Asymmetric
Venture capitalMiami · Pre-Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
Also known as ASYMMETRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Investment thesis
Asymmetric invests in the digital transformation of society through a global macro and technological lens. Its VC Fund I is an early-stage, blockchain-agnostic fund investing across the full spectrum of web3 and crypto companies and protocols, ranging from DeFi to mobile and beyond. The firm also operates special purpose vehicles, such as the Asymmetric Circle SPV, which gives investors access to private shares in companies like Circle Inc. at a discount.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 25 of 33 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×23Fintech ×14Data & Infrastructure ×13Developer Tools ×9Enterprise Software ×4AI & Machine Learning ×2SaaS ×2Cloud Computing ×1
HQs:United States×11
Investments · 33 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12022 · 12 dated
Affine DeFi offers stETH-based liquid restaking with instant entry and fast withdrawals, delegating to top operators and onboarding AVS while sharing airdrops.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesPropel Venture Partners
Alpen Labs builds a Bitcoin layer-2 network that enables financial applications through a ZK rollup with optimistic bridge architecture.
Crypto & Web3FintechNew York City, US
Abishkar Chhetri(Founder)Pramod Kandel(Founder)Simanta Gautam(Founder)John LightTrey Del BonisLiam Eagen
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsCastle Island VenturesHivemind Ventures, LlcLaunchpad CapitalMirana VenturesResolute VenturesSTILLMARK+3 more
Arch is a Bitcoin-native chain and execution environment (ArchVM) that lets institutions and users borrow, lend, earn yield, swap, and build financial applications that settle directly to Bitcoin without bridging, wrapping, or leaving self-custody.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Amine ElQaraoui(Founder)in
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsMulticoin Capital
Bitlayer is a Bitcoin-focused blockchain infrastructure project offering YBTC (yield-bearing BTC), multichain support, and BTC deposit and trading functionality.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investors57Blocks CapitalABCDE CapitalAlphaLab CapitalBaseTwoCaladanNxGen+10 more
Autonomous software development for the enterprise (AI)
Cambridge, US
Brian Elliott(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inSiddhant Pardeshi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Siddhant Prakash Pardeshi(Director)Sid Pardeshi(Founder)in
BoardSanjot Malhi(Director)in
Co-investorsAsymmetric Capital PartnersBattery VenturesBosch VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersLink VenturesNew York Life Ventures+9 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
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investors6th Man VenturesGraph VenturesParaFi CapitalWWVenturesBain Capital VenturesBetaworks+5 more
Denormalized provides a serverless platform for querying and transforming real-time data streams without requiring users to manage underlying infrastructure or stream processing systems.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Amey Chaugule(Founder)inMatt Green(Founder)in
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsY Combinator
Dialect provides infrastructure for Web3 user experiences, offering Blinks (embedded blockchain transactions) and Alerts (onchain notifications) that integrate directly into digital platforms without redirects.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Chris Osborn(Founder)in
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsElectric CapitalMulticoin CapitalProtagonistY Combinator500 GlobalHearstLab+4 more
Dynamic provides wallet and payment infrastructure for applications and platforms, enabling integration of blockchain-based transactions.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechSaaSNew York, US
Yoni GoldberginItai Turbahn(Executive Officer, Director)inJonatan Goldberg Kidon(Executive Officer, Director)
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBreyer CapitalChapter OneHypersphere Ventures
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Fractal Bitcoin is a Bitcoin-based blockchain network with a standard indexing service (FIP-101) that lets indexers maintain the indexing layer while FB token holders stake FB non-custodially to participate in Index Mining and earn block rewards.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Glittr is a UTXO-based meta protocol that lets developers build dApps directly on Bitcoin Layer 1 using native Bitcoin transactions and OP_RETURN, without VMs, bridges, multisig, or Layer 2s.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
BOB is a hybrid Bitcoin/EVM layer built on the OP stack that provides Bitcoin DeFi—swapping, saving, earning, staking, lending, and borrowing with native BTC via BitVM, without wrappers or custodians.
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesIOSG VenturesRockawayXSignum CapitalSilvermine CapitalWeb3com Ventures+1 more
Hello Moon provides blockchain infrastructure, staking services, and data solutions for crypto developers.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsBlockchain CapitalFuture Perfect VenturesParaFi Capital
Hyperlane is an open source, permissionless interoperability framework for connecting over 150 blockchains, enabling cross-chain messaging, asset bridging, swaps, asset issuance, and governance across EVM, Solana, Cosmos, and custom VM architectures.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Asa Oines(Founder)in
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalBitDAOBootNodeFigmentHack VCHypersphere Ventures+7 more
Jambo builds low-cost Web3 smartphones, a multi-chain wallet and dApp store aimed at emerging-market users.
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsEdessa CapitalFlori VenturesHypersphere VenturesPantera CapitalParadigmParaFi Capital+3 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)Zanyar Sherwani(Executive Officer, Director)Zano Sherwani(Founder)in
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investors6th Man VenturesElectric CapitalFramework VenturesMulticoin Capitala16z cryptoAndreessen Horowitz
Light Protocol provides infrastructure and APIs based on ZK (zero-knowledge) compression to reduce the cost of scaling payments, privacy, and program-derived addresses (PDAs) on the Solana blockchain.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchaindlabHypersphere Ventures
Liquidium is a decentralized, non-custodial cross-chain lending protocol that lets users supply native Bitcoin, ETH, or ICP to earn yield or borrow assets like USDT against Bitcoin collateral without centralized wrapping or bridges.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsACTAI VenturesAGE Crypto
Magna is an all-in-one platform for crypto companies to launch, manage, and scale tokens, offering token operations, treasury management, stablecoin management, and distribution across a global web3 ecosystem.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Bruno Faviero(Founder)inArun Kirubarajan(Founder)in
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsBehind Genius VenturesBig Brain HoldingsDorm RoomMarin Digital VenturesOlive Tree CapitalY Combinator+2 more
Mezo is a Bitcoin-backed lending and yield platform that allows users to borrow stablecoins (MUSD) using Bitcoin as collateral and earn yield through managed vault strategies.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Matt Luongo(Founder & CEO)
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsBaseTwoDraper DragonFlowdeskMulticoin CapitalNascentPantera Capital+7 more
NEAR is an open blockchain infrastructure powering the agent economy, providing cross-chain execution, confidential settlement, and private inference capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Miami, US
Illia Polosukhin(Co-Founder)
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAccompliceAdvanced BlockchainAmbush CapitalAmplify Partners+35 more
Boulder-based game studio building the Unioverse, a community-owned, blockchain-linked sci-fi videogame franchise.
Boulder, US
ANTHONY HARMAN(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)ANNA FARR(Executive Officer)WYETH RIDGWAY(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investors2 Punks CapitalAppWorks VenturesBrainstorm VenturesResolute Ventures
Anatolie Diordita(Founder)inRobert Clarke(Founder)inDan Hepworth(Founder)in
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesHash3 CapitalNascentVariant Fund
SatLayer is a Bitcoin restaking protocol that lets holders deposit Bitcoin or liquid staking tokens into vaults to earn rewards and provide shared security for Bitcoin Validated Services (BVSs).
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Luke Xie(Founder)in
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsBloccelerate VCHack VC
Sei is a high-performance EVM Layer 1 blockchain built for trading and digital asset markets, featuring onchain order books and the Autobahn multi-proposer consensus mechanism.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Jayendra Jog(Founder)
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCogitent VenturesCVP NoLimitHyperithmHypersphere Ventures+3 more
Spice AI provides a unified data and AI engine that enables developers to build AI-driven applications without requiring specialized expertise in data science or machine learning.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US
Luke Kim(Founder)inLane Harris(Co-Founder & VP of Engineering)inPhillip LeBlanc(Co-Founder & CTO)inPhillip Michael LeBlanc(Co-founder)Lane Stroud HarrisTae Hyung Kim
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesCardinia VenturesGeek VenturesMadrona Venture GroupPICUS CAPITALUtiliti Group+2 more
Syndica is a Solana blockchain infrastructure company providing RPC node services, developer tooling and a 0%-commission validator.
Danial A.(Founder)in
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesInspired CapitalKindred VenturesResolute Ventures
TipLink provides a Solana crypto wallet that users create and log into with a Google account, aimed at making digital assets accessible to non-crypto users.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Ian Krotinsky(Founder)in
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsMulticoin CapitalSamsung Next
Turnkey provides Wallet-as-a-Service infrastructure that lets developers create and manage secure, non-custodial crypto wallets through a single API across multiple blockchains including EVM, Solana, and Bitcoin.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsArchetypeBain Capital CryptoFactionFigmentMirana VenturesPathlight Ventures+6 more
Xai is a web3 gaming platform that offers incentives, financial support, and infrastructure to game developers building projects on its network.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsImpossible FinanceYat SiuYolo Investments
Zest Protocol is a self-custodial lending protocol for Bitcoin that lets users borrow stablecoins against their BTC and earn yield in BTC, using BitVM to enforce vault rules on the Bitcoin base layer.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Tycho Onnasch(Founder)in
PartnerJoe McCann· solo GP
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesGossamer CapitalHyperithmMarin Digital VenturesMitonC
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Zest · infotechlead.com · Aug 21, 2026
Cube · en.sedaily.com · Aug 4, 2026
Spice AI · medianews4u.com · Jul 18, 2026
Blitzy · nixonpeabody.com · Jun 4, 2026
Turnkey · finsmes.com · May 14, 2026
Jito Labs · refreshmiami.com · Oct 20, 2025
Dialect · weetracker.com · Sep 10, 2025
Bitlayer · ainvest.com · Aug 15, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Asymmetric invest at?
- Asymmetric invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Asymmetric's typical check size?
- Asymmetric typically writes checks of $10K – $1M.
- What sectors does Asymmetric focus on?
- Asymmetric focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Fintech.
- Where is Asymmetric located?
- Asymmetric is headquartered in Miami, US.
- Does Asymmetric lead rounds?
- Asymmetric typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamMeme Coins, Solana's Rise, the Future of Crypto | Joe McCann (Asymmetric), Ryan Rasmussen (Bitwise)
Howard Lindzon · Joe McCann
Daily Call 2/14/24 w/ Joe McCann: Founder, CEO, CIO, Asymmetric
CryptoOracle Collective · Joe McCann · youtube.com
Joe McCann | Founder of Asymmetric: Risk, Solana, Aptos, Sui, L2s | Logan Jastremski Podcast #17
Logan Jastremski · Joe McCann
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Co-investors · 25
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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.
Picus Capital is a privately financed venture capital investor focused on early-stage technology ventures, having backed over 170 companies with a long-term, entrepreneur-aligned approach.
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Solana Ventures is an investment firm that backs teams building on the Solana blockchain to accelerate innovation and drive onchain adoption.
Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-founded venture firm that partners with founders across early and acceleration stages, providing capital plus hands-on support in recruiting, strategy, business development, and fundraising.
Paradigm is a frontier technology investment firm that builds and invests in early-stage companies across crypto, AI, robotics, and other emerging technology areas.
Hashed is a venture firm backing founders building in AI, crypto, and frontier technology, offering hands-on ecosystem support to portfolio companies from inception to global scale.
Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.
Pioneer Fund is a venture capital firm investing in the top Y Combinator startups.
Freestyle Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco that invests in consumer and web-based enterprise technology companies. The firm provides capital and operational support to portfolio companies.
Not Boring Capital operates as a "solo GP + media flywheel" fund where Packy McCormick runs a one-person VC fund tightly coupled to his Not Boring newsletter, using writing to source deals, win allocation, and amplify portfolio companies through content creation rather than traditional multi-partner firm structures. The fund's strategy combines extreme breadth with minimal ownership—deploying across 79 companies in 19 verticals without board seats or lead positions—while offering founders a unique value proposition through Sponsored Deep Dives that serve as both revenue generation and in-depth company analysis that helps founders tell their stories to customers, hires, and future investors.
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