Raido Capital
Raido Capital is a stage- and structure-agnostic venture investment firm focused on companies reshaping labor and capital through intelligent augmentation and programmable finance. The firm builds portfolios as liquidity ladders, combining mid-stage investments with later-stage positions, and deploys capital through primary growth equity, structured transactions, and secondary position building. Its portfolio spans CFTC-regulated event exchanges, crypto platforms, AI-powered healthcare automation, and embedded finance infrastructure.
- Financial Technology
- Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
- Web3 & NFTs
- Artificial Intelligence
- Clean Technology
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Traditional financial systems and investment approaches are often ill-equipped to navigate the rapid convergence of AI, blockchain, and programmable finance. Investors face uncertainty in identifying and backing the infrastructure that will define the next decade of economic activity, while the complexity of these emerging technologies creates significant risk and requires specialized expertise.
Solution
Raido Venture Management provides a strategic investment platform that identifies and supports companies building the foundational infrastructure for intelligent augmentation and programmable finance. The firm takes a deliberate, journey-oriented approach, sequencing investments to compound value over time rather than making single bets on an uncertain endpoint. Raido backs a diversified portfolio spanning CFTC-regulated event exchanges, crypto platforms, AI-powered healthcare automation, embedded finance solutions, and institutional trading technology. The firm is stage-agnostic with a preference for established businesses, building a liquidity ladder that pairs mid-stage positions with late-stage positions likely to pay off in the near term. Raido invests through both primary and secondary transactions, and seeks meaningful governance and information rights proportionate to its exposure.
Target Audience
Raido Capital primarily serves institutional investors and limited partners seeking strategic capital deployment in fintech, crypto, and AI-driven financial infrastructure, as well as portfolio companies needing both capital and operational guidance.
Features
- Portfolio includes Kalshi, the first CFTC-regulated exchange for event contracts, enabling price discovery and hedging of real-world outcomes
- Investment in Payward (Kraken) supports tokenized equity infrastructure that brings stocks and IPO access on-chain
- Backing of Tennr, which uses AI to automate patient referrals, insurance workflows, and care coordination in healthcare
- Strategic position in OpenVC, backed by NYSE/ICE, which builds proprietary unicorn and crossover indices for passive private market investing
- Support for Infinant's platform that enables banks to launch embedded finance programs while maintaining ledger, compliance, and economic control
- Investment in DeepSee AI, which builds AI agents that automate document-heavy operations for banks and capital markets firms with audited, compliant workflows
- Structure-agnostic deployment through primary growth equity, structured transactions, or secondary position building
- Active management approach with no predetermined holding period, maximizing realized returns through disciplined decisions about ownership duration and liquidity