Using crypto in the Philippines? You might want to check out this startup. Ryder is a consumer crypto hardware wallet that makes owning crypto easier and safer. 

• Now, they just raised a $3.2M seed. 

Investor check. Tim Draper (founder, Draper Associates) led the round, while Anatoly Yakovenko (founder, Solana), Joe McCann (founder, Asymmetric), Borderless Capital, Semantic, Smape, and VeryEarly, also joined in.

• Ryder previously raised $1M in 2022. 

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👛 Get in Ryder

Ryder’s hardware wallet, Ryder One, promises users high-grade crypto security. Oh, and it takes less than a minute to set up!

• They offer a TapSafe recovery feature, a proprietary experience that removes the need for traditional seed phrases, which is often the point of failure in crypto storage.
• Think of seed phrases as the password to unlock a hardware crypto wallet. 

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Did you know? The Philippines ranked in 9th place in the 2025 Global Crypto Adoption Index, according to Chainalysis.

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🛬 What’s with the $$$? 

They’ll strategically deploy to ramp production, grow their marketing and engineering teams, and further develop the wallet. 

• They’ll also double down on marketing the brand globally!