Unchained

Real bitcoin for real life. Multisig collaborative custody and financial services, including IRAs, loans, trading, and white-glove services for long-term bitcoin holders.

cryptoLending and credit Crypto payments DAOs and governanceCapital Factory

Latest funding

$60M Series B+ · April 18, 2023

Led by Valor Equity Partners · Source: fundraisingfox.com

Latest round on record: Pre Seed, June 2026, amount undisclosed.

All 6 rounds ↓

Website: unchained.com.

X: @unchained · 58,426 followers.

GitHub: unchained-capital.

LinkedIn: unchainedcom.

Categories: Lending and credit Crypto payments DAOs and governance.

Sectors: Financial Services, Banking & Payments, B2B, FinTech, Cryptocurrency.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: United States.

Founded: 2016.

Last round: Jun 24, 2026 · 144 days ago.

Team: 2 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 29, 2026.

Signals

X account@unchained · created Nov 16, 2016 (10 years old) · 58,426 followers

Website registeredSep 11, 1995 (31 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Unchained | 2344 days from X account to first raise on record

@unchained·Raised $60M in 1 sourced round·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
Jun 24, 2026	Pre Seed	undisclosed	—	fundraisingfox.com
Apr 18, 2023	Series B+	$60M	VValor Equity Partners	fundraisingfox.com

Timeline

November 16, 2016
X account created
September 11, 1995
Website created
Date unknown
FFactory · accelerator or program
Source: capitalfactory.com
Date unknown
FFactory · accelerator or program
Source: capitalfactory.com
Date unknown
FFactory · accelerator or program
Source: capitalfactory.com
Date unknown
CCapital Factory · accelerator or program
Source: capitalfactory.com

Founders and team

JK
Joe Kelly Co-Founder, CEO

@josephkelly · LinkedIn · source: unchained.com
DB
Dhruv Bansal Co-Founder, CSO

@dhruvbansal · LinkedIn · source: unchained.com
RG
Richard Gorelick Former Director
BH
Brandon Hudgeons Former CDO
JV
Jeff Vandrew Jr General Counsel
MC
Mike Ciesla Chief Financial Officer
VC
Velvet Campbell Operations

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Sources and API

Every amount links to the page it came from. * Estimated from an accelerator's published standard deal, not a company-specific disclosure. How Recent Funding sources and verifies funding data. The same data as JSON: /api/v1/companies/unchained (get a free API key).