Catena Labs

Founded 2022

11–50 people

Boston

Stage: Seed

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Catena Labs empowers individuals with agency, safety, value and joy online. We incubate independent products that share common goals: to improve how we represent our identities, what we own, and how we pay, play, and engage on the internet.

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https://www.catena.xyz

https://www.catena.xyz/blog

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Catena Labs News (6)

a16z rebrands crypto fund to a16z Frontier; Catena Labs co-founder endorses expanded AI +…

Chris Dixon announced a16z Crypto is expanding scope and renaming to a16z Frontier, backing companies at the frontier of AI and new computing—territory where Catena Labs operates with its AI-agent banking platform.

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Catena Labs raised $30 million in Series A funding co-led by a16z crypto and Acrew Capital, with participation from Breyer Capital, General Catalyst, and QED, bringing total…

Jun 18, 2026 — Catena Labs raised $30 million in Series A funding co-led by a16z crypto and Acrew Capital, with participation from Breyer Capital, General Catalyst, and QED, bringing total funding to $48 million. The company also confirmed that US regulators (OCC) have formally accepted its application for a National Trust Bank charter in New York to handle payments and custody of client funds for AI agents.

Fundingfintech.am4 months ago

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Catena Labs was named as an initial participant in Mastercard's newly launched Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M) platform, a service enabling AI agents to transact at machine speed…

Jun 10, 2026 — Catena Labs was named as an initial participant in Mastercard's newly launched Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M) platform, a service enabling AI agents to transact at machine speed across Mastercard's global payments network. Catena CEO Sean Neville stated the initiative "is an important addition to [Catena's] interoperable ecosystem" for governing agent-driven payments with identity, policies, approvals, and auditability.

Launchinvestor.mastercard.com5 months ago

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