Jarsy, a new digital investment platform focused on increasing access to high-growth private companies, has announced its emergence from stealth mode with $5 million in pre-seed funding led by Breyer Capital.
The funding round also saw participation from Karman Ventures and a roster of angel investors. Notable individual investors include Evan Cheng (CEO, Mysten Labs), Nathan McCauley (CEO, Anchorage), and Richard Liu (CEO, Huma Finance), alongside C-Suite executives from Niantic, EigenLayer, Moonpay, Babylon Labs, Zettablock, and Confluent.
Jarsy aims to broaden access to private market investments by allowing individuals to invest in tokenized equity of prominent private companies such as Anthropic, Stripe, and Perplexity AI, with investment minimums as low as $10. The platform is designed to offer a streamlined experience, removing technical complexities often associated with blockchain technology for new users, while maintaining full transparency for experienced crypto users. Jarsy operates on a 1:1 asset-backed token model, where each minted token corresponds to a real share held in custody, providing stable exposure to private markets. These tokenized shares are backed by physical equity with transparent access to reserve documentation and share ownership.
Users can log in with an email address, pay in USDC or USD, and receive tokens without requiring knowledge of digital wallets, seed phrases, or gas fees. Jarsy manages the due diligence, administrative paperwork, and even wallet creation, allowing users to focus on investing in companies.
Jarsy was founded by a team of experienced technology operators. CEO Han Qin’s career includes co-launching Uber China, scaling it to eight million users, working on Graph Search at Facebook, and leading BNPL growth at Afterpay prior to its $30 billion acquisition by Block. His background, which includes an early adoption of Bitcoin in 2009, is rooted in the belief that financial systems should serve individuals. He is joined by Yiying Hu, COO, an alum of Uber and Square and a serial Web3 entrepreneur, and Chunyang Shen, CTO, a former lead engineer at Uber and Afterpay and a Silicon Valley venture capital scout.
“Private equity investing has been a closed club for far too long,” stated Han Qin, Co-founder and CEO of Jarsy. “We started Jarsy to rewrite the playbook – bringing accessibility, transparency, and blockchain technology to a space that’s been gatekept by institutions and ultra-high net worth individuals. We built Jarsy for a new generation of everyday investors – whether crypto-natives or completely new to blockchain – to democratize access to pre-IPO investments.”
Ted Breyer, Partner at Breyer Capital, commented, “Jarsy is solving a real market gap with strong validation and one clear mission: to make the next generation of tech giants investable for everyone. Han and his team have built products that serve billions. They bring a rare ability to scale with a deep respect for the end user.”
The $5 million in funding will be allocated to accelerating product development, enhancing regulatory compliance initiatives, and expanding the user experience team to support global accessibility. Jarsy is also forging partnerships with legal and financial institutions, including Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR), to establish a robust compliance framework. A significant portion of the capital will also support the onboarding of new private equity opportunities and investor education through creator-led content and influencer collaborations focused on financial literacy and transparency.
Jarsy is a U.S.-based platform committed to regulatory compliance, built by a team with experience from companies such as Uber, Square, and Afterpay. It aims to democratize access to pre-IPO investments and high-growth private equity through blockchain-based tokenization.
