Share this article
Crypto-Friendly Investment Search Engine Vincent Raises $6M
June saw a downtick for crypto plays on the platform but the risk-tolerant are still seeking out the sector, said Vincent CEO Slava Rubin.
By Ian Allison
Updated May 9, 2023, 3:21 a.m. Published Jul 21, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
In this article
Vincent, a search engine for investments in alternative assets that was created by the founders of the crowdfunding website Indiegogo, has raised $6 million in a funding round led by entrepreneur Jason Calacanis’ LAUNCH fund. Investment firms 8VC and Digital Currency Group (the parent company of CoinDesk) also participated.
STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Don't miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today. See all newsletters
Vincent had previously raised a $2 million in a seed round of funding in December, when the platform emerged from a testing mode.
Vincent tracked $3.3 billion in investable opportunities last month and saw users deploy about $100 million in capital, the company said.
Read more: Crypto Demand Surges on Indiegogo Founder’s Alternative Investments Platform
Crypto accounted for 12% of asset searches on Vincent in June. The most popular searches were for venture capital at 28% and real estate at 26%. The crypto search figure for June was down 4% from May, as the category dropped out of the top five segments.
“There has been a small downtick for crypto in June, and I think that’s in parallel with interest rate concerns and inflation concerns, so you’ve seen a little bit of a shift to yield-oriented assets, like real estate and debt in the last two months,” Vincent founder Slava Rubin said in an interview.
Still, startups focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology are the leaders under the platform's venture capital search umbrella, ahead of such topics as artificial intelligence and cannabis, Rubin added.
“When we launched in November, crypto wasn’t in the top five of sector searches in startups,” Rubin said. “But now it’s number one month after month.”
More For You
What to know:
- As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
- GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
- Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.
More For You
French Banking Giant BPCE to Roll Out Crypto Trading for 2M Retail Clients
The service will allow customers to buy and sell BTC, ETH, SOL, and USDC through a separate digital asset account managed by Hexarq.
What to know:
- French banking group BPCE will start offering crypto trading services to 2 million retail customers through its Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne apps, with plans to expand to 12 million customers by 2026.
- The service will allow customers to buy and sell BTC, ETH, SOL, and USDC through a separate digital asset account managed by Hexarq, with a €2.99 monthly fee and 1.5% transaction commission.
- The move follows similar initiatives by other European banks, such as BBVA, Santander, and Raiffeisen Bank, which have already started offering crypto trading services to their customers.
Top Stories
