Key Takeaways:
C1 Fund Inc. (NYSE: CFND) deployed over $10.47 million in fresh capital into crypto infrastructure and trading platforms, including Fireblocks and Polymarket, according to its year-end 2025 financial report released May 11.
"Since our listing in August, we have steadily translated our access and network into portfolio construction, capital markets activity, and early realized outcomes," Dr. Najam Kidwai, Chief Executive Officer of C1 Fund, said in the report.
The post-year-end investments total $10,472,148 and include positions in custody firm Fireblocks, newly-public BitGo, trading platform Uphold, and prediction market Blockratize Inc. (Polymarket). The fund also added to existing stakes in Ripple, ConsenSys, and Chainalysis, bringing total invested capital to $41,361,297, the filing shows.
The move reinforces C1 Fund's strategy of providing public market investors with access to late-stage private crypto companies. It comes as the fund reported a Net Asset Value of $7.81 per share, which management believes materially undervalues the portfolio and creates a "rare opportunity" for access to high-quality private digital asset companies at a discount.
The fund's active management approach has already generated significant returns. Chief Investment Officer Elliot Han highlighted a partial divestiture of its Ripple position that generated an approximate 150 percent return in less than four months. This, along with the recent initial public offering of portfolio company BitGo in January 2026, "reinforces our sourcing discipline and our active approach to portfolio management," Han commented.
The investments signal a bullish outlook from the fund's management, who see a confluence of positive factors for the sector. "We also believe the macro backdrop is becoming increasingly favorable, driven by improving regulatory clarity, broader institutional participation, the convergence of AI and blockchain infrastructure, and a growing pipeline of potential liquidity events," Kidwai noted.
This strategy of targeting key infrastructure players is mirrored by other large-scale capital raises in the sector. Digital Asset Holdings, the creator of the Canton Network, is reportedly seeking $300 million in a funding round that would value the company at approximately $2 billion, showing continued institutional appetite for the technology underpinning the digital asset economy.
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