Nasdaq is a corporate venture investor based in New York, backing U.S. companies strategically aligned with its financial markets and technology businesses. Through Nasdaq Ventures, it invests across market infrastructure, data and workflow technologies, anti-financial crime, blockchain and digital assets, ESG, new marketplaces, AI and quantum-related enabling technologies. It can lead or co-lead seed, Series A and Series B financings and has acted as a lead investor, making it relevant for early- and later-stage FinTech, data, infrastructure, cybersecurity, sustainability and deep tech founders with commercial traction.