Ground
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Founders
About
Ground is a San Francisco-based infrastructure company building an API that lets fintechs, neobanks, wealth managers, exchanges, and asset managers integrate onchain yield products without building their own blockchain infrastructure 123. The platform supports lending protocols, structured products, and liquid staking tokens across Ethereum, Solana, and Layer 2 networks, including integrations with Aave, Morpho, Maple, and Kamino 2. Ground was co-founded by Reid Cuming — a co-founder of tokenized asset manager Superstate — and Sam Yoon, who previously held engineering leadership roles at Braid and HiFi 123. The company emerged from stealth on June 24, 2026 12.
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Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | Pre-Seed | $3.6M | Bain Capital Crypto, ParaFi | Nascent, Robot Ventures, Chapter One, Consonant Ventures 123 |
What Investors Say
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What Founders Say
“Ground is building the platform that makes onchain finance accessible and embeddable.” — Reid Cuming, Co-Founder & CEO, Ground, quoted in The Defiant, June 24, 2026 2
Sources
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The Block, “Superstate co-founder raises $3.6 million pre-seed for Ground to help fintechs access onchain yield,” June 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.theblock.co/post/406040/superstate-co-founder-ground-funding-crypto-onchain-yield↩↩↩↩
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The Defiant, “Co-Founder of Superstate Launches Ground, Raises $3.6M to Embed Onchain Finance Everywhere,” June 24, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://thedefiant.io/news/press-releases/ground-launches-onchain-finance-api-3-6m-raise↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Crypto Briefing, “Ground raises $3.6M pre-seed to help fintechs access onchain yield,” June 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://cryptobriefing.com/ground-raises-preseed-fintech-onchain-yield/↩↩↩