Winklevoss Capital Management

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Winklevoss Capital
Company typePrivate
Industry Venture Capital
Founded2012
Founders Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss
Headquarters
Flatiron District, New York City
,
United States
Key people
Sterling Witzke, Partner
Website winklevosscapital.com

Winklevoss Capital is a family office founded in 2012 by Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss. [1] The firm invests across multiple asset classes including seed funding and infrastructure to early-stage startups. [2] The company is headquartered in New York's Flatiron District. [2]

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Cryptocurrencies

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The Winklevoss twins

On April 11, 2013, Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss revealed ownership of approximately 1% of bitcoins in circulation, worth about $11 million, [3] via Winklevoss Capital. [4] The brothers began buying bitcoin when the value of a single coin was in the single digits. [4]

On July 1, 2013, Digital Asset Services, LLC (wholly owned by Winklevoss Capital) filed a Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to create the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, an exchange-traded fund for bitcoin. [5] [6]

In 2013, Winklevoss also led a funding round for BitInstant, a Bitcoin exchange start-up based in New York City. Winklevoss Capital, along with other investors, raised $1.5 million in seed funding to help BitInstant increase its staff and scale up its product. [3] Since then, Winklevoss Capital has invested in a number of early-stage equity companies and token networks in the cryptocurrency space.

In 2014, Winklevoss Capital invested in Protocol Labs. [7] The firm also participated in the fundraising for Filecoin in 2017.

Venture capital activities

Winklevoss Capital actively invests in early-stage startups in fintech, direct-to-consumer brands, education, and gaming. The firm's investments include:

Medical cannabis

In 2017, Winklevoss was expected to buy up to $500,000 worth of shares in Eaze, a cannabis delivery startup. After the new Eaze CEO was named, the firm backed out of the deal and in May 2016 was sued in Delaware court for reneging on the deal. Winklevoss is also an investor in Eaze and participated in its Series B financing round in 2016. [22]

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  2. 1 2 McKinley, Jesse (March 23, 2013). "Finding Their Next Facebook". New York Times. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
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  8. ↑ "Animoca Brands raises US$358,888,888 at over US$5B valuation to grow the open metaverse".
  9. ↑ "August Raises $38 Million in Series B Funding". august.com.
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  11. ↑ "Cabify raises $120m at a $320m valuation led by Rakuten to take on Uber in Latin America". April 20, 2016.
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  13. ↑ Konrad, Alex. "Freight Startup Flexport Hits $3.2 Billion Valuation After $1 Billion Investment Led By SoftBank". Forbes.
  14. ↑ "Temasek, Winklevoss twins invest $7m in FiscalNote".
  15. ↑ "Kindbody raises $15M, will open a 'Fertility Bus' with mobile testing & assessments". April 16, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MakeSpace raises $30 million to pick up and stow your stuff". March 20, 2019.
  17. ↑ "With $29M In Funding, Memebox Brings Korean Beauty Products To The World". March 11, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Minibar Delivery alcohol marketplace picks up $5 million in funding". August 15, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Real Bedford secures $4.5m (about £3.6m) investment". April 16, 2024.
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  21. ↑ "Teachable books $4 million to turn everybody into educators online". January 26, 2017.
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