- CEO
- George McDonaugh
- Full Time Employees
- 2
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Information technology services
- Address
- First Names House Douglas IM United Kingdom IM2 4DF
- IPO Date
- Sep 14, 2006
- Business
- KR1 Plc is a digital asset investment and blockchain infrastructure technology company that focuses on the infrastructure layer of decentralized networks, digital asset portfolio management, and proof-of-stake validation services. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Douglas, Isle of Man, the company provides capital, technological infrastructure, and strategic guidance to early-stage blockchain protocols, Web3 ecosystems, and decentralized application developers globally. The company operates through two core business segments: Investment Activities and Staking Operations. KR1 Plc offers a structured suite of digital asset products and technological services, comprising: early-stage venture capital and token-based investments in Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchain architectures, modular data availability layers, decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) compute platforms, and decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystems; proof-of-stake validator node operations and staking services across prominent decentralized networks, including Ethereum, Polkadot, Celestia, and Cosmos, generating recurring network yields and securing on-chain consensus mechanisms; digital asset treasury management and on-chain liquidity deployment services, utilizing decentralized financial infrastructure protocols to generate yield from native crypto assets; and active protocol governance participation, ecosystem incubation, and technical advisory services for portfolio networks and development teams. In recent major developments, KR1 Plc migrated the listing of its ordinary share capital from the Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE) Growth Market to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) under the ticker symbol KR1 in November 2025 to broaden institutional investor access and increase market liquidity. Additionally, the company implemented its Financial Infrastructure Strategy to deploy native digital assets into decentralized financial ecosystems, broadened its node validation operations across modular blockchain environments, and expanded its portfolio investments into high-growth decentralized artificial intelligence and data infrastructure protocols, including Venice AI, RedStone, Gensyn, and Celestia alongside core long-term holdings in Ethereum, Bitway, and Nexus Mutual.