List: The Top 10 Most Active Cryptocurrency Investment Funds in 2019

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List: The Top 10 Most Active Cryptocurrency Investment Funds in 2019

According to Pitchbook data, here is a list of the top 10 most active funds in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space in 2019.

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Most Active Cryptocurrency Funds in 2019:
In 2019, the total amount of venture capital investments in the cryptocurrency industry decreased by about 40% to $1.5 billion, with a 60% decrease in the number of transactions. (This statistic does not include seed rounds and other rounds of investment below $1 million).
Through Pitchbook, we analyzed the investment trends in seed, early-stage, and late-stage funds in 2019 to determine if there were funds in a specific area that invested more than others.

Top 10 Active Funds in 2019 and their Investments:

Interestingly, all funds except Galaxy Digital were either keen on investing in regional exchanges in South America, Europe, and the Middle East or were focused on investing in trading-related services, making this direction the primary choice for active investment institutions in 2019. Wallets, open financing platforms, and blockchain gaming studios followed closely as popular investment categories.
01 NGC Ventures
NGC Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Singapore focused on investing in the blockchain industry.
Solana: A distributed encrypted protocol designed to create a trustless distributed encryption protocol through verifiable delay functions.
Vid: A blockchain-based video social media platform.
Nash: A decentralized exchange that does not custody user assets.
CoinFLEX: A digital asset exchange offering futures trading.
Dapix: A protocol supporting wallet interoperability.
Vega Protocol: A protocol for creating and trading derivatives on a distributed network.
Cere Network: A CRM ecosystem based on blockchain technology.
Elrond: A high-throughput blockchain network using a POS model.
TEEX: A second-layer solution utilizing Trusted Execution Environments (TEE).
Marlin Protocol: An interoperability solution for increasing throughput across chains.
Helis Network: An enterprise DeFi aggregation protocol.
POA Network: A protocol compatible with Ethereum using Proof-of-Authority consensus, an Ethereum ecosystem expansion project.
02 Coinbase Ventures
Coinbase Ventures is a subsidiary investment institution of Coinbase, primarily investing in early-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups, with a focus on open financial solutions, headquartered in San Francisco.
Pinata: An IPFS SDK/API toolkit.
InstaDApp: A decentralized financial "smart wallet."
Linen App: Provides cryptocurrency lending services and plans to launch other fintech products.
Securitize: An STO project platform.
NEAR Protocol: A POS-based sharded blockchain network.
Textile: Provides extended application tools for developers on IPFS.
BlockFi: Provides cryptocurrency lending and financial solutions.
BLADE: A cryptocurrency exchange.
Alchemy: A blockchain developer and infrastructure toolkit.
Torus: Provides secure gateways and "seamless" logins for DApps.
Horizon: A gaming platform based on Ethereum.
Cadence: A platform providing high-yield investment opportunities.
o(1) Labs: A developer studio building computational systems using encryption technology and cryptocurrencies.
Commonwealth: A multi-chain governance portal.
Bitski: A digital wallet software solution that can be embedded in other applications.
03 Digital Currency Group
DCG is an investment company focused on the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry, the most active investment institution in the field, having invested in over 100 companies to date.
Bitso: An exchange based in Mexico.
Flipside Crypto: Provides cryptocurrency data and analytics tools.
Bitmark: Facilitates digital property transactions using a proprietary system.
Livepeer: Provides Ethereum-based open-source video infrastructure services.
Horizon: An Ethereum-based gaming platform.
Digital Assets Data: Provides a platform and data source supporting enterprise-level crypto analytics.
Qohash: Provides enterprise-level data security solutions.
Merkle Science: Offers risk monitoring solutions to help blockchain companies and law enforcement agencies detect and prevent illicit use of cryptocurrencies.
Jackpot: A mobile app allowing users to buy lottery tickets using cryptocurrencies.
Curv: An enterprise-grade digital asset wallet service supported by MCC.
Tagomi: A cryptocurrency electronic brokerage service provider.
Figure: Provides loans secured by assets like homes on its proprietary blockchain.
Horizen Labs: A blockchain technology company enabling enterprises to build distributed ledger solutions.
Nivaura: A blockchain automated financial tools provider.
Coinhouse: A cryptocurrency exchange based in France.
Lucid Sight: A blockchain game developer that created MLB Crypto Baseball.
Staked: A digital asset management platform.
04 Distributed Capital
Fenbushi Capital is the first and most active blockchain-focused venture capital firm in Asia. Established in Shanghai in 2015, the fund has made over 60 investments to date.
Amberdata: A cryptocurrency and blockchain data company.
SIBEX: A cryptocurrency exchange based in Switzerland.
Verady: Provides accounting, tax, and audit services for cryptocurrencies.
Cere Network: A CRM ecosystem based on blockchain technology.
Securitize: An STO project platform.
InfoCorp: An agricultural fintech company aiming to provide inclusive financial services for the livestock industry in emerging markets through its FarmTrek blockchain platform.
BlockApps: A BaaS service provider.
AlphaWallet: A mobile wallet based on Ethereum.
Mythical Games: A blockchain game development studio.
Edge: A digital wallet and custody solution.
Finector: A research and consulting firm dedicated to blockchain and crypto technology.
Chronicled: An enterprise blockchain supply chain solution.
OceanEX: A digital asset exchange.
05 Galaxy Digital
Galaxy Digital manages a diversified early-stage investment portfolio focusing on blockchain infrastructure, custody, exchanges, ecosystem layout, and B2B software solutions. In addition to its primary investment team's own funds, Galaxy Digital also manages a $325 million risk fund seeking direct investments in emerging projects and opportunities based on the EOS blockchain.
BlockApps: A BaaS service provider.
BlockFi: Provides cryptocurrency lending and financial solutions.
Spring Labs: Developing risk solutions using accredited methods to reduce data breaches for financial institutions and consumers.
CasperLabs: Developing the Casper PoS blockchain system.
Immutable: A blockchain game development studio, known for Gods Unchained.
Digital Assets Data: Provides a platform and data source supporting enterprise-level crypto analytics.
Bitski: A digital wallet software solution that can be embedded in other applications.
Flipside Crypto: Provides cryptocurrency data and analytics tools.
Bison Trails: A blockchain infrastructure service provider.
CipherTrace: A blockchain analysis company.
Mythical Games: A blockchain game development studio.
Ripple: The digital currency XRP.
Symbiont: An enterprise blockchain service provider.
06 Polychain Capital
Polychain Capital is a San Francisco-based hedge fund specializing in blockchain assets.
Coinlist: A compliant digital asset issuance platform.
Juno: A high-yield investment platform/NEO bank.
Linen App: Provides cryptocurrency lending services and plans to launch other fintech products.
CoinFLEX: A cryptocurrency exchange offering futures services.
Agoric: Provides secure smart contract solutions.
Horizon: An electronic gaming platform based on Ethereum.
Altonomy: A cryptocurrency market maker providing OTC trading services.
Fold: A Bitcoin cashback e-commerce application.
o(1) Labs: A developer studio building computational systems using encryption technology and cryptocurrencies.
Dharma Labs: An open financial lending aggregation interface.
Celo: Provides a payment network for stablecoin lending.
Ava: A platform for emerging assets, markets, and decentralized applications.
Anchorage: Provides cryptocurrency custody solutions.
07 CMT Digital
CMT Digital is a branch of CMT Group focusing on cryptocurrency trading, blockchain technology investments, and legal/policy aspects of the cryptocurrency/blockchain industry. To date, CMT Digital's investments have mainly focused on infrastructure.
Seed CX: An institutional digital currency trading platform.
Flipside Crypto: Provides cryptocurrency data and analytics tools.
BlockFi: Provides cryptocurrency lending and financial solutions.
Digital Assets Data: Provides a platform and data source supporting enterprise-level crypto analytics.
ErisX: A platform providing digital currency clearing, custody, and trading services.
trueDIGITAL: A startup aiming to provide institutional-grade digital asset products and futures settled with actual Bitcoin.
PDAX: A digital currency exchange based in the Philippines.
Abra: A one-stop shop allowing users to buy, sell, store, and invest in digital currencies.
08 Robot Ventures
Robot Ventures is a seed investor in fintech and crypto companies led by Robert Leshner of the Compound Finance project.
Coinmine: Provides Bitcoin mining devices for retail consumers.
Po1nt: Offers debit card-related products.
Centrifuge: An open, decentralized platform connecting the global financial supply chain allowing any business to trade while retaining ownership of verified company details, reputation, business relationships, and subsequent transactions.
Elementus: A blockchain query system for data analysis.
Bitski: A digital wallet software solution that can be embedded in other applications.
Ampleforth: A synthetic commodity currency.
Compound: An open-source protocol for developers. Building a financial ecosystem through lending without passwords is a secure authentication service.
Multis: An open financial crypto wallet providing lending and asset gains.
InstaDApp: A decentralized financial "smart wallet."
09 Dragonfly Capital Partners
Dragonfly Capital Partners is a cryptocurrency risk fund established in Beijing and San Francisco.
Compound: An open protocol for developers.
CoinFLEX: A cryptocurrency exchange offering futures trading.
Anchorage: Provides cryptocurrency custody solutions.
Sia: A distributed cloud storage platform.
ErisX: A platform providing digital currency clearing, custody, and trading services.
Tendermint: Provides development tools for the Cosmos network.
Tagomi: A cryptocurrency electronic brokerage service provider.
Coin Metrics: Provides cryptocurrency and on-chain data.
Nuo: An open financial lending platform based in India.
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10 Pantera Capital
Pantera Capital, established in 2013, is a leading U.S. digital currency and blockchain investment institution. The team has rich experience in emerging technologies and traditional finance.
Staked: A digital asset management platform.
The Block: Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology analysis institution.
ErisX: A platform providing digital currency clearing, custody, and trading services.
Flexa: Enterprise digital currency payment solutions.
Bloxroute Labs: Enterprise blockchain network scalability solutions.
Sparkswap: A cryptocurrency trading platform built on the Lightning Network.
Tagomi: A cryptocurrency electronic brokerage service provider.
Offchain Labs: Focuses on enterprise-level applications as a blockchain startup.
PEGA: Digital process automation platform.

NEAR Protocol: A POS-based sharded blockchain network.

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