IntoTheBlock (a leader in institutional DeFi solutions) and Trident Digital (a digital assets financial services firm) announced their merger to form Sentora, an institutional DeFi platform combining yield strategies, risk management, and financial services. And at launch, Sentora is securing up to a $25 million Series A round of funding led by New Form Capital, with participation from Joint Effects, Tribe Capital, and strategic ecosystem investors including Ripple, Curved Ventures, Flare, and Bankai Ventures.
Institutions have long circled DeFi, intrigued by yields but wary of market risks, technical exploits, Intimidating complexity, regulatory uncertainty, and general lack of institutional offerings. Sentora looks to address that gap by offering an end-to-end institutional platform that provides the key building blocks to make institutional DeFi a reality.
Sentora also combines IntoTheBlock’s battle-tested yield and risk management platform with Trident’s structured finance expertise, creating a multi-product offering for institutions of all sizes, crypto, and traditional finance to interact with DeFi. And Sentora’s capabilities include yield strategies, capital formation, risk monitoring, structured financing, and many others. Sentora’s vision is to work on the most complex problems to unlock the potential of institutional DeFi.
This merger brings together over $3 billion in historical DeFi institutional deployments in the IntoTheBlock Institutional DeFi platform and major liquidity programs structured by Trident for major crypto ecosystems. And with that foundation, Sentora plans to rapidly expand building new financial primitives for institutional DeFi solutions.
What the funding will be used for: With the Series A funding round, Sentora will advance its technology roadmap, expand global partnerships, and continue developing solutions that address the growing complexities of institutional DeFi. By utilizing diverse expertise across finance, technology, DeFi and Risk management, Sentora aims to set new standards for institutional access to DeFi.
KEY QUOTES:
“At Sentora, we believe that DeFi is the future of finance, but that future must be built with the needs of institutions in mind. Through our strategic partnerships with industry leaders we are developing a suite of products that address the key blockers preventing institutional adoption of DeFi. ”
Anthony DeMartino, Co-Founder of Trident Digital and CEO at Sentora
“Both IntoTheBlock and Trident share that institutional DeFi will be a key pillar of future financial systems. Sentora is our way to play a role in that future.”
Jesus Rodríguez, Co‑Founder of ITB & CTO at Sentora
“Institutional capital won’t move into DeFi without strong risk management and compliance frameworks. Sentora provides both — without sacrificing performance. The future of finance is decentralized and Sentora provides the infrastructure that gives institutions confidence to operate at scale.”
Alex Marinier, Founder and General Partner at New Form Capital
