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GRVT is a technology company.
GRVT operates an institutional-grade digital asset platform, providing users with a secure and efficient environment for trading and investing. The company's core offering includes a hybrid derivatives exchange focused on crypto perpetuals, enabling high-speed transactions with verifiable cryptographic proofs. GRVT emphasizes self-custody, ensuring that users retain full control over their assets through private keys, alongside offering managed investment strategies guided by vetted trading professionals.
Founded in 2022 by Aaron Ong, Hong Gyu Yea, and Matthew Quek, GRVT emerged from the insight that advanced trading tools and professional financial management strategies were largely inaccessible to many digital asset participants. The founders aimed to bridge this gap by creating a platform that democratizes access to sophisticated financial instruments while prioritizing security and user autonomy in the burgeoning digital asset space.
The platform serves both active traders seeking rapid execution for crypto perpetuals and investors interested in curated, professionally managed liquidity provider strategies. GRVT's long-term vision is to establish the optimal pathway for individuals to grow, manage, and ultimately own their digital wealth with unparalleled ease and security, making previously out-of-reach financial opportunities widely accessible.
GRVT has raised $26.2M across 3 funding rounds.
GRVT has raised $26.2M in total across 3 funding rounds.
GRVT has raised $26.2M in total across 3 funding rounds.
GRVT's investors include Further Ventures, Min Kim, Sreeram Kannan, ZKSync, 500 Startups Korea, Ampersan, Pulsar Trading, Selini Capital.
GRVT has raised $26.2M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $19.0M Series A in September 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2025 | $19M Series A | Further Ventures, MIN KIM, Sreeram Kannan, Zksync | 500 Startups Korea | Announced |
| Jan 1, 2025 | $5M Series U | — | Further Ventures | Announced |
| Mar 21, 2024 | $2.2M Venture Round | — | Ampersan, Pulsar Trading, Selini Capital | Announced |
GRVT (pronounced "gravity") is a decentralized exchange (DEX) specializing in on-chain trading of perpetual futures and derivatives, powered by zero-knowledge (ZK) technology for privacy, self-custody, and institutional-grade performance. It builds a trustless platform on ZKsync that combines the speed and user experience of centralized exchanges (CeFi) with decentralized finance (DeFi) security, addressing post-FTX issues like counterparty risk and fund access. GRVT serves retail and institutional traders, solving problems of high fees, gas costs, privacy leaks, and limited capital efficiency by offering zero-gas trading, portfolio margining, TradingView charts, and KYC/AML compliance. Growth momentum includes multiple funding rounds totaling over $28M (pre-seed $2.1M in 2022, seed $5M in 2023 at $39M valuation, strategic $2.2M in 2024, Series A $19M in 2024), a 2025 product roadmap, and the November 2025 launch of the Global Trading League (GTL)—an esports-style competition redefining perp trading as entertainment.[1][2][3][4]
GRVT, formerly known as Gravity, was founded in 2023 by a team of technology and financial markets professionals, including co-founder and CEO Hong Yea, as well as backers like Darius Sit (Founder & CIO), Shiliang Tang (Founder & CIO), and Tom Shaughnessy (Co-Founder).[1][2][3] The idea emerged in the wake of the FTX collapse, aiming to create an institutional and retail trading venue that prevents access to user funds while delivering CeFi-like throughput and DEX self-custody for options and perpetuals. Early traction built through pre-seed ($2.1M in Oct 2022) and seed ($5M in Sep 2023) rounds, evolving from a focus on trustless infrastructure to regulated, private trading on ZKsync, with strategic funding ($2.2M in Mar 2024) and Series A ($19M in Sep 2024) fueling product launches like the 2025 roadmap and GTL.[3]
GRVT rides the convergence of DeFi maturation, ZK tech scalability, and esports gamification, capitalizing on post-FTX demand for secure, private derivatives trading amid rising on-chain volumes. Timing aligns with ZKsync's growth and a trillion-dollar DeFi-esports opportunity, as traditional trading feels solitary while crypto seeks regulated, high-performance venues.[1][2] Market forces like institutional adoption, privacy regulations, and capital efficiency needs favor GRVT, influencing the ecosystem by democratizing hedge fund tools, boosting perp trading culture, and bridging CeFi/DeFi divides—evident in its funding trajectory and community events across Asia.[3]
GRVT is poised to dominate ZK-powered perp trading with GTL expanding into global competitions, roadmap executions like enhanced automation, and further institutional onboarding. Trends like ZK interoperability, real-world asset perps, and DeFi-esports fusion will propel it, potentially evolving influence toward fully trustless markets and mainstream trading entertainment. As the on-chain investment app that "makes finance just flow," GRVT redefines accessible elite trading in a self-custodial era.[1][2][4]