Anchorage Digital Ventures: The First Institutional Edge for Protocols
Anchorage Digital is excited to announce an inaugural program for early-stage protocol teams: Anchorage Digital Ventures. We believe the financial infrastructure of the future is being built onchain, and as a foundational partner to the ecosystem, we want to support the best builders from day one.
Anchorage Digital Ventures is our commitment to empowering promising protocols with early and strategic support, technology, and expertise needed to launch confidently and successfully. We are more than a venture fund; we are your first partner, going beyond an investor, to help you build a secure and trusted protocol from day one.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking to partner with ambitious, dedicated founding teams with a clear vision for building novel onchain solutions that solve existing challenges for builders and institutions looking to participate in the space. We’re open to all primitives and ecosystems.
We’re particularly interested in teams that are:
- Developing technology with the potential to become foundational infrastructure for a growing ecosystem
- Unlocking novel primitives or use cases (e.g., innovations in BTCFi, RWAs, or decentralized identity)
- Addressing a key pain point or friction for institutional participation in crypto
- Solving core technological challenges that create significant efficiency for the entire ecosystem
What You’re Getting
Our goal is to equip protocol teams with the toolkit and collaborative mentorship they need to launch with confidence. Teams accepted into Anchorage Digital Ventures will receive:
- Capital investment: Modest funding alongside early institutional backing
- Expert GTM and technical support: 1:1 session with our product, engineering, and go-to-market teams on technical architecture, institutional best practices, and launch readiness.
- Market maker RFP process: We’ll run a full market maker RFP process on your behalf to help you evaluate and select a market maker, and launch with the right liquidity strategy.
- Path to institutional adoption: If you integrate and launch with Anchorage Digital as your project grows, the world’s leading institutions will have access to your token from day one.
Apply Now to Build With Us
Applications are now open for Anchorage Digital Ventures. If you’d like to build with us, apply here.
To celebrate our launch, we’re hosting an exclusive, invite-only Demo Day during TOKEN2049 in Singapore. A select group of founders will be invited to present to Anchorage Digital's leadership and a curated audience of partners.
If you’re attending TOKEN2049 and are interested in pitching to our team in-person, let us know in your application. If you’re selected, a member of our team will reach out to you directly.
Timeline:
- August 25: Applications open
- September: Anchorage Digital team reviews applicants, and reaches out to eligible teams interested in participating in the Demo Day
- TOKEN2049 Singapore: Demo Day for select teams to pitch live to our team
- October 2025 onwards: We’ll continue to announce Ventures grant recipients on a rolling basis
We can’t wait to meet you. Apply now.
About Anchorage Digital
Anchorage Digital is a global crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through trading, staking, custody, governance, settlement, stablecoin issuance, and the industry’s leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, which is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore; Anchorage Digital NY, which holds a BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial Services; and self-custody wallet Porto by Anchorage Digital. Anchorage Digital principal trading services offered through A1 Ltd. Anchorage Digital agency trading services offered to N.Y. clients exclusively through Anchorage Digital New York. Recently, through the enactment of GENIUS, Anchorage Digital Bank became the only U.S., federally regulated and GENIUS-compliant stablecoin issuer bank. The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.
This post is intended for informational purposes only. It is not to be construed as and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities in Anchor Labs, Inc., or any of its subsidiaries, and should not be relied upon to make any investment decisions. Furthermore, nothing within this announcement is intended to provide tax, legal, or investment advice and its contents should not be construed as a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security or digital asset or to engage in any transaction therein.
Anchorage Digital Bank National Association offers fiat custody services through the use of an FDIC-insured, licensed sub-custodian.
