Valinor, a New York-based startup building what it calls "Open Credit" infrastructure at the intersection of institutional capital and decentralized finance (DeFi), has raised $25 million in a seed round to bring private credit onto the blockchain.
Castle Island Ventures led the round. Other investors include Susquehanna's crypto arm, Maven11, Apollo, Neoclassic Capital, The Venture Dept, 57Blocks, The Fintech Fund, and the founders of Bitcoin miner-turned-AI company TeraWulf, according to the company's website. The round's valuation was not disclosed.
Co-founders Connor Dougherty and Lily Yarborough both worked in Blackstone's GSO Special Situations credit division before launching Valinor in late 2023.
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