Winklevoss Capital is a

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founded in 2012 by

Tyler Winklevoss Tyler Howard Winklevoss (born August 21, 1981) is an American investor, founder of Winklevoss Capital Management and Gemini cryptocurrency exchange and former Olympic rower. Winklevoss co-founded HarvardConnection (later renamed ConnectU) ...

and

Cameron Winklevoss Cameron Howard Winklevoss (born August 21, 1981) is an American cryptocurrency investor, former Olympic Games, Olympic Rowing (sport), rower, and cofounder of Winklevoss Capital Management and Gemini (company), Gemini cryptocurrency exchange. He ...

. The firm invests across multiple

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including

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and infrastructure to early-stage

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. The company is headquartered in New York's

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Cryptocurrencies

On April 11, 2013, Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss revealed ownership of approximately 1% of

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s in circulation, worth about $11 million, via Winklevoss Capital. The brothers began buying bitcoin when the value of a single coin was in the single digits. On July 1, 2013, Digital Asset Services, LLC (wholly owned by Winklevoss Capital) filed a

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with the

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to create the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, an

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for bitcoin. In 2013, Winklevoss also led a funding round for BitInstant, a Bitcoin exchange start-up based in

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. Winklevoss Capital, along with other investors, raised $1.5 million in seed funding to help BitInstant increase its staff and scale up its product. Since then, Winklevoss Capital has invested in a number of early-stage equity companies and token networks in the cryptocurrency space. In 2014, Winklevoss Capital invested in Protocol Labs. The firm also participated in the fundraising for

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in 2017.

Venture capital activities

Winklevoss Capital actively invests in early-stage startups in

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, direct-to-consumer brands, education, and gaming. The firm's investments include: *

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* August Locks (alongside

Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) is an American venture capital and private equity firm headquartered in San Francisco. Outside the United States, it has offices in India, Israel, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom. In 2024, Venture Capital Journa ...

Comcast Ventures Comcast Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm headquartered in New York, NY. History In early 2011, Comcast and NBCUniversal combined their two venture arms, Comcast Interactive Capital founded in 1999 and the Peacock Fund, to form Comcas ...

, and

Qualcomm Ventures Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund with 140+ active portfolio companies. Investing in startups targeting the wireless ecosystem, the group focus ...

) * Carbon38 * Cabify (alongside

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) * Caviar (acquired by

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was also an investor) * Flexport (alongside

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, and

First Round Capital First Round Capital is a US-based venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies. Founded by Josh Kopelman and Howard Morgan First Round typically provides seed-stage funding and focuses on po ...

) * FiscalNote (alongside

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) * Kindbody (alongside

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) * L. * Makespace (alongside

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and

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) * MemeBox * MeUndies * Minibar * Real Bedford FC * Rowing Blazers * Shinesty * Teachable (alongside

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)

Medical cannabis

In 2017, Winklevoss was expected to buy up to $500,000 worth of shares in Eaze, a cannabis delivery startup. After the new Eaze CEO was named, the firm backed out of the deal and in May 2016 was sued in

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court for reneging on the deal. Winklevoss is also an investor in Eaze and participated in its Series B financing round in 2016.

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External links

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