Our Business: Ventures

Investing in the Future of Markets

CTC Ventures partners with ambitious fintech companies advancing trading, technology, and market infrastructure.
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Strategic Capital. Real Partnership.

We invest where CTC’s experience can make a meaningful difference. Alongside funding, portfolio companies gain access to our strategic perspective, technical insight, and decades of experience operating in complex financial markets.

Every investment is powered by:

Capital

Long-term strategic investment aligned with driven founders.

Expertise

Decades of experience across trading, quantitative research, technology, and market structure.

Partnership

Direct access to operators who understand how financial businesses are built and scaled.
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What Our Portfolio Companies Say

"As a strategic investment partner, CTC has played an integral role in the future growth of our Watershed ATS operation. Aside from the commitment to integrate and provide options liquidity, CTC has also been a great collaborative tech partner with regards to their guidance and feedback for our platform buildout."

Gavin Rowe

Founder of Watershed Technologies

"It has been a pleasure working with the CTC team, whose industry expertise and introductions across the proprietary trading ecosystem have been valuable to ProphetX. We look forward to continuing the relationship as we scale, and to the prospect of CTC participating on the ProphetX platform in the future."

Dean Sisun

Founder of ProphetX

Across the Market Ecosystem

Our portfolio spans companies addressing a range of needs across financial markets, from trading and infrastructure to data, connectivity, and emerging technologies.

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Discuss a Partnership with CTC Ventures

Contact George Kalant, Head of Venture Capital, to start the conversation.
As a digital asset data infrastructure company with presence in both CeFi and DeFi spaces, Amberdata sells comprehensive crypto data packages to institutional customers.
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BMLL is an independent provider of Level 3 historical data and analytics for capital markets participants.
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Driver turns codebases into updated technical documentation, which creates a shared context layer that both people and AI agents can build on.
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As a product development and IP licensing company, Eris collaborates with partner exchanges to drive the growth of Eris Swap Futures and related derivatives products across multiple asset classes and currencies.
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ErisX is a crypto spot/derivatives exchange and regulated clearinghouse. Acquired by Cboe in October 2021.
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Here, formerly OpenFin, provides enterprise browser solutions for internal applications.
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Hxro provides distributed base layer technology for DeFi and gaming operations.
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Imperative Execution has created proprietary ATS technology, as machine learning is used for matching and routing within the US equity market.
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Kero uses proprietary data and recommendation algorithms to offer curated micro-betting offerings to sports operators.
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1inch is an Ethereum-based DeFi aggregator and exchange that aims to offer favorable rates by discovering the most efficient swapping routes across major DeFi entities.
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MEMX is an independently owned stock exchange that has recently expanded into the options space.
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Path is a crypto robo-advisor and portfolio manager. Given their licensing profile (registered with the SEC as an investment adviser), Path has the ability to recommend risk-adjusted portfolios based on risk suitability assessments.
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Percent provides a comprehensive end-to-end software suite for those who transact within private credit markets.
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Pico is a leading provider of technology services for the financial markets community (infrastructure, data analytics, cloud technology, market connectivity).
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ProphetX is a prediction markets platform which provides trading opportunities for US sporting events. Following a similar orientation compared to financial exchanges, Prophet Exchange relies on market-makers for liquidity.
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Pyth is a multi-chain DeFi oracle solution which provides real-time on-chain market data for both crypto and non-crypto assets.
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ShotQuality utilizes broadcast feeds to capture advanced sports analytics from the unique combinations of data science and computer vision logging. ShotQuality has product offerings for coaches, operators, and sports bettors.
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SpectraAxe redefines FX options trading, providing the first truly all-to-all marketplace connecting buy-side and sell-side participants on a single, anonymous trading venue.
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Sports IQ uses machine learning and proprietary technology to provide sporting analytics for both pre-game and live-game bet offerings. Acquired by DraftKings in May 2024.
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Sporttrade is a sports betting exchange platform which provides trading opportunities for US sporting events. Following a similar orientation compared to financial exchanges, Sporttrade relies on market-makers for liquidity.
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Wand is a platform that specializes in the management, execution, and the creation of workforce AI agents.
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Watershed has developed ATS auction technology with a focus to improve efficiency for equity option transactions executed on international trading floors, electronic marketplaces, and financial exchanges.
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