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Pre-Pitch Briefing

Luke Pearson

Partner at Polychain Capital

zero-knowledge systemsconsensus mechanismslayer 1/layer 2 protocols

Their Thesis

Zero-knowledge cryptography, privacy protocols, ZK-rollups.

How to Pitch Them

Show your ZK circuit design and prove your cryptographic assumptions.

What Excites Them

Novel ZK constructions, efficient prover systems, privacy applications

What They Pass On

Weak cryptographic assumptions, unproven security models

Recent Writing

FHE and Blockchain: Technical Deep Diveresearch

FHE enables on-chain private computation but performance costs remain 1000x vs plaintext.

Polychain Capital Portfolio

Top Sectors

Infrastructure9
L1/L24
DeFi4
Bitcoin1
Layer 21

Stage Distribution

Series A7
Early5
Seed3
Series B3
Token2
Dfinity (Internet Computer)L1/L2
Series A$15.0M
Cosmos (Tendermint)Infrastructure
Seed$2.0M
AcalaDeFi
Seed$2.0M
Nervos NetworkL1/L2
Early$5.0M
Avalanche (Ava Labs)L1/L2
Series A$15.0M
Polkadot (Web3 Foundation)Infrastructure
Early$5.0M
MakerDAODeFi
Early$25.0M
AlchemyInfrastructure
Series B$100.0M
NansenInfrastructure
Series A$15.0M
BlockdaemonInfrastructure
Series B$40.0M

+ 10 more investments. View fund →

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