Liquid Raises $7.6 Million Seed Funding Led By Paradigm With Investors General Catalyst And Others
Liquid, a NYC-based mobile financial app that combines trading , yield, and AI, has raised $7.6M in seed funding led by Paradigm, with participation from General Catalyst and angels including Ashwin Ramachandran, Eric…
Liquid, a NYC-based mobile financial app that combines trading, yield, and AI, has raised $7.6M in seed funding led by Paradigm, with participation from General Catalyst and angels including Ashwin Ramachandran, Eric Wu, Vlad Novakovski, and smartestmoney.hl. Founded by former Two Sigma AI scientist Franklyn Wang, the company operates a perp DEX aggregator that unifies multiple venues so traders can manage positions on one platform. Liquid plans to use the capital to expand operations, development, and market reach. The app is live on iOS and Android and has already processed $500M in volume only weeks after launch, with web versions coming soon.
FOUNDER: Franklyn Wang
INVESTORS: Paradigm, General Catalyst, Ashwin Ramachandran, Eric Wu, Vlad Novakovski & smartestmoney.hl
ROUND: Seed AMOUNT: $7,600,000
HQ: #NewYork #NY #NewYorkCity #NYC
#VentureCapital #Paradigm #GeneralCatalyst #AshwinRamachandran #EricWu #VladNovakovski #smartestmoneyhl #FranklynWang #TradedVC
ABOUT THE DEAL
- Raise
- $8M
- Round
- Seed
- Company
- Liquid
- Desk
- Deals
- Filed
- Nov 4, 2025
- Founders
- Franklyn Wang
- Investors
- Paradigm
- General Catalyst
- Ashwin Ramachandran
- Eric Wu
- Vlad Novakovski
- smartestmoney.hl