Co-Founded by Ex-Uber Execs, the New Platform Emerges from Stealth with $5M in Funding Led by Breyer Capital; Leverages Blockchain to Make VC and PE-Level Investing Accessible to Everyone
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jarsy, a digital investment platform unlocking access to high-growth private companies, today emerged from stealth with $5 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Breyer Capital, with participation from Karman Ventures and several high-profile angel investors, including Evan Cheng (CEO, Mysten Labs), Nathan McCauley (CEO, Anchorage), Richard Liu (CEO, Huma Finance), and C-Suite executives from Niantic, EigenLayer, Moonpay, Babylon Labs, Zettablock, and Confluent.
Jarsy is on a mission to break down the barriers to investing in private markets. The platform allows a broader audience to invest in tokenized equity of premier private companies, like Anthropic, Stripe and Perplexity AI, with as little as $10. Unlike traditional investment platforms, Jarsy offers a seamless experience that removes technical barriers for crypto beginners while providing full blockchain transparency for advanced users:
- The platform uses a 1:1 asset-backed token model, for every single token minted Jarsy has a real share backed in custody, providing stable exposure to private markets. These tokenized shares are backed by real equity held in the underlying company, with full transparency into reserve documentation, and share ownership.
- Offering a seamless experience, users can login using their own email; pay in USDC or USD; and receive tokens without needing wallets, seed phrases, or knowledge of gas fees.
- Jarsy handles the diligence, the paperwork, and even the wallet creation – users get to invest in the companies they know and love, while Jarsy ensures trust.
Jarsy was founded by a team of experienced tech operators from Uber, Square and Facebook. CEO Han Qin’s career includes co-launching Uber China, scaling it to eight million users in two years, working on Graph Search with Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook; and leading BNPL growth at Afterpay until its $30B acquisition by Block. His journey, from writing a thesis on AI financial forecasting, to adopting Bitcoin in 2009, was shaped by a simple belief: financial systems should work for people, not against them. Joining forces with Yiying Hu, COO, an Uber and Square alum and serial Web3 entrepreneur, and Chunyang Shen, CTO, lead engineer at Uber and Afterpay and Silicon Valley VC scout, Jarsy was created as a new way to access pre-IPO companies.
“Private equity investing has been a closed club for far too long,” said Han Qin, Co-founder and CEO of Jarsy. “We started Jarsy to rewrite the playbook – bringing accessibility, transparency, and blockchain technology to a space that's been gatekept by institutions and ultra-high net worth individuals. We built Jarsy for a new generation of everyday investors – whether crypto-natives or completely new to blockchain – to democratize access to pre-IPO investments.”
“Jarsy is solving a real market gap with strong validation and one clear mission: to make the next generation of tech giants investable for everyone,” said Ted Breyer, Partner at Breyer Capital. “Han and his team have built products that serve billions. They bring a rare ability to scale with a deep respect for the end user.”
The $5 million in funding will be used to accelerate product development, expand regulatory compliance initiatives, and grow the user experience team to ensure global accessibility. Jarsy is also investing in partnerships with top-tier legal and financial institutions, including Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR), to build a robust compliance roadmap from day one. A major portion of the capital will support onboarding new private equity opportunities and educating next-gen investors through creator-led content and influencer partnerships focused on financial literacy and transparency.
ABOUT JARSY
Jarsy is a digital platform that democratizes access to pre-IPO investments and high-growth private equity. With investment minimums as low as $10 and blockchain-based tokenization, Jarsy offers unprecedented access, transparency, and simplicity to a new generation of global investors. Jarsy is U.S.-based and regulatory-first, built by a team of seasoned founders from Uber, Square, and Afterpay. For more information, visit https://www.jarsy.com.
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