IMS Digital Ventures

Chairman Danny Masters is the central decision-maker. His background running Coinfloor, a regulated crypto exchange, means he evaluates deals through an operator's lens rather than a pure allocator's, focusing on infrastructure businesses where compliance complexity acts as a barrier to entry for generalist venture firms.

The firm targets private equity stakes in companies building digital asset infrastructure, enterprise blockchain applications, and related fintech. It does not deploy into liquid crypto tokens or trade digital asset markets directly — an important distinction for allocators screening for equity-format exposure rather than volatile token positions.

Danny Masters co-founded Coinfloor prior to launching IMS Digital Ventures. While the two entities are separate, his operator experience at Coinfloor shapes the investment thesis — IMSDV consistently backs the infrastructure layer that regulated exchanges and institutions depend on, rather than competing with them.