Castle Island Ventures
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, MA
- Website
- castleisland.vc
- Type
- Fintech specialist
- Stage
- Seed–Series B
- Focus
- Crypto
About
Castle Island Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on public blockchains, investing in companies at the intersection of traditional finance and public blockchains. Founding partners Matthew Walsh and Nic Carter both previously worked at Fidelity, where Walsh led blockchain and cryptoasset initiatives and Carter worked as a cryptoasset analyst, and general partners Sean Judge and Rich Sgalardi complete the investing partnership. Its portfolio is grouped into cybersecurity, financial market infrastructure, payments and stablecoins, and protocols. Companies named on its site include Bitwise, Erebor, Talos, TRM Labs, Yellow Card, XFX and Hidden Road Partners. The firm also publishes writing, a podcast and a newsletter.
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