United States of America

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

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

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

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

Mechanism Capital

Hong Kong

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

Lemniscap

Switzerland

ConsenSys develops enterprise applications, invests in startups, builds developer tools, and offers blockchain education.

ConsenSys

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

Kraken Ventures

Animoca Brands is a global digital entertainment company that specializes in the development and publishing of mobile games, blockchain-based games, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). They are known for creating and publishing a wide range of popular games, including licensed intellectual properties such as Formula 1, Doraemon, and MotoGP. Animoca Brands is also heavily involved in the blockchain gaming space, leveraging the benefits of blockchain technology and NFTs to create unique gaming experiences.

Animoca Brands

United Kingdom

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

Brevan Howard

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)

Fidelity

Franklin Templeton

Puffer Finance

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

Jump Crypto, a division of the Jump Trading Group, is a global leader in Web3 infrastructure development and investment.

Jump Crypto

Ethereum Foundation

Specialist, global investment manager in the digital asset, or cryptocurrency, sector investing in early-stage/seed round opportunities

Digital Asset Capital Management (DACM)

China

SNZ Holding is a crypto fund founded by a group of engineers, blockchain evangelists and entrepreneurs passionate about disruptive blockchain technologies.

SNZ Holding

Sreeram Kannan

Canonical Crypto

Lightspeed Faction back the best entrepreneurs and focus on projects that advance the industry or provide positive societal impact.

Lightspeed Faction

Wagmi33 Foundation is a private equity investment DAO governed by decentralized principles.

Wagmi33 Foundation

TokenPocket is a digital currency wallet.

TokenPocket

DiscusFish

Richard Malone

LBank is a digital asset exchange, investment and financial services provider company.

LBank

Bankless

Calvin Liu

Iotex Pad

Arcanum Capital is a growth-driven investment in decentralized protocols.

Arcanum Capital

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

Fenbushi 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

DHVC (Danhua Capital)

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

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

Draper Dragon

Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments.

Matrix Partners

Seychelles

KuCoin Ventures was founded in 2017 and is from Seychelles. KuCoin Ventures has made 31 investments so far, the most recent investment project is Port3 Network, and the investment announcement time is October 23, 2023

According to the CoinCarp fundraising database, KuCoin Ventures has invested in 8 Web3 projects, 5 DeFi projects, 3 NFTs projects, 2 Infrastructure projects and 1 Others projects. Among all, 42.11% of KuCoin Ventures's investments are Web3 projects.

KuCoin Ventures

Shentu

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

Bain 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

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

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

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

Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Santiago Roel Santos is the Partner at ParaFi Capital

Santiago Roel Santos

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

Nima Capital

Joe Lau

Mubadala Capital

Noah Jessop is a Principal & Managing Partner. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Noah Jessop

Nikil Viswanathan is the Co-founder and CEO at Alchemy.

Nikil Viswanathan

Proof has been moving mountains since 1999. We transform how people work with Claris FileMaker and web solutions.

Proof Group

Anthony Pompliano

Karak Network

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)

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

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

Wintermute

Cobie: thoughts on crypto, money, markets, life, whatever

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

Finland

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

Stani Kulechov

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

Nascent

Sam Kazemian is an Iranian-American​ software engineer​ and Founder of Frax Finance

Sam Kazemian

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

Virgin Islands (British)

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

Bybit

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

Amber Group

DCF GOD

Mirana Ventures

Anthony Sassano

Mr.Block is a blockchain community that creates a connection between international projects and another country.

Mr. Block

Gemini Funds provides a range of pooled investment solutions in the United States.

Gemini Funds

Castle Island Ventures is a venture capital firm

Castle Island Ventures

Netherlands

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

Andrew Kang is a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and investor. He is the Co-Founder of Mechanism Capital which invests in cryptocurrency through prop trading, mining, ventures, and secondary markets. Kang previously worked in portfolio management and venture capital at Digital Capital Management.

Andrew Kang

Nic Carter

Ethena Labs

BlockTower is a crypto and blockchain investment firm that uses trading, investing, and portfolio management to this digital asset class.

BlockTower 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

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)

tangent

Finality Capital Partners

No Limit Holdings

Julian Koh

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

Gemini Frontier Fund

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)

Backed by some of the top crypto exchanges, we are native blockchain investors with traditional VC experience and a deep network in Silicon Valley and Asia.

Shima Capital

Singapore

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

Altonomy

Aptos

Faction

iAngels

Pontem Network

United Arab Emirates

Morningstar Ventures

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

Delphi Ventures was founded over 25 years ago as one of the first venture capital firms to focus on investing in life sciences companies.

Delphi Ventures

Momentum 6 architect momentum for crypto and blockchain projects.

Momentum 6 (M6)

Cayman Islands

GBV Capital focuses exclusively on investment related to blockchain technology, digital currency, and cryptocurrency

GBV Capital

AU21 Capital was founded by Chandler Guo and Kenzi Wang in 2017 with the mission of backing the most promising blockchain entrepreneurs, and providing founders with resources and connections to succeed.

AU21 Capital

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

Kenetic 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)

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

Alameda Research

Avalanche is the fastest smart contracts platform in the blockchain industry, as measured by time-to-finality

Avalanche Foundation

Taureon is an investor in the distributed ledger technology ecosystem

Taureon

GBIC is a crypto/blockchain investor and accelerator.

Global Blockchain Innovative Capital (GBIC)

Spartan Capital Securities is a financial services company offering investment advisory services.

Spartan Capital

Republic is an investment platform providing access to startups, real estate, crypto, and video game investments.

Republic

Spark Digital Capital is a family office that invests in blockchain enabled companies.

			Stage	Investors
Puffer Finance	$18.00 M	~$180.00 M	Series A Round	+9	Liquid Staking	Apr 16, 2024
CTK Shentu	--	--	Funding Round	+7	Blockchain Service	Mar 12, 2024
Karak Network	$48.00 M	$1.00 B	Series A	+12	Layer-2	Feb 28, 2024
ENA Ethena Labs	$14.00 M	$300.00 M	Seed Extension Round	+24	DeFi	Feb 16, 2024
Pontem Network	$6.00 M	~$60.00 M	Funding Round	+8	--	Jan 11, 2024
CharacterX	$2.80 M	~$28.00 M	Seed Round	+5	Social	Jan 7, 2024
Medallion	$13.70 M	~$137.00 M	Series A	+7	Blockchain Service	Dec 21, 2023
Blockchain.com	$110.00 M	$7.00 B	Series E	+2	CEX	Nov 14, 2023
ENA Ethena Labs	$6.50 M	~$65.00 M	Seed Round	+18	DeFi	Jul 19, 2023
Econia	$6.50 M	~$65.00 M	Seed Round	+2	--	Mar 2023
Chaos Labs	$20.00 M	~$200.00 M	Seed Round	+25	--	Feb 2023
Sentio	$6.40 M	~$64.00 M	Seed Round	+2	--	Feb 2023
zkSync	$200.00 M	$1.25 B	Series C	+4	Layer-2	Nov 16, 2022
Fordefi	$18.00 M	~$180.00 M	Seed Round	+5	Wallet	Nov 2022
Blockchain.com	--	--	Strategic Round	+7	CEX	Oct 14, 2022
MystenLabs	$300.00 M	~$3.00 B	Series B Round	+9	--	Sep 8, 2022
SUI Sui	$300.00 M	$5.00 B	Series B	+7	Blockchain	Sep 2022
Ultimate	$12.50 M	~$125.00 M	Series A Round	+4	--	Aug 2022
Gnosis Safe	$100.00 M	~$1.00 B	Funding Round	+30	--	Jul 2022
PTU Pintu Token	$113.00 M	~$1.13 B	Series B	+1	Cryptocurrency	Jun 2022

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