Polychain Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2016, that invests in blockchain technologies, protocols, and companies to advance global adoption of cryptocurrencies. The firm supports the development of the blockchain ecosystem and provides capital to projects across the space. It operates as a registered investment adviser (RIA).
Animoca Brands is a global developer, publisher, and platform provider in the Web3, metaverse, and blockchain gaming space. It leverages gamification and blockchain to create and publish mobile games and IP-based products, including titles tied to well-known brands, while enabling digital property rights through non-fungible and fungible tokens. The company operates a platform that allows intellectual property holders to issue assets, monetize rights, and grow fan communities within Web3 ecosystems. It also supports a venture arm that finances and mentors creators and early-stage projects in blockchain, gaming, and related technologies. With regional initiatives to advance Web3 strategies for Japanese IP holders, Animoca Brands pursues global expansion of digital ownership, transparency, and new business models across gaming and branded content.
MH Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm focused on the Web3 sector. Founded in 2021, it backs founder-led, early-stage Web3 projects and contributes to the growth of the Web3 ecosystem.
ConsenSys is an Ethereum software company that enables developers, enterprises, and individuals to build decentralized applications, deploy modern financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web. Its product suite—Infura, Quorum, Truffle, Codefi, MetaMask, and Diligence—serves millions of users and supports billions of blockchain queries and digital assets. The company supports an ecosystem through ConsenSys Academy, which aims to bridge Ethereum knowledge globally, and through initiatives like ConsenSys Mesh, which combines investment, incubation, and development to accelerate Web3 breakthroughs.
Founded in 2018, 1kx is a venture capital firm based in the British Virgin Islands. It specializes in supporting early-stage startups focused on web3 technologies to grow, scale their platforms, and foster community-driven networks.
Paradigm is a crypto-focused investment firm based in San Francisco that funds early-stage companies and protocols in the cryptocurrency space. Founded in 2018 by Matt Huang and Fred Ehrsam, the firm emphasizes research as the core of its approach, aiming to advance crypto technology, economics, and the emergence of a new internet platform for money and governance. It acts as both investor and builder, developing open-source software and tools to push the frontier of crypto. The team collaborates on research papers and provides guidance on product and business strategy for ambitious projects at the frontier.
Outlier Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm established in 2014 that concentrates on early-stage investments in Web3, crypto, and decentralized technologies. It operates Base Camp, a multi-month accelerator program that attracts thousands of applications and provides incubation space, back-office support, and ecosystem partnerships to pre-seed and seed projects. The firm supports a diverse portfolio across DeFi, NFTs, and blockchain infrastructure, with emphasis on Metaverse use cases such as avatar marketplaces and play-to-earn gaming. Through collaborations with leading protocols and brands, including Aptos, Filecoin/IPFS, Polygon, and FARFETCH, Outlier Ventures expands its accelerator footprint and offers advisory services for later-stage teams under its Ascent program. Its approach remains blockchain-agnostic, aiming to accelerate a new web paradigm that prioritizes user sovereignty, data ownership, and digital wealth, while pursuing elevated deal activity and portfolio growth in the Web3 ecosystem.
Placeholder Venture Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that seeks to invest in decentralized networks and Web3 services sectors.
IOSG Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Hong Kong, focused on the blockchain and crypto sectors. As a research and thesis-driven entity, IOSG Ventures aims to empower founders in creating community-driven protocols that can significantly impact the future of Web3. The firm invests in a diverse array of early-stage projects, including those in decentralized finance (DeFi), gaming (GameFi), and social finance (SocialFi), as well as infrastructure and middleware solutions. Its portfolio features notable investments such as 1inch, Illuvium, Arbitrum, and StarkWare, among others. IOSG Ventures is committed to fostering innovation in the crypto space by supporting developers and founders with a long-term perspective.
ParaFi Capital, established in 2018 and headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, is a specialized asset management firm focusing on digital assets. It offers liquid and venture strategies within the blockchain industry, having been one of the earliest institutional investors in this sector.
Orange DAO is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that concentrates on investments in crypto and web3 technologies. It supports past, present, and aspiring Y Combinator founders building the crypto ecosystem, with a focus on creating opportunities for a fairer future.
Pantera Capital is a Menlo Park-based investment firm and venture capital firm focused exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and blockchain technology. Founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, the firm initially managed macro hedge fund investments before concentrating on crypto-focused advisory services. It operates as a private investment adviser and backs seed- through later-stage companies across blockchain, fintech, software, cybersecurity, and related infrastructure.
Fenbushi Capital is a Shanghai-based blockchain-focused venture capital firm founded in 2015 by veterans from blockchain and traditional finance. It positions itself as a pioneering investor in the space and has supported numerous blockchain projects across multiple continents, spanning finance, healthcare, supply chain and consumer goods. The firm aims to drive healthy and sustainable growth in the global blockchain ecosystem and serves as a long-term strategic partner to its portfolio companies.
Blockchain Founders Fund is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that invests in blockchain and related technology startups globally, including Web3, metaverse, games, DeFi and NFTs. It offers a go-to-market oriented venture program and venture-building services to support early-stage founders across business functions, helping them accelerate growth. The firm targets opportunities in the United States, Canada and Europe and seeks to connect exceptional founders across the blockchain ecosystem.
Hashed is a venture capital firm and accelerator focused on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency startups. Founded in 2017, it is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, with an additional office in San Francisco, United States. The firm invests in technology and blockchain companies across early-stage and growth stages, aiming to support startup development and ecosystem advancement through investment and acceleration programs.
Shima Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 that invests in blockchain and web3 startups. Based in California, United States, the firm focuses on supporting ventures within the blockchain ecosystem.
Digital Currency Group is a Stamford, Connecticut-based corporate venture capital and investment firm focused on the digital currency and blockchain ecosystem. It provides funding and support to fintech and blockchain companies across bitcoin, web3 infrastructure, decentralized finance, data, metaverse, and related sectors, and it owns and operates notable subsidiaries including CoinDesk, a media and events platform; Genesis Trading, a bitcoin brokerage; and Grayscale Investments, a digital currency asset management firm.
WAGMI Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2022 that concentrates on cryptocurrency and web3 opportunities. Based in New York, it invests in crypto and web3 companies, often through a collective network to source and support portfolio growth.
Lemniscap is an investment firm focused on venture capital investments in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors, including emerging cryptoassets and blockchain companies. Founded in 2017 and based in George Town, Cayman Islands, the firm targets opportunities across the blockchain ecosystem.
Signum Capital is a Singapore-based venture capital firm established in 2017 that invests in distributed ledger technologies and crypto assets. It supports innovative blockchain projects and aims to drive blockchain-enabled socioeconomic transformation. The team consists of crypto enthusiasts with diverse expertise, and Signum helps founders deploy their ideas and promote product adoption inside and outside the crypto community.
Blockchain Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, specializing in blockchain and crypto-enabled technologies. The firm backs entrepreneurs across multiple stages, providing capital as well as domain expertise, partnerships, recruiting, and strategic guidance to help build blockchain-focused companies. It pursues investments in both equity and tokens and has financed more than 170 companies and projects since its inception. The firm emphasizes its focus on the Bitcoin and broader blockchain economy, and has positioned itself as one of the first dedicated VC funds to support blockchain ecosystems, including accepting capital calls in Bitcoin. With a global outlook, Blockchain Capital backs companies across the crypto and blockchain technology sectors while offering venture-building services to help portfolio companies grow and scale.
Hack VC is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the cryptocurrency, fintech, and marketplaces sectors. The firm was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Big Brain Holdings is a venture capital firm headquartered in Los Angeles, founded in 2021. It invests in technology companies across business-to-business software and services, fintech, cryptocurrency and blockchain, gaming, decentralized finance and web3, with a particular emphasis on Solana-based projects.
Dragonfly Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that focuses on investments in the crypto and blockchain space, maintains a global ecosystem to connect participants in the decentralized economy and support opportunities in the crypto asset class including crypto startups and related infrastructure, and backs innovative teams developing blockchain technology, decentralized finance, and crypto infrastructure for cross-border opportunities.
Maven 11 Capital is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2015. The firm concentrates on blockchain and distributed ledger technology, including cryptocurrency and digital assets, and invests in ventures that utilize these technologies.
Maelstrom is a venture capital firm based in Hong Kong that focuses on digital assets and decentralized finance. The firm builds a long-term portfolio across venture, liquid, private equity, and public markets, targeting infrastructure companies and assets that support the next wave of trustless decentralized systems. It backs high-conviction opportunities spanning early-stage equity and token investments to private and public market positions, leveraging industry experience and relationships to support portfolio companies. The firm emphasizes foundational infrastructure and scalable deployments that enable secure, interoperable networks, aiming to foster sustainable growth within the digital asset ecosystem.
Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Singapore, NGC Ventures is a venture capital firm that targets early-stage investments in blockchain, artificial intelligence, fintech, and Web3 infrastructure projects.
a16z crypto is the crypto-focused investment arm of Andreessen Horowitz, based in Menlo Park, California. It makes venture investments in cryptocurrency, blockchain, and related software infrastructure and protocols, supporting innovative companies building the crypto ecosystem.
LD Capital is a venture capital firm based in Beijing, China, specializing in value investing within the blockchain sector. As one of Asia's pioneering organizations in this field, it leverages its industrial resources and professional investment research teams to identify and invest in innovative projects. Notable investments include successful ventures in Qtum, Vechain, and Eos, which yielded significant returns. With teams operating across China, the United States, Europe, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, LD Capital possesses extensive experience in traditional internet sectors, fintech, and advanced blockchain technologies. The firm is dedicated to promoting the globalization of blockchain and making quality investments across various domains, including finance, gaming, content publishing, and the Internet of Things. Through its efforts, LD Capital aims to enhance the infrastructure and overall development of the global blockchain ecosystem.
Multicoin Capital is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2017. It operates with a thesis-driven, long-term investment approach in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors, aiming to advance the shift from centralized institutions to decentralized networks and from permissioned to permissionless finance. The firm focuses on opportunities in web3 infrastructure, decentralized finance (DeFi), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) tooling, and related business models, and it serves as a registered investment adviser.
The LAO is a venture capital firm established in 2020 and located in New York, New York. It serves as a global community of Ethereum enthusiasts and specialists dedicated to supporting Ethereum developers. The firm primarily invests in seed-stage companies within the cryptocurrency, blockchain, and application software sectors, aiming to foster innovation and development in these rapidly evolving industries.
LongHash Ventures is a global blockchain accelerator and venture capital firm based in Singapore, founded in 2018. It supports early-stage blockchain startups and the Web 3.0 economy through a hands-on venture-building program that includes strategy, go-to-market support, and access to an investor network. The company sources projects worldwide and maintains a strong Asia network across Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. It operates LongHashX, an accelerator program that provides programs and funding to Web3 initiatives.
Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, it funds software and technology companies across seed to growth stages, with emphasis on web and mobile applications, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, fintech, consumer Internet, artificial intelligence, and biotech-adjacent ventures. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and provides strategic support and networks to portfolio companies.
FTX Exchange is a cryptocurrency derivatives and trading platform that serves professional traders and individual investors. It offers quarterly and perpetual futures across major cryptocurrencies, leveraged tokens, and an over-the-counter portal, enabling access to the derivatives market and related trading activities. The platform supports a range of assets and aims to balance professional-grade tools with user-friendly features. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the exchange was incubated by Alameda Research and has built its market presence through established liquidity and industry order books from inception.
Morningstar Ventures is a Dubai-based venture capital firm that invests in digital assets, blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, and related gaming initiatives. Led by founder and chief investment officer Danilo S. Carlucci, the firm pursues early-stage investments in token and equity opportunities and supports projects within the Elrond ecosystem. It has launched initiatives such as the Elrond Dubai incubator to foster development using Elrond technology.
Fabric Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2012 and based in Luxembourg. It funds and supports companies across financial services, information technology, blockchain and cryptocurrency, software-as-a-service, B2B payments, fintech, technology, media and telecommunications. Active in the Web3 space, Fabric Ventures seeks to back bold ideas that contribute to a fair, productive and sustainable Open Economy.
ZBS Capital is a Kyiv-based venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage blockchain, crypto and web3 companies to advance a decentralized world. Originating during the 2017 ICO era, it has assembled a global team with experience in blockchain, marketing, and finance and provides financing and advisory support to portfolio projects. The firm conducts fundamental research through analysts and traders, evaluating technical development, tokenomics, social impact, awareness, upcoming news and events, and the likelihood of achieving project goals.
Electric Capital is a Palo Alto-based investment firm that operates as a venture capital firm focused on early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency companies, and it also functions as a crypto asset manager investing in tokens described as programmable money, including both liquid and illiquid assets tied to emerging technologies. The team comprises technology entrepreneurs and investors who have founded multiple companies and held leadership roles at major platforms such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter, and they have been active in cryptocurrencies since 2013.
Stake Capital is a Luxembourg-based startup studio founded in 2021, specializing in blockchain and deep technology, and provides highly available and secure blockchain validation services for leading proof-of-stake networks.
TRGC is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, specializing in digital assets, blockchains and blockchain-related companies, including Web3 and DeFi, with a focus on ventures that advance the global financial system. It leverages ecosystem knowledge and industry connections to deploy capital efficiently and support the growth of innovative blockchain projects.
Tribe Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in California (Menlo Park/San Francisco). It focuses on seed to growth-stage technology investments and applies data science and AI to model venture-backed private companies, aiming to identify high-potential opportunities and inform underwriting and growth strategies. The firm has developed quantitative tools, including an underwriting infrastructure and a decision-support tool nicknamed the Magic 8-ball, to measure quantitative product-market fit and accelerate sustainable growth, particularly for N-of-1 companies with the potential for outsized returns. Tribe Capital has managed assets and has backed companies such as Apollo.io, Carta, Docker, Kraken, Instabase, Relativity Space, and Shiprocket. The team comprises investors, engineers and scientists with experience from major tech and finance firms, and the firm positions itself as leveraging data-driven insights to gain a competitive edge in venture and crypto markets.
6th Man Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm established in 2021 that concentrates on early-stage investments in cryptocurrency and web3 technologies. The firm backs companies across crypto infrastructure, blockchain, gaming, and related media, entertainment, art, and technology sectors, aiming to support projects from concept through growth in the web3 ecosystem.
Symbolic Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that focuses on web3 and blockchain companies. It uses a thesis-driven approach to identify and accelerate promising blockchain ventures.
SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture capital and angel investment firm that supports early-stage startups across the United States. Founded in 2009, the firm provides business development, financing, mergers and acquisitions guidance, and other strategic advice to portfolio companies, leveraging its networks to help founders at critical inflection points. SV Angel focuses on software and TMT sectors, including software-oriented consumer and enterprise initiatives, and acts as a hands-on partner to help startups grow, form strategic partnerships, secure financing, and pursue M&A opportunities.
UOB Venture Management is the investment arm of United Overseas Bank, focusing on growth-stage opportunities in Southeast Asia and Greater China. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Singapore with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Jakarta, the firm backs expansion-ready companies across energy, consumer, environmental technology, industrials, healthcare, agriculture, and technology. It typically makes investments up to USD 25 million per deal and leverages UOB's regional footprint to support portfolio companies as they scale in ASEAN and China.
Nascent is a Montreal-based venture capital firm founded in 2020 that invests in early-stage teams, with a focus on cryptocurrency and blockchain protocols. It backs mission-driven founders seeking to build category-defining companies and protocols.
Kenetic is a financial firm headquartered in Hong Kong that combines proprietary trading and venture capital activities in digital assets and blockchain companies. It uses developed technology to support quantitative trading strategies and offers digital asset-related structured products to counterparties.
Primitive Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2018, it focuses on blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies, investing in early-stage startups and projects within the blockchain ecosystem.
Established in 2018, Momentum 6 is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. It focuses on investing in cryptocurrency and web3 technology sectors.