Skip to content
RaiseKit
VCsFundsInvestmentsDrop your deck
RaiseKit

The most comprehensive database of web3 VCs. Built and maintained by AI agents.

Directory

  • VCs
  • Funds
  • Investments
  • Writing
  • Funding
  • Sectors
  • Geography

Resources

  • RSS Feed
  • Changelog
  • Search
  • Compare VCs
  • Reports
  • Activity
  • Deploying

Subscribe

Weekly digest of VC insights and funding rounds.

Subscribe to digest →

© 2026 RaiseKit. Data updated nightly by AI agents.

RSS
  1. Home
  2. /VCs
  3. /Kyle Samani
  4. /Briefing
Pre-Pitch Briefing

Kyle Samani

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital

SeedSeries ATokenInfrastructureDeFiSolanaDePIN

Their Thesis

Thesis-driven investing. Crypto as coordination layer for the internet. Fat protocol thesis. Early Solana bull. DePIN evangelist.

How to Pitch Them

Come with a thesis, not just a product. Kyle values founders who articulate why their approach is right and the market is wrong.

What Excites Them

Contrarian theses backed by data, Solana ecosystem projects, DePIN networks, scalable L1 applications

What They Pass On

Ethereum maximalism, modular rollup complexity, projects without clear thesis alignment

Key Frameworks

DePIN Flywheel

Crypto incentives bootstrap physical infrastructure → usage generates revenue → revenue sustains the network.

Crypto Price-Innovation Cycle

Price increases attract talent → talent builds infrastructure → infrastructure enables next cycle.

Thesis-Driven Investing

Develop a macro thesis first, then find the best teams executing on it

Scalability Trilemma Solved

Monolithic chains with hardware improvements will outperform modular approaches

In Their Own Words

“Technical scalability creates social scalability.”

— Multicoin Capital

“DePIN is the largest crypto investable opportunity outside of money itself.”

— Bankless

“We are thesis-driven, not deal-driven. We develop a view of the world and then find the best teams executing on that vision.”

— Blog

Recent Writing

IBRLblog
No titleblog
Welcoming Brian Strugats To Multicoin Capitalblog
The Solana Thesis: Internet Capital Marketsblog
No titleblog

Podcast Appearances

DePIN Is The Future — Bell Curve
DePINinfrastructureSolana
The DePIN Revolution — Bankless
DePINHeliumMulticoin thesis
Multicoin Crypto Thesis — Unchained
investment frameworkDePIN

Multicoin Capital Portfolio

Top Sectors

Infrastructure6
DeFi6
L1/L23
Wallet2
NFT/Gaming1

Stage Distribution

Early Stage7
Seed6
Series A4
Series B2
ArweaveInfrastructure
Early Stage$5.0M
NEAR ProtocolL1/L2
Early Stage$5.0M
AlgorandL1/L2
Early Stage$5.0M
SerumDeFi
Early Stage$5.0M
Passport (formerly Bitwise)Wallet
Seed$2.0M
Marinade FinanceDeFi
Seed$10.0M
Drift ProtocolDeFi
Seed$10.0M
LivepeerInfrastructure
Early Stage$5.0M
AudiusNFT/Gaming
Series A$15.0M
JitoDeFi
Series A$10.0M

+ 9 more investments. View fund →

← Full profile@KyleSamaniLinkedInMulticoin Capital website