Best VCs for NFT

31 venture capitalists actively investing in NFT.

Active VCs

Funds

Deals

$202M

Total Invested

#1Dan 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

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.

3 deals

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#2Andrew Steinwold

Founder

Sfermion

NFTs, metaverse, and digital ownership. One of the first NFT-focused funds.

3 deals

SeedSeries A

#3Brett 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.

1 deals

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#4Frank Hourigan

Partner, Head of Operations

1confirmation

Frank's public role centers on the operational side of 1confirmation, an early-stage fund supporting founders who decentralize the web and society. His background in regulated finance, asset managemen

Not publicly disclosed. Public databases show 1confirmation joining early-stage crypto rounds, but round size should not be mistaken for the firm's check size.

1 deals

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#5Mike Tomaino

Partner

1confirmation

Mike is a Partner at 1confirmation, whose published mandate is to support exceptional early-stage founders fueling decentralization of the web and society. In the absence of attributable personal comm

Not publicly disclosed. Public databases show 1confirmation joining early-stage crypto rounds, but round size should not be mistaken for the firm's check size.

1 deals

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#6Chris Dixon

General Partner, a16z crypto (Founder & Lead)

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

The crypto conviction investor. Founded and leads a16z's crypto practice, which has deployed billions across five funds. Author of 'Read Write Own' (2024), arguing that blockchain enables a new era of

$1M-$100M+ (from $2B+ crypto funds — 5th fund raising in 2026)

SeedSeries ASeries B

#7Chris Dixon

Founder, Managing Partner

a16z crypto

Chris invests behind blockchains as a new computing and ownership primitive for the internet. His core thesis is that token-enabled networks can align builders, users, and owners; bootstrap network ef

No personal check-size range is published. The official profile's aggregate fund-raising figure and public financing announcements describe firm resources and transactions, not Chris's individual authority or a reliable minimum/maximum check.

SeedEarly StageGrowth

#8Sterling Campbell

Former Investor, Blockchain Capital (off current roster)

Blockchain Capital

In his Blockchain Capital work, Sterling focused on the intersection of consumers and crypto. He saw gaming as a mass-onboarding path because persistent games, interoperable assets and player-owned ec

No reliable personal check range or current Blockchain Capital authority is public. Third-party ranges are stale and were excluded. Historical work included consumer-crypto diligence and portfolio support; founders must contact a currently listed Blockchain Capital investor for live check size and sponsorship.

Historical seed and venture investingConsumer-crypto diligencePortfolio support

#9Fred Ehrsam

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Paradigm

Protocol-level investments and new financial primitives. Open-source money, programmable economics, governance, mechanism design.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#10Jehan 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.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#11Banafsheh 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

#12Robbie Ferguson

Co-founder & President

Immutable Ventures

Built Immutable as the leading web3 gaming platform. Immutable Ventures invests in blockchain gaming and NFT infrastructure from Australia.

SeedSeries A

#13Scott Kominers

Ethereal Ventures

Academic turned crypto investor, bringing rigorous economic thinking to token design and mechanism design. Ethereal Ventures invests in crypto projects with strong economic foundations.

SeedSeries A

#14Gabby Dizon

Angel Investor & Founder

YGG is the largest blockchain gaming guild, pioneering the play-to-earn economy. YGG Ventures invests in gaming, metaverse, and the creator economy in web3.

SeedSeries A

#15Jason Choi

Angel Investor & Tangent Co-founder

Jason seeks inflection points in crypto and adjacent frontier technology through Tangent's three concise themes: zero-to-one use cases, coordination networks and markets for everything. His public inv

Tangent describes itself as a principal investment firm making concentrated liquid and early-stage bets, but does not publish a dependable check range. Confirm whether Jason is investing personally or through Tangent, plus allocation, stage, structure and portfolio concentration.

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

#16Fiskantes

Partner

Zee Prime Capital

Fiskantes hunts for mispriced frontier ideas before they become legible to consensus. His recurring lens combines market psychology, memes and reflexivity with technical necessity: invest in original

No reliable current personal or firm check range is publicly stated by Fiskantes or Zee Prime. A 2022 interview reported a $35M Zee Prime II fund, but fund size is not a check size and should not be used as one.

Pre-seedSeedEarly Stage

#17Ray Chan

Angel Investor & Memeland Co-founder

Ray invests and builds where internet culture, community and emerging technology reinforce one another. His current thesis is that regulated, transparent public-market infrastructure can bridge Web2 a

No personal angel range is published. Ray now chairs listed MemeStrategy (HKEX: 2440), while also leading 9GAG and Memeland; distinguish personal investments from Memeland venture-studio activity and public-company balance-sheet or strategic investments, each with different governance and disclosure requirements.

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

#18Adam Benayoun

Founding Partner

Collider Ventures

Collider says it is "shaping the future of the decentralized internet" through a contrarian, strictly non-consensus approach. The firm is doubling down on crypto and Israel while backing builders in I

Seed

#19Yat Siu

Angel Investor & Founder

Gaming, metaverse, and NFTs. Pioneer of blockchain gaming.

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

#20Kinjal Shah

Partner

Blockchain Capital

Investment in early-stage blockchain companies and tokens.

#21David Pakman

Managing Partner

CoinFund

Investing in web3 and crypto at CoinFund. Focuses on consumer-facing applications and platforms that bring web3 to mainstream users.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#22Kuleen Nimkar

Partner

Polychain Capital

DeFi protocols, token economics, governance design. Sustainable DeFi models.

#23Evan Auyang

Group President

Animoca Brands

Building the open metaverse through strategic investments at Animoca Brands. Focuses on digital property rights and gaming infrastructure.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#24James Ho

Managing Partner, Animoca Ventures

Animoca Brands

Strategic investments in gaming and metaverse at Animoca Brands. Focuses on scaling blockchain gaming ecosystems and building interoperable virtual economies.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#25Piers Kicks

Partner

Delphi Ventures

Crypto-native researcher and investor at Delphi Ventures. Focuses on metaverse, gaming, and culture layers of web3.

SeedSeries A

#26Santiago R. Santos

Angel Investor

Crypto-native angel investor. Focuses on DeFi, NFTs, and onchain culture. Known for early Ethereum ecosystem bets.

Pre-seedSeedAngel

#27Hironao Kunimitsu

Founder