Uphold

Uphold

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Overview

Uphold’s technology enables individuals and businesses to invest, exchange, spend and transfer 84 currencies (national & digital), commodities, equities, and more globally. The eWallet, reserve, payment and open API platform allows businesses and our 6+ million users a secure way to transact between supported assets instantly, almost anywhere in the world. We offer a unique trading experience - ‘Anything-to-Anything’ - allowing customers to trade directly between asset classes, saving time and money. Uphold connects new and old money systems through the integration of blockchain networks, Interledger, banking rails in over 35 countries, and credit & debit cards. The platform enables instant peer-to-peer and spending via the Uphold debit MasterCard - send or spend currencies, commodities, equities or any other asset we support in over 150 countries.

Highlights

Founded

2013

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

101-250

Investment

2

Lead Investment

0

Exits

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Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

New York, New York, United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Uphold, established in 2013 and headquartered in New York, New York, United States, North America., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture investments across Cyber Security, Infrastructure, SaaS, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Metaverse, Apps, Video Games. Their recent investments include Ledger, CITA Investissement, Molten Ventures, Animoca Brands, Draper Associates. The highest investment round they participated in was $142.2B. Among their most notable exits are Ledger and CITA Investissement. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Robin O'Connell

CEO, Enterprise

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Drew Curby

Director - Gaming

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Rui Marinho

CTO

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Anthony Johnson

Chief Of Staff

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Stephen McNamara

CEO Uphold Labs

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Marco Oliveira

Chief Innovation Officer

Investment portfolio

Uphold has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 10, 2021, when Ledger raised $380.0M.

investments

2

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

0

Number of exits

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Investments

2

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jun 08, 2021--28.0M
Jun 10, 2021
Ledger Ledger
Cyber Security380.0M

Exits

0

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

2

Investors

5

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

2

Uphold has raised 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 10, 2021 from a Series C - Ledger round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jun 08, 2021
Series A - Blockdaemon Series A - Blockdaemon
-28.0M-
Jun 10, 2021
Series C - Ledger Series C - Ledger
-380.0M-

Investors

7

Uphold is funded by 7 investor(s). Hard Yaka and Coil Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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