FTX
About
FTX Exchange is a cryptocurrency exchange company that develops a mobile trading platform.
- Nassau,New Providence,Bahamas
- https://ftx.com
Details
- Last Funding Type
- Series B
- Last Funding Money Raised
- $1B
- Industries
- Cryptocurrency,Financial Exchanges,Financial Services,FinTech,Trading Platform
- Founded date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Operating Status
- Active
- Also Known As
- West Realm Shire Services Inc.
- Sub-Organizations
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FTX Ventures
FTX US
FTX Exchange is a cryptocurrency exchange company that develops a platform for professional trading firms. They strive to build a platform powerful enough for professional trading firms and intuitive enough for first-time users. FTX supports quarterly and perpetual futures for all major cryptocurrencies, leveraged tokens, and OTC. FTX was incubated by Alameda Research, a top cryptocurrency liquidity provider. Because of this FTX has had industry-leading order books from day one.It was co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang, in 2018 with a mission to build the best derivatives exchange and to help move this space toward becoming institutional.
Funding Rounds
| Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2022 | Series Unknown | — | 1 |
Naomi Osaka
|
— | Detail |
| Jan 31, 2022 | Series C | $400M | 11 |
SoftBank Vision Fund
Temasek Holdings
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— | Detail |
| Oct 21, 2021 | Series B | $420.69M | 10 |
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Sequoia Capital
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— | Detail |
| Jul 20, 2021 | Series B | $1B | 24 |
Sequoia Capital
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— | Detail |
| Dec 20, 2019 | Corporate Round | — | 1 |
Binance
|
— | Detail |
Funds Raised
| Announced Date | Fund Name | Money Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2022 | Venture capital fund | $2B |
Investments
|
Date
Company Name
|
Round | Money Raised | Industry | Lead Investor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Aug 29, 2022
Limit Break
|
Series Unknown | $200M | Blockchain | — |
|
Jul 18, 2022
Meow
|
Series A | $22M | Blockchain | — |
|
Jul 17, 2022
Empiric Network
|
Seed | $7M | Blockchain | — |
|
Mar 9, 2022
Swim
|
Seed | $4M | Blockchain | — |
|
Jan 12, 2022
Web3Auth
|
Series A | $13M | Apps | — |
Investors
| Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
|---|---|---|
|
Naomi Osaka
|
Yes | Series Unknown |
|
SoftBank Vision Fund
|
Yes | Series C |
|
Temasek Holdings
|
Yes | Series C |
|
Sequoia Capital
|
Yes | Series B |
|
Binance
|
Yes | Corporate Round |
Bond
|
— | Series C |
Insight Partners
|
— | Series C |
IVP
|
— | Series C |
Lightspeed Venture Partners
|
— | Series C |
New Enterprise Associates
|
— | Series C |
Employee Profiles
Exits
FTX has had 1 exits. FTX most notable exits include Liquid Global
| Date | Company Name | Exit Type | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2022 | Liquid Global | M&A | Bitcoin | Detail |
Acquisition
FTX has acquired 7 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Blockfolio on Aug 25, 2020. They acquired Blockfolio for $150M.
|
Date
Company Name
|
Industry | Acquisition Type | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Aug 25, 2020
Blockfolio
|
Bitcoin | acquisition | $ 150M | Detail |
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Aug 31, 2021
LedgerX
|
Bitcoin | acquisition | — | Detail |
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Feb 2, 2022
Liquid Global
|
Bitcoin | acquisition | — | Detail |
|
Mar 22, 2022
Storybook Brawl
|
Gaming | acquisition | — | Detail |
|
Mar 23, 2022
Digital Assets
|
Cryptocurrency | acquisition | $ 320M | Detail |
