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Wintermute

Corporate VCoperating company · company profile

London · Pre-Seed–Series B · 1 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Through its venture arm, Wintermute Ventures backs early-stage DeFi protocols, aiming to add value beyond capital by leveraging the firm's expertise as a liquidity provider, algorithmic trading specialist, blockchain researcher, and governance contributor. The broader firm focuses on making digital asset markets liquid and efficient across OTC, liquidity provision, DeFi, and algorithmic trading.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series B
HQ
London, GB
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2024
Last 12 months
4 investments
Tracked investments
118

Team · 1 people

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What they invest in

from 88 of 118 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×81Fintech ×60Data & Infrastructure ×24Developer Tools ×14AI & Machine Learning ×11Enterprise Software ×11Cybersecurity ×5Cloud Computing ×3

HQs:United States×17United Kingdom×3France×2Singapore×2United Arab Emirates×1Brazil×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 36 portfolio companies
69%
solo founders
25 of 36 mapped founding teams
61%
repeat founders
of 28 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×252 founders×63 founders×44+ founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with education data

NYU Stern School of Business ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2University of Waterloo ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 28 founders with career history

ConsenSys ×5Facebook ×2Goldman Sachs ×2Google ×2uPort ×2

5 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data)

Investments · 118 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 32023 · 12022 · 22021 · 12017 · 22015 · 12014 · 112 dated

Angleangle.moneyOTC: ANPCFFeb 2015

Angle was a cryptocurrency protocol that issued stablecoin tokens (USDA and EURA) that could be redeemed 1:1.

BiotechCrypto & Web3Guildford, Surrey

Michael O'Brien(Executive Officer)Peggy Robinson(Executive Officer)Shane Booth(Executive Officer)Ian Griffiths(Executive Officer, Director)George Hvichia(Executive Officer)Martin Cooke(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen Horowitz

Codexcodex.xyzin𝕏✓ verified

Codex provides institutional fiat-to-stablecoin and stablecoin-to-fiat conversion, letting businesses swap currencies like USD, EUR, and GBP into USDC and USDT through a single counterparty with wholesale FX rates and local settlement.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsCircle VenturesCoinbase VenturesDragonflyMirana VenturesReverie

Dfnsdfns.coin𝕏✓ verified

DFNS provides wallet-as-a-service infrastructure for financial institutions, fintech platforms, and digital asset management.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechParis, FR

Clarisse Hagège(Founder)in

Co-investorsTechstarsWhite Star CapitalHashed6th Man VenturesCoinbase VenturesRed Beard Ventures+3 more

Infinity Poolsinfinitypools.finance✓ verified

Infinity Pools is a decentralized finance protocol for trading with leverage, offering positions with no counterparty risk for liquidity providers and no liquidations as long as interest is paid.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsStandard CryptoDragonflyFolius VenturesGSR VenturesKRONOSMulticoin Capital+3 more

1inch1inch.ioin𝕏

1inch is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for crypto users, offering token swaps through a DEX aggregator with intent-based and cross-chain functionality, MEV protection, and wallet security features.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Sergej Kunz(Founder)in

Co-investorsBig Candle CapitalBlockchain CapitalBR CapitalDragonflyFabric VenturesFenbushi Capital+12 more

Aaveaave.comin𝕏

Aave Labs is the original author and contributor to Aave, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol for lending and borrowing crypto assets.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsAegis VentuesArkStream CapitalBig Candle CapitalBlockchain CapitalDeFiance CapitalDraft Ventures Llc+12 more

Aerodrome Financeaerodrome.finance𝕏

Aerodrome Finance is a ve(3,3) automated market maker and decentralized exchange serving as the liquidity hub of the Base network.

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesElectric Capital

Agora Financeagora.financein𝕏

Agora operates a stablecoin platform focused on institutional adoption of regulated stablecoin infrastructure.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech

Nick van Eck(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsBitDAOBreedFlowdeskGeneral CatalystMantle NetworkMirana Ventures+3 more

Alliance Labsalliance.xyzin𝕏

Alliance is a selective accelerator and founder community for crypto and AI startups, providing $1M in funding, a 10-week program (in-person in New York City plus remote), mentorship, and connections to investors to help startups reach product-market fit.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3New York City, US

Imran ..(Founder)in

Co-investorsFounders FundAdaverseCoinbase VenturesCoinFundKindred VenturesMulticoin Capital+8 more

Analoganalog.one𝕏

Analog builds an AI-powered cross-chain liquidity and execution layer that moves assets across EVM, Solana, and real-world assets without bridges, using its Timechain and General Message Passing (GMP) technology.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Victor Young(Founder)in

Co-investorsTribe CapitalAndromeda CapitalBetter CapitalNxGenTPC Club (The presale club)TPC Ventures

Andrenaandrena.comin𝕏

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.

CleantechCloud ComputingNew Jersey, US

Neil Chatterjee(Founder)James Smits(Founder)in

Co-investors645 VenturesAfore CapitalBollinger Investment GroupCalm VenturesCastle Island VenturesChaos Ventures+7 more

Backpackbackpack.exchange

Co-investorsPlaceholder VCJump CryptoManifold Ventures

Basedbased.onein𝕏

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

Co-investorsPantera Capital

BCB Groupbcbgroup.comin𝕏

BCB Group provides payment infrastructure and instant settlement for financial institutions operating across fiat and crypto markets, offering a unified platform to manage, pay, store, and trade fiat, stablecoins, and cryptocurrencies via UI and API.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech

Oliver Tonkin(Co-founder and President)in

Co-investorsBackedDigital Currency GroupNIVPantera CapitalRockawayXFoundation Capital

Bebopbebop.xyzin𝕏

Bebop is a suite of decentralized trading products, including a web app, APIs, and SDK, offering guaranteed price and fill execution across chains such as Ethereum, Solana, and Base.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

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 LlcJump Crypto

BloXroute Labsbloxroute.com𝕏

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 & InfrastructureEvanston, US

Uri Klarman(Executive Officer, Director)inAleksandar Kuzmanovic(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJeffrey Bussgang(Director)in

Co-investors1confirmationBixin CapitalBixin VenturesBlindspot Ventures Management CoCoinbase VenturesDragonfly+10 more

Bluefinbluefin.ioin𝕏

Bluefin is an orderbook-based decentralized derivatives exchange built for both first-time users and professional traders.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Ahmad Jawaid(Founder)in

Co-investorsAltonomyAmber GroupCompoundFBG CapitalHashedLedgerPrime+11 more

Blumblum.ioin𝕏

Blum offers crypto trading tools including perpetual futures trading (up to 100x leverage) inside Telegram, a memecoin launchpad, and a multi-chain trading terminal within one ecosystem.

Crypto & Web3FintechDubai, AE

Gleb Kostarev(Founder)Igor Pugachevsky(Founder)Vladimir Smerkis(Founder)

Co-investorsBinance Labsgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)OKX Ventures

Bulkbulk.trade𝕏

Bulk is a decentralized trading platform that aims to combine the decentralized custody of a DEX with the execution performance of a centralized exchange.

Crypto & Web3

Co-investors6th Man VenturesBig Brain HoldingsChapter OneRobot VenturesStride Ventures

Bulletbullet.xyz

Bullet is a Solana network extension running an onchain exchange for perps, spot and lending with sub-millisecond execution and ZK verifiability.

Co-investorsElectric Capital

Centrifugecentrifuge.ioin𝕏

Centrifuge enables investors to access tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) such as Treasury Bills, Asset Backed Securities, and Real Estate on a blockchain infrastructure.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US

Bhaji Illuminati(Founder)inMartin Quensel(Executive Officer, Director)Markus Ament(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Stehlik(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsArrington CapitalAtlanticBlack DragonBloccelerate VCBlueYard CapitalBorderless Venture+16 more

Chaos Labschaoslabs.xyzin𝕏

Chaos Labs builds AI-driven intelligence and risk-management infrastructure that converts fragmented data into institutional-grade insights, offering risk simulations, parameter tuning, and oracle technology for crypto protocols and financial institutions.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Omer Goldberg(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsBalaji SrinivasanCoinbase VenturesF-Prime CapitalHaun VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersSamsung Next+6 more

Clearpoolclearpool.financein𝕏

Clearpool is a decentralized finance protocol offering on-chain credit and yield products, including financing for fintechs, payment service providers, and institutions, short-term US treasury yield, trading yield strategies, and real-world-asset yield on Bitcoin, gold, and global currencies.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsArrington CapitalBitDAOMantle NetworkMentha PartnersRyze LabsArrington XRP Capital+1 more

Comethcometh.ioin𝕏

Cometh provides a single API for businesses and financial institutions to integrate DeFi services including custody, staking and yield, trading and liquidity, and payments.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

⭐Jerome de Tychey(Founder)in

Co-investorsCultur3 CapitalDelta BlockchainSerenaWhite Star CapitalSerena CapitalStake Capital

Consumer Pump.fun Token launchpadpump.fun𝕏

Pump.fun is a platform that lets anyone create and trade coins, with open access to buy and sell from launch.

Crypto & Web3

Co-investors6th Man VenturesBig Brain HoldingsD1 VenturesLattice Capital

Credoracredora.ioin𝕏Acquired

Credora provides risk ratings for decentralized finance markets, including tokens, lending pairs, and vaults.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsBlack DragonBollinger Investment GroupBreedCoinbase VenturesDigital Currency Group

Cross-chain communicationsnotifi.network

Seattle, US

Paul Kim(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalCaladanLongHash VenturesStruck CapitalHashedRace Capital

Crossover Marketscrossovermarkets.comin𝕏

Crossover Markets operates CROSSx, an execution-only cryptocurrency electronic communication network (crypto ECN) built for institutional participants, offering ultra-low-latency quote-driven matching, smart order routing, and FIX API or GUI connectivity.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Brandon Mulvihill(Co-Founder & CEO)inVladislav Rysin(Co-Founder & CTO)inAnthony Mazzarese(Co-Founder & CCO)in

Co-investorsFlow TradersMetalayerDRW Venture CapitalIlluminate FinancialLaser DigitalRipple+2 more

DefiEdgedefiedge.io
DFlowdflow.netApr 2023 · $5.5M

DFlow is a decentralized finance protocol offering a unified API for spot trading across aggregated Solana liquidity.

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesMulticoin CapitalPetRock CapitalCircle VenturesFramework VenturesMoonPay+1 more

dYdXdydx.exchangein𝕏Dec 2017

dYdX is a decentralized exchange for trading perpetuals that uses zero-knowledge proofs to provide security and privacy.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

Antonio Juliano(Founder)inIvo Crnkovic-Rubsamen(CEO)

Co-investors1confirmationa16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBR CapitalDeFiance Capital+8 more

Econiaeconialabs.com
Equilibriumeqg.co

Equilibrium Group designs, builds, and funds computational infrastructure for decentralised technologies, operating a portfolio of web3, blockchain, and cryptography companies.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep Tech

Co-investorsAvaana CapitalKalaari CapitalPeak XV Partners

Ethena Labsethena.fi𝕏

Ethena operates a crypto protocol offering USDe, a digital dollar, and sUSDe, a reward-accruing asset backed by collateralized assets with third-party attestations.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Guy Young(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalBitDAOBreedCaladanCVP NoLimitF-Prime Capital+17 more

Ethernityethernity.io

Co-investorsAndromeda CapitalRR2 CapitalSpark Digital Capital

Euler Labseuler.financein𝕏

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.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesEquilibrium VenturesHaun VenturesLemniscapParadigmTq Ventures Llc+1 more

FingerprintsDAOfingerprintsdao.xyz𝕏

Token-based DAO that curates and collects blockchain-native art, from Autoglyphs to artist collaborations.

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzDivergenceNarcissus VenturesStandard CryptoVariant Fund

Flare Networksflare.networkin𝕏

Flare is a layer 1 blockchain platform built for data-intensive decentralized applications, offering enshrined data protocols such as FTSO, FDC, and FAssets alongside Ethereum Virtual Machine compatibility.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsBorderless VentureChronos VenturesJustin “3LAU” BlauSyntax Capital

Fordefifordefi.comin𝕏Acquired

Fordefi provides an MPC (multi-party computation) wallet with DeFi-specific features for institutional users such as blockchain investment funds, supporting multi-chain token strategies.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech

Josh Schwartz(Founder)inJosh shwartz(Founder)in

Co-investorsDelta BlockchainDigital Currency GroupElectric CapitalLemniscapLightspeed Venture PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)+2 more

Gasgas.zip𝕏

Gas.zip is a gas fee bridge that lets crypto users send funds across multiple blockchain networks, distributing amounts to mainnets and testnets.

Crypto & Web3

Co-investorsD1 Ventures

GTEgte.xyz𝕏

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 & Web3FintechNew York City, US

Matteo Lunghi(Founder)

Co-investorsParadigmRobot VenturesBig Brain HoldingsMaven 11MITONMitonC

Guru Networkgurunetwork.ai𝕏

Guru Network provides a platform for blockchain business process automation (BBPA) that orchestrates AI, transactions, and user flows through embeddable snippets and data views.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools

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

Hex Trusthextrust.comin𝕏

Hex Trust builds technology platforms serving large financial institutions in the banking and finance sector.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech

Alessio Quaglini(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsEterna CapitalFenbushi CapitalQBN CapitalRyze LabsToken Bay CapitalInjective+5 more

Hidden Roadhiddenroad.comin𝕏acquired by Ripple

Global multi-asset prime brokerage for digital assets, FX and derivatives, acquired by Ripple in 2025 and rebranded Ripple Prime.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesFlucas VenturesGreycroftSC VenturesWinklevoss Capital

Humanodehumanode.io
Hyperbolichyperbolic.xyzin𝕏

Hyperbolic provides on-demand, reserved, and private cloud access to high-performance GPUs (such as H100, H200, and B200) through a global network of compute providers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure

Co-investorsAmbush CapitalBig Brain HoldingsFactionGSRLongHash VenturesSamsung Next+4 more

Infinexinfinex.xyz

Co-investorsBlueYard CapitalBreedMarin Digital Ventures

Ithaca Financeithacaprotocol.io

Co-investorsTDeFi

KAP Gameskap.gg
Karpatkeykarpatkey.com

KPK (karpatkey) is an onchain asset manager providing DeFi treasury mandates, vaults and tokenised funds.

Co-investorsAppWorks VenturesBorderless VentureSaison CapitalThanefield Capital

Kilnkiln.fiin𝕏

Kiln provides infrastructure for staking cryptocurrencies across multiple blockchain networks, letting asset owners earn rewards by securing networks and participating in protocol consensus.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechParis, FR

Thomas de Phuoc(Founder)

Co-investors1k(x)1kxA.Capital VenturesBlueYard CapitalGSRIOSG Ventures+7 more

Lens Consumer Seedlens.xyz𝕏

Orb is a web3 social application built on the Lens Protocol for social networking and content sharing on blockchain infrastructure.

Crypto & Web3Social

Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesBlockchain CapitalTioga Capital PartnersFactionVariant Fund

M^0m0.orgin𝕏

M0 provides a modular platform for designing and issuing stablecoins, allowing users to independently configure token behavior, issuers, and other stablecoin stack components.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Gregory Di Prisco(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalCaladanGSRSCB 10XSolari CapitalStandard Crypto+2 more

MachineFimachinefi.comin𝕏

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.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software

Co-investorsDraper DragonEv3 Ventures LlcNewBuild.VCJump CapitalSamsung Next

Mangrovemangrove.exchangein𝕏

Mangrove is an order book decentralized exchange (DEX) that lets users trade and place limit orders without locking their funds, allowing them to generate yield from other protocols while their liquidity is deployed.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsSMAPE Capitalgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)

Matter Labsmatter-labs.ioin𝕏

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.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechGeorge Town, Grand Cayman

Alex Gluchowski(Executive Officer, Director)inAleksandr Vlasov(Director)

BoardChristopher Burniske(Director)in

Co-investors1k(x)1kxa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBlockchain CapitalCoinFund+9 more

Exits · 2

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

AngleOTC: ANPCFHidden Roadacq. by Ripple

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Principals & officers · per Companies House

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Alexander James Treseder

Director · British · since 2024

Lisa Victoria Treseder

Director · British · since 2024

Ownership & control

Alexander James Treseder25–50% of shares, 25–50% of voting rights, right to appoint and remove directors

Lisa Victoria Treseder25–50% of shares, 25–50% of voting rights, right to appoint and remove directors

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Wintermute made?
Wintermute has 113 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
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.
Where is Wintermute located?
Wintermute is headquartered in London, GB.
Who does Wintermute co-invest with?
Wintermute most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, BitDAO, Mantle Network, among 239 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Who is Wintermute CEO, Evgeny Gaevoy?

When Shift Happens · Evgeny Gaevoy

What is Market Making? | Wintermute CEO, Evgeny Gaevoy

When Shift Happens · Evgeny Gaevoy

Colonizing Mars... | Wintermute CEO, Evgeny Gaevoy

When Shift Happens · Evgeny Gaevoy

What Does Winning Mean? | Wintermute CEO, Evgeny Gaevoy

When Shift Happens · Evgeny Gaevoy

Is Wintermute Responsible For Crashing The Market? w/ Evgeny Gaevoy

Steady Lads Podcast · Evgeny Gaevoy

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy Predicts the Future of Crypto Trading—What’s Next for the Market?

Let’s Talk Numbers · Evgeny Gaevoy

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