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Pre-Pitch Briefing

Niraj Pant

Partner at Polychain Capital

zero-knowledge proofsinfrastructureDeFi protocolscryptography

Their Thesis

ZK proofs, privacy infrastructure, developer tooling. Privacy is a fundamental right and crypto's key unsolved problem.

How to Pitch Them

Show novel cryptographic approaches and how ZK enables new use cases.

What Excites Them

ZK proofs, privacy-preserving computation, developer-friendly ZK tooling

What They Pass On

Privacy as afterthought, centralized "privacy" solutions

Key Frameworks

Privacy as Infrastructure

Privacy is a fundamental infrastructure layer that enables new categories of applications

In Their Own Words

“Zero-knowledge proofs are the most important cryptographic primitive since public key cryptography.”

— Zero Knowledge podcast

Recent Writing

The Rise of FHEblog

Fully homomorphic encryption will unlock private smart contracts and on-chain computation.

The ZK Landscapeblog

Overview of the zero-knowledge proof ecosystem

Zero Knowledge Proofs: An Introductionessay

ZK proofs will transform blockchain scalability and privacy simultaneously.

Podcast Appearances

ZK Proofs Explained — Zero Knowledge
ZK proofsprivacy

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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