The consensus is clear – traditional financial payments remain fragmented and inefficient, placing the burden of delays and high costs on consumers and businesses. Stablecoins have become a novel complement to the existing payment system, addressing inefficiencies and achieving evident product-market fit in crypto with adoption growing across both retail and institutional markets and a […]
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A Deep Dive into PACT’s Valuation and Market Potential PACT, a cornerstone investment in Verda Ventures Series 1, is redefining private credit through on-chain innovation. This valuation analysis explores the two primary drivers of value accrual for PACT: (1) Loan Origination and (2) Securitization & Secondary Markets—both crucial to its long-term growth and market impact.
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The Fastest Growing Non-Custodial Wallet in the Global South MiniPay is rapidly becoming the go-to non-custodial wallet in the Global South. With over 5 million activations and accounting for 25% of new USDT addresses in Q4 2024, MiniPay is revolutionizing financial access in emerging markets. At Verda Ventures, we’re doubling down on this momentum with
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Venture Capital’s Big Shift In the golden days of zero interest rates, venture capital thrived. Titans like Apple and Google reshaped tech, cloud computing boomed, and years of easy money fueled massive growth. Funds that started right after the 2008 crash delivered incredible returns. By 2021, VC funding hit a record $363 billion as everyone
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Crypto today is booming in niches like stablecoins, DEXs (memecoin trading), gaming, and social apps according to TokenTerminal. But for crypto to go truly mainstream, it needs to break out of these silos and offer value to people beyond the crypto/web3 world. Instead of pushing users to “get on-chain,” why not meet them where they
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Emerging markets represent a $1 trillion opportunity, and Verda Ventures is leading the charge to close the financial access gap. With the launch of the $40 million MiniPay Fund in partnership with Opera, Verda Ventures is fueling a new generation of fintech startups designed to revolutionize financial services in underserved regions. By focusing on scalable,
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When we think about blockchain technology and its impact, other nations and economies are not really top of mind. In the western world we have many economic luxuries like developed financial markets, tools, and access. Even though countries like Venezuela, Brazil, and Russia have gotten a lot of attention these past few years for developing
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While industry and market analysis is critical to understanding the opportunity and Verda relies heavily on data and financials to support investment decisions, it’s ultimately teams that execute on the opportunity at every stage. Assessing a team is not an exact science and requires a qualitative assessment, but there are three areas Verda uses to systematically review
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