C1 Fund Inc.

C1 Fund Inc. is a publicly traded closed-end investment fund headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and incorporated in Maryland. Its core business is to provide public-market investors with access to the private digital asset ecosystem. The fund's mission is to democratize access to leading, late-stage private companies driving the future of digital asset services and technology, bridging the gap between public and private markets.

C1 Fund Inc. focuses its investments on the infrastructure layers of the digital asset economy, targeting businesses involved in exchanges, settlement systems, compliance platforms, staking infrastructure, and developer tooling. The fund aims to maximize total return primarily through capital gains on equity and equity-related investments in a curated portfolio of up to 30 companies. Notable portfolio companies include Kraken, Ripple, Chainalysis, BitGo, Fireblocks, Uphold, and ConsenSys.

C1 Fund Inc. completed its initial public offering (IPO) on August 7, 2025, and its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CFND. Dr. Najam Kidwai serves as Co-founder, President, and CEO. In the first half of 2026, the fund expanded its portfolio from seven to eleven companies and realized its first liquidity events, including the IPO of portfolio company BitGo and a partial divestiture of its Ripple position, which generated an approximate 150% return.