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KuCoin

Operator of a cryptocurrency exchange platform designed to provide digital asset transaction and exchange services.
Other Financial Services 📍 Seychelles Founded 2017
Current Valuation
$10B
as of 2022-Q2
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KuCoin is a global cryptocurrency exchange offering spot and derivatives trading, staking, a wallet and its own KCS token, known for listing small-cap tokens early. It raised $150M in a pre-Series B led by Jump Crypto in May 2022 at a $10B valuation — the last priced round — with Circle Ventures, Matrix Partners and IDG among the backers and a subsequent extension involving Susquehanna.

Company Profile

CEO
BC Wong
Founded
2017
HQ
Seychelles
Employees
1,300
Total Raised
$170M
Growth
Valued at $10B in the May 2022 pre-Series B led by Jump Crypto, on just ~$170M raised in total; that mark predates the sector-wide repricing and no later round has re-tested it
Last Round
Series B — $150M (May 2022)
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Series B · $150M · 4y 3mo ago
privateTotal raised $170M

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series B$150MMay 2022$10B

Founders & Key People

Michael GanEric Don

Investors

Jump Crypto · Circle Ventures · Matrix Partners · IDG Capital · Susquehanna International Group (SIG)

Products

  • KuCoin spot and futures exchange
  • KuCoin Earn / staking
  • KuCoin Wallet
  • KCS exchange token
  • KuCoin Labs (incubator)

Competitors

Binance · OKX · Bybit · Coinbase · Gate.io
CryptoExchangeDigital AssetsTrading
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2022-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.