Best VCs for Digital

ex/ante does not publish a standard person-specific check range; its debut fund was announced at $33M.

#9Anastasia Uglova

Ecosystem

ex/ante

Anastasia Uglova is listed in a Ecosystem capacity at ex/ante. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile therefore preserves the role distinction and use

No Stewart-specific check size or allocation authority is public. His mandate covers CoinFund's legal, regulatory and compliance affairs. Founders should send project materials through CoinFund's projects channel and engage counsel on token, offering and compliance structure rather than assuming Stewart is the investment sponsor.

#10Stewart Eichner

Partner, Chief Legal Officer & Chief Compliance Officer

CoinFund

Stewart's legal lens separates a digital asset from the facts and method of its distribution. His Ripple analysis emphasizes that the same token may receive different securities treatment depending on

Fund formation and complianceToken and financing structure reviewRegulatory engagement

#11Felix Machart

Research Partner

Greenfield Capital

Felix uses research and market data to identify durable crypto infrastructure and distinguish fundamental adoption from speculation. His work favors protocols with measurable usage, revenue or value a

No personal check-size range is published. Greenfield's venture mandate spans pre-seed through later stages; financing amounts in Felix's investment essays are company-round totals, not personal limits.

USV states that the firm writes $1 million to $30 million checks from the earliest stages onward. It does not publish Brad's personal range or authority; investments are discussed by the full partnership and decided collectively without a vote.

#12Brad Burnham

Co-Founder and Venture Partner

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Brad's published investing work centers on preserving the internet's permissionless, generative character. He has backed open communications and data infrastructure, decentralized protocols with incen

ex/ante does not publish a standard person-specific check range; its debut fund was announced at $33M.

#13Matt Hawes

Investment Team

ex/ante

Matt Hawes invests or supports investments through ex/ante's published strategy: Back agentic technologies that preserve human agency and rights in a digital world, spanning privacy, security, identit

ex/ante does not publish a standard person-specific check range; its debut fund was announced at $33M.

#14Farhan Abrol

Investment Team

ex/ante

Farhan Abrol invests or supports investments through ex/ante's published strategy: Back agentic technologies that preserve human agency and rights in a digital world, spanning privacy, security, ident

No personal check-size range is published. His record includes seed investments and large later financings, but disclosed round totals belong to company financings and are not a personal range.

#15Neeraj Arora

CEO India, MENA & Managing Director

General Catalyst

Neeraj backs ambitious founders building category-defining businesses in India, MENA, and the corridors linking those regions with global markets. His approach combines Venture Highway's earliest-stag

ex/ante does not publish a standard person-specific check range; its debut fund was announced at $33M.

#16Zoe Weinberg

Investment Team

ex/ante

Zoe Weinberg invests or supports investments through ex/ante's published strategy: Back agentic technologies that preserve human agency and rights in a digital world, spanning privacy, security, ident

No personal check-size range is published. Greenfield invests across pre-seed through later stages, while Christian's stated responsibility is implementing investment decisions rather than owning a public personal allocation range.

#17Christian Zimmermann

Partner and Chief Operating Officer

Greenfield Capital

Christian applies transaction, regulatory, and policy expertise to executing Greenfield's crypto investments. His work argues for clear decentralization standards, practical token tax treatment, open

No personal or standard Collider check-size range is published. A disclosed $6.7M seed round was the total financing for one company and must not be treated as Avishay's personal or firm-wide check range.

#18Avishay Ovadia

Founding Partner

Collider Ventures

Avishay is a founder-first, contrarian crypto investor who treats decentralized systems as political and economic networks, not just software. He looks for leaders who can align the four constituencie

ex/ante does not publish a standard person-specific check range; its debut fund was announced at $33M.

#19Michael Mosier

Investment Team

ex/ante

Michael Mosier invests or supports investments through ex/ante's published strategy: Back agentic technologies that preserve human agency and rights in a digital world, spanning privacy, security, ide

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.

#20Pirkka 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

#21Beryl 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

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.

Pre-seedSeedEarly Stage

#22Jehan Chu

Founder & Managing Partner

Kenetic Capital

Jehan treats blockchain as the next internet and backs the data, infrastructure, enterprise, trading and financial systems that can anchor a natively digital economy. He underwrites the founders first

No reliable public standard ticket or Jehan-specific approval range was found. Kenetic invests its family-office capital in direct blockchain companies, tokens and other crypto funds, and its published site emphasizes Series A/B equity; historical and interview evidence also shows seed, token and incubation activity. Ask directly rather than inferring a check from round size.

No verified personal check-size range is published. Greenfield invests across private, public, and liquid crypto assets from pre-seed through later stages; disclosed Claude-led financings include Rebind's €1.6M pre-seed, Greenfield's co-lead in Layer3's $15M Series A, and Greenfield's lead in Self's $9M seed. Those round sizes are not Claude's personal allocation authority.

#23Claude Donzé

Principal

Greenfield Capital

Claude leads Greenfield's consumer investing and backs crypto products that turn mature onchain rails into understandable, trusted consumer experiences. His published work focuses on mobile-native DeF

No Felipe-specific check size or investment authority is public. UTXO allocates across venture, liquid, public-market and structured-credit strategies; company founders and allocators should confirm the relevant vehicle and current sizing through the firm's contact channel.

#24Felipe Demartini

Associate

UTXO Management

Felipe specializes in Bitcoin-native assets and publicly listed Bitcoin treasury companies, combining fundamental research with short-, medium- and long-horizon trading. His work sits inside UTXO's vi

Public MarketsLiquidVenture

#25Alex Morgan

Partner

Khosla Ventures

Alex invests where computation, biology, and healthcare converge. His scientific and clinical background supports a systems view of biomarker discovery, therapeutics, diagnostics, personalized medicin

No personal check range is published. Khosla's Seed Fund supports science and business-model experiments, historically often with roughly $1M–$2M according to a 2020 firm interview, while its Main Fund covers early through later stages. These are firm-level references, not Alex's authority.

IncubationPre-SeedSeed

#26Raye 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

#27Bryan Rosenblatt

Venture Partner

Craft Ventures

Bryan applies a growth, revenue, and marketplace lens shaped by building Reddit's New York revenue organization and Twitter's startup advertising business. His investments favor products that remove e

No personal check-size range is published. Craft invests from angel/seed through venture and growth; amounts in Bryan's investment announcements are total company rounds, not his personal or standard Craft checks.

AngelPre-SeedSeed

#28Lukas 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

#29Sophie Chiu

Investment Director

AppWorks

Sophie backs Asian founders applying AI to transformative products and organizational models. Her current work spans personalized AI, gaming, agentic systems, and AI-enabled work; her broader investme

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 Sophie's personal allocation range.

Not publicly disclosed for Beacon Funds commitments. AppWorks' direct-company strategy publishes US$200K to US$15M per deal from Seed through Series C; that range should not be applied to Jun's venture-fund investments.

#30Jun Wakabayashi

Venture Principal

AppWorks

Jun uses fund investments as ecosystem infrastructure: back locally connected or specialist managers, exchange market intelligence and diligence, create co-investment and follow-on capital paths, and

Emerging ManagersVenture FundsSeed

#31Samir 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

#32Richard 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

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.

Existing Portfolio SupportGrowth and ScaleBoard and Advisory

#33Matt 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

#34Sebastian Blum

Founding Partner

Greenfield Capital

Sebastian backs open, decentralized infrastructure that removes single points of failure and gives users and institutions resilient alternatives to concentrated cloud, communications, identity, and fi

No personal check-size range is published. Greenfield's venture strategy invests from pre-seed through later rounds; its EUR 135 million Fund III size and portfolio financing totals are not Sebastian's personal check parameters.

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.

#35Stanko 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

Pre-seedSeedSelective later follow-on

#36Ching 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. USV invests at the earliest stages and supports companies throughout their journey; investment decisions are made collaboratively by discussion rather than individual vote.

#37Nick 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 reliable Arielle-specific check size is public. BoxGroup describes itself as an earliest-stage investor, but founders should confirm current round fit and allocation directly rather than relying on third-party range estimates.

#38Arielle Rothman

Investor

BoxGroup

Arielle invests within BoxGroup's broad earliest-stage mandate. Her differentiated documented context is technical and translational: Harvard bioengineering research, founding a postpartum medical-dev

Pre-seedSeedEarliest-stage company formation

#39Alison Davis

Founder and Managing Partner; Blockchain Capital Advisor

Blockchain Coinvestors / Fifth Era

Alison invests around technological change in financial services and the transition toward blockchain and Web3. Through Fifth Era and Blockchain Coinvestors she combines a fund-of-funds view of the cr

No Alison-specific check range is public. Blockchain Coinvestors has managed fund-of-funds and direct early-stage token strategies, but vehicle documents and historical target sizes are not personal check-size promises. Founders and managers should identify the relevant vehicle and confirm current allocation capacity.

Venture fund investingFund of fundsEarly-stage technology

#40Julien Passagne

Venture Partner

CV VC

Julien brings a technical, crypto-native lens to early blockchain and AI opportunities. His background spans building a Big Four blockchain practice, operating at a Layer-1 company, bootstrapping an e

CV VC publicly invests up to $500,000 in qualifying pre-seed and seed companies. CV Pad and launchpad transactions can have different token terms; no reliable public source establishes Julien's personal allocation authority.

Pre-SeedSeedToken Launch

#41Deena Shakir

Partner

Lux Capital

Deena backs transformative technologies that improve health, access and economic opportunity, often with extraordinary underdog founders attacking problems conventional pattern recognition overlooks.

Lux does not publish a dependable personal check range for Deena. Her investments span stages, including first institutional rounds and later healthcare financings; founders should confirm vehicle, initial ticket, ownership, reserves and stage fit with the partnership.

Sfermion does not publish a first-party check-size range or Dan's individual authority. Public deal records show participation in seed and Series A rounds, but round totals and third-party estimates are not treated as his personal check size.

#42Dan Patterson

Managing Partner

Sfermion

Dan co-leads Sfermion's investment strategy around the experiential internet: founders, companies, and digital assets that merge physical and digital life through web3, AI, AR, and VR. The firm's dura

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.

#43Prashanth 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

No reliable official current check range was found. Collider publicly describes itself as an early-stage Web3 investor and accepts pitches at invest@collider.vc; third-party directory estimates conflict, so founders should confirm current vehicle, stage and sizing directly.

#44Eylon Aviv

Partner

Collider Ventures

Eylon connects two decentralization theses: crypto-native individual sovereignty that minimizes centralized authority through technology, and Web3 collective empowerment that democratizes ownership an

Pre-seedSeedEarly Stage

#45Kunal 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

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.

Not applicable to Abbey's documented role. She explains CoinFund's offerings to prospective and current limited partners and leads investor relations and operations. Startup financing pitches should go to CoinFund's listed investment team; fund-allocation inquiries should state allocator type and mandate.

#46Abbey Hamstra

Partner, Head of Investor Relations and Operations

CoinFund

Abbey's role is institutional fund access and operations rather than direct company underwriting. The relevant lens is whether a prospective allocator understands CoinFund's platform, strategies, risk

Limited-partner relationship developmentFund due diligenceFund onboarding

#47Anay 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

#48Nicolas Kiep

Investment Associate

CV VC

Nicolas evaluates pre-seed and seed companies within CV VC's current frontier-technology mandate: AI-native automation, intelligent B2B systems, and programmable digital finance, with blockchain used

CV VC publicly invests up to $500,000 in pre-seed and seed companies meeting its MVP and initial-traction criteria. No personal check-size authority is published for Nicolas.

Pre-SeedSeed

#49Jackie Vullinghs

Partner

AirTree Ventures (Web3)

Jackie backs Australia and New Zealand founders from very early product formation through scale. Her disclosed portfolio crosses AI and enterprise software, healthcare, fintech, consumer platforms, fu

Neither Airtree nor Jackie publishes her personal check range or decision authority. The firm is seed-first and supports companies through later stages; individual portfolio round totals do not reveal Airtree's allocation or Jackie's authority.

CV VC's current founder page states that the firm invests up to $500,000 in pre-seed and seed companies with an MVP, initial traction, a pilot product, and revenue. No separate personal check range is published for David.

#50David Long

Co-CIO & General Partner

CV VC

David backs early-stage frontier-technology companies that make enterprise intelligence programmable or rebuild how value and trust move. CV VC's current strategy centers on automation, intelligent B2

Pre-SeedSeed

#51Rohit Jain

Managing Partner

CoinDCX Ventures

Rohit backs early-stage Web3 businesses where decentralization produces a materially better product—not blockchain for its own sake. He looks for valuable, sustainable companies and balances thesis co

$100K–$1M was the published CoinDCX Ventures range at launch in May 2022 for global Seed through Series A investments. The live firm page still confirms an early-stage global mandate but does not restate the range, so founders should verify the current ticket directly.

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

#52Wendy Xiao

Partner

Northzone (Web3)

Wendy backs companies that change consumer behavior and expand the economic pie by capturing neglected externalities. She studies technology through people and behavior change, looking for a valuable

Not publicly disclosed. Northzone states that the firm invests from Seed through Growth and can remain a partner through pre-IPO; Wendy's current profile labels her personal focus as Early and says she likes to work with founders from as early as seed.

SeedSeries AEarly Stage

#53John Lindfors

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

DST Global

John's documented investment record centers on globally scaling internet and consumer-technology platforms. Public profiles associate him with DST investments in Spotify, JD.com and Didi and exits or

No John-specific check range is public. DST Global is known for large growth-stage internet investments, but historical firm deal sizes or assets should not be converted into a personal allocation promise. Founders should confirm current stage, geography and round fit directly.

Growth StageLate StageGlobal internet scale-up

#54Fanis Tsarouchis

Senior Principal

Big Pi Ventures

Fanis supports European technology scale-ups moving toward market leadership with growth capital plus operational and financial expertise. His background in TMT investment banking and as FlexCar's fin

Growth-fund level: Big Pi Growth I states that it leads with €7M–€20M+ per company. Big Pi's overall platform spans €0.5M–€30M across funds. Neither range is published as Fanis's personal allocation authority.

Series BSeries CGrowth Equity

#55Jessica Liu

Partner

AppWorks

Jessica invests across Southeast Asian consumer internet and blockchain, especially where deep technology improves a familiar consumer behavior or unlocks a regional distribution advantage. Her portfo

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 Jessica's personal allocation range.

No verified personal check-size range is published. Blockchain Capital describes itself as a multi-stage crypto investor; Yuan's public work spans seed-stage selection through later protocol and company support, but no individual allocation authority should be inferred.

#56Yuan Han Li

Partner

Blockchain Capital

Yuan backs crypto-native founders with earned insight, behavioral resilience, learning velocity, and the ability to translate non-consensus ideas into enduring systems. His technical work spans modula

No person-specific venture check size is publicly disclosed. Pantera's venture strategy typically invests Seed through Series B, but Paul's public work is primarily macro and digital-asset allocation rather than individual startup ticket guidance.

#57Paul Brodsky

Partner

Pantera Capital

Paul's published case for digital assets starts with monetary adoption: a cryptoasset becomes money only if a critical mass accepts it, but the possibility of that scale can justify a suitable asymmet

Liquid Digital AssetsSeedSeries A

#58Panos Metsis

Partner

Big Pi Ventures

Panos leads growth investments in European technology companies that already show category leadership and can use €7M–€20M+ plus active operating support to scale internationally. His recent work emph

Growth-fund level: Big Pi Growth I states that it leads with €7M–€20M+ per company. Panos focuses on Series B+ growth investments; the published fund range is not a guarantee of his personal allocation authority for any deal.

Series BSeries CGrowth Equity

#59Joseph Chan

Partner

AppWorks

Joseph's role is centered on the financial and operating foundation around an investment: portfolio management, fundraising structure, investor alignment, and Japan-Taiwan ecosystem access. His publis

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 Joseph's personal allocation range.

Define Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports six funds and $800M under management.

#60Lauren O'Mahony

Head of Marketing

Define Ventures

Lauren O'Mahony is listed in a Head of Marketing capacity at Define Ventures. This profile preserves that functional distinction; the firm's investment mandate is included only as shared context.

Define Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports six funds and $800M under management.

#61Katharine Morris

Administrative Assistant & Office Manager

Define Ventures

Katharine Morris is listed in a Administrative Assistant & Office Manager capacity at Define Ventures. This profile preserves that functional distinction; the firm's investment mandate is included onl

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

#62Cort Post

Principal

Courtside Ventures

Cort Post invests or supports investments through Courtside Ventures's published strategy: Partner with early-stage founders challenging traditional definitions of sports, digital media, fitness and g

BoxGroup publicly invests up to $1M. Third-party profiles estimate Disha's range at $500K–$1M, but no primary source confirms a personal range, so the firm ceiling is the safer planning assumption.

#63Disha Karale

Investor

BoxGroup

Disha invests at the earliest stages with a differentiated mix of finance, neuroscience, biotech R&D, and prior growth-investing exposure. Her public investor profile points to AI, enterprise infrastr

gCC's older first-party FAQ stated typical $250K–$1M checks at friends-and-family through pre-Series A, occasionally Series A. Treat this as historical firm guidance—not Evans's personal or necessarily current range—and confirm Fund II sizing, lead appetite and structure directly.

#64Evans Huangfu

Partner

gumi Cryptos Capital

Evans leads gCC's Asia strategy with a consumer-crypto and multi-chain background. His prior portfolio and current mandate point to high-conviction early-stage founders building foundational Web3 laye

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

#65DeVaris Brown

Technical Advisor

Courtside Ventures

DeVaris Brown serves in a Technical Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

BoxGroup publicly invests up to $1M. Some third-party directories show an older $250K–$500K personal range, but no current primary source confirms a separate personal allocation.

#66Claire Smilow

Partner

BoxGroup

Claire backs formation-stage technology companies as a BoxGroup generalist, with visible strength across enterprise and developer software, AI-native products, consumer experiences, and marketplaces.

No personal or Digital Asset Fund ticket range is published on the cited official pages. White Star describes this strategy as investing globally across Seed, Series A and token rounds; Arjun's Associate title does not establish independent signing authority.

#67Arjun Mehra

Associate

White Star Capital Digital Asset Fund

Arjun invests from White Star's research-driven Digital Asset Fund, combining a crypto-native lens with traditional venture analysis. His named portfolio spans trading infrastructure (Enclave and Quan

SeedSeries AToken

#68Adina Davis

Partner

BoxGroup

Adina is an early-stage generalist with a publicly documented emphasis on B2B software, consumer internet, and fintech. Her operating background in e-commerce and recent visible interest in AI deploym

BoxGroup publicly invests up to $1M. Older third-party profiles place Adina's typical early-stage range around $250K–$500K, but founders should treat the firm's current $1M ceiling—not an old personal range—as authoritative.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

#69Deepen Parikh

Partner

Courtside Ventures

Deepen Parikh invests or supports investments through Courtside Ventures's published strategy: Partner with early-stage founders challenging traditional definitions of sports, digital media, fitness a

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

#70Oliver Ressler

Venture Partner

Courtside Ventures

Oliver Ressler invests or supports investments through Courtside Ventures's published strategy: Partner with early-stage founders challenging traditional definitions of sports, digital media, fitness

Define Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports six funds and $800M under management.

#71Carolyn Magill

Venture Partner

Define Ventures

Carolyn Magill invests or supports investments through Define Ventures's published strategy: Back category-defining healthcare companies that combine deep ecosystem understanding with a technology-dri

Not applicable as a disclosed personal venture check range. Electric's current biography says Sanjay focuses on liquid crypto portfolio management, trading and DeFi strategies. The firm's public $1M–$15M+ venture range should not be attributed to his liquid-market role.

#72Sanjay Shah

Investor

Electric Capital

Sanjay's stated remit is liquid crypto portfolio management across trading and DeFi strategies. His combination of consulting, company-building and graduate technical/business training suggests an ope

Liquid AssetsPortfolio ManagementTrading Strategies

#73Shannon Knous

VP of Finance & Operations

Define Ventures

Shannon Knous is listed in a VP of Finance & Operations capacity at Define Ventures. This profile preserves that functional distinction; the firm's investment mandate is included only as shared contex

Define Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports six funds and $800M under management.

Define Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports six funds and $800M under management.

#74Frank Williams

Venture Partner

Define Ventures

Frank Williams invests or supports investments through Define Ventures's published strategy: Back category-defining healthcare companies that combine deep ecosystem understanding with a technology-dri

No personal venture check range is disclosed. Kevin leads quantitative strategies and technology development inside a multi-strategy manager spanning public and private markets; founders should not infer a standard venture ticket or sole decision authority from the Partner title.

#75Kevin YB

Partner

ParaFi Capital

Kevin approaches digital assets as both a quantitative portfolio manager and a systems builder. His remit joins non-directional and fundamental market strategies with production technology, while his

Liquid MarketsQuantitative StrategiesPublic Markets

#76Karsten Vagner

Head of People

Define Ventures

Karsten Vagner is listed in a Head of People capacity at Define Ventures. This profile preserves that functional distinction; the firm's investment mandate is included only as shared context.

Define Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports six funds and $800M under management.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

#77Vasu Kulkarni

Partner

Courtside Ventures

Vasu Kulkarni invests or supports investments through Courtside Ventures's published strategy: Partner with early-stage founders challenging traditional definitions of sports, digital media, fitness a

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

#78Sean Hurley

Real Money Gaming Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Sean Hurley serves in a Real Money Gaming Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

#79Anthony Vennare

Fitness and Wellness Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Anthony Vennare serves in a Fitness and Wellness Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

No Bill-specific check range is public. Craft's current portfolio attributes investments to him across angel, seed and later venture/growth rounds, but round labels and company financing totals do not establish his personal or fund check size. Confirm vehicle, ownership target and lead appetite directly.

#80Bill Lee

Co-founder & Venture Partner

Craft Ventures

Bill's record reflects a founder-led approach to category creation across internet platforms, mobile virtual goods, institutional crypto and frontier technology. His operating history at Remarq, Socia

AngelSeedVenture

#81Sean Hong

CFO & Partner

Hashed

Sean's distinctive contribution is financial rigor inside Hashed's builder-led frontier-technology platform. His private-equity and non-marketable-securities valuation background is most relevant when

No verified personal or current Hashed check range is published for Sean. Hashed invests its own resources from day zero through global scale, but vehicle, allocation, token/equity mix, ownership, reserves and Sean's role in a decision should be confirmed directly.

Company FormationPre-SeedSeed

#82Amit 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,

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.

Idea and IncubationPre-SeedSeed

#83Lynne Chou O'Keefe

Founder & Managing Partner

Define Ventures

Lynne Chou O'Keefe invests or supports investments through Define Ventures's published strategy: Back category-defining healthcare companies that combine deep ecosystem understanding with a technology

Define Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports six funds and $800M under management.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

#84Larry Fitzgerald

Sports Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Larry Fitzgerald serves in a Sports Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Firm-level: First Round says initial investments typically range from $1M-$7M, average about $3.5M, and have ranged below and above that; participating rounds have ranged from $100K-$20M.

#85Roy Rosin

Board Partner

First Round Capital

Roy spends most of his First Round time in healthcare, applying three decades of product, innovation, and care-delivery experience to companies that can materially improve lives. He favors practical e

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#86Joslin Owens

Director of Finance

7wire Ventures

Joslin Owens is listed in a Director of Finance capacity at 7wire Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and

7wire Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

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.

#87Tak 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

7wire Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

#88Sathya Shanthakumar

Director of Investor Relations

7wire Ventures

Sathya Shanthakumar is listed in a Director of Investor Relations capacity at 7wire Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that ro

$5M average investment into core companies, as published by Bow Capital.

#89Vivek Ranadivé

Founder and Managing Director

Bow Capital

Vivek Ranadivé is listed in a Founder and Managing Director capacity at Bow Capital. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distin

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#90Murray Rode

General Partner

Bow Capital

Murray Rode invests or supports investments through Bow Capital's published strategy: Back founders building AI for the physical world across modern industry, defense, logistics and digital biology, u

$5M average investment into core companies, as published by Bow Capital.

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#91Tom Richards

Operating Partner

7wire Ventures

Tom Richards is listed in a Operating Partner capacity at 7wire Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and u

7wire Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

7wire Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

#92Cameron Raglin

Senior Associate

7wire Ventures

Cameron Raglin invests or supports investments through 7wire Ventures's published strategy: Build and back early-stage digital-health companies that give informed, connected consumers more control and

7wire Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

#93David Schonthal

Operating Partner

7wire Ventures

David Schonthal is listed in a Operating Partner capacity at 7wire Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction an

Define Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range; it reports six funds and $800M under management.

#94Bruce Broussard

Venture Partner

Define Ventures

Bruce Broussard invests or supports investments through Define Ventures's published strategy: Back category-defining healthcare companies that combine deep ecosystem understanding with a technology-dr

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

#95Kai Bond

Partner

Courtside Ventures

Kai Bond invests or supports investments through Courtside Ventures's published strategy: Partner with early-stage founders challenging traditional definitions of sports, digital media, fitness and ga

A December 2019 gCC FAQ said the firm typically wrote $250K–$1M checks. Treat this only as a dated historical range, not a current promise: gCC subsequently raised a $110M Fund II and has not published an updated range on its current site. Confirm stage, instrument, ownership and reserves directly.

#96Rui Zhang

Managing Partner

gumi Cryptos Capital

Rui leads an early-stage, crypto-native firm with a builder-centric, long-time-preference and high-conviction approach. gCC invests across the blockchain stack, with particular application interest in

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#97Ryan Spoon

Sports and Media Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Ryan Spoon serves in a Sports and Media Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

No Ahmed-specific check range is public. Shorooq is now a multi-strategy manager spanning venture, growth, credit, private equity and real assets, so firm-wide assets or transaction sizes should not be treated as his venture check. Confirm strategy, vehicle, stage and ownership directly.

#98Ahmed Elgabri

Principal

Shorooq Partners

Ahmed's documented mandate is early-stage sourcing and investment work from Cairo within Shorooq's broader MENA platform. The relevant lens is a locally grounded company that can become a category lea

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#99Andrew Stalbow

Gaming Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Andrew Stalbow serves in a Gaming Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

#100Joe Vennare

Fitness and Wellness Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Joe Vennare serves in a Fitness and Wellness Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.