# BlockFi funding: rounds and investors

> BlockFi has raised $476M across 5 rounds since 2018. Investors include PJC, CMT Digital and Galaxy Digital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/blockfi (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *BlockFi*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 25 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Fintech Web3 & Crypto

Valuation: $3.0B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$476M** raised across 5 rounds since 2018, from 5 sources

**$1.6M** Seed **$53M** Round **$4.0M** Debt **$18M** Series A **$400M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $400M Jun 2022
- **Step-up i:** 21.9×
- **Investors:** 25 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

**$1.6M** Seed

**$53M** Round

**$4.0M** Debt

**$18M** Series A

**$400M** Debt

- **First round:** Seed, $1.6M
- **Biggest round:** $400M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 8 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2022** Debt **$400M** *5 new* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) [Coinbase Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase) [Paradigm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paradigm) Source recorded
- **Aug 2019** Series A **$18M** *7 new* *3 returning* [Valar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valar-ventures-llc) Lead [CMT Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cmt-digital) [Galaxy Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/galaxy-digital) [Winklevoss Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/winklevoss-capital) [Morgan Creek Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-creek-capital-management) [PJC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pjc) [Avon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avon-ventures) [ConsenSys Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/consensys-ventures) [Susquehanna](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susquehanna) [Akuna Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/akuna-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Jul 2019
- **Dec 2018** Debt **$4.0M** *6 new* [CMT Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cmt-digital) [Galaxy Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/galaxy-digital) [Recruit Strategic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-strategic-partners) [Devonshire Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/devonshire-investors) [Morgan Creek Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-creek-digital) Akuna Capital/ Susquehanna Government Products Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $1.8M sold, first sale Nov 2018
- **Jul 2018** Round **$53M** *1 new* *1 returning* [PJC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pjc) Galaxy Digital Ventures/ ConsenSys Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $2.3M sold, first sale Jun 2018
- **Feb 2018** Seed **$1.6M** *6 new* [ConsenSys](https://millionrounds.com/fund/consensys) [Kenetic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kenetic) [PJC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pjc) [Purple Arch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/purple-arch) [SoFi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofi) Lumenary Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $650K sold, first sale Dec 2017

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 6 on the team.

- **Amit Lee Cheela** Executive Officer i
- **David Lee Spack** Executive Officer i
- **Flori Lee Marquez** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Mahesh Lee Paolini-Subramanya** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Rene Lee Van Kesteren** Executive Officer i
- **Zachary Lee Prince** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Christopher Lee Ferraro* *Corva Lee Matt* *James Lee Fitzgerald*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2018 **Round** 2018 **Debt** 2018 **Series A** 2019 **Debt** 2022 [PJC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pjc) [CMT Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cmt-digital) [Galaxy Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/galaxy-digital) [Valar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valar-ventures-llc) L [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) [Coinbase Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase) [Paradigm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paradigm) [ConsenSys](https://millionrounds.com/fund/consensys)

## Everyone who backed them

[PJC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pjc) VC firm **3** rounds

[CMT Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cmt-digital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Galaxy Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/galaxy-digital) Private equity **2** rounds

[Valar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valar-ventures-llc) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round

[Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Coinbase Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase) Corporate VC **1** round

[Paradigm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paradigm) VC firm **1** round

[ConsenSys](https://millionrounds.com/fund/consensys) VC firm **1** round

[Winklevoss Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/winklevoss-capital) Family office **1** round

[Kenetic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kenetic) VC firm **1** round

[Recruit Strategic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-strategic-partners) Investment firm **1** round

[Morgan Creek Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-creek-capital-management) VC firm **1** round

[Devonshire Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/devonshire-investors) Corporate VC **1** round

[Morgan Creek Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-creek-digital) VC firm **1** round

[Purple Arch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/purple-arch) VC firm **1** round

[Avon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avon-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[SoFi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofi) Corporate VC **1** round

[ConsenSys Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/consensys-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Susquehanna](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susquehanna) Investment firm **1** round

[Akuna Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/akuna-capital) VC firm **1** round

Akuna Capital/ Susquehanna Government Products no record of our own yet **1** round

Galaxy Digital Ventures/ ConsenSys no record of our own yet **1** round

Lumenary no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list BlockFi as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Formic Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formic-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Locus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/locus-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site

[Global Alternative Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-alternative-investment-management) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about BlockFi

### Who invested in BlockFi?

BlockFi's investors include PJC, CMT Digital, Galaxy Digital, Valar Ventures and Alumni Ventures, and 20 more on record.

### How much has BlockFi raised?

BlockFi has raised $476M across 5 rounds since 2018.

### When did BlockFi last raise?

BlockFi's most recent round was a Debt of $400M in Jun 2022.

### What was BlockFi's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $400M in Jun 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed BlockFi first?

BlockFi's first round on record, in Feb 2018, was backed by ConsenSys, Kenetic and PJC and 3 others.

### What stage is BlockFi at?

BlockFi's latest named round is a Debt, in Jun 2022.

### Where is BlockFi based?

BlockFi is based in the United States.

### Who led BlockFi's rounds?

Valar Ventures led the Series A in 2019.

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