6th Man Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingNew York Β· SeedβSeries A Β· 5 people tracked
Investment thesis
6th Man Ventures partners with founder-led teams pursuing transformative market shifts and emerging technology opportunities. The firm prioritizes founders with unique visions building one-of-a-kind companies rather than proven pedigree, supporting them through multiple investment rounds to create companies whose products serve hundreds of millions of users.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 21, 2026.
Team Β· 5 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 17 of 55 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 Γ13Fintech Γ7Data & Infrastructure Γ5AI & Machine Learning Γ4Enterprise Software Γ4Developer Tools Γ3Biotech Γ1Cloud Computing Γ1
HQs:United StatesΓ4BermudaΓ1FranceΓ1
Investments Β· 55 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path375ai builds a data infrastructure layer for physical AI, collecting continuous multimodal data streams (video, audio, geometry) from edge nodes deployed across the United States. The company serves AI research teams, robotics companies, and autonomous systems developers that require real-world, labeled training data and ground truth.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechUnknown, US
Vibe Bio funds and supports overlooked drug development programs by combining AI and capital to identify promising treatments and reduce funding gaps. The company serves biotech developers working on life-changing cures that lack traditional funding pathways.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise Software
Alok Tayi(CEO & Founder)
Crossmint is a platform for integrating stablecoin infrastructure including wallets, onramps, and payment orchestration for enterprises and developers. It serves use cases including global payments, treasury management, and AI agent enablement across fintech, neobanking, and enterprise applications.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
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. The platform allows individuals to earn rewards by contributing bandwidth to a trustless, on-chain connectivity network.
Crypto & Web3
DFNS provides wallet-as-a-service infrastructure for financial institutions, fintech platforms, and digital asset management. The platform enables banks, neobanks, trading platforms, and payment services to integrate cryptocurrency capabilities and deploy blockchain wallets with security, compliance, and interoperability.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechParis, FR
Etherscan is a blockchain explorer platform that provides search, API, and analytics services for Ethereum and multiple other blockchains. It serves developers, researchers, and users seeking to access and analyze blockchain data and on-chain transactions.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Matthew Tan(CEO & Founder)
GONDI is a lending protocol that allows NFT holders to borrow cryptocurrency against their NFT collateral while maintaining ownership. The platform supports peer-to-peer lending with flexible terms, refinancing, and sale-during-loan functionality.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Helius is Solana's leading infrastructure provider offering high-performance RPC nodes, transaction sending services, and data streaming tools for developers, traders, and applications. The platform provides low-latency reads, optimized transaction delivery, and gRPC streaming capabilities to power decentralized finance and crypto applications on Solana.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Anatoly Yakovenko
Lit Protocol provides a verifiable compute and signing infrastructure built on trusted execution environments (TEEs) for DeFi applications, centralized exchanges, and tokenized assets. The platform enables non-custodial key management and confidential code execution with hardware-attested proofs across multiple blockchains including Base and Arbitrum.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise Software
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 Economy
Meanwhile provides life insurance policies denominated and paid out in Bitcoin, allowing policyholders to build Bitcoin-based wealth through guaranteed growth rates and access policy loans against their accumulated value.
Crypto & Web3InsurTechHamilton, BM
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. It provides tools for portfolio management, performance tracking, and capital-efficient market access for cryptocurrency traders and liquidity providers.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Plasma is a fintech platform providing global account services and cryptocurrency-linked financial products, including a Visa card and stablecoin account features for users internationally.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
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)in
Squads builds financial services infrastructure on open platforms and internet capital markets, serving businesses, individuals, and developers.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
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
Frequently asked questions
- 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 β $5M.
- What sectors does 6th Man Ventures focus on?
- 6th Man Ventures focuses on 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.
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