Best VCs for Applications

No personal check-size range is published. Public seed, Series A, and later financing amounts are company-level transaction sizes and are not a defensible proxy for Guy's individual range or allocation authority.

#2Guy Wuollet

General Partner

a16z crypto

Guy invests across the crypto stack with a technical focus on infrastructure, DeFi, and decentralized physical infrastructure. He looks for blockchains to coordinate markets that centralized intermedi

SeedSeries AEarly Stage

#3Richard 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

#4Nataly 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.

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

#5Brett Shear

GENERAL PARTNER

1confirmation

Brett focuses on crypto-native consumer products that bridge onchain ownership with mainstream culture. His published work looks for applications built around existing behaviors—playing games for mone

No personal check-size or allocation authority is published. 1confirmation describes itself as an early-stage venture fund; firm assets or round sizes should not be treated as Brett's personal range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#6Pranav Singhvi

Managing Director

General Catalyst

Pranav invests through a capital-allocation lens: separate the predictable customer-acquisition engine of a product-market-fit company from its higher-risk product and operating company, then finance

No personal equity check-size range is published. Customer Value financings are bespoke, performance-linked capital structures and disclosed company packages should not be generalized into a personal minimum or maximum.

GrowthLate StageEndurance

#7Nassim Olive

Co-Founder & General Partner

Eterna Capital

Nassim invests where decentralized protocols, programmable value layers and AI-native infrastructure converge to reshape the internet. His work connects crypto's ownership and market primitives to bro

$250K–$1M indicated by current investor directories, with roughly $500K described as a sweet spot. Eterna's own live site confirms a global, early-stage mandate but does not publish a check range, so founders should verify current size, reserves, instrument and lead appetite directly. Eterna has publicly co-led at least one pre-seed round (Stoffel Labs).

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

#8Stanko 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

#9Mason 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.

#10Lukas 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

#11Mike 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.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#12Banafsheh 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

#13Ching Tseng

Investment Director

AppWorks

Ching backs global Web3 founders and infrastructure that can make decentralized systems useful, secure, and accessible at scale. Her work emphasizes founder vision, determination, domain expertise, an

Firm-level: AppWorks publishes a US$200K to US$15M per-deal range across Seed through Series C, with capacity to lead or follow and reserve capital for follow-ons. This is not Ching's personal allocation range.

No personal check-size range is published. Craft invests from early-stage venture through growth, and Michael's disclosed financings span several stages; those total round sizes are not personal or standard check sizes.

#14Michael Robinson

Partner, Head of Investment Team

Craft Ventures

Michael invests across venture and growth with a focus on cybersecurity, infrastructure, and AI applications. His operating framework prizes durable revenue, efficient growth, healthy unit economics,

Series ASeries BSeries C

#15Anay 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

#16Grace Isford

Partner

Lux Capital

Grace backs computational-science companies where software or AI transforms difficult physical, institutional, or technical systems. She looks for first-check opportunities in infrastructure and appli

No personal check-size range is published. Lux's USD 7B under management and disclosed company rounds are not Grace's personal range; she is explicitly described as a first-check and early investor.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#17Jonah 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

#18Jonah Burian

Investor

Blockchain Capital

ResearchSeedEarly Stage

#19Samuel 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,

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.

SeedSeries AToken Networks

#20George 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

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.

SeedSeries AEarly Stage

#21Raymond Feng

Technical Partner

Lightspeed Faction

As Faction's Technical Partner, Raymond evaluates early blockchain companies across the stack, from base infrastructure to applications. The safest evidence-supported interpretation of his mandate is

No personal check-size range is published. Faction invests at Seed and Series A through equity and tokens; its fund size and portfolio rounds are not Raymond's personal allocation parameters.

SeedSeries AToken Networks

#22Sonya Huang

Partner

Sequoia Capital

The defining voice of Sequoia's AI thesis and arguably the most influential AI investor-thinker in Silicon Valley. Co-authors a series of landmark essays with Pat Grady that have become the canonical

$500K-$50M+ (stage dependent)

No personal check range or led CoinFund investment is publicly disclosed. Azi joined the investment team in July 2026; his official profile cites earlier seed investments in Osmosis and Ondo, but those do not establish a current CoinFund ticket or independent authority.

#23Azi Mandias

Investor

CoinFund

Azi looks for sovereign, user-controlled computing across crypto and AI. His interests span decentralized AI, novel consumer applications, applied privacy, new Layer 1 designs and post-quantum infrast

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#24Patricia Backhausen

CLO

Catalyst Romania

Patricia Backhausen is listed by Catalyst Romania as CLO. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology companies with payi

No verified personal or current Hashed check range is published on Tak's profile. Founders should confirm vehicle, stage, token/equity structure, geographic fit, lead appetite and reserves directly rather than using third-party estimates.

#25Tak Lee

Venture Partner

Hashed

Tak brings a multilingual company-building and cross-border advisory lens to Hashed's crypto investment platform. His explicit remit is India and other emerging markets, making him most relevant to fo

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#26Sever Totia

Advisor

Catalyst Romania

Sever Totia is listed by Catalyst Romania as Advisor. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology companies with paying c

#27Daniel Mereuță

Advisor

Catalyst Romania

Daniel Mereuță is listed by Catalyst Romania as Advisor. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology companies with payin

#28Andrea Novák

Funds Operation Director

Catalyst Romania

Andrea Novák is listed by Catalyst Romania as Funds Operation Director. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology compa

#29Alexandra Tudor

Marketing & PR Specialist

Catalyst Romania

Alexandra Tudor is listed by Catalyst Romania as Marketing & PR Specialist. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology c

#30Tamás Bojtor

CFO

Catalyst Romania

Tamás Bojtor is listed by Catalyst Romania as CFO. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology companies with paying cust

#31Hedda Szabó

Fund Operations Professional

Catalyst Romania

Hedda Szabó is listed by Catalyst Romania as Fund Operations Professional. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology co

#32Tom Ingersoll

Partner

Space Capital

Tom Ingersoll is listed by Space Capital as Partner on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests across the infrastructure, distribution, and application layers of the space economy, emphasizi

#33Chad Anderson

Founder and CEO

Space Capital

Chad Anderson is listed by Space Capital as Founder and CEO on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests across the infrastructure, distribution, and application layers of the space economy, e

#34Justus Kilian

Partner

Space Capital

Justus Kilian is listed by Space Capital as Partner on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests across the infrastructure, distribution, and application layers of the space economy, emphasizi

#35Tom Whayne

Operating Partner, Strategic CFO

Space Capital

Tom Whayne is listed by Space Capital as Operating Partner, Strategic CFO on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests across the infrastructure, distribution, and application layers of the sp

#36Jonny Dyer

Operating Partner, Innovation Architect

Space Capital

Jonny Dyer is listed by Space Capital as Operating Partner, Innovation Architect on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests across the infrastructure, distribution, and application layers of

#37Dirk Robinson

Operating Partner, Computer Vision Expert

Space Capital

Dirk Robinson is listed by Space Capital as Operating Partner, Computer Vision Expert on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests across the infrastructure, distribution, and application laye

#38Aaron Zeeb

Operating Partner, Executive Recruiting

Space Capital

Aaron Zeeb is listed by Space Capital as Operating Partner, Executive Recruiting on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests across the infrastructure, distribution, and application layers of

#39Nathan Kundtz

Operating Partner, Physicist

Space Capital

Nathan Kundtz is listed by Space Capital as Operating Partner, Physicist on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests across the infrastructure, distribution, and application layers of the spa

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#40Benjamin Junior

Director, Infrastructure Software (Bright Ventures)

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Benjamin Junior as Director, Infrastructure Software (Bright Ventures). This is a fund team or operating role; no direct investment mandate or personal signing authority

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#41Carmo Silva

Manager, Retail

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Carmo Silva as Manager, Retail. This is a fund team or operating role; no direct investment mandate or personal signing authority is inferred.

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#42Cristina Novais

CFO

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Cristina Novais as CFO. This is a fund team or operating role; no direct investment mandate or personal signing authority is inferred.

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#43Daniela Coutinho

Principal, Cyber

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Daniela Coutinho as Principal, Cyber. This profile applies Bright Pixel Capital's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority or a narro

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#44Fernando Martins

Director, Cyber

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Fernando Martins as Director, Cyber. This is a fund team or operating role; no direct investment mandate or personal signing authority is inferred.

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#45Filipa Costa

Director, Platform & Portfolio Management

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Filipa Costa as Director, Platform & Portfolio Management. This is a fund team or operating role; no direct investment mandate or personal signing authority is inferred.

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#46Francisco Nunes

Principal, Retail

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Francisco Nunes as Principal, Retail. This profile applies Bright Pixel Capital's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority or a narro

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#47João Bandeira

Principal, Infrastructure Software

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies João Bandeira as Principal, Infrastructure Software. This profile applies Bright Pixel Capital's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing autho

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#48João Günther Amaral

Managing Partner & CEO

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies João Günther Amaral as Managing Partner & CEO. This profile applies Bright Pixel Capital's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority o

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#49Manuel Queiroz

Director, Retail

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Manuel Queiroz as Director, Retail. This is a fund team or operating role; no direct investment mandate or personal signing authority is inferred.

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#50Marcos Osório

Director, Cyber

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Marcos Osório as Director, Cyber. This is a fund team or operating role; no direct investment mandate or personal signing authority is inferred.

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#51Miguel Bagulho

Director, Retail

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Miguel Bagulho as Director, Retail. This is a fund team or operating role; no direct investment mandate or personal signing authority is inferred.

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#52Mike Privette

Venture Partner, Cybersecurity

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Mike Privette as Venture Partner, Cybersecurity. This profile applies Bright Pixel Capital's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#53Pedro Cunha

Director, Legal

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Pedro Cunha as Director, Legal. This is a fund team or operating role; no direct investment mandate or personal signing authority is inferred.

Bright Pixel Capital does not publish a standard firm-wide check-size range on its current official site.

#54Pedro Gomes

Director, Intelligence & Transformation

Bright Pixel Capital

The official roster identifies Pedro Gomes as Director, Intelligence & Transformation. This is a fund team or operating role; no direct investment mandate or personal signing authority is inferred.

#55Marius Ghenea

Managing Partner

Catalyst Romania

Marius Ghenea is listed by Catalyst Romania as Managing Partner. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology companies wi

#56Alin Stanciu

Partner

Catalyst Romania

Alin Stanciu is listed by Catalyst Romania as Partner. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology companies with paying

#57Alina Georgescu

Investment Director

Catalyst Romania

Alina Georgescu is listed by Catalyst Romania as Investment Director. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology compani

#58Lorena Scheusan

Investment Manager

Catalyst Romania

Lorena Scheusan is listed by Catalyst Romania as Investment Manager. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology companie

#59Adam Gartai

Investment Manager

Catalyst Romania

Adam Gartai is listed by Catalyst Romania as Investment Manager. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology companies wi

#60Péter Oszkó

Advisor

Catalyst Romania

Péter Oszkó is listed by Catalyst Romania as Advisor. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology companies with paying c