Investor · 1 deal

Kraken

San Francisco, OS

Disclosed deals

Every published round Kraken took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
FrankieOne	Series A	28 Nov 2022	$23m	Participant	AirTree Ventures Greycroft Reinventure Group Tidal Ventures Apex Capital Partners Binance Labs	Techboard, SmartCompany (1 Dec 2022), SmartCompany (29 Nov 2022), Startup Daily, TechCrunch Venture

Portfolio

Companies Kraken has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
FrankieOne	Customer onboarding solutions via single API	28 Nov 2022, Series A	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Kraken, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Kraken yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Kraken has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Kraken did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Kraken is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming Kraken. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

11 deals

In The Space Of Months, AI Funding Boom Adds More Than $500B In Value To Unicorn Board And Reshuffles Top 20

Crunchbase's unicorn tracker analysis finds AI-driven valuations added over half a trillion dollars in months, reshuffling the top twenty and minting eleven new decacorns in H2 2025, including Figure, Kraken, Mistral and Sierra.

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Nine Aussie startups that raised more than $104 million this week

Weekly roundup reporting nine Australian startups that together secured roughly $104 million across sports tech, semiconductors, regtech, legal automation, SaaS, edtech, agtech and biotech, with Vald's $36 million the largest.

Also Techboard

3 deals

Crypto exchanges Binance and Kraken back anti-fraud regtech FrankieOne in $23 million Series A top up

Fraud and identity verification company FrankieOne has added $23 million to its Series A, led by AirTree and Greycroft, with crypto exchange venture arms Binance Labs and Kraken Ventures joining as new strategic backers.

Startup Daily 29 Nov 2022 FrankieOne Binance PointsBet Shopify Westpac AirTree Ventures Apex Capital Partners Binance Labs Greycroft Kraken Reinventure Group Tidal Ventures Aaron Chipper Simon Costello

Series A $23m

AirTree and Greycroft return to lead Australian regtech FrankieOne's Series A+

Melbourne identity verification startup FrankieOne raised a $23 million AUD Series A+ extension led by AirTree Ventures and Greycroft, with new strategic backing from Binance Labs and Kraken Ventures, to fund international expansion.

TechCrunch Australia 28 Nov 2022 FrankieOne Afterpay Binance Experian PointsBet Shopify Westpac AirTree Ventures Apex Capital Partners Binance Labs Greycroft Kraken Reinventure Group Tidal Ventures Aaron Chipper Simon Costello

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