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New York · Seed–Series A · 9 people tracked
Also known as 6MV · 6TH MAN VENTURES, LLC
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Investment thesis
6th Man Ventures invests in builders creating technologies that transform markets and change how people transact, build and interact. The firm concentrates heavily on crypto and blockchain-native companies, spanning consumer applications, developer and node infrastructure, money and payments (including stablecoins), DeFi protocols, DePin networks, and AI. It emphasizes long-term partnership, backing portfolio teams across multiple funding rounds as they scale.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 9 people
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through 6th Man Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 72 of 102 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×46Fintech ×32AI & Machine Learning ×15Developer Tools ×15Data & Infrastructure ×14Enterprise Software ×13SaaS ×11Consumer ×9
HQs:United States×32France×2United Kingdom×2Austria×1Bermuda×1Brazil×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 26 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×43 founders×74+ founders×6
Where their founders studiedfrom 26 founders with education data
The George Washington University ×3Florida State University ×2New York University ×2Queen's University ×2Stanford University ×2Université Paris Dauphine - PSL ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×7Business & Management ×6Economics ×4Engineering ×4Finance & Accounting ×3Humanities ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 32 founders with career history
Google ×3McKinsey & Company ×3Microsoft ×3Uber ×3Airbnb ×2Coinbase ×2MPC Alliance ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data)
Investments · 102 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 62024 · 42023 · 52022 · 122021 · 233 dated
DataHive provides proprietary, rights-cleared datasets — including multilingual and multi-dialect speech/audio, images, video, and eCommerce product listings and reviews — built for AI/ML training such as speech recognition, TTS, computer vision, and analytics.
AI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsNural CapitalRace CapitalSide Door Ventures
New York, US
Nigel Eccles(Executive Officer, Director)inRobat Jones(Director)
Board seatSerge Kassardjian· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalPhoenix Capital Ventures
375ai builds a physical-world data layer for AI, deploying edge nodes on urban infrastructure across America to continuously capture and label multimodal data (video, audio, geometry, environment).
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureIoT
Co-investorsEv3 Ventures LlcHack VCDelphi Ventures
Absinthe is a white-label conversion and attribution platform for crypto marketing agencies, sitting between campaign traffic and clients' products to build branded landing pages, track on-chain actions like deposits and stakes, and prove campaign ROI.
AdTechCrypto & Web3Marketing Tech
Alhena AI offers an AI agent assistant for customer support teams that summarizes incoming inquiries, detects customer sentiment, retrieves answers from a company's knowledge base, and drafts responses in each agent's style for review.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS
Nagendra Kumar(Founder)in
Co-investorsSlow Ventures
Alhena is a venture capital and consulting firm that invests in early-stage technology businesses and helps institutional investors access Round B/C/pre-IPO deals.
Sector Agnostic
Co-investorsMoscow Venture Fund (formerly Moscow Seed Fund)Script CapitalSlow VenturesSouth Park Commons
Squads is a financial technology company building products and APIs for the stablecoin economy, including a Solana multisig tool, a business account (Altitude), a personal finance app (Fuse), and its stablecoin infrastructure and developer platform (Grid).
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsHaun VenturesMulticoin CapitalCoinbase VenturesElectric CapitalMarin Digital VenturesCollab+Currency+6 more
Ancient8 is a gaming-focused Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed for Web3 gaming, hosting fully on-chain games, games on X and Telegram, IP-infused games, and AI-powered games.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Howard Xu(Founder)Trung Nguyen(Founder & CEO)Thuat Nguyen(Founder)William Phan(Founder)
Co-investorsAnimoca BrandsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyExtra WattsImpossible FinanceIOSG Ventures+25 more
Atlas is a customer support platform that helps startups deliver white-glove support and manage customer relationships to reduce churn.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jon O'Bryan(Founder)inRahul Asati(Founder)inArpit Maheshwari(Founder)Avi Singh(Founder)inCarlo Dela Rosa(Founder)Christian Mochen(Founder)
Co-investorsSoma CapitalY CombinatorAccelALLVPCathay InnovationData Tech+18 more
Atlas is a governance and context layer for AI-driven creative production, offering a node-based pipeline for game studios and visual effects teams to convert design concepts into production-ready 3D assets while maintaining IP control and stylistic consistency at scale.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsGamingVienna, AT
Co-investorsCollab+Currency
August builds an AI platform for law firms that turns repeatable legal tasks into reusable workflows, co-developed on a firm's own precedent, templates, and drafting standards to produce senior-lawyer-quality work product faster.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Rutvik Rau(Founder)inJason Johnson(Founder)Joseph Parker(Founder)Thomas Bueler-Faudree(Founder)Yves Béhar(Founder)
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Pear VCAfore CapitalDragonflyMaveronSoGal Ventures
Avalon is a multiplayer game and creation platform where players build their own worlds using natural-language tools and carry a persistent character across a shared universe.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGamingOrlando, US
Sean Pinnock(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndromeda CapitalBixin CapitalBixin VenturesBlack DragonCastrum CapitalCoinbase Ventures+14 more
BetDEX is a Solana-based decentralised sports betting exchange founded by former FanDuel executives.
Claymont, US
Nigel Eccles(Founder)Varun Sudhakar(Founder)Stuart Tonner(Founder)
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersMantis CapitalMulticoin CapitalParadigmRyze LabsEverblue Management+2 more
Skybox AI is an AI tool that generates skybox environments and HDRI assets for game studios and creative professionals.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3GamingIndianapolis, US
Marguerite deCourcelle(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsChain ReactionDAO JonesFulgur VenturesNarcissus VenturesRed Beard VenturesTechstars+3 more
BlockVision provides blockchain data infrastructure for EVM chains and Sui, including block explorer services, RPC nodes, indexing APIs, and validator services.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyQiming Venture Partners
Boost provides on-chain incentive campaign tools that let teams distribute token rewards to drive user transactions across Farcaster, World, and the open web.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechMarketing TechNew York, US
Brian Flynn(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyElectric CapitalFramework VenturesGreylock PartnersLarry SukernikLate Checkout+3 more
Bulk is a decentralized trading platform that aims to combine the decentralized custody of a DEX with the execution performance of a centralized exchange.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsChapter OneWintermuteMirana VenturesRobot VenturesStride Ventures
Bullpen is a non-custodial mobile app for onchain trading that lets users trade tokens, perpetuals, and prediction markets from a single interface with built-in social and discovery features.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsThe Open Platform
Cathedral Studios is a UK-based video game publisher and developer creating story-driven games spanning horror, co-op comedy, and indie titles.
GamingMedia & EntertainmentUK, GB
Toby(CEO & Founder)
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalArca FundsHartmann CapitalMetavisionBlocktower CapitalIVC+1 more
Chronicle uses production data to generate test scenarios and evaluate AI agents before deployment, helping businesses verify agent readiness and reduce critical failures.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ayman Saleh(CTO)inRowan Zyadeh(COO)
Co-investorsY CombinatorAlumni VenturesCV VCFenbushi CapitalMyAsiaVCPioneer
Claim is a consumer app that gives users weekly cash-back "Drops" from local restaurants and brands, paying them back via Venmo automatically after they check out with a linked credit card.
AdTechConsumerFintech
Drew Peters(Founder)inSam Obletz(Founder)inTap Stephenson(Founder)
Co-investorsBoxGroupReflexive CapitalSequoia CapitalA*BedrockSusa Ventures+1 more
Pump.fun is a platform that lets anyone create and trade coins, with open access to buy and sell from launch.
Crypto & Web3
Alon N. Cohen(Founder)Dylan Kerler(Founder)Noah Tweedale(Founder)
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsD1 VenturesLattice CapitalLattice CapitalWintermute
CreatorDAO provides funding, custom tooling, and training to online content creators.
Creator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Jonathan Wald(Founder)in
Co-investorsImmad AkhundKygoParis HiltonThe ChainsmokersMantis Capitala16z crypto+11 more
Crossmint builds developer tools that let companies, AI agents, and users work with blockchain and stablecoin rails without dealing with the underlying complexity.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Alfonso Gómez-Jordana Mañas(Founder)inRodri Fernández Touza(Founder)inAlfonso Gomez-Jordana(Founder)Rodri Fernandez(Founder)Rodrigo Fernandez Touza(Founder)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesBig Brain HoldingsCommerce VenturesFactionFinancial Venture StudioFirst Round Capital+15 more
Cube is a cryptocurrency exchange offering a central limit order book with MPC-based custody, supporting trading of over 1,420 tokens.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Bartosz Lipinski(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAsymmetricFoundation CapitalGraph VenturesParaFi CapitalParafi General FundUncorrelated Ventures+7 more
Cube provides a semantic layer that lets data teams define metrics, dimensions, joins, and access rules once and serve them to dashboards, embedded analytics, and AI agents through SQL, REST, GraphQL, MCP, DAX, and MDX APIs.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFuture of WorkSaaS
Artyom Keydunov(Founder)inMike MelaninPavel Tiunov(Founder)in
Co-investors500 Global645 VenturesBain Capital VenturesDecibel PartnersEniac VenturesEverywhere Ventures+10 more
Dakota provides a read-only dashboard for wallet governance that lets teams view wallets, policies, and signer groups across blockchain families such as Ethereum and Solana, with search, filters, and cross-linked detail drawers.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Gabe Grazier G'Sell(Founder)inRyan Bozarth(Founder)inGabe Gsell(Founder)Joao Peixoto(Founder)
Co-investorsCoinFundDigital Currency GroupMirana VenturesTriton Capital
DAWN is a decentralized broadband network that enables users to share internet capacity and operate as their own internet providers through a hardware node and protocol system.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalArchetypeEv3 Ventures LlcFlowdeskLattice CapitalSilvermine Capital+3 more
DFNS provides wallet-as-a-service infrastructure for financial institutions, fintech platforms, and digital asset management.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechParis, FR
Clarisse Hagège(Founder)inChristopher Grilhault des Fontaines(Founder)inClarisse Hagege(Founder)
Co-investorsTechstarsWhite Star CapitalWintermuteHashedCoinbase VenturesMotier Ventures+10 more
Dolomite is a decentralized finance protocol that lets users trade and manage borrow positions on-chain, integrating DEX aggregators and protocol routing to swap, loop, hedge, or repay within a single transaction.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsBitDAOCoinbase VenturesDraper Goren BlockchainGuanxiDAOMantle NetworkOptic Capital+5 more
Drip offers buy-now-pay-later services, allowing users to purchase from over 300 partner retailers and split payments into three monthly installments via Pix, Brazil's instant payment system.
B2B MarketplacesFintechSão Paulo, BR
Patrick McDougall(Founder)inPaulo Albuquerque(Founder)inBianca Orsini(Founder)inDerrick Reimer(Founder)Rob Walling(Founder)
Co-investorsTremis CapitalY CombinatorAcequia Capital (AceCap)AntlerEight CapitalFoundry+8 more
Drip Collect operates a network for NFT collectors that adds game-like elements to collecting and discovery.
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesCollab+CurrencyInterlace VenturesNFXProgression
Etherscan is a blockchain explorer platform that provides search, API, and analytics services for Ethereum and multiple other blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Matthew Tan(CEO & Founder)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesCoinbase VenturesDigital Currency GroupDraper AssociatesDraper Goren BlockchainNascent+4 more
Floor is a mobile-first web3 wallet app for discovering, tracking, and trading crypto tokens, memecoins, and NFTs across multiple chains.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsArca FundsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalHannah Grey VenturesBlocktower CapitalCrypto com Capital
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Folius Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in, promotes, and helps build Web3 projects, with a focus on founders in the Asia-Pacific region and the Chinese-speaking community.
Crypto & Web3New York, US
Chau Kam(Managing Member of the Issuer.)Mapleleafcap(Founder)Brian Chan(CFO / COO)
Co-investorsAdaverseMarin Digital VenturesMirana VenturesAlameda ResearchAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Lemniscap+8 more
Galxe is a platform that unifies identity, engagement, and automation for web3 projects seeking authentic user growth and community engagement.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Marketing TechSaaSSector Agnostic
Charles Wayn(Founder)Harry Zhang(Founder)
Co-investorsBitDAOCoinbase VenturesDragonflyDraper DragonFermionIOSG Ventures+5 more
GONDI is a lending protocol that allows NFT holders to borrow cryptocurrency against their NFT collateral while maintaining ownership.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsArchetypeMyelin VCPantera CapitalFoundation CapitalHack VCMakers Fund
Gravity is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain with a parallel EVM runtime (Grevm) and AptosBFT consensus, offering high throughput and sub-second finality with restaking-powered PoS security.
Crypto & Web3Deep Tech
Co-investorsCommitted CapitalHack VCLightspeed Venture Partners
Hedgehog provides automated portfolio management for cryptocurrency, allowing users to hold diversified baskets of digital assets spanning the majority of the crypto market.
Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US
Taylor Culbertson(Founder)inColton Dillion(Founder)inJason Dillion(COO)inJamie Balsillie(Founder)inWilson Ruotolo(Founder)inColin Popell(Product Manager)
Co-investorsTenzor CapitalY CombinatorAscendBaroda VenturesDon HoDragonfly+6 more
Helius is Solana's leading infrastructure provider offering high-performance RPC nodes, transaction sending services, and data streaming tools for developers, traders, and applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsToronto, CA
Rifat Mert Mumtaz(Executive Officer, Director)Nicolas Pennie(Founder)inLiam Vovk(Founder)inMert M(Founder)Bill Elmore(Founder)Jeff Morris Jr.(Founder)
Co-investorsFoundation CapitalHaun VenturesFounders FundBig Brain HoldingsChapter OnePropel Venture Partners+14 more
Co-investorsBorderless VentureBreedEv3 Ventures LlcFactionLvna CapitalMetalayer+6 more
Ahmad Shadid(Founder)Tory Green(Founder)
Co-investorsBlock ConsultContinue CapitalFOMO VenturesLongHash VenturesM13MH Ventures+8 more
Jito provides MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) infrastructure for the Solana blockchain, including a Block Engine, Bundles, ShredStream, and APIs.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDover, US
Lucas Bruder(Executive Officer, Director)inZanyar Sherwani(Executive Officer, Director)Zano Sherwani(Founder)in
Co-investorsAsymmetricElectric CapitalFramework VenturesMulticoin Capitala16z cryptoAlameda Research+2 more
Earlybird is a Solana-based pre-IPO prediction markets protocol offering long/short exposure to private startups.
Santhosh Narayan(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesPrimitive VenturesGalaxy InteractiveNFXPantera Capital
Kairos is a studio and incubator building a portfolio of consumer-focused companies designed to address major financial pain points for millennials and Gen Z, including housing, family planning, and healthcare.
ConsumerFintechFoodTechHealthtechNew York, US
Ankur Jain(Founder)inAlex(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Shivum Pandove(Founder)in
Co-investorsLaunchCapitala16z cryptoBlackRockClimate InvestmentCollab CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)+4 more
Kairos is an onchain protocol for interest rate swaps, letting users lock in fixed yields, hedge interest rate risk, and take leveraged long or short positions on rate movements.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAdvancit CapitalCompa CapitalLattice Capital
Kairos converts organic waste (sewage, manure, food residues) into recoverable CO2, clean water, and minerals through a self-powered thermochemical process, selling the outputs for circular use and carbon removal credits.
Circular EconomyCleantechClimate Tech
Megha(Co-founder & CEO)Dan(Co-founder & CTO)
Co-investorsDeep Science Venturesa16z crypto
Layer3 is a crypto platform where users create wallets, discover protocols, complete onchain tasks to earn rewards (CUBEs), trade, and stake L3 tokens for governance and boosted rewards.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3St. Peters, US
Jeffrey T. Binder(Executive Officer, Director)Dariya Khojasteh(Cofounder)inBrandon Kumar(Founder)inDavid M. Fellows(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDavid Trujillo(Director)James Goldstein(Director)
Co-investorsBitDAOElectric CapitalGD1King River CapitalLattice CapitalMantle Network+13 more
Legitimate provides NFC-embedded physical products and merchandise that unlock digital experiences when scanned, enabling brands and artists to create authenticated, interactive moments and track consumer engagement without third-party platforms.
Creator EconomyHardwareIoTMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesFactor CapitalFermionLemniscapSLVCScript Capital
Lemniscap is an early-stage crypto investment firm backing blockchain protocols, infrastructure and consumer products.
Co-investorsMirana VenturesAccolade PartnersDraper Associates
LI.FI builds cross-chain infrastructure for decentralized finance, using chain abstraction to aggregate and optimize DeFi components.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Philipp(Co-founder)Max(Co-founder)Philipp Zentner(Founder)
Co-investorsDCInvestorSunny Aggarwal1k(x)1kxAngelDAOBloccelerate VC+13 more
Lit Protocol provides a verifiable compute and signing infrastructure built on trusted execution environments (TEEs) for DeFi applications, centralized exchanges, and tokenized assets.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise Software
Chris Cassano(Founder)inDavid Sneider(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesCollab+CurrencyEniac VenturesFermionFigmentG1 Ventures+10 more
Livepeer is a permissionless GPU network that enables real-time video inference, allowing developers to generate, transform, and analyze live video streams through AI-powered processing without pre-rendering or pre-recording.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator EconomyNew York, US
Douglas Petkanics(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Xiao Tang(Director, Promoter)Doug Petkanics(Founder)Eric Tang(Founder)
Co-investorsBorderless VentureBoxGroupCoinbase VenturesCoinFundCollab+CurrencyCompound+9 more
Magic Eden is a crypto trading and entertainment platform that enables users to trade, mint, and collect digital assets including NFTs, tokens, and collectibles across multiple blockchains.
Crypto & Web3GamingMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Jack Lu(Founder)inSidney Zhang(Founder)inZhuoxun Yin(Founder)inZhuojie Zhou(Founder)inRex Zhou(Founder)inChris Akhavan(Chief Gaming Officer)in
Co-investorsAlameda ResearchBitcoin FrontierCoinbase VenturesDAO JonesDraft Ventures LlcElectric Capital+12 more
Meanwhile is a licensed Bitcoin-denominated life insurance company whose policies collect premiums and pay death benefits in BTC, with premiums that grow at a guaranteed rate in Bitcoin terms and the option to take Bitcoin loans against policy value.
Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTechHamilton, BM
Tia Beckmann(Chief Financial Officer)inMax Gasner(Founder)Zac Townsend(Founder)in
Co-investorsFramework VenturesFulgur VenturesGradient VenturesSam AltmanHaun VenturesMouro Capital+5 more
Ali Aghareza(Founder)Ben Mills(Founder)
Co-investorsAntlerRibbit Capital
MetaDAO is a Solana-based fundraising and governance platform where projects launch tokens and allocate capital via futarchy markets.
Kollan House(Founder)in
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupEquilibrium VenturesParadigmVariant Fund
Turkish investment app offering commission-free Turkish equity trading plus US equities, funds and crypto to 3.5m+ users.
Co-investorsCathay InnovationCoinbase VenturesFJ LabsHyperithmLattice CapitalNIV+3 more
Midas is an investment app that gives retail investors access to US, European, and Borsa İstanbul markets, along with crypto assets, mutual funds, gold certificates, and derivatives through a single application.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Fintech
Dennis Dinkelmeyer(Founder)Egem Eraslan(Founder)Fabrice Grinda(Founder)Romain Bourgois(Founder)Umut Bozkurt(Founder)
Co-investorsHongShan Capital GroupQED InvestorsRevo CapitalAnchorage DigitalCoinbase VenturesCreandum+6 more
Multis builds accounting and treasury management software that generates financial statements and automates accounting tasks for cryptocurrency wallet holders and web3 organizations.
Crypto & Web3FintechParis, FR
Thibaut Sahaghian(CEO)inTheophile Villard(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAgrolimen VenturesAHO Beratung Gmb HCoinbase VenturesDigital Currency GroupDiogo Mónica+13 more
Nucleo automates CT scan analysis for oncology care, providing AI-powered tools for tumor lesion sizing, body composition assessment, and lesion classification to support clinical workflows in hospitals.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Angelica Iacovelli(CEO)inLuca Pegolotti(CTO)inAngelica Iacovelli Luca Pegolotti(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorBain Capital CryptoLombardstreet Ventures
Oddpool provides a search engine and data API for prediction markets, aggregating market data, orderbooks, and trading signals across Kalshi and Polymarket.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US
Avi Arora(Founder)inRitesh Malpani(CEO)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorN+1 CapitalRobinhoodTeam Ignite
Offramp was a crypto-native USD account, card and payout platform for Latin American freelancers; it is winding down through 2026.
Co-investors57Blocks CapitalCoinbase VenturesITERATIVEKaya FoundersSocial Graph VenturesWhite Venture Capital+2 more
OpenDelta is a modular, API-first framework for creating, operating, and distributing onchain financial products, covering issuance, day-to-day operations, and distribution across primary and secondary markets.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsLong Journey Ventures
Orca offers a mobile banking platform targeting young adults, featuring peer-to-peer money transfers, group bill-splitting, local merchant discounts, and integrated spending and savings tools.
FintechSan Francisco, US
DY (Founder)inTim Qin(Founder)inGrace Kwan(Founder)Yutaro Mori(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorCollab+CurrencyFirst CircleMizMaa VenturesMusha VenturesOCV Partners+2 more
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Orca is a liquidity protocol and trading platform on the Solana blockchain that enables users to discover, deploy, and manage yield strategies across decentralized liquidity pools.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Michael Hwang(CEO)in
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyFoundation CapitalMarin Digital VenturesPlaceholder VCRockawayXRyze Labs+5 more
Pave provides compensation and equity data to help employees understand and compare their pay.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Matt Schulman(Founder)inOren Bass(Executive Officer, Director)Salim Lahoud(Director)Aaron Hultgren(Executive Officer, Director)John Geiken(Executive Officer, Director)inChris Butcher(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersCraft VenturesIndex VenturesVillage GlobalY Combinator+21 more
New York City, US
Sid G(Founder)Calum Moore(Founder)inSid Gandhi(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesFirstMark Capital
POAP Inc builds digital collectibles on Web3 that serve as proofs of attendance at events and experiences, enabling people to preserve memories and discover communities.
Crypto & Web3SocialNew York, US
PATRICIO WORTHALTER(Executive Officer, Director)inOLGA ISABEL GONZALEZ(Executive Officer)
BoardRICO MALLOZZI(Director)inTOMAS SORACCO(Director)
Co-investors359 CapitalA.Capital VenturesAdvancit CapitalArchetypeCollab+CurrencyInspired Capital+10 more
Rainbow is a cryptocurrency wallet application that supports multiple blockchains, NFTs, and decentralized exchanges, offering both mobile and desktop interfaces with hardware wallet integration.
Crypto & Web3FintechNew York City, US
Christian Baroni(Founder)inJin Chung(Founder)inMichael Demarais(Founder)inMike Demarais(Founder)
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyDigital Currency GroupHyperguapMischiefParaFi CapitalParafi General Fund+16 more
Rally is a user research CRM platform that enables teams to scale research operations, manage access control, and collaborate across departments while securing customer insights and data.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York City, US
Oren Friedman(Founder)inAlec Robins(Founder)inAli Jiwani(Founder)inAmy Liu(Founder)inAnson Kao(Founder)inNick Telecki(Founder)in
Co-investorsStage 2 CapitalTIA VenturesY CombinatorAvalancha VenturesBattery VenturesCanapi Ventures+4 more
Rally is a mobile-first web3 wallet app for trading memecoins and tokens across multiple blockchains, with features for tracking trending tokens, following top traders, and managing NFTs.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyHannah Grey Ventures
London-based decentralized finance company operating a regulated neo-banking app for digital currencies.
Co-investorsBlack DragonFOMO VenturesLBANK LabsNotch VenturesSignum CapitalKuCoin Labs
Shinami provides developer infrastructure for building decentralized applications, including a gas station service that lets apps sponsor gas fees for users and wallet services that abstract Web3 complexity.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
James C(Founder)Nikhil C(Founder)Hao Xia(Founder)in
Co-investorsCircle VenturesCoinbase VenturesAptos FoundationCircle & Co.Mysten LabsRace Capital
ShopMy operates a creator commerce platform linking premium brands, curators and shoppers via storefronts and affiliate tools.
Holden, US
Tiffany Lopinsky(Founder)inHarry Rein(Founder)inChris Tinsley(Founder)inChristopher Tinsley(Founder)
BoardScott Friend(Director)inJeremy Levine(Director)in
Co-investorsAlleyCorpAvenir Growth CapitalBain Capital VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersCapital B Private HoldingsFJ Labs+24 more
Silhouette offers shielded onchain trading on the Hyperliquid network, using encryption to protect traders' order flow and strategies from exploitation while accessing HyperCore's orderbook liquidity.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Chandler(Co-founder)Stenton(Co-founder)Aidan(Head of Engineering)
Co-investorsChapter OneHivemind Capital PartnersProtagonistRockawayXAmber GroupHivemind Capital LLC+1 more
Squads delivers financial services to businesses, individuals, and developers using open infrastructure and global internet capital markets.
Fintech
Stepan Simkin(Founder)Danny Gorelik(Founder)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesCollab+CurrencyElectric CapitalMulticoin CapitalPlaceholder VCReciprocal Ventures+8 more
Squads is a financial technology company building products and APIs for the stablecoin economy, offering tools for teams, businesses, and individuals to transact with stablecoins and tokenized assets on the Solana blockchain.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Co-investorsHaun VenturesCoinbase VenturesElectric CapitalMulticoin CapitalCollab+CurrencyJump Crypto+4 more
Stadium Live is a gamified social sports platform aimed at younger sports and culture fans, combining sports content with interactive social and reward features.
ConsumerSocialSports Tech
Co-investorsGolden VenturesIntonation VenturesMaple VCOriginsPosition VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)+3 more
Stadium Live is a gamified social sports platform aimed at younger sports and culture fans, offering interactive features such as chat and a virtual coin economy.
ConsumerSocialSports Tech
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBreakout CapitalOriginsPosition VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)Valhalla Ventures
STEPN is a Web3 lifestyle app that rewards users for physical movement, letting people equipped with in-app NFT sneakers earn tokens by walking, jogging, and running outdoors.
Crypto & Web3GamingWellness & Fitness
Jerry H.(Founder)in
Co-investorsArchangel VenturesAssembly PartnersEmooteFermionGraviton FundLemniscap+5 more
tokenproof provides a platform that lets brands verify token or NFT ownership to gate online and real-world experiences, offering token-holders access to exclusive content, products, events, and offers.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Marketing Tech
Co-investors2 Punks CapitalCorazon CapitalPenny Jar Capital VentureCanonical Crypto
Plasma is a financial technology company offering Plasma One, a stablecoin-based account and Visa card that supports USD₮ transfers, cashback, and yield through third-party DeFi protocols.
Crypto & Web3FintechLondon, GB
Co-investors1/1 CapitalBeni Venture CapitalImpossible FinanceMercury FundMirana VenturesPharsalus Capital+12 more
Tenor Finance provides onchain fixed-rate lending markets for asset managers, borrowers, and lending desks, offering OTC quote requests against collateral, renewal automations, and support for whitelisted markets and RWA-backed borrowing.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Ferdinand Dabitz(CEO)Greg Quarles(Bank President)Benjamin Alexander(CCO)Pierre-Yves GendronHugo Boisselle-Morin
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesPRELUDEAmbush CapitalAtelierParadigm
Vibe Bio funds and supports overlooked drug development programs by combining AI and capital to identify promising treatments and reduce funding gaps.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise Software
Alok Tayi(CEO & Founder)inAlok Tayi, Ph.D.(Co-founder and CEO)
Co-investorsThird Rock VenturesAlleyCorpInitialized CapitalLerer HippeauUndeterred Capital645 Ventures+1 more
ZeroDev provides smart account infrastructure for blockchain applications, enabling better onboarding, transaction flows, and user experiences through account abstraction technology.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLos Angeles, US
Derek Chiang(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Cube GroupBlockvisioinBravo ReadyFootball.FunKairos LabsMayan FinanceNof1OfframpRebar LabsSleepagotchiSleepagotchi LifestyleThird Time EntertainmentVeera
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesOddpool · ycombinator.com · May 11, 2026
Chronicle Labs · ycombinator.com · May 7, 2026
Squads · finsmes.com · Apr 30, 2026
Alhena · alhena.ai · Apr 23, 2026
BetHog · eu-startups.com · Apr 22, 2026
Nucleo · ycombinator.com · Nov 4, 2025
Shopmy · finsmes.com · Oct 22, 2025
Lit Protocol · spark.litprotocol.com · Oct 20, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has 6th Man Ventures made?
- 6th Man Ventures has 102 tracked investments, including 11 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does 6th Man Ventures invest at?
- 6th Man Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is 6th Man Ventures's typical check size?
- 6th Man Ventures typically writes checks of $2M – $5M.
- What sectors does 6th Man Ventures focus on?
- 6th Man Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Fintech, Media & Entertainment, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is 6th Man Ventures located?
- 6th Man Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does 6th Man Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, 6th Man Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does 6th Man Ventures co-invest with?
- 6th Man Ventures most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, Collab+Currency, Lattice Capital, among 209 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamBreakpoint 2025: Product Keynote: 6th Man Ventures (Mike Dudas)
Solana · Mike Dudas
Mike Dudas (6th Man Ventures) - How to Grow a Great Crypto Startup
[EthCC] Livestream 4 · Mike Dudas
Ship or Die at Accelerate 2025: How to Run a Crypto Business (Mike Dudas - 6th Man Ventures)
Solana · Mike Dudas
10 Tips: Product + Company Building (Carl Vogel, 6th Man Ventures)
The Pipeline · Carl Vogel
Mike Dudas | Founder of 6th Man Ventures | State of Crypto Ecosystem | Logan Jastremski Podcast #39
Logan Jastremski · Mike Dudas
Mike Dudas of 6th Man Ventures on Crypto, LinksDAO, and Applying a DAO Model to Biotech
Howard Lindzon · Mike Dudas
Co-investors · 19
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Paradigm is a frontier technology investment firm that builds and invests in early-stage companies across crypto, AI, robotics, and other emerging technology areas.
Shima Capital is a $200M web3 seed fund led by Forbes 30 Under 30 investor and MIT instructor Yida Gao, who combines traditional finance, venture capital, and academic credentials rare among dedicated crypto funds. The firm maintains one of the highest early-stage deployment paces in crypto with over 100 investments in two years, using more than half its team for hands-on operational support through a proprietary platform that helps portfolio companies with talent, tokenomics, and specialized expertise like gaming.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
Menlo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing transformative technology companies, with a strong current emphasis on artificial intelligence across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer markets.
Everywhere Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that writes pre-seed checks and is backed by a community of founder and operator LPs.
Susa Ventures operates two early-stage technology funds that invest in companies leveraging data, network effects, and economies of scale.
Goat Capital is a venture capital firm. Its public homepage lists its founders and a contact email but provides limited additional detail.
Kortschak Investments is an investment firm that backs technically talented founders tackling difficult scientific and engineering problems, aiming for outsized returns.
Bedrock is an investment firm whose stated approach centers on identifying opportunities that run counter to prevailing market narratives.
A* is an early-stage venture capital firm that emphasizes building meaningful partnerships with founders rather than purely transactional funding.
Quiet Capital is an early-stage venture firm run by builders who back founders from day zero.
▶7 more co-investors
Oak HC/FTScience VenturesFounders' Co-opHOF CapitalPlayground GlobalRubicon Venture CapitalmParticle
Firms observed investing alongside 6th Man Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with 6th Man Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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