Lykke

company

About

Lykke is building a global marketplace for all asset classes and financial instruments.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series A
Last Funding Money Raised
Fr2M
Industries
Bitcoin,Finance,Financial Services,FinTech,Marketplace,Trading Platform
Founded date
Sep 26, 2013
Number Of Employee
51 - 100
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Lykke, Inc.
Also Known As
lykke,lykkeX,lykkecity

Lykke is a Swiss Fintech company building a global marketplace based on blockchain. It builds on decades of thought and research by company founder Richard Olsen, a pioneer in the field of high-frequency finance. Richard served as co-founder and CEO of OANDA, a leading foreign exchange company.
Lykke received initial seed funding in 2015. The company is currently pursuing investors who want to change the face of the global market.

Mission

Lykke is here to build the future of markets:

• By employing transparent blockchain technology

• By achieving reliability and accessibility of financial services

• By open-sourcing knowledge and competences

Vision

Lykke will create a single global marketplace, where any sort of financial instrument can be traded and settled peer to peer with second-by-second interest payments. Unlike the structure of prevailing markets, ours will be a level playing field to which anyone with an Internet connection can have access.
Our marketplace utilizes blockchain pioneered by Bitcoin to offer immediate settlement and direct ownership. All the software that serves as the foundation of the market will be developed in open source.
Commissions are zero. We anticipate ample trade volumes. Our revenue will come from providing liquidity, offering issuance services, and supporting institutional clients.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
10
Fr12.80M
Lykke has raised a total of Fr12.80M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 16, 2020 from a Corporate Round round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Apr 16, 2020 Corporate Round 1 Hanwha Systems Detail
Sep 25, 2018 Corporate Round 1 Tamedia Detail
Sep 24, 2018 Series A Fr2M 1 TX Ventures Detail
Dec 14, 2017 Initial Coin Offering Fr6M Detail
Mar 5, 2017 Series Unknown Fr2M Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
3
4
Lykke is funded by 4 investors. Hanwha Systems and Tamedia are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Hanwha Systems Yes Corporate Round
Tamedia Yes Corporate Round
TX Ventures Yes Series A
Impact51 Pre-seed

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
7
Lykke has 7 current employee profiles, including Executive Richard Olsen
Executive
Employee
Board member
Executive
Employee