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Navra

Blockchain access layer for financial markets

CORE INFO

$19M
Total Funding
Series A
Round
2026
Founded
2-10
Team Size
Las Vegas, Nevada
Headquarters

Navra makes a mobile and desktop platform for individuals, institutions, and financial businesses to access curated on-chain lending, borrowing, yield, trading, and securities venues through one interface. It also offers white-label and embedded infrastructure for partners that want to provide blockchain access under their own brand.

  • Series A: $19 million announced on October 6, 2026, in an oversubscribed round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Baseline, DCM, Jump Crypto, and Figure Technology Solutions.businesswire.com
  • Axios reported that Mike Cagney raised $19 million for Navra to make on-chain lending and securities markets more usable for traditional investors.axios.com
  • Limited rollout: Navra was preparing to begin retail and institutional availability with selected design partners in October 2026, before broader launch.financialcontent.com
  • Figure Technology Solutions: Navra's first announced blockchain partner, with integrations for Figure's Democratized Prime yield protocol and YLDS yielding stablecoin.financialcontent.com

WHY WE WOULD WORK AT NAVRA

Bridge Finance and Blockchain

Help build the access layer connecting traditional finance with on-chain lending, borrowing, yield, trading, cash rails, and securities markets.

Shape an Early Platform

Join a 2–10 person company before broad launch, with a limited rollout planned and the chance to influence core product decisions from the start.

Solve Custody's Hard Problems

Work on MPC-based keyless self-custody, qualified-custody workflows, enterprise wallets, approval policies, and audit trails for serious financial users.

Build AI-Native Finance

Develop an AI agent that can assist with or execute transactions within user-defined limits—while helping make AI central across Navra's product and operations.

Create Financial Infrastructure

Build white-label and embedded blockchain rails that let financial businesses offer Navra's capabilities under their own brands and inside existing applications.

Launch With Strong Backing

Help turn a $19 million, Ribbit-led Series A into a live platform alongside strategic partners including Figure Technology Solutions, DCM, and Jump Crypto.

MARKET AND TRACTION

MARKET POSITION

  • Navra positions itself as a blockchain access layer connecting traditional finance with on-chain lending, borrowing, yield, trading, cash-rail, and securities-related markets.

  • The company targets retail users, institutions, financial firms, asset managers, and businesses seeking embedded or white-label blockchain infrastructure.

    • GROWTH TACTICS

    ✦ KEY METRIC
  • Navra planned a limited retail and institutional rollout beginning in October 2026 with selected design partners before broader availability.

  • The company is pursuing direct platform access alongside white-label and embedded infrastructure partnerships, allowing financial businesses to offer blockchain access under their own brands.

    • NOTABLE CUSTOMERS

  • Figure Technology Solutions is Navra's first announced blockchain partner and has been integrated through its Democratized Prime yield protocol and YLDS yielding stablecoin, with trading-market integration planned.

  • Navra has referenced a cohort of design partners, but those organizations have not been publicly named; no paying customer list has been disclosed.

    • KEY METRICS

    ✦ KEY METRIC
  • Navra announced an oversubscribed $19 million Series A led by Ribbit Capital on October 6, 2026, bringing publicly announced total funding to $19 million.

  • Founded in 2026, the company had a publicly listed team size of 2–10 employees and had not disclosed revenue, users, assets transacted, transaction volume, or retention metrics.

    • COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

  • Navra combines MPC-based keyless self-custody, qualified-custody workflows, enterprise wallets, role-based controls, approval policies, and audit trails in one platform.

  • Its AI agent can assist with or execute transactions within user-defined limits, while its white-label infrastructure enables financial businesses to retain their customer relationship and branding.

    • PRODUCT AND TECH

    On-Chain Market Access

    Mobile and desktop platform providing access to curated on-chain lending, borrowing, yield, trading, cash-rail, and securities-related venues through a single interface.

    MPC Self-Custody

    Keyless, MPC-based self-custody keeps private keys from being held in one place while avoiding the need for users to manage a traditional seed phrase.

    Institutional Wallet Controls

    Enterprise wallets support role-based permissions, approval policies, qualified-custody workflows, audit trails, and integrations with fund administrators and accounting systems.

    AI Transaction Agent

    An embedded AI agent assists with or executes transactions within user-defined limits, helping users manage blockchain-based financial activity through natural-language interactions.

    White-Label Infrastructure

    Navra provides complete white-label applications, embeddable modules, and underlying transaction, custody, and venue-access infrastructure for financial businesses.

    COMPANY CULTURE

    Values

  • User control over assets and transaction rules

  • Security, custody flexibility, and transparency

  • Accessible blockchain experiences for traditional-finance users

  • Curated and vetted financial venues

    • Operating Principles

  • Combine self-custody with institutional-grade controls

  • Use programmable safeguards, approval policies, and audit trails

  • Support compliance and operational teams with human assistance

  • Build bridges between traditional finance and blockchain markets

    • Work Style

  • Early-stage, mission-driven environment

  • Product development shaped by retail, institutional, and design partners

  • AI-native approach across product, engineering, legal, finance, and marketing

  • Cross-functional focus on usability, risk, and financial infrastructure

    • Learning & Growth

  • Exposure to blockchain, DeFi, tokenized securities, and financial infrastructure

  • Opportunities to work across consumer, institutional, and white-label products

  • Hands-on learning in MPC custody, enterprise wallets, and AI transaction agents

  • Close collaboration with experienced fintech and capital-markets leaders