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Cense raises €6.5M seed funding for crypto compliance platform

Created at 3 Jun · 7:33 AM1 source↑ Market-relevant
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Cense, a crypto compliance and evidence platform spun out of Glassnode, has secured €6.5 million in a seed funding round co-led by G+D Ventures and Rabo Investments. The funds will support the platform's European expansion and technological development, addressing the operational gap between crypto and traditional banking systems.

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Key Numbers

€6.5 millionseed funding raised by Cense
2023year Cense was founded as a spinout

Who's Involved

Cense
crypto compliance and evidence platform for financial institutions
Glassnode
company from which Cense was spun out
G+D Ventures
co-lead investor in the seed round
Rabo Investments
co-lead investor in the seed round
Jan Happel
co-founder and CEO of Glassnode
Andreas Barthelmes
Principal at G+D Ventures
Dennis Wohlfarth
CEO of Cense
Sander ten Hagen
Investor at Cense
Pascal Deck
Investor at Rabo Investments
Cense raises €6.5M seed funding for crypto compliance platform

↳ Why This Matters

This funding round highlights the growing demand for specialized compliance solutions as traditional financial institutions increasingly engage with digital assets, signaling a maturing crypto market and the development of essential infrastructure for broader adoption.

Key facts

  • Cense, a crypto compliance platform, raised €6.5 million in a seed funding round.
  • G+D Ventures and Rabo Investments co-led the funding round.
  • Cense is a spinout of Glassnode, focusing on bridging crypto and traditional banking compliance.
  • The platform automates crypto compliance due diligence and produces auditable documentation for banks.
  • Funding will accelerate technological development and European market expansion.

Cense, a specialized crypto compliance and evidence platform that originated as a 2023 spinout from Glassnode, has successfully closed a €6.5 million seed funding round. The investment was co-led by G+D Ventures and Rabo Investments, with participation from angel investors. This funding is earmarked to support the ongoing expansion of Cense's platform across Europe and to further its technological development. Cense aims to address the significant operational gap that exists between the crypto-native financial ecosystem and the traditional banking sector, a need identified as a major unmet requirement in digital asset markets. The platform automates the process of crypto compliance due diligence by collecting and analyzing data from wallets, exchanges, and transactions. It generates standardized, auditable documentation that enables banks to confidently engage with crypto-related client activities and transactions, bridging the limitations of conventional AML systems and pure crypto analytics tools. The founders, who also established Glassnode, bring extensive experience in on-chain analytics and entrepreneurial ventures. This investment underscores the growing institutional adoption of digital assets and the increasing complexity of the regulatory landscape, necessitating robust compliance infrastructure.

Frequently asked questions

Cense is a crypto compliance and evidence platform designed for financial institutions. It automates due diligence and produces auditable documentation for crypto-related activities.

The seed round was co-led by G+D Ventures and Rabo Investments.

Cense was founded in 2023 as a spinout of Glassnode, leveraging Glassnode's on-chain analytics expertise.

Cense addresses the operational and compliance gap between crypto markets and traditional banking systems, enabling banks to handle digital asset transactions with regulatory clarity.

What Happens Next

01Cense will accelerate the technological development of its platform.
02Cense will expand its market presence across Europe.

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3 Jun · 7:30 AM
Glassnode spinout Cense raises €6.5 million seed round co-led by G+D Ventures and Rabo Investments to address the gap between crypto and traditional banking.
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