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Hard Yaka

Hard Yaka is a strategic investment firm established in 2011 that invests in technologies and companies across payments, communications, digital identity, and banking. It focuses on fair access to money, credentials, and communications, and supports an ecosystem that includes digital assets and stablecoins.

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Hard Yaka is a strategic investment firm founded by Greg Kidd and later joined by Jun Hiraga. The firm has funded more than 250 companies, focusing on payments, digital identity, banking, communications, and related technologies. Its stated mission is to promote fair access, individual ownership, financial inclusion, and regulatory compliance. Hard Yaka also describes the USBC U.S.-dollar token and publishes news, ecosystem updates, and industry perspectives concerning digital money, blockchain, stablecoins, and financial regulation.