Best VCs for Payments

No current personal check range or new-investment authority is published. Richard's official Board Partner role focuses on coaching existing First Round companies; firm-wide check ranges should not be attributed to him personally.

#2Richard Alfonsi

Board Partner

First Round Capital

Richard applies experience from building startups and running global revenue organizations to help First Round companies navigate go-to-market. His stated scope spans GTM strategy, customer segmentati

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Existing Portfolio SupportGrowth and ScaleBoard and Advisory

#3Mukaya Panich

CEO of SCB 10X

SCB 10X

SCB 10X is the venture arm of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), Thailand's oldest bank. Invests in blockchain, DeFi, and digital assets to bridge traditional finance with crypto.

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Series ASeries BSeries C

#4Guillermo Torrealba

Co-founder & CEO

Buda.com Ventures

Pioneer of crypto exchange infrastructure in Latin America through Buda.com. Now investing in blockchain projects across the LATAM region.

#5Mark Højgaard

Co-founder & CEO

Coinify Ventures

Investing in blockchain and digital payment infrastructure in the Nordics. Brings deep experience from building crypto payment rails in Europe.

#6Giorgi Khazaradze

Founder

Free2ex

Building crypto exchange and investment infrastructure in the Caucasus and CIS region through Free2ex, focused on regional blockchain adoption.

#7Idris Guven

Founder

ARI10

Building blockchain-based payment and loyalty solutions through ARI10, focused on bridging traditional retail with cryptocurrency.

#8Sherzod Akhmedov

CEO

UzCard Digital Ventures

Investing in digital finance and blockchain innovation in Uzbekistan through UzCard Digital Ventures, focused on modernizing Central Asian financial infrastructure.

#9Ganbold Amarzaya

CEO

Ard Financial Group (Web3)

Investing in blockchain and digital finance in Mongolia through Ard Financial Group, focused on bringing modern financial infrastructure to the Mongolian market.

#10Mahmoud Adi

Co-founder

Shorooq Partners

Investing in early-stage tech and blockchain startups across MENA at Shorooq Partners. Focused on digital infrastructure and fintech for the Arab world.

#11Bader Al Kalooti

Managing Partner

Cypher Capital

Investing in blockchain and digital assets across the MENA region at Cypher Capital. Focused on building Dubai as a global crypto hub.

#12Tak Lee

Managing Partner

Hashed Emergent

Investing in blockchain projects across South and Southeast Asia at Hashed Emergent. Focused on crypto adoption in emerging markets.

#13Bobby Bao

Co-founder

Crypto.com Capital

Strategic investments from Crypto.com Capital, the investment arm of one of the world's largest crypto platforms. Focused on ecosystem expansion and strategic portfolio building.

#14Juan Pablo Crespi

Managing Partner

Platanus Ventures

Investing in early-stage tech and blockchain startups in Chile and Latin America through Platanus Ventures, bringing Silicon Valley VC practices to LATAM.

#15Joshua Foo

CEO MX Global

MX Global (Malaysia)

Building crypto exchange and investment infrastructure in Malaysia through MX Global, focused on regulated digital asset trading and investment in Southeast Asia.

No current person-specific HSG check size is publicly disclosed. Historical Pantera work spans early-stage through growth, but those prior fund parameters should not be assumed to apply to his HSG role.

#16Nihal Maunder

Managing Director

HongShan

Nihal's current HSG mandate is not yet public, so the defensible personal thesis comes from his prior first-person and attributed work: blockchain can extend open finance and coordination into payment

Early StageVentureGrowth

#17Richard Chen

Founder & Solo GP

Varrock VC

Richard backs concentrated, contrarian pre-seed and seed bets in the future of finance. For crypto-native products, he looks for category creation, missionary founders, power-user retention and contin

$600K–$900K at pre-seed and seed, published on Varrock's live website. The fund targets a small, concentrated portfolio, commonly 0–1 new investment per quarter, to maintain ownership and hands-on capacity rather than spray and pray.

Pre-SeedSeed

#18Chris Perkins

Head of Franklin Crypto

Franklin Templeton

Chris bridges crypto-native markets and traditional institutional finance. As Head of Franklin Crypto, he leads active digital-asset strategies across tokens, protocols, and fintech opportunities. His

Franklin Crypto offers actively managed cryptocurrency strategies to institutional investors; it does not publish a personal venture check range for Chris. His current remit spans liquid digital-asset portfolio management rather than a disclosed startup check mandate, so past CoinFund round sizes are not used as a proxy.

Liquid TokensPublic MarketsInstitutional Asset Management

#19Jose Sanchez

Head of research, Investment Associate

The Spartan Group

José researches and evaluates liquid and protocol opportunities for Spartan Capital. His work focuses on crypto becoming financial infrastructure: stablecoin adoption, yield markets, institutional use

No personal check-size or allocation authority is published. Spartan Capital manages liquid, DeFi, gaming/metaverse, and market-neutral funds; the firm's $500M stated AUM and portfolio activity are not a personal check range for José.

Public TokensLiquid MarketsProtocol Investments

#20Nataly Laktionova

Marketing, Portfolio Development

Polymorphic Capital

Nataly's Polymorphic work sits at the application and portfolio-development edge: finding and supporting products that use web3 infrastructure to transform markets beyond crypto-native users, particul

No Nataly-specific check size is public. Polymorphic's verified OpenVC-style profile lists firm-level initial bands spanning $250K–$3M, says it can lead, and covers pre-seed through Series B. Treat these as firm guidance rather than Nataly's authority; confirm the relevant partner, current allocation, stage and ownership target after intake.

#21Micky Malka

Founder & Managing Partner

Ribbit Capital

Grew up in Venezuela during hyperinflation and institutional collapse. That lived experience of broken money systems drives everything. Mantra: 'The world needs more financial innovation and less fina

$1M-$50M+

Maki targets first rounds below EUR 5 million and supports consequent rounds; this is a firm round criterion, not Pirkka's personal check range. Active new investments come from Fund III.

#22Pirkka Palomäki

Founding Partner

Maki.vc (Web3)

Pirkka backs ambitious Nordic teams at their first rounds, combining an operator's technology and scaling perspective with Maki's sector-agnostic, non-consensus approach. His attributed investments fa

Pre-SeedSeedFirst Round

#23Michael Rinko

Associate

Colosseum

Michael's lens combines markets research with Colosseum's tournament-style venture funnel: use global hackathons and four-week build sprints to observe which founders ship, learn and attract users bef

Colosseum's published accelerator investment is $250K pre-seed for accepted teams; it is a program-level standard, not Michael's personal discretionary check. Current materials say hackathon winners are interviewed and considered, with accepted teams receiving capital, mentorship and network access. Earlier official content described 7% terms; founders must verify the current instrument, percentage and token/equity structure.

Pre-seedHackathon to acceleratorInitial product sprint

#24Samir Kerbage

Chief Investment Officer

Hashdex

Samir views crypto as a long-horizon technology and asset-class allocation rather than a short-term trade. His framework has two complementary pillars: bitcoin maturing as a scarce store of value and

Samir is a public/liquid-markets asset manager rather than a disclosed venture check writer. Hashdex publishes fund and index methodologies, not a personal startup check range; pitches should concern investable assets, indexes, products, research, or institutional partnerships rather than assume venture capital authority.

Liquid AssetsPublic MarketsETFs

#25Mason 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

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.

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.

#26Lukas 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

Pre-SeedSeedAccelerator

#27Banafsheh Fathieh

General Partner

Lightspeed Faction

Banafsheh backs early blockchain companies and token networks that create fundamental utility. Her public discussions emphasize the infrastructure or 'plumbing' of crypto, globally relevant financial

No personal check-size range is published. Faction invests at Seed and Series A through both equity and tokens; the firm's reported fund size and company round totals are not Banafsheh's personal range.

SeedSeries AToken Networks

#28Stanko 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

#29Sanjot Malhi

Partner

Northzone (Web3)

Sanjot leads Northzone's growth strategy. He looks for companies with proven product-market fit, repeatable go-to-market, viable unit economics, distinctive product IP, mission-critical customer value

No personal standard check-size range is published. Northzone has disclosed leading or co-leading large company rounds, but those totals are not Sanjot's individual allocation range and should not be presented as one.

Series BSeries CGrowth

#30Nick Grossman

Partner

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Nick's work connects open, decentralized systems with the infrastructure needed for the next computing cycle. His current 'Rebel Alliance' thesis argues that agentic AI will favor a modular ecosystem

No personal check-size range is published. USV invests at the earliest stages and supports companies throughout their journey; investment decisions are made collaboratively by discussion rather than individual vote.

No personal check range is publicly disclosed. ParaFi's private-markets strategy backs early- and growth-stage companies and protocols, but firm AUM and individual transactions should not be converted into a presumed standard ticket or unilateral authority.

#31Josh Solesbury

Principal

ParaFi Capital

Josh focuses on blockchain infrastructure that can replace costly financial plumbing and connect digital assets to large, existing pools of economic activity. His public work highlights stablecoins fo

Early StageGrowth StagePrivate Markets

#32Jonah Burian

Investor

Blockchain Capital

Jonah studies where value and power accrue as crypto infrastructure matures. He argues that open rails can unbundle closed payment networks; user-owning applications can compress infrastructure margin

No personal check range or deal authority is disclosed. Jonah is an Investor focused on research and new opportunities at a multi-stage firm; public work and academic research demonstrate thesis depth, not a standard individual ticket.

ResearchSeedEarly Stage

#33Elijah Fox

Investment Partner

Variant Fund

Elijah backs technically ambitious founders building new mechanisms, markets and infrastructure. His work joins crypto market design with a widening AI thesis: mature financial systems need expressive

Variant does not publish a reliable personal check range. Elijah works at the earliest stages, but founders should confirm fund vehicle, allocation, ownership, lead/co-lead appetite, token/equity structure and reserves with the partnership.

#34Yele Bademosi

Founder & CEO

Nestcoin

Building crypto infrastructure for Africa through Nestcoin. Focus on making crypto accessible to everyday Africans through exchanges, education, and local-first products.

No personal or standard ticket is published. Hack VC is an earliest-stage investor and its articles identify the firm as leading rounds at pre-seed, seed and Series A; announced round leadership does not reveal Rodney's individual check authority.

#35Rodney Yesep

Partner

Hack VC

Rodney backs technical infrastructure that removes adoption bottlenecks for high-value crypto use cases. His work favors modular, open AI stacks that solve data, compute and availability; stablecoin c

No standard personal ticket is published. CoinFund's 2026 articles identify the firm as lead on Trace's $32M Series A and Edge Markets' $29M Series A, with George authoring or contributing to the theses; round size is not equivalent to CoinFund's check or George's authority.

#36George Christopher

Principal

CoinFund

George looks for open, permissionless systems that expand financial access and remove cost, delay and gatekeeping from payments and DeFi. His writing starts with sharp workflow pain—especially cross-b

SeedSeries AEarly Stage

#37David Hsu

General Partner

ether.fi Ventures

David backs technical, early-stage teams at the intersection of finance, AI and crypto that pair crypto-native properties with real adoption. His clearest current thesis is a two-layer build: first ac

$500K–$1M, from a current public ether.fi Ventures fundraising statement. The live site positions Fund I at pre-seed through Series A and publishes ventures@ether.fi. Confirm allocation, instrument, ownership target and whether the fund will lead; the current site says $20M committed capital while the April 2025 launch post described $40M, so fund-size headlines should not be used to infer check capacity.

No personal check range is published. Shorooq invests regionally from idea/pre-seed through late-stage growth via different vehicles. Founders should identify the stage-appropriate fund and not infer a check size from Yousef's Partner title or from announced company rounds.

#38Jonah Burian

Investor

Blockchain Capital

ResearchSeedEarly Stage

#39Yousef Albabtain

Partner

Shorooq Partners

Yousef backs technology businesses that can become durable leaders in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region. His public portfolio and Intelmatix commentary point to a value-investor lens: strong foun

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#40Anay Simunovic

Investor

Blockchain Capital

Anay focuses on the intersection of consumer behavior and crypto. Her work favors products that hide blockchain complexity inside a trusted, culturally native experience: mobile-first financial platfo

No personal check range or unilateral authority is publicly disclosed. Blockchain Capital is a multi-stage investor in equity and crypto assets; its September 2026 NG.CASH article announces a $15M BCAP investment, but that figure is a specific firm investment co-authored with a GP, not Anay's standard ticket.

SeedEarly StageMulti-Stage

#41Prashanth Swaminathan

Venture Partner

Woodstock Fund

Prashanth works within Woodstock's research-led early- and growth-stage Web3 strategy. The firm's three lenses are convergence, financialisation, and virtualisation: interoperable infrastructure that

Woodstock does not publish a personal check range for Prashanth on its site. Third-party databases estimate firm ranges, but those estimates and portfolio round sizes are not treated as evidence of his individual authority.

Shorooq invests across the equity journey from pre-seed through late-stage growth, but neither the firm nor Kunal publishes his personal check range or decision authority. Portfolio round totals are not treated as check-size evidence.

#42Kunal Savjani

Venture Partner

Shorooq Partners

Kunal supports Shorooq's fintech and web3 practice with an operator's perspective across the UK, UAE, and Africa. His remit fits the firm's founder-first strategy: backing regional companies from idea

No personal check-size range is published. Faction invests at Seed and Series A using equity and tokens; its fund commitments and disclosed financing totals should not be interpreted as Samuel's standard check.

#43Samuel Harrison

Managing Partner

Lightspeed Faction

Samuel backs early crypto infrastructure and protocols that make blockchain useful at scale. His public focus includes wallets, brokerages, developer tools, remittances, stablecoin and payment rails,

SeedSeries AToken Networks

#44Tushar Jain

Managing Partner

Multicoin Capital

Open finance and tokenization. Strong views on stablecoins, DePIN, and crypto in emerging markets.

SeedSeries AToken

#45Will Leas

Deal Partner

Lightspeed Faction

Will invests in useful early-stage blockchain projects across equity and tokens. His public Meld thesis highlights infrastructure that connects traditional money and crypto: simple, compliant, develop

Faction does not publish a standard check range or Will's personal allocation authority. Its official mandate is Seed and Series A, using equity and tokens; observed round sizes are not check-size evidence.

SeedSeries AEarly Stage

#46Jeff Fluhr

Venture Partner

Craft Ventures

Jeff specializes in marketplaces, particularly vertical models that go deeper than horizontal incumbents. He evaluates density, liquidity, trust, network effects, take rate, gross profit, and capital-

No personal check-size range is published. Craft attributes investments from seed through growth to Jeff, but public round totals are company financings and not his personal allocation authority.

No personal check-size range is published. Pascual invests at early stage through Northzone; founders should confirm current round fit directly and should not infer his allocation from portfolio-company financing totals.

#47Pascual Cortes-Monroy

Principal

Northzone (Web3)

Pascual focuses on early-stage AI, fintech, healthcare, and vertical SaaS, with particular interest in products that use growing data availability and improved computation to transform an industry. Hi

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#48George Coelho

Senior Advisor

Finch Capital

George Coelho is listed by Finch Capital as Senior Advisor. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with proven economics and

#49Augustus (Augie) Ilag

Investment Partner, Head of Asia

CMT Digital

Ilag is CMT Digital's Investment Partner and Head of Asia, investing through the firm's early-stage blockchain strategy. His published Tazapay thesis favors full-stack cross-border payment infrastruct

Firm-level public estimate: $100K-$5M; typical check around $1.5M

Wintermute Ventures currently publishes flexible $500K–$5M+ global investments, primarily Seed and Series A, using proprietary capital and often leading or co-leading. This is a firm range—not Yoann's personal promise—and the firm also makes selective later-stage investments.

#50Yoann Turpin

Co-founder

Wintermute Ventures

Yoann brings high-frequency trading, hedge-fund and family-office experience to a proprietary-capital venture platform built around Wintermute's market infrastructure. The firm backs category-defining

Verda's live FAQ says the MiniPay Fund typically invests $100K–$250K initially at earlier stages and $500K–$2M later, seeks roughly 5–10% early ownership and 2–6% later, and can be first check or co-invest. These are current vehicle ranges, not Amit's personal angel checks.

#51Amit Chu

Co-Founder and Partner

Verda Ventures

Amit backs fintech companies using stablecoin rails to deliver useful financial products in emerging markets. Verda's MiniPay strategy combines capital with Opera distribution and Celo infrastructure,

Idea and IncubationPre-SeedSeed

#52Darius Rugys

Partner

Maven 11 Capital

Darius works within Maven 11's crypto-native, early-stage strategy. The firm backs technically fluent founders who challenge the status quo by redefining ownership through open, inclusive, permissionl

Maven 11 does not publish Darius's personal check range or decision authority. Third-party investor databases estimate ranges, but those figures are not treated as verified evidence. The current firm describes an early-stage venture strategy without attaching a check range to him.

No reliable Chris-specific ticket range is public. Haun invests from seed through scale and announced $1 billion of new early- and later-stage capital in May 2026; round evidence includes leading or co-leading seed, Series A and an $82M growth financing, but round size is not the same as Haun's check.

#53Chris Ahn

Partner

Haun Ventures

Chris backs community-led and crypto-enabled businesses where open technology creates a durable advantage and a credible business model. His work focuses on the infrastructure of globally programmable

Clocktower Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports more than $350M in committed capital.

#54David Lofthouse

Venture Partner

Clocktower Ventures

David Lofthouse invests or supports investments through Clocktower Ventures's published strategy: Invest opportunistically from seed through growth in extraordinary teams reinventing financial service

Clocktower Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports more than $350M in committed capital.

#55Adriana Saman

Managing Director

Clocktower Ventures

Adriana Saman invests or supports investments through Clocktower Ventures's published strategy: Invest opportunistically from seed through growth in extraordinary teams reinventing financial services,

Clocktower Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports more than $350M in committed capital.

#56Kaycee Suit

Executive Assistant

Clocktower Ventures

Kaycee Suit is listed in a Executive Assistant capacity at Clocktower Ventures. This profile preserves that functional distinction; the firm's investment mandate is included only as shared context.

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#57Radboud Vlaar

Managing Partner

Finch Capital

Radboud Vlaar is listed by Finch Capital as Managing Partner. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with proven economics a

#58Aman Ghei

General Partner

Finch Capital

Aman Ghei is listed by Finch Capital as General Partner. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with proven economics and a

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#59Mike Brennan

General Partner

Finch Capital

Mike Brennan is listed by Finch Capital as General Partner. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with proven economics and

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#60Johnny Harte

CFO

Finch Capital

Johnny Harte is listed by Finch Capital as CFO. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with proven economics and a path to m

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#61Frances Eikenhorst

General Counsel

Finch Capital

Frances Eikenhorst is listed by Finch Capital as General Counsel. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with proven economi

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#62Eugénie Colonna d'Istria

Investment Manager

Finch Capital

Eugénie Colonna d'Istria is listed by Finch Capital as Investment Manager. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with prove

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#63Philip van Engers

Investment Manager

Finch Capital

Philip van Engers is listed by Finch Capital as Investment Manager. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with proven econo

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#64Joe McHale

Associate

Finch Capital

Joe McHale is listed by Finch Capital as Associate. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with proven economics and a path

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#65Puck Hoogveld

PR, Risk & Compliance Officer

Finch Capital

Puck Hoogveld is listed by Finch Capital as PR, Risk & Compliance Officer. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with prove

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#66Rossella Saponaro

Associate

Finch Capital

Rossella Saponaro is listed by Finch Capital as Associate. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with proven economics and

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#67Dick Harryvan

Senior Advisor

Finch Capital

Dick Harryvan is listed by Finch Capital as Senior Advisor. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Partners with category-defining European software companies with proven economics and

Growth investments for European software companies with roughly €2m to €20m ARR

#68Kell Reilly

Partner

AirTree Ventures (Web3)

Kell applies a long-horizon Silicon Valley investing perspective to Airtree's Australia and New Zealand mandate. His concise screen asks what drives demand, what makes the company different, and wheth

Neither Airtree nor Kell publishes his personal check range or decision authority. The firm describes itself as seed-first and able to support companies over time; portfolio round sizes and prior-firm deals are not treated as evidence of his current range.

SeedEarly StageGrowth

#69Sam 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

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

No personal check range is disclosed. Shorooq's Bedaya strategy invests from pre-seed through early rounds, while the broader equity platform reaches late-stage growth. Founders should identify the relevant Shorooq vehicle instead of assuming Omer can deploy across every strategy or size.

#70Omer Zabit

Partner

Shorooq Partners

Omer brings a hands-on operator lens from scaling Careem's commercial businesses and building mobile-money products. His investing focus is on ambitious technology founders in the UAE, Qatar and front

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#71Shayon Sengupta

General Partner, Co-Head of Venture

Multicoin Capital

Consumer crypto, social tokens, attention economy. Crypto-native consumer applications.

SeedSeries AVenture

#72Herbie 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

#73Jan-Dirk Lueders

Co-Founder

CMT Digital

Jan-Dirk views blockchain and distributed-ledger technology as a multi-decade shift that can make valuable information as easy to transfer as smartphones made ordinary information. His operating philo

$100K-$5M, with a reported $1.5M sweet spot, according to an external investor directory; confirm current sizing directly with CMT Digital.

SeedSeries AEarly Stage

#74Llew Claasen

Managing Partner

Newtown Partners

Newtown Partners invests in blockchain companies across Africa and globally from Cape Town. Early backers of Luno and VALR, two of Africa's largest crypto exchanges.

#75Kwame Rugunda

Founding Partner

Africa Blockchain Fund

Africa Blockchain Fund invests in blockchain projects across Africa from Ghana. Focuses on financial inclusion and real-world blockchain applications for African markets.

Clocktower Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports more than $350M in committed capital.

#76Natalie Charney

Principal

Clocktower Ventures

Natalie Charney invests or supports investments through Clocktower Ventures's published strategy: Invest opportunistically from seed through growth in extraordinary teams reinventing financial service

Clocktower Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports more than $350M in committed capital.

#77Steve Drobny

Partner

Clocktower Ventures

Steve Drobny invests or supports investments through Clocktower Ventures's published strategy: Invest opportunistically from seed through growth in extraordinary teams reinventing financial services,

Clocktower Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports more than $350M in committed capital.

#78Josh Zoffer

Principal

Clocktower Ventures

Josh Zoffer invests or supports investments through Clocktower Ventures's published strategy: Invest opportunistically from seed through growth in extraordinary teams reinventing financial services, w

Clocktower Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports more than $350M in committed capital.

#79Shalini Haupt

Associate

Clocktower Ventures

Shalini Haupt invests or supports investments through Clocktower Ventures's published strategy: Invest opportunistically from seed through growth in extraordinary teams reinventing financial services,

#80Rabeel Warraich

Founder & CEO

Daftar (Web3)

Daftar invests in tech and web3 across South Asia and MENA. One of the few funds bridging Pakistan's tech talent with global crypto opportunities.

#81Gabriel Abed

Founder

Caribbean Blockchain Fund

Pioneer of digital currency adoption in the Caribbean. Founded the first Bitcoin company in Barbados and advised the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank on their digital currency project.

SeedStrategic

#82Marcelo Cavazzoli

Founder & CEO

Lemon Ventures

Built Lemon Cash into Latin America's leading crypto app with 2M+ users. Lemon Ventures invests in crypto infrastructure for emerging markets.

Clocktower Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports more than $350M in committed capital.

#83Ned Daoro

Managing Director

Clocktower Ventures

Ned Daoro invests or supports investments through Clocktower Ventures's published strategy: Invest opportunistically from seed through growth in extraordinary teams reinventing financial services, wit

#84Shane Shin

Founding Partner

Shorooq Partners

Shorooq Partners invests in MENA fintech and crypto. Leading the charge on web3 adoption in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and broader Middle East.

#85Michael Chobanian

Founder

CryptoDex

Pioneer of crypto adoption in Ukraine. Building crypto exchange and blockchain infrastructure for Eastern Europe through CryptoDex.

Seed

#86Daniel Vogel

Co-founder & CEO

Bitso Ventures

Bitso is Mexico's and Latin America's leading crypto exchange. Bitso Ventures invests in crypto and fintech across Latin America.

Clocktower Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports more than $350M in committed capital.

#87Ben Savage

Partner

Clocktower Ventures

Ben Savage invests or supports investments through Clocktower Ventures's published strategy: Invest opportunistically from seed through growth in extraordinary teams reinventing financial services, wi

Clocktower Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports more than $350M in committed capital.

#88Erika Hull

Principal

Clocktower Ventures

Erika Hull invests or supports investments through Clocktower Ventures's published strategy: Invest opportunistically from seed through growth in extraordinary teams reinventing financial services, wi

#89Wyatt Lonergan

Head of Ventures

Circle Ventures

Leads Circle Ventures, investing in the USDC ecosystem and projects that advance digital dollar adoption worldwide.

#90Nabeel Koshak

CEO

Saudi Venture Capital (SVC)

SVC is Saudi Arabia's government-backed venture capital fund, with growing interest in fintech and digital assets.