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Raises
Bain Capital
Total Investments28
Infrastructure7
DeFi3
Zero Knowledge Industry2
Gaming2
Insurance1
Centralized Exchange1
Payments1
Social Platform1
Stablecoin1
RWA1
Mining1
DEX1
DAO infrastructure1
| Name | Round | Category | Description | Lead Investor | Chains | Other Investors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RQD* Clearing | Aug 27, 2026 | $74m | Growth Equity | Infrastructure | RQD* Clearing is a technology-driven clearing and custody firm providing broker-dealers, investment advisers and financial institutions with infrastructure for accessing U.S. markets, while expanding into digital-asset custody and tokenized securities | Bain Capital | Nyca Partners, ABN AMRO | ||
| Infinia | Jul 9, 2026 | Series A | Payments | Infinia provides financial infrastructure connecting local banking and payment networks with stablecoin rails for cross-border money movement | Bain Capital, Variant | Y Combinator, Lattice, Varrock, Reverie, Decacorn Capital, G2, Tekton Ventures | |||
| Ground | Jun 24, 2026 | $3.6m | Pre-Seed | Infrastructure | Ground provides API infrastructure that lets fintechs, neobanks, exchanges, and asset managers embed onchain yield products into their apps without building direct blockchain integrations | Bain Capital, ParaFi Capital | Nascent, Robot Ventures, Chapter One, Consonant Ventures | ||
| Bluesky | Mar 19, 2026 | $100m | Series B | Social Platform | Bluesky is a decentralized social media platform built on the AT Protocol, enabling a federated social network where users control their data, identity, and moderation experience. | Bain Capital | Alumni Ventures, True Ventures, Anthos Capital, Knight Foundation, Bloomberg Beta | ||
| Superstate | Jan 22, 2026 | $82.5m | Series B | RWA | Superstate is an asset management firm that uses blockchain technology to issue tokenized investment products. It focuses on improving efficiency and transparency in asset management and has filed an Ethereum-based open mutual fund tied to short-term U.S. government bonds with the SEC | Bain Capital, Distributed Global | Haun Ventures, Brevan Howard Digital, Galaxy Digital, Sentinel Global, Hypershere, Bullish, Flowdesk | ||
| Meanwhile | Oct 7, 2025 | $82m | Insurance | Meanwhile is a life insurance company offering policies in Bitcoin (BTC), letting holders grow and pass on their BTC tax-efficiently. It combines guaranteed growth, liquidity, and a focus on generational wealth using digital assets | Haun Ventures, Bain Capital | Pantera Capital, StillMark, Apollo Global Management, Framework Ventures, Fulgur Ventures | |||
| Turnkey | Jun 9, 2025 | $30m | Series B | Infrastructure | Turnkey is a crypto infrastructure startup focused on providing secure, flexible, and scalable wallet infrastructure for cryptocurrency applications | Bain Capital | Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Faction, Galaxy, Variant Fund, Wintermute Ventures | ||
| Irreducible | Jan 30, 2025 | $24m | Series A | Zero Knowledge Industry | Irreducible accelerates zero-knowledge proof generation by operating FPGA clusters tailored for cryptographic computations, supporting blockchain protocols | Paradigm, Bain Capital | Fenbushi Capital, L2 Iterative Ventures, Robot Ventures | ||
| Variational | Oct 23, 2024 | $10.3m | Seed | DeFi | Variational is a peer-to-peer trading protocol designed for perpetual and generalized derivatives | Bain Capital, Peak XV Partners | Coinbase Ventures, Hack VC, Dragonfly Capital, North Island Ventures | ||
| Celestia | Sep 23, 2024 | $100m | OTC | Infrastructure | A modular consensus and data network that powers unstoppable applications with full stack customizability | Bain Capital | 1kx, Robot Ventures, Syncracy Capital, Placeholder | ||
| Curio | Aug 6, 2024 | $5.7m | Seed | Gaming | web3 game studio | Bain Capital, SevenX Ventures | OKX Ventures | ||
| M^0 | Jun 5, 2024 | $35m | Series A | Stablecoin | Decentralized money middleware that allows institutions to issue cryptodollars | Bain Capital | Wintermute Ventures, Galaxy, GSR, Caladan, SCB 10X | ||
| Flood | Feb 8, 2024 | $5.2m | Seed | DEX | Dex aggregator | Bain Capital | Archetype, Robot Ventures | ||
| Aera | Oct 26, 2023 | $8m | Seed | DAO infrastructure | Autonomous onchain treasury management for DAOs | Bain Capital | Jump Trading | ||
| Nocturne | Oct 25, 2023 | $6m | Seed | Infrastructure | Usable on-chain privacy for Ethereum | Bain Capital, Polychain Capital | Vitalik Buterin, Bankless Ventures, Hack VC | ||
| Scroll | Mar 6, 2023 | $50m | Zero Knowledge Industry | zkEVM-based zkRollup on Ethereum that enables native compatibility for existing Ethereum applications and tools | Polychain Capital, Bain Capital | Robot Ventures, Santiago Roel Santos, Anthony Sassano, Ying Tong, Carlos Aria, Gate Ventures | |||
| Curio | Feb 21, 2023 | $2.9m | Seed | Gaming | Blockchain gaming platform | Bain Capital | TCG, Formless Capital, Smrti Labs, Robot Ventures | ||
| OrbLabs | Feb 14, 2023 | $4.5m | Seed | cross-chain messaging protocols and omnichain applications | Bain Capital | Shima Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Modular Capital, SevenX Ventures | |||
| Ulvetanna | Jan 19, 2023 | $15m | Seed | Hardware Acceleration Platform for Next-Gen Blockchain | Bain Capital, Paradigm | $55m | Jump Crypto | ||
| Nucleo | Nov 22, 2022 | $4m | Seed | Infrastructure | private, audit-friendly multisigs for on-chain orgs | Bain Capital, 6th Man Ventures | Aztec Network, Aleo, Espresso Systems | ||
| Notebook Labs | Oct 27, 2022 | $3.3m | Seed | Privacy focussed Identity Protocol | Bain Capital | Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Abstract Ventures, Pioneer Fund, NFX | |||
| Celestia | Oct 19, 2022 | $55m | Series A & B | The first modular blockchain network to power scalable, secure Web3 app | Bain Capital, Polychain Capital | Placeholder, Galaxy Digital, Delphi Digital, Blockchain Capital, NFX, Protocol Labs, Figment, Maven 11, The Spartan Group, FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto, Balaji Srinivasan, Eric Wall, Jutta Steiner, MH Ventures | |||
| Skip | Sep 22, 2022 | $6.5m | Seed | Infrastructure | MEV Infrastructure | Bain Capital | Galaxy Digital, Robot Ventures, Jump Crypto |