Arcanum Capital

About Arcanum Capital

Arcanum Capital is an institutional-grade, BMA-regulated asset management firm specializing in fintech venture capital. We invest in early-stage companies building the financial infrastructure for digital assets, with stablecoins as the core primitive, Bitcoin as a parallel sovereign-grade reserve asset, and AI agentic payments as a control layer. Our team brings deep operational and investment experience in blockchain and fintech since 2013, combined with a global footprint across North and South America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. We maintain a dealflow engine that consistently surfaces low-visibility early-stage opportunities stemming from deep, longstanding relationships, strategic LP alignments, and active ecosystem immersion. Arcanum Emerging Technologies Fund II concentrates on the full blockchain-based payments stack: from settlement and payment orchestration to custody, tokenized assets, and programmable finance. The fund is backed by a strategic base of investors, led by Tether, the world's largest stablecoin issuer, and Tim Draper, legendary Silicon Valley investor known for early bets on Tesla, SpaceX, Coinbase, and Robinhood.
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  • James Mcdowall, Founding Partner