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NFX operates as a pre-seed and seed stage VC that is transforming how true innovators are funded.

Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.

Accel

Flybridge

Castle Island Ventures is a venture capital firm

Castle Island Ventures

Hash3 is a pre-seed / seed stage crypto-native fund investing in companies and protocols, globally.

Hash3

OpenFX

Wing is an early-stage investor and long-term company builder—equipping founders with resources and unwavering partnership.

Wing VC

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

Nyca Partners is a venture capital and advisory firm that focuses on the fintech sector. The firm connects innovative companies to financial institutions and technology companies as well as expert individuals as investors and advisors. Nyca Partners was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Nyca Partners

Haymaker Ventures

Cerca Partners

Utila

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

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

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

Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Surojit Chatterjee

Charlie Songhurst

Isle of Man

FunFair Ventures

Red Dot Capital Partners

SilverCircle

a16z speedrun

Boinkers

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

Investing in the crypto-powered Web3 and creator economy ecosystems

6MV (6th Man Ventures)

Placeholder is a venture capital firm that invests in decentralized protocols and web3 services. Partners Joel Monegro and Chris Burniske manage the firm with Brad Burnham as venture partner. Mario Laul is our head of research. Shelly Gogol and Crystal Kwan manage operations.

Placeholder

We invest along generational themes from Gen Alpha, Gen Z, Millennials onwards & follow that behavior as it evolves over time. We believe that human behavior is constantly evolving due to generational shifts and technology adoption. Recent historical events have accelerated behavior changes amongst different generational cohorts in verydifferent ways. We bring product, growth, and venture experience to early stage startups that are building solutions to meet these changes.

Progression Fund

Drip

Solana Ventures' mission is to accelerate the growth of the Solana blockchain and adjacent ecosystems by providing capital to the most promising teams building in the crypto ecosystem.

Solana Ventures

Big Brain Holdings Invests in Seed, Pre-Seed and Early Stage Startups

Big Brain Holdings

Jupiter

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

Collab+Currency

Raj Gokal

Anagram Crypto

Chris Burniske

B+J Studios is a 0 to 1 builder studio developing world class blockchain-based solutions for mainstream consumer and institutional-grade use.

B+J Studios

Interlace Ventures invests in founders reimagining commerce.

Interlace Ventures

Malta

YZi Labs is an investment firm formerly known as Binance Labs that invests in all stages of development in the fields of Web3, artificial intelligence (AI), and biotechnology.

YZi Labs (prev Binance Labs)

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

Philippines

Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a web3 gaming guild where players can enrich themselves as they find their community, discover games and level up together.

Yield Guild Games (YGG)

Hong Kong

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

Tess Hau is an investor and advisor to high-performing startups, deep tech companies, and extraordinary founders across the world.

Tess Ventures

Facilitating a hotbed of digital culture.

Polygon Studios

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

Republic

Symbolic Capital is a crypto-native fund founded by web3 founders.

Symbolic Capital

Pentagon Games

071labs

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

Y Combinator

Battery Ventures finances technology sector companies with venture capital, private equity, and debt financing investments.

Battery Ventures

Alterya

Chainalysis

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

Jump Crypto

Alliance is the leading crypto accelerator and founder community.

Alliance

Village Global is a network-native, early-stage VC firm with ~$500M AUM, chaired by Reid Hoffman, and backed by tech’s best.

Village Global

Orange DAO

Base is a secure, low-cost, builder-friendly Ethereum L2 built to bring the next billion users onchain.

Base Ecosystem Fund

OpenCover

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 (a16z)

Franklin Templeton

Play Ventures is a venture funding that invests globally in games and game services startups.

Play Ventures

Azra Games

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

ROK Capital is a thesis driven multi-strategy fund with a distributed global team. Founded by partners with long-term operational roots in the crypto industry since 2016. We focus on concentrated, high-conviction investments in projects that we believe will be pivotal in advancing the next wave of crypto innovation and adoption.

ROK Capital

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

Blockchain Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. It was founded in 2013 by Bart Stephens and Brad Stephens, and it's headquartered in San Francisco, California. Blockchain Capital is one of the earliest and most well-known venture capital firms dedicated exclusively to the blockchain and cryptocurrency space.

Blockchain Capital

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)

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

Bain Capital Ventures

eGirl Capital is a venture capital investment company that was established in 2019. The company wants to invest in the decentralised and blockchain industries.

eGirl Capital

Manifold Trading is a early-stage web3 fund that takes a data-driven, systematic approach to making high-conviction investments.

Manifold Trading

Bahamas (The)

FTX Exchange is a cryptocurrency exchange company that develops a mobile trading platform.

FTX Ventures

Protocol Labs is a research, development, and deployment lab for network protocols.

Protocol Labs

Celestia

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.

Divergence Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. They specialize in investments in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors.

Divergence Ventures

United Kingdom

KR1 plc, founded in 2016, is a leading publicly listed digital asset investment company focused on decentralised and open-source blockchain networks.

KR1 (Kryptonite1)

P2P Capital invest in crypto assets through owning coins, tokens, participating in traditional equity fundraising and DeFi.

P2P 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

Netherlands

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

Maven 11 Capital

Dokia Capital is a blockchain investment firm.

Dokia Capital

Switzerland

Interchain Foundation supports research and development for secure, scalable, open, and decentralized networks.

Interchain Foundation

Signature Ventures

Michael Ng

Bain Capital Crypto backs renegades and pioneers building the next generation of open internet infrastructure

Bain Capital Crypto

Syncracy Capital is a thesis-driven hedge fund making high conviction, concentrated investments in the secular winners of the cryptoeconomy.

Syncracy Capital

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

CoinFund is a blockchain-focused investment firm and cryptocurrency research company that specializes in supporting and investing in early-stage blockchain and crypto projects. Founded by Jake Brukhman and Alex Felix in 2015, CoinFund has been active in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space for several years

CoinFund

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

Galaxy

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

Kraken

Circle Ventures focuses on proprietary capital investments in the technology sector.

Circle Ventures

Figment Capital launched its first fund in 2021 to invest in high-conviction, early-stage blockchain infrastructure projects. As an early-stage investor, they work closely with founders as they scale from idea to adoption and beyond.

Figment Capital

Blockdaemon is a blockchain deployment facilitator that manages nodes and payment rails for blockchain networks.

Blockdaemon

Hyperlane

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

China

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

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

Altonomy

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

A&T Capital

Y2Z Ventures is a long-term venture mainly focused on Metaverse and Web 3.0.

Y2Z Ventures

Founded in 2018, Mindfulness Capital is an investment firm that specializes in private equity, and mergers & acquisitions. The firm has invested in blockchain, tech products (both hardware and software), finance sectors, etc.

Mindfulness Capital

L2Y aims to provide a GameFi analytics and trading platform for P2E gamers to track data in metaverse.

Block Dream Fund

Zhen Cao is the Asia partner of Republic.co. She was the partner at JLAB, the cryptocurrency venture arm of JD Capital. JD Capital is the only publicly traded PE firm in China with peak $9B AUM.

Zhen Cao

Foresight Ventures is an investment institution focusing on blockchain technology and crypto industry established in 2020, whose predecessor was an international private equity venture capital with more than ten years of investment experience.  We take solid research on market and technology as investment orientation when investing in both primary and secondary markets of equity and token, with nearly 80 million dollars asset under management.

Foresight Ventures

Karmaverse

Innovating, venturing, and catapulting forward the next generation of teams/companies

Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC)

TPS Capital

YGG Southeast Asia

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

Node Capital

DAO Maker

BBS Network

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

Jump Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm that focuses on investing in technology-driven companies across various industries. With offices in Chicago and New York, Jump Capital has established itself as a strategic investor with a broad portfolio, encompassing sectors such as software, fintech, healthcare, and more.

Jump Capital

United Arab Emirates

Morningstar Ventures is an investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain technology.

Morningstar Ventures

LongHash Ventures is a global blockchain accelerator and VC fund.

			Stage	Investors
OpenFX	$23.00 M	~$230.00 M	Funding Round	+3		Blockchain Service	May 23, 2025
Utila	$18.00 M	~$180.00 M	Series A	+3		Infrastructure	Mar 19, 2025
BOINK Boinkers	$8.00 M	~$80.00 M	Funding Round			Gaming	Feb 28, 2025
Drip	$8.00 M	~$80.00 M	Seed Round	+2		NFT	Sep 9, 2024
PEN Pentagon Games	$6.00 M	~$60.00 M	Seed Round	+6		Gaming	Aug 8, 2024
Utila	$11.50 M	~$115.00 M	Seed Round	+3		Infrastructure	Mar 5, 2024
Alterya	$9.80 M	~$98.00 M	Seed Round	+1	--	Blockchain Service	Jan 1, 2024
OpenCover	$4.60 M	~$46.00 M	Seed Round	+3	--	DeFi	Sep 7, 2023
Azra Games	$10.00 M	~$100.00 M	Seed Plus Round	+2		Gaming	Feb 2023
TIA Celestia	$55.00 M	$300.00 M	Series A&B Round	+10		Modular Blockchain	Oct 19, 2022
HYPER Hyperlane	$18.50 M	~$185.00 M	Seed Round	+5		Protocol	Sep 22, 2022
Azra Games	$15.00 M	~$150.00 M	Seed Round	+3		Gaming	May 2022
KNOT Karmaverse	$6.00 M	$50.40 M	Private Sale	+9	--	Gaming	Feb 12, 2022
BBS BBS Network	$550,000.00	$40.00 M	IDO on DAO Maker	+2	--	NFT	Jan 5, 2022
BBS BBS Network	$1.50 M	$30.00 M	Seed Round	+3	--	NFT	Dec 6, 2021
MBS LINEUP Games	$3.00 M	$12.50 M	Private Round	+8		Gaming	Nov 21, 2021
PAL Paladin	$2.55 M	$16.04 M	Seed Round	+1		Protocol	Oct 4, 2021
BICO Biconomy	$9.00 M	$75.00 M	Private Round	+19		DeFi	Jul 2021
Valora	$20.00 M	~$200.00 M	Seed Round	+10		Wallet	Jul 2021
RAD Radworks	$12.00 M	$60.00 M	Early Supporters	+7		Governance	Feb 18, 2021

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