# Aperture Finance

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/aperture-finance

- Industry: Financial Services
- Headquarters: Sunnyvale, US
- Website: www.aperture.finance
- Total disclosed funding: $12M
- Latest round: Series A (May 28, 2024)
- Investors on record: 20

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2021 by its CEO Lian Zhu and co-founders Peiqian Li and Gao Han, Aperture Finance operates as a cross-chain decentralized finance marketplace for strategies and integrated bridge solutions. In May 2024, Aperture Finance raised USD 6.7 million in series A funding co-led by new investors Skyland Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund and returning investor Krypital Group, with participation from other new investors Alchemy Partners, SNZ Capital, Stratified Capital, Tide, Cipholio Ventures, ViaBTC Capital, CatcherVC, and Double Peak Group. The round was part of a larger USD 12 million equity funding.

Aperture Finance's product offering includes Invest, which is an ecosystem that presents the investment opportunities aggregated cross-chain, paired with a frictionless cross-chain; Invest + is a marketplace for community-driven strategies to deliver returns featuring delta-neutral strategy on synthetic stock assets and auto yield optimizer; SDK that empowers community developers to collaborate and build on Aperture, code with Rust, Solidity or the C language.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, May 28, 2024, $6.7M — Alchemy Partners, Skyland Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund, SNZ Capital, Double Peak Group, Krypital Group, Cipholio Ventures, Stratified Capital, Catcher VC, ViaBTC Capital, Tide Co., Ltd.
- Seed, Feb 8, 2022, $5.4M — Costanoa Ventures, Arrington Capital, Divergence Ventures, Rarestone Capital, Double Peak Group, Krypital Group, Athena Ventures, Stakely Venture Capital, Ltd, Metaline Ventures, PrimeBlock Ventures, ParaFi Capital

## Investors

- Costanoa Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/costanoa-ventures) — Seed
- Arrington Capital — Seed
- Divergence Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/divergence-ventures) — Seed
- Rarestone Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/rarestone-capital) — Seed
- Double Peak Group — Seed, Series A
- Krypital Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/krypital-group) — Seed, Series A
- Athena Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/athena-ventures) — Seed
- Stakely Venture Capital, Ltd — Seed
- Metaline Ventures — Seed
- PrimeBlock Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/primeblock-ventures) — Seed
- ParaFi Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/parafi-capital) — Seed
- Alchemy Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/alchemy-partners) — Series A
- Skyland Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/skyland-ventures) — Series A
- Blockchain Founders Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/blockchain-founders-fund) — Series A
- SNZ Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/snz-capital) — Series A
- Cipholio Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cipholio-ventures) — Series A
- Stratified Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/stratified-capital) — Series A
- Catcher VC — Series A
- ViaBTC Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/viabtc-capital) — Series A
- Tide Co., Ltd. — Series A