How the Sale Works

Lombard and Its Core Token LBTC

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Investor Backing and the Role of $BARD

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Why Buidlpad?

Positioning in the Bitcoin DeFi Landscape

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Takeaway

Lombard Staked BTC

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Bitcoin

Lombard

3D Lombard logo on a soft gradient background

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Lombard is launching its token sale on Buidlpad, raising $6.75M at a $450M FDV. With no vesting, a strong investor base, and integrations across DeFi, this sale could be one of the year’s most closely watched.

Polychain Capital

Franklin Templeton

Bybit

YZi Labs (prev Binance Labs)

Nomad Capital

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United States of America

Andreessen Horowitz, often referred to as "a16z," is a prominent venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, both of whom are well-known figures in the tech industry. Andreessen Horowitz is one of the leading venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and has gained a reputation for its investments in technology companies, particularly in the areas of software, internet, and more recently, blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Coatue is a privately-owned hedge fund sponsor. Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.

Coatue Management

Greenoaks Capital

Fidelity

NVIDIA

Dragoneer Investment Group

T. Rowe Price

Revolut

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm that deploys capital globally in both public and private markets.

Tiger Global Management

Socii Capital is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in companies building software-enabled digital infrastructure.

Socii Capital

Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.

Ribbit Capital

Switzerland

Lakestar is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs. Early investments included Skype, Spotify, Facebook, and Airbnb. Since raising the first fund in 2013, Lakestar manages an aggregated volume of over EUR 1bn across three early-stage funds, and more recently a growth fund. The company has expandedand broadened its portfolio and holds investments in the likes of Opendoor, Oscar, GetYourGuide, Glovo, Sender, Eigen, Five, Revolut, and Hometogo to name a few. Lakestar has a presence in Berlin, Zurich, and London.
Lakestar helps companies to identify new markets and expand into them rapidly, with a focus on the US and Europe. The team advises and supports portfolio companies in business development, recruitment, technology, and marketing. The investments range from early-stage companies to those in their growth stage.

Lakestar

Germany

Global Founders Capital

DST Global

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, San Francisco, and Geneva, helping entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.

Since 1996, Index has partnered with exceptional entrepreneurs who are using technology to reshape the world around us. The companies they’ve started include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King,Slack, and Supercell.

Index Ventures

TSG Consumer Partners

Bond Capital

Japan

SoftBank provides fixed-line, mobile telephony, internet, telecommunications, and digital television products.

SoftBank

Nascent is a team of builders who back early-stage crypto founders creating products and primitives for an open financial world.

Nascent

SIG is a global quantitative trading firm committing its own capital to trade financial products around the world.

Susquehanna International Group (SIG)

Virgin Islands (British)

Bybit is a global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange designed for all retail traders, professionals and investment institutions alike.

Hack VC is a web3 venture capital firm. Hack VC partners with online and offline hackers who are building the future of the internet.

Hack VC

Hong Kong

Blue Pool Capital is a Hong Kong based alternative asset manager licensed by the Hong Kong.

Blue Pool Capital

Mirana Ventures is a leading global investment fund that provides long-term capital and strategic partnerships to visionary founders and fund managers in the Web3 space.

Mirana Ventures

Taiwan

Bitfinex is the world's leading digital asset trading platform.

Bitfinex

eGirl Capital is a venture capital investment company that was established in 2019. The company wants to invest in the decentralised and blockchain industries.

eGirl Capital

Nathan McCauley is the co-founder and CEO of Anchorage.

Nathan McCauley

Castle Island Ventures is a venture capital firm

Castle Island Ventures

BTSE Labs

Seychelles

KuCoin Ventures was founded in 2017 and is from Seychelles. KuCoin Ventures has made 31 investments so far, the most recent investment project is Port3 Network, and the investment announcement time is October 23, 2023

According to the CoinCarp fundraising database, KuCoin Ventures has invested in 8 Web3 projects, 5 DeFi projects, 3 NFTs projects, 2 Infrastructure projects and 1 Others projects. Among all, 42.11% of KuCoin Ventures's investments are Web3 projects.

KuCoin Ventures

Italy

Paolo Ardoino is the CEO of Tether & CTO of Bitfinex

Paolo Ardoino

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Gabriel Abed

Bryan Johnson

Stable (Pre-Market)

PayPal Ventures invests in companies at the forefront of innovation in fintech, payments, commerce enablement, artificial intelligence, blockchain and cryptocurrency, and regulatory and cyber technology.

PayPal Ventures

Traditional VC investor into digital assets. We invest globally into outstanding founders building next generation of financial services.

RockawayX

CMCC Global is one of Asia’s first venture capital funds focused solely on blockchain investments, with offices in North America and Asia.

CMCC Global

Spencer Noon is a General Partner/ Investor at Variant. He attended Amherst College.

Spencer Noon

GSR, founded in 2013, is a global leader in digital asset trading and market making.
GSR is a crypto market maker and ecosystem partner

GSR Markets (GSR)

Caladan (Alphalab)

Flow Traders

IMC Financial Markets

Superscrypt

United Kingdom

Fasanara Capital

Breed VC is an early stage crypto venture fund dedicated to helping the top founders build the decentralized future

Breed

nonce classic navigates the Web 3 cosmos hand in hand with projects that will change the world in the near future through the solidity of the community.

nonce Classic

Presto Labs

Auros is an algorithmic trading and market making firm that delivers best-in-class liquidity for exchanges and token projects.

Auros Global

Selini is a global trading firm focused on systematic trading, liquidity provision, efficient execution, and venture investing—all within the digital assets space.

Selini Capital

Paper Ventures is a first-in, innovative investment firm, focusing on the ever-changing landscape of emerging technologies.

Paper Ventures

Jason Yanowitz

Bryan Pellegrino is the co-founder and CEO of LayerZero Labs, a blockchain company developing LayerZero, an interoperability protocol that enables seamless communication between different blockchains. This protocol is especially significant in the DeFi space, as it allows data and tokens to move across networks like Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Solana.

Bryan Pellegrino

Flowdesk

Curved Ventures

Lucas Kozinski

Triton Capital invests in companies and protocols at the nexus of building the blockchain based financial system that will redefine how consumers and businesses interact in the digital age.

Triton Capital

Sonya Kim

Laser Digital is a crypto business redefining the frontier of digital finance for institutional investors.

Laser Digital

Portugal

Fernando Martinelli

Robot Ventures primarily invests in projects and companies related to decentralized finance (DeFi), blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, and the broader Web 3.0 ecosystem. They seek to identify promising early-stage projects that are building innovative solutions in these areas.

Robot Ventures

Kraken Ventures invests in businesses and projects at the nexus of both the FinTech and Blockchain / Crypto revolution.

Kraken Ventures

India

Sandeep Nailwal

Australia

Kain Warwick

Sam MacPherson

Quynh Ho

Namik Muduroglu

Scott Moore

Calvin Liu

ABCDE Capital

Anagram Crypto

Brianna Montgomery

danning.eth

Ekram Ahmed

Electric Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in blockchain and cryptocurrency-related projects and companies. Founded by Avichal Garg and Curtis Spencer, Electric Capital is known for its active involvement in the cryptocurrency space and its support for innovative blockchain technologies.

Electric Capital

Standard Crypto is a venture capital firm with elite company-building experience and deep-rooted expertise in crypto.

Standard Crypto

Mexico

Lvna Capital is an investment fund specialized in blockchain-based digital assets.

Lvna Capital

Protagonist is a crypto fund and incubation lab supporting foundational protocols in emerging blockchain ecosystems.

Protagonist

Comma3 Ventures

Karatage

RW3 Ventures invests in the infrastructure, protocols, and applications that are driving growth in blockchain technologies, decentralized finance, and the long-term development of web 3.

RW3 Ventures

Raptor Group is a private investment company backed by the Family Office of Jim Pallotta that invests in Tech, Sports & Media, Consumer, Healthcare and Finance

Raptor Group

Walrus

Investing in the crypto-powered Web3 and creator economy ecosystems

6MV (6th Man Ventures)

Big Brain Holdings Invests in Seed, Pre-Seed and Early Stage Startups

Big Brain Holdings

Nyca Partners is a venture capital and advisory firm that focuses on the fintech sector. The firm connects innovative companies to financial institutions and technology companies as well as expert individuals as investors and advisors. Nyca Partners was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Nyca Partners

First Round Capital

Early stage blockchain venture capital. A JV with Lightspeedvp

Faction

Crossmint

Circle Ventures focuses on proprietary capital investments in the technology sector.

Circle Ventures

Digital Currency Group builds and supports bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging insights, network, and access to capital.

Digital Currency Group (DCG)

1kx is a venture capital firm that stands at the forefront of the blockchain and crypto space, focusing on investments in decentralized technologies and blockchain-based projects. Founded by Christopher Heymann and Lasse Clausen, 1kx has established itself as a key player in identifying and supporting early-stage companies that are pushing the boundaries of innovation in the crypto ecosystem.

Malaysia

Waikit Lau is the Founder of RemoteHQ. He Founded and grew 2 startups to successful exits, one acquired for $86M. Helped take the company public. 17+ years of experience in Technology and Finance, across product, marketing, and sales functions

Waikit Lau

zkValidator (ZKV)

Daniel Lubarov

Galaxy VC

Nicola Greco

Saul Rejwan

Yoni Ben-Shimon

Ligero

ConsenSys develops enterprise applications, invests in startups, builds developer tools, and offers blockchain education.

ConsenSys

DARPA

Polychain Capital is a cryptocurrency-focused investment management firm and hedge fund. It was founded in 2016 by Olaf Carlson-Wee, who was the first employee at Coinbase and is known for being one of the earliest advocates of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Polychain Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and is considered one of the prominent players in the cryptocurrency investment space.

Pantera Capital is a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused investment firm and hedge fund. It was founded in 2013 by Dan Morehead, who is a former Wall Street executive and chief financial officer (CFO) at Tiger Management. Pantera Capital is known for being one of the earliest institutional investors in the cryptocurrency space and has been actively involved in supporting the growth and development of blockchain technology and digital assets.

Pantera Capital

Dragonfly Capital Partners, commonly referred to as Dragonfly Capital, is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Dragonfly Capital is known for its active involvement in the blockchain and crypto industry and its commitment to supporting innovative projects and companies.

Dragonfly Capital

F-Prime Capital

Ethena

Delphi Digital is a dynamic research-driven firm at the intersection of blockchain technology and traditional finance. Founded by a team of seasoned professionals, the firm is committed to providing cutting-edge insights and strategic analysis in the rapidly evolving digital asset space.

Delphi Digital (Delphi Labs)

Malta

YZi Labs is an investment firm formerly known as Binance Labs that invests in all stages of development in the fields of Web3, artificial intelligence (AI), and biotechnology.

Franklin Templeton

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