Fundraising FoxCogitent Ventures
Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Seed
Also known as Cogitent
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Investment thesis
Cogitent Ventures invests in blockchain and Web3 startups spanning the leading Layer 1 ecosystems (Ethereum, Solana, NEAR, Avalanche, and others) as well as Layer 2 solutions. Its focus areas include decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the metaverse, GameFi and play-to-earn gaming, and cross-chain interoperability protocols. Beyond capital, the firm positions itself as a hands-on partner, offering guidance on business strategy and tokenomics, ecosystem introductions to other investors and portfolio companies, and marketing and brand development support to help projects grow.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 37 of 71 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×32Data & Infrastructure ×21Fintech ×15Developer Tools ×8Consumer ×5AI & Machine Learning ×4Gaming ×4Deep Tech ×3
HQs:United States×5United Arab Emirates×1Australia×1Germany×1India×1Italy×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 15 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×13 founders×24+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×8Business & Management ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 16 founders with career history
SAP ×2
Investments · 71 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 62023 · 32021 · 12018 · 111 dated
XProtocol is a consumer-focused blockchain Superchain offering high-throughput, near-zero gas transactions with interoperability for decentralized apps (dApps).
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureHardware
Co-investorsSaison CapitalCaballeros CapitalCoinFundDragonflyMSA CapitalRazer+2 more
Aether Games develops story-driven games with a focus on strategy and world-building, with a flagship card game titled "Cards of Eternity: The Wheel of Time." It also produces animation and narrative-driven series, extending its worlds across multiple media platforms, and operates a $AEG crypto token.
Crypto & Web3GamingMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsDanu VenturesSWGI Ventures (SWISS GEM INVESTMENTS)Taisu Ventures
Airchains provides a modular zk-Rollup SDK and ZK Stack that lets developers, enterprises, and institutions build and run their own blockchain networks with configurable execution layers (EVM, Cosmos/Cosmwasm, Solana) and data availability layers (Avail, EigenDA, Celestia).
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsTPC Club (The presale club)TPC Ventures
Proof-of-Stake public blockchain with private smart contracts.
Co-investorsBlack DragonBlock54 CapitalGenblock CapitalNxGenRana Capital
The Algorand Foundation supports and grows the Algorand blockchain ecosystem by improving the developer experience, contributing to core protocol infrastructure and standards, and enabling decentralized governance.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsFintechQuantum Computing
Silvio Micali(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAndromeda CapitalArrington CapitalBasecamp FundBig Candle CapitalBixin Capital+25 more
Arcana Network (operating as Avail Nexus) provides multi-chain infrastructure that lets decentralized applications operate across blockchains without rebuilding, including unified balances that combine tokens across chains and a verifiable data availability layer for high-throughput applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Mayur Relekar(Founder)in
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupSymbolic CapitalWoodstock FundArcanum CapitalAU21 CapitalBuilders Tribe+4 more
A leverage protocol using the Ethereum blockchain.
Co-investorsHack VCAlumni VenturesDecisive PointDetroit Venture PartnersDraper AssociatesGeneral Catalyst+3 more
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Bastion provides stablecoin issuance infrastructure with compliance and security features, enabling institutions to launch USD-backed stablecoins with customizable issuer models.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase VenturesSamsung NextSancus VenturesSony Ventures Corporation+5 more
BLOCKLORDS, a blockchain medieval strategy game by MetaKing Studios, has evolved into BLOCKLORE, a node-based AI creative canvas.
David Johansson(Founder & CEO)
Co-investors2 Punks CapitalAscensive AssetsBCA InvestmentsBitkraft Esports VenturesHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)Morningstar Ventures+8 more
Centrifuge enables investors to access tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) such as Treasury Bills, Asset Backed Securities, and Real Estate on a blockchain infrastructure.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Bhaji Illuminati(Founder)inMartin Quensel(Executive Officer, Director)inMarkus Ament(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Stehlik(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalAtlanticBlack DragonBloccelerate VCBlockchain CoinvestorsBlueYard Capital+20 more
Chainlink is an oracle platform that connects onchain applications with offchain data and external systems, serving major financial institutions and DeFi protocols with standards for data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Sergey Nazarov(Founder)in
Co-investorsAZDAGBig Candle CapitalBitDAOBlack DragonBlock54 CapitalContinue Capital+14 more
DeFi protocol offering expirable futures without order books with physical delivery.
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainCoinbase Ventures
Hyperweb provides an end-to-end TypeScript ecosystem for building and deploying full-stack blockchain applications, executing smart contracts via a JavaScript VM.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsChorus OneCrunchFundDispersion CapitalGalileoLemniscapLifelike Capital+1 more
Decentraland is a decentralized virtual world platform where users can socialize, create, and explore using blockchain technology.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3
Co-investorsBlockchain AssetsBR CapitalDeepTech VenturesDigital Currency GroupFabric VenturesSur Ventures+1 more
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Discord is a communications platform for voice, video, and text chat designed primarily for gaming communities and players.
ConsumerCreator EconomyGamingSocialSan Francisco, US
Jason Citron(Co-founder)inStanislav Vishnevskiy(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)inClint Smith(Executive Officer)inHumam Sakhnini(Chief Executive Officer)Tomasz Marcinkowski(Chief Financial Officer)inBen Shanken(VP of Product)in
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Co-investors1435 CapitalAccelAccess IndustriesAccess Technology VenturesAcrew CapitalAppWorks Ventures+41 more
Dojima Network is an omnichain Layer 1 blockchain platform that connects the Web3 ecosystem onto a single unified layer.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Akhil Reddy(Founder)in
Co-investorsTsingTech VenturesBorderless Venture
Polkadot is an open-source proof-of-stake protocol that links independent blockchains for shared security and cross-chain messaging.
Gavin Wood(Founder)
Co-investors1confirmationAdvanced BlockchainAngelONE CapitalArrington CapitalBig Candle CapitalBlockchain Coinvestors+26 more
Dymension is a decentralized layer-1 protocol that lets creators launch tokens and convert them into full blockchains called RollApps, with built-in DEX and rollup-as-a-service tooling.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsContinue CapitalTPC Club (The presale club)TPC VenturesBig Brain Holdings
Eclipse builds an Ethereum Layer 2 network that uses the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) as its execution environment, combining Solana's high-throughput execution with Ethereum's liquidity and security.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Neel Somani(Founder)inTerry Chung(Head of Strategy)Vijay Chetty(CEO)Ben Livshits(CTO)
Co-investorsHack VCDBAFenbushi CapitalMaven 11OKX VenturesPolychain Capital+9 more
Xoilac TV is a Vietnamese-language website offering free live streaming of domestic and international football matches, with HD video, Vietnamese commentary, backup links, schedules, standings, and match predictions.
Media & EntertainmentSports Tech
Co-investorsSWGI Ventures (SWISS GEM INVESTMENTS)
Entangle is a Web3 interoperability layer providing cross-chain messaging, data feeds and a universal token standard for dApps.
Dubai, AE
Faisal Mehrban(Founder)
Co-investorsBitDAOCastrum CapitalLBANK LabsMantle NetworkRhinevall CapitalSeier Capital+3 more
Fantom Foundation develops blockchain infrastructure and supports developers building on its network, offering funding, tooling, validators, and bridges.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Michael Kong(CEO / Director)inDavid Richardson(Executive Chairman)Andre Cronje(CTO / Director)Bernhard Scholz(Chief Research Officer)in
Co-investorsAU21 CapitalBlock54 CapitalDeepTech VenturesDigital StrategiesSignum CapitalSynapse Ventures+6 more
Secures the modern app-driven lifestyle across banking, email, shopping, and browsing.
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalChamaeleonSonae IMVertex VenturesArrington CapitalBig Brain Holdings+2 more
Grass operates a network that lets users share their unused internet bandwidth with verified institutions in exchange for rewards paid as points, Grass Tokens, or USDC.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsChronos VenturesCVP NoLimitLattice CapitalNo Limit Holdings (NLH)Hack VC
Injective is a blockchain built specifically for finance, providing infrastructure for onchain trading, tokenization, and payments with embedded primitives such as stablecoins, real-world assets, and programmable derivatives.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechDublin, US
Albert Chon(Director)inChen(Co-founder)Eric Chen(Cofounder)inZhonghan Chen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsAU21 CapitalFigmentInnovating CapitalMorningstar VenturesPantera CapitalPNYX Ventures+3 more
AMGI's web3 gaming project; a fund holding.
Co-investorsArca FundsBCA InvestmentsBlack DragonBreederDAOIlluminati CapitalMoonhill Capital+3 more
NATIX operates a decentralized, crowdsourced camera network that collects multi-camera driving and street-level data globally.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechMobility & TransportationHamburg, DE
Alireza GhodsinOmid MogharianinUlrich Lages(CEO & Founder)inAlireza Ghods, Ph.D(Core contributor - CEO)inLorenz Muckin
Co-investorsBlockrocketBorderless VentureCV VCDigital Currency GroupEv3 Ventures LlcInception Capital (ex OP Crypto)+21 more
Nayms, now OnRe, runs a regulated on-chain insurance and reinsurance marketplace built on Ethereum smart contracts.
Co-investorsBlack DragonDigital Finance GroupSalica InvestmentsWoodstock FundInsurtech Gateway FundKeyrock+3 more
Nolus is an open-source, on-chain margin and crypto lending protocol that provides transparent margin infrastructure for both retail users and institutions.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCastrum CapitalAutonomy CapitalDoraHacksEverstakeToken Metrics Ventures
Privana is a decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform built on Oasis that protects user trading activity from front-running and MEV (miner extractable value) attacks through privacy-preserving execution.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Co-investorsArrington CapitalDraper DragonMapleblock CapitalPentos VenturesSilverFoxArrington XRP Capital+1 more
Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data and AI project built around the $OCEAN token, which ecosystem teams can integrate into products for uses such as staking, governance, payments, NFTs, and DeFi.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureSingapore
Franz MJ Pfister(Director)Trent McConaghy(Director)inBruce Pon(Chief Executive Officer and Director)inDaryl Arnold(Director)
Co-investorsBlockchain CoinvestorsBlockwallBR CapitalElliptiEnigma FundFabric Ventures+7 more
Pocket Network provides decentralized infrastructure for Web3 applications, enabling developers to access blockchain data without relying on centralized providers.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureTampa, US
Pabel Nunez(Treasurer)Michael O'Rourke(President)inLuis Correa(Vice President)
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBlockwallDAO JonesDeepTech VenturesFlorida FundersMapleblock Capital+14 more
Redbelly Network is a blockchain platform that enables the tokenization and trading of compliant on-chain structured products for real-world assets.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSydney, AU
Vincent Gramoli(Founder & Chief Technology Officer)inAlan Burt(Executive Chairman)in
Co-investorsBlack DragonDutch Crypto InvestorsPragma Ventures
Rivalz makes better-for-you snacks aimed at consumers seeking healthier, nutritious alternatives to conventional high-salt, high-fat, high-carb snack foods.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech
Co-investorsCapitalize VCThe March GroupAutonomy CapitalBlockBuildersCaballeros CapitalD1 Ventures+7 more
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)in
Co-investorsAsymmetricBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCVP NoLimitGate VenturesHyperithm+7 more
Silencio AI operates a global network of contributors who record consent-cleared human voice data in over 1,000 languages and dialects across 180+ countries, offered as off-the-shelf datasets, on-demand custom collection, and transcription/labeling.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsBlockchange VenturesBorderless CapitalBorderless VentureMaster VenturesMoonrock Capital
SkyArk Chronicles develops a Web3 multiplayer game universe featuring collectible heroes, lands, and NFTs across interconnected gaming realms.
Crypto & Web3GamingSingapore, SG
Co-investorsBinance LabsAZDAGMapleblock CapitalWidus PartnersBreederDAOHashed+1 more
Soarchain operates a DePIN (decentralized physical infrastructure) network that turns vehicles into connected, real-time data hubs via a plug-in device (Soarchain Mini) and app, letting drivers securely share anonymized vehicle data and earn crypto rewards.
Crypto & Web3IoTMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsHyperithmTaisu Ventures
Stroom generates native Bitcoin yield through the Lightning Network, allowing users to earn returns by staking.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsLemniscapSMAPE CapitalUnicorn Factory VenturesGreenfield
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 CapitalAsia GreenTech FundBitDAO+49 more
Telegram is a messaging application offering encrypted communication, media sharing without size limits, and group functionality supporting up to 200,000 members across multiple devices.
Social
Co-investorsBitcoin MagazineGranite AsiaKF-FINANCE Private WealthTDeFi
Trac Network is a peer-to-peer layer-1 network and coordination stack for apps, AI agents, robotics and digital money.
Co-investorsSignum CapitalSora VenturesDapper LabsZrosk Investment Management
Tria offers a self-custodial crypto platform where users can spend digital assets via a Visa card in over 150 countries, earn yield through on-chain strategies, swap tokens cross-chain, trade perpetual futures, and cash in/out crypto.
Crypto & Web3FintechCologno Monzese, IT
Vijit Katta(Founder)in
Co-investorsMarin Digital VenturesEthereum FoundationPolygonWintermute
Tribe3 is a trading platform for going long or short on NFT collection futures with leverage, aimed at NFT traders.
Crypto & Web3FintechGaming
Co-investorsSpirit DAOBlockBuildersBlockhypeFounderheads,Lapin DigitalModular Capital+1 more
Truflation provides API access to real-time market data indexes, including gross domestic product metrics, for users seeking granular economic data.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsBlack DragonImpossible FinanceNxGenLaser Digital
XSwap is a cross-chain DeFi platform for swaps, bridging, token creation and payments built on Chainlink CCIP.
Co-investorsWWVenturesMaven CapitalMH VenturesPragma VenturesZBS CAPITAL
Zeko builds a zero-knowledge (ZK) Layer 2 platform that optimizes ZK technology for global settlement, using off-chain compute to lower costs and improve user experience for ZK apps like private AI agents and DeFi.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Enterprise Software
Co-investorsArkGrowNxGenYBB FoundationAutonomy CapitalAVID3Signum Capital+2 more
Shardeum is a Layer-1 blockchain network using dynamic state sharding and an autoscaling, EVM-compatible architecture to deliver high throughput and low fees.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Nischal Shetty(Co-founder)Srini(CTO)
Co-investorsAegis VentuesBlack DragonCoinvestor VenturesDigital Finance GroupGhaf Capital PartnersHyperithm+8 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
BeatCoinBless Network Distributed TrainingElusivExxaverseGaleonIlluviumKNN3LendscapeMarsCatMinimaMoonrayMypethooliganNEAR P2PNFT3NiburuQuant NetworkReady GamesRoketoSeashellTENVestWallchainWayru
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDiscord · TechCrunch · May 19, 2026
Tria · finance.yahoo.com · Oct 14, 2025
Bastion · finsmes.com · Sep 24, 2025
Principals & officers · per Companies House
what is this? ⓘDirector · Indian · since 2022
Director · Indian · since 2022
Sayantan Mitra — 75–100% of shares
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cogitent Ventures made?
- Cogitent Ventures has 71 tracked investments.
- What stage does Cogitent Ventures invest at?
- Cogitent Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Cogitent Ventures focus on?
- Cogitent Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Gaming.
- Where is Cogitent Ventures located?
- Cogitent Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.
- Who does Cogitent Ventures co-invest with?
- Cogitent Ventures most often shares deals with Black Dragon, Arrington Capital, Mapleblock Capital, among 181 tracked co-investors.
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