ConsenSys Mesh
AcceleratorZug · Pre-Seed–Growth · 12 people tracked
Investment thesis
Consensys Mesh invests across the web3 ecosystem, supporting a broad network of founders and builders. Through its Tachyon accelerator program, launched in 2017 as the first dedicated web3 accelerator, the firm prepares ambitious founders to be investor-ready by providing capital and individualized access to its network. It has guided roughly one hundred projects through the program and backs companies across the crypto and blockchain space.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 12 people
from the firm's website & curated
Founder mafia
4 people who came through ConsenSys Mesh went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 36 of 143 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×29Fintech ×18Data & Infrastructure ×8Developer Tools ×7Enterprise Software ×6SaaS ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Cybersecurity ×3
HQs:United States×10European Union×1Finland×1United Kingdom×1Hong Kong×1Israel×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×83 founders×14+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data
Imperial College London ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 16 founders with career history
Goldman Sachs ×3
Portfolio companies · 143 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really likeBy year:2024 · 12021 · 22019 · 14 dated
Co-investorsD&FG ElementsDisrupt.com
Allinfra develops enterprise software and an asset tokenization platform to help institutions manage sustainability goals and access global infrastructure and environmental assets.
Climate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechHong Kong, HK
Bill Kentrup(Founder)in
Co-investorsFJ Labs
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(Founding CEO)inZachary Williamson(Founding CTO & Current CEO)inArnaud Schenk(Cofounder)inJoe Andrews(Cofounder & Head of Product)in
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase VenturesEntrepreneur FirstEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.+8 more
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Aaron Henshaw(Director)Joseph Lallouz(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardNicholas Chirls(Director)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesCollab+CurrencyHomebrewKleiner PerkinsAccompliceBlockchain Capital+2 more
BlockApps offers an enterprise blockchain platform (STRATO) for tokenizing and managing real world assets such as crypto, precious metals, and tokenized securities.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechBrooklyn, US
Kieren James-Lubin(Executive Officer, Director)Victor Wong(Director)
BoardJoseph Lubin(Director)in
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Bloccelerate VCFitz Gate VenturesJetBlue VenturesSKY VCSocial Starts+3 more
New York, US
Scott Lawin(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Novogratz(Director)Christopher McKibbin(Director)Daniel Heyman(Executive Officer, Director)Steven Wald(Director)
BoardMichael Kriak(Director)in
Co-investorsChaos VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Sprint VcEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.
Co-investorsDigital Finance GroupIOSG Ventures
MiCA-licensed digital assets investment platform in Europe
Co-investorsExpon CapitalTrue Global VenturesXAnge
Competitive gaming platform combining decentralized payments and a gaming-focused prediction market.
Co-investorsA100X VenturesOpen Opportunity FundSymbolic CapitalWoodstock Fund
Compound is an Ethereum smart-contract protocol for supplying and borrowing crypto assets at algorithmically set interest rates.
Geoffrey Hayes(Founder)Robert Leshner(Founder)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBig Candle CapitalBitDAOChapter One+9 more
Connext provides xCall, a developer tool that enables applications to interact with users, tokens, and other applications across multiple blockchains.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsSan Francisco, US
Arjun Bhuptani(Executive Officer, Director)Layne Haber(Executive Officer, Director)inRahul Sethuram(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAmentum Investment ManagementCVP NoLimitD1 VenturesFenbushi CapitalFigment+13 more
Brooklyn, US
Robert Boroujerdi(Director)Umar Farooq(Director)
BoardJoseph Lubin(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Kriak(Director)in
Co-investorsEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.
Convo is a decentralized conversation layer and API for adding comment and messaging threads to any web application, storing conversational data on IPFS-based decentralized storage linked to a user's decentralized identity.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsSocial
Co-investorsNFX
Helps users find the lowest price for trades across exchanges and aggregators.
Co-investorsHack VC
Co-investorsMagma Partners
Cypherock makes the X1 hardware wallet, a physical device that secures cryptocurrency private keys by splitting them into distributed key shards rather than relying on a single seed phrase backup.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityHardware
Rohan AgarwalThomas Rishi
Co-investorsInfinite Capital
DIMO provides vehicle data infrastructure that gives developers a single permissioned API to real-time telemetry, identity, and consent data from over 50 connected vehicle brands.
Data & InfrastructureIoTMobility & Transportation
Yevgeny "Yev" Khessin(CEO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsBlueYard CapitalCoinFundTaisu Ventures
Crypto & Web3FintechChicago, US
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupPantera CapitalValor Equity PartnersBitmainFidelity Investments
Ethereal Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in companies building on permissionless blockchain networks and digital assets.
Crypto & Web3
Joseph Lubin(Chairman)inMin Teo(Managing Partner & Co-CIO)in
Co-investorsAmbush CapitalEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.Further Ventures
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 OwockiKevin O.(Founder)inKyle Weiss(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMichael Kriak(Director)inMatt Huang(Director)in
Co-investorsBootNodeDivergenceFenbushi CapitalIDEO CoLab VenturesIOSG VenturesOKX Ventures+4 more
Circles is an open protocol on which money (units called Circles) is created by individuals rather than banks, one unit per hour of life, with value tied to a person's reputation and community relationships.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Stefan George(Founder)
Co-investorsDeepTech VenturesCMCC Global
Co-investorsBankless Ventures
Kaleido offers a modular enterprise platform with pre-integrated products for tokenization, custody, digital assets, middleware, interoperability, and blockchain infrastructure.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Steve Cerveny(Founder)inSophia Lopez(Founder)in
Co-investorsValor Capital Group
Komgo provides digital trade finance software, including Konsole, a multibank channel that connects to banks' back-office systems.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsEmirates NBDING VenturesSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Ligero provides payments infrastructure that uses zero-knowledge cryptography to enable private, compliant on-chain transactions for enterprises.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech
Carmit(Professor at Bar-Ilan University (ZKP/MPC researcher))inMatt DiBiase(Founder)in
Co-investors1k(x)1kxDigital Currency Group
Linkdrop lets users send crypto tokens and NFTs to recipients through shareable links and QR codes, including people who do not yet have a crypto wallet.
Crypto & Web3Developer Tools
MetaMask is a self-custody crypto wallet that lets users trade, swap, and use tokens, including features like leveraged trading, tokenized stocks and ETFs, spending crypto for purchases via a card, and earning yield.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsBitDAODeepTech VenturesFabric VenturesIOSG VenturesMantle NetworkTrousdale Ventures+1 more
MetaSoccer was a blockchain-based soccer manager game where players managed virtual football clubs.
Crypto & Web3GamingSports Tech
Co-investorsPeech Capital
NEON is a for-profit DAO focused on supporting and developing the metaverse ecosystem, including virtual worlds, avatars, events, and their associated digital economies and identities.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsGood FriendsNarcissus Ventures
Co-investorsBlack Dragon
Opolis is a member-owned digital employment cooperative that provides independent professionals — primarily S-Corp and C-Corp operators — with W-2 payroll, group health and retirement benefits, and tax compliance handling.
FintechFuture of WorkHR TechDenver, US
John Paller(Executive Officer, Director)inJoshua Lapidus(Founder)inEdward Pastore(Executive Officer)
BoardJonathan Kestenbaum(Director)Woodson Hobbs(Director)
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesRed Beard VenturesUDHCGreenfieldNear FoundationPolygon Ventures
PDAX is a Philippine cryptocurrency exchange platform where users can trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies, store assets in a wallet, and buy government-issued bonds.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesDraper DragonOak Drive ventures
Pngme is a data infrastructure platform that aggregates financial data from institutions across emerging markets and transforms it into machine learning-ready features for credit scoring, risk assessment, and customer segmentation.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsBeresford VenturesCapria VenturesLateral CapitalOctopus VenturesRaptor GroupRising Tide Africa (RTA)+3 more
PoolTogether is a permissionless protocol that enables no-loss prize savings, allowing users to deposit funds for a chance to win while generating yield from deposits.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsArrington CapitalGood FriendsNarcissus VenturesNxGenArrington XRP CapitalHashed
Rocket Pool is a decentralized staking protocol offering liquid and node staking products for the Ethereum ecosystem.
Crypto & Web3
David Rugendyke(Founder)in
Co-investors1k(x)1kxCoinbase VenturesDeepTech VenturesStruck Capital
RULEMATCH operates a MiCA-licensed crypto-asset trading platform for financial institutions and institutional market participants, offering trading, clearing, and settlement services.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsFlow Traders
Secured Finance provides on-chain infrastructure for multi-institution tokenized markets, offering an institutional orderbook for transparent price discovery, fixed-term funding, and on-chain repo for tokenized securities and digital cash.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Sky Mavis builds blockchain games and related infrastructure, with Axie Infinity as its flagship product.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Trung Nguyen(Founder & CEO)inAleksander Larsen(Founder)Jeffrey Zirlin(Founder)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAccelAndreessen HorowitzAVVBackedCollab+Currency+10 more
Smartly provides a data analytics and optimization platform for performance marketing teams managing multi-channel advertising campaigns.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSHelsinki, FI
Kristo Ovaska(Founder)in
Co-investorsLifeline VenturesQuest Venture PartnersHighland Europe
Sorare operates a fantasy football game built around officially licensed digital player cards.
Nicolas Julia(Co-founder & CEO)inAdrien Montfort(Co-founder)in
Co-investors4M HoldingAccelBessemer Venture PartnersEmblemFabric VenturesIsomer Capital+7 more
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-investorsBankless VenturesCoinbase VenturesMulticoin CapitalBalaji SrinivasanChapter One
StarkWare develops zero-knowledge proof and validity rollup solutions for blockchain applications, enabling secure, scalable, and trustless transactions.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsNetanya, IL
Eli Ben-Sasson(Co-Founder, CEO)Uri Kolodny(Co-founder, Board Member)inAlessandro Chiesa(Co-Founder)Michael Riabzev(Chief Architect)Avihu Levy(Head of Product & Blockchain Research)Oren Katz(VP Engineering)
Co-investorsBalaji SrinivasanBollinger Investment GroupChapter OneCoatue ManagementCoinbase VenturesCollab+Currency+14 more
Co-investorsBR CapitalYoubi Capital
Threedium is a 3D infrastructure platform that combines AI-powered generation with interactive workspaces and production-ready workflows for creating, refining, and deploying 3D content.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsReflexive CapitalWestern Technology Investment
Tokemak offers Autopools, automated DeFi vaults that optimize yield by rebalancing across major protocols and assets including ETH and stablecoins.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupDivergenceNIVYoubi CapitalBlockchain CapitalElectric Capital+1 more
Transak provides fiat-to-crypto on-ramp and off-ramp infrastructure for wallets, apps, and platforms, offered as white-label APIs or plug-and-play widgets.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechNew York, US
Sami Start(Executive Officer, Director)inYeshu Agarwal(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors1k(x)1kxBitDAOBR CapitalFuel Venture CapitalGobi Partners+13 more
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyDivergence
Co-investorsPantera Capital
Health monitor for the planet focusing on climate and environmental data
Co-investorsBorderless VenturedlabgrowX VenturesRed Beard Ventures
WeatherXM operates a community-powered decentralized (DePIN) weather network where owners deploy solar-powered weather stations and earn $WXM token rewards for contributing data.
Climate TechCrypto & Web3IoT
Stratos Theodorou(Founder)in
Co-investorsPlaceholder VCLightspeed FactionBorderless VenturedlabFactionMetaplanet+5 more
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioBison Trailsacq. by CoinbaseErisXacq. by Cboe Global Markets
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCompound · crowdfundinsider.com · Aug 18, 2026
Ethereal Ventures · breakingtravelnews.com · Aug 17, 2026
Smartly · nubiapage.com · Jul 7, 2026
Cypherock · coinbureau.com · Jun 13, 2026
Rocket Pool · intellectia.ai · Jun 6, 2026
MetaMask · metamask.io · Jun 2, 2026
Sky Mavis · thenextweb.com · Apr 15, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has ConsenSys Mesh made?
- ConsenSys Mesh has 141 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does ConsenSys Mesh invest at?
- ConsenSys Mesh invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does ConsenSys Mesh focus on?
- ConsenSys Mesh focuses on Crypto & Web3.
- Where is ConsenSys Mesh located?
- ConsenSys Mesh is headquartered in Zug, CH.
- Does ConsenSys Mesh lead rounds?
- ConsenSys Mesh typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does ConsenSys Mesh co-invest with?
- ConsenSys Mesh most often shares deals with IOSG Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm, among 134 tracked co-investors.
From the blog
visit blog ↗ConsenSys Mesh recently announced TachyonX, a refocused accelerator program for AI, cryptography, and digital governance teams, and launched a "Tachyon 10" interview series featuring alumni and mentor advice on fundraising, hiring, and founder mindset. AI summary
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamBondex goes live with Thomas Rush from ConsenSys Mesh 🚀
Bondex · Thomas Rush
ConsenSys Mesh: Past and present, and how you fit into our future - Shawn Cheng @ The DAOist Lisbon
The DAOist · Shawn Cheng
Conversation about NFTs w/ Michael Kriak (ConsenSys Mesh Partner) & Ian Utile (NFT.NYC Co-Producer)
NFT NYC · Michael Kriak
Investing in the Future of Web 3.0 with Shawn Cheng from ConsenSys Mesh | Ep. #73
Unstoppable Domains · Shawn Cheng
Art Blocks Marfa Panel - "Building With Conviction to Breakthrough"
Consensys Mesh
An Intro to State Channels with Consensys Mesh R&D
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