Winklevoss Capital Management
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| Private | |
| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founders | Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss |
| Headquarters |
Flatiron District, New York City, NY, United States |
| Website | WinklevossCapital.com |
Winklevoss Capital is a family office founded in 2012 by Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss. The firm invests across many asset classes with an emphasis on providing seed funding and infrastructure to early-stage startups. The company is headquartered in New York’s Flatiron District.
SumZero - On September 20, 2012, Winklevoss Capital announced a $1.1 million Series A investment in SumZero, an online community of investment professionals ("buy-side" analysts) employed at hedge funds, mutual funds, and private equity funds. SumZero was founded in 2008 by Divya Narendra and Aalap Mahadevia.
Hukkster - On November 23, 2012, Winklevoss Capital led a $750,000 investment in online shopping startup Hukkster. The site is a savings manager that allows shoppers to track online merchandise and then receive a notification when the price drops. On May 14, 2013, Hukkster announced a $2 million series seed financing, also led by Winklevoss Capital.
Keepy - Keepy is a private platform for families to share and save photos, art, schoolwork and mementos with video and audio commentary. On October 15, 2013, Keepy announced a $1.1 million series seed investment from eight participants, including Winklevoss Capital.
Lenda - On July 29, 2014, Winklevoss Capital invested in the $1.54 million seed round of online mortgage loan refinancing company Lenda.com. Lenda announced closing the $1.54 million on October 15, 2014 and named Winklevoss Capital as one of eight investors.
On April 11, 2012, Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss revealed ownership of approximately 1% of bitcoins in circulation via Winklevoss Capital. The brothers began buying bitcoin when the value of a single coin was in the single digits.
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