Trading

21 VCs and 35 funds investing in Trading

VCs investing in Trading

Jeff Ren

Investment Partner

OKX Ventures

Leading blockchain investments at OKX Ventures, the investment arm of one of the world's largest crypto exchanges. Focuses on projects that expand the OKX ecosystem.

SeedSeries ASeries B

Andrew Kang

Co-founder

95%

Mechanism Capital

Thesis-driven investing at the intersection of DeFi and trading infrastructure. Mechanism Capital focuses on DeFi protocols, derivatives, and novel financial primitives. Known for deep technical analysis and contrarian bets.

SeedSeries A

Cristian Gil

Head of Investments

95%

GSR Markets

Leading crypto market making and trading operations at GSR Markets, with a strategic investment arm backing infrastructure and DeFi projects.

SeedSeries ASeries B

Jehan Chu

Founder & Managing Partner

88%

Kenetic Capital

Check: No reliable public standard ticket or Jehan-specific approval range was found. Kenetic invests its family-office capital in direct blockchain companies, tokens and other crypto funds, and its published site emphasizes Series A/B equity; historical and interview evidence also shows seed, token and incubation activity. Ask directly rather than inferring a check from round size.

Jehan treats blockchain as the next internet and backs the data, infrastructure, enterprise, trading and financial systems that can anchor a natively digital economy. He underwrites the founders first—their experience, response to failure, differentiated expertise, team leadership, conviction and authenticity—then verifies backgrounds, technology maturity, utility, incentives, treasury discipline and a path from launch to sustained adoption.

SeedSeries ASeries B

Felipe Demartini

Associate

88%

UTXO Management

Check: No Felipe-specific check size or investment authority is public. UTXO allocates across venture, liquid, public-market and structured-credit strategies; company founders and allocators should confirm the relevant vehicle and current sizing through the firm's contact channel.

Felipe specializes in Bitcoin-native assets and publicly listed Bitcoin treasury companies, combining fundamental research with short-, medium- and long-horizon trading. His work sits inside UTXO's view of Bitcoin as a settlement chain for economic activity and institutional capital, with attention to self-custody, protocol scaling, stablecoin and asset issuance, treasury-company capital structures and market risk.

Public MarketsLiquidVenture

Kanav Kariya

Former President

85%

Jump Crypto

Jump Crypto was the crypto arm of Jump Trading, one of the world's largest quantitative trading firms. Focused on building infrastructure, particularly cross-chain bridges and DeFi protocols.

SeedSeries AStrategic

Arthur Hayes

Angel Investor / Writer

81%

BitMEX Ventures

Co-founded BitMEX, pioneered crypto perpetual futures. Now runs Maelstrom fund investing in DeFi and crypto infrastructure. Known for macro-driven crypto thesis and provocative market commentary.

SeedSeries AStrategic

Darius Rugys

Partner

80%

Maven 11 Capital

Check: Maven 11 does not publish Darius's personal check range or decision authority. Third-party investor databases estimate ranges, but those figures are not treated as verified evidence. The current firm describes an early-stage venture strategy without attaching a check range to him.

Darius works within Maven 11's crypto-native, early-stage strategy. The firm backs technically fluent founders who challenge the status quo by redefining ownership through open, inclusive, permissionless networks. Its current third-fund focus has shifted from foundational rails toward founders using those rails to reinvent credit, payments, stablecoins, and trading. Darius's own public comments emphasize extensive research into the actual product and business case rather than following a crowded token market.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

Sanjay Shah

Investor

80%

Electric Capital

Check: Not applicable as a disclosed personal venture check range. Electric's current biography says Sanjay focuses on liquid crypto portfolio management, trading and DeFi strategies. The firm's public $1M–$15M+ venture range should not be attributed to his liquid-market role.

Sanjay's stated remit is liquid crypto portfolio management across trading and DeFi strategies. His combination of consulting, company-building and graduate technical/business training suggests an operator-aware approach to market opportunity, execution and risk, but Electric has not published a more granular personal thesis or list of venture investments.

Liquid AssetsPortfolio ManagementTrading Strategies

Tom Schmidt

General Partner

74%

Dragonfly

Early-stage crypto investor at Dragonfly with deep DeFi expertise. Focuses on novel financial primitives and infrastructure that expands what's possible in decentralized finance.

SeedSeries A