GMO Venture Partners Invest in Crossmint
Amid the rise of “agent commerce,” GMO Venture Partners have invested in Crossmint alongside Circle and other investors. Crossmint provides infrastructure that enables seamless integration of payments and remittances across both fiat currencies and stablecoins.
Crossmint offers a unified API and wallet SDK that bridges fiat and stablecoins, allowing enterprises and AI agents to implement payments and transfers with ease. GMO Venture Partners believe removing the need to grapple with blockchain complexity is a critical factor in driving seamless adoption of wallets by enterprises and end users alike.
As the era of “agent commerce” — where AI agents conduct purchases and remittances — begins to unfold, the Google-led Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) is being developed as a common industry standard. Crossmint, as a partner of Google and AP2, has been engaged from the early stages in shaping the underlying payment infrastructure and is expected to play a leading role in standard formation.
Furthermore, through collaboration with Visa’s next-generation payment platform and Circle, the issuer of USDC, Crossmint has established a unique advantage in bridging fiat and digital currencies. Its founding team, with backgrounds at McKinsey, Google, and WhatsApp, brings strong execution capabilities. The company is already recognized for adoption by major financial institutions and global enterprises, as well as for its rapidly growing topline.
At this transformative moment when agent commerce is taking off, GMO Venture Partners expect Crossmint to help define the new standard for payments, and this belief underpins their participation in this investment.
Norbert Gehrke
