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Kraken Revenue, Valuation, Funding & Investors
Kraken is valued at $21B as of September 2026, a 9.5x revenue multiple. Kraken revenue was $2.2B and Kraken EBITDA was $531M, as disclosed with its latest round.
Last Kraken valuation
$21B
Undisclosed stage · Sep 2026
Last Kraken funding round
$100M
Undisclosed stage · Sep 2026
Kraken revenue
$2.2B
Undisclosed stage · Sep 2026
Key investors in Kraken
HSG
Tribe Capital
Jane Street
Oppenheimer Holdings
SBI Investment
Apollo Global Management
About Kraken
Kraken operates a global digital-asset exchange serving individual traders and institutional clients. Founded in San Francisco in 2011, the company provides spot trading, margin trading, regulated derivatives and staking services across eligible jurisdictions. Its platform supports hundreds of cryptoassets and multiple fiat currencies, with interfaces ranging from a consumer application to professional trading tools and application-programming interfaces. Kraken Institutional groups liquidity, over-the-counter execution and other services for asset managers, hedge funds and high-net-worth clients. The company also operates regulated businesses such as the CF Benchmarks digital-asset index provider. Kraken reports clients in 190 countries and a distributed workforce spanning more than 70 countries. Its commercial model is based on trading and transaction fees together with fees for institutional and other digital-asset services.
Founded
2011
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2C & B2B
Revenue model
Commission
Revenue
$2.2B (Sep 2026)
Valuation
$21B (Sep 2026)
Kraken Valuation
Kraken is currently valued at $21B, based on its undisclosed-stage round in September 2026. Read the announcement ↗
The $100M round was led by Nasdaq Ventures.
Kraken's valuation has grown 5.2x from $4B at its undisclosed-stage round in May 2019 to $21B in September 2026, across 5 priced rounds.
Kraken valuation by funding round
Revenue multiple| Date | Stage | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | Undisclosed stage | $21B | 9.5x |
| Apr 2026 | Secondary | $13B | 6.0x |
| Nov 2025 | Undisclosed stage | $20B | 9.1x |
| Sep 2025 | Undisclosed stage | $15B | 6.8x |
| May 2019 | Undisclosed stage | $4B | - |
Kraken Revenue
Kraken's latest recorded revenue is $2.2B, as of its undisclosed-stage round in September 2026. At a $21B valuation, that implies a 9.5x revenue multiple.
Revenue moved from $2.2B in September 2025 to $2.2B in September 2026, while the revenue multiple moved from 6.8x to 9.5x.
Kraken revenue by funding round
| Date | Revenue * | Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | $2.2B | $21B | 9.5x | Undisclosed stage |
| Apr 2026 | $2.2B | $13B | 6.0x | Secondary |
| Nov 2025 | $2.2B | $20B | 9.1x | Undisclosed stage |
| Sep 2025 | $2.2B | $15B | 6.8x | Undisclosed stage |
* Revenue (or ARR) figures are the values recorded alongside each funding round. Typically run-rate revenue at the time of the deal, or a reported LTM (last 12 months) revenue.
Kraken Funding History
Kraken has raised a total of $919M across 8 funding rounds, plus 1 secondary share sale.
Kraken's first fundraising round was a $5M Series A in March 2014. The most recent completed round was a $100M undisclosed-stage round in September 2026.
Kraken funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Valuation | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | Undisclosed stage | Nasdaq Ventures (lead) | $100M | $21B | Nasdaq Ventures agreed on September 10, 2026 to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of Kraken, in an expanded strategic partnership that also adds continued work on the Nasdaq Equity Token framework and a new market surveillance agreement. The transaction values Payward at $21 billion and is structured as a venture investment tied to a broader collaboration on tokenized equities, with Kraken positioned to distribute Nasdaq-listed stocks in token form through its platform. The deal supports Nasdaq’s push into tokenized market infrastructure and extends a relationship first announced in March 2026, with the companies targeting a 2027 launch for Nasdaq Equity Tokens. The arrangement links Nasdaq’s market technology and surveillance capabilities with Kraken’s exchange and distribution reach, aiming to create infrastructure for trading tokenized equities and broaden access to Nasdaq-listed shares in blockchain-based form. Payward is the holding company of Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange focused on digital asset trading and related financial infrastructure. The company is described in the announcement as Kraken’s parent, and the September 2026 investment reflects its role in building the rails for tokenized securities rather than a change-of-control acquisition. |
| Apr 2026 | Secondary | Deutsche Börse (lead) | $200M | $13B | Deutsche Börse Group announced on 14 April 2026 that it would acquire a 1.5 percent fully diluted stake in Payward, the parent company of the Kraken exchange, for USD 200 million through a purchase of existing shares, implying a valuation of about USD 13.3 billion, below the USD 20 billion at which Citadel Securities had invested five months earlier. Completion was expected in the second quarter of 2026 subject to regulatory approvals. The investment deepened a partnership first outlined in December 2025 covering trading, custody, settlement, collateral management and tokenised assets, with the aim of connecting Deutsche Börse's regulated market infrastructure and institutional clients to Kraken's digital-asset venues and giving Kraken a route into European institutional flow. For the German exchange group the stake was a strategic bet on convergence between traditional securities markets and crypto, following its earlier purchase of Crypto Finance. Kraken was founded in 2011 by Jesse Powell, is based in San Francisco and offers spot and derivatives trading in cryptocurrencies, custody, staking, tokenised equities and, since its 2025 purchase of NinjaTrader, retail futures. It reported 2025 adjusted revenue of about USD 2.2 billion and adjusted EBITDA of roughly USD 531 million, and had filed confidentially for a US IPO in November 2025 before pausing the plan. |
| Nov 2025 | Undisclosed stage | DRW Venture Capital (lead); HSG (lead); Jane Street (lead); Citadel Securities (lead); Oppenheimer Holdings (lead); Arjun Sethi Family Office; Tribe Capital | $300M | $20B | Payward, the parent of the Kraken exchange, announced on 18 November 2025 that it had raised USD 800 million across two tranches. The second tranche was a USD 200 million strategic investment by Citadel Securities at a USD 20 billion valuation, so the new capital announced in November was roughly USD 300 million and the USD 800 million is a cumulative figure. Before 2025 Kraken had raised only about USD 27 million of primary capital. The company said the money would fund expansion in Latin America, Asia Pacific and EMEA and new products in payments, tokenised assets, futures and equities, and the following day it filed confidentially for a US IPO. Kraken was founded in 2011 by Jesse Powell, is based in San Francisco and offers spot and derivatives trading in cryptocurrencies, custody, staking, tokenised equities through xStocks and retail futures through NinjaTrader, which it bought earlier in 2025. It reported 2024 revenue of about USD 1.5 billion and full-year 2025 adjusted revenue of USD 2.2 billion with adjusted EBITDA of about USD 531 million. |
| Sep 2025 | Undisclosed stage | Oppenheimer Holdings; Apollo Global Management; Arjun Sethi; Tribe Capital; Jane Street; HSG | $500M | $15B | Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange operated by Payward, reported strong 2025 financial performance with adjusted revenue of $2.2 billion, up 33% year-over-year, driven by trading (47%) and asset-based revenue (53%) including custody, yield, payments, and financing. Adjusted EBITDA reached $531 million, up 26% YoY, with a 24% margin reflecting operating leverage. Key traction metrics for 2025 included total platform transaction volume of $2.0 trillion (up 34% YoY), assets on platform at $48.2 billion (up 11% YoY), funded accounts growing to 5.7 million (up 50% YoY), and futures daily average trades up 119% due to integrations like NinjaTrader and Breakout. Product expansions encompassed tokenized equities via xStocks in 100+ countries (Europe launch Sep 2025), U.S.-listed stock/ETF trading, U.S. regulated crypto futures, MiFID-regulated futures in Europe, and CME commodities support on Kraken Pro. Acquisitions such as NinjaTrader, Small Exchange, and Magna enhanced futures, retail trading, and infrastructure. Kraken positioned as a multi-product platform with average revenue per user around $2,000 annually, B2B white-label crypto services, and tokenized equities, moving beyond pure spot exchange. The company filed confidentially for IPO in November 2025 but froze plans in early 2026 due to market conditions and poor performance of peers like BitGo, maintaining the $20B private valuation floor. |
| Jan 2025 | Strategic investment | Animoca Ventures | - | - | Animoca Ventures' dated official portfolio disclosure lists Kraken as a portfolio company and establishes the venture arm's investment relationship by 2025. The portfolio does not identify a financing round, closing date, security, check size, valuation, ownership percentage, or investor syndicate for that position. Kraken operates a cryptocurrency trading and financial-services platform for consumers, professional traders, and institutions. Its products include spot and derivatives trading, custody, staking, payments, tokenized equities, and institutional services. The platform earns transaction fees, trading commissions, spreads, and service revenue tied to the movement and safekeeping of digital assets. Payward is the corporate parent behind the Kraken brand and has used acquisitions to extend the group's market infrastructure and payment capabilities. |
| May 2019 | Undisclosed stage | BnkToTheFuture | $14M | $4B | Kraken, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2011, raised $13.5 million in a crowdfunding round in June 2019 from over 2,000 individual investors via a special-purpose vehicle, including BnkToTheFuture, Grace Wong, and Tyr Capital. The round pushed the company's valuation above $4 billion, with shares offered at a $4 billion valuation. Kraken operated as one of the largest crypto exchanges with significant euro market share. Daily trading volumes around May 2019 reached $284 million on May 19 and $210 million on May 28 across multiple fiat currencies. |
| Feb 2016 | Series B | SBI Investment (lead); Money Partners Group | - | - | Payward, the San Francisco company operating the Kraken digital asset exchange, announced in February 2016 a multi-million dollar Series B investment led by SBI Investment, the venture capital arm of Japan's SBI Group, and in April 2016 added Tokyo-listed foreign-exchange broker Money Partners Group to the round; the amounts were not disclosed. The financing followed the USD 5 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures in 2014 and was used to expand Kraken's operations in Japan, where it had become one of the largest yen-bitcoin venues, and to fund acquisitions, including the 2016 purchases of Coinsetter, Cavirtex, CleverCoin and Glidera. Money Partners' alliance gave its roughly 270,000 client accounts access to bitcoin trading and settlement through Kraken. Kraken, founded in 2011 by Jesse Powell, reported a 400% rise in new client accounts in the first quarter of 2016 and tenfold growth in bitcoin/dollar trading volume, and by then offered spot trading in bitcoin, ether and other digital assets against the dollar, euro, yen and Canadian dollar. Kraken was by then one of the largest exchanges by euro volume. It had also opened a Japanese subsidiary in 2014 to serve local customers. |
| Mar 2015 | Series A | Trammell Ventures | $300K | - | Trammell Venture Partners, an Austin-based early-stage firm that has invested in bitcoin companies since 2014, made a small investment in Payward, the parent of the Kraken exchange, around 2015. At the time Kraken was one of the largest bitcoin exchanges by volume, had raised a USD 5 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures in March 2014, and was preparing the Series B that Money Partners Group and SBI Investment led in early 2016. Kraken was founded in 2011 by Jesse Powell, launched trading in 2013 and is based in San Francisco; it offers spot and derivatives trading in cryptocurrencies, custody, staking and, more recently, tokenised equities, and by 2025 reported adjusted revenue of about USD 2.2 billion. |
| Mar 2014 | Series A | Hummingbird Ventures (lead); Trace Mayer; Digital Currency Group; Blockchain Capital | $5M | - | Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2011 and launched in 2013, received a $5 million Series A investment in March 2014 from Hummingbird Ventures and Bitcoin Opportunity Fund. The round matched the specified investors including Blockchain Capital, Digital Currency Group, Hummingbird Ventures, and Tribe Capital, with Hummingbird Ventures as the lead. Following the Mt. Gox bankruptcy later that year, Kraken's user base grew by 50% and was selected by Mt. Gox trustees to assist with liquidation, bitcoin recovery, and creditor repayments. |
Who has invested in Kraken?
20 investors have backed Kraken across its funding rounds, including HSG, Tribe Capital, Jane Street, Oppenheimer Holdings, SBI Investment and Apollo Global Management.
Lead investors include Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Börse, DRW Venture Capital, HSG, Jane Street and 4 other investors.
Kraken Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lead | Sep 2025 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Sep 2025 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Sep 2025 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Sep 2025 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Mar 2014 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Apr 2026 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Mar 2014 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Feb 2016 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Sep 2025 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Mar 2014 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Mar 2014 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Nov 2025 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Nov 2025 | ||
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Start Free TrialAcquisitions by Kraken
Kraken has acquired 24 companies to date.
Last acquisition by Kraken was on October 14th 2026. Kraken acquired Saldo Bank for undisclosed valuation.
Latest Acquisitions by Kraken
| Description | Saldo Bank is a digital bank licensed in the European Union and based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The business traces back to 2006, when its Finnish parent was established as a responsible consumer lender. The Lithuanian entity, Saldo Bank UAB, holds a specialised banking licence granted by the European Central Bank and began banking operations in 2023. The bank serves customers in Lithuania, Finland, Sweden and Germany, and holds a passport to operate in the Netherlands. Its products are term deposits for savers, consumer loans and loans to small and medium-sized businesses, all offered online. It earns net interest income from the spread between lending and deposit funding. Its parent group is Saldo Finance, a Finnish holding company. | Magic Labs (embedded wallet unit) is a business division of Magic Labs that focuses on embedded wallet technology. | Reap is a financial technology platform founded in 2018 that equips companies worldwide with card issuing APIs, expense management software, global payouts, and the Reap Visa Corporate Credit Card. With over 50 employees across offices in seven countries, it receives backing from investors such as Acorn Pacific Ventures, HashKey Capital, and Fresco Capital, enabling businesses to manage finances securely and efficiently. | Bitnomial is a Chicago-based regulated derivatives exchange for digital assets, launched in 2018 after receiving CFTC designation as a Designated Contract Market. It offers Bitcoin futures and options settled in cash or physically, connecting hedgers in energy and agriculture with institutional traders. Bitnomial provides clearing through its DCO and emphasizes compliant trading infrastructure for North American markets. | |
| HQ Country | - | ||||
| HQ City | Vilnius | - | Hong Kong | Chicago, IL | |
| Deal Date | 14 Oct 2026 | 26 Jul 2026 | 6 May 2026 | 16 Apr 2026 | |
| Valuation | undisclosed | undisclosed | $600M | $550M | |
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Investments by Kraken
Kraken has invested in 2 companies to date.
Latest investment by Kraken was on June 23rd 2026. Kraken invested in Onyx Odds in their $20M Series A round.
Latest Investments by Kraken
| Description | Onyx Odds is an American social sports prediction platform, founded in 2025 and led by founder and chief executive Leul Dadi, that lets users take positions on the outcomes of sports and other events through exchange-traded instruments. Its app and website cover sports, crypto, financial markets, culture and politics, with parlays that combine several picks on one slip, daily payout boosts, live game streaming inside the app, and social features that let users share winning slips and build streaks with the community. The service runs social sweepstakes predictions across most US states and real-money prediction markets in a growing list of states, and it acquires customers with bonus picks for first purchases and referrals; it makes money from users' spending on picks and market trades. Less than a year after leaving beta it reported nearly one million users, having raised under $8 million in venture funding. In June 2026 it closed a $20 million Series A at a $220 million valuation, led by Payward, the parent of Kraken, NinjaTrader and Bitnomial. As part of the deal Onyx is integrating Payward Services to run its prediction markets on Payward's licensed US derivatives stack and to add crypto trading inside the app. | Alpaca is a New York-headquartered developer platform offering API-based brokerage services for stock and cryptocurrency trading. The infrastructure provides commission-free execution, real-time market data feeds, paper trading environments, and advanced order types including algorithmic strategies. Backed by Y Combinator and investors like Spark Capital, Alpaca powers trading apps for retail and institutional users across multiple global markets. |
| HQ Country | ||
| HQ City | New York City, NY | Tokyo |
| Deal Date | 23 Jun 2026 | 14 Jan 2026 |
| Round | Series A | Series D |
| Raised | $20M | $150M |
| Investors | Breyer Capital; Xfund | MUFG Innovation Partners; Vlad Yatsenko; DRW Venture Capital; Ribbit Capital; Endeavor Catalyst; Citadel Securities; Unbound; Drive Capital; X&KSK; Diagram Ventures; Flat Capital |
| Valuation | $220M | $1.1B |
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Kraken Competitors
Kraken competitors include listed companies like Coinbase and HiThink, and private ones like KuCoin, Mercado Bitcoin, Polymarket and Crypto.com.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publicly listed | $7.2B | $1.8B | $38B | 6.5x | ||
| Private | - | - | $10B | - | ||
| Private | - | - | $2.1B | - | ||
| Private | - | - | $21B | - | ||
| Publicly listed | $906M | $534M | $22B | 17.3x | ||
| Private | $1.5B | - | $20B | 13.3x |
Kraken Public Comps
Kraken is still privately-owned, but its public comps include HiThink, Circle, Tradeweb Markets, Futu Holdings, Groww, BitMine, Paytm, Nordnet, XP Investimentos and Interactive Brokers.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $906M | $534M | 21.6x | 17.3x | 36.7x | 29.5x | |||
| $2.7B | ($73M) | 6.1x | 5.6x | (229.6x) | 23.9x | |||
| $2.1B | $1.4B | 12.0x | 10.6x | 18.1x | 19.6x | |||
| $2.9B | $1.8B | 4.9x | 4.4x | 8.0x | 8.6x | |||
| $449M | $255M | 25.7x | 19.4x | 45.2x | 31.3x | |||
| $6M | ($364M) | 1941.7x | 57.2x | (32.5x) | - | |||
| $861M | $41M | 12.8x | 10.6x | 267.7x | 101.4x | |||
| $547M | - | 17.4x | 14.9x | - | - | |||
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Common questions about Kraken
| When was Kraken founded? | Kraken was founded in 2011. |
| Where is Kraken headquartered? | Kraken is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, United States. |
| Is Kraken publicly listed? | No, Kraken is a private, VC-backed company. |
| What is Kraken's valuation? | Kraken was last valued at $21B in its undisclosed-stage round in September 2026. |
| How much funding has Kraken raised? | Kraken has raised $919M across 8 funding rounds. |
| What was Kraken's last funding round? | Kraken's last funding round was a $100M undisclosed-stage round in September 2026, led by Nasdaq Ventures. |
| Who are Kraken's investors? | Kraken's investors include Oppenheimer Holdings, Tribe Capital, Jane Street, HSG, Hummingbird Ventures, Deutsche Börse, Trace Mayer, Money Partners Group, Apollo Global Management, Digital Currency Group and 10 others. |
| What is Kraken's revenue? | Kraken's latest recorded revenue is $2.2B (September 2026). |
| What is Kraken's revenue multiple? | Kraken's latest valuation implies a 9.5x revenue multiple ($21B valuation on $2.2B of revenue). |
| Which companies are comparable to Kraken? | Companies comparable to Kraken include Coinbase, KuCoin, Mercado Bitcoin, Polymarket, HiThink and Crypto.com. |
| How many companies has Kraken acquired? | Kraken has acquired 24 companies, including Saldo Bank, Magic Labs (embedded wallet unit), Reap, Bitnomial and Magna. |
| What was the largest acquisition by Kraken? | The $1.5B acquisition of NinjaTrader in March 2025 is the largest acquisition Kraken has made to date. |
| How many companies has Kraken invested in? | Kraken has invested in 2 companies, including Onyx Odds and Alpaca. |
| What was Kraken's last investment? | In June 2026, Kraken invested in Onyx Odds' $20M Series A alongside Breyer Capital and Xfund. |
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