Polychain Capital

Polychain Capital, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, is a venture capital firm focused on investing in blockchain technologies and digital assets. The firm actively manages portfolios that encompass various blockchain assets, aiming to deliver exceptional returns for its investors. By investing in protocols and companies within the blockchain space, Polychain seeks to promote the global adoption of cryptocurrencies. As a Registered Investment Adviser, the firm utilizes a strategic approach to capitalize on the unique properties of blockchain technology, which allows for the creation, issuance, and transmission of digital assets through cryptographic verification and game-theoretic principles.

Bobby Beniers

Partner

Jeffrey Maganis

Investor

Niraj Pant

General Partner

Ben Perszyk

Partner

Josh Rosenthal

Partner and Portfolio Manager

Alexa Smith

Beacon Fund Manager

Michael Waldmann

Investor

Past deals in Simulation

Gauntlet

Series B in 2022
Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providing transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

SynFutures

Series A in 2021
SynFutures operates a decentralized derivatives platform that facilitates the trading of synthetic assets, allowing users to create and trade various digital asset pairs using a single digital token as margin. The platform aims to establish an open and trustless derivatives market by enabling trading on any asset with a price feed. By promoting a free market environment and increasing the diversity of tradable assets, SynFutures seeks to lower the barriers to entry in the derivatives market, thereby fostering a more equitable exchange for digital assets.

Gauntlet

Series A in 2021
Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providing transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Gauntlet

Venture Round in 2020
Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providing transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Gauntlet

Seed Round in 2018
Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providing transparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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