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New York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 17 people tracked
Also known as Archetype (prev. Acrylic)
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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.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 17 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
3 people who came through Archetype went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 72 of 107 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×46Fintech ×28Data & Infrastructure ×22AI & Machine Learning ×21Developer Tools ×15Enterprise Software ×13SaaS ×13Cloud Computing ×9
HQs:United States×34Canada×1Switzerland×1Colombia×1Mexico×1Norway×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 33 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×63 founders×74+ founders×9
Where their founders studiedfrom 38 founders with education data
Brown University ×2Stanford University ×2The George Washington University ×2UC San Diego ×2University of Puget Sound ×2University of Waterloo ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 43 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×16Economics ×9Engineering ×9Business & Management ×5Finance & Accounting ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 47 founders with career history
Microsoft ×4Coinbase ×3Google ×3Bank of America Merrill Lynch ×2dYdX ×2Intuit ×2Lazard ×2MoonPay ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 45 with degree data)
Investments · 107 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 52025 · 72024 · 52023 · 42022 · 72021 · 129 dated
0x provides onchain routing and liquidity aggregation infrastructure for enterprise wallets, payments platforms, and exchanges.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Will Warren(Founder)inAmir Bandeali(Founder)inAlex Q. Xu(Co-Founder)inFulvia Morales(Director of Product (previously Group Product Manager))Stuart Law(Head of Operations)inTheo Gonella(Group Product Manager)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesBitDAOBlockchain CapitalBlockchain.com VenturesCoinbase VenturesDeepTech Ventures+15 more
Hut 8 provides secure Canadian cloud, colocation, backup, and disaster recovery services for businesses with data residency, compliance, and uptime requirements.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnergy
Asher GenootinSean Glennan(Chief Financial Officer)inMichael Ho(Chief Strategy Officer & Director)inVictor Semah(Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary)
Co-investors25MadisonBitfuryCoatue ManagementFlucas VenturesOssian CapitalVisary Capital
Alchemy is a platform layer that enables developers to build applications on blockchain networks.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Nikil Viswanathan(Founder)inJoe Lau(Founder)Chong Shen(Founder)inJoseph Lau(Founder)Khanjan Desai(Founder)in
Co-investorsPantera CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Founders FundGoodwater CapitalK5 GlobalSouth Park Commons+29 more
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-investorsCoinFundOlive Tree CapitalWavemaker PartnersBlockchain CapitalDelphi VenturesFramework Ventures+3 more
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 NoLimitDigital Currency GroupNo Limit Holdings (NLH)Pantera Capital
Ansible is an open-source IT automation engine that handles provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, and orchestration for IT teams.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsMenlo Ventures
Modern Treasury provides a payment infrastructure platform that enables companies to launch multi-rail payment products supporting both fiat and stablecoins through a single API.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Co-investorsArca FundsSoma CapitalBlocktower CapitalCastle Island VenturesEniac Ventures
August Digital builds on-chain infrastructure systems for institutional use, emphasizing reliability and risk management.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Aya Kantorovich(Founder)in
Co-investors6th Man VenturesMaven 11
Beam is a cloud platform for developers to build and ship AI products without managing infrastructure, servers, or containers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Eli Mernit(Founder)inLuke Lombardi(Founder)inAdam Eagle(Founder)Chinakrit Piamchon(Founder)Dan Mottice(Founder)Nattapat Chaimanowong(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesSoma CapitalUncorrelated VenturesY CombinatorAbacus Capital GroupAC Ventures+24 more
Cascade is a strategy execution platform that helps organizations turn long-term corporate strategy into actionable goals across teams, with AI-powered executive summaries and reporting to track progress.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Tom Wright(Founder)in
Co-investorsOneVenturesA16Z SpeedrunAda VenturesBlitzscaling VenturesCarthona CapitalCoinbase Ventures+5 more
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Cascade was a no-code data platform that let non-technical business analysts import, transform, and combine large datasets and present findings through interactive data apps.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jon(Co-founder)Jake Fuentes(Founder)
Co-investorsExpaNat TurnerOctaveA16Z SpeedrunAda VenturesCoinbase Ventures+2 more
Chainalysis provides investigative services and training programs for cryptocurrency compliance and risk mitigation.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechNew York, US
Jonathan Levin(Founder)inMichael Gronager(Founder)inJan Møller(Founder)inRakib Azad(Executive Officer)in
BoardPhilippe Botteri(Director)inSarah Tavel(Director)in
PartnerAsh Egan· led
Co-investorsAccelAdditionAlbionVCBlackstoneBNY MellonCoatue Management+36 more
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 VenturesWeb3com VenturesCircle VenturesIllia PolosukhinNear Foundation
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 VenturesAdvancit CapitalEv3 Ventures LlcFlowdeskLattice CapitalSilvermine Capital+3 more
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)inNick Soman(Founder)Richard Luck(Founder)
Co-investorsBitDAOCircle VenturesMantle NetworkSoma CapitalY CombinatorAngelDAO+12 more
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 HoldingsBreedPragma VenturesRobot Ventures
Farcaster is a decentralized social network where users own their identity, aimed at connecting people and building software on top of the network.
Crypto & Web3SocialVenice, US
Daniel Romero(Executive Officer, Director)Varun Srinivasan(Founder)Dan Romero(Founder)
Co-investors1confirmationA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzChapter OneCoinbase Ventures+18 more
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)inAndrew Cronk(Founder)Matt Harrop(Founder)Ryan Funduk(Founder)
Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)10T Fund3cubed VenturesAppWorks VenturesB Capital GroupB4 Capital+23 more
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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
Dax Hamman(Executive Officer, Director)inSe Yong Park(Co-Founder)inPaul Erlanger(Co-Founder & CEO)inPrashan Dharmasena(Co-Founder)in
BoardChetan Puttagunta(Director; Benchmark General Partner)inJulia Andre(Director; Index Ventures Partner)in
Co-investorsBalaji SrinivasanBryan PellegrinoCoinbase VenturesicebergyIndex VenturesIvan Soto-Wright+20 more
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 cryptoAndreessen HorowitzAnagram VenturesElectric CapitalJutta SteinerMacLane Wilkison+5 more
GONDI is a lending protocol that allows NFT holders to borrow cryptocurrency against their NFT collateral while maintaining ownership.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsMyelin VCPantera Capital6th Man VenturesDragonflyFoundation CapitalHack VC+1 more
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 VCRobot Ventures
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
Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh(Founder)
Co-investors1k(x)1kxBitDAOLattice CapitalMantle NetworkAlchemy Ventures+5 more
Loop builds AI-powered software for transportation spend and payment management in the supply chain, using an LLM and an "atomic task" system to structure supply chain data and automate back office financial processes.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Matt McKinney(Founder)inShaosu Liu(Founder)inCarey Anne Nadeau(Founder)Carey Anne Nadeaux(Founder)Cato Pastoll(Founder)Dustin Cavanaugh(Founder)
Co-investors8VCIndex VenturesFlexportFounders FundSusa VenturesValor Equity Partners+13 more
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(Founder)inBryce Crawford(Founder)
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Acrew CapitalCoinbase VenturesEarl Grey CapitalKairos AngelsQED Investors+16 more
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(CEO)inDimitri Dadiomov(CEO)inSam Aarons(CTO)inRyan Jackson(Product Manager)inAndy Qin(Software Engineer)inRyan Hall(Staff Software Engineer)
Co-investorsArtisanal VenturesCastle Island VenturesCervinCleo CapitalFour CitiesMischief+16 more
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 & CEO)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesConsenSys MeshLongHash VenturesBpifrance
Monad is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain designed for fast, low-cost transactions.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureCalifon, US
Eunice Giarta Hon(Executive Officer)James Hunsaker(Founder)Keone Hon(Founder)inEunice Giarta(Founder)
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalAmbush CapitalBankless VenturesBig Brain HoldingsBloccelerate VCBODL+33 more
Christian Almenar(Founder)Jacolon Walker(Founder)
Co-investorsAlloy FundDragonflyIndex Ventures
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)inMaximilian Crown(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors1/1 Capitalalphabet angelsBlossom CapitalBroadLight CapitalChapter OneCoatue Management+24 more
Cooper Scanlon(Founder)Rushi Manche(Founder)
Co-investorsBankless VenturesBorderless VentureCitizenX Crypto VenturesContinue CapitalEnigma FundEterna Capital+17 more
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)inDonald DeSantis(Founder)Kareem Zaki(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAvid VenturesGlynn Capital ManagementHomebrewTusk Venture PartnersGV (Google Ventures)+3 more
Obol provides distributed validator infrastructure for Ethereum staking, enabling institutional operators to secure cryptocurrency assets across the blockchain network.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureZug, CH
Collin Myers(Founder)inOisín Kyne(Founder)inSchmiedt Mara(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainAmbush CapitalCoinbase VenturesDivergenceFigmentMaelstrom+6 more
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 CapitalDuke Capital Partners
Odyn is building a decentralized, on-demand compute network for AI, research, and on-chain applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3
Co-investorsFramework Ventures
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)in
BoardAaron Marz(Director)Hersh Patel(Director)
Co-investorsDepartment of XYZEv3 Ventures LlcGD1Inception CapitalMarin Digital VenturesNIV+3 more
Padel.haus operates premium padel clubs in the United States, offering courts, locker rooms, and fitness areas along with programming such as clinics, tournaments, open plays, and private events.
ConsumerSports TechWellness & FitnessNew York City, US
Santiago Gomez(Founder)in
Co-investorsA-Force VenturesAmbush CapitalAO Ventures (Tennis Australia's venture capital fund)FJ LabsFW CapitalLeft Lane Capital
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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 VenturesEthereumLemniscapUnion Square Ventures (USV)AdditionBinance Labs+3 more
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 VenturesDragonflyFJ LabsHack VCLAB VenturesMetastable+9 more
A decentralized trading platform offering city indexes tied to real estate markets.
Co-investorsHack VCEberg CapitalFifth Wall
Perennial was a crypto/DeFi application, created by Equilibria, that has been sunsetted and taken offline.
Arjun Gupta(Founder)Craig Deebank(Founder)Kevin Britz(Founder)Sara Bonham(Founder)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesAugment VenturesSOSVVariant Fund
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 CapitalCollab+CurrencyInspired CapitalLattice Capital+10 more
A decentralized finance company that enables users to easily and securely purchase on-chain derivatives through a transparent and accessible platform.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Pond is a marketplace that connects dog buyers with vetted breeders, letting users browse puppy listings, review health tests and breeder documentation, communicate with breeders, and complete reservations through a secure payment system.
ConsumerMarketplaces
Bill Shi(Founder)Dylan Zhang(Founder)Masoud Younesi(Founder)
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)Asta Li(Founder)Henri Stern(Founder)in
BoardSamuel Clemens(Director)
Co-investorsBitDAOBlueYard CapitalBoxGroupCoinbase VenturesCypress Growth CapitalElectric Capital+12 more
Rain is a South African mobile network operator offering unlimited mobile data and home wifi services on month-to-month plans.
ConsumerHardwareIoT
Akbar Khan(Founder)Alex Bradford(Founder)Brandon Leigh(Founder)Charles Naut(Founder)Charles Yoo-Naut(Founder)Farooq Malik(Founder)
Co-investorsA'Z AngelsAzolla VenturesCadenzaCanonical CryptoConvective CapitalDBL Partners+13 more
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 CapitalCanonical CryptoCoinbase VenturesDragonflyFirstMark CapitalICONIQ+9 more
Rated provides network monitoring and API tools for operators in Web3 ecosystems to observe and validate blockchain network behavior.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Elias ImosAris Kkol
Co-investorsFigment1confirmationMaelstrom
Relay.app offered a workflow automation platform where users built workflows, sequences, and MCP servers with AI credits and connected third-party apps.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jacob Bank(Founder)Jay Chahal(Founder)Michael McFadden(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGeneral CatalystBlackbird VenturesBoxGroupDCVC (Data Collective)G2 Venture Partners+2 more
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Relay is a New York-based cross-chain payments infrastructure provider offering an API, app and underlying infra.
Co-investors1k(x)Coinbase VenturesSquare Peg CapitalVariant FundGeneral Catalyst
Remix is a mobile app that allows users to remix videos by pasting video links, adding photos, and instructing the app to make edits.
ConsumerCreator EconomySan Francisco, US
Sam Kaplan(CEO)inDaniel Getelman(Founder)inDanny Whalen(Founder)inSam Hashemi(Founder)inTiffany Chu(Founder)in
Co-investorsCorazon CapitalY CombinatorDecheng CapitalDesigner FundEnergy Impact PartnersSequoia Capital+1 more
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Remix is a browser-based platform where creators build and share free platformer games that others can play instantly and remix into their own levels.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGaming
Brandon Yowakim(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesCrit VenturesLemniscapVariant FundEnergy Impact PartnersSequoia Capital
Remix offers a web-based planning tool for public sector agencies, with a focus on transit network design.
GovTech
Dan GetelmanDanny WhalenSam HashemiTiffany Chu
Co-investors500 GlobalEnergy Impact PartnersSequoia Capital
Powerful APIs for NFT buying, selling & data
Danny Bernstein(Founder)in
Co-investors1k(x)NascentSancus VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)SevenX VenturesSquare Peg Capital+1 more
Rio is a stablecoin liquidity provider for Latin America that enables financial companies to access and convert between stablecoins and local currencies.
Crypto & Web3FintechMarketplacesMexico City, MX
Eudelio Garza(Founder)inJavier Roberts(Founder)inRicardo Villarreal Chapa(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdequita CapitalY CombinatorBlockchain CapitalHi2 Global Venture FundLayer One VenturesPioneer+3 more
Ritual is a research lab combining artificial intelligence, cryptography, algorithmic game theory, and distributed systems.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep Tech
Niraj Pant(Co-Founder)Akilesh Potti(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsBollinger Investment GroupEdessa CapitalHypersphere VenturesLvna CapitalMH Ventures+1 more
Ritual sells traceable dietary supplements direct to consumers, including a magnesium bisglycinate chelate product marketed for sleep, calm, and muscle recovery.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness
Akilesh Potti(Founder)Katerina Schneider(Founder)Larry Stinson(Founder)Niraj Pant(Founder)Ray Reddy(Founder)
Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersRivet VenturesUpfront VenturesBrandProject CapitalForerunner VenturesFounders Fund+10 more
Ritual is a traveling culinary series of one-night chef takeovers featuring Michelin-starred and World's 50 Best chefs, offering tasting menus co-created with host chefs and premium wine pairings at a limited number of tables.
ConsumerFoodTechMedellín, CO
Co-investorsKube VCForerunner VenturesFounders FundNorwest Venture Partners
Aravind Mani(Founder)Sai Mattapalli(Founder)Vipin George(Founder)
Co-investorsAMD VenturesFounders FundLowercarbon CapitalRoute 66 Ventures
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-investorsBreedDepartment of XYZGateCap VenturesNascentRainfall VenturesVenture Dept.
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 VenturesLemniscap
Satsuma provides infrastructure for developers to extract, transform, and query blockchain data from multiple networks via APIs.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jonathan Kau(Founder)inDan Li(Founder)inAlex Wilson
Co-investorsHomebrewY CombinatorInitialized CapitalMercury FundOpenSeaPantera Capital+1 more
SentiLink provides fraud detection and identity verification products and data solutions for financial institutions and businesses.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Max(Co-founder)Maxwell Blumenfeld(Founder)inNaftali Harris(Founder)inMax Blumenfeld(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCraft VenturesFelicis VenturesFifth Down CapitalFlexcap VenturesNew York Life Ventures+30 more
Sentiment was a leverage lending protocol on blockchain that allowed permissionless creation of isolated lending pools with customizable risk management.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Matt Grant(Founder)in
Co-investorsYunt Capital
Sherlock provides security services for blockchain protocols, including collaborative audits, bug bounties, and financial coverage to protect smart contracts and decentralized systems.
Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)CoinFundLattice CapitalMaven 11
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 VentureD1 VenturesdlabLongHash VenturesSora Ventures
Socket is a developer-first platform that detects and blocks malicious packages in real time to protect organizations from software supply chain attacks.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSWilmington, US
Feross Aboukhadijeh(Founder)inJayant Keswani(Executive Officer)
BoardZane Lackey(Director)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzSouth Park CommonsUnusual VenturesVillage GlobalCrossbeam Venture Partners+4 more
Socket is a multichain interoperability stack; the supplied sources contain no substantive coverage of the company.
Co-investors515 VenturesCoinbase VenturesFourth Revolution Capital (4RC)NascentAbstract VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+1 more
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)inMatt Masurka(Founder)Vignesh Hirudayakanth(Founder)
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase VenturesCollab+CurrencyCrush Ventures+9 more
Co-investorsCoinbase Ventures
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 StudioLemniscap
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)inIan Lee(Founder)inWill Papper(Founder)
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzAtelierBlueYard CapitalCathay Innovation+28 more
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 CapitalPragma Ventures
Telegram is a cross-platform messaging application with encrypted, self-destructing messages, multi-device sync, and large group chats.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSocial
Co-investorsAfford.CapitalAlphabit FundAngelONE CapitalArrington CapitalBitDAOCapitânia Investimentos+48 more
Tenbin Labs builds an on-chain tokenization protocol for institutional-scale settlement, offering deep liquidity, instant redemption, and yield-bearing exposure to FX, commodities, and metals.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsReverieWintermuteBankless VenturesFalconX VenturesGalaxy VenturesGSR+1 more
Turnkey provides crypto wallet infrastructure for coordinating payments across internal, custodial wallets, with policy controls over fund flows, limits, roles, and approvals.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Bryce Ferguson(Founder)inJack Kearney(Founder)Sam McIngvale(Founder)
Co-investors20VCAsymmetricBain Capital CryptoFactionFigmentGalaxy Ventures+8 more
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
Aya Kantorovich(Founder)in
Co-investorsData Point CapitalRev1 Ventures
High performance computing (merger)
Asher Genoot(Cofounder)
Co-investorsBeaconsfield CapitalChaos VenturesGreen Meadow VenturesOssian CapitalVisary CapitalBlockchain Founders Fund
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)inJESSE PROUDMAN(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inErik Voorhees(Founder)Jesse Proudman(Founder)
BoardHASEEB QURESHI(Director)in
Co-investorsBanyan VenturesEquilibrium VenturesNIVService Provider CapitalCoinbase VenturesDragonfly+2 more
Webflow is a visual content management system and web design platform that enables creative teams to build, design, and publish brand-forward websites without heavy reliance on developers.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sergie Magdalin(CPO)inVlad Magdalin(Founder)inBryant Chou(CTO)inLinda Tong(Chief Executive Officer)inLinda Tong (CEO)(Founder)Jason Zucchetto(Senior Product Manager)
Co-investors007 Venture PartnersAccelADQAltra VentureAmino CapitalAstella+37 more
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Dinara Financial TechnologyghostwarpUneven LabsAltiusEssentialExoFloodFuture PrimitiveHerdHerd WebsiteMoving CastlesNavalabsOctaneOnce UponRWAStack TechnologiesStackrt2
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.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Archetype made?
- Archetype has 107 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 13 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 323 tracked co-investors.
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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.
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.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
Paradigm is a frontier technology investment firm that builds and invests in early-stage companies across crypto, AI, robotics, and other emerging technology areas.
Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders across industries and geographies, emphasizing the people behind ideas as much as the businesses themselves.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
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.
Placeholder is a venture capital firm that has invested in over 75 early-stage crypto companies and decentralized networks since 2017.
Union Square Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that invests across a broad range of technology sectors, presenting a large portfolio spanning crypto, fintech, climate, AI, education, health, and marketplaces.
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.
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.
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CoinFundTechstarsAlumni VenturesHack VCVOLT CAPITALLightspeed Venture PartnersKleiner PerkinsSlow VenturesFifth WallEarl Grey CapitalMulticoin CapitalParaFi CapitalNIVCollab+CurrencyInitialized CapitalScalar CapitalAlchemy VenturesEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.Cambrian Asset ManagementMechanism CapitalBain Capital CryptoCadenzaResolute VenturesWinklevoss CapitalCausalGalaxy Digital Assets FundMosaic VenturesSeed Club VenturesHummingbird VenturesLCXLAUNCHub VenturesAdjacent Ventures LlcThe Alchemy FundAngel InvestGemini Israel VenturesConsensys VenturesKatapult AfricaFOV Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Archetype, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Archetype's recorded portfolio.
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