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Sheridan · Pre-Seed–Series A · 7 people tracked
Also known as Bankless
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Investment thesis
Bankless Ventures focuses on empowering pioneers to explore the frontier of Web3, investing in crypto and blockchain-native infrastructure, protocols, and applications. Its portfolio spans layer-1 and layer-2 networks, restaking, oracles, privacy, and DeFi projects.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 7 people
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What they invest in
from 35 of 65 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×28Developer Tools ×12Data & Infrastructure ×11AI & Machine Learning ×10Fintech ×9Cybersecurity ×6Deep Tech ×5Enterprise Software ×4
HQs:United States×9United Kingdom×2
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×23 founders×14+ founders×1
Investments · 65 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 12024 · 152023 · 52021 · 125 dated
Abstraction builds a code comprehension layer that compiles source code into a universal semantic model to generate auto-validated wikis, process graphs, system maps, and semantic PR reviews.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsInception Fund2048 Ventures25MadisonAlumni VenturesAntlerCosmostation+11 more
AltLayer provides infrastructure and autonomous agents for building intelligent applications on decentralized blockchain networks, including services for AI model access, DeFi integration, and rollup deployment.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools
Yaoqi Jia(Founder)
BoardBalaji Srinivasan
Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupBreyer CapitalHack VCIOSG VenturesMoonhill CapitalTRGC+4 more
Infrastructure for high-frequency intent execution on any chain
Co-investorsL2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)Protagonist
Aztec is a Layer 2 blockchain network on Ethereum that enables programmable privacy for decentralized applications through client-side zero-knowledge proofs and a dual state architecture.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsLondon, GB
ZacThomas Pocock(Founder)inZachary Williamson(Founder)inArnaud Schenk(Founder)inJoe Andrews(Founder)inThomas Walton-Pocock(Founder)
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase VenturesCoinList+22 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-investorsCoinbase VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBain Capital CryptoBrevan Howard DigitalCapitalGCoatue Management+6 more
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.
Co-investorsAsymmetricCoinbase VenturesDigital Finance GroupHypersphere VenturesIOSG VenturesRockawayX+4 more
BounceBit provides a blockchain-based yield and credit platform that allows users to deposit cryptocurrencies (BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, BNB) to earn yield and access interest-free credit lines.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Jack L.(Founder)in
Co-investorsArcane GroupBlockchain CapitalGeekCartelHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)Primitive Ventures
BSX DeFi Seed is a company associated with the domain bsx.exchange; no sourced details are available.
Co-investorsBlockchain CapitalCoinbase VenturesCVP NoLimitNo Limit Holdings (NLH)Saison CapitalWWVentures
Chainbound is a research and development lab focused on decentralized technologies.
Crypto & Web3Deep Tech
Co-investorsMaven 11Robot Ventures
Clique provides enterprise-grade confidential computing solutions using trusted execution environments (TEE), secure multi-party computation (MPC), and zero-knowledge proofs.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)BitDAOMantle NetworkZero Knowledge Validator (ZKV)Balaji SrinivasanPolychain Capital+3 more
Conduit provides an AI agent platform for the hospitality industry that automates guest interactions across multiple channels, handles bookings and upsells, manages internal operations, and delivers leadership insights integrated with existing systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Cole Rubin(CEO)inPunn Kam(CTO)inLodovico Benvenuti(Founding AI Engineer)
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorUnpopular VenturesEight CapitalHack VCPi Labs+15 more
Conduit builds non-invasive brain-to-computer interface technology, including a thought-to-text system where a headset completes a user's sentences from their thoughts.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSan Francisco, US
Clem von Stengel(Founder)inRio Popper(Founder)in
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementWonder VenturesCoinbase VenturesCredibly NeutralDragonflyDrive Capital+7 more
Conduit provides payment infrastructure for fast, cross-border global transactions.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Matt Zisow(Founder)Kirill Gertman(Founder)in
Co-investorsCommerce VenturesCore Venture CapitalDiagramDiscovery Ventures III Gmb H & Co. KGGradient VenturesHelios Digital Ventures+16 more
Fermah builds Kernel, a protocol agency engine that enables smart contracts and protocols to autonomously execute conditional workflows, resolve markets, and orchestrate multi-step actions on-chain without human intervention.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Vanishree
Co-investorsLemniscapLongHash VenturesAndreessen HorowitzDAEDALUSDaemon VenturesPublic Works+1 more
Fhenix is a blockchain research and development company building FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption) infrastructure that lets developers run confidential computation on encrypted data in EVM-compatible smart contracts.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Guy Itzhaki(Founder)inGuy Zyskind(Founder)inDr. Guy Zyskind(Founder)
Co-investorsCollider VenturesGSRHack VCMulticoin CapitalNode CapitalAmber Group+15 more
Figment Capital is a Web3 investment fund that backs teams building blockchain infrastructure, on-chain markets, and consumer crypto applications.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)Mirana VenturesPerridon VenturesFenbushi CapitalHack VCRobot Ventures
Frens is a mobile social app with token-gated group chats and a self-custodial Ethereum and Solana wallet.
Co-investors1confirmationPioneerVery Serious VenturesWWVentures
Gattaca builds and operates high-performance blockchain infrastructure that delivers blockspace, handling transaction routing, block construction, and delivery across the on-chain supply chain.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechLondon, GB
Philip Gasslander(Founder)in
Co-investorsLemniscapGreenfield
Gevulot builds Zenith, an Ethereum-compatible execution environment (EVM) that extends the Canton Network for high-frequency institutional finance, offering EVM and SVM deployment and custom blockchain environments with atomic settlement.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsMoonhill CapitalRockawayXDivergenceVOLT CAPITAL
Hyperbolic operates an AI cloud platform that provides developers and researchers with affordable access to GPU compute and open-source AI models by tapping underutilized hardware.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNew York, US
Jasper Zhang(Founder)inYuchen Jin(Founder)inYue Zhang(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAmbush CapitalBig Brain HoldingsChapter OneFactionGSR+8 more
Megapot operates a global lottery platform where participants can win from a shared prize pool while directing funds to charitable causes.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3GamingMarketplaces
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyMetastableJosh Hannah
Modulus Labs uses zero-knowledge cryptography to build specialized ZK provers that verify AI model outputs were not tampered with, enabling smart contracts to access AI results in a trustless way.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep Tech
Daniel ShorrRyan Cao
Co-investors1k(x)1kxAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Ethereum FoundationInflection.xyzM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)+2 more
Moku creates Moki, a collection of 8887 hand-assembled NFT characters built from 900+ traits, and develops games around them including an AI Fantasy Arena, a snack-combining puzzler, and an async autobattler.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Gaming
Bruce Wasicsko(Founder)in
Co-investorsArca FundsACORN BIOVENTURESBig Brain HoldingsBlocktower CapitalContango Digital AssetsFormless Capital+4 more
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 CapitalArchetypeBig Brain HoldingsBloccelerate VCBODL+33 more
Mountain Protocol offers a regulated, enterprise-grade stablecoin product designed to pass the "risk free rate" to stablecoin holders, acting as a bridge between crypto and traditional finance markets.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Martin Carrica(Founder)Matias Caricato(Founder)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDepartment of XYZMulticoin CapitalVenture Dept.Castle Island VenturesWormhole Capital
Cooper Scanlon(Founder)Rushi Manche(Founder)
Co-investorsArchetypeBorderless VentureCitizenX Crypto VenturesContinue CapitalEnigma FundEterna Capital+17 more
MyShell is an AI platform for creating images, portraits, filters, and short videos, including a product called MyShell Art with a graphical interface aimed at casual users and digital creators.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator Economy
Co-investorsChronos VenturesD1 VenturesHyperithmINCE CapitalInception CapitalMaven 11+5 more
Othentic develops tools for distributed systems, artificial intelligence, and open finance.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesCollider VenturesBreyer Capital
Phylax builds the Credible Layer, a policy engine that lets on-chain protocols declare states they must never reach and enforces circuit breakers that reject transactions crossing those limits.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US
Odyssefs Lamtzidis(Executive Officer, Director)Evangelos Ntomprozis(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCastle Island VenturesBreedFigmentHash3 CapitalBreed VCFigment Capital+2 more
Pimlico provides a gas sponsorship engine for blockchain applications that enables developers to abstract away gas fees from users.
Crypto & Web3Developer Tools
Kristof Gazso(Founder)in
Co-investors1confirmationa16z cryptoAndreessen Horowitz
Portals is a DeFi yield-discovery tool that aggregates real-time prices, APY, TVL, and trends for pools, vaults, lending markets, and staking positions across 70+ protocols on 9+ chains.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Adam Gomez(Founder)in
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupFounderheads,Alameda ResearchBonfire VenturesFiat VenturesGreylock Partners+2 more
Puffer Finance is an Ethereum-native liquid restaking protocol where users stake ETH to receive pufETH and earn staking plus EigenLayer restaking rewards.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Jason Vranek(Founder)inAmir Forouzani(Founder)in
Co-investorsElectric CapitalBinance LabsBreedCoinbase VenturesF-Prime CapitalFaction+20 more
Renzo Protocol provides liquid staking and restaking infrastructure along with reserve vaults that deploy capital into delta-neutral, RWA-backed, and basis/carry trade strategies.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Lucas Kozinski(Founder)
Co-investorsBitDAOCrypto DiscoverEdessa CapitalFigmentGalaxy VenturesIOSG Ventures+6 more
Rome Protocol runs an EVM environment inside Solana, letting developers deploy Solidity contracts (such as Compound v3 and Aave v3) and connect them to Solana's liquidity and state.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsLBANK LabsHack VCHashkey CapitalPortalPortal Ventures
Sorella Labs builds application-layer tooling, including Brontes and Angstrom, to mitigate maximum extractable value on Ethereum.
New York, US
Karthik Srinivasan(Founder)inLudwig Thouvenin(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsNascentParadigmRobot VenturesUniswap Labs Ventures
Spindl provides attribution, analytics, audience-building, and advertising tools for onchain (crypto/Web3) applications, letting teams track user journeys from web clicks to onchain actions across chains.
AdTechCrypto & Web3Marketing Tech
Jon Wienner(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesConsenSys MeshFJ LabsMulticoin Capital7percent VenturesAAF Management Ltd.+16 more
Palo Alto, US
Kaito Yanai(Director)
Co-investorsAnagram VenturesDigital Currency GroupFinality Capital PartnersMaven 11VOLT CAPITAL
StakeStone is a crypto-native neo bank offering self-custody accounts with yield-bearing balances, gasless transactions, and borderless payments across DeFi and CeFi venues.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Cheryl Liu(Founder)in
Co-investorsGTS VenturesSymbolic CapitalBinance LabsOKX VenturesPolychain CapitalSevenX Ventures
Succinct builds cryptographic products and tools that enable proof of identity, ownership, and actions on the internet.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Uma Roy(Founder)inJohn Guibas(Founder)in
Co-investorsParadigmScott SunartoStandard CryptoZero Knowledge Validator (ZKV)Elad GilGeometry+2 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-investorsArchetypeReverieWintermuteGalaxy VenturesGSR
Tonk builds a portable data layer and memory primitives for shared, queryable knowledge, including a persistent memory layer called carry.
Data & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsElectric CapitalBitkraft Esports VenturesModern Times Group
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
0G LabsAligned LayerAstriaeOracleEspressoEthosFluid ProtocolGridPlusInit CapitalIonKelpDAOModeModulusMountainNebraNeptune ProtocolOmegaPufferRomeRoverSemanticSoul WalletSwell
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBankless · bankless.com · Jul 8, 2026
Tenbin · prnewswire.com · Jan 27, 2026
Conduit · ycombinator.com · Apr 10, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Bankless Ventures made?
- Bankless Ventures has 65 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 9 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Bankless Ventures invest at?
- Bankless Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Bankless Ventures focus on?
- Bankless Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3, Fintech.
- Where is Bankless Ventures located?
- Bankless Ventures is headquartered in Sheridan, US.
- Who does Bankless Ventures co-invest with?
- Bankless Ventures most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, IOSG Ventures, Figment, among 103 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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Co-investors · 13
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.
Faction is an early-stage blockchain and crypto venture fund that backs entrepreneurs building disruptive projects across the crypto stack.
A.Capital Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that provides funding, network access, and hands-on support to entrepreneurs building forward-thinking technology companies.
Scalar Capital is an investment firm providing fund management and advisory services, founded by former Coinbase employees.
IVC is a venture capital firm that has made over 200 investments across Web3, gaming, digital entertainment, AI, infrastructure, and fintech.
LCX Exchange USA is a cryptocurrency exchange platform being developed for US customers, emphasizing transparent pricing, secure asset custody, and compliance-first operations.
LAUNCHub Ventures is an early-stage venture firm backing founders from Central and Eastern Europe and the CEE diaspora, investing from pre-seed onward.
Quantstamp is a web3 security firm providing smart contract audits, managed security services, and blockchain security research, along with an insurance product (Chainproof) that protects against smart contract hacks and slashing risks.
Gnosis is a crypto/DeFi builder that has spent a decade developing on-chain finance products, infrastructure, and ventures, with new projects governed via GnosisDAO votes.
FMFW.io is a cryptocurrency exchange based in London that lets users trade Bitcoin against USDT along with more than 450 other spot trading pairs. It is a trading platform rather than an investment firm.
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