumar(Founder & CEO)Vinod Raghavan(Founder)Victor Ionescu(Founder)in

Co-investorsArrington CapitalBollinger Investment GroupCoinbase VenturesDragonflyElectric CapitalFabric Ventures+15 more

Humanityhumanity.healthin𝕏

Humanity offers an enterprise employee wellness platform that uses biological age monitoring to help teams improve health and productivity.

Digital HealthHealthtechHR TechLongevityWellness & Fitness

Peter Ward(Founder)in

Co-investorsOne Way VenturesScientia VenturesAndreessen HorowitzPantera CapitalSuperAngel

Jupjup.ag𝕏

Jupiter is a decentralized finance platform on the Solana blockchain that lets users swap tokens, lend and borrow crypto, trade perpetuals, use prediction markets, and manage a DeFi portfolio in one interface.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsAZDAGParaFi Capital

Membranemembranelabs.comin𝕏Oct 2023 · $20M

Membrane Labs provides an institutional infrastructure platform for digital asset credit, unifying counterparty discovery, loan workflows, and collateral management with real-time visibility, automated margin enforcement, and multi-custodian connectivity.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech

Carson Cook(Founder)in

Co-investorsArca FundsElectric CapitalFourth Revolution Capital (4RC)Lvna CapitalMarin Digital VenturesPoint72 Ventures+7 more

Membranegetmembrane.comin𝕏Oct 2023 · $20M

Membrane builds an AI-powered integration platform that enables software products to automatically connect with and adapt to other applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Daniil Bratchenko(Founder)

Co-investorsBrevan Howard DigitalElectric CapitalFlow TradersFramework VenturesPoint72 VenturesQCP Capital+1 more

Metaplexmetaplex.com𝕏

Metaplex is a Solana-based protocol and platform for creating tokens and NFTs, offering tools such as token launching, AI agents, and developer infrastructure for the Solana ecosystem.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools

Emily Poplawskiin

Co-investorsCultur3 CapitalMantis CapitalMulticoin CapitalParaFi CapitalPetRock CapitalRyze Labs+6 more

Opportunistic India Growth Stagecoindcx.com

A crypto-enabled financial services company providing borderless financial products and capital flow solutions.

Co-investors2am VCB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBlock.oneCoinbase VenturesDraper Dragon+6 more

Orcaorca.soin𝕏

Orca is a liquidity protocol and trading platform on the Solana blockchain that enables users to discover, deploy, and manage yield strategies across decentralized liquidity pools.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investors6th Man VenturesCollab+CurrencyMarin Digital VenturesPlaceholder VCRockawayXRyze Labs+2 more

Orderlyorderly.networkin𝕏

Orderly Network provides omnichain infrastructure for launching perpetuals decentralized exchanges (perp DEXs) on any blockchain, offering a shared orderbook and liquidity accessible via SDK or white-label.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Ran Yi(Founder)

Co-investorsD1 VenturesDragonflyGate VenturesIOSG VenturesMentha PartnersMetastable+9 more

Ostiumostium.com𝕏Dec 2025 · $20M

Ostium is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange for trading stocks, commodities, forex, and indices with leverage directly from a crypto wallet.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsGeneral CatalystCrucible CapitalWintermuteBalaji SrinivasanCoinbase VenturesGSR

Outdefineoutdefine.com

Outdefine provides a governed decisioning and execution layer for clinical trial teams, using trial-trained AI inference and workflow agents to support site feasibility ranking, study risk monitoring, and real-world evidence analysis.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech

Co-investorsVery Serious VenturesBig Brain HoldingsFormless Capital

P2Pp2p.orgin𝕏

P2P.org provides staking and restaking infrastructure that lets users and enterprises stake crypto assets such as ETH across multiple proof-of-stake networks.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech

Co-investorsSBI Ven CapitalByBitCoinbase Ventures

Paradigmparadigm.coin𝕏

Paradigm is an institutional liquidity network for crypto that connects market makers, OTC desks, hedge funds and professional traders to negotiate and execute trades across 120+ products, including options, perpetuals and futures.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupEmles Venture PartnersKoch Disruptive TechnologiesMirana VenturesQuad-C Management

Phantomphantom.comin𝕏

Phantom is a multichain cryptocurrency wallet designed for consumer accessibility and ease of use.

ConsumerCrypto & Web3Fintech

Brandon Millman(Founder)inFrancesco Agosti(Founder)in

Co-investorsParadigmSequoia CapitalJump Capitala16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzDesigner Fund+5 more

Raydiumraydium.io

Raydium is a Solana-based on-chain order book AMM offering swaps, liquidity pools, yield farms and the AcceleRaytor launchpad.

Co-investorsCeras VenturesCoinbase VenturesMarin Digital VenturesPetRock Capital

Solanasolana.comin

Solana is a blockchain network designed for high-performance internet capital markets, payments, and cryptocurrency applications.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US

Anatoly Yakovenko(Solana Founder & Solana Labs CEO)inAlan Yu

Co-investors1k(x)1kx500 Globala16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAegis Ventues+36 more

Squadssquads.so𝕏Apr 2026 · $18M

Squads delivers financial services to businesses, individuals, and developers using open infrastructure and global internet capital markets.

Fintech

Stepan Simkin(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesCollab+CurrencyElectric CapitalMulticoin CapitalPlaceholder VCReciprocal Ventures+9 more

Tracetraceup.cominJun 2026 · $32M

Trace is a video platform that uses AI to automatically follow and highlight individual players during sports games, delivering personalized video playlists for youth athletes, coaches, and parents.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerSports Tech

David Lokshin(Founder)

Co-investorsAllegro Venture PartnersCrosscut VenturesNextGen Venture PartnersToba CapitalAmplify.LAChainlink+12 more

Tracetrace.soin𝕏Jun 2026 · $32M

Trace provides an AI orchestration platform that models task flows between departments and aligns AI agents with human judgment to automate operational workflows at scale.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSLondon, GB

Tim Cherkasov(Founder)inArtur Romanov(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorChainlinkChainlink labsCoinbase VenturesCoinFundGoodwater Capital+7 more

TRM Labstrmlabs.comin𝕏

TRM Labs offers an online certification course on blockchain investigations and crypto forensics for professionals who need to trace cryptocurrency transactions across multiple blockchains.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechSan Francisco, US

Esteban Castaño(Founder)inRahul Raina(Founder)inSujit Raman(Chief Legal Officer)Ari Redbord(Global Head of Policy)Tom Armstrong(Head of Compliance Advisory)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBasecamp FundBessemer Venture PartnersCastle Island Ventures+12 more

Xversexverse.appin𝕏Aug 2023 · $5M

Xverse is a self-custodial Bitcoin financial platform, built on Bitcoin L1 and L2s (Starknet, Stacks, Spark), that lets users earn yield, borrow against their BTC, and spend or transfer money onchain without an intermediary.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Bitcoin FrontierDraper AssociatesEdessa CapitalFermionGossamer Capital+7 more

Zero Hashzerohash.comin𝕏

Zero Hash provides API-based infrastructure for banks, brokerages, and fintechs to embed crypto trading, stablecoin payments, and tokenized financial assets into their platforms.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechChicago, US

Adam Berg(Chief Financial Officer)Stephen Gardner(Chief Legal Officer and Secretary)Adam Leaman(Chief Commercial Officer)Tom Sosnoff(Director)Edward Woodford(Chief Executive Officer)Adam Carson(Director)

Co-investorsNycaNyca PartnersPoint72 VenturesStruck CapitalBain CapitalSocially Financed+1 more

Exits · 3

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

Forward IndustriesNASDAQ: FWDI0x Labs Decentralized P2P tradingcrypto exchanges: ZRXSecuritizeNYSE: SECZ

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Frequently asked questions

What stage does Jump Crypto invest at?
Jump Crypto invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is Jump Crypto's typical check size?
Jump Crypto typically writes checks of $500K – $15M.
What sectors does Jump Crypto focus on?
Jump Crypto focuses on Crypto & Web3.
Where is Jump Crypto located?
Jump Crypto is headquartered in Chicago, US.
Does Jump Crypto lead rounds?
Jump Crypto typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.

Co-investors · 3

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$500K – $50M
Menlo Ventures

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$1M – $20M
Unshackled Ventures

Unshackled Ventures is an inception-stage venture capital firm that writes first checks to immigrant founders, backing them pre-product, pre-traction, and pre-revenue while providing immigration support, community access, and fundraising help.

$300K – $500K

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