Gyld Finance has announced the completion of its $1.5 million pre-seed funding round led by Lightshift. The company is developing infrastructure to regulate operations with staking rewards on digital assets.
Founders & Vision
Gyld Finance was founded by Abbas Ali and Ruchir Gupta, who previously held senior positions at J.P. Morgan and GSR. Their aim is to create regulated financial market infrastructure that turns staking rewards into a tradable institutional asset class.
"It’s only a matter of time before asset managers are benchmarked against indices like CESR, the Composite Ethereum Staking Rate, and we intend to provide the market infrastructure that enables this," said Ali and Gupta.
Product Overview
Gyld is developing liquid term staking infrastructure, which will include regulated instruments with a marketplace, allowing fixed-income tools to enter the staking market. Key features include:
* Active portfolio management—managing exposure across the validator curve. * Capital efficiency—cutting liquidity buffers while keeping digital asset exposure. * Risk hedging—managing staking reward volatility and liquidity risk. * Institutional grade—regulated term instruments with clear legal foundations.
Strategic Partnerships
Gyld Finance has signed agreements with Figment and Blockdaemon to ensure validator operations and risk management. Partnerships with Zodia Custody and Copper will provide secure infrastructure for institutional asset custody.
"As a leading provider of staking for institutions globally, we’ve seen first-hand the challenges around liquidity and risk management. Gyld is addressing this gap with compliant, scalable solutions, and we’re excited to support their mission," said Eva Lawrence, Head of EMEA at Figment.
Gyld Finance aims to create institutional markets for staked digital assets, transforming passive staking into actively managed fixed income-style products.
