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Galaxy Digital (Galaxy Ventures)
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Galaxy Ventures takes a thesis-driven approach to venture investing, believing that the next generation of the Internet will incorporate a permissionless financial layer, providing people with autonomous access to economic and cooperative opportunities. The firm invests in crypto's cutting-edge founders, technologies, and business models across software infrastructure, financialized applications, protocols, and consumer use cases — with a particular focus on stablecoins, payments, tokenization, DeFi, and blockchain scaling solutions. Starting in 2018 from Galaxy's balance sheet, the team has backed early-stage companies building foundational technology and financial primitives that underpin the onchain economy. With the close of Galaxy Ventures Fund I at over $175M, the firm doubled down on this thesis, combining venture capital with the full operational resources of Galaxy's global platform — spanning trading, staking, tokenization, asset management, custody, and investment banking — to offer portfolio companies an unmatched breadth of support.
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“Starting in 2018, we began investing from Galaxy's balance sheet with a consistent thesis of backing early-stage companies building foundational technology and financial primitives that underpin and enable the onchain economy, from onchain payments and stablecoins to decentralized markets, L1/L2 protocols, and blockchain infrastructure.”
“During the first two years of building my company, I was in Galaxy's office all the time and they were a huge part of our product development.”
“Galaxy has been a game changer for us. They are a true full stack venture firm — you immediately access a full team.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fireblocks | Early Stage | — | — |
| Avalanche (Ava Labs) | Early Stage | — | — |
| Monad | Series A | $225m | 2024-04-09 |
| Ethena | Seed | — | — |
| Celestia | Early Stage | — | — |
| TRM Labs | Series C | $70m | 2026-02-04 |
| Rain | Series C | $250m | 2026-01-01 |
| RedotPay | Strategic | $47m | 2025-09-24 |
| Arch Lending | Seed | $5m | 2024-08-01 |
| Mesh | Series A | $22m | 2023-09-01 |
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