Boost VC

Guillermo Rauch

OSS Capital

United States of America

Amjad Masad

Bob Young

Garry is a designer, engineer, and founder turned early stage investor, co-founding Initialized Capital in 2012. The firm has invested at the earliest stages of companies like Coinbase, Flexport, Instacart, and Cruise.

Prior to Initialized, Garry spent nearly 5 years as a partner at Y Combinator, advising and funding more than 1,000 companies andfounders. He was co-founder of YC-backed blog platform Posterous (acquired by Twitter in 2012) and previously worked at Palantir as a founding member of the engineering team. He also designed Palantir’s logo.
Garry holds a BS in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford University.

Garry Tan

ResearchCoin

Sora Ventures is Asia's leading investment capital firm dedicated to blockchain technology and digital asset.

Sora Ventures

Standard Crypto

Konvoy Ventures is a thesis driven venture capital firm. We invest in the platforms and technologies at the frontier of gaming.

Konvoy Ventures

Collab+Currency is an early stage venture investor focusing on web3

Collab+Currency

Dimensionals

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

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

Draper Associates

OKX Ventures will focus on the discoveries and investments in various aspects, including blockchain basic infrastructures, Layer2, DeFi, WEB3.0, NFT and Metaverse.

OKX Ventures

Polygon aims to transform Ethereum into a multi-chain ecosystem with secured Layer 2 & standalone chains

Polygon

Redbeard Ventures builds, invests, and advises startups that help to gain a keen sense of what really matters when building a company.

Red Beard Ventures

India

CoinDCX operates as a cryptocurrency exchange aggregator.

CoinDCX

Hard Yaka makes early round investments in exchange space startups. Candidates are either verticals in particular categories of exchange markets or horizontals providing services across exchange sectors.

Hard Yaka

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital todate. 
The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments.

Gaingels

Mayfield Fund

Australia

Alchemy Ventures

Rainfall Ventures

Broadhaven

EI Ventures

Unstoppable Domains

Germany

1kx is a venture capital firm that stands at the forefront of the blockchain and crypto space, focusing on investments in decentralized technologies and blockchain-based projects. Founded by Christopher Heymann and Lasse Clausen, 1kx has established itself as a key player in identifying and supporting early-stage companies that are pushing the boundaries of innovation in the crypto ecosystem.

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

MetaCartel Ventures

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

LongHash Ventures is a global blockchain accelerator and VC fund.

LongHash Ventures

The LAO is a global group of enthusiasts and experts supporting the work of ethereum builders.

The Lao

Scalar Capital

Israel

StarkWare Industries develops a full-proof stack in generating and verifying proofs of computational integrity in the blockchain.

StarkWare Industries

A collective of crypto-natives focused on tokenomics & governance.

Fire Eyes DAO

Snapshot

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

China

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

Fenbushi Capital

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

ParaFi Capital

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

Kain Warwick

Nascent is a global, multi-strategy investment firm focused on crypto and open finance.

Nascent

Nima Capital is a single-family office global approach to identifying first mover companies disrupting large industries around the world.

Nima Capital

Protocol Specialist at Bison Trails (acquired by Coinbase). Tweetsman. Actually helpful angel, specializing in protocols: layer 1, 2, interop, bridges, and defi

Viktor Bunin

Thesis

Divergence Ventures

Hong Kong

Lemniscap is an investment firm specializing in investments in emerging cryptoassets and blockchain companies

Lemniscap

FBG Capital is a digital asset management firm in blockchain-based capital market.

FBG Capital

CMS Holdings may also invest in early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency projects through private investments and strategic partnerships. They provide capital and support to innovative startups in the crypto space.

CMS Holdings LLC

An accelerator helping DeFi startups source liquidity and support from a broad industry network

DeFi Alliance

True Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.

True Ventures

Stanton Road Capital, LLC (SRC) is a Los Angeles-based investment management firm focused on select commercial real estate.

SRC Capital (Stanton Road)

Castle Island Ventures is a venture capital firm

Castle Island Ventures

Canada

Hex Capital

DFX Finance

Digital Currency Group builds and supports bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging insights, network, and access to capital.

Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Bitmain is a China-based technology company that specializes in the design and manufacture of hardware for cryptocurrency mining, particularly for Bitcoin. Founded in 2013 by Micree Zhan and Jihan Wu, Bitmain quickly became one of the most prominent and influential companies in the cryptocurrency industry.

Bitmain

Norway

StartupLab is the premier Nordic tech investor/incubator/accelerator having worked actively with more than 300 tech startups since started in 2012. The investments are backed by top Norwegian serial entrepreneurs and StartupLab is typically the first investor helping the companies in its early phase. To date (June 2019) we’ve invested in80 tech startups which has grown to a market cap over 3,6 billion NOK. Some companies from StartupLab are; reMarkable, Huddly, Attensi, Dragonbox, Ardoq, Sensibel, OncoImmunity, Oivi, NoIsolation, Vivaldi, Poio, Exabel, Imerso, Tunable, Intelecy, Hold, EDinsight.
We invest in Norwegian tech startups with USD 100-500k. run rate is approximately 20 investment on a yearly basis. The focus is primarily on technology and research related projects, and we provide funding to the most committed, passionate and ambitious tech entrepreneurs.

StartupLab

Joystream

Hypersphere Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and develops blockchain technology.

Hypersphere Ventures

Bahamas

The apps and information you need to buy, sell, trade, invest, and spend cryptocurrency.

FMFW.io (previously Bitcoin.com)

SkyVision Capital promotes new decentralized technology and its development.

SkyVision Capital

Waterdrip Capital invests in blockchain industries.

Waterdrip Capital

Lotus capital

D1 Ventures is powering the Future of Open Economy.

D1 Ventures

PNYX Ventures is a digital asset management firm specialising in blockchain capital markets.

PNYX Ventures

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

Investing in the digital transformation wave of blockchain technology. Enthusiastic participator in public welfare and industrial ecology.

Cabin VC

Gate.io

Master Ventures is a blockchain-focused Venture Studio.

Master Ventures

Signum Capital invests in the distributed ledger technologies and crypto assets.

Signum Capital

Momentum 6 architect momentum for crypto and blockchain projects.

Momentum 6 (M6)

Genblock Capital invests exclusively in blockchain and cryptocurrency, with a focus on decentralized finance.

Genblock Capital

CryptoVC based in UAE, investing in game-changing Decentralized Platforms

Phoenix Crypto VC

Seychelles

Founded in 2018, MEXC Global is a centralized exchange that employs a high-performance mega-transaction matching technology. The CEX platform is run by a team of professionals with extensive financial industries and blockchain technology experience.

MEXC Global (Privcode Capital)

Illusionist Group

LVT Capital is investing in tomorrows leaders, companies and startups.

LVT Capital

Sneaky Ventures has been delivering results since we opened in 2015. Our goal is to provide both a financial acumen and operation expertise to the strategic businesses we invest in. By specializing in advising, developing, and growing business we become more than just a financial resource, we become invaluable partners.

Sneaky Ventures

LD Capital is an VC investors in the blockchain field in Asia.

LD Capital

United Arab Emirates

The company invests in Seed & Private Sale Rounds and are always excited about the projects that aim at adding real value in the Blockchain Ecosystem.

NewTribe Capital

Lancer Capital

Panda Capital

Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies reshaping trillion-dollar markets. They manage a hedge fund and several venture funds, investing across both public and private markets.

Multicoin Capital

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

Galaxy

Hack VC

Aspect Ventures

Blockchange Ventures is an investing firm that invest in early-stage blockchain companies, protocols, and applications.

Blockchange Ventures

Signia Venture Partners is an early stage fund helping passionate entrepreneurs build impactful world-changing companies.

Signia Venture Partners

Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.

Canaan Partners

Floodgate caters to digital businesses with early, seed, and later stage venture, and debt financing investments.

Floodgate

SKALE

Winklevoss Capital is the family office and investment firm established by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who are best known for their early involvement in Bitcoin and their legal dispute with Mark Zuckerberg over the creation of Facebook. The Winklevoss twins, often referred to as the Winklevoss brothers or simply the Winklevii, became notable figures in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space due to their significant investments in Bitcoin and their efforts to promote and regulate the cryptocurrency industry.

Winklevoss Capital

South Korea

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

Hashed

Arrington XRP (Arrington Capital)

HashKey Capital is a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused venture capital and investment firm based in Hong Kong. They specialize in funding and supporting early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency projects, startups, and companies.

HashKey Capital

NGC Ventures is one of the largest institutional investors of blockchain technologies, and has been a key contributor to a number of leading projects.

NGC Ventures (NEO Global Capital)

Japan

Recruit Holdings, a global leader in HR technology and business solutions, is expanding economic and personal opportunities everywhere.

Recruit Holdings

Consensus Lab

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.

a16z (Andreessen Horowitz)

Sequoia Capital is a renowned venture capital firm with a strong presence in Silicon Valley and a global reach. Founded in 1972 by Don Valentine, it has played a significant role in the growth and development of numerous technology companies.

Sequoia Capital

IDEO CoLab Ventures is a venture capital (VC) arm associated with IDEO CoLab, an innovation and design consultancy. IDEO CoLab Ventures focuses on investing in and supporting startups that are developing innovative technologies and solutions in emerging fields such as blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi), and Web3 technologies.

IDEO CoLab Ventures

SV Angel

DCM Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the mobile, consumer internet, communications, and service sectors.

DCM Ventures

DHVC (Danhua Capital)

Dekrypt Capital is a Investment firm focused on core blockchain infrastructure, privacy-preserving protocols, and early-stage ventures.

Dekrypt Capital

Collaborative Fund is an investment fund that provides funding to companies based on creativity and collaborative consumption.

Collaborative Fund

Kenetic is a proprietary trading and VC investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain related companies.

Kenetic Capital

INBlockchain is one of the most globally influential investment groups in the blockchain space.

INBlockchain

Founders Fund

Roger is currently involved in numerous Bitcoin related projects. He is an early investor in bitcoin-related startups. He has been a prominent supporter of bitcoin adoption and saw bitcoin as a means to promote economic freedom. He now promotes Bitcoin Cash, a hard fork of the cryptocurrency created with the intent to fix issues such as high feesand long transaction confirmation times.

Roger Ver

Ausum Blockchain Fund is a hybrid venture and hedge fund comprised of early-stage startups and crypto-assets for social good.

Ausum Ventures

Kilowatt Capital LLC A privately held company in San Francisco

			Stage	Investors
RSC ResearchCoin	$5.00 M	~$50.00 M	Seed Round	+3	Education	Jun 15, 2023
Dimensionals	$15.00 M	~$150.00 M	Funding Round	+1	--	Feb 2023
Unstoppable Domains	$65.00 M	~$650.00 M	Series A Round	+13	--	Jul 2022
Snapshot	$4.00 M	~$40.00 M	Seed Round	+6	--	Nov 19, 2021
Thesis	$21.00 M	~$210.00 M	Series A	+8	--	Jul 2021
DFX DFX Finance	$5.00 M	$46.20 M	Seed Round	+8	Governance	Feb 24, 2021
Unstoppable Domains	$4.00 M	~$40.00 M	Funding Round		--	May 2019
JOY Joystream	$7.15 M	$40.00 M	Seed Round	+1	Social	Dec 2018
Unstoppable Domains	$730,000.00	~$7.30 M	Seed Round		--	Dec 2018
SKL SKALE	$8.87 M	$48.51 M	Private Round	+7	Layer-2	Oct 2018
SKL SKALE	$2.38 M	$16.66 M	Seed Round	+7	Layer-2	Sep 2018
HNS Handshake	$10.20 M	$204.00 M	Private Sale	+20	Infrastructure	Jul 2018
UPP Sentinel Protocol	--	--	Early Contributors Sale	+5	--	May 23, 2018
KSM Kusama	$80.00 M	~$800.00 M	Private Sale 1	+14	Blockchain	Oct 14, 2017
DNT district0x	$9.00 M	~$90.00 M	Contribution Period v0.1		Derivatives	Jul 18, 2017
FIL Filecoin	$52.00 M	$1.50 B	Pre-Sale	+13	Storage	Jul 2017
DNT district0x	--	--	Early Contributors		Derivatives	Jun 2017
XTZ Tezos	$10.00 M	~$100.00 M	Early backers		Blockchain	Feb 2017

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