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6th Man Ventures (6MV) is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in New York that invests in crypto and Web3 companies, describing itself as a collective of company founders, operators, and builders that provides "builder-first capital." The firm invests across pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages, positioning itself as a high-conviction lead or co-lead investor, with average checks stated on its own site at $2-$5 million and the ability to flex depending on the opportunity; third-party profiles cite check ranges from $100K to $5M and a minimum/maximum band of $250K to $3M.

Investment categories span emerging technologies and companies capitalizing on platform shifts, including consumer crypto applications, developer tools and infrastructure, money and financial infrastructure, DePIN (decentralized physical infrastructure networks), gaming, AI, media and collectibles, identity and social primitives, and on-chain data analytics. The firm states it does not index on pedigree, instead seeking what it calls "N of 1" founders, and it emphasizes support across multiple rounds of investment in the same teams.

Portfolio companies cited across sources include Pump.fun, Helius, Nof1, Squads, Midas, Etherscan, Plasma, Dawn (Dawn Internet), August/August Digital, Bethog, Football.Fun, Magic Eden, io.net, Livepeer, Jito, Layer3, Galxe, Crossmint, Stepn, Sleepagotchi, Cube, Dakota, Li.Finance and Payy. The firm also publishes research and written frameworks on topics such as tokenization, DePIN evaluation, collectibles markets, and the use of AI agents in venture investing.