About Edessa
Edessa is a venture capital firm founded in 2022. It is primarily based out of Zug, Switzerland. As of Jun 2025, Edessa has invested in 21 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Blockchain Technology and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Inference Labs A lot of funds co-invest with Edessa, with names like Bitscale Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Edessa has team of 2 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Deals in last 12 months
Edessa's List of Top Investments
Edessa has a portfolio of 21 companies. Their most notable investments include exaBITS and Centrifuge.Their portfolio spans across United States, China, United Kingdom and 6 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Blockchain Technology, FinTech and 6 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Edessa:
1. exaBITS
Decentralized GPU computing infrastructure for AI workloads. It is a decentralized infrastructure for AI and computationally intensive applications. The platform manages processing speeds and data quantum in real time. It allows users to engage in the AI computing process to earn rewards and revenue.
Key facts about exaBITS
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: San Mateo (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $20M
- Employee Count: 12 as on Jan 31, 2026
- Investors: Hack VC, Big Brain Holdings and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 10, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Centrifuge
Provider of the decentralized platform to connect the financial supply chain. It allows businesses to transact on a network while maintaining ownership of their data, including validated company details, business relationships, and transactions. It also enables businesses to exchange financial documents such as invoices, purchase orders, and company data.
Key facts about Centrifuge
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $27.1M
- Employee Count: 46 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Mosaic Ventures, Isomer Capital and 43 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 17, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Monad
Key facts about Monad
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $19M
- Investors: Placeholder, Lemniscap and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 14, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Xverse
Platform offering a Bitcoin wallet for web3. It leverages the stack to unlock Bitcoin web3 and also the Lightning network to enable instant and low-cost BTC transactions. It is available for Android devices.
Key facts about Xverse
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Hong Kong (China)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $9M
- Investors: Jump Crypto, Tykhe Ventures and 20 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 10, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Tanssi
Infrastructure protocol for appchain deployment. It allows developers to manage various infrastructure components by offering a set of customizable tools and resources available.
Key facts about Tanssi
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Tortola (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $9M
- Investors: HashKey Capital, Arrington Capital and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 31, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Edessa's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Glacis Labs and most recent follow-on round was in Inference Labs.Edessa's Investments by Stage
Edessa has made 6 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.29M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $15M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 6 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Edessa's Investments by Sector
Edessa has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain Technology, High Tech, FinTech, Blockchain - Industry Applications and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 20 Tech companies, 17 Blockchain companies, 13 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 12 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Blockchain Technology | 6 |
High Tech | 6 |
FinTech | 5 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 3 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Edessa's Investments by Geography
Edessa has made most investments in United States (4), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 4 |
Canada | 1 |
China | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Edessa's recent investments
Edessa has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Edessa:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 26, 2025 | Canada | Seed | 7907 | ||
May 09, 2024 | United States | Seed | 2720 | [+3] | |
Apr 17, 2024 | United States | Series A | 8889 | [+18] | |
Apr 17, 2024 | United States | Seed | 9442 | [+12] | |
Apr 15, 2024 | Canada | Seed | 6508 |
Team profile of Edessa
Edessa has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in Australia. Edessa's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Edessa
Over the past 2 years, 114 investors have co-invested in Edessa's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Edessa: IOSG Ventures, FinTech Collective and 15 others have invested in rounds before Edessa. There is 1 company where IOSG Ventures has invested before Edessa and 1 company where FinTech Collective has invested before Edessa.
- Top Co-investors of Edessa: 67 investors entered a company along with Edessa. These include investors like Bitscale Capital (4 companies).
- Invested after Edessa: A total of 30 investors have invested in Edessa's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Lvna Capital (1 company), Arche Capital (1 company) and Echo (1 company).
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