GK8 by Galaxy (Nasdaq: GLXY)
Providing financial institutions with reliable self-custody technology for digital assets
- 21-100 employees
- Fintech
- B2B
- Cryptocurrency
- Cyber Security
- Blockchain
- Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District
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Company mission
To protect the most valuable asset any financial institution holds - trust.
Our take
GK8 by Galaxy is a digital asset custody platform helping institutions keep their crypto safe and under full control. And it stands out with its self-custody tech, including the "Impenetrable Vault" and advanced multi-party computation (uMPC), which protects digital assets without ever connecting to the internet. In a world where security breaches are making headlines, GK8 is a critical piece of infrastructure.
The company works with a wide range of clients, from traditional banks and asset managers to crypto-native funds, all of which need secure tools to manage their digital assets. And because it's part of Galaxy, clients also get access to a wider range of services like lending and liquidity support.
GK8 has seen some serious momentum lately too, expanding into South Korea with BDACS, adding secure DeFi access to Solana, and teaming up with Polymesh to support regulated staking. These milestones highlight GK8's growing global footprint and with ironclad security, along with trusted partnerships, GK8 is setting the stage for the next wave of institutional adoption in digital finance.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2020
$6m
SERIES A
Sep 2019
$4m
SEED
Total funding: $10m
Leadership
Lior Lamesh
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Cyber Security Architect for the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel. Prior to that, they were a Cyber Security Embedded Software Engineer at Cigol Digital Systems.
Shahar Shamai
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously a Cyber Security Expert at the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel and a Teaching Assistant at Tel Aviv University.
Mark Mayerfeld
(CRO)Previously spent almost 23 years at TraderTools as CRO/Global Head of Sales. Prior to that, they spent 3 years at Track Data as a VP of Sales.