United States of America

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

Volt Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage startups in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space. Volt Capital is known for its focus on supporting innovative projects and teams within the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem.

Volt Capital

Alliance is the leading crypto accelerator and founder community.

Alliance

Initialized Capital

DCF GOD

Meltem Demirors

Raj Gokal

The Crypto Dog

Siqi Chen

icebergy

Bharat Krymo

gainzy

0xSisyphus

Smokey The Bera

Stephane Gosselin

Forrest Browning

WSB Mod

Azura

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

Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Kraynos Capital

Class 5 Global

Abstract Ventures

New Form Capital

Quona Capital

Caliza

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

Amit Agarwal

Bradley Horowitz

Kindred Ventures

Parcha

Homebrew

South Park Commons brings together talented people to share ideas, explore directions, and realize the opportunities that’ll get you there.

South Park Commons

Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that invests in a wide range of startups twice a year.

Y Combinator

OpenSea Ventures

Archetype

Satsuma

Alchemy provides a set of web3 development tools for easily building and scaling a decentralized application.

Alchemy

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

United Kingdom

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

Brevan Howard

France

Ubisoft is a producer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment products.

Ubisoft

BITKRAFT Ventures is an early-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and interactive media.

BITKRAFT Ventures

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

Polygon

Translink Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto with uncommonly powerful connections to support founders.

Translink Capital

Xsolla

Alexander Larsen is an experienced entrepreneur and co-founder of Sky Mavis and Axie Infinity, one of the largest blockchain gaming ecosystems. Alex has been involved in the NFT space and blockchain games since 2017.

Aleksander Larsen (Psycheout)

China

Sky9 Capital is a leading venture capital fund dedicated to supporting disruptive technologies and outstanding innovators.

Sky9

Perpetual Value

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in New York City and founded by Ryan Brant in September 1993

Take-Two Interactive Software

J17 Capital is an international private equity fund seeking companies and opportunities within the North America and Asia markets

J17 Capital

Round 13 Digital Asset Fund

Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser

Morgan Creek Digital

Anthony Sassano

Quantstamp

Sebastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of Pixowl. Passionate for blockchain technology, gaming and education, he is a very active speaker and evangelist who spent the past 8 years focused exclusively on mobile gaming, creating successful games that were downloaded millions of times.

Sebastien Borget

Everyrealm is one of the most active investors and developers of the metaverse ecosystem.

Everyrealm

Horizon Blockchain Game

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

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

Consensus Capital Holdings

Golden Ventures

Consensus Lab

Inovia Capital

Ryan Selkis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Messari. He was the Managing Director CoinDesk before that. After discovering bitcoin, Ryan became obsessed with the technology’s social and economic potential. That obsession, along with finance and startup experience, helps him lead DCG's investing efforts.

Ryan Selkis

Synquote

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

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

Investing in the crypto-powered Web3 and creator economy ecosystems

6MV (6th Man 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

Shima Capital is an early stage VC firm investing in disruptive web3 and blockchain technology companies.

Shima Capital

Position Ventures

Brazil

MGU Capital

Liquid2 Ventures provides technology startups with seed-stage investments and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma.

Liquid 2 Ventures

The Chainsmokers

Nitesh Banta is the Co-Founder & CEO at B12.

Nitesh Banta

M13 provides strategic counsel and operational expertise to help founders grow their companies.

Paris Hilton

Michael Ovitz

Soma Capital

Australia

Alchemy Ventures

Gold House Ventures

Switzerland

Olive Capital

Audacious Ventures

CreatorDAO

Electric Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in blockchain and cryptocurrency-related projects and companies. Founded by Avichal Garg and Curtis Spencer, Electric Capital is known for its active involvement in the cryptocurrency space and its support for innovative blockchain technologies.

Electric Capital

FalconX

Long Journey Ventures

ThirdWeb

Justin Kan

Gokul Rajaram

Marc Bhargava

Zhuoxun Yin

Lin is the COO of Twitch, the world’s leading social video platform and community for gamers. He was instrumental in the 2011 launch of the platform when he joined Justin.tv in 2008. His role included attracting the site’s largest broadcasters and building out the partnership team among other activities which have helped grow the Twitch brand.Currently more than 100 million gamers gather every month on Twitch to broadcast live video, watch and chat about gaming, making the platform an industry leader.

Kevin Lin

Andrew Steinwold

William Hockey

Paper

Arrington Capital is a thesis-focused digital asset and Web3 investing firm. Since 2017, Arrington Capital has invested in over 200 early-stage companies in the crypto ecosystem. Arrington Capital's crypto-native team of seasoned entrepreneurs, founders, and executives is committed to doubling down on efforts to ensure our partners' success.

Arrington XRP Capital

Slow Ventures is known for its patient and supportive approach to investments. They often take a long-term view and provide guidance, mentorship, and resources to the startups they back.

Slow Ventures

Singapore

AscendEX is global operator of digital asset exchanges for diverse groups of clients from retail to institutions

AscendEX

Altonomy is a trading, advisory, and asset management firm specializing in cryptocurrency and digital assets.

Altonomy

AVA is a next-generation blockchain platform with revolutionary scalability, decentralization, security, and flexibility.

Ava Labs

Terraform Labs (Luna)

NEM Trading

Borderless Capital is a Blockchain VC firm and a modern financial institution investing capital and co-building financial products with our portfolio companies that accelerates access, bootstraps adoption, and creates value globally through the Algorand Borderless Economy.

Borderless Capital

Defiance Capital is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) focused cryptoasset fund that combines fundamental research with an activist investment approach.

DeFiance Capital

Hummingbot

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.

Bain Capital is a global alternative investment firm specializes in private equity, venture capital, and credit products.

Bain Capital Ventures

Israel

Collider Ventures is an early-stage venture capital blockchain & cryptocurrency fund.

Collider Ventures

StartX is an educational non-profit that helps Stanford's top entrepreneurs.

StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)

Hong Kong

Ironfire Ventures is a cross-border fund investing in startups from seed to series B

Ironfire Ventures

SharesPost Investment Management manages the public Sharespost 100 Fund (PRIVX) and other funds.

SharesPost Investment Management

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

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

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

Galaxy

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

Avalanche

An investment company specialized in Blockchain sector. Up to now, they've invested over 100 blockchain projects in their portfolio. The most successful investments includes Coinbase, Binance, Canaan, etc.

Fundamental Labs

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

Lemniscap

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

Naval Ravikant is the CEO and a co-founder of AngelList. He previously co-founded Epinions (which went public as part of Shopping.com) and Vast.com. He is an active Angel investor, and have invested in dozens of companies, including Twitter, Uber, Yammer, Stack Overflow and Wanelo.

Naval Ravikant

MetaStable Capital

LedgerPrime is a quantitative and systematic digital asset investment firm.

LedgerPrime

DACM provides focused, transparent, and professionally managed investment into the world’s fastest growing asset class.

Digital Asset Capital Management (DACM)

Balaji S. Srinivasan is the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. He was previously CEO at Earn.com, which was recently sold to Coinbase. Prior to taking the CEO role at Earn.com, Dr. Srinivasan was a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joining a16z, he was the cofounder and CTO of FoundersFund-backed Counsyl, where he won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine and was named to the MIT TR35. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013 which reached 250,000+ students worldwide.

Balaji Srinivasan

Three Arrows Capital

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

FBG Capital

Node Capital is a venture capital company focusing on blockchain industry.

Node Capital

Nirvana Capital is a San Francisco/Beijing based venture fund that focuses on blockchain/fintech investment and incubation of edging technologies and economic experiments. Its founding partners are also early supporters of Ethereum

Nirvana Capital

Early stage venture capital fund focusing on Asia/US cross-border technology investments.

Draper Dragon

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

			Stage	Investors
Azura	$6.90 M	~$69.00 M	Seed Round	+14		DeFi	Oct 22, 2024
Caliza	$8.50 M	~$85.00 M	Funding Round	+4	--	Finance	Jul 15, 2024
Parcha	$5.00 M	~$50.00 M	Seed Round	+2		Artificial Intelligence (AI)	Aug 9, 2023
Satsuma Satsuma	$5.00 M	~$50.00 M	Seed Round	+3		Blockchain Service	Apr 4, 2023
Horizon Blockchain Game	$40.00 M	~$400.00 M	Series A	+16		--	Oct 2022
Synquote	$2.80 M	~$28.00 M	Seed Round	+2		--	Sep 2022
CreatorDAO	$20.00 M	~$200.00 M	Seed Round	+18		--	Aug 2022
PAPER Paper	$9.30 M	~$93.00 M	Seed Round	+11		--	May 2022
HBOT Hummingbot	$8.00 M	~$80.00 M	Series A Round	+7		Software	May 2021
AVAX Avalanche	$12.45 M	$360.00 M	Private Sale	+2		Blockchain	Jun 2020
Horizon Blockchain Game	$5.00 M	~$50.00 M	Funding Round	+7		--	Mar 7, 2020
Horizon Blockchain Game	$3.75 M	~$37.50 M	Seed Round	+3		--	Jul 17, 2019
AVAX Avalanche	$5.94 M	$237.60 M	Seed Round	+3		Blockchain	Feb 2019
HOT Hydro Protocol	$30.00 M	~$300.00 M	Presale Round	+11		--	Jan 2018

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