About Leadblockpartners
Leadblockpartners is a venture capital firm located in London, United Kingdom. As of Dec 2024, Leadblockpartners has invested in 22 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in France based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Blockchain Technology to High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Usual Overall, Leadblockpartners portfolio has seen 3 unicorns and 2 acquisitions including key companies like BlockFi, Bitpanda Custody and Talos. A lot of funds co-invest with Leadblockpartners, with names like Wintermute sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Leadblockpartners has team of 3 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
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Series A, Seed & 1 more
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Leadblockpartners' List of Top Investments
Leadblockpartners has a portfolio of 22 companies, including 3 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Gryfyn and Vibra.Their portfolio spans across United States, France, China and 7 more locations. They have invested in Blockchain Technology, High Tech, FinTech and 7 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Leadblockpartners:
1. BlockFi
Online platform for trading, crypto-backed loans, interest accounts, and wallets. The platform tracks all the historical transaction details and assists in tax reporting. It also offers solutions for miners, exchanges, and Crypto ATMs. Its app is available for Android and iOS users.
Key facts about BlockFi
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Jersey City (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $466M
- Employee Count: 179 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Fidelity Investments, DST Global and 64 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jun 22, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Fintech and crypto infrastructure provider. It provides backend technology that enables banks, fintechs, and financial institutions to integrate crypto and digital asset capabilities into their own platforms. Its core offerings include “Investment-as-a-Service” infrastructure, institutional custody solutions for secure digital asset storage, liquidity services for trading and market access, stablecoin issuance and management under regulatory frameworks such as MiCA, crypto payment processing with fiat settlement, and tokenization services for real-world assets.
Key facts about Bitpanda Custody
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Vienna (Austria)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $530M
- Employee Count: 959 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: DST Global, Valar Ventures and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jun 29, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Talos
Provider of an institutional digital assets platform for trading, managing, and accessing crypto markets. It says its platform unifies OMS/OEMS, portfolio management, and data across the full investment lifecycle, and connects institutions to venues like exchanges, OTC desks, prime brokers, and custodians.
Key facts about Talos
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $190M
- Employee Count: 208 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Fidelity Investments, Andreessen Horowitz and 34 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 29, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Hex Trust
Custodian service for digital assets. It offers an enterprise grade multi currency custody platform. It provides cold, frozen, and ZeroKey wallet services to secure cryptocurrency. It offers APIs, on-chain segregation for transactions, multiple-factor authentication, real-time monitoring, and KYC, AML validation service. It offers fully regulated institutional digital asset custody, staking and markets services to builders, investors and service providers.
Key facts about Hex Trust
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Hong Kong (China)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $104M
- Employee Count: 123 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Primavera, Tessera Venture Partners and 31 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 10, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Yuga Labs
Non-fungible token collection built on the Ethereum blockchain. The collection features profile pictures of cartoon apes that are procedurally generated by an algorithm. It also provides an community for NFT holders.
Key facts about Yuga Labs
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Coral Gables (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $450M
- Employee Count: 113 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Google Ventures, Tiger Global Management and 36 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 07, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Leadblockpartners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Leadblockpartners has invested in 22 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Usual and most recent follow-on round was in Bitpanda Custody.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2021 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Leadblockpartners' Investments by Stage
Leadblockpartners has made 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $20.8M, 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $7.09M and 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $68.3M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 7 |
Seed | 4 |
Series B | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Leadblockpartners' Investments by Sector
Leadblockpartners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain Technology, FinTech, Blockchain - Industry Applications, High Tech and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 20 Tech companies, 16 Blockchain companies, 14 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 12 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Blockchain Technology | 12 |
FinTech | 11 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 9 |
High Tech | 8 |
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
Others | 6 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Leadblockpartners' Investments by Geography
Leadblockpartners has made most investments in France (4), followed by United States where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
France | 4 |
United States | 3 |
China | 2 |
Austria | 1 |
Belgium | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Leadblockpartners' recent investments
Leadblockpartners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Leadblockpartners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 23, 2024 | France | Series A | 6071 | [+14] | |
May 21, 2024 | United States | Series A | 2154 | [+9] | |
Mar 23, 2023 | China | Series A | 8292 | [+4] | |
Nov 28, 2022 | France | Series A | 6807 | [+10] | |
Oct 12, 2022 | United States | Series A | 3260 | [+6] |
Unicorns in Leadblockpartners' Portfolio
Leadblockpartners has 3 unicorns in its portfolio - Talos, Yuga Labs and Bitpanda Custody. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Talos. It became a unicorn in 2022.Here is a list of unicorns in Leadblockpartners' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 | Provider of an institutional digital assets platform for trading, managing, and accessing crypto markets | 2018 | New York City | Series B | qxbhzcs | ||
66 | Non-fungible token collection built on the Ethereum blockchain | 2021 | Coral Gables | Seed | hgqnzcc | ||
72 | Fintech and crypto infrastructure provider | 2014 | Vienna | Series C | ktt{afq |
Acquired companies in Leadblockpartners' Portfolio
2 companies from Leadblockpartners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was BlockFi in Jun 2022 by FTX for $*****.Here are Leadblockpartners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 30, 2022 | - | - | 2870 | |
Mar 01, 2022 | - | - | 9163 |
Team profile of Leadblockpartners
Leadblockpartners has a team of 3 members including 3 Partners located in United Kingdom and United States. Leadblockpartners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Leadblockpartners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | London | - | - | |
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | - |
Co-investors of Leadblockpartners
Over the past 6 years, 185 investors have co-invested in Leadblockpartners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Leadblockpartners: Kima Ventures, Speedinvest and 64 others have invested in rounds before Leadblockpartners. There are 2 companies where Kima Ventures has invested before Leadblockpartners and 1 company where Speedinvest has invested before Leadblockpartners.
- Top Co-investors of Leadblockpartners: 101 investors entered a company along with Leadblockpartners. These include investors like Wintermute (4 companies).
- Invested after Leadblockpartners: A total of 18 investors have invested in Leadblockpartners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include REDO Ventures (1 company), Alan Howard (1 company) and MiddleGame Ventures (1 company).
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