Advanced Blockchain
Corporate VCBerlin · Pre-Seed–Series A · 12 people tracked
Investment thesis
Advanced Blockchain AG focuses on the blockchain and Web3 ecosystem, operating across three arms: AB Capital (its investment wing providing capital to promising Web3 projects and gateway participation for shareholders), AB Labs (its innovation and incubation wing that builds, runs, and incubates Web3 projects), and AB Research (an in-house think tank analyzing industry questions and supporting portfolio companies). The firm emphasizes sustainable value creation, strong corporate governance, and positioning itself as a reliable partner bridging innovation with strategic execution in the Web3 space.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 12 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 7 of 72 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×6Cloud Computing ×3AI & Machine Learning ×1Consumer ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1Developer Tools ×1EdTech ×1Enterprise Software ×1
HQs:United States×2United Kingdom×1Vietnam×1
Investments · 72 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathMobile app and cross-chain yield optimization protocol directing liquidity to DeFi protocols like Curve Finance.
Computation environment backed by Arweave coordinating decentralized task execution and storage.
Crypto lending protocol offering best-in-class borrowing power with low liquidation penalties and advanced options.
Arweave is a decentralized ecosystem that offers grants and investment opportunities through various organizations including non-profits, DAOs, and venture studios to support projects and developers building on its network.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechLondon, GB
Sam Williams(Founder & CEO)
Permanent data storage protocol creating the permaweb by rewarding those providing decentralized storage space.
First blockchain network designed for secure peer-to-peer transactions and the foundation of the digital asset economy.
Celestia designs and operates custom, high-throughput blockchain infrastructure for enterprises, separating compute and storage to enable independent scaling.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Enterprise Software
Mustafa Al-Bassam(Chairman & CEO, Celestia Foundation)Nick White(Co-founder & CEO, Celestia Labs)Preston Evans(CTO, Celestia Labs)
Modular data availability network for scaling blockchains through separation of execution and consensus.
DeFi protocol offering expirable futures without order books with physical delivery.
Open source DeFi protocol enabling users to seek high fixed yield income on the blockchain.
North Richland Hills, US
Jonathan Rhea(Chief Financial Officer and Secretary)William Shatswell Villanueva(President and Chief Executive Officer)
Organization promoting value creation in the energy sector through decentralized blockchain-based software infrastructure.
Programmable blockchain introducing smart contracts and enabling decentralized applications across DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs.
Platform helping Web3 communities design and manage rewards programs using on-chain and off-chain data.
Operating system for institutional lenders decreasing loan distribution duration and streamlining operations.
Interoperable gaming protocol on Polkadot enabling in-game asset transfers between games and community creation.
Strategy hub enabling DeFi yield access across multiple chains and layers for comprehensive cross-chain growth.
DeFi platform with dynamic yield optimization engine using machine learning to maximize risk-adjusted returns across chains.
Web3 platform delivering context-rich and verifiable data to decentralized applications.
Decentralized leveraged trading platform with dynamic AMM offering seamless swaps and exotic derivatives.
Blockchain governance tools using mechanism design to align individual and community interests in decentralized networks.
Protocol enabling reactive liquidity to trigger actions on user-defined events for loans and AMM trades.
Ethereum virtual machine on Solana enabling EVM-based dApps to leverage Solana's ecosystem without Rust knowledge.
Grand Cayman
Petrus Dorfling Basson(Executive Officer, Director)Marina Guryeva(Executive Officer, Director)David Charles Lloyd(Executive Officer, Director)
peaq provides a blockchain-based stack that lets robots and machines operate as autonomous economic actors, enabling them to be financed, transact, and function as investible assets.
Crypto & Web3IoTRobotics
Platform building AMMs to introduce scalable liquidity pools for fiat currencies and yield opportunities.
Funding platform for decentralized applications designed to leverage blockchain technology for long-term resilience.
Decentralized app-chain for interchain asset management and multi-chain digital asset investing via IBC technology.
Open-source decentralized VPN application providing military-grade encryption and transparent server operations.
Self-stabilizing decentralized exchange using game theory and community governance to incentivize fairness.
Noise data bank leveraging peaq infrastructure to map noise pollution through community-driven smartphone data collection.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Advanced Blockchain invest at?
- Advanced Blockchain invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Advanced Blockchain focus on?
- Advanced Blockchain focuses on Crypto & Web3, Fintech.
- Where is Advanced Blockchain located?
- Advanced Blockchain is headquartered in Berlin, DE.
- Does Advanced Blockchain lead rounds?
- Advanced Blockchain typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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