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Pre-Pitch Briefing

Abhishek Shah

Sr Associate Operations at Woodstock Fund

Early stageGrowth stageInfrastructureWeb 3.0AIDeFiGamingCreator economy

Their Thesis

Woodstock publicly describes itself as a thesis- and research-driven Web3 investment firm investing in early and growth stage companies and protocols. Its published thesis centers on three megatrends: convergence, financialisation, and virtualisation, with an emphasis on cheaper/better utility, bringing underserved users and sticky capital into Web3, and decentralising only what is truly necessary.

How to Pitch Them

Woodstock's website asks teams with grit that are building technologies, tools, infrastructure, or applications that will define the future of the internet to reach out if they want a strategic partner. The public thesis also suggests founders should show real utility, strong user experience, credible decentralization design, and sustainable business/regulatory thinking rather than relying on token hype alone.

What Excites Them

Woodstock's public materials emphasize infrastructure, Web 3.0, AI, DeFi, gaming, and the creator economy. Its thesis also highlights cross-chain interoperability, decentralized identity, developer tooling, regulated/real-world DeFi rails, and virtual experiences that move beyond pure token incentives.

What They Pass On

Woodstock's thesis is skeptical of tokens that add product friction or launch before product-market fit, mercenary high-APY token schemes, DAO tooling that lacks a narrow niche and PMF, and DeFi activity driven mainly by speculation rather than real utility and durable demand.

Woodstock Fund Portfolio

Top Sectors

Infrastructure / Web3 / AI19
DeFi16
Gaming & creator economy11
L21
Infrastructure1

Stage Distribution

Seed2
PolygonL2
Seed
Router ProtocolInfrastructure
Seed
MultiversInfrastructure / Web3 / AI
NEAR ProtocolInfrastructure / Web3 / AI
BiconomyInfrastructure / Web3 / AI
Bware LabsInfrastructure / Web3 / AI
Snack ClubGaming & creator economy
MoralisInfrastructure / Web3 / AI
PropineDeFi
LiminalDeFi

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