CV VC
Venture capitalZug · Pre-Seed–Series A · 41 people tracked
Investment thesis
CV VC backs early-stage, category-defining founders building companies powered by AI and blockchain across Europe, the USA, and the Middle East. It views AI as becoming embedded in every function once requiring human judgment, with blockchain providing trust and authenticity. Its strategy centers on three pillars: Digital Finance (programmable, verifiable financial infrastructure), Automation (AI, robotics, and autonomous systems redefining physical and digital labor), and Intelligent B2B (active intelligence layers orchestrating complex value chains). Through its venture capital fund suite, CV VC offers qualified investors exposure to frontier technologies, while its CV Labs arm supports startups, corporates, and investors with acceleration programs and ecosystem services.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 41 people
from the firm's website & curatedWhat they invest in
from 36 of 64 portfolio companiesFintech ×19Crypto & Web3 ×18AI & Machine Learning ×13SaaS ×10Cybersecurity ×9Data & Infrastructure ×6Deep Tech ×3Developer Tools ×3
HQs:United States×3Switzerland×2Germany×2United Kingdom×2South Africa×2Egypt×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×13 founders×2
Investments · 64 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12023 · 12020 · 13 dated
AI-powered no-code platform for building, testing, and deploying secure decentralized applications on blockchain
Software platform that interconnects scientific data sources and incentivizes data interchange
Blocksport offers a SuperApp and a data platform ("Cockpit Hub") that helps sports organizations engage fans through gamification, collect fan data, and run marketing campaigns to convert fans into subscribers and buyers.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSports Tech
Vladimir Liulka(Chairman & Founder)inArtem Nefedov(Head of Product)inBohdan Yurchuk(CTO)in
Co-investorsBlockrocketSyntax Capital
AI-powered fraud detection platform for insurers using advanced speech and image analytics
Co-investors6th Man VenturesBitDAOMantle NetworkUDHC
Blockchain-agnostic Oracle solution for scalable, decentralized, and verifiable on-chain data transfer
Coala Pay provides a settlement layer and payment infrastructure for humanitarian and development aid programs, handling institutional grants, household cash transfers, frontline worker payments, and vendor settlements.
Crypto & Web3FintechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsLattice CapitalReflexive CapitalCastle Island VenturesCommerce VenturesFactor Capital
Altify is a regulated investing platform offering access to alternative and traditional assets including private credit, tokenised stocks, cryptocurrencies, crypto bundles, commodities, stablecoins, structured products, and pre-IPO stocks.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechLondon, GB
Sean Sanders(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsFounders Factory AfricaAdaverseCalm/Storm VCCoastCapHansmann Family Office
Coinrule provides automated cryptocurrency trading bots that execute buy and sell strategies on crypto exchanges without requiring coding.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSaaSLondon, GB
Gabriele Musella(CEO, Founder)inOleg Giberstein(Founder)inZdeněk Höfler(Founder)in
Co-investorsKube VCNZVCUrban InnovationY Combinator
Cybera provides IT and SCADA security consulting services to organizations across multiple sectors, including risk assessments, penetration testing, security architecture design, and compliance management.
Cybersecurity
Co-investorsArgon VenturesFounder CollectiveNew North Ventures
CYBERA is an AI-powered mule intelligence and scam response company that provides financial institutions with real-time intelligence on mule accounts to prevent authorized payment fraud before funds leave the system.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Co-investorsArmada Investment AGBantam GroupConvergeDreamit VenturesK20 FundNew North Ventures+1 more
Blockchain-based document management system providing cost-effective infrastructure for enterprise document handling
Co-investorsLevel2 Ventures
Envio provides blockchain data infrastructure for developers, including HyperSync (a high-speed on-chain data retrieval layer), HyperIndex (a multichain indexer that turns smart contract events into a queryable GraphQL API), and HyperRPC.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsMaven 11
Fastagger builds AI infrastructure that runs machine learning models on-device on low-end (4GB) Android smartphones and edge devices, offering SMS-based field workforce attendance/patrol verification, a document foundation model (Auni) for African financial documents, super-app embedded AI, and computer vision at the edge.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintech
Fungies.io provides a no-code e-store and payment platform where it acts as Merchant of Record, handling payment processing and tax compliance for sellers of digital products.
E-commerceFintechGamingSaaSPalo Alto, US
Duke Vu(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsDEPO VenturesOutlier Ventures
GenTwo provides infrastructure and a platform (GenTwo Pro, powered by investOS) for financial institutions and asset managers to turn any investment strategy or asset into a bankable security with an ISIN.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Co-investorsPoint72 Ventures
Real estate virtual siteemap platform enabling remote property interactions and accelerating sales processes
Co-investorsAdaverseFuture AfricaNiche CapitalStartupbootcamp AfriTech
Ivorypay provides a bi-directional crypto and stablecoin payment infrastructure that lets African businesses accept payments from global customers and pay suppliers internationally, with automatic settlement to local African currencies via banks and mobile money.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Co-investorsBlockchain Founders Fund
Kasi is a fully digital, mobile banking service offering a Mastercard debit card, EFTs, bill payments, savings goals, auto-investing, international money transfers, and access to loans and credit.
FintechReston, US
Johnson Agogbua(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Adams(Director)
Lawyerd provides supervised content-takedown and online reputation services, removing unauthorized use of brands, copyrighted material, defamatory press, clone domains, phishing pages, counterfeit listings and deepfakes across 30+ jurisdictions under statutes such as the Berne Convention, EU Directive 2019/790, the DMCA and GDPR Article 17.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityLegalTechWrocław, PL
Unnamed founder(Founder)
Co-investorsTechstars
Manifest is a financial protocol that tokenizes U.S. residential real estate as an ERC-20 token called USH, enabling global users to stake, earn yield, and access liquidity through decentralized finance.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCompoundLattice CapitalFirst Round CapitalKleiner PerkinsMenlo VenturesQuiet Capital
Educational app teaching children financial literacy and positive money management through gamified learning
Mycel is a blockchain infrastructure for cross-chain asset exchange, using an Ownership Transfer Protocol (OTP) and a CometBFT-based consensus layer (HyphaBFT) to swap native tokens across isolated blockchain ecosystems.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep Tech
Co-investorsNotch VenturesIndustrial Bank of KoreaKorea Development Bank
NATIX operates a decentralized, crowdsourced camera network that collects and validates multi-camera video data from smartphones and Tesla vehicles to support physical AI, autonomous driving, and advanced mapping.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Mobility & Transportation
Co-investorsBlockrocket
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)inLorenz Muckin
Co-investorsBorderless VentureDigital Currency GroupEv3 Ventures LlcInception Capital (ex OP Crypto)Mulana CapitalRR2 Capital+10 more
Self-hosted advertising platform allowing publishers and advertisers to serve ads and manage campaigns on-premise
Novum provides an advertising platform that lets advertisers collect and store first-party campaign performance data on their own servers, with a marketplace offering a direct advertiser-to-publisher supply path for real-time bidding and programmatic deals.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Co-investorsBlockchain Founders Capital
OkHi provides AI-powered digital address verification that businesses integrate into their mobile apps to capture and verify where customers live.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNairobi, KE
Timbo Drayson(Founder)
Co-investorsBetatron Venture GroupFounders Factory AfricaGarage CapitalLava Ventures Ltd.Mo AngelsOui Capital+1 more
Decentralized network addressing funding challenges in open-source development while maintaining core values of transparency
Orca Fraud provides real-time transaction monitoring and AI-based anomaly detection that integrates directly into payment flows for banks and fintechs, covering onboarding, transaction authorisation, merchant monitoring and case workflows.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechCape Town, ZA
Thalia Pillay(CEO)
Co-investorsEnza CapitalFirst CircleMusha Ventures
Real-time fraud intelligence platform for payment environments using adaptive intelligence in transaction flows
Blockchain-based scientific publishing platform offering decentralized peer review and reduced publication timelines
Decentralized investment platform enabling simple and secure investment in digital assets through smart accounts
Pravica provides institutional-grade infrastructure that enables banks and enterprises to adopt programmable money for use cases such as digital payments, remittances, and global settlement.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Mohamed Abdou
Co-investors500 GlobalAdaverseModus Capital
Proof provides sustainability business intelligence and compliance services combining expert advisors, data procurement, and AI automation to help organizations manage regulatory risk, disclosure, and reporting.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechSaaS
Co-investorsBlockchain Founders CapitalBuilders FundOxonian VenturesWorking Capital Fund
Miami, US
Fleur Heyns(Executive Officer, Director)Chadd Evans(Director)Oskar Miel(Director)Karl Kleissner(Director)Kevin Farrelly(Director)Jeffrey Kaditz(Director)
Co-investorsAusum Ventures
Provably.ai builds SourceryKit, an SDK that creates verifiable handoffs between AI agents, tools, and networks so downstream agents can confirm answers came from the correct source and were not altered.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsNazare VenturesTRGC
Impact investment platform offering verified on-chain carbon reduction with financial returns
Platform simplifying Web3 technology for enterprise adoption and enabling decentralized AI model development
Scorechain provides blockchain analytics and AML compliance software for wallet screening, transaction monitoring, and fund-flow investigation across 21+ blockchains.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintechLuxembourg, LU
Co-investorsTioga Capital Partners
Co-investorsExpert DOJO
Talentir provides a payout infrastructure layer that automates global mass payments, acting as Merchant of Record to handle KYC, AML, tax and compliance liability for payees, and delivering funds in the recipient's chosen method and currency.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Co-investorsBlockchain Founders Capital
TurnStay provides payment processing and global finance infrastructure for African travel businesses, helping them reduce booking fees and transaction costs through a platform offering multiple currency options and lower payment processing rates.
B2B MarketplacesFintechTravel & Hospitality
Alon Stern(Founder)in
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupEnza CapitalFirst CircleIncisive VenturesTLcom CapitalDFS Lab
Internet connectivity platform building cheaper and faster global ISP infrastructure using open hardware and zero-knowledge proofs
Vereign builds Verimesh (formerly the Stargate project), an infrastructure layer for verified exchange between organisations that replaces centralised trust systems with bilateral cryptographic verification, where each organisation manages its own identity without a certificate authority.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareZug, CH
Georg Greve(Geschäftsführer (Managing Director) & Co-founder)inDr. Felix Greve(Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder)in
Gamified giving platform connecting conservation organizations with users for transparent impact
Co-investorsSMAPE Capital
Decentralized infrastructure platform enabling Ethereum to verify and utilize real-world data through zero-knowledge proofs
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioGK8acq. by Celsius Network
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Provably · techedgeai.com · Aug 17, 2026
Mazzuma · allbiohub.com · Aug 11, 2026
Wildcards · stadiumrant.com · Aug 1, 2026
Proof · partnerships.vt.edu · Jul 30, 2026
Kasi · lifestyleandtech.co.za · Jul 30, 2026
GenTwo · financialit.net · Jul 11, 2026
manifest · globallegalpost.com · May 4, 2026
Coinrule · trysignalbase.com · Mar 24, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has CV VC made?
- CV VC has 63 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does CV VC invest at?
- CV VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is CV VC's typical check size?
- CV VC typically writes checks of $1 – $500K.
- What sectors does CV VC focus on?
- CV VC focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Robotics, SaaS.
- Where is CV VC located?
- CV VC is headquartered in Zug, CH.
- Who does CV VC co-invest with?
- CV VC most often shares deals with Adaverse, Blockchain Founders Capital, Digital Currency Group, among 56 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the team#CVApodcast with Mathias Ruch from CV VC and CV Labs
Crypto Valley · Mathias Ruch
Mathias Ruch - Founder CV VC
CV VC · Mathias Ruch
From Dot-Com to Blockchain Entrepreneur - Mathias Ruch, Lakeside Partners/CV VC
Manuel Stagars · Mathias Ruch
WEB3 HUB DAVOS 2026: Investing In The Future
CV Labs
Lisk Africa Incubation Hub Demo Day
CV Labs
Meet CV VC's new Head of Acceleration
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