Jarsy Launches Web3 Platform for $10 Private Company Investments

Jarsy, a web3 platform designed to offer retail investors tokenized shares of private companies, has officially launched after operating in stealth mode. The platform is backed by venture firm Breyer Capital, which led a $5 million pre-seed funding round. Additional support came from Karman Ventures and several angel investors, including Evan Cheng, Nathan McCauley, Richard Liu, and C-Suite executives from various tech companies.

Jarsy aims to democratize access to private markets by allowing a broader audience to invest in tokenized equity of premier private companies, such as Anthropic, Stripe, and Perplexity AI, with as little as $10. The platform uses a 1:1 asset-backed token model, ensuring that for every single token minted, Jarsy has a real share backed in custody. These tokenized shares are backed by real equity held in the underlying company, with full transparency into reserve documentation and share ownership.

Jarsy's user experience is designed to be intuitive and accessible. Users can log in using their email, pay in USDC or USD, and receive tokens without needing wallets, seed phrases, or knowledge of gas fees. The platform handles the diligence, paperwork, and even wallet creation, ensuring that users can invest in the companies they know and love while Jarsy ensures trust.

Jarsy was founded by a team of experienced tech operators from Uber, Square, and Facebook. CEO Han Qin’s career includes co-launching Uber China, scaling it to eight million users in two years, working on Graph Search with Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, and leading BNPL growth at Afterpay until its $30 billion acquisition by Block. His journey, from writing a thesis on AI financial forecasting to adopting Bitcoin in 2009, was shaped by a simple belief: financial systems should work for people, not against them. Joining forces with Yiying Hu, COO, an Uber and Square alum and serial Web3 entrepreneur, and Chunyang Shen, CTO, lead engineer at Uber and Afterpay and Silicon Valley VC scout, Jarsy was created as a new way to access pre-IPO companies.

“Private equity investing has been a closed club for far too long,” said 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.”

“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,” said Ted Breyer, Partner at Breyer Capital. “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 used to accelerate product development, expand regulatory compliance initiatives, and grow the user experience team to ensure global accessibility. Jarsy is also investing in partnerships with top-tier legal and financial institutions to build a robust compliance roadmap from day one. A major portion of the capital will support onboarding new private equity opportunities and educating next-gen investors through creator-led content and influencer partnerships focused on financial literacy and transparency.

Jarsy joins other firms deploying web3 tech to tokenize corporate equity for improved accessibility. The investment platform Republic, for instance, plans to issue digital assets directly tracking the performance of private companies like SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic while crypto exchange Kraken is also getting into the tokenized stock trade outside of the U.S.

Jarsy's launch marks a significant step in making private equity investing more accessible to a broader range of investors. By leveraging blockchain technology and a user-friendly platform, Jarsy aims to break down the barriers that have traditionally limited access to this asset class. The platform's focus on transparency and regulatory compliance further enhances its appeal to both novice and experienced investors.

With the backing of Breyer Capital and a team of experienced tech operators, Jarsy is well-positioned to disrupt the private equity landscape. The platform's innovative approach to tokenizing private company shares and its commitment to democratizing access to pre-IPO investments make it a compelling player in the web3 space. As Jarsy continues to develop its products and expand its regulatory compliance initiatives, it has the potential to reshape the way investors access and engage with private markets.