About Stratos
Stratos is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Dallas, United States. As of Apr 2024, Stratos has invested in 14 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States 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 Uplink Overall, Stratos portfolio has seen 2 acquisitions, namely Backed and AlloyX. A lot of funds co-invest with Stratos, with names like NxGen sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Stratos has team of 8 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 1 more
Portfolio Soonicorns
Stratos' List of Top Investments
Stratos has a portfolio of 14 companies. Their most notable investments are in Primex Finance and Stacked Farm.Their portfolio spans across United States, Switzerland, Australia and 5 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 Stratos:
1. Goldfinch
Decentralized crypto lending protocol for businesses. The company allows businesses in emerging markets to borrow uncollateralized loans which create a way for borrowers to show creditworthiness based on the collective assessment of other participants rather than based on their crypto assets and this collective assessment is used as a signal for automatically allocating capital.
Key facts about Goldfinch
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Delaware (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $37.7M
- Employee Count: 38 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: SV Angel, Hack VC and 32 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 14, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Backed
Online platform offering tokenized stocks on Ethereum. The platform acts as a bridge between stocks, ETFs and the emerging DeFi ecosystem. It offers ERC20 tokens that track the value of shares like TSLA, AAPL or SPY, and are fully backed by the underlying asset.
Key facts about Backed
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Baar (Switzerland)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $12.7M
- Employee Count: 9 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Mindset Ventures, Exor and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 30, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. THREECOLTS
Provider of operation management software solutions for e-commerce businesses. The solutions include real-time alerts, inventory management, stock updates & management, customer management & support, ratings & feedback management for more conversion, Amazon listing, recovery management for misplaced inventory & return fees, and algorithmic tools for financial operations.
Key facts about THREECOLTS
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $90M
- Employee Count: 18 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Coventure, Crossbeam and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 07, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
AI powered decentralised data warehouse platform. It delivers decentralized SQL and APIs to join on-chain and off-chain data in a query. The platform allows users to generate queries, pipelines, and dashboards using natural language prompts. Features include data visualization, data automation, contract creation, and more.
Key facts about Space and Time
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $50M
- Employee Count: 1 - 10 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: F-Prime Capital, M12 and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 27, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Immunefi
Online freelancer marketplace for blockchain experts. The platform has a network of hackers who explore bugs on Defi platforms and earn bounties. Provides bug bounty hosting, consultation, bug triaging, and program management services to blockchain and smart contract projects.
Key facts about Immunefi
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Switzerland
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $29.5M
- Employee Count: 23 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Electric Capital, Third Prime and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 22, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Stratos' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Stratos has invested in 15 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Uplink.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2022 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Stratos' Investments by Stage
Stratos has made 8 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $27.3M, 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.74M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $56M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 8 |
Seed | 4 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stratos' Investments by Sector
Stratos has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain Technology, Enterprise Applications, Blockchain - Industry Applications, FinTech and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 14 Tech companies, 12 Blockchain companies, 10 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Blockchain Technology | 8 |
Enterprise Applications | 8 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 7 |
FinTech | 7 |
High Tech | 7 |
Others | 11 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stratos' Investments by Geography
Stratos has made most investments in United States (6), followed by Australia where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 6 |
Australia | 1 |
China | 1 |
France | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stratos' recent investments
Stratos has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Stratos:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 11, 2024 | United States | Series A | 7055 | [+4] | |
Jun 29, 2023 | United States | Seed | 1711 | [+8] | |
Jun 29, 2023 | China | Seed | 1001 | [+8] | |
Mar 07, 2023 | United Kingdom | Series A | 5876 | [+2] | |
Feb 09, 2023 | Israel | Series A | 2971 | [+2] |
Acquired companies in Stratos' Portfolio
2 companies from Stratos' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Backed in Dec 2025 by Kraken.Here are Stratos' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 02, 2025 | - | - | 5596 | |
Sep 04, 2025 | Jun 29, 2023 | Seed | 4110 |
Team profile of Stratos
Stratos has a team of 8 members including 2 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. Stratos' team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of all team members in Stratos:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Los Angeles | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | - | ||
Principal | Tampa | - |
Co-investors of Stratos
Over the past 5 years, 161 investors have co-invested in Stratos's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Stratos: IDEO CoLab, Framework Ventures and 45 others have invested in rounds before Stratos. There are 2 companies where IDEO CoLab has invested before Stratos and 2 companies where Framework Ventures has invested before Stratos.
- Top Co-investors of Stratos: 91 investors entered a company along with Stratos. These include investors like NxGen (3 companies).
- Invested after Stratos: A total of 23 investors have invested in Stratos's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Huaying Securities (2 companies), The Arbitrum Foundation (2 companies) and Offchain Labs (2 companies).
Recent News related to Stratos
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Venture capital firm reports 109% net growth Q1 boosted by meme coinsCryptonews•Apr 24, 2024•Stratos
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DePIN Platform Uplink Raises $10M Led by Framework VenturesCryptonews•Apr 11, 2024•Uplink, Framework Ventures, World Economic Forum, UpLink and 6 others
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DeFi Protocol AlloyX Raises $2M Pre-Seed Round, Launches Aggregation Platform for $530M+ RWA Loans on Chaincrast.net•Jun 29, 2023•AlloyX, Credix, Circle Venture Capital, Digital Currency Group and 8 others
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Stratos’ Acquisition of Magi Aviation CapitalGlobal Legal Chronicle•May 11, 2023•K&L Gates, Stratos, Magi
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Threecolts: Ecommerce service launched by ex-Amazon exec raises £75mUKTN•Mar 07, 2023•THREECOLTS, Amazon, Crossbeam, General Global Capital and 2 others
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Threecolts raises $90M to build out its toolkit for third parties selling on marketplaces like AmazonTechCrunch+•Mar 07, 2023•THREECOLTS, Crossbeam, General Global Capital, Stratos and 4 others
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