Baxus

Backed byMulticoin Capital
Total raised$5.0M
StageSeed
Founded2021
Team size11-50
HQLittle Falls, United States
IndustriesBlockchain

About Baxus

BAXUS provides custodial and tokenization infrastructure for wine and spirits. The company aims to unlock liquidity in the world's fastest growing alternative asset class. It focuses on the wine and spirits market as it pursues this objective.

Company at a glance

Location
Little Falls, United States
Investors
FJ Labs ·Multicoin Capital ·Narwhal Ventures ·Solana Ventures
Websitebaxus.co
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Founders & Leadership

FS

Finian Sedgwick

Building Brands, Liquid Markets, & the Future of Wine and Spirits.

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RM

Richard Morrow

COO @ BAXUS | Co-founder of BoozApp | Girl-Dad | Whiskey Disposal Unit

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MR

Morgan Roberts

CIO @ 1791 Capital Management || VP, Institutional Partnerships and Client Portfolio Management @ BAXUS

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CK

Carrie Kellar

Co-Founder & CTO @BAXUS

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JN

J.D Nicholls

Full-Stack Web3 Engineer | Open Source Contributor | Mentor 👨‍🏫 | Speaker 🗣️ | Creator of @proyecto26 👷‍♂️ | Expert in React, Angular, NodeJS, NestJS, Temporal, Solana, Blockchain, React Native, Ionic and Azure/GCP

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Engineering29%
  • Operations29%
  • Leadership12%
  • Sales12%
  • Other12%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.Columbia University
  2. 2.Universidad de Medellín
  3. 3.The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  4. 4.Brigham Young University
  5. 5.Rutgers University

Team Worked At

  • The New York Times
  • Apollo Global Management
  • Mercado Libre
  • Globant
  • 10Pearls

Team Composition

16 people
  • Engineering1 senior5
  • Operations2 senior3
  • Consulting2
  • Information Technology2
  • Business Development1 senior1
  • Entrepreneurship1 senior1
  • Finance1 senior1
  • Sales1

Funding History

SeedMay 2024

$5M

raised

Web3-enabled spirits marketplace BAXUS raised a $5M seed round led by Multicoin Capital; Solana Ventures, Narwhal Ventures, FJ Labs and several angel investors participated.

Multicoin CapitalFJ LabsSolana VenturesNarwhal Ventures

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