Flowdesk is a technology company.
Flowdesk has raised $30.0M across 1 funding round.
Key people at Flowdesk.
Flowdesk has raised $30.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Flowdesk has raised $30.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Flowdesk's investors include Aglae Ventures, Animoca Brands, BITKRAFT Ventures, CoinFund, Cultivation Capital, Double Prime LLP, eFounders, Element Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Greylock, Index Ventures, Intel Capital.
Flowdesk is a financial technology company founded in 2020 that builds a best-in-class trading infrastructure for digital assets, integrating over 140 centralized and decentralized exchanges to provide institutional-grade solutions.[2][3] It serves token issuers, foundations, exchanges, and institutions with services including market-making, liquidity provision, OTC trading, brokerage, custody, and treasury management, solving the challenges of liquidity, execution, compliance, and scalability in crypto markets.[1][2][3] The platform empowers clients to manage secondary markets efficiently with proprietary algorithms, low-latency trading, and 24/7 global support across five offices, bridging traditional finance and crypto while prioritizing regulation and transparency—registered as a Digital Asset Service Provider in France.[3]
Flowdesk has demonstrated strong growth momentum, expanding from market-making to a one-stop platform connected to 85+ exchanges (now 140+), with multi-region deployments on Google Cloud for 99.9% uptime and secure data handling, alongside new offices in Paris, Singapore, New York, and others.[1][3]
Flowdesk was co-founded in 2020 by Guilhem Chaumont (CEO, with a traditional finance background and passion for technology) and Paul Bugnot (COO), drawing on expertise in traditional markets, algorithmic trading, and blockchain.[1][2] The idea emerged from Chaumont's vision to help crypto issuers build future financial institutions by digitalizing asset trading, rather than replicating legacy market-making—stating, "Our goal is to bridge traditional finance and crypto finance."[1][2] Early traction came rapidly: within two years, it connected to 85+ exchanges, expanded services, and migrated to Google Cloud for global scalability, opening offices in Paris and Singapore (with US expansion by late 2022).[1] Pivotal moments include engineering proprietary infrastructure for tokenized finance and achieving compliance-first registration.[3]
Flowdesk rides the tokenization trend, where blockchain enables digital ownership, transfer, and exchange of value, positioning itself as infrastructure for the "financial institutions of tomorrow."[1][2] Timing is ideal amid crypto's maturation post-2020 boom, with rising token issuers needing liquidity and compliance amid regulatory clarity (e.g., EU MiCA influences).[3] Market forces like decentralized finance growth, institutional adoption, and on/off-chain trading favor its 140+ exchange integrations and TradFi-crypto bridge.[2] It influences the ecosystem by empowering issuers to self-manage markets, fostering innovation for thousands of upcoming tokens, and providing stable liquidity to reduce volatility—acting as a go-to counterparty with global reach.[1][2]
Flowdesk is poised to dominate as the all-in-one liquidity and trading hub for tokenized assets, expanding its platform amid blockchain's infrastructure shift. Trends like Layer 2 scaling, real-world asset tokenization, and stricter global regs will shape its path, amplifying demand for compliant, high-performance tools.[2][3] Its influence may evolve toward deeper Web3 integrations and US/EU expansion, potentially capturing a larger share of institutional crypto volume. As the original vision promised—a scalable bridge for crypto issuers—Flowdesk's tech and compliance edge positions it to engineer tomorrow's finance at global scale.[1]
Key people at Flowdesk.
Flowdesk has raised $30.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $30.0M Series A in June 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2022 | $30.0M Series A | Aglae Ventures, Animoca Brands, BITKRAFT Ventures, CoinFund, Cultivation Capital, Double Prime LLP, eFounders, Element Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Greylock, Index Ventures, Intel Capital, ISAI, John Paul, Kima Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Origins, #SecretFund, Third Prime, WestWave Capital, Zedcrest Capital, Alexandre Prot, Alexis Bonillo, Benjamin Chemla, Celine Lazorthes, Charles Delingpole, Charles-Edouard Bouee, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Wang, Didier Valet, Evan Brown, Gilad Engel, Gregory Coleman, Greg Tseng, James Park, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Michael Benabou, Nicolas Julia, Nicolas Steegmann, Pascal Gauthier, Sebastien Borget, Steve Anavi, Thibaud Elziere, Thibault Poutrel |
