Wintermute
Pre-SeedβSeries B
Investment thesis
Wintermute Ventures focuses on providing value-added support to early-stage DeFi protocols. The firm leverages its deep expertise in DeFi infrastructure, blockchain research, and governance to support emerging protocol builders. As part of the broader Wintermute platform, the venture arm can provide liquidity support and market insights to its portfolio companies.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 21, 2026.
What they invest in
from 30 of 113 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 Γ28Fintech Γ22Data & Infrastructure Γ8Enterprise Software Γ8Cloud Computing Γ2Cybersecurity Γ2Developer Tools Γ2AI & Machine Learning Γ1
HQs:United StatesΓ3FinlandΓ1FranceΓ1United KingdomΓ1SingaporeΓ1
Investments Β· showing 60 of 113
founders shown can be your intro pathDFNS provides wallet-as-a-service infrastructure for financial institutions, fintech platforms, and digital asset management. The platform enables banks, neobanks, trading platforms, and payment services to integrate cryptocurrency capabilities and deploy blockchain wallets with security, compliance, and interoperability.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechParis, FR
1inch is a decentralized finance platform that aggregates liquidity from multiple exchanges to enable users to swap cryptocurrency tokens at optimal rates with MEV protection. The platform also offers a DeFi wallet, asset management, staking discovery, and services like borrowing and cashback on blockchain networks.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Agora operates a stablecoin platform focused on institutional adoption of regulated stablecoin infrastructure. The company offers AUSD, a stablecoin product serving institutional clients seeking regulated digital currency solutions.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Angle was a cryptocurrency protocol that issued stablecoin tokens (USDA and EURA) that could be redeemed 1:1. The protocol is shutting down with a redemption deadline of March 1, 2027.
Crypto & Web3
A financial trading and payment platform that enables users to trade multiple asset classes including stocks, crypto, perpetuals, and prediction markets from a single account, with borderless spending via a Visa card across 90M+ merchants worldwide.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
BCB Group provides enterprise-grade payment infrastructure for financial institutions operating across global fiat and cryptocurrency markets. The platform offers unified access to payment accounts, instant settlement via the BLINC network, and trading services across fiat, stablecoins, and cryptocurrencies.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
bloXroute provides a blockchain distribution network offering real-time data streams, transaction propagation, and validator solutions to enable faster trading and MEV optimization across multiple blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Chaos Labs provides risk intelligence and infrastructure for cryptocurrency protocols and financial institutions. The company offers real-time market insights, risk analytics dashboards, parameter optimization tools, and oracle services to help protocols manage risk and improve capital efficiency.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Credora provides risk ratings for decentralized finance markets, including tokens, lending pairs, and vaults. The platform uses quantitative analysis methodology to assess and communicate DeFi market risk on a standardized scale.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
dYdX is a decentralized exchange for trading perpetuals that uses zero-knowledge proofs to provide security and privacy. The platform targets traders globally who lack access to advanced trading tools and financial products.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Euler is a modular lending platform that enables users to create custom lending vaults and allows those vaults to serve as collateral for other vaults through its Ethereum Vault Connector. The platform targets DeFi developers and builders seeking to deploy custom lending protocols and markets.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Fordefi provides MPC (multi-party computation) wallets designed for blockchain asset management and DeFi trading strategies, serving investment funds and institutional crypto traders.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
GTE is a decentralized exchange platform that enables trading of stocks, crypto, and commodities from a single account on a blockchain-based system, offering centralized-exchange-level speed and performance with decentralized properties.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Hex Trust provides institutional-grade custody, trading, and asset management infrastructure for digital assets across multiple blockchains. The platform serves institutional clients with services including OTC execution, fiat ramping, lending, staking, and token wrapping, with built-in compliance features.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech<UNKNOWN>
Ripple Prime is a global multi-asset prime brokerage platform providing clearing, financing, and risk management services for institutions across digital assets, FX, precious metals, and derivatives. The platform serves institutional customers with technology-led infrastructure for modern finance operations.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Andrena is a wireless Internet service provider that delivers high-speed connectivity to multi-tenant buildings and households using wireless technology beamed to building roofs, then distributed wirelessly to units. The company serves building owners, tenants, and residential customers seeking affordable Internet alternatives to traditional cable and fiber infrastructure.
CleantechCloud ComputingNew Jersey, US
Orb is a web3 social application built on the Lens Protocol for social networking and content sharing on blockchain infrastructure.
Crypto & Web3Social
M0 provides a modular platform for designing and issuing stablecoins, allowing users to independently configure token behavior, issuers, and other stablecoin stack components. The platform targets stablecoin developers and issuers seeking flexibility and optionality in cryptocurrency infrastructure.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Trio is a multi-modal AI model engine that processes video, audio, and sensor data for operational intelligence in physical environments like retail, warehouses, and factories. The platform is OpenAI-compatible and designed for vertical AI builders and hardware partners to embed into their workflows and edge devices.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Noble builds a blockchain platform for digital asset management focused on bringing real-world assets onto the blockchain with cross-chain functionality and security features.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Wintermute invest at?
- Wintermute invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Wintermute focus on?
- Wintermute focuses on Crypto & Web3, Fintech.
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