# Pods Finance

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

- Industry: Financial Services
- Headquarters: Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Website: www.pods.finance/
- Total disclosed funding: $5.6M
- Latest round: Seed (Jun 1, 2022)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Founded in 2020 by Guilherme Guimaraes, Rafaella Baraldo, and Robson Silva, and based in Brazil, Pods Finance operates as a financial platform that provides novel trading strategies for users to earn from options trading during high volatility of the market. In 2022, Pods Finance raised USD 5.6 million in seed funding from investors IOSG Ventures, Tomahawk.vc, Republic Capital, Fourth Revolution Capital, and Alexia Ventures. 

Pods is a decentralized non-custodial options protocol providing ETH principal-protected vaults with minimal risk and high upside potential. The platform introduces strategies such as stETHvv (Ethereum Volatility Vault), focused on ETH accumulation by combining Lido's yield with weekly strangles. The stETHvv strategy offers increased returns during intense market volatility, with the vault offering a 3.9% fixed yield. Pods ensures returns with no liquidation risk and offers a user-friendly DeFi option for hedging crypto.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Jun 1, 2022, $5.6M — Tomahawk.vc, Alexia Ventures, Republic Capital, Framework Ventures, Fourth Revolution Capital, IOSG Ventures

## Investors

- Tomahawk.vc (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/tomahawk-vc) — Seed
- Alexia Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/alexia-ventures) — Seed
- Republic Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/republic-capital) — Seed
- Framework Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/framework-ventures) — Seed
- Fourth Revolution Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/fourth-revolution-capital) — Seed
- IOSG Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/iosg-ventures) — Seed