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Investment thesis
BootNode is a web3 engineering collective that partners with founders to build, launch, and scale blockchain products, offering full-stack development services in exchange for a mix of stablecoin payment and project stakes.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 15 of 26 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×15Fintech ×10Data & Infrastructure ×5Developer Tools ×5AI & Machine Learning ×1Cloud Computing ×1Cybersecurity ×1GovTech ×1
HQs:European Union×1United Kingdom×1United States×1British Virgin Islands×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×13 founders×44+ founders×1
Investments · 26 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCovenant is a DeFi protocol that converts on-chain assets into fully backed leverage and yield, offering liquidation-free levered tokens and over-collateralized yield-bearing instruments.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Derive is an on-chain options protocol in DeFi, offering crypto options and perpetuals trading with institutional-grade execution and risk systems.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Nick Forster(Team Lead)in
Co-investorsMarin Digital VenturesVariant Fund
The Ethereum Foundation is an organization that supports the Ethereum blockchain protocol and its ecosystem through research, development, and community initiatives.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsEthereum21Shares AGCircle & Co.
Everclear was a cross-chain settlement and clearing protocol that shut down in May 2026 after failing to monetize its volume.
Arjun Bhuptani(Founder)Layne Haber(Founder)Rahul Sethuram(Founder)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)Monta Vista Capital1k(x)1kxHashed+2 more
Gelato provides smart wallet and rollup infrastructure, enabling developers to launch gasless onboarding, smart wallets, and custom rollups through a single SDK.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Developer Tools
Hilmar Maximilian Orth(Founder)inHilmar Orth(Founder)
Co-investorsBloccelerate VCD1 VenturesDragonflyGalaxy VenturesHack VCIDEO CoLab Ventures+5 more
Gitcoin operates a directory and knowledge base for funding mechanisms, platforms, and research in decentralized networks, Ethereum, and public goods.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureGovTechLafayette, US
Kevin Owocki(Founder)Kevin O.(Founder)inKyle Weiss(Executive Officer, Director)Scott Moore(Founder)Vivek Singh(Founder)
BoardMichael Kriak(Director)in
Co-investorsConsenSys MeshDivergenceFenbushi CapitalHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)IDEO CoLab VenturesIOSG Ventures+7 more
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
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalAsymmetricBitDAOCircle VenturesCoinFundFigment+10 more
Khalani provides infrastructure for cross-chain and multi-provider transactions, enabling operators to define enforceable execution rules (price, latency, finality) that are automatically enforced across a network of solvers, market makers, bridges, and on/off-ramp providers.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsFigmentMaelstromNascentEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.Figment Capital
MetaStreet offers a suite of products including NodeFi Yield Pass, which converts node yields and NFT airdrops into tradable tokens to enhance liquidity for owners in the DeFi ecosystem.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsDAO JonesDigital Currency GroupFermionImpossible FinanceNascent
Monerium creates infrastructure for onchain fintech by issuing, ramping, orchestrating, and exchanging stablecoins through whitelabel services, reliance partners, and direct offerings to consumers and businesses.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Gísli Kristjánsson(Chief Executive Officer)inJón Helgi Egilsson(Head of Strategic Partnerships)inSveinn Valfells(Chair)inHjörtur Hjartarson(Chief Operating Officer)inÁrni Guðjónsson(Chief Product Officer)Margus Kerma(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsConsenSys MeshCrowberry CapitalConsenSys
Nexus Mutual provides insurance coverage for smart contract failures and on-chain risks to protect investors, protocols, and institutions operating in blockchain environments.
Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTechLondon, GB
Co-investors1confirmation1k(x)1kxArrington CapitalBlockchain CapitalBlockchain Coinvestors+5 more
The leading liquidity protocol for NFTs, building a fully decentralized, permissionless, user-owner public utility.
Stephen Young(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesBloccelerate VCCoinFundDigital Currency GroupFenbushi CapitalReciprocal Ventures+7 more
Velora is an intent-based decentralized trading protocol that offers crosschain token swaps, gasless trades, limit orders, on-chain RFQ, and yield optimization, aggregating liquidity from 160+ protocols and market makers across multiple L1 and L2 chains.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBlack DragonBlockchain CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsExtra WattsFounderheads,+12 more
Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe) develops on-chain smart wallet and multisig infrastructure for the crypto ecosystem, including a smart wallet SDK, multisig interface, recovery modules, and transaction builder.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech
Lukas Schor(Founder)in
Co-investors1k(x)BitDAOBlockchain CapitalBollinger Investment GroupCoinbase VenturesCollider Ventures+15 more
The Graph organizes and indexes blockchain data through a decentralized network, providing web3 developers with fast, cost-efficient access to smart contract data via subgraphs and GraphQL queries.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Brandon Ramirez(Founder)Jannis Pohlmann(Founder)Yaniv Tal(Founder)
Co-investorsAGE CryptoAndromeda CapitalAngelONE CapitalBig Brain HoldingsBollinger Investment GroupChapter One+31 more
Wormhole offers Native Token Transfers (NTT), an open framework for token issuers to create, transfer, and customize tokens across multiple blockchains without relying on pooled liquidity.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Robinson Burkey(Founder)inDan Reecer(Founder)Hendrik Hofstadt(Founder)
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsBorderless VentureDelta BlockchainFigmentGate VenturesMulticoin Capital+7 more
YieldNest is a decentralized finance protocol offering risk-adjusted restaking and DeFi strategies to both retail and institutional users.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsBackedRana Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AelinAgaveAmmalgam FinanceFIAT DAO / BarnBridgeGnosisInfinexKwentaNever Fear TruthRevert Finance
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesKhalani · blog.khalani.network · May 13, 2026
Gitcoin · gitcoin.co · Mar 5, 2026
Derive · help.derive.xyz · May 30, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has BootNode made?
- BootNode has 26 tracked investments.
- What sectors does BootNode focus on?
- BootNode focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3.
- Who does BootNode co-invest with?
- BootNode most often shares deals with Fenbushi Capital, Blockchain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, among 92 tracked co-investors.
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