
Financial Technology
Kraken

San Francisco, CAFounded 20112,500+ employeeskraken.com
A profitable, IPO-track crypto exchange handling trillions in volume.
Kraken in the news.
Payward raising capital at $20 billion valuation ahead of planned IPO
Kraken's parent was reported to be raising new capital at a $20B valuation while accelerating its M&A push with acquisitions including Bitnomial and Reap.
Payward launches tokenized IPO access, opening capital markets to retail investors
Kraken's parent unveiled a framework letting retail investors buy into US-listed IPOs at the offering price through tokenized shares via xStocks.
Kraken posts 2025 full-year highlights: $2.2B adjusted revenue, $531M adjusted EBITDA
Kraken's parent reported 33% revenue growth and a 24% EBITDA margin on $2.0T in trading volume for full-year 2025.
Position
PWRL Position
Fair Value
$37.17M1
Allocation
5.30%2
Cost of Investment
$26.28M3
Gross MOIC
1.41×4
Adj. Revenue
$2.2B5
Adj. EBITDA
$531M5
Funded Accounts
5.7M6
- Unaudited fair value of such investments as of June 30, 2026, in accordance with the Fund's valuation policies and procedures.
- Allocation is calculated based on the Portfolio Company's fair value as a percentage of the Fund's net assets as of June 30, 2026.
- Cost basis includes investment cost and transaction expenses and excludes fund-level management fees and operating expenses.
- Gross MOIC is calculated as the fair value of the Fund’s position divided by its cost basis as of June 30, 2026 (unaudited). Gross MOIC is a single-position, gross-of-fees measure and is not comparable to the Fund’s net NAV/share return, which reflects all fund-level fees and expenses, realized positions, and cash. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
- Kraken Blog, '2025 Full-Year Financial Highlights,' Feb. 3, 2026.
- Finance Magnates / TradingView, 'Kraken IPO Slides Toward 2027,' May 18, 2026.
Why it sits in PWRL.
Kraken runs a major crypto trading platform handling trillions of dollars in volume each year. With a profitable business and an IPO on the horizon, it's one of crypto's most investable franchises.
- Company operating data is sourced from internal investment memoranda and may include estimates and forward-looking information.