Best VCs for DePIN

$250K–$500K stated first-check range in a current @FryCookVC public post, with 'no matter how early' guidance. Plutos describes investing from pre-seed through Series A across equity and token rounds. Confirm currency, ownership, reserves and whether the range applies to the Genesis Fund before relying on it.

#5Lukas Kristen

General Partner

Plutos Capital

Lukas backs deeply technical founders building sovereign, privacy-enabling infrastructure across blockchain, AI and dual-use systems. His central claim is that institutions need the openness, neutral

No portfolio-company check range was disclosed. The announced 2023 YGG Ventures Fund I targeted $75M and a $500K minimum LP commitment, but the latter is an LP subscription minimum—not a startup check size—and current fund deployment status is not publicly confirmed.

#6Beryl Li

Director / Investment Committee

YGG Ventures

Beryl's investment role was framed around early-stage token and equity investments in Web3 game studios and the infrastructure needed for the sector to grow. Her broader operating thesis begins with c

Pre-seedSeedEarly Stage

#7Matt Manley

Senior Finance Associate

CoinFund

Matt's operating lens joins audit discipline with crypto-native middle-office experience: substantiate data completeness and accuracy, turn raw records into understandable reporting, automate repeatab

Not applicable to Matt's finance-operations role. He has no published personal investment authority or check size. Founder materials should be sent to CoinFund's projects address, while finance, administration or investor requests should follow the relevant official channel.

Fund finance operationsMiddle-office reportingProcess automation

#8Lukas Etter

Co-CIO & General Partner

CV VC

Lukas backs early frontier-technology companies building a decentralized and tokenized economy, with a current emphasis on traditional businesses moving onto blockchain rails and the convergence of bl

CV VC's published early-stage program invests up to $500,000 in qualifying pre-seed and seed companies with an MVP and initial traction. This is a firm program limit, not Lukas's personal allocation range; other vehicles and follow-ons may differ.

Pre-SeedSeedAccelerator

#9Raye Hadi

Research Associate, Digital Assets

ARK Invest

Raye analyzes how cryptoassets can disrupt legacy financial systems, with particular depth in stablecoin architecture and DeFi application economics. He evaluates networks and tokens through reserves,

Not applicable as a personal founder check. Raye is a digital-assets research associate supporting ARK's managed investment strategies; the cited sources do not establish personal venture check-writing authority or a standard startup ticket.

Liquid CryptoassetsPublic MarketsThematic Research

#10Mike Zajko

Co-Founder & General Partner

Lattice Fund

Mike backs infrastructure, networks and applications that make money, markets and scarce resources more open. He originated Lattice's 2022 Token-Incentivized Physical Infrastructure Networks thesis an

$250K–$1M from pre-seed through Series A, per Lattice's current official approach page. The firm says it invests globally, makes fast independent decisions and seeks non-consensus companies at their earliest stages.

No person-specific check size is publicly disclosed. Pantera's published venture approach typically invests from Seed through Series B and aims to lead or co-lead; founders should confirm fit rather than infer a check from third-party databases.

#11Mason Nystrom

Partner

Pantera Capital

Mason is an application-layer investor looking for products that use crypto coordination and ownership to change how large groups of people interact. His work emphasizes stablecoins as global payment

SeedSeries ASeries B

#12Stanko Nedic

Partner

V3V Ventures

Stanko invests in early-stage software, digital infrastructure and emerging technology, with a strong Web3 focus and an engineer's bias toward difficult, foundational systems. His current public filte

No Stanko-specific check range is public. A current third-party V3V profile reports a firm-level typical range of $100K–$1M at pre-seed/seed, while public round databases describe the larger rounds V3V joins rather than its own checks. Treat $100K–$1M as directional and confirm instrument, allocation and follow-on capacity directly.

Pre-seedSeedSelective later follow-on

#13Jin Ming Neo

Sr. Investment Research Associate

HashKey Capital

Jin Ming Neo contributes to broad, research-led sector evaluation across Web3. HashKey's coauthored 1H 2024 analysis favors teams with defined technical advantages, credible go-to-market, or proven ex

No reliable personal check range or individual signing authority is public. Jin Ming Neo is a research associate, so founders should treat HashKey Capital's fund strategy—not a directory estimate—as the relevant context and confirm stage, allocation, lead role, ownership, token/equity structure, and decision process with the investment team.

No verified personal check-size range is published. HashKey Capital operates multiple venture, liquid, and multi-strategy vehicles; fund size and disclosed portfolio rounds should not be converted into Yerui's individual authority.

#14Yerui Zhang

Investment Director

HashKey Capital

Yerui is a HashKey investment director with documented fund-committee responsibility and a contributor to the firm's technical sector research. The research evaluates infrastructure and applications a

No Brian-specific or official current check range is public. NLH Fund II is positioned to lead early-stage native-crypto investments, and the firm's disclosed portfolio spans pre-seed, seed, strategic and Series A rounds. Round totals are not personal check sizes; founders should ask Brian or the firm about current sizing and instrument.

#15Brian Breslow

Investor

No Limit Holdings

Brian invests in early-stage blockchain infrastructure and crypto-native businesses where a protocol or token can coordinate a real resource, market or financial rail. His recent work looks beyond def

Faction does not publish a standard check range or Tim's personal authority. The official mandate is Seed and Series A, across equity and tokens; public financing sizes are not Faction check sizes.

#16Tim Khoury

Deal Partner

Lightspeed Faction

Tim is a crypto-native early-stage investor with an explicit interest at the intersection of crypto and AI. His WeatherXM work shows a demand-first DePIN lens: token incentives can coordinate distribu

Personal check size is not publicly disclosed. CoinFund invests from pre-seed through Series A and in liquid digital assets across multiple strategies.

#17Evan Feng

Partner

CoinFund

Evan applies fundamental-investing discipline to both venture and liquid crypto: identify the metrics that genuinely drive an asset, forecast them, define thesis-invalidation points in advance, and pr

No Anies-specific check size is public. Greenfield has led or co-led seed rounds in companies covered by his publications, but announced round size is not the firm's check and cannot establish his personal allocation. Founders should confirm current vehicle, stage, ownership and reserves directly.

#18Anies Khan

Associate

Greenfield Capital

Anies looks for crypto infrastructure that coordinates real economic activity: public blockchains modernizing capital markets, privacy-preserving compliance for institutional DeFi, security systems th

No personal or standard check range is publicly disclosed. CoinFund's portfolio identifies Bobby as a deal lead/sponsor alongside David Pakman on Monkey Tilt's 2025 Series B, but that transaction does not establish a reusable individual ticket or sole authority.

#19Bobby Beniers

Principal

CoinFund

Bobby invests where programmable incentives and permissionless coordination can form new information, financial, infrastructure and machine-agent markets. His current scope joins early DeFi and DePIN

$100K-$5M; public directory sweet spot approximately $1.5M

#20Sam Hallene

Investment Partner

CMT Digital

Hallene takes a generalist, early-stage approach within blockchain, spanning DeFi, stablecoins and payments, DePIN, sector-specific chains, and core infrastructure. Public interviews emphasize portfol

SeedSeries A

#21Herbie Fu

Partner

Hack VC

Herbie invests at the intersection of crypto, AI and productive infrastructure. His GAIB thesis treats compute as a scarce commodity that can become an investable, yield-producing on-chain asset, fina

No personal check range is publicly disclosed. Hack VC says it partners at the earliest stages across crypto, AI and frontier technology, and the firm led GAIB's seed round; neither the round nor third-party ticket estimates establish Herbie's standard or unilateral check authority.

Pre-SeedSeedEarliest Stage

#22Xiao Xiao

Partner

HashKey Capital

Xiao looks for durable, real-use-case crypto products that can bring users from Web2 into Web3 and survive multiple market cycles. Public interviews show a broad mandate across DeFi, gaming, stablecoi

Firm-level public estimate: typically $1M-$5M, varying by stage and opportunity

#23Sofiya Lyn

Analyst

Venionaire Web3

Pre-seedSeedEarly Stage

#24Siddharth Rao

Investment Associate

Borderless Capital