Best VCs for Institutional

43 venture capitalists actively investing in Institutional.

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Co-founder

Hash CIB

Investing in crypto infrastructure and digital assets through Hash CIB, one of Russia/CIS's most established crypto financial firms.

SeedSeries A

#2Dirk Klee

CEO Bitcoin Suisse

Bitcoin Suisse Ventures

Leading digital asset investment and custody services at Bitcoin Suisse Ventures, focused on the Swiss and European crypto ecosystem.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#3Areije Al Shakar

Director

Al Waha Fund of Funds

Investing in regional funds and startups through Al Waha Fund of Funds, supporting the Bahrain fintech and blockchain ecosystem as a gateway to the Gulf.

SeedSeries AFund Investment

#4William Chan

Managing Director

CMBI (CMB International)

Investing in digital assets and blockchain projects at CMBI (CMB International), focused on bridging Chinese institutional capital with global crypto opportunities.

Series ASeries BGrowth

#5Lukas Kristen

General Partner

Plutos Capital

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

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

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

#6Chris 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

#7Felix 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.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#8Avishay 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

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.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#9Christian 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 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.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#10Vassilis Tziokas

Venture Partner

Big Pi Ventures

Vassilis brings a blockchain ecosystem and go-to-market lens to Big Pi's technology investing. His public work emphasizes the transition from crypto trading toward usable infrastructure: privacy-prese

Big Pi publishes a firm-wide equity-ticket range of €0.5M–€30M across its early-stage and growth funds; its early-stage Fund II described €1M–€3M lead investments. These are firm parameters, not Vassilis's personal allocation range.

SeedEarly StageSeries A

#11Lucas Vogelsang

VENTURE PARTNER

Blockchain Capital

Lucas specializes in rebuilding credit and capital markets on shared blockchain infrastructure. His operating record points to tokenized funds, real-world assets, institutional DeFi, and end-to-end le

No personal or venture-partner check range is published. Blockchain Capital's announced financing rounds and Tare's seed round are transaction sizes, not a reliable proxy for Lucas's individual authority.

SeedEarly StageProtocol Networks

#12Samir 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

#13Matt 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

#14Anita Umarji

Partner, Head of Investor Relations

Bessemer Venture Partners

Anita builds the institutional relationships and fundraising capability behind Bessemer's investment platform. Her career spans venture-capital LP development, distressed-investment fundraising and st

Not applicable to Anita's investor-relations role. No personal startup check size, sector allocation or deal authority is published. Founders should use Bessemer's relevant investing partner; institutions considering Bessemer funds are within her remit.

Fund fundraisingLimited-partner developmentInstitutional investor strategy

#15Jin Ming Neo

Sr. Investment Research Associate

HashKey Capital

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

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

SeedSeries AEarly Stage

#16Prashanth 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.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#17Abbey 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

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.

Limited-partner relationship developmentFund due diligenceFund onboarding

#18Kyle Gluskin

Director of Investor Relations

Blockchain Capital

Kyle builds the infrastructure and communication layer through which Blockchain Capital serves and raises from global fund investors. Her remit spans IR systems, workflows, LP communications and coord

Not applicable to Kyle's investor-relations role. No personal startup check size or investment authority is public. Founders should approach a listed Blockchain Capital investor; fund investors should use the firm's IR channel or secure investor portal.

Fundraising infrastructureLimited-partner communicationsInvestor servicing

#19Tyler Lorberbaum

Vice President, Investor Relations

Bessemer Venture Partners

Tyler's mandate is institutional investor relations for Bessemer. His progression through Centerbridge, B Capital and Bessemer provides experience communicating multi-strategy alternatives and global

Not applicable to Tyler's investor-relations role. No personal startup check size or investment-committee authority is published. Founder opportunities should go to a current Bessemer investor.

FundraisingLimited-partner relationsInstitutional alternative-assets communication

#20Rachel Henderson

Senior Associate, Investor Strategy

Electric Capital

Rachel's documented expertise is institutional investor strategy: serving limited partners, supporting fundraising and investor relations, researching public-equity managers and executing firm-wide in

Not applicable to Rachel's documented Investor Strategy role. No personal portfolio-company check size or allocation authority is public. Founders should approach a member of Electric Capital's investment team; existing or prospective LPs should use the firm's official channel.

Limited-partner engagementFundraising and investor relationsInstitutional manager due diligence

#21Lorenz Furrer

Investor Relations

CV VC

Lorenz's CV VC remit is investor relations and executive stakeholder engagement around blockchain venture capital. His public activity emphasizes Switzerland's Crypto Valley, institutional and politic

Not applicable to the documented investor-relations function. No Lorenz-specific portfolio-company check size or deal authority is public. Founders should contact CV VC's investment team; limited partners should use the firm's official investor-relations path.

Fund investor relationsCapital formationInstitutional stakeholder engagement

#22Clare He

Managing Director, Capital Formation

1kx

Clare's mandate is to connect institutional capital with 1kx's blockchain investment strategy. Her official biography combines more than a decade in venture capital, private equity, growth equity, sta

Not applicable to Clare's documented capital-formation remit. No personal startup check size or allocation authority is public. Prospective LPs can approach her about 1kx fund relationships; founders should use 1kx's investment team and official channels.

Fund strategy and fundraisingLimited-partner diligenceInstitutional relationship management

#23Michael Novogratz

Founder & CEO

Galaxy Digital

Macro crypto thesis, institutional crypto adoption. Galaxy Digital founder.

#24Yoann 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

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.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#25Bill 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

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.

AngelSeedVenture

#26Pam Tholen

Head of Investor Relations

Paradigm

Pam's documented expertise is building and serving institutional capital relationships. Her 12 years at KKR spanned product strategy, investor relations, fundraising and new business development; at B

Not applicable to Pam's investor-relations role. No personal startup check size or investment authority is public. Founders should contact Paradigm's Investing & Research team; LPs should use the firm's official channel or secure LP login.

Fundraising and capital formationLimited-partner engagementProduct strategy for investment vehicles

#27Howard Cox

Special Limited Partner

Greylock Partners

Howard's record reflects a long-horizon institution-builder and governance lens developed across Greylock, the NVCA, In-Q-Tel, Stryker, investment committees and public-interest institutions. It is us

No current personal or Greylock check range is attributable to Howard, and his emeritus Special Limited Partner status should not be treated as current check-writing authority. Contact Greylock's active investors for stage, allocation, ownership and process.

Historical Venture InvestingBoard GovernanceInstitutional Investment Oversight

#28Charlie Sandor

Investment Partner

CMT Digital

Sandor invests in early-stage blockchain companies at CMT Digital. His public commentary on D2X emphasizes regulated, institution-ready market infrastructure: regulatory clarity, trusted venues, resil

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

SeedSeries A

#29Bart Stephens

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Blockchain Capital

Co-founded Blockchain Capital in 2013, one of the first dedicated crypto funds. Long-term believer in Bitcoin as digital gold and blockchain as transformative infrastructure.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#30Brad Stephens

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Blockchain Capital

Co-founded Blockchain Capital alongside his twin brother Bart. Focuses on venture-stage blockchain companies with strong management teams and clear business models.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#31Jason Yanowitz

Head of Galaxy Interactive

Galaxy Digital

Investing in the future of digital assets and blockchain infrastructure at Galaxy Digital. Also known for founding Blockworks, a leading crypto media company.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#32Terry Culver

Executive Director

DFG (Digital Finance Group)

Executive leadership at DFG focused on scaling blockchain investment operations and portfolio management across global crypto markets.

Series ASeries BGrowth

#33Christopher Perkins

Managing Partner

CoinFund

Institutional crypto advocate and investor at CoinFund. Focuses on bridging traditional financial markets infrastructure with crypto.

Series ASeries BGrowth

#34Chris Ferraro

President & Chief Investment Officer

Galaxy Digital

Institutional-grade crypto investment across the full capital structure. Focuses on bridging traditional finance and digital assets.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#35Ian Taylor

Head of Galaxy Digital Research

Galaxy Digital

Growth-stage crypto investing at Galaxy Digital. Focuses on scaling proven crypto businesses and protocols into institutional-grade platforms.

Series ASeries BGrowth

#36Aleks Larsen

Partner

Blockchain Capital

Investing across the crypto stack at Blockchain Capital, one of the oldest crypto-focused funds. Focuses on infrastructure and application layers of blockchain technology.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#37Rhea Kaw

Principal

Haun Ventures

Investing in web3 and digital assets at Haun Ventures. Focuses on projects at the intersection of crypto, policy, and mainstream adoption.

SeedSeries A

#38Meltem Demirors

Angel / Advisor

Bitcoin and institutional crypto investment thesis.

AngelToken

#39Matt Shapiro

Partner, Head of Investor Relations