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CONFIDENTIAL

SwipeX

AI-Native Intelligence & Execution Protocol for On-chain Derivative Markets

We build the world's fastest derivatives trading protocol by compressing research & analytics, risk management, and execution into a single swipe, with non-custodial settlement on Hyperliquid.

LIVE PRODUCTION DATA

796× turnover ratio: for every dollar deposited, the platform generates $796 in volume. Industry average is 30–50×.

Source: SwipeX Production Data, April 2026
Live Product
SEED ROUND TERMS
RAISE
$6M
Seed Round
PRE-MONEY
$39M
Valuation
POST-MONEY
$45M
Valuation
EQUITY
13.33%
Offered
MIN CHECK
$100K
Per investor
InstrumentSAFE
DIFC, Dubai
USE OF FUNDS
Product & Engineering
$2.4M40%
Go-to-Market
$1.8M30%
Operations & Compliance
$0.9M15%
Reserve
$0.9M15%
CORE THESIS

Workflow compression drives trading velocity. Mandatory risk management prolongs survival. More trades per session, more sessions per account. The longer they last, the more they trade. The more they trade, the more the platform earns.

EARLY SIGNAL
TRADING FREQUENCY
4.8trades/user/day
6-240x retail benchmarks (SEC-filed)
DAILY VOLUME/USER
$8,319
Comparable to Interactive Brokers ($500K+ accounts)
STOP-LOSS COVERAGE
100%
vs. ~11% industry
CONVERSION RATE
31.4%
vs. 5-15% crypto apps, $0 marketing spend
WHAT $39M PRE-MONEY UNDERWRITES
  • $500K+ of personal founder capital invested
  • 7-person team assembled and operational
  • Live production product built from zero in 12 months
  • $40K/month burn rate

Team risk and execution capability have been de-risked with real capital and real results. What investors underwrite at $39M is the remaining variable: distribution and scale.

THE MARKET MATH

Crypto derivative markets exceed $100 trillion in yearly notional volume. SwipeX charges 0.06% per round-trip.

INPUT
OUTPUT
Yearly Notional Volume
$100T+
SwipeX Capture Target
0.1%
Captured Volume
$100B
Fee Structure
0.06% round-trip
ANNUAL REVENUE AT 0.1%
$60M
VALUATION AT 15–25× REVENUE
$900M–$1.5B
Illustrative. Based on Deribit (~25× ARR) and NinjaTrader (~15× ARR) 2025 exit comparables.

$39M pre-money prices the seed entry point into that trajectory.

WHY SWIPEX
  • AI + Trading + BlockchainSits at the intersection of three high-growth categories
  • Live production dataNot a prototype. Trading data and demo data prove the protocol works
  • Highest capital velocity in derivatives:796x turnover per dollar deposited, 4.8 trades/user/day, $8,319 daily volume/user. No other derivatives protocol, centralized or decentralized, produces comparable per-user velocity at this deposit size.
  • Only combined stackNo other funded or live product combines AI-compiled execution, mandatory risk infrastructure, and non-custodial routing

Comparable context: Crypto seed median pre-money $34M (2025). SwipeX at $39M reflects the crypto median plus a live product, $500K+ founder capital deployed, and AI-native positioning at the intersection of three high-growth categories.

FOUNDER CONVICTION

Ashkan Maniei, CEO

  • Systematic trader since 2016
  • Self-funded $500K+ from personal capital
  • Zero to live product in 12 months at $40K/month burn
University of Amsterdam
International Business

The thesis is autobiographical: built by a trader who lived the pain, learned from the losses, and built the platform that would have saved him.

TEAM
7 core · 2 advisors
NAMEROLEBACKGROUND
Ashkan ManieiCEO$500K+ self-funded. Systematic trader since 2016
Emirali GungorCo-Founder & CTONRC Canada. Published ML researcher. uOttawa Blockchain
Berke TokCo-Founder & CPOOLX (3.5yr). Alchemy Blockchain. ARC compliance
Alp Mete ŞirinGeneral CounselARC Law Firm Partner. LANT Founder. Web3 & AI regulation
Ahmet YazıcıBackend / Protocol Eng.Chainway Labs (ZK L2, Rust). Consensus engines
Hasin ZamanBackend / Blockchain-AICS + Mathematics. Defence R&D Canada
Gökalp ÇaycıUI/UX & FrontendDesign systems. Figma. Frontend implementation
ADVISORS
Kareem SeddikCEO YallaPlay. Dell (10yr). MBA UT Austin. UAE/MENA scaling
Flora LouHarvest Global ($230B AUM). Amber Group quant. TFund (TON VC)