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Digital Asset Holdings is a company.
Digital Asset Holdings develops and provides enterprise blockchain solutions, centered around the Canton Network, a public Layer 1 blockchain designed with privacy features. The company offers a suite of products and services engineered to facilitate institutional-grade tokenization within financial markets, emphasizing open, secure, and interoperable infrastructure for digital assets.
Co-founder and CEO Yuval Rooz established Digital Asset in 2014, driven by the vision to leverage blockchain technology for an open financial network where value moves with the fluidity of information. His background includes significant roles at Citadel and DRW Trading, where he managed an algorithmic trading desk and contributed to venture capital initiatives, shaping his insight into financial technology.
The company's solutions are adopted by a broad range of leading financial institutions seeking to enhance their market operations. Digital Asset's mission is to transform global financial markets by utilizing privacy-enabled blockchain technology, ultimately aiming to improve capital flow and foster a more efficient, fair, and resilient financial ecosystem for the future.
Digital Asset Holdings has raised $447.1M across 7 funding rounds.
Key people at Digital Asset Holdings.
Digital Asset Holdings was founded in 2014 by Yuval Rooz (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer) and Eric Saraniecki (Co-Founder & Head of Product).
Digital Asset Holdings has raised $447.1M in total across 7 funding rounds.
Digital Asset Holdings is an enterprise software company specializing in distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms, primarily through its Daml smart contract language and Canton privacy-enabled blockchain.[1][2][3] It serves financial institutions, banks, exchanges, market infrastructure providers, insurance, and healthcare organizations by enabling the issuance, transfer, and settlement of digital assets, modernizing legacy systems into synchronized, multi-party networks that reduce manual reconciliation, risk, and costs.[1][2] The company solves problems like fractured systems, lack of privacy, and latency in transactions by providing interoperable solutions for asset tokenization, securities trading, supply chain management, and more, with notable adoption such as Goldman Sachs' GS DAP platform built on Daml and Canton.[1][3] Growth momentum includes over 200 employees, $300M in capital raised, 24+ projects completed, and recent milestones like the 2024 Canton Network public L1 MainNet launch, DTCC/Euroclear tests, and iCapital's iDLT product.[2][3]
Founded in 2014, Digital Asset Holdings emerged as a blockchain innovator focused on enterprise applications, with early funding from its Series A round led by JP Morgan Chase in 2016.[2][3] Key developments include the creation of Daml for smart contracts and Canton for privacy-enabled blockchain, addressing pain points in legacy financial systems like poor interoperability and manual processes.[2] Pivotal moments feature partnerships with leading institutions, evolution into the Canton Network—a public Layer 1 blockchain with privacy—as a founding member of the Canton Foundation, and consistent recognition, such as the Canton Network winning Global Custodian's Digital Asset Initiative award for the third straight year in 2025.[3]
Digital Asset rides the tokenization trend, transforming illiquid assets into digital representations on blockchain for faster capital flow, efficiency, and resilience in global finance.[1][3] Timing aligns with rising institutional adoption of DLT amid regulatory clarity and demand for privacy in multi-party systems, countering legacy silos fractured by manual reconciliation.[2] Market forces like asset tokenization growth, exchanges/settlement modernization, and interoperability needs favor its platform, as seen in partnerships with Goldman Sachs, DTCC, and Euroclear.[1][3] It influences the ecosystem by pioneering open infrastructure via the Canton Network and Foundation, fostering synchronized finance networks that extend beyond finance to supply chains and healthcare.[2][3]
Digital Asset is positioned to lead institutional blockchain adoption, with the Canton Network's MainNet and award-winning momentum signaling scaled deployment ahead.[3] Trends like expanded tokenization, regulatory-grade interoperability, and privacy demands will shape its path, potentially unlocking broader applications in DeFi, real-world assets, and cross-industry networks.[1][2] Its influence may evolve from innovator to ecosystem orchestrator, powering more synchronized markets as legacy systems yield to DLT—building on its mission to create efficient, fair global finance.[3]
Key people at Digital Asset Holdings.
Digital Asset Holdings was founded in 2014 by Yuval Rooz (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer) and Eric Saraniecki (Co-Founder & Head of Product).
Digital Asset Holdings has raised $447.1M in total across 7 funding rounds.
Digital Asset Holdings's investors include Brian A. Ruane, Lawrence Calcano, Tal Cohen, Swati Sawjiany, Don Wilson, Billy Hult, 7RIDGE, BNP Paribas, Circle Ventures, Citadel Securities, DTCC, Mathew McDermott.
Digital Asset Holdings has raised $447.1M across 7 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $50.0M Digital Asset - Other Equity in December 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2025 | $50.0M Digital Asset - Other Equity | Brian A. Ruane, Lawrence Calcano, Tal Cohen, Swati Sawjiany | |
| Jun 24, 2025 | $135.0M Digital Asset - Other Equity | Don Wilson, Billy Hult | 7RIDGE, BNP Paribas, Circle Ventures, Citadel Securities, DTCC, Mathew McDermott, IMC, Liberty City Ventures, Optiver, Paxos, Josh Rosenthal, Melvin Deng, Republic Digital, Virtu Financial |
| Apr 21, 2021 | $120.0M Digital Asset - Series D | Carsten Kengeter | |
| Feb 5, 2020 | $35.0M Digital Asset - Series C | Salesforce Ventures, Samsung | |
| Oct 17, 2017 | $40.0M Digital Asset - Series B | Hamilton James | |
| Jun 22, 2016 | $7.1M Digital Asset - Other Equity | ASX Limited | |
| Jan 22, 2016 | $60.0M Digital Asset - Series A | ICAP, ABN AMRO, Accenture Ventures, Elmer Funke Kupper, Catherine Flax, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Citi, CME Ventures, Ashwin Kumar, Mike Bodson, Sanoke Viswanathan, Mouro Capital, PNC Bank |