, a NYC-based financial orchestration layer for building automated onchain investment portfolios, raised $4M in funding.
The round was led by a16z CSX, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Ventures, First Commit, Selini Capital, GSR, Generative Ventures, Pivot Global, and MoonPay Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to expand its team and expand operations.
Founded in 2024 by John Johnson and Brian Huang, Glider operates across both the application and infrastructure layers, offering a B2C interface in addition to a B2B API that unlocks B2B2C opportunities. Its API is designed to embed portfolios directly into wallets, AI agents, decentralized exchanges, and lending protocol.
Key features of the platform include:
- Portfolio construction: Users can customize their investment approach using allocation tools or curated templates.
- Automated execution:聽the company sources liquidity and manages rebalancing across chains to trigger trades.
- Non-custodial integration:聽Connect any existing wallet (MetaMask, Rainbow, Safe, WalletConnect, etc.) without needing new seed phrases.
- Integrated lending:聽Glider optimizes yield by automatically lending through DeFi lending protocols like AAVE.
- Collaborative investing:聽Users can share strategies and customize them to continuously refine portfolios.
- Integrated backtesting:聽Test strategies on the Glider interface using historical data and compare performance against BTC, ETH, and other benchmarks.
In connection with the funding, Glider is also announcing its participation in the a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (鈥淐SX鈥�) 04 Spring Cohort in San Francisco.
