Centrifuge

Decentralized asset finance

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21-100 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2B
  • Lending
  • Blockchain
Financial District, San Francisco, CA

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Company mission

To unlock economic opportunity for all by connecting people to borrow and lend money transparently and cost-effectively.

Led by a woman

55% employee growth in 12 months

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Our take

Cash flow gaps represent a real threat to many large-scale businesses and manufacturers. Centrifuge minimizes that threat by leveraging blockchain to ensure businesses always get paid on time.

The company was founded by leading supply-chain financing provider Taulia, which moves billions of dollars every day - and its expertise and track record has lent the company considerable credibility. The option to finance real-world assets without the involvement of a bank, and with the openness of blockchain, has also had broad appeal.

Centrifuge won a spot on Polkadot's parachain in 2022. These sorts of partnerships and developments have allowed the company to successfully compete with other decentralized financing solutions. Investment recieved has also supported continued development towards the more widespread adoption of DeFi solutions.

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Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Flexible work hours

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Apr 2024

$15m

SERIES A

Nov 2022

$4m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $30.8m

Leadership

Lucas Vogelsang

(Co-founder & Board Member)

Venture Partner with Blockchain Capital. Previously worked as an Engineering Manager at Taulia, and as a Freelance Software Developer at Close.io.

Martin Quensel

(Co-founder)

Founder at Anemoy. Previously served as CTO of ReadSoft, and also co-founded BayBrain and Taulia.

Markus Ament

(Co-founder & Board Member)

Founder at Anti Ordinary Ventures and Earth, and an Advisor at Finoa. Was ReadSoft project supervisor at Apple, CTO of ReadSoft, and co-founded Taulia.

Bhaji Illuminati

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Joined the company as CMO in 2023. Prior to this, was CMO and Head of Strategy and Operations at Dragonboat as well as VP of Marketing at Amazing Brands (Surkus) and Social Native.