Bain Capital Crypto
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Seed–Series C · 16 people tracked
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Investment thesis
The firm invests in crypto infrastructure projects and protocols, including platforms providing secure and scalable infrastructure for embedded wallets and onchain transaction automation, as well as cryptographic research and development.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 16 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Bain Capital Crypto went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 29 of 39 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×20Fintech ×14AI & Machine Learning ×7Cybersecurity ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4Developer Tools ×4Enterprise Software ×4Media & Entertainment ×4
HQs:United States×13Bermuda×1Canada×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×33 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data
Stanford University ×2Università Bocconi ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×3Economics ×3Engineering ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 12 founders with career history
Coinbase ×2Facebook ×2MakerDAO ×2Morgan Stanley ×2
Investments · 39 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 92025 · 42024 · 22023 · 32022 · 220 dated
Superstate builds tokenization infrastructure that puts securities such as private funds, mutual funds, ETFs, and company shares onchain, connecting them with crypto capital markets for 24/7 trading and DeFi use.
Crypto & Web3FintechNew York, US
Robert Leshner(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)Jim Hiltner(Co-founder & Head of Business Development)inDean Swennumson(Co-founder & Head of Operations)inJon Walch(Head of Engineering)inEmily Coleman(Head of Marketing & Communications)inAlex Zozos(General Counsel)in
Co-investorsHaun Ventures1kxArrington CapitalBrevan Howard DigitalBreyer CapitalCoinFund+10 more
Superstate provides tokenized real-world assets, including legally issued public-company equities and yield-bearing funds, held onchain in investors' own wallets.
Crypto & Web3FintechNew York, US
Dean Swennumson(Co-founder & Head of Operations)inRobert Leshner(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)Jim Hiltner(Co-founder & Head of Business Development)inJon Walch(Head of Engineering)inEmily Coleman(Head of Marketing & Communications)inAlex Zozos(General Counsel)in
Co-investors1kxArrington CapitalCoinFundBrevan Howard DigitalBreyer CapitalDistributed Global+13 more
World provides a system for verifying that online users are real, unique humans, combining privacy-preserving proof-of-human identity with financial infrastructure and a digital token.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US
Sam Altman(Co-founder & Chairman (Tools for Humanity))Alex Blania(Co-founder & CEO (Tools for Humanity))inMax Novendstern(Co-founder (Tools for Humanity))in
Co-investorsBlockchain CapitalAndreessen HorowitzKhosla Venturesa16z cryptoAlphaLab CapitalArctic Digital+9 more
World is a decentralized protocol providing universal proof of human identity for the internet, along with financial infrastructure and a native token called WLD, operated through the World App and World Chain blockchain.
Crypto & Web3FintechSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US
Sam Altman(Co-founder & Chairman, Tools for Humanity)Alex Blania(Co-founder & CEO, Tools for Humanity)inMax Novendstern(Co-founder, Tools for Humanity)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBlockchain CapitalKhosla Ventures1confirmationCoinFundDigital Currency Group+6 more
Bankless is a global community providing educational content and resources to help users navigate and understand cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
Crypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsBankless VenturesCoinbase VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBrevan Howard DigitalCapitalGCoatue Management+6 more
Bluesky is a social media platform built as a Public Benefit Corporation.
Developer ToolsSector AgnosticSocial
BoardJack Dorsey(CEO @ Automattic)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBlockchain CapitalEterna CapitalEx/AntePlus Ultra Capital PartnersStrawberry Creek Ventures+4 more
Bluesky is an open, decentralized social network built on the AT Protocol (atproto), offering users customizable feeds, moderation tools, and a portable identity across platforms.
Developer ToolsMedia & EntertainmentSocial
Co-investorsVery Serious VenturesAlumni VenturesAnthos CapitalBain Capital VenturesBlockchain CapitalBloomberg Beta+1 more
Bluesky is a social networking application built on the AT Protocol (atproto).
ConsumerSocial
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAvalanche VCBasecamp FundAnthos CapitalBain Capital VenturesBlockchain Capital+2 more
Early-stage fund built around a collective of Nordic and Baltic founders.
Co-investorsAspire11Elmehøj VenturesWave VenturesAntlerFarvatn VentureSkyfall Ventures
Celestia designs and delivers custom, high-throughput blockchain chains for enterprises, separating compute and storage so each scales independently.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Mustafa Al-Bassam(Chairman & CEO, Celestia Foundation)inNick White(Co-founder & CEO, Celestia Labs)inPreston Evans(CTO, Celestia Labs)Sarah Armstrong(CFO)inZach Leibowitz(General Counsel)in
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainAlphaLab CapitalBlockchain CapitalCaladanCoinbase VenturesDigital Currency Group+18 more
Ghost is a publishing platform that enables independent creators and professional publishers to build websites, publish content, send newsletters, and manage paid memberships.
Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsSpeedinvestCathay Innovation
Ground News is a media analytics platform that identifies and visualizes stories with political bias disparities across news outlets, helping users see coverage patterns and stories they may have missed due to media polarization.
Media & EntertainmentSector AgnosticKitchener, CA
Harleen Kaur(Co-founder)inSukh Singh(Co-founder)inHarleen K.(Founder)in
Co-investorsTechstarsConsonant VenturesNascentRobot Ventures
Irreducible builds infrastructure for cryptographic computing, focusing on zero-knowledge proofs and trust mechanisms online.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeep TechHardwareSan Francisco, US
Dr. Radi Cojbasic(Founder)Jim Posen(Founder)in
Co-investorsParadigmFenbushi CapitalRobot Ventures
Jadu is building a consumer platform for spatial imagery — a new medium of volumetric captures that carry sound and can be explored in three dimensions rather than viewed as flat photos or videos.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyLos Angeles, US
Asad J. Malik(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesCrit VenturesLG Technology VenturesPosition VenturesProgressionGaingels+3 more
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M0 provides a modular platform for designing and issuing stablecoins, allowing users to independently configure token behavior, issuers, and other stablecoin stack components.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Gregory Di Prisco(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalCaladanGSRPantera CapitalSCB 10XSolari Capital+2 more
M0 provides a modular platform for designing and deploying stablecoins, with configurable layers for token behavior, issuance, and partner integrations.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Gregory Di Prisco(Founder)in
Co-investorsEarlybird Venture CapitalKraynos CapitalMouro CapitalPantera CapitalParaFi CapitalEndeavor Catalyst+4 more
M0 is a modular stablecoin infrastructure platform that lets developers launch application-specific, interoperable digital dollars.
Luca Prosperi(Founder & CEO)inGreg Di Prisco(Founder)in
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpArrington CapitalBitcoin MagazineCitizenX Crypto VenturesCoinbase VenturesCompound+20 more
Meanwhile is a licensed Bitcoin-denominated life insurance company whose policies collect premiums and pay death benefits in BTC, with premiums that grow at a guaranteed rate in Bitcoin terms and the option to take Bitcoin loans against policy value.
Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTechHamilton, BM
Tia Beckmann(Chief Financial Officer)in
Co-investorsFramework VenturesFulgur VenturesGradient VenturesSam Altman6th Man VenturesHaun Ventures+5 more
Nocturne is a protocol that enables onchain privacy for blockchain users.
Crypto & Web3San Diego, US
Luke Tchang(Executive Officer, Director)Sebastien La Duca(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsHack VCKira StudioPolychain Capital
Notebook Labs provides zero-knowledge identity verification for Web3, allowing users to prove personhood and aggregate credentials across wallets while maintaining anonymity.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Nathaniel Masfen-Yan(Founder)inSolal Afota(Founder)inDhruv Mangtani(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAbstract VenturesNFXSoma CapitalVery Serious Ventures
Nucleo automates CT scan analysis for oncology care, providing AI-powered tools for tumor lesion sizing, body composition assessment, and lesion classification to support clinical workflows in hospitals.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Angelica Iacovelli(Founder)inLuca Pegolotti(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator6th Man VenturesLombardstreet Ventures
Orb Labs builds an orchestration layer for onchain finance, offering infrastructure to make transactions gasless and bridgeless, restore stablecoin fungibility, and connect onchain accounts with offchain systems.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechNew York City, US
Felix Madutsa(Founder)in
Co-investorsSyntax Capital
Pantera is an AI software company that builds autonomous digital workers to automate business processes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsBVCAnimoca BrandsCoinbase VenturesFounders FundKaratageLaser Digital+4 more
Puzzle is a crypto wallet for the Aleo blockchain, available on iOS, Android, and Chrome, that includes a native Arcade offering earning opportunities to users.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesGeneral CatalystKapor CapitalS32Sterling Road
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RISC Zero provides verifiable computation technology that lets anyone cryptographically confirm a computation's output is correct without recomputing it, while preserving privacy.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeep TechSeattle, US
Frank Laub(Executive Officer, Director)inBrian Retford(Executive Officer, Director)Jeremy Bruestle(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBlockchain CapitalD1 VenturesFenbushi CapitalFigmentL2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)Maven 11+3 more
Cosmos provides enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure and products designed for financial institutions and governments to build, launch, and scale tokenization, payments, and digital currency systems with interoperability and regulatory compliance.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsFactionFigmentPicks and Shovels (Picks & Shovels)
Modernizing investing through tokenized financial products.
Dean Swennumson(Founder)in
Co-investorsHack VCBrevan Howard DigitalDistributed GlobalHaun Ventures
Tools for Humanity develops technology intended for people in the AI era, employing scientists, engineers, economists and creatives.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Max Novendstern(Co-founder)inSam Altman(Chairman)Alex Blania(CEO)inThomas Scott(Chief Legal Officer and Secretary)in
Co-investorsBlockchain Capitala16z cryptoDistributed Global
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
Co-investorsVariant FundCircle VenturesSequoia Capital
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)in
Co-investorsArchetypeFactionFigmentMirana VenturesPathlight VenturesSequoia Capital+6 more
Variational operates an on-chain derivatives trading protocol that lets users trade over 500 crypto, stock, commodity and index markets from a single account with up to 50x leverage and no fees.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Edward Yu(Founder)inLucas Schuermannin
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalCaladanDragonflyMirana VenturesPeak XV PartnersCoinbase Ventures
Variational is a peer-to-peer protocol for on-chain trading, clearing, and settlement of derivatives including perpetual futures and options, using request-for-quote pricing, on-chain escrow settlement, and liquidity aggregation from on- and off-chain sources.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Edward Yu(Founder)in
Co-investorsNIV
World Positive is a venture capital publication/platform associated with Obvious Ventures, sharing investment theses, portfolio company features, and essays organized around economic, human, and planetary health.
Co-investorsDesigner FundPantera CapitalSelini Capital
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Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Community LabsDualityPrimitiveScroll
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsSkipacq. by Interchain Foundation (Cosmos)
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesbyFounders · techfundingnews.com · Sep 7, 2026
Skip · 22ndcenturyfrontier.com · Aug 24, 2026
Puzzle · ua.news · Aug 21, 2026
Fuel · pymnts.com · Aug 20, 2026
World · theaiinsider.tech · Aug 15, 2026
Worldcoin · cryptonews.net · Jul 25, 2026
Pantera · tradingview.com · Jul 24, 2026
Ground · finsmes.com · Jul 17, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Bain Capital Crypto made?
- Bain Capital Crypto has 39 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 13 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Bain Capital Crypto invest at?
- Bain Capital Crypto invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C stages.
- What sectors does Bain Capital Crypto focus on?
- Bain Capital Crypto focuses on Crypto & Web3.
- Where is Bain Capital Crypto located?
- Bain Capital Crypto is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Bain Capital Crypto lead rounds?
- Bain Capital Crypto has led 14 of the 22 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does Bain Capital Crypto co-invest with?
- Bain Capital Crypto most often shares deals with Blockchain Capital, Figment, Coinbase Ventures, among 73 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 27
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.
Hack VC is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage crypto, blockchain infrastructure, decentralized finance, and AI companies.
Polychain is an investment firm that actively manages portfolios of blockchain-based digital assets, aiming to deliver strong returns for its investors.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders primarily at the Seed and Series A stages, frequently leading or co-leading rounds. It operates with a founder-first approach, including a founder pledge and voting commitments.
BCV Labs is the platform and hands-on support arm of Bain Capital Ventures, providing portfolio founders with go-to-market strategy, brand development, hiring assistance, and customer introductions.
Archetype is an early-stage venture fund backing crypto founders building new markets and protocols.
Placeholder is a venture capital firm that has invested in over 75 early-stage crypto companies and decentralized networks since 2017.
Stillmark is a venture capital firm that invests in companies building products and infrastructure for a bitcoin-powered future.
Since 1999, Redpoint Ventures has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones. The firm invests early in startups building category-defining companies, from AI and infrastructure to security. Redpoint has backed hundreds of companies, including Netflix, Snowflake, Stripe, Ramp, Twilio, Ramp, and Hims, and today backs the next generation of AI leaders like OpenAI, Legora, Modal, Abridge and Physical Intelligence. Redpoint is based in San Francisco and has offices in New York City and Woodside. For more information visit: http://www.redpoint.com/
SV Angel is a firm that has backed startup founders since the 1990s, leveraging a large network of founders, industry leaders, and regulators to support portfolio companies.
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Balderton CapitalOak HC/FTLookout VenturesAcrew CapitalVenrockUncorrelated VenturesTribe Capital FirstlookScribble VenturesDecibel Partners645 VenturesDivergenceG2 Venture PartnersGreatPoint VenturesInfinite CapitalHarpoon Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Bain Capital Crypto, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Bain Capital Crypto's recorded portfolio.
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