

Stablecoin Builder Series: Ep. 01 Fundraising (Pre-seed & Seed)
📣 Calling all stablecoin startups
Raising your first round? Navigating investor conversations?
Join us for the debut of the Stablecoin Builder Series, a live session built for founders in the stablecoin ecosystem.
This session features a candid discussion with early-stage investors who understand the nuances of building in digital assets and are actively deploying capital in the stablecoin space.
Learn what they're looking for, how to frame your value prop and position your startup for long-term success.
🎤 Panel & QnA
- Featuring: - Matt Homer, General Partner, The Venture Dept. and Operating Partner at Nyca Partners 
- Richard Aseme, Head of African Investments at DCG 
- Evi Muco, Investor at Flourish Ventures 
- Jake Dwyer, Founder at Factor Capital 
 
- Moderated by: - Bentzi Rabi, Co-founder & CEO of Utila 
 
Connect with leading early-stage investors, sharpen your fundraising story, and hear what it takes to raise in today’s market.
🎙️ About Venture Dept.
The Venture Dept. is an early-stage venture firm focused on building the future of financial systems. The firm invests in and supports founders developing trusted, compliant, and globally connected financial technologies spanning payments, banking infrastructure, digital assets, and regulatory innovation. With deep experience across policy, finance, and technology, The Venture Dept. helps entrepreneurs navigate complexity, connect with institutions, and scale solutions that make finance more open, efficient, and resilient.
🎙️ About DCG
DCG is the enduring investor & operator of the crypto industry. DCG's mission is to accelerate the development of a better financial system. We do this by building and supporting blockchain and digital currency companies using our network, insights, and access to capital. DCG has been the most active investor in the digital currency industry, with investments in over 200 companies in 35 different countries.
🎙️ About Flourish Ventures
Flourish backs entrepreneurs whose innovations advance financial health and prosperity for individuals and small businesses. A leading early-stage global venture capital firm, Flourish has $850M under management and deploys patient capital with a long-term perspective. In order to help foster a fair, more inclusive economy, the Flourish team partners with more than 70 global fintech founders, as well as 18 ecosystem partners that include industry thought leaders in research, policy and regulation.
🎙️ About Factor Capital
Factor Capital is an investment firm focused on backing commercial applications of blockchain and crypto. Factor invests in entrepreneurs leveraging decentralized blockchain technology to make an impact on the off-chain world. We invest at the earliest stages of company formation, typically as part of a team's first institutional capital raise. We look for founders leveraging emerging technology, particularly crypto and AI, to construct transformative business solutions and consumer applications.
🛠️ About Utila:
Utila is the leading digital asset infrastructure platform for fintechs and enterprises. Utila enables organizations of all sizes to securely manage and build on digital assets. Utila offers secure MPC wallets, granular policy controls, robust APIs, payments and tokenization engine, and integrations with banking, AML, exchanges, DeFi, and more. Trusted by industry leaders, Utila processes over $15B monthly and has secured $90B+ in transactions - growing rapidly.
