Valinor is a credit institution that originates and invests in institutional credit at the intersection of blockchain and traditional capital markets. Valinor's Twitter Score is 21 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #46,594 (top 10%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Valinor was co-founded by Connor Dougherty and Lily Yarborough in 2025. Its activities span principal investing, capital markets and advisory, with a focus on what the company calls Open Credit, a blockchain-enabled infrastructure model designed to expand capital markets and improve outcomes for borrowers and lenders. Per Fortune, Valinor had already used blockchain technology to create loans for a handful of fintech and crypto companies, with Dougherty describing the target as real-economy credit.
Valinor closed a $25 million seed round, announced on March 30, 2026, led by Castle Island Ventures. Additional backers include Susquehanna Crypto, Maven 11 Capital, Paul Prager, Nazar Khan, Neoclassic Capital, Paxos, The Fintech Fund, The Venture Department, 57Blocks Capital and BSQ Capital. The company's founders aim to use smart contracts and shared blockchain ledgers to automate parts of private-credit administration that have traditionally depended on spreadsheets, manual verification and human-directed payments.
Valinor has 1,075 followers as of September 2026 and has published 8 posts. The account has been mentioned by 9 accounts a total of 10 times.
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