United States of America

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

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

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

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

Nascent

Castle Island Ventures is a venture capital firm

Castle Island Ventures

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

Lattice

Fin is an asset management firm investing full lifecycle in FinTech and adjacent verticals in principally B2B enterprise SaaS companies.

Fin Capital

Quantonation

Formation

Nebular

Satstreet

Project 11

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

Archetype is an early-stage venture fund focused on accelerating the decentralized future.

Archetype

Cascade

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

Gemini Frontier Fund

Solana Labs

Pye Finance

MetaDAO

Paradigm is a cryptocurrency-focused investment firm and venture capital company. It was founded by Matt Huang and Fred Ehrsam, both of whom have significant experience in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. Paradigm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and is considered a prominent player in the digital asset and blockchain investment space.

Paradigm

Investing in the crypto-powered Web3 and creator economy ecosystems

6MV (6th Man Ventures)

DBA is a New York-based crypto investment firm.

Melee

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.

1confirmation is a forward-thinking venture capital firm at the forefront of innovation in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Established in 2017 by Nick Tomaino, a visionary in the industry, the firm is dedicated to identifying and supporting promising early-stage projects that are shaping the future of decentralized technologies.

1confirmation

Infinite Capital supports teams at the forefront of decentralized networks and deep tech.

Infinite Capital

Singapore

Mask Network is the Portal to the New, Open Internet.

Mask Network

Palm Tree Crew

Noise DAO

levy.eth

Roneil Rumburg

Scenius Capital

Brian Flynn

Ben Giove

David Beiner

Coop Records

Union Square Ventures (USV) stands as a leading venture capital firm renowned for its strategic investments in groundbreaking technology companies. Established in 2003 by Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham, the firm has been a consistent player in the ever-evolving landscape of early-stage and growth-stage investments.

Union Square Ventures

Compound is a thesis-driven, research-centric investment firm leading seed rounds.

Compound

Haun Ventures

Furqan Rydhan

Henri Stern

Rubik Ventures

Bill Lee

Soleio

Asylum Ventures

Earl Grey Capital

Cursor Capital

Ben Levy

Terrance Rohan

Elena Nadolinski

Jonah Van Bourg

The Clearing Company

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

United Kingdom

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

South Korea

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

Hashed

Hong Kong

Mirana Ventures is a leading global investment fund that provides long-term capital and strategic partnerships to visionary founders and fund managers in the Web3 space.

Mirana Ventures

SIG is a global quantitative trading firm committing its own capital to trade financial products around the world.

Susquehanna International Group (SIG)

Mysten Labs

Flowdesk

Edge Capital is a leading market-neutral hedge fund that manages capital for largest fund of funds, institutional investors and leading crypto foundations and treasuries since 2020.

Edge Capital

Rialo (Subzero Labs)

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

Lemniscap

Planetarium

CRIT Ventures

Remix

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

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

Early stage blockchain venture capital. A JV with Lightspeedvp

Faction

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

Bain Capital Crypto

Turnkey

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

Alchemy

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

Asymmetric

Anagram Crypto

TrueBridge Capital

Accomplice is a seed-led venture capital firm that invests in technology startup companies.

Accomplice

PayPal Ventures invests in companies at the forefront of innovation in fintech, payments, commerce enablement, artificial intelligence, blockchain and cryptocurrency, and regulatory and cyber technology.

PayPal Ventures

Reciprocal Ventures is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on FinTech.

Reciprocal Ventures

RRE Ventures is a venture capital firm that offers early-stage funding to software, internet, and communications companies

RRE Ventures

Solana Foundation is to build, support, and grow the Solana network and its community while driving mass adoption for blockchain.

Solana Foundation

Paxos

TrueX

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

Aptos

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

Bodhi Ventures is a crypto native fund – built by founders for founders.

Bodhi Ventures

Topology Ventures

Factorio

Greg Osuri

Clement Delangue

Pluralis Research

GV (Google Ventures) provides seed, venture, and growth funding to technology companies in life sciences, enterprise technology, consumer products and services, and advanced technology industries.

GV (Google Ventures)

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

Ribbit Capital

Cyberstarts is an early-stage cybersecurity focused venture capital firm.

Cyberstarts

Blockaid

Greylock Partners invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer and enterprise software companies. The firm invests in companies that define new markets, including Airbnb, AppDynamics, Apptio, Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), Cloudera, Docker, Dropbox, Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Medium, Nextdoor, Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW),Pandora (NYSE: P), Pure Storage, and Workday (NYSE: WDAY).
It was founded in 1965 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Greylock

Uniswap

Ambush Capital is an angel fund in New York that helps entrepreneurs through the early stages of building a company.

Ambush Capital

Credibly Neutral

Whetstone

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

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

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

Sapphire Ventures

Australia

Square Peg Capital

A global group of crypto natives, founders, builders, and investors.

SpaceshipDAO

Reservoir

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)

Phantom

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

Alliance is the leading crypto accelerator and founder community.

Alliance

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

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

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

IOSG Ventures

Bankless

Chapter One 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)

Blockchain Builders Fund

Hyperbolic

Samsung NEXT is the innovation arm of the Samsung Group, a global conglomerate. Samsung NEXT is known for its role in identifying, investing in, and developing cutting-edge technologies and startups. The primary focus of Samsung NEXT is to explore and invest in emerging technology trends that align with Samsung's broader business strategies.

Samsung NEXT

Republic Capital works with high net-worth individuals and family offices to syndicate investment opportunities.

Republic Capital

India

Sandeep Nailwal

Santiago Roel Santos is the Partner at ParaFi Capital

Santiago Roel Santos

LongHash Ventures is a global blockchain accelerator and VC fund.

LongHash Ventures

China

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

			Stage	Investors
Project 11	$20.00 M	$120.00 M	Series A	+8		Infrastructure	Jan 14, 2026
Cascade	$15.00 M	~$150.00 M	Funding Round	+1		CEX	Dec 9, 2025
Pye Finance	$5.00 M	~$50.00 M	Seed Round	+2		DeFi	Dec 8, 2025
META MetaDAO	$2.50 M	~$25.00 M	OTC Deal			Solana Ecosystem	Oct 14, 2025
Melee	$3.50 M	~$35.00 M	Pre-seed			DeFi	Sep 24, 2025
Coop Records	$4.50 M	~$45.00 M	Seed Round	+12		Music	Sep 23, 2025
The Clearing Company	$15.00 M	~$150.00 M	Seed Round	+14		DeFi	Aug 27, 2025
Rialo (Subzero Labs)	$20.00 M	~$200.00 M	Funding Round	+7		Infrastructure	Aug 1, 2025
Remix	$5.00 M	~$50.00 M	Seed Round	+3		Gaming	Jul 10, 2025
Project 11	$6.00 M	~$60.00 M	Seed Round	+2		Infrastructure	Jun 19, 2025
Turnkey	$30.00 M	~$300.00 M	Series B	+3		Blockchain Service	Jun 9, 2025
PYUSD TrueX	$11.00 M	~$110.00 M	Series A	+4	--	CEX	May 20, 2025
Pluralis Research	$7.60 M	~$76.00 M	Seed Round	+6	--	Blockchain Service	Mar 19, 2025
Blockaid	$50.00 M	~$500.00 M	Series B	+1		Blockchain Service	Feb 18, 2025
Whetstone	$1.30 M	~$13.00 M	Pre-seed	+3		DeFi	Feb 11, 2025
Reservoir	$14.00 M	~$140.00 M	Series A	+10		Infrastructure	Feb 5, 2025
Phantom	$150.00 M	$3.00 B	Series C	+1		Wallet	Jan 16, 2025
Hyperbolic	$12.00 M	~$120.00 M	Series A	+7		Blockchain Service	Dec 10, 2024
Alluvial	$4.30 M	~$43.00 M	Strategic Round	+2		DeFi	Nov 12, 2024
SAPIEN Sapien	$10.50 M	~$105.00 M	Seed Round	+4		Big Data	Oct 30, 2024

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