Ledger

France - Paris, Ile-de-France

• 03/04/2023
• Series C
• $108,388,000

Founded in Paris in 2014, LEDGER is a global platform for digital assets and Web3. Ledger is already the world leader in Critical Digital Asset security and utility. With more than 6M devices sold to consumers in 200 countries and 10+ languages, 100+ financial institutions and brands as customers, 20% of the world’s crypto assets are secured, plus services supporting trading, buying, spending, earning, and NFTs. LEDGER’s products include: Ledger Stax, Nano S Plus, Nano X hardware wallets, LEDGER Live companion app, [ LEDGER ] Market, the world’s first secure-minting and first-sale distribution platform, and Ledger Enterprise. With its ease of use, LEDGER allows a user to begin investing in digital assets and ultimately, achieve financial freedom in a safe and stress-free environment.

Headquartered in Paris and Vierzon, with offices in London, New York and Singapore, Ledger has a team of more than 900 professionals developing a variety of products and services to enable individuals and companies to securely buy, store, swap, grow and manage crypto
Headquartered in Paris and Vierzon, with offices in London, New York and Singapore, Ledger has a team of more than 900 professionals developing a variety of products and services to enable individuals and companies to securely buy, store, swap, grow and manage crypto assets – including more than 6 millions devices already sold in 180 countries.

Ledger combines either Nano S Plus or Nano X and the Ledger Live app to offer consumers the easiest way to start their crypto journey while maintaining full control over their digital assets. With its ease of use, Ledger allows users to begin investing in digital assets and ultimately, achieve financial freedom in a safe and stress-free environment, with education provided by its Ledger Academy and Quest.

In addition to consumer products, Ledger has also developed Ledger Enterprise, a digital asset custody and security solution for institutional investors and financial players.

Related People

Pascal GauthierFounder

France - Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

Currently CEO of Ledger, the world leading actor in securing critical digital assets,Pascal started his career at Kelkoo, a price comparison service acquired by Yahoo for EUR 475 million in 2004. He then joined the advertising company Criteo in 2008 where he worked for 5 years as COO, being instrumental in the pivot to advertising, which led to the company’s global expansion towards a EUR 2.17 billion market capitalisation. His first investment after Criteo was in Teads.tv, a premium viewable advertising marketplace which was acquired by Altice for EUR 256 million. Before leading Ledger, Pascal worked as Venture Partner in Mosaic Ventures, a London based venture capital firm focusing on Series A stage companies.

Pascal is also non-executive chairman of Kaiko, a financial data website on Bitcoin.
He also engineered Komainu: the joint venture between Nomura, Ledger and CoinShares, that safeguards BTCs and other cryptocurrencies on behalf of financial institutions (of which he is board member).

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascalgauthier1/