
Investments
44Portfolio Exits
4Partners & Customers
1About Hard Yaka
Hard Yaka makes early round investments in exchange space startups. Candidates are either verticals in particular categories of exchange markets or horizontals providing services (i.e. messaging or payments) across exchange sectors.
Latest Hard Yaka News
Nov 20, 2023
CFX Labs – a future leader in monetizing rapid and secure international payments markets currently operating a nationwide payment network – recently announced it has raised $9.5 million in seed funding. And CFX Labs raised funds from a diverse array of strategic partners, including Shima Capital, Decasonic, Antalpha, CMT Digital, Corazon Capital, Hard Yaka, Kraken Ventures, New Form Capital, and Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust, amongst others in an oversubscribed round. Over one billion people globally rely on being able to make secure, fast, and inexpensive domestic and international remittance transfers. And CFX Labs’ funding round will provide resources to expand its network reach and continued development of innovative technologies supporting international payments. Operating at the intersection of financial services, point of sale, and digital assets, CFX Labs is transforming stablecoin settlements globally with a fiat payment platform enabling users to move money across borders instantly. The company’s offerings include the MoveMoney embedded wallet – which enables users to send and receive fiat instantly from brick-and-mortar locations across the U.S. at network-affiliated locations, including Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, Rite-Aid, and others. There are one in seven people globally relies on remittances. However, high costs, slow settlements, and limited accessibility significantly impact households that rely on remittances. These factors affect smaller businesses that make infrequent global payments to suppliers. Reducing unnecessary costs and improving access to more secure funds can stimulate economic growth, enhance global commerce, improve international remittances, and reduce inequality. CFX Labs’ payment network stands to expand beyond remittances internationally between the Americas to global international money transfer and remittances, a market valued in trillions of dollars. CFX Labs partners with emerging brands and established retail leaders to monetize the movement of money with a unique revenue share model. KEY QUOTES: “Bringing together an accomplished team of industry executive leadership from the likes of PayPal, MoonPay, Sardine, Robinhood, ABN AMRO Bank, Feeding America, and world class technical development, this seed round represents the conviction our investors have in our platform and its potential. CFX is not just accelerating the movement of money; we’re transforming the very fabric of the global money movement to unlock entirely new monetization opportunities for the real producers and consumers of our shared economy.” – Nick Cavet, co-founder and CEO of CFX Labs “We are eager to support CFX Labs as they reimagine and transform the global payment processing market with the industry’s most advanced and intuitive technology. CFX Labs has the potential to reshape the multi-trillion dollar global payments market through its vertically integrated platform that empowers everyone to easily access and take control of their payment transfer needs.” – Sam Yagan, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Corazon Capital Sponsors
Hard Yaka Investments
44 Investments
Hard Yaka has made 44 investments. Their latest investment was in CFX Labs as part of their Seed VC on November 11, 2023.

Hard Yaka Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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11/16/2023 | Seed VC | CFX Labs | $9.5M | Yes | Antalpha Ventures, CMT Digital, Corazon Capital, Decasonic, Kraken Ventures, Metropolitan Capital Bancorp, New Form Capital, Shima Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | 2 |
6/26/2023 | Pre-Seed | Terminal 3 | Yes | 2 | ||
4/19/2023 | Convertible Note | Universal Ledger | $10M | Yes | 2 | |
10/26/2022 | Seed VC - II | |||||
10/12/2022 | Series A |
Date | 11/16/2023 | 6/26/2023 | 4/19/2023 | 10/26/2022 | 10/12/2022 |
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Round | Seed VC | Pre-Seed | Convertible Note | Seed VC - II | Series A |
Company | CFX Labs | Terminal 3 | Universal Ledger | ||
Amount | $9.5M | $10M | |||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Antalpha Ventures, CMT Digital, Corazon Capital, Decasonic, Kraken Ventures, Metropolitan Capital Bancorp, New Form Capital, Shima Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | ||||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Hard Yaka Portfolio Exits
4 Portfolio Exits
Hard Yaka has 4 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Noble Money on August 17, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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8/17/2022 | Acquired | 3 | |||
Date | 8/17/2022 | |||
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Exit | Acquired | |||
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Sources | 3 |
Hard Yaka Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
Hard Yaka has 1 strategic partners and customers. Hard Yaka recently partnered with Yoyo on October 10, 2018.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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10/29/2018 | Partner | United Kingdom | Yoyo Wallet enters into partnership agreement with Hard Yaka UK-based payment and loyalty app Yoyo Wallet has entered into a partnership agreement with investment company Hard Yaka . | 2 |
Date | 10/29/2018 |
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Type | Partner |
Business Partner | |
Country | United Kingdom |
News Snippet | Yoyo Wallet enters into partnership agreement with Hard Yaka UK-based payment and loyalty app Yoyo Wallet has entered into a partnership agreement with investment company Hard Yaka . |
Sources | 2 |
Hard Yaka Team
3 Team Members
Hard Yaka has 3 team members, including , .
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Greg Kidd | Founder | Current | |
Name | Greg Kidd | ||
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Work History | |||
Title | Founder | ||
Status | Current |
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