How many investments has Archetype made?

Archetype has 87 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.

What stage does Archetype invest at?

Archetype invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.

What is Archetype's typical check size?

Archetype typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.

What sectors does Archetype focus on?

Archetype focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3.

Where is Archetype located?

Archetype is headquartered in New York, US.

Does Archetype lead rounds?

Yes, Archetype leads investment rounds.

Who does Archetype co-invest with?

Archetype most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, A.Capital Ventures, Lemniscap, among 234 tracked co-investors.

Archetype

Venture capital

New York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 16 people tracked

Also known as Archetype Crypto

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Investment thesis

Archetype is an early-stage venture fund focused on advancing what it calls the programmable future. The firm invests in the next generation of crypto founders who challenge incumbents, create new markets, and are deeply committed to their craft. Its crypto-native team brings expertise spanning investing, engineering, protocol and mechanism design, policy, and community-building to support founders as they build from earliest stages.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Crypto & Web3 New York United States

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage

Pre-Seed–Seed

Check

$100K – $10M

New York, NY, US

Leads rounds

Leads

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2021

Last 12 months

5 investments

AUM

$260M

VC funds

Tracked investments

Team · 16 people

from the firm's website

Ash Egan· Founder· New York, New Yorkin 𝕏

Ash Egan has invested full-time in crypto since 2014–2015, focusing exclusively across market cycles and backing founders at inception—pre-token or pre-product—after building crypto platforms inside legacy VCs.

David Wong· Co-Founder of zkSecurity· New York, New York, United Statesin 𝕏

David Wong is the Co-Founder of zkSecurity, a zero-knowledge security auditing firm. He previously worked as a Cryptography Architect at O(1) Labs on the Mina cryptocurrency, served as the security lead for the Diem (formerly Libra) cryptocurrency at Novi (Facebook), and was a security consultant at NCC Group's Cryptography Services practice. He wrote the book Real-World Cryptography and at Archetype supports research and due diligence in cryptography, zero-knowledge, security, and protocol design.

Dmitriy Berenzon· Partner· San Francisco Bay Areain 𝕏

Partner at Archetype driving research and investments across crypto-native infrastructure, DePIN, and DeFi. Previously a Research Partner at 1kx and Bollinger Investment Group, worked with CoinFund, and spent six years at Deutsche Bank; holds an MBA from UC Berkeley.

Eskender Abebe· Product Research Partner· New York City Metropolitan Areain 𝕏

Product Research Partner at Archetype focused on crypto and AI, including agents, DeFi infrastructure, and protocol-level product design. Previously CPO at Eliza Labs, Head of Product at ENS, and a product manager at Consensys.

Katherine Wu· Venture Partner· Brooklyn, New Yorkin 𝕏

Katherine Wu is a Venture Partner at Archetype and Chief Operating Officer of ENS Labs, where she leads growth, strategy, and operations. She previously served as Senior Lead at Coinbase Ventures, where she led investments, was a Principal at Notation Capital, and was the first business hire at Messari. Her background spans legal, investment, and advisory roles across the web3 space.

Aadharsh Pannirselvam· Investor· New York, New York, United Statesin 𝕏

Investor at Archetype focused on applied cryptography and decentralized AI. Previously worked at Galaxy Ventures and Flipside Crypto.

Andrew Hong· Research Advisor· New York, New York, United Statesin 𝕏

Research Advisor at Archetype providing data-driven research and onchain data public goods. Previously Headmaster at Dune and a data scientist at Mirror.xyz; creator of Crypto Data Bytes and founder of Bytexplorers.

Ben Tenenbaum· Chief Financial Officer· New York, New York, United Statesin 𝕏

CFO of Archetype with nearly 15 years of public accounting experience. Previously a Partner at a top global accounting firm where he led its crypto funds assurance vertical; a licensed CPA in New York State.

Danny Sursock· Investor· New York, New Yorkin 𝕏

Danny Sursock is a Partner at Archetype, where he leads the firm's AI research and investments and contributes to fund strategy, management, and LP relations. Before joining Archetype, he was a Senior Associate in Oppenheimer's Investment Banking division, where he helped build a team that advised on $25B in growth equity M&A and raised over $6B in capital for emerging technology companies.

Katie Chiou· Investor, Head of Brand & Content· New York, New York, United Statesin 𝕏

Katie Chiou is an Investor at Archetype focused on consumer investments and research, and she also runs the firm's brand, marketing, and content efforts. She previously worked as an Analyst at Coinbase Ventures and was a core contributor at the DAO Friends with Benefits.

Katie Hazel· Operations & Community Lead· New York, New York, United Statesin

Katie Hazel is the Operations & Community Lead at Archetype, where she supports the firm's platform and administrative initiatives. She previously served as an Office and Events Coordinator at Lightspeed Venture Partners, contributing to the launch of its European branch, and earlier worked as a licensed psychotherapist for students at UC Berkeley.

Lauren Sabo· Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant at Archetype supporting founder Ash Egan, with 10+ years assisting C-suite executives. Previously supported teams at Foresite Capital and MTS Health Partners.

Nick Pai· Research Partner, Archetype· United Statesin 𝕏

Nick Pai is a research partner at Archetype. He joined Risk Labs in 2020 as an early engineer on the UMA Protocol and works as a tech lead at Across Protocol, focusing on cross-chain bridging and blockchain interoperability.

Tommy Hang· Investor· United Statesin 𝕏

Investor at Archetype specializing in DeFi investments and research. Formerly president of Blockchain at Berkeley, a crypto startup founder, and engineer at Camp Network and Arbitrum.

Tyler Gehringer· Marketing Lead· New York, New York, United Statesin 𝕏

Tyler Gehringer is the Marketing Lead at Archetype. Before joining the firm, he worked as a freelance media producer supporting content production and marketing for several DAOs and crypto companies, and earlier held a marketing and communications coordinator role at a digital agency in Austin, Texas.

Will Kantaros· Research Advisor· New York City Metropolitan Areain 𝕏

Will Kantaros is a Research Advisor at Archetype, where he works on mechanism design research and the interoperability stack. He is also Co-Founder and CTO of Decent, a company building cross-chain, single-click payments. He previously held roles at Meta, Coinbase, and Polychain.

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Archetype went on to found or lead other companies.

Andrew HongResearch AdvisorFounded Herd Labs Will KantarosResearch AdvisorFounded Decent

What they invest in

from 54 of 93 portfolio companies

Crypto & Web3 ×44Fintech ×24AI & Machine Learning ×16Data & Infrastructure ×15Developer Tools ×10Cloud Computing ×6Cybersecurity ×6Enterprise Software ×6

HQs:United States×20Switzerland×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 23 portfolio companies

43%

solo founders

10 of 23 mapped founding teams

58%

repeat founders

of 24 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×102 founders×73 founders×44+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 20 founders with education data

Brown University ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 24 founders with career history

Bank of America Merrill Lynch ×2dYdX ×2Moonpay ×2MoonPay ×2Stanford University ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×2

2 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 21 with degree data)

Investments · 93 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 3 2025 · 3 2024 · 1 2023 · 2 2022 · 211 dated

0x Labs Decentralized P2P trading0x.org in 𝕏crypto exchanges: ZRX

0x provides onchain routing and liquidity aggregation infrastructure for enterprise wallets, payments platforms, and exchanges.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US

Will Warren(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)inAmir Bandeali(Co-Founder & Co-CEO (formerly Co-Founder & CTO))Alex Q. Xu(Co-Founder)Fulvia Morales(Director of Product (previously Group Product Manager))Stuart Law(Head of Operations)Theo Gonella(Group Product Manager)

Co-investorsA.Capital Ventures BitDAO Blockchain Capital Blockchain.com Ventures Coinbase Ventures DeepTech Ventures +14 more

Hut 8NASDAQ: HUT

Dinara Financial TechnologyFeb 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

Brooklyn, US

Igor Cerc(Director)Laurence Latimer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatAsh Egan· per SEC Form D · $11M raise · filed Feb 2022

ghostwarpOct 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

West Roxbury, US

Jess Collen(Executive Officer)Stephanie Howard(Executive Officer, Director)Bennett Collen(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDaniel Matuszewski(Director)

Board seatAsh Egan· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed Oct 2025

Uneven LabsFeb 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

Cocoa, US

Peter Watts(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardNick Grossman(Director)

Board seatAsh Egan· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Feb 2025

AI Ritual Agentic infrastructureritual.net 𝕏

Ritual is a research lab building a blockchain infrastructure for autonomous AI agents, providing native primitives for agent identity, privacy, settlement, scheduling, and coordination.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep Tech

Co-investorsBig Brain Holdings Bollinger Investment Group Edessa Capital Hypersphere Ventures Lvna Capital MH Ventures+1 more

Alchemyalchemy.com in 𝕏

Alchemy is a platform layer that enables developers to build applications on blockchain networks.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech

Nikil Viswanathan(Co-Founder and CEO)inJoe Lau(Co-Founder and President)

Co-investorsPantera Capital DCVC (Data Collective)Founders Fund 3cubed Ventures a16z crypto Andreessen Horowitz +20 more

Alloraallora.network 𝕏

Allora is a decentralized network for machine learning model development and inference, where developers deploy ML workers and models to topics that collectively generate predictions.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Nick Emmons(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoinFund Framework Ventures

Altius

Altius Execution Layeraltiuslabs.xyz in 𝕏

Altius Labs builds customized, high-performance blockchain infrastructure for teams running onchain applications and financial workloads, letting them own their chain's gas fees, sequencing revenue, and governance.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsCVP NoLimit Digital Currency Group No Limit Holdings (NLH)Pantera Capital

Ansible Labsansiblelabs.xyz in 𝕏

Ansible Labs offers a single API and unified ledger for building payment products across fiat and stablecoins, supporting multi-rail payments (ACH, FedNow, stablecoin payouts), programmable accounts, real-time reporting, and built-in compliance.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsArca Funds Blocktower Capital

Augustaugustdigital.io 𝕏

August provides on-chain prime brokerage infrastructure for institutional crypto clients, including smart contract accounts, pricing and risk engines, and execution for spot, derivatives, and DeFi trading.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech

Co-investors6th Man Ventures Maven 11

Baseparagraph.com in 𝕏

Paragraph provides a platform for creating and managing newsletters, with features including draft search, author assignment, and website-based subscriber collection.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Francisco, US

Colin Armstrong(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures Ethereum Lemniscap Union Square Ventures (USV)Binance Labs

Beam

Chainalysischainalysis.com in 𝕏

Chainalysis provides investigative services and training programs for cryptocurrency compliance and risk mitigation.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechNew York, US

Jonathan Levin(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)inMichael Gronager(Co-founder; former Chief Executive Officer and board-level leader)inJan Møller(Co-founder and scientific/engineering leader)inRakib Azad(Executive Officer)

BoardPhilippe Botteri(Director)inSarah Tavel(Director)in

PartnerAsh Egan· led

Co-investorsAccel Addition AlbionVC Blackstone BNY Mellon Coatue Management +25 more

Cryptopondcryptopond.xyz

Pond (Cryptopond) is an agentic task marketplace where users post tasks or challenges and humans, AI agents, or robots compete to complete them, with payment only for verified results.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Marketplaces

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures Web3com Ventures

DAWNdawninternet.com in 𝕏

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-investors6th Man Ventures Advancit Capital Ev3 Ventures Llc Flowdesk Lattice Capital Silvermine Capital +3 more

Decentdecent.xyz in 𝕏Jan 2023 · $3.5Macquired by MoonPay

Decent provides a crypto trade-routing API that aggregates across 200+ blockchains to execute token swaps and convert any token back to fiat.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York City, US

Charlie Durbin(Founder)inAlexander Carlson(Founder)inWill Collier(Founder)inWill Kantaros(Founder)in

Co-investorsBitDAO Mantle Network Y Combinator AngelDAO Circle Ventures Kleiner Perkins +4 more

Endstateendstate.io 𝕏

Endstate provides NFC chip technology and digital certificates of authenticity to guarantee product authenticity and prevent counterfeits, with support for EU Digital Product Passport compliance.

HardwareSaaS

Essentialessential.builders

Co-investorsArctic Digital

Exo

Exolabsexolabs.net 𝕏

exo connects Macs and workstations into a single local inference cluster, automatically discovering devices, mapping network topology, and splitting AI models across device memory to run frontier models on-premises.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsBig Brain Holdings Breed Pragma Ventures Robot Ventures

Farcasterwarpcast.com

Farcaster is a decentralized social network where users own their identity, aimed at connecting people and building software on top of the network.

Crypto & Web3Social

Co-investors1confirmation Lemniscap Polymorphic Capital Standard Crypto Balaji Srinivasan

Figmentfigment.io in 𝕏

Figment is an independent provider of staking infrastructure, offering non-custodial staking, reward tracking, API integrations, and slashing protection to institutional clients such as asset managers, exchanges, wallets, foundations, and custodians.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Lorien Gabel(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)3cubed Ventures AppWorks Ventures B Capital Group B4 Capital Bonfire Ventures +10 more

Flood

fomofomo.family in 𝕏Nov 2025

Fomo is a social-first cryptocurrency trading application that enables users to trade various crypto tokens, including memecoins and viral tokens, seamlessly across web and mobile platforms with multichain and gasless transactions.

Crypto & Web3SocialNew York, US

Se Yong Park(Co-Founder)inPaul Erlanger(Co-Founder & CEO)inPrashan Dharmasena(Co-Founder)in

BoardChetan Puttagunta(Director; Benchmark General Partner)Julia Andre(Director; Index Ventures Partner)

Co-investorsBalaji Srinivasan Bryan Pellegrino Coinbase Ventures icebergy Index Ventures Ivan Soto-Wright +14 more

Fpfp.inc

Freaticfreatic.team 𝕏

Freatic builds Murmur, a monetization layer for information goods based on decentralized mechanisms, cryptography, and game theory that enables trustless trading of valuable insights.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Co-investorsa16z crypto Andreessen Horowitz Electric Capital Placeholder

Future Primitive

Gondigondi.xyz 𝕏

GONDI is a lending protocol that allows NFT holders to borrow cryptocurrency against their NFT collateral while maintaining ownership.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsMyelin VC Pantera Capital 6th Man Ventures Foundation Capital Hack VC

Gyroscopegyro.finance 𝕏Mar 2023 · $4.5M

Gyroscope operates a decentralized finance protocol enabling passive liquidity provision through concentrated swap yields on volatile and stable asset pairs, and issues GYD, a stablecoin designed for efficient liquidity.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsPlaceholder VC Placeholder Robot Ventures

Herdherd.eco

Hut 8 Next-generation energy infrastructure company Visit →hut8.com in 𝕏

Hut 8 operates high-performance computing (HPC) and data center infrastructure, including its Beacon Point data center campus.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnergy

Asher Genootin

Co-investors25Madison Coatue Management Flucas Ventures

Lagrangelagrange.dev in 𝕏

Lagrange builds cryptographic infrastructure for verifiable compute, with two products: Halo, which coordinates distributed autonomous systems in degraded or contested conditions for defense applications, and DeepProve, which generates zero-knowledge proofs verifying that AI inference outputs came from a specific model and inputs.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Defense Tech

Co-investors1k(x)1kx BitDAO Lattice Capital Mantle Network Archetype Ventures +3 more

Looploopcrypto.xyz

Co-investorsA.Capital Ventures a16z crypto Andreessen Horowitz

Meowmeow.comMay 2022

Meow is a financial technology company offering a business banking platform for companies and AI agents, combining checking accounts, corporate cards, global payments, invoicing, financing, and crypto.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechMiami Beach, US

Brandon Arvanaghi(Executive Officer, Director)inBryce Crawford(Director)

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures Earl Grey Capital QED Investors Shine Capital Tq Ventures Llc

Merkle Manufactory, Inc.farcaster.xyz

Farcaster is a decentralized social network where users own their identity and can discover people and express themselves.

Crypto & Web3SocialVenice, US

Daniel Romero(Executive Officer, Director)Varun Srinivasan(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investors1confirmation A.Capital Ventures a16z crypto Andreessen Horowitz Chapter One Coinbase Ventures +11 more

Modern Treasurymoderntreasury.com in 𝕏

Modern Treasury provides a payments infrastructure platform that enables businesses to move and track money across fiat and stablecoin rails through a single API.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Matt Marcus(Co-Founder & CEO)inDimitri Dadiomov(Cofounder & CEO)inSam Aarons(Co-Founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsArtisanal Ventures Castle Island Ventures Cleo Capital Mischief NewView Capital Quiet Capital +7 more

Monamonaverse.com

MONA is an AI operating system platform for interior design and architecture studios that automates design workflows from initial floorplan to final installation.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomySaaSMiami, US

Justin Melillo(Founder)

Co-investorsA.Capital Ventures LongHash Ventures

Monadmonad.xyz in 𝕏

Monad is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain designed for fast, low-cost transactions.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Keone Hon(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAlphaLab Capital Ambush Capital Bankless Ventures Big Brain Holdings Bloccelerate VC BODL +23 more

Moonpaymoonpay.com in 𝕏

MoonPay provides infrastructure for buying, selling, and trading cryptocurrencies using standard payment methods such as cards and digital wallets, as well as tools for stablecoin management.

Crypto & Web3FintechDover, US

Ivan Soto-Wright(Founder)inVictor Faramond(Founder)Asiff Hirji(Executive Officer, Director)Maximilian Crown(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investors1/1 Capital alphabet angels Blossom Capital BroadLight Capital Chapter One Coatue Management +15 more

Movement Labsmovementlabs.xyz

Co-investorsBankless Ventures Borderless Venture Continue Capital Eterna Capital Figment Fourth Revolution Capital (4RC)+9 more

Moving Castlesmovingcastles.world

Co-investors1k(x)1kx

Navanavabenefits.com in 𝕏Apr 2026 · $8.3M

Nava Benefits is a technology-enabled benefits brokerage that pairs benefits consultants with AI-powered tools to help HR teams manage employee health benefits with less administrative work and lower costs.

HealthtechHR TechInsurTech

Brandon Weber(Founder)in

Co-investorsAvid Ventures Glynn Capital Management Homebrew Leaps by Bayer RA Capital

Nava

Navalabsnavalabs.ai

Obolobol.org in 𝕏

Obol provides distributed validator infrastructure for Ethereum staking, enabling institutional operators to secure cryptocurrency assets across the blockchain network.

Crypto & Web3Zug, CH

Collin Myers(Founder)

Co-investorsAdvanced Blockchain Divergence Nascent

Obol Networkobol.tech in 𝕏

Obol provides distributed validator infrastructure and staking solutions for the Ethereum blockchain, serving institutional operators and AI agents.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureOttawa, US

Oisin Kyne(Director)Collin Myers(Founder)Oisín Kyne(Founder)inSchmiedt Mara(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAmbush Capital Coinbase Ventures Figment Maelstrom Nascent Pantera Capital +2 more

Octane

Octane Securityoctane.security in 𝕏

Octane builds an AI-native security analysis tool that continuously reasons about code to find novel vulnerabilities across functions, files, and execution paths.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsBuilder Capital Duke Capital Partners

Odynodyn.network 𝕏

Odyn is building a decentralized, on-demand compute network for AI, research, and on-chain applications.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3

Co-investorsFramework Ventures

Once Upon

Once Upon (Acquired - Chainalysis)onceupon.gg

Co-investorsShrug Capital UDHC

Opacityopacity.network in 𝕏Mar 2024 · $12M

Opacity provides infrastructure for issuing compliant financial products with global distribution and liquidity through decentralized finance integration, targeting capital markets participants.

Crypto & Web3FintechNew York, US

Andrew Bledsoe(Executive Officer)

BoardAaron Marz(Director)Hersh Patel(Director)

Co-investorsDepartment of XYZ Ev3 Ventures Llc GD1 Inception Capital (ex OP Crypto)Marin Digital Ventures NIV +2 more

Parclparcl.co in 𝕏

Parcl provides daily real estate market signals, ownership data, and tools for analyzing how housing markets move, including a portfolio-search tool for finding single-family rental portfolios and data/resolution services for housing-related prediction markets.

Data & InfrastructureFintechPropTechNew York City, US

Jason Lewris(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures Dragonfly Hack VC LAB Ventures Metastable ParaFi Capital

Perennialperennial.financeDefunct

Perennial was a crypto/DeFi application, created by Equilibria, that has been sunsetted and taken offline.

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures Variant Fund

poap

Mint memories as digital mementos.

Co-investorsCollab+Currency Lattice Capital

POAPpoap.xyz in 𝕏Defunct

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 & Web3Social

Co-investors359 Capital A.Capital Ventures Advancit Capital Collab+Currency Inspired Capital Lattice Capital +3 more

Polynomialpolynomial.fi 𝕏

Polynomial is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange built on its own Ethereum rollup, offering traders up to 50x leverage with gasless transactions and cross-margin functionality.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Pond

Privyprivy.io 𝕏

Privy provides infrastructure for building crypto wallets and moving digital assets, enabling developers to integrate wallet functionality, stablecoin transfers, and automated payment systems into their applications.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechBoston, US

Asta L.(Founder)inBen Jabbawy(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSamuel Clemens(Director)

Co-investorsBitDAO BlueYard Capital Coinbase Ventures Electric Capital Lattice Capital Mantle Network +8 more

Rainrain.xyz in 𝕏

Rain builds stablecoin infrastructure for financial institutions and partners, providing payment cards accepted at millions of merchant locations, digital wallets, and global settlement rails.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Farooq Malik(CEO)

Co-investors57Blocks Capital Coinbase Ventures Dragonfly FirstMark Capital ICONIQ Mirana Ventures +8 more

Ratedrated.network 𝕏

Rated provides data pipelines and an API for blockchain staking-layer data, tracking validator rewards, benchmarking node operator performance, and serving operator metadata.

Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Co-investors1confirmation Maelstrom

Relayrelay.link

Relay is a New York-based cross-chain payments infrastructure provider offering an API, app and underlying infra.

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures Square Peg Capital Variant Fund General Catalyst

Remixremix.gg 𝕏

Remix is a platform where users describe a game in natural language, watch it generate, and publish it to the App Store and Google Play in a single flow.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGaming

Brandon Yowakim(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures Lemniscap Variant Fund Energy Impact Partners Sequoia Capital

Reservoirreservoir.tools

Powerful APIs for NFT buying, selling & data

Danny Bernstein(Founder)in

Co-investorsNascent Sancus Ventures Union Square Ventures (USV)Asymmetric Capital Partners Founder Collective SevenX Ventures +1 more

Rio

Riverriver.site

RWA

RWA.xyz Analytics on Real-World Assetsrwa.xyz 𝕏

RWA.xyz is a data platform that tracks tokenized real-world assets and the broader tokenization ecosystem, covering asset managers, tokenization platforms, and blockchain networks.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Adam Lawrence(Founder)in

Co-investorsBreed Department of XYZ GateCap Ventures Nascent Venture Dept.Rainfall Ventures

Rysk

Rysk V12rysk.finance

Rysk Finance is a decentralized finance platform that enables users to earn yield on cryptocurrency assets through covered call strategies and cash secured puts across multiple blockchain networks.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures Lemniscap

Satsuma

Sentimentsentiment.xyz 𝕏

Sentiment was a leverage lending protocol on blockchain that allowed permissionless creation of isolated lending pools with customizable risk management.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsYunt Capital

Sherlocksherlock.xyz in 𝕏

Sherlock provides security services for blockchain protocols, including collaborative audits, bug bounties, and financial coverage to protect smart contracts and decentralized systems.

Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity

JackinEvertin

Co-investorsA.Capital Ventures Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)CoinFund Lattice Capital Maven 11

Shinkaishinkai.com 𝕏

Shinkai is a decentralized AI platform that lets users build and run autonomous agents across multiple AI networks (local, cloud, and decentralized models) while keeping identity, data, and payments under user control.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools

Co-investorsBorderless Venture D1 Ventures dlab LongHash Ventures Sora Ventures

Socketsocket.tech

Socket is a multichain interoperability stack; the supplied sources contain no substantive coverage of the company.

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures Fourth Revolution Capital (4RC)Nascent

Sound

Sound.xyzsound.xyz inDefunct

Sound was a music platform for artists and collectors to mint and collect music onchain; the platform is now offline as of January 2026, with all collected music and metadata preserved on decentralized storage.

Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3

David Greenstein(Founder)in

Co-investorsA.Capital Ventures a16z crypto Andreessen Horowitz Coinbase Ventures Collab+Currency Ballistic Ventures +6 more

Stackstack.so

Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures

Stackr

Stackr Labsstackrlabs.xyz 𝕏

Stackr provides tools for building app-specific rollups and micro-rollups on Ethereum using web2 programming languages like Python and JavaScript.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3

Co-investorsKira Studio Lemniscap

Syndicatesyndicate.io 𝕏Defunct

Syndicate provides infrastructure to scale the Ethereum blockchain, supporting staking and development operations on the network.

Crypto & Web3Mountain View, US

William Raphael Papper(Executive Officer, Director)Ian John Lee(Executive Officer, Director)ian //(Founder)in

Co-investorsA.Capital Ventures a16z crypto Andreessen Horowitz Atelier BlueYard Capital Cathay Innovation +12 more

t2t2.world

Co-investorsInflection.xyz SevenX Ventures

TACEOtaceo.io in 𝕏

TACEO builds a privacy layer for public blockchains, offering composable primitives for confidential stablecoin payments, private treasury and DeFi operations, identity verification without exposing user data, and confidential transactions for AI agent commerce.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsPolymorphic Capital Pragma Ventures

Tenbintenbinlabs.xyz

Co-investorsReverie Wintermute

Tephratephra.com in 𝕏

Tephra provides a global money movements API for moving funds across fiat, stablecoins, cryptocurrencies, and bank rails, along with an onchain spending and savings account.

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS

Turnkeyturnkey.com in 𝕏May 2026 · $12.5M

Turnkey provides operational wallet infrastructure that lets companies coordinate crypto payments across internal custodial wallets with role-based policies, transaction limits, approval rules, and gas sponsorship.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech

Bryce Ferguson(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsBain Capital Crypto Faction Figment Mirana Ventures Pathlight Ventures Sequoia Capital +6 more

Upshiftupshift.finance in 𝕏

Upshift provides infrastructure for neobanks and asset managers to launch custom DeFi vaults supporting multi-protocol yield generation, PayFi products, and real-world asset strategies.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

US Bitcoin Corp

Asher Genoot(Cofounder)

Venice

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Venice AI provides a privacy-focused platform for generating text, images, video, audio, and code using open-source and third-party AI models, with uncensored and anonymized processing.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSheridan, US

ERIK VOORHEES(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)JESSE PROUDMAN(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardHASEEB QURESHI(Director)in

Co-investorsEquilibrium Ventures NIV Service Provider Capital Coinbase Ventures Dragonfly

Zerousbitcoin.com

Co-investorsChaos Ventures Green Meadow Ventures Ossian Capital Visary Capital Blockchain Founders Fund

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.

Exits · 3

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

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Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Fundraisers to take on 24-hour Relay For Life - Manx Radio

Relay · manxradio.com · Aug 29, 2026

Weekly funding roundup: The startup deals you may have missed in week of August 23

August · moneycontrol.com · Aug 22, 2026

Will VVV token rally as Venice AI revenue tops $100 million?

Venice AI · invezz.com · Aug 18, 2026

Boston-based startup raises $8M to give water heaters a brain: 'Everyone is chasing AI, but we see giant opportunities in overlooked places'

Reservoir · thecooldown.com · Aug 16, 2026

0x Swap API on Solana is now in open beta

0x Labs Decentralized P2P trading · 0x Labs Blog · Aug 4, 2026

Remix News - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check

Remix · mediabiasfactcheck.com · Jul 29, 2026

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Selects Figment as a Staking Provider for Its New Ether and SOL ETPs

Figment · businesswire.com · Jul 28, 2026

FOMO App Breaks Weekly Revenue ATH at $1.57M: Solana Social Trading July 2026 | Solana Compass

fomo · solanacompass.com · Jul 28, 2026

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Archetype made?: Archetype has 87 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Archetype invest at?: Archetype invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What is Archetype's typical check size?: Archetype typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
What sectors does Archetype focus on?: Archetype focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3.
Where is Archetype located?: Archetype is headquartered in New York, US.
Does Archetype lead rounds?: Yes, Archetype leads investment rounds.
Who does Archetype co-invest with?: Archetype most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, A.Capital Ventures, Lemniscap, among 234 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Investing to Accelerate the Decentralized Future, with Dmitriy Berenzon (Archetype Fund)

WAGMI Ventures Podcast · Dmitriy Berenzon

Web3 w/ Me: Archetype's Ash Egan Defines Web3

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Co-investors · 50

Nascent

Nascent is a crypto-focused investment firm that builds, invests in, and competes across open markets and permissionless technologies, deploying both venture and liquid strategies as active participants in the crypto ecosystem.

Both backed · 7

0x Labs Decentralized P2P trading Obol Obol Network Reservoir RWA.xyz Analytics on Real-World Assets Socket Syndicate

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

Both backed · 6

Alchemy Freatic Merkle Manufactory, Inc.Sound.xyz SyndicateLoop

$500K – $50M

Paradigm

Paradigm is a frontier technology investment firm that builds and invests in early-stage companies across crypto, AI, robotics, and other emerging technology areas.

Both backed · 5

Chainalysis Merkle Manufactory, Inc.Monad Moonpay Privy

$1M – $100M

Pantera Capital

Pantera Capital is a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused investment firm that pioneered early crypto funds in the U.S., offering exposure through venture equity, early-stage tokens, and liquid tokens.

Both backed · 5

0x Labs Decentralized P2P trading Alchemy Altius Execution Layer Gondi Obol Network

$5M – $100M

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City that invests at the edge of large markets undergoing transformation from technological and societal pressures.

Both backed · 4

Base fomo Merkle Manufactory, Inc.Reservoir

$1M – $8M

Electric Capital

Electric Capital is an early-stage venture firm founded in 2018 that backs founders building trust-minimized technologies across AI, crypto, fintech, and related sectors.

Both backed · 4

Freatic Monad Privy Syndicate

$1M – $20M

Dragonfly

Dragonfly is a crypto-focused investment firm comprising Dragonfly Ventures, Dragonfly Liquid, and Metastable, an early crypto hedge fund it acquired. It invests in and researches blockchain, tokens, and crypto companies.

Both backed · 4

Monad Parcl Rain Venice AI

$3M – $30M

Placeholder VC

Placeholder is a venture capital firm that has invested in over 75 early-stage crypto companies and decentralized networks since 2017.

Both backed · 4

Gyroscope Monad Obol NetworkMovement Labs

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.

Both backed · 3

Privy Remix Turnkey

$4.4M – $214M

Robot Ventures

Robot Ventures is a $75M early-stage crypto fund founded and led by Robert Leshner (Compound) and Tarun Chitra (Gauntlet), who actively run major DeFi companies while managing the fund, giving founders direct access to operators at the center of on-chain markets. The fund specializes in backing highly technical crypto primitives at the pre-seed stage before they become marquee names, leveraging deep quant research expertise to evaluate complex DeFi mechanisms that many generalist VCs struggle to understand.

Both backed · 3

Exolabs GyroscopeMovement Labs

$100K – $1M

VOLT CAPITAL

Volt Capital is a crypto-native venture fund that originated from the Token Daily community platform and maintains a separate validator arm to deeply understand blockchain networks they don't even invest in. The firm focuses on early-stage companies that use crypto rails but have familiar Web2-style business models, deliberately targeting overlooked areas from previous cycles while other VCs chase newer narratives.

Both backed · 3

Lagrange Merkle Manufactory, Inc.Sound.xyz

$100K – $1M

Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.

Both backed · 2

Alchemy Lagrange

$500K – $5M

▶38 more co-investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners Hack VC CoinFund Earl Grey Capital ParaFi Capital NIV Collab+Currency Techstars Index Ventures Kleiner Perkins Multicoin Capital Bain Capital Crypto Alumni Ventures Slow Ventures Fifth Wall Resolute Ventures Initialized Capital Winklevoss Capital Causal Galaxy Digital Assets Fund Mosaic Ventures Seed Club Ventures Hummingbird Ventures Scalar Capital LCX LAUNCHub Ventures Adjacent Ventures Llc The Alchemy Fund Angel Invest Alchemy Ventures Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.Cambrian Asset Management Gemini Israel Ventures Mechanism Capital Cadenza Consensys Ventures Katapult Africa FOV Ventures

Firms observed investing alongside Archetype, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Archetype's recorded portfolio.

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