Kraken company
Common information
- Company name
- Kraken
- Legal name
- Payward, Inc.
- Address
- 548 Market St
- Country
- USA
- Description
- Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange that provides spot and futures trading between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 40+ other digital assets.
- Total funding
- $2,166,650,000
- Employee count
- n/a
- External links
- Homepage LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Crunchbase
Team
Jesse Powell
Founder & CEO
Company funding rounds
| Round | Announced on | Number of investors | Raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | March 25, 2014 | 3 | $5,000,000 |
| Series A | March 15, 2015 | 1 | $250,000 |
| Series B | April 16, 2016 | 3 | |
| Series B | May 1, 2018 | 1 | |
| Series A | Feb. 1, 2019 | 1 | |
| Series C | Feb. 4, 2019 | 1 | $100,000,000 |
| Equity Crowdfunding | May 6, 2019 | ||
| Undisclosed | May 16, 2019 | ||
| Equity Crowdfunding | May 21, 2019 (read announcement) | 3 | $13,500,000 |
| Unknown | June 25, 2019 (read announcement) | $13,500,000 | |
| Equity Crowdfunding | Nov. 21, 2019 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | March 1, 2020 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | March 30, 2020 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | Oct. 31, 2020 | 9 | $3,800,000 |
| Secondary Market | Dec. 28, 2020 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | Dec. 29, 2020 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | Jan. 22, 2021 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | Feb. 1, 2021 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| Secondary Market | Feb. 4, 2021 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | March 1, 2021 | 1 | |
| Series Unknown | March 19, 2021 | 5 | $300,000 |
| Secondary Market | April 1, 2021 | 8 | |
| Secondary Market | April 3, 2021 | 1 | |
| Private Equity | April 12, 2021 | 1 | |
| Series D | May 20, 2021 | 2 | |
| Series E | May 20, 2021 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | May 25, 2021 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | June 1, 2021 | 3 | |
| Secondary Market | June 20, 2021 | 1 | |
| Series Unknown | Aug. 1, 2021 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | Aug. 11, 2021 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| Private Equity | Sept. 5, 2021 | 1 | |
| Series C | Sept. 9, 2021 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | Sept. 25, 2021 | 1 | |
| Series Unknown | Oct. 1, 2021 | 1 | $1,500,000 |
| Secondary Market | Nov. 3, 2021 | 3 | $10,000,000 |
| Secondary Market | Dec. 1, 2021 | 1 | |
| Equity Crowdfunding | Jan. 1, 2022 | $5,000,000 | |
| Series Unknown | Feb. 1, 2022 | 4 | |
| Secondary Market | March 15, 2022 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | Nov. 1, 2022 | 1 | |
| Private Equity | Jan. 1, 2023 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | Jan. 1, 2024 | 1 | |
| Secondary Market | June 17, 2025 | 1 | |
| Undisclosed | Sept. 25, 2025 (read announcement) | $500,000,000 | |
| Series Unknown | Sept. 26, 2025 | 2 | $500,000,000 |
| Series Unknown | Oct. 27, 2025 | 1 | |
| Series Unknown | Nov. 18, 2025 | 7 | $800,000,000 |
| Strategic | Nov. 18, 2025 (read announcement) | $200,000,000 |
Investors
Total of 64 investors
