Nodu, a London-based stablecoin infrastructure startup making digital assets work within traditional finance, has closed a €1.25 million pre-Seed round to broaden its global coverage and grow its team.
The round was led by Digital Space Ventures, a Luxembourg-based venture capital firm and the early investor behind Revolut and PaySend.
“The world is shifting toward digital money and programmable finance, and regulations like MiCA are bringing clarity to the market. By 2030, most major currencies are expected to exist in stablecoin form. Banks, PSPs, and FinTechs are now looking for reliable partners to bridge fiat and stablecoin ecosystems — and Nodu is building the rails that will move the industry forward. That’s why we’re proud to support them,” said Andrei Popov, Managing Partner of Digital Space Ventures.
Nodu was founded in 2025 by Alex Novozhenov, Vladislav Nikolayev, and Daria Dubinina, the team behind Crassula, a Latvia-based European Fintech platform. It positions itself as the European alternative to US-based players such as Zerohash and Bridge.
Nodu makes it easier for businesses to integrate stablecoin payments. It provides banks, FinTechs, and businesses with a ready-to-use global compliance and payments framework. According to the startup, this enables them to launch faster without building their own infrastructure.
Nodu’s long-term vision is to connect more than 170 countries into one payment network, with stablecoins acting as the universal bridge between currencies, systems, and economies.
“Banks wanted to join the digital-asset economy, but lacked safe, compliant tools. Nodu was built to change that. With stablecoins, global payments should take seconds, not days – and cost cents, not tens of dollars. Our mission is to make that infrastructure invisible, automatic, and globally accessible,” said Novozhenov, CEO and co-founder of Nodu.
According to the company, clients can send, receive, and hold stablecoins in a similar way to traditional currencies, with compliance and reporting handled automatically in the background. The platform merges fiat and crypto rails into one regulated flow, linking European institutions with worldwide payment and blockchain networks.
Nodu claims that one of its key differentiators is its stablecoin off-ramp capabilities, which are available in more than 100 countries, thereby enabling instant, low-cost fiat payouts.
The fresh capital will enable the company to expand its global coverage, grow its engineering and compliance teams, and strengthen its partnerships with banks and FinTechs. Nodu has Latvian roots and operates on B2B2B and B2B2C models, generating revenue through transaction fees and subscriptions.
Read the orginal article: https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/12/european-rival-to-zerohash-and-bridge-nodu-raises-e1-25m-pre-seed-led-by-early-revolut-investor/
