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Squid is a cross-chain liquidity layer powered by Axelar

Zug, SwitzerlandFounded 2021Fintech
Valuation $25–50M Last recorded · 2026
Headcount <100 Current team size
Total funding $10–50M Disclosed equity funding
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About Squid

Squid operates as a cross-chain liquidity layer powered by Axelar, enabling seamless native token swaps and messaging across different blockchain networks. The company serves developers and businesses in the decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), regenerative finance (ReFi), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and gaming sectors. Squid's core offering includes smart contracts, APIs, and SDKs that facilitate the integration of cross-chain financial logic with minimal code. The business model revolves around providing a scalable and secure infrastructure for cross-chain transactions, leveraging Axelar's Hub-Spoke model for optimal performance. Squid generates revenue through service fees associated with its liquidity and messaging solutions. The market it operates in is the rapidly growing blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem, where interoperability and liquidity are critical for the development of decentralized applications (dApps).

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At a glance

Founded
2021
Headquarters
Zug, Switzerland
Sector
Fintech

Investors

30 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed22 investors entered at this stage

  • North Island Ventures
  • Derek Yoo
  • Stani Kulechov
  • Axelar
  • Dean Eigenmann
  • Althabasca capital
  • Brianna Montgomery
  • Ashleigh Schap
  • Distributed Global
  • Node Capital
  • Waikit Lau
  • Fabric Ventures
  • Zaki Manian
  • Chapter One Ventures
  • Galileo
  • Ripple
  • Peanut
  • Arche Capital
  • Scenius Capital
  • Altos Ventures
  • Borderless Capital
  • Dialectic

Series A8 investors entered at this stage

  • Polychain Capital
  • Nomad Capital
  • Maelstrom
  • Binary Builders
  • Chorus One
  • The Department of XYZ
  • Typhon Ventures
  • Breed VC
Team profiled 4 named & role-tagged
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Global footprint

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Workforce by country
6 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States37.5%
🇵🇱 Poland12.5%
🇦🇺 Australia12.5%
🇵🇹 Portugal12.5%
🇦🇷 Argentina12.5%
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Market sentiment

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