Universal DeFi Holding Company
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Series A
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Investment thesis
UDHC focuses on the convergence of traditional and onchain finance, helping projects navigate regulatory touchpoints and build a compliant arc of decentralization. It emphasizes consumer and investor protection to drive adoption, while its work helps regulators shape clearer guidelines for onchain finance. The firm actively funds projects aimed at efficiently onboarding hundreds of millions of new users into decentralized finance, positioning itself at the intersection of regulation, compliance, and the shift toward onchain financial systems.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.
What they invest in
from 33 of 41 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×28Fintech ×18Data & Infrastructure ×10AI & Machine Learning ×7Enterprise Software ×7Cybersecurity ×4Developer Tools ×4Media & Entertainment ×3
HQs:United States×13Bermuda×1Vietnam×1
Investments · 41 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCircle provides a full-stack platform for digital finance, combining blockchain infrastructure, stablecoins (USDC, EURC), and payment networks to enable borderless value exchange and financial access globally.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechNew York City, US
Jeremy Allaire(Founder)inPatrick Sean Neville(Director)Sid Yadav(Cofounder)inSean Neville(Founder)inP. Sean Neville(Director)Heath Tarbert(Executive Officer)in
Co-investors10T FundAccelalphabet angelsAlumni VenturesaVentureAxevil Capital+27 more
Co-investorsElectric CapitalUDHC
Althea builds a blockchain-based settlement layer (Althea L1) for open-access telecom and infrastructure networks, enabling autonomous machines and community-owned internet service providers to operate.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechImpact & Social GoodIoTClatskanie, US
Justin Kilpatrick(Founder)in
Co-investorsAGE CryptoFigmentTRGCUDHC
Autopools provides automated DeFi vaults that optimize yield by rebalancing across major protocols and assets including ETH and stablecoins.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsElectric CapitalGalaxy VenturesLemniscapMarin Digital VenturesUDHC
Beluga publishes crypto market analysis, insights, and educational articles covering topics such as Solana staking and DeFi.
Crypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Sonny Singh(CEO)inWill McKinnon(Chief Strategy Officer)inPratik Bhuyan(Head of Content)
Co-investorsKraken VenturesRRE Ventures186 Ventures2 Punks CapitalBorderless VentureMarin Digital Ventures+3 more
The Canton Foundation fosters the development and governance of the Global Synchronizer, a blockchain infrastructure that enables atomic transactions across sovereign blockchains while preserving privacy.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsUDHCa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBNP ParibasCircle VenturesDRW Venture Capital+7 more
Xoilac TV is a free live soccer streaming platform that provides HD-quality broadcasts of major football leagues and tournaments worldwide, including Premier League, Champions League, La Liga, Serie A, and Vietnamese domestic leagues for fans across Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Media & EntertainmentHo Chi Minh City, VN
Co-investorsBlockchain Valley Ventures, LlcUDHC
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-investors1802 VenturesArcane GroupArgonautic VenturesBR CapitalCMT Digital VenturesCoinbase Ventures+34 more
Cormint owns and operates energy infrastructure for large-scale computing, running 130 MW across sites in West Texas with expansion capacity toward gigawatt scale.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3EnergyFort Stockton, US
Pierre J DePeyster(Founder)in
Credenza develops a blockchain-based real-time data synchronization platform that integrates customer data ecosystems.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing Tech
Sandy Khaund(CEO and Founder)in
Co-investorsUDHC
Drosera provides a security protocol built around "Traps," on-chain mechanisms designed to detect and respond to threats, aimed at developers and operators in the blockchain space.
Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Co-investorsArrington CapitalMetamatic GroupNxGenPaper VenturesUDHCArrington XRP Capital+1 more
Grafana Labs builds an observability platform that collects, visualizes, and alerts on metrics, logs, traces, and profiles from multiple data sources.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Raj Dutt(Founder)inTorkel Ödegaard(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapitalGCoatue ManagementCrew CapitalG SquaredGaldana VenturesGeneral Partnership+11 more
human.tech provides a privacy-preserving identity and control layer for people, institutions, and AI, using zero-knowledge proofs and client-side cryptography built on W3C Verifiable Credentials and eIDAS 2.0 standards.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityGovTech
Co-investorsDraper DragonPaper VenturesUDHCNVP CapitalY Combinator
Indexing.co provides blockchain data infrastructure that delivers real-time and structured on-chain data across 100+ chains, covering DeFi trades, perpetual and prediction markets, stablecoin payments, and wallet activity.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Co-investorsUDHC
Keyring builds on-chain financial infrastructure for fixed income markets, providing three core products to address compliance, insurance, settlement, and governance barriers.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsKima VenturesMotier VenturesUDHCEberg Capitalgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)gumi Inc+2 more
Maple is an onchain asset management platform offering institutional-grade lending and yield strategies to the crypto ecosystem.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Joe Flanagan(Founder)in
Co-investorsArctic DigitalBlack DragonBloccelerate VCGSRMarin Digital VenturesMaven 11+11 more
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 FundsBelvedere Strategic CapitalElectric CapitalFourth Revolution Capital (4RC)Lvna CapitalMarin Digital Ventures+11 more
Nook is a mobile app (iOS and Android) that converts users' cash into USDC via Coinbase and allocates it to DeFi lending markets so they can earn yield, with an average APY around 7.6% and no deposit minimum or lockup.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3FintechAustin, US
Kenzan Boo(CTO & Co-founder)inJoey Isaacson(CEO & Co-founder)inSohail Khanifar(CPO & Co-founder)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDefy PartnersReverieUDHC
Oasis Pro Markets operates OATSPRO, a US-regulated alternative trading system (ATS) that lets accredited and institutional investors trade blockchain-based digital securities and settle in stablecoins or fiat.
Crypto & Web3FintechMarketplaces
Co-investorsUDHC
OnRe is the first BMA-approved reinsurer operating under both the Digital Asset Business Act and the Insurance Act, connecting onchain capital to real-world reinsurance risk.
Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTechHamilton, BM
Co-investorsBorderless VentureCoinbase VenturesRockawayXUDHC
Opolis is a member-owned digital employment cooperative that provides independent professionals — primarily S-Corp and C-Corp operators — with W-2 payroll, group health and retirement benefits, and tax compliance handling.
FintechFuture of WorkHR TechDenver, US
John Paller(Executive Officer, Director)inJoshua Lapidus(Founder)in
BoardJonathan Kestenbaum(Director)Woodson Hobbs(Director)
Co-investorsConsenSys MeshDraper AssociatesRed Beard VenturesUDHCGreenfieldNear Foundation+1 more
Optimism provides blockchain infrastructure based on the OP Stack, letting exchanges, fintechs, and financial institutions deploy and operate their own chains or add onchain features while it handles operations, security, and upgrades.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Ben Jones(Cofounder)inJing Wang(Founder)inJinglan Wang(Founder)
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAndromeda CapitalBlockchain Coinvestors+14 more
Parataxis Capital Management is a multi-strategy investment advisory firm focused on the digital asset sector, offering actively managed, risk-managed exposure to cryptocurrency markets.
Crypto & Web3FintechNew York, US
Thejas Nalval(Founder)inEdward Chin(Founder)in
Co-investorsUDHC
Ramp Network provides fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat on-ramp and off-ramp tools that let brands and blockchain projects onboard users into web3.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechDover, US
Przemyslaw Kowalczyk(Executive Officer, Director)Przemek Kowalczyk(CEO & Co-Founder)inSzymon Sypniewicz(Co-Founder, Advisor and Board Member)in
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalCogito Capital PartnersFJ LabsGalaxy VenturesKorelya CapitalNFX+2 more
Sentora builds infrastructure and tools connecting institutional investors to decentralized finance solutions, addressing key adoption barriers through products focused on capital formation, yield generation, asset management, and risk mitigation.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Anthony DeMartino(Chief Executive Officer)inJesus Rodriguez(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsBorderless VentureCollab+CurrencyUDHCWhite Star CapitalNew Form Capital
StableNode operates blockchain node validations and uses the rewards to invest in early-stage crypto and blockchain ventures and provide liquidity in DeFi applications.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsUDHC
Sureel builds generative AI tools for music and visual art creation that attribute generated work to original artists and creators.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Tamay Aykut(Founder, CEO)inAileen Crowley(Co-President)in
BoardBenji Rogers(Co-President)
Co-investorsUDHC
Tasker AI is an AI assistant that handles complex work and personal tasks through multi-step execution from a single user command.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsDepartment of XYZEx/AntePioneerUDHCVenture Dept.Y Combinator+21 more
TestMachine provides real-time risk scoring for cryptocurrency tokens across EVM blockchains using autonomous AI agents that analyze contract functions and behaviors.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityNew York, US
Co-investorsBelvedere Strategic CapitalDecasonicGenerative VenturesUDHC
Lydion, developed by The Data Economics Company (DECO), uses patented Transactional Proof-of-Work to package business data into "Lydion" digital assets that owners can control, use, and transact while retaining ownership.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechLos Angeles, US
Jennifer Hinkel(Founder)inArka Ray(Founder)in
Co-investorsUDHC
Union is a blockchain infrastructure project building interoperability technology for connecting decentralized networks, with work spanning liquid staking and DeFi.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNorfolk, US
Emir B(Co-founder & CSO)Karel(Co-founder & CEO)Cor(Co-founder & CTO)
Co-investorsAGE CryptoBlockchain CoinvestorsBorderless VentureEterna CapitalFounderheads,LongHash Ventures+14 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
BoardroomChronicle LabsDeribetOnce UponSpectralZignaly (Exit)
Exits · 1
1 IPOsCircleNYSE: CRCL
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesUSIG · trysignalbase.com · May 11, 2026
Tasker AI · ycombinator.com · Aug 4, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Universal DeFi Holding Company made?
- Universal DeFi Holding Company has 41 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
- What stage does Universal DeFi Holding Company invest at?
- Universal DeFi Holding Company invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Universal DeFi Holding Company focus on?
- Universal DeFi Holding Company focuses on Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Fintech.




































































































