United States of America

Polychain Capital is a cryptocurrency-focused investment management firm and hedge fund. It was founded in 2016 by Olaf Carlson-Wee, who was the first employee at Coinbase and is known for being one of the earliest advocates of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Polychain Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and is considered one of the prominent players in the cryptocurrency investment space.

Polychain Capital

The CMT Group has acted as a valued collaborator to numerous exchanges, clearing firms, and trading and investment teams, generating edge by pairing market insight with early adoption and innovation of nascent technologies.

CMT Digital

BlockTower is an institutional investment firm, applying professional trading, venture investing, credit underwriting, and portfolio management to digital and traditional assets.

BlockTower Capital

Netherlands

Venture Capital Fund in Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

Maven 11 Capital

Amber Group is a one-stop crypto finance service provider that provides liquidity provision, trading and asset management services 24/7.

Amber Group

We offer investors intelligently designed investment strategies that take advantage of targeted market opportunities.

VanEck

Heartcore Capital

Node VC

Up Top

Schlag

Superform

Hypersphere is a crypto-native investment platform designed to partner with early-stage and public blockchain networks.

Hypersphere Ventures

MetaCartel Ventures is a decentralized autonomous organization that will invest in the Ethereum ecosystem.

MetaCartel Ventures

Arthur Hayes, Co-Founder of BitMEX & CIO of Maelstromfund.

Arthur Hayes

Bryan Pellegrino is the co-founder and CEO of LayerZero Labs, a blockchain company developing LayerZero, an interoperability protocol that enables seamless communication between different blockchains. This protocol is especially significant in the DeFi space, as it allows data and tokens to move across networks like Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Solana.

Bryan Pellegrino

Mike Bucella

Switzerland

Dialectic is a Swiss capital enterprise focused on deployment of human and financial capital into alternative assets.

Dialectic Capital

AngelDAO operates as a decentralized autonomous organization.

AngelDAO

Avi Felman

Marc Bhargava

Circle is a financial technology firm that utilizes stablecoins for payments and e-commerce.

Circle

Andreessen Horowitz, often referred to as "a16z," is a prominent venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, both of whom are well-known figures in the tech industry. Andreessen Horowitz is one of the leading venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and has gained a reputation for its investments in technology companies, particularly in the areas of software, internet, and more recently, blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Andreessen Horowitz

Czechia

Credo Ventures is a venture capital company focused on early stage investments in Central and Eastern Europe.

Credo Ventures

Aayush Gupta

Peter Hoang

Remco Bloemen

Jakub Florkiewicz

Zac Williamson

Vlayer

Variant is an early-stage fund investing in web3. They believe the next generation of the internet will transform users into owners. They back mission-aligned founders at the earliest possible stage

Variant

Coinbase Ventures is the venture capital arm of Coinbase, one of the largest and most well-known cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. Coinbase Ventures is focused on investing in early-stage companies and projects in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. It provides funding, resources, and support to startups and entrepreneurs working on innovative blockchain and crypto-related technologies and applications.

Coinbase Ventures

Pantera Capital is a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused investment firm and hedge fund. It was founded in 2013 by Dan Morehead, who is a former Wall Street executive and chief financial officer (CFO) at Tiger Management. Pantera Capital is known for being one of the earliest institutional investors in the cryptocurrency space and has been actively involved in supporting the growth and development of blockchain technology and digital assets.

Pantera Capital

Hong Kong

IOSG Venture is an early-stage fund for decentralized protocols and companies. Early-stage algorithm-based ventures.

IOSG Ventures

China

Fenbushi Capital is the first and most active blockchain-focused venture capital firm in Asia

Fenbushi Capital

Robot Ventures primarily invests in projects and companies related to decentralized finance (DeFi), blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, and the broader Web 3.0 ecosystem. They seek to identify promising early-stage projects that are building innovative solutions in these areas.

Robot Ventures

Hack VC is a web3 venture capital firm. Hack VC partners with online and offline hackers who are building the future of the internet.

Hack VC

United Kingdom

Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP is an investment manager authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the United

Brevan Howard

Semantic Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in new directions for data and the digital economy.

Semantic Ventures

Multi-stage venture capital firm investing in dig. economy: E-commerce/Online grocery/Last mile logistics/Comparison shop./eTravel/Fintech

Rockaway Capital

Kraken Ventures invests in businesses and projects at the nexus of both the FinTech and Blockchain / Crypto revolution.

Kraken Ventures

Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.

Ribbit Capital

Mirana Ventures

Germany

Cherry Ventures

Leadblock Bitpanda Ventures (LBV) is a EU-based investment fund focusing on early stage, and pre-listing digital assets start-ups.

LeadBlock Bitpanda Ventures

Morpho

Portugal

Fernando Martinelli

Mechanism Capital is an investment firm that invests in the cryptocurrency industry with a focus on decentralized finance or DeFi.

Mechanism Capital

Standard Crypto is a venture capital firm with elite company-building experience and deep-rooted expertise in crypto.

Standard Crypto

Nascent is a team of builders who back early-stage crypto founders creating products and primitives for an open financial world.

Nascent

Joey Santoro

Aseem Sood

Nicolas Bacca

Faculty Capital is a value-driven venture capital firm.

Faculty Capital

Stake Capital

Atka Capital

Framework Ventures is a cutting-edge venture capital firm deeply immersed in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain technology. Founded by Michael Anderson and Vance Spencer, Framework Ventures stands out as a key player in the rapidly evolving landscape of digital assets and blockchain-based financial innovations.

Framework Ventures

Investing in the crypto-powered Web3 and creator economy ecosystems

6MV (6th Man Ventures)

GSR, founded in 2013, is a global leader in digital asset trading and market making.
GSR is a crypto market maker and ecosystem partner

GSR Markets (GSR)

FJ Labs

Pareto Holdings

Canada

Axelar

Lattice is an early-stage crypto VC that helps founders build defensible moats.

Lattice

PEER is an early stage venture capital ﬁrm focused on opportunities in peer-to-peer assets, marketplaces and technology.

Peer Ventures

HV Capital is a venture capital firm that supports founders in developing their internet companies

HV Capital

A pioneering investment firm helping companies of all sizes go beyond borders with global, digital and sustainable growth.

Cathay Capital

Theia Ventures

Midas

Oasis

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm. SV Angel supports entrepreneurs in building sustainable companies by helping them through key inflection points and using our network to help them grow their businesses.

SV Angel

ParaFi Capital is an alternative investment firm focused on blockchain and decentralized finance markets.

ParaFi Capital

An early stage venture capital firm investing in consumer and enterprise technology companies

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Third Kind Venture Capital

Tioga Capital Partners aims to be the best European long-term partner for outstanding Web3 entrepreneurs.

Tioga Capital Partners

The SALT Fund

Architect

Motivate helps ambitious founders realize their vision for the future. Motivate investment early in a company's lifecycle by bringing our experience, connections and capital to the leaders of tomorrow's greatest companies.

Motivate VC

Anthony Scaramucci

Definitive

Fabric Ventures often takes a strategic approach to its investments, seeking to support projects that align with their vision of a decentralized and open internet. They may also provide additional resources and support beyond just capital.

Fabric Ventures

A venture capital firm that invests globally in teams creating the future of the internet with decentralized protocols

Polymorphic Capital

Discovery Ventures

Austria

Speedinvest

Singapore

The Spartan Group primarily focuses on investments in digital assets, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain-related projects. They actively manage a portfolio of various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as other tokens and blockchain assets.

The Spartan Group

GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies developing AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and healthcare technology.

GSR Ventures

Veris Ventures

Syrup

LAO is a member-led venture fund built on the spirit of Ethereum’s original DAO. As a global collective of Ethereum enthusiasts and experts, LAO invests in early-stage projects that push the boundaries of DeFi, NFTs, privacy, and Web3 social applications.

The Lao

BitScale Capital invests in teams and solutions that bring transparency and efficiency to our world through cutting-edge technology.

BitScale Capital

FBG Capital is a digital asset management firm. FBG Capital also incubates promising blockchain projects and companies.

FBG Capital

One Block Capital is a leading blockchain investment & advisory group based in Hong Kong.

One Block Capital

Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets.

Alameda Research

Cluster Capital is a global network of crypto investors, media influencers, and entrepreneurs.

Cluster Capital

Maple

Delphi Digital is a dynamic research-driven firm at the intersection of blockchain technology and traditional finance. Founded by a team of seasoned professionals, the firm is committed to providing cutting-edge insights and strategic analysis in the rapidly evolving digital asset space.

Delphi Digital (Delphi Labs)

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a prominent venture capital firm recognized for its strategic investments in innovative and high-growth technology companies. Founded in 2000 by Chris Schaepe, Barry Eggers, Ravi Mhatre, and Peter Nieh, Lightspeed has played a pivotal role in shaping the success stories of numerous startups across various sectors.

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Cobie, a well-known pseudonymous figure, has made a significant impact both on crypto Twitter and within the broader cryptocurrency industry. Beyond his online presence, he's also recognized as the founder of Echo.

Cobie

Dragonfly Capital Partners, commonly referred to as Dragonfly Capital, is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Dragonfly Capital is known for its active involvement in the blockchain and crypto industry and its commitment to supporting innovative projects and companies.

Dragonfly Capital

HTX Venture, the global investment arm of HTX, integrates investment, incubation, and research to identify the best and brightest teams in the world.

HTX Ventures (previously Huobi Ventures)

Wintermute is a truly value adding investor dedicated to supporting the innovation in the blockchain ecosystem.

Wintermute

OKX Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high-quality and promising projects, with an initial capital of $100 million.

OKX Ventures

Managed by the family office of Arthur Hayes (co-founder, BitMEX), Maelstrom is building a long-term portfolio of infrastructure companies that will serve as the foundation of the next wave of trustless decentralization.

Maelstrom

tangent

Finality Capital Partners

Virgin Islands (British)

Bybit is a global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange designed for all retail traders, professionals and investment institutions alike.

Bybit

Gemini Frontier Fund is a strategic venture fund focused on growing the crypto ecosystem through investment in early-stage crypto projects.

Gemini Frontier Fund

Julian Koh

Anthony Sassano

Deribit is live since June 2016 after several years of development. John Jansen, the original founder, teamed up with Marius Jansen, Sebastian Smyczýnski and Andrew Yanovsky. Deribit started as a Bitcoin Futures and Options platform. Soon was realized more services could be offered due to the choices made regarding technology and infrastructurethat powers the platform. These choices have resulted in a high availability, high throughput and low latency trading environment. Deribit is is expanding every day as we speak and new cryptocurrency trading products are under development. We have a team of 8 people working on the platform and we run our daily office from Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

Deribit

Richard Malone

No Limit Holdings

Ethena

Malta

Binance Labs identifies, invests, and empowers viable blockchain entrepreneurs, startups, and communities, providing financing to industry projects that help grow the wider blockchain ecosystem. Binance Labs is committed to supporting fast-executing, technical teams who positively impact the crypto space and build the decentralised web.

Binance Labs

South Korea

Empowering mass adoption of the decentralized future 
through network building of the protocol economy.

Hashed

Galaxy is a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, startups, and qualified individuals shape a changing economy.

Galaxy

Finland

Founder and CEO of Aave and ETHLend. He is an experienced businessman with extensive knowledge of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and financial technology.

			Stage	Investors
Superform	$3.00 M	~$30.00 M	Strategic Round	+7		DeFi	Dec 12, 2024
Vlayer	$10.00 M	~$100.00 M	Pre-seed	+5		Infrastructure	Nov 4, 2024
MORPHO Morpho	$50.00 M	~$500.00 M	Funding Round	+14		DeFi	Aug 1, 2024
Midas	$8.75 M	~$87.50 M	Seed Round	+11		DeFi	Mar 28, 2024
Architect	$12.00 M	~$120.00 M	Funding Round	+6		DeFi	Feb 14, 2024
Superform	$6.50 M	~$65.00 M	Seed Round	+12		DeFi	Feb 8, 2024
Definitive	$4.10 M	~$41.00 M	Seed Round	+1		DeFi	Nov 8, 2023
Due	$3.30 M	~$33.00 M	Seed Round	+3		Blockchain Service	Nov 7, 2023
SYRUP Syrup	$5.00 M	~$50.00 M	Funding Round	+5		Lending Platform	Aug 22, 2023
MPL Maple	$5.00 M	~$50.00 M	Funding Round	+5		Lending Platform	Aug 22, 2023
ENA Ethena	$6.50 M	~$65.00 M	Seed Round	+18		DeFi	Jul 19, 2023
Ambient Finance	$6.50 M	$80.00 M	Seed Round	+8		DEX	Jul 11, 2023
Narval	$4.00 M	~$40.00 M	Seed Round	+5		Wallet	Jul 10, 2023
Obol Labs	$12.50 M	~$125.00 M	Series A Round	+14		DeFi	Jan 17, 2023
CFG Centrifuge	$4.00 M	~$40.00 M	Venture Round	+1		RWA (Real World Assets)	Nov 2, 2022
CFG Centrifuge	$3.00 M	~$30.00 M	Funding Round			RWA (Real World Assets)	May 2022
Lighthouse	$7.00 M	~$70.00 M	Seed Round	+6	--	--	May 2022
APT Aptos	$200.00 M	~$2.00 B	Strategic Round	+9		Blockchain	Mar 15, 2022
LOKA League of Kingdoms	$3.10 M	$50.00 M	Private Sale	+4		Gaming	Dec 2021
Tinyman	$2.50 M	~$25.00 M	Seed Round	+10	--	--	Oct 2021

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